A/N Wow, you guys! The response to last chapter was awesome! Thanks a bunch to elizabethmom05, lilquackers77, TeamEdward2009, Babe Pryor, Bloody Ale, Redneck Angel and Madison Elliott for reviewing. It means the world to me, and I really appreciate it.

So I think I need to make a point of clarification: there was only one person who was saving Bella. Bella was kind of whoozy, so she saw two people - as in Mike and her "savior". I'm sorry if that was unclear. Failure on my part; hopefully that clears things up...

Also, only one person guessed right on who Bella's savior was, and even they weren't too confident in their answer. I loved some of the people that you came up with; it makes me wish that I were cool enough to have thought of them. My personal favorites were Carlisle, Charlie, and Emmett. You guys sure are creative! :D

So I'm sort of saddened by the fact that none of you guys caught my Twilight references. Admittedly I changed who said them, so I can understand how it was missed.

"I'm sorry, but you really made it too easy." (James in Twilight the movie on the phone with Bella) [I made Mike say it]

"You have - Edward has nothing to do with this!" (Bella in Twilight the movie in the ballet studio)

So I think that Edward's story deserves to come out, too, so here it is. I hope you guys like it; it's much less traumatic than Bella's chapter was. This chapter starts in the parking lot before school; I hope that's not unclear to you guys.

Disclaimer: Here's a little fun fact: I don't own Twilight! Isn't that crazy? I know! :D

EPOV

I was so glad to see Bella again at school; it was harder for me than I would have thought to be away from her for so long. I drove faster than I normally did - which was saying something - in my haste to see her. Esme and I drove together and Emmett and Alice drove together because I knew that Alice was going over to Jasper's house after school and I didn't want to have to drop Esme and Emmett off before my appointment. Esme walked away from us so that she could get the supplies ready for the students; Esme always was prepared. Meanwhile, Alice, Emmett and I stood around waiting for our significant others.

"So, I was thinking of inviting the girls to hang out tomorrow," Alice told us. "Maybe you guys should have a guys night or something..."

"That could be cool," Emmett said. "Jasper's a cool dude."

"Yeah, I agree," I said. "I can ask him after class if he wants to hang out then."

"Oh thank you, thank you!" Alice said as she threw me into a hug. "I love you so much!"

I couldn't help but laugh at her theatrics. Alice was truely one of a kind.

I saw Jacob Black's car pull in to the parking lot, followed by Jasper. Alice squealed in excitement and started jumping up and down, clapping her hands. Emmett and I exchanged a look of exasperation as she ran over to Jasper's car. She kissed him passionately, as if they hadn't seen each other in a year instead of twenty-four hours.

Emmett and I made small talk as we waited for our significant others. I smiled as I saw Rosalie's car pull into the parking lot. Bella, looking beautiful as always, got out of the car and I walked over to her, unable to wait for her any longer.

"Hey Bella," I said and kissed her forehead.

"Hey, how are you?" she asked.

"Much better now that you are here," I told her. I didn't care how corny I sounded; it was the truth. Plus, her smile was rewarding enough that I didn't care what I had to say to put it there; I would do anything to make her smile.

"Was it as weird for you not having me there this morning as it was for me?" she asked me.

"I was actually thinking about that in the car," I told her. "Although I'm glad to have my mother back, I really did miss our little routine we had going."

I was thinking in the car about how nice it was to have our morning routine going and how much I disliked having that change. I was actually thinking about asking her to move in with me, but I knew that it was too soon for us to go to that step. Besides, she was perfectly safe in her apartment with Rosalie, so I had nothing to worry about.

"Maybe we shouldn't let that happen again," Bella said, her voice getting lower in pitch. Her voice did wonderful things to my body and I could feel it react.

"I agree," I told her and I could hear my voice become huskier. I couldn't resist the urge to kiss her if I tried; I had no self-control around her. Bella got on her toes and wrapped her arms around my neck so that she could reach my lips more easily. My arms wrapped themselves around her waist and I couldn't help but groan as I felt her body get close to mine. Bella stuck her tongue in my mouth and took charge of the kiss. I was all too happy to let her take control; a part of me made a mental note to allow this to happen more often. All too soon, Bella pulled back and smiled at me angelically. She grabbed my hand and walked us to the school.

I let go of Bella's hand and walked to the front of the classroom while Bella walked to her station where Rosalie was giving her a look.

"So we just need to wait for Lauren and Mike to get here and we'll be ready to start," Esme announced to the class.

When Lauren and Mike walked into the classroom, we were finally able to begin. I was supposed to go to Lauren and Jessica's table to help them make the cornish hens with rice. Jessica left to get the supplies, leaving me alone with Lauren who was obviously pushing her chest out.

"So Edward," she said, trying to make her voice sound seductive. "How are you?"

"Um, I'm good," I said, trying to be polite. "How are you?"

"Not good, actually," Lauren said with an overdramatic pout. "This cooking stuff is very difficult for me."

"Maybe I could help you sometime," I offered, again trying to be polite. I found nothing in Lauren attractive in any way.

"Do you think that you can come over today and help me?" Lauren asked me.

"Um, I think that I can do that," I said. "It can't be for long because I want to see Bella, but I'm sure I can help you."

"Oh, thank you so much, Edward," Lauren said while smiling at me.

Jessica walked back to the table with the supplies. I watched as they made the meal and I had to help a lot more than I thought that I would have to. I made a mental note to not work at their table again. Eventually, they got the food done and put it in the oven.

"So, I was wondering if you wanted to ride with me to my place since you don't really know where it is," Lauren said after Esme dismissed us from class.

"Sure," I said. "Let me give the keys to my mother so she can get home."

"Okay," she said.

I walked over to Esme who was clearing up the supplies. I let her know that I was going to Lauren's to help her with cooking and to come pick me up around 5:00. She grabbed the keys as I handed them to her and thanked me. I walked back over to Lauren who was the only other person in the room; Bella must have already left.

"I'm so thankful that you are doing this," Lauren said as we got into her hideously pink vehicle. "Daddy would hate it if I was doing poorly at the school. He might cut me off and that would be horrible."

"Yes, upsetting daddy would be horrible," I said sarcastically. Luckily, the sarcasm was lost to Lauren.

"I know!" Lauren said. "Gosh, I couldn't even imagine what it must be like for the poor people to live right now - especially in this recession. It's a good thing that we're both rich."

I decided to not talk to her after that; there was only so much ignorance that I could take. She turned the radio on to some god awful hip hop song and started bouncing to the beat. I stared out the window, watching as the trees passed us by. We pulled into her driveway that led up to her large mansion that made my house look small. We walked in silence to the house and walked to the kitchen. The kitchen was very modern with black tile on the ground and a large, granite island in the middle. All of their appliances were stainless steel and it was a very beautiful kitchen.

"You have a beautiful home," I said politely.

"Yeah, it's pretty nice," Lauren told me. "It's going to be sad moving out after we're done with culinary school."

"I bet," I said sarcastically. "You'll actually have to do your own laundry and cook your own food and do things on your own."

"I know," Lauren said, once again not catching my sarcasm. "It's going to be difficult, but Daddy's paying for an apartment and he's going to give me an allowance of $150,000 a month, so I think I'll be good. I'll have to cut down on my spending a lot, but I think I can manage."

Wanting to end the conversation, I told her that we should get started with making the meal. She told me that she really wanted to know how to make lasagna, so I grabbed the ingredients that I knew were needed to make it. I helped her step by step to make the lasagna. When we were finished preparing the food, I put it in the oven for her because she said that she was afraid that her acrylic nails would melt off.

"You are such a good teacher," Lauren said. "Thank you so much."

"Anything I can do to help," I said. "I should be going soon."

"Wait there's something that I need to do," she said quickly.

Lauren walked up to me and wrapped her arms around me. Thinking that she was going to give me a hug to thank me - which would be understandable - I wrapped my arms around her waist. What I wasn't expecting for her to do was to push my neck down and kiss me. She pushed her lips hard against mine and moaned dramatically as she started moving her lips. I was in complete shock, so I just stood there while she assulted my mouth. However, I came to my senses as she tried opening my mouth with her tongue.

"What the hell are you doing?!" I yelled as I pulled myself out of her grasp.

"But Eddie, I thought that you wanted this," Lauren said with a pout.

"My name is Edward," I corrected angrily, "And I wouldn't want you if you were the last woman on Earth. The only woman I will ever want is Bella and I have her. How dare you kiss me when you know that I am in a relationship."

I walked away from her, pulling my cell phone out of my pocket as I walked away. I could hear Lauren trying to get my attention, but I treated her as if she didn't exist. I called Esme and told her what happened and that I needed to get away from Lauren as fast as I could. I gave her the address and she told me that she would be there in less than five minutes. I hung up the phone and continued walking towards the front door.

"Edward, I'm sorry," Lauren said as she walked behind me.

I wiped the back of my hand over my mouth trying to get Lauren's disgusting lip gloss off of my lips. I felt horrible to Bella for allowing that to happen; I should have known that something was going to happen. I decided that I was going to call Bella and tell her everything. I dialed her number and it went straight to voicemail which was odd for her.

"Hi Bella, it's Edward. I have something that I really need to tell you, but it is not appropriate to tell you over the phone. I was wondering if you wanted me to come over to your apartment after dinner so I could see you and tell you what happened. Call me back and let me know if that's okay. I love you with all of my heart and I hope to hear from you soon."

I ended the phone call and walked down the driveway. Esme pulled into the driveway with a livid expression on her face.

"Get in the car," Esme said to me while getting out of the car. Her expression was scary enough that I didn't argue with her. I sat in the car and closed the door.

"How dare you do this to my son!" Esme yelled to Lauren, her voice loud enough in her fury that I could hear her in the car. "You knew that Edward was in a relationship and yet, you were selfish enough to do this. I am offically expelling you from my school and, if you value your life, you will not come within 500 feet of Edward. Got it?"

I could see Lauren visibly shaking as she registered my mother's fury. I had only seen her get that mad one other time and that was when Emmett broke her favorite irreplaceable vase that had been in her family for centuries when we were still in high school and that had been absolutely terrifying then, too. I could only imagine the fear that was running through her veins while my mother yelled at her. She nodded her head slowly and ran towards her house. Esme walked back to the car with a vindictive smile on her face.

"I'm glad I've finally got to deal with that," Esme said as she got in the car. "You know, I never liked that girl and I will not be sad to see her go."

She drove with purpose back to our house. We were silent as the trees flew passed us. I noticed that Lauren did not live very far from us and I was glad that she had never tried coming over. After seeing my mother's rage against what had happened, I could only imagine what she would be like if Lauren had trespassed onto our property.

"I'm going to go to the library to calm down," Esme told me after she parked the car.

"Okay," I told her.

We walked to the house together and separated as she walked to the library and I walked towards Emmett's room. I knew that Emmett and Rosalie were home. I prayed that they were not having sex, because that was something that I never wanted to see. However, luck seemed to be on my side - ironic because of how much it wasn't on my side earlier - because they weren't having sex. A fully clothed Emmett opened the door after I knocked.

"What's up little bro?" Emmett asked as he stood in the doorway. "What are you doing here? I thought you had an appointment."

"No, I don't have an appointment until this Friday," I said. "Can I come in? I really need someone to talk to right now."

"Of course, bro," Emmett said while he walked to his bed next to Rosalie who also, thankfully, was fully clothed. "Is it all right if Rosie stays?"

"That's fine," I said. "She actually might be able to help."

"Who do I need to kill?" Rosalie said jokingly. Emmett laughed and even I cracked a small smile at her.

"You're actually not far off in that question," I said. All joking vanished from both of their faces as they realized that I wasn't joking. "I went over to Lauren's house to help her cook because she told me that she was having a difficult time. At first, everything was fine; we made lasagna. However, when I told her that I needed to leave, she kissed me."

"Aw, hell no!" Rosalie said. "I'm gonna slap a bitch!"

Emmett seemed to be thinking along the same lines. "How the fuck did she think that was okay?" Emmett asked me.

"I don't know," I said honestly. "I think that she deluded herself into thinking that I wanted her. I made it abundantly clear to her that Bella is the only person that I will ever want. You should have seen Mom, though. She was absolutely livid; she expelled her and told her that she could not be within 500 feet of me."

"Well, I'm glad Mom dealt with the trash," Emmett said. "What are you going to do about Bella, though?"

"That's actually what I came in here to talk about," I said. "I'm afraid that when I tell Bella that she's either going to leave me or she's going to do something to Lauren."

"Well, I can promise you that you don't have to worry about her leaving you," Rosalie said with a smile. "That girl is insanely in love with you. I would be more worried about the latter if I was you. Why don't we all go together to tell her? That way we can stop her from doing something that she will regret."

"I think that's a great idea," I said and Emmett nodded his head in agreement. "Should we go in my car?"

"That will probably be the easiest," Emmett said.

The three of us walked out of his bedroom. I quickly told Esme that we were going over to Bella's apartment and that we would be home before dinner. We walked to the car and got in quietly. I adjusted the seat and mirrors from the way that Esme had them and pulled out of the driveway.

"Can you call Bella, Rose?" I asked. "I don't want her to freak out when we all randomly show up."

Rosalie pulled out her phone and dialed Bella's number. I saw Rosalie's face become surprised when it went straight to voicemail; I could hear Bella's greeting through the speakers.

"Hey Bella, it's Rose," Rosalie said into the phone. "Why aren't you picking up your phone? You always pick up your phone. I'm calling to let you know that me, Edward, and Emmett are coming home because Edward has something he needs to tell you. It's not good news, but I promise that everything is okay. I guess we'll see you soon."

She hung up the phone, her face still surprised. "Bella always answers her phone," Rosalie said. "She always has it on her in case of an emergency. I think that something is wrong."

As the words left Rosalie's lips, I pressed down on the gas harder making the car go faster. If something was wrong with Bella, I needed to get there as soon as humanly possible. Traffic was not bad, so we got to the apartment in record time. We all ran out of the car to the front door. I became scared when I saw that the door was wide open.

"Bella?!" I yelled at the top of my lungs as I ran to the kitchen. There was boiling water that was overflowing onto the floor and ingredients to make something sitting out on the counter. It was very unlike Bella to leave things sitting out and it was also unlike Bella to leave things unattended.

"Bella?!" I heard Rosalie and Emmett yell as they searched the first floor.

"Maybe she's upstairs!" I yelled in a panic.

We ran upstairs and ran to her bedroom where I saw an unconscious, naked Bella in the arms of Jacob Black.