A/N: I don't own Twilight. Inspired by "Drifting Further Away" by Powderfinger, "Let the Flames Begin" by Paramore. And I am the same to Twilight as I am to these songs and the respective artists, I'm not the owner. I would like to thank everyone for their reviews and adding my to favorite/alert lists. I originally hadn't expected this story to be as long as it is with as little as I feel I have covered. There are still several more major events (and some filler) to cover before I bring this story to a close. Enjoy!

Love/Hate

Emmett's Point of View

"You two need to stop your fighting, for Bella's sake. Yes, you are both very angry, but she is not doing very well and if either of you value her life, this will end." Carlisle lectured us. Bell is now on bedrest. She was weak to begin with. Carlisle has been able to establish that the babies require more energy. He is going to begin interal feeding, which will give her extra calories through her IV.

"When she is well, I will say my farewells and leave if that is what I must do. I do value her life unlike some." Edward says and I think of getting up, but another fight is the last things she needs.

"If that is what you need, then talk to her. I am sorry things had to happen like this, but they did, and I cannot change them." I told him as he walked up the stairs and to my room.

"Emmett, may I give you some advice?" Carlisle says once Edward has left the room.

"Yes."

"Edward knows now, I feel it is only fair for you to inform Rosalie. I know you don't want to hurt her, but keeping this from her is only going to hurt her more in the end. She is very resilient, you should know this by now." Carlisle says before he exits the room. I know she is a strong woman, but I did not want to see the hurt in her eyes or feel her fury. But this is something I brought on myself and I will face her, once I know Bell will be safe.

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Bella's Point of View

I know what I must do. Today's scare, today's fight was enough to make me realize what must happen. I would not stop with letting Edward see that I was pregnant, I needed to give him, myself, and all of us more than that. I heard footsteps coming to my room and the door slowly opened. It was Edward. He entered and he sat down on the bed next to me.

"Okay. I am willing to put this out of thought and move on with our relationship." He says.

"No, you don't understand. I didn't just run into Emmett's arms and into his bed because you left me. I fell in love with him before any of this ever happened. This isn't a matter of forgiving me for cheating on you, which I am hoping for, but that isn't all it is. I am sorry for going about things the wrong way. I should have told you to begin with and not hurt you like I did, but I cannot change that. All I can do is change my actions from now on."

Edward, you are a wonderful person, but you are not the one I am in love with. I hope one day you will forgive me and maybe one day we can be friends, family, again. But today I am trying to make things right. I have asked God for forgiveness for what I have done and have forgiven myself. Yes, we all hurt, and I don't expect you to act like everything is fine, because it isn't. Bonds have been broken and as hard as it is for me as a human, I know it must be harder for the rest of you."

"You're weak. A lot has happened. You don't know what you're talking about. Just get some rest and we'll talk about this later okay." He places his hands on my face and rubs his thumbs against my cheeks and temples, like he used to when he tried to calm me down.

"My body may be weak, but my mind is made up. The deception ends here." I tell him. My eyes and jaw are locked; my face is firm with resolve. I have given him my decision and though inside I am shaking and fighting back tears, I know what I did was the right thing to do.

Edward Cullen walked out of my room. He said nothing to me the rest of the day, but he did not run away again. He went to his room and sat in silence. The fight was over, but forgiveness would not come today, and probably not the next. For when they change, their world stops and everything changes. Something so eternal, so frozen externally, is the same internally. They must completely fall apart, be melted down, only to be reformed. I did not know if he would ever be able to look at me again, but I did know that I could not live another day in this lie, this deception.

I laid down, weary from the events of the past year, and slept a dreamless sleep. There was no Edward, no Emmett, no babies; there was only a darkness in which the future was unclear.

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Emmett's Point of View

"So she will be okay for now?"

"She is stable Emmett and your attention is needed elsewhere." Carlisle tells me.

"Then I will leave tonight for Danali. I want her to get rest, but if she wakes up while I'm gone, tell her I will be back." I tell Carlisle.

"I will. Now go." Carlisle says, embracing me in a final embrace before I leave to face my wife in Denali.

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Edward's Point of View

"I can't just sit by and watch him destroy Rosalie as well. I am going to go to Denali and help Rosalie deal with this." I say.

"You still need to deal with it. But I do see your point. While the Denali clan has been wonderful to us, she should have closer family with her, someone who can relate." Carlisle says.

"Honestly Carlisle, I feel we are the only two who can relate right now. The time we spent together also helped us. I gained new understanding of Rosalie that I did not care to have when she was first changed."

"I am glad this positive has come out of the mess."

"At least one good thing has."

"Edward, I know this may not be much comfort and will probably bring pain, but at least know that your brother and Bella are happy together. Despite how they felt, the feelings of this family were always in their mind. Their actions were not of hate, but of love. They had even ended things in order to do the right thing until they knew for sure about the babies. They both love you and Rosalie like family and it hurts them to see you in pain." Carlisle's words affirm something in me. They affirm both the betrayal I feel and the pain I saw in their faces. I saw the way they looked at one another and the pain in Emmett's eyes when Bella collapsed. Maybe I had known they loved each other for some time now, what they shared was hard to disguise. Either way the pain was so real. I hated my girlfriend's betrayal and that of her lover, but I loved my brother and the woman he had fell in love with.