A/N: Hi, I have a slight problem. I broke my computer (by accident of course) but luckily my dad fixed it but now my parents only let me on it when It is needed. I.E: Homework. So, updates may be a little slower but I'll keep begging.
Anyway, I love every review I get and I do try to reply to them all to thank you all. However, I would just like to thank gldlys who does not have an account but still leaves great encourgment and is always checking for updates.
Quite a lot of drama happens in this chapter so don't say I didn't warn you. There may be some references that may offend some people but this was not my intention.
Finally, if you read the sneak peek then that will be in the next chapter as this one was long enough already.
BPOV
I stopped screaming and turned slowly to glare at Emmett. I brushed several strands of hair out of my eyes but I couldn't talk, all that came out was a gasp.
I couldn't believe it. After everything I had promised. I felt betrayed.
"Bella, it was the only thing I could think of to make you stop." He took a step towards me but I took one back and held up my hand warning him to stay back.
"Bella?" It was Alice. I turned my head and she just stared at me for a moment. "Is it true?"
I couldn't answer. There was a lump in my throat.
"Well, of course it isn't true. It's just a way-" Sasha started getting off the floor.
"Shut up already. No-one cares what you think." Rosalie spat at her.
Rosalie took a step forward and then another until he was standing in front of me. She reached up and tucked a hair behind my ear.
"Bella, honey?" I covered my mouth to stop a sob.
"I can't...Not here...In front..." I couldn't get any more out but she understood.
She faced the rest of the room, all who were standing at us with a mixture of expressions. Mostly shock although I spotted Tanya shaking her head. Yeah, this wasn't part of your precious plan was it?
"All of you close your mouths and go back to your own pathetic conversations." She shouted. No-one was stupid enough to completely ignore Rosalie Hale so everybody turned back to their table but only a few started talking. The rest were still listening eagerly to us.
"Well, I can see this isn't going to work." Rosalie said quietly. "Jasper, Alice, Emmett, Bella and Edward make your way to H1. No one uses that classroom we should be fine. We need to get all of this sorted out once and for all." I hesitated but she pushed me forward by the small of my back.
"This is your chance to explain everything. Don't waste it." She whispered softly in my ear. I nodded. I was still overwhelmed by everything going on around me.
Jasper grabbed Alice's hand and they started to make their way out. I realised since Emmett had slipped I hadn't even glanced in Edward's direction.
I turned to see his reaction. He was staring at the floor, his face blank. "I'm not coming." He muttered. What?
Alice and Jasper turned back around and Alice sighed. "Don't...Don't be stupid Edward."
"Yeah, it's your one chance to get it all out of your system." Rosalie Added.
Emmett pulled his arm but he pulled it back.
"No. Alright? I'm sick of this.I'm sick of the lies. I'm sick of the way I'm feeling. I'm just...Sick of it." His voice cracked and my heart went out to him.
I stood forward and he looked up but didn't meet my eyes.
"Edward, Just come. I promise no more lies. Ask me any question and I'll answer it. You can even scream and shout at me if you want to but please just come."
I pleaded.
"No more lies?" He choked. "No more lies." I clarified.
He finally met my gaze and I nearly gasped. The sparkle that I loved had disapeared replaced by a cold, dead look. I hated that it was my fault. I felt like hitting something. Perferably Sasha.
He stood up, brushed past me and headed for the classroom. I let out a breath and noticed Emmett staring at me.
"What?" I asked coldly. I still wasn't over the fact that he had outed me in front of the whole school.
"He just..." He shook his head and went over to Rosalie. What was that about?
"Rosie, what Sasha said..." "I know." She cupped his face in her hands and gave him a gentle kiss. I had to look away. There was too much love there.
"Come on. We all need to get this sorted." She jerked her head and I followed her out.
I was the last one in so I closed the door behind me.
Edward was sitting in a chair with his head down while everyone else was standing around the room. Rosalie spun a chair around and sat on it so her stomach was pressing against the back. "Okay, where do we start."
Alice looked up. "Well, the first thing we need to know is Bella are you pregnant?"
I took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Yes."
Alice closed her eyes and Jasper shifted from one foot to the other. Edward's head snapped up and he opened his mouth but Emmett stepped forward.
"I swear, if the next words that are out of you mouth are 'is the baby mine?' I will punch your pretty little face in."
Edward smirked for a second but then it wavered.
"Well, is it?" Emmett took another step forward but Rosalie put her hand on his arm.
I sucked in a breath as my chest hurt. I know other people think it but it was a hundred times worse hearing it from Edward. He really thought our whole relationship had been fake for me. Time to put that straight.
"Edward, I'm seven weeks. Do the math." I let that sink in.
"Paris..." He whispered.
"Yeah, remember the dinner, the beach and this." I yanked my necklace off my neck and held it up. Every eye flickered to it. "And then..." I trailed off.
I raised my hand to my cheek and realised it was wet. I lowered the necklace. "I haven't taken it off since you put it on." I whispered but I know he heard me because pain flashed in his eyes."So yes, this baby's yours."
I banged my head against the wall and it was silent. Everyone was trying to gather their own thoughts.
"What are we going to do with it?" Edward asked calmly.
Alice gasped and I felt like I had been punched. Was he suggesting that I got rid of my baby? Our baby?
Rosalie stalked across the room and a mighty SMACK echoed across the walls.
"How dare you even think about getting rid of that baby?" Edward's cheek was red. "I didn't mean it like that." He hissed.
"Well it sure sounded like it." Edward stood up knocking the chair back in the process.
"We all know there's only one reason your suddenly sucking up to Bella." Alice let out a mighty gasp and Jasper stepped forward.
"Man, that's my sister and that was out of line."
Rosalie looked ready to smack him again but Emmett crushed her to his chest and started to stroke her hair.
Ok, I'm definatly missing something here.
"What am I not getting?" I asked.
Rosalie raised her head from Emmett's chest and sat down on the nearest chair, grabbing his hand.
"Bella, I need to tell you something very personal and I hope you will not be disgusted with what I have to say." I furrowed my eyebrows. Why would I be disgusted?
I nodded at her encourging her to continue. I was about to tell her she could trust me but realised that might not go down well in this particular room.
She took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
"Just under a year ago, I was at a club with some girl friends. Emmett was there, we had been dating about nine weeks. I headed towards the toilets. Alice asked if I wanted her to come with me. I told her I was a big girl and I would be fine." She paused taking another deep breath. I glanced at Alice whose eyes were glistening with tears.
"I felt someone behind me covering my eyes and I laughed thinking it was Emmett. I turned around but someone covered my mouth while another person dragged me out into the street. They ripped my jacket off so roughly the buttons flew off. I screamed, kicked, begged and pleaded but they wouldn't let me go."
She closed her eyes and Emmett squeezed her hand. Jasper was sitting on the floor with his head in his hands while Alice rubbed his back. I felt sick and I had a horrible feeling there was worse to come.
"Well, you can guess what happened next but that's not it and that's certainly not the worst part. A month later when I was finally starting to move on, I realised I was five days late. I knew it wasn't Emmett's. I hadn't let him touch me like that since the incident. I forbidded myself to even think of it. Another five days passed and I knew the worst had happened. Even so, I headed to a pharmacy far out of town and grabbed three tests. They all came back positive. I was deverstated. I sat in that bathroom crying for hours. What was I meant to do? What kind of future would this child have? I had horse riding the next day and I fell of the horse. I was horrified. What if this baby didn't have the chance to live just because I couldn't stay on a horse? I realised then what this meant to me. So I bought three more tests and prayed my stupidity hadn't cost a life. It hadn't. I breathed a sigh of relief and went home to tell my parents, Jasper and Emmett. I feared rejection especially from Emmett but I shouldn't of feared. They all stood by me." She paused to send a small smile at Jasper and Emmett and to take a deep breath.
I could tell the ending was coming and I realised I was holding my breath.
"Then one night I was in bed and I woke up with the sheets covered in blood. I screamed and Jasper came running in. He was the only one at home. Mum and Dad were at some dinner. He left them a message and drove me to the hospital. The whole time I was screaming and he was trying to get me to calm down but I knew.
I could feel that there was nothing in me anymore. We got to the hospital and the doctors delievered the news that I already knew. I had failed. I had been unable to look after someone until it could look after itself. I kept telling myself it was all my fault. I was unreachable for days, weeks but thanks to my family and friends, I finally pulled through. And now we've come to a full circle." She glared at Edward.
"How dare you even suggest that I'm trying to use your baby to replace the one I lost." Edward had the right to look ashamed of himself.
I walked over and kneeled down next to her chair. "Rose, I am so sorry. I know that doesn't even cover it but I am. I really am."
I pulled her into a hug just as the bell rang. Had we only been in here for 20 minutes?
She pulled back and stood up. "Well, we didn't really get a lot sorted today did we? And we can't bunk off."
"How about after school we all meet up in the coffee shop on the corner?" I suggested. No-one answered. "You know, If you want."
Alice grabbed her bag. "Sounds good. I'll see you then." Jasper followed her out the door and with a nod at me so did Rosalie and Emmett.
I glanced at Edward. He hadn't moved. I walked over and unclenched the fist at his side. As soon as my skin touched his the familier jolt of electricity raced through me. I dropped my necklace into the palm and then closed his fingers around it.
"You have no idea how sorry I am." I whispered. "but you have to understand that I loved you with all my heart. I still do." I headed for the door but turned back at the last moment.
"We both know there's going to be a time when your going to have to make a choice and I beg you not to let this baby influence it."
Then I walked out closing the door behind me.
The rest of the day passed in a blur and people ran from me like the plague. There were a lot of rumors going round that I neither confirmed or denied and from what I could tell Edward and the others didn't either.
I stood outside the coffee shop in what felt like minutes later but was in fact more than two hours.
Edward was sitting at a table on his own while Jasper and Emmett were at the counter ordering. I couldn't see Rosalie or Alice. Either they weren't here yet or they were in the bathroom.
I walked in and to my embarresment a bell rang annoucing my arrival. Emmett and Jasper looked up and Emmett called "What would you like to drink?"
"Er...Just a hot chocolate." I replied digging in my jeans for loose change. I found about three quid and handed it over to Emmett. Well tried.
"No, don't be silly. It's on me. Are you sure that's all you want? Rose and Ali are getting some kind of Frappachinko or something." I laughed at his mistake but shook my head. "Hot chocolates fine though thanks."
I walked away over to where Edward was sitting and tried not to let his presence affect me.
I sat down and started playing with my napkin for something to do.
"Is it true?" My head snapped up. Edward was looking at me. "Is what true?" My first thought was the baby but surely he didn't think I was lying.
"That you really did love me?"
"Yes." I breathed. "Edward I'm not going to lie. You deserve more than that. At the beggining it was because I knew your type and I hated it. My mum would bring a player home every other night hoping that this one would be different. They never was. They would always leave before she woke up. I felt that no girl deserved that so when I met Tanya, Jessica and Kate I told them that I would get revenge if I was them and somehow I got dragged into it. We pulled stupid pranks at first. Putting hot sauce on your chips and messing up your locker-"
"That was you?" He asked in shock. I nodded then continued.
"Then we were at my house and I told them we should call it off there was no way we were going to make you look bad. Then they had a great idea. Get me to break your heart. I said no at first but they talked me into it. And so the games began. The first time we met was when you caught me after I fell of the pyrimad. Their idea obviously. I was mad at you for saying it was my fault and it that instant I forgot the plan and was totally myself." I paused.
"You know the funny thing was I don't ever think I was someone else. Even though I told them I was. You asked me to sit with you and I said no because I was still mad at you. You sent me flowers and chocolates and I thought it was all a way to get into my pants. Then you took me to the meadow and I realised you wasn't who I thought you were. I tried to convince myself that yes you were, it was all a game to you. Then our first kiss. I forgot the plan. Hell, I even forgot my own name I enjoyed it so much. I wondered if I was falling for you and thought about pulling the plan of but I told myself I was being stupid."
"It was the day I slept at your house that I realised that I was in love with you. I freaked. It wasn't supposed to be like this. I ran into Alice's room crying and told her. She comforted me and said she was sure you felt the same. After the James thing and you telling me you loved me I ran to the girls and told them it was off. They weren't going to let me go that easily."
"What do you mean?" He asked. I glanced at the bar and realised Alice and Rosalie had joined Emmett and Jasper. A girl gave them their drinks and as she looked at Rosalie, Rose started shouting at her. Edward followed my gaze and as the girl looked over at us I realiised it was no other than Sasha.
I blanched. If I had known she worked here, I would not have suggested it. I just couldn't get away from her. As she started walking towards us with my hot chocolate and other cup for Edward, Rosalie stepped in front of her and took the cups away from her. She said something then bought the drinks over herself.
"What is she doing here?" Edward hissed to Rosalie. Er Hello? Wasn't she your lunch date earlier today?
"Ignore her. We won't let her come over. You two continue talking, we'll stay at the counter." She was hiding it well but I could tell she was angry with Sasha. She gave us our drinks then walked away. I cupped my hands around the drink trying to keep them warm.
Edward turned back to me. "What did they make you do?" It took me a second but I realised he was talking about my story.
"They told me that you didn't love me while I insisted you did. So they came up with a test. They would make a girl come onto you and if you backed off then they'd leave us alone if you messed around with the girl then I would continue working for them. I told them you would never cheat on me and agreed to the plan. Then I found out it was Sasha the girl that was going to throw herself at you." I glanced over to the bar where Sasha was watching us like a hawk. I took a gulp of my drink.
"Well, you know what happened. I was heartbroken. You was just like any other player. I was just another girl."
"Bella, you know I was set up." He insisted.
I nodded. "I know. They had it all on tape. They showed it to me and wished me the best. After that it was just you and me. Well, at Jasper's pool party they gave the D.V.D and tried to persuade me to work with them again. I flattened that idea and went back to loving you. Then your birthday happened." I finished.
He was staring at me. "She set you up." He concluded. I nodded.
"Edward, I always loved you and it was always me." I stood up. "This baby is pushing on my bladder an awful lot. I'll be back it a minute." I hadn't meant to mention the baby it had slipped out.
I downed my hot chocolate in one then headed to the toliet. As I was washing my hands I heard the door open and looked up to see Rosalie and Alice.
Rosalie smiled at me and gave me a hug. "I think he's seriously thinking of taking you back."
"I don't want him to feel like he has to. I wanted to explain and have him think things over." I told them.
"Well, he's definalty thinking things over." Alice said with a small smile.
"Alice, I would just like to say that I was your friend way before I had even met Tanya, Jessica and Kate. That first day in Art Class I liked you."
She came over and gave me a hug. "Thanks for telling me."
Then we all touched up our make-up like old times.
EPOV
It was so much to take in. She had really loved me. She still did. And I was about to become a father.
I walked over to Emmett and Jasper and sat down. Still in a daze.
Emmett clapped me on the back.
"How do you feel about becoming a daddy?" He asked. I thought about it.
"I'm thrilled." I answered truthfully. "I can't believe that...Bella and I still have a lot of stuff to work out but we talked and she does love me and I love her and..." I trailed off. She really did love me. She had called the plan off weeks before.
Emmett laughed. "Well done."
I looked towards the toliets just as the girls were coming out. God, Bella was beautiful.
She caught me looking at her and sent me a small smile which I returned.
I saw Rosalie whisper something to her just before it happened.
You know they say when something really bad happens your life speeds up before your eyes? Yeah, well that's crap. In fact it kinda goes in slow motion.
I saw perfectly how Bella gasped and bent over. She fell to the floor and started having some sort of spasm.
Then she screamed. A cry that froze my blood. She reached for me as I pushed my way through the people. I could feel Jasper and Emmett behind me.
"EDWARD!" Then she passed out.
A/N: Wow! This is the longest chapter I have ever written. It was going to be longer but my fingers need a break and I thought that was a good way to end it. Well, good for me.
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