32

"I'm fucking starving," muttered Bella, falling back into the sand.

I chuckled softly as I laid back next to her. It's been an hour since we stormed out of the dining hall, leaving the perfectly good food behind us. Just one more thing we can thank Bella's fucking ass parents for. As my stomach growled, I rolled onto my side and looked at her.

"You want to go back?" I asked.

"No," grumbled Bella, looking at me. Her eyes narrowed. "What the fuck do you want?"

"We wanted to talk to you before we left," said Angela. I snapped my head around to see her, Garrett, Ben, and Angela behind us.

"I don't think we have anything to say to you," I growled.

"Edward-"

"Shut the fuck up, Ben. You pretended to be my friend," I snapped, interrupting him. He ignored me as he plopped down onto the beach in front of me and Bella. Garrett, Kate, and Angela joined him. "What part of leave us alone, don't you get?"

"Was it all a lie?" asked Bella. All of us looked over at her as she sat up, knees pulled to her chest. "Are you eighteen? Did you ever want to be my friend or was this just another assignment to you?"

"We aren't eighteen," said Angela, honestly. "Kate and I are twenty and Garrett and Ben are twenty-one."

"And, yes, we wanted to be your friend," added Kate.

"But it did start out as just an assignment," said Garrett. Bella shook her head as she looked away.

"I should have known," she muttered. "Can't trust anyone anymore. Did you know about them still being alive?"

"All we were told was to watch you," said Kate. I slipped my arm around Bella's waist, pulling her closer to me. "We are junior agents, Bella. They told us that we were to watch out for you and make sure that nobody bothered you."

"Well, you did a shitty ass job," snorted Bella.

"We tried," huffed Garrett. "But damn, those little bastards were fucking brutal with all the shit they would say to you."

"No shit," scoffed Bella, looking back at them. "Where are we?"

"We're not suppose to tell you," said Ben.

"More secrets, more lies," I grumbled.

"We are on a private island off the coast of Brazil," said Kate, ignoring the looks from Garret and Ben. Angela seemed to just accept that we should know where we were taken. "I know you don't believe anything we say, and I guess I can understand why you wouldn't, but this is for your protection."

"Our protection," seethed Bella. "None of this has been for my protection or Edward's protection. I trusted you guys. I thought that you were my friends. You have no idea how hard it was for me to let you in and you just sat there on those mats and…"

"Look, we don't like this anymore than you do," grumbled Ben. "How were we supposed to do our jobs when we weren't told everything? They didn't even tell us about the boxing!"

"That was kind of obvious when you thought I was beating her," I muttered.

"What were we supposed to think, Edward?" asked Angela. "You both came to school looking like you just came back from the war. We weren't told anything except that you were going away for the weekend and that they had you covered."

"It's not your fault," muttered Bella. "We were just a job to you, right?"

"That's not true, Bella," insisted Kate, reaching for her but Bella flinched back and Kate pulled her hand back. "Look, we care about you and Edward."

"So you said you were leaving," said Bella, ignoring Kate's comments. "Are you going back to Forks?"

"We don't know where we are being sent," said Garrett. "Just that we are being reassigned."

"Oh," whispered Bella.

"Bella, we are so sorry for everything," frowned Kate.

"I'm sure you are but it doesn't make it better that the four of you lied to me for months," said Bella, standing up. She pulled me to my feet. "Good luck with…whatever."

Bella pulled on my hand and I followed her as we moved further down the beach. I slipped my hand out of hers and wrapped my arm around her waist, pulling her closer into my side. I'm not sure what Garrett, Kate, Ben, and Angela were expecting for us. They had lied to us, both of us, but even more than that, Bella had just let them in. They would never understand how hard it was for her to take the chance and tell them about that night.

"I think I want to go swimming," said Bella, looking up at me. I burst out laughing and shook my head. "What? It's fucking hot out here!"

"No, it's just that that was so fucking random," I snorted through my laughter.

"I'm a random kind of girl," smiled Bella. "You in?"

"We don't have swimming suits," I smirked, wiggling my eyebrows at her.

"I don't see that as a problem," said Bella, returning my smirk.

Bella's smirk grew as she pulled off her shirt, dropping it in the sand. My eyes of course were focused on her boobs that were barely being contained in the lace white bra she was wearing. She slid her hands into her shorts and pulled them down her legs, causing my mouth to fall open with each delicious inch of skin that was shown. I know that I saw her naked this morning, but fuck, she was so fucking beautiful.

"You coming?" she asked, cocking her eyebrow as she walked backwards toward the water, wearing nothing more than her bra and panties.

"Almost," I muttered.

Bella laughed as she turned and ran into the water. I quickly, much faster then I normally would be able to, stripped off my shirt and shorts and followed her out. I expected the water to be cold but it was surprisingly warm. I ran behind her and swept her into my arms. Bella squealed as I fell backwards in the water.

"Fuck, this water feels good," smiled Bella, wrapping her arms and legs around me. My cock was rock hard and rubbing against the outside of her panties.

"That's not all that feels good," I moaned, pressing my lips to her neck.

"Can I ask you something?" she whispered, leaning away from me.

"Of course you can," I said. She looked very worried about whatever was on her mind. "Baby, what are you thinking?"

"Well, I was just wondering…" she trailed off, shaking her head. "Why is this so hard?"

"Bella, talk to me," I said, seriously. "You're kind of scaring the shit out of me."

"Have you ever been with another girl?" she asked, quietly.

"Are you asking me if I'm a virgin?" I asked. She nodded her head quickly. "Yes, I am."

"You are?" she asked, looking completely surprised.

"Why does that surprise you?" I asked.

"Well, it's just…" she paused and took another deep breath. "You seemed to know what you were doing this morning when you…you know and…"

"Oh," I muttered, embarrassingly. "I've never done that before."

"But how did you know what to do?" she asked.

"Let's just say that I've watched a lot of porn," I muttered, turning bright red.

"Oh," said Bella, eyes popping wide open. "Wow, um…"

"Look, I'm not proud of it, Bella, but I was lonely and horny…" I groaned. "Fuck, I had to do something."

"I'm not mad," laughed Bella.

"Don't laugh at me," I muttered.

"I'm not," said Bella, chuckling. I gave her a pointed look. "Ok, so maybe I am but I'm just surprised, I guess."

"Why?" I asked.

"I don't know," laughed Bella, blushing. "You were really good."

"Thanks," I smirked.

"God, you really are a dork," snorted Bella.

"But you still love me," I smiled.

"But I still love you," murmured Bella.

Bella and I spent about another hour in the water just holding on to each other, talking, kissing. A lot of kissing. I would never get tired of kissing my girl. We headed back up to the shore and pulled our clothes back on over our wet underwear. Bella slipped her hand into mine as we made our way back up to the cabins or villas. I wasn't really sure what in the hell they were since we hadn't be told exactly where we were. When we got back up to the villas, we found Esme, Carlisle, Emmett, Rose, Jasper, and Alice sitting outside. They all looked up at us and started laughing.

"Where in the hell have you two been and why are you soaking wet?" asked Rose.

"We were swimming," said Bella, shrugging her shoulders. "It's good exercise."

"Sure it is," snickered Alice.

"Is it safe to go eat or are they still there?" asked Bella, ignoring Alice.

"They left after you did," muttered Carlisle, dryly.

"After they tried to force us to sit down and have a mature conversations with them, as Nolan put it," grumbled Jasper.

"Fucking assholes," spat Bella.

"That they are," muttered Emmett.

"Well, we are going to grab some lunch," said Bella, pulling me toward the dining hall.

"We'll join you," said Esme.

The six of them followed me and Bella down to the dining hall. Luckily, nobody else was there. Bella and I made us a each a sandwich and grabbed some fruit. We had just settled back down at the table when the doors opened to the dining hall and Nolan, Corrine, Charlie, Renee, and the rest of the assholes came in. I felt Bella stiffen in her seat next to me. I slid my arm around her back and pulled her chair a little closer to me.

"Bella, have you eaten?" asked Corrine.

"So, Car, I was thinking that we should start mine and Edward's training again," said Bella, ignoring her mother.

"Bella, I asked you a question," said Corrine.

"Sure, Bell," said Carlisle, smiling at his little sister before looking over at his parents. "Never know when you are going to need to beat the fucking shit out of someone who just will not leave you alone, do you?"

"Nope," said Bella, popping the 'p' before she took a big bite of her sandwich.

"Look, we need to sit down at a family and talk about this," said Renee.

"We," said Jasper, gesturing to me, Bella, Carlisle, Esme, Emmett, and Rose, " are a family. You and your…lying bastard of a husband and those people we used to call our parents are not included in that group."

"You guys are being a bunch of fucking babies," snapped Renee. I felt Bella tense up as she threw her half-eaten sandwich on the table. God, she was never going to get to eat if they kept this shit up.

"Bella-"

"Babies?" asked Bella, standing up and turning to face her sister. "We're being babies because we are pissed the fuck off after finding out that the last two years of our lives were nothing but a fucking ass lie?"

"Yes," said Renee, folding her arms in front of her chest. I could see Bella shaking as she stood there. I stood up and placed my hand on her shoulder.

"Don't fucking touch my daughter," yelled Nolan.

"I am not your fucking daughter," seethed Bella. I pulled her back as she stepped toward him. "Don't you two fucking get it? You put me through hell. You have no idea what I went through."

"Yes, we do," insisted Corrine as my parents came in. They both froze when they saw the stand-off between Bella and her parents. "Renee kept us up to date on everything."

"Then you don't know shit," fumed Emmett. "She wasn't fucking there. She didn't have to listen to Bella screaming in her sleep every night for those bastards not to hurt you anymore."

"She didn't have to go into Bella's room every night and hold her down so she wouldn't hurt herself," said Jasper, letting a tear fall down his face. He wiped it away, furiously. "She would beg us to help her but we couldn't."

"Renee didn't see her nearly run herself into the ground because the only thing she could control was her training," said Carlisle. "Renee wasn't there to deal with the any of the aftermath of your shit."

"That's not fair," muttered Renee. "I couldn't be there and be with Charlie. He needed me."

"I needed you, too, Ren," cried Bella. "I needed you and you left me just like they left me."

"I didn't want to, Bella," said Renee, crying as she stood up. "Don't you think I wanted to be there for you? Don't you think I wanted to tell you a million times that they were ok? I wish like hell I could have protected you, all of you, but I couldn't. Charlie's my life, Bella. Just like Edward is your's. I couldn't…I couldn't let him go. I'm sorry."

"It doesn't make a difference if you are sorry, Ren," said Bella, taking a deep breath. "You were my big sister and I need you but you chose him over me, over us."

"He's my husband," whispered Renee.

"I was your sister," muttered Bella. "But I didn't matter enough for you to even call and see how I was doing. You gave me up just like they did."

Bella pulled out of my arms and headed out of the dining hall. I made to go after her but Carlisle shook his head and ran after her. Emmett and Jasper both stood up and walked out after them, without saying a word to anyone. I looked over at Nolan and Corrine, who looked taken back by everything.

"Do you just not get it?" I asked. They both looked over at me. "You killed her soul."