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Bonsoir! How are you guys doing? Enjoying the life of fan-fiction? I sure hope so. Anyways, here's another chappie for you lot. I'm not too sure how long it's going to be yet. As I'm writing this before I have even started it…so you'll like it. Hopefully. Please review, this chapter is going to be a struggle, I can feel it already.

He Loves Me, He Loves Her Not

"Do you realize how much trouble I'm in?"

Rosalie was pacing the floor of our bedroom with a raging look on her face. "I let you go out and this is how you repay me? I'm in deep shit for this."

She was pissed. I'd almost never had someone that mad at me before, besides Edward when I asked him to change me. We'd been bickering back and forth since we'd stepped foot in the door.

"Rosalie I said I was sorry!" I tried to show her with sincerity how sorry I really was. I didn't know I wasn't allowed to talk to people.

"Sorry doesn't cut it Bella." She shot me a mean glare, "Edward's going to be pissed and he'll never talk to me again."

"So Edward won't have to find out," I said simply, "What Edward doesn't know won't hurt him."

She stared at me hard. "Are you suggesting we lie to your dear boyfriend?"

I simply nodded my head.

"Are you crazy? Have you forgotten he can read my mind Bella?" she was in hysterics over this. I really didn't see the big deal.

"What's the big deal about it anyways?" I asked curiously, "Not like the guy wanted to take a chunk out of me or anything."

"What color were his eyes?"

Why did she care? "Red."

Rosalie let out a big sigh. "Then I bet he did want to take a chunk out of you Bella. He feeds off humans."

"Ew," no wonder he wouldn't touch me, "no offense."

"None taken."

She finally stopped walking across the floor and sat down in the big armchair across from where I was sitting on the bed. She looked into my eyes and I noticed they were a hard color, they were losing their lightness.

"You have to promise me not to go out anywhere Bella," she said.

I looked up at her quite shocked. How was I supposed to stay cooped up in a big old mansion for a week with nothing to do? The girls had school, Rosalie would probably go out and catch up with old friends or something and then there was poor old Bella, the human that had to stay in and be careful of all the scary things in the world. She must be insane.

"I'm not promising you anything Rosalie." I said being difficult. I got up from the bed and intended on walking out the door but she beat me to it.

"Move."

"Promise me," she pleaded.

"Rosalie I don't have time for this!" I shouted, although I clearly did.

"Bella, why are you being so difficult?" she shouted back, louder then me.

"Because I'm not staying in this house for an entire week with nothing to do!" I tried to reason.

"There's plenty to do here, now promise me." She was trying to be firm.

"No," I said while crossing my arms.

She smirked and I looked a little confused. What could possibly be worth smirking about right now? "TANYA!"

What was she yelling for Tanya for? I stood in front of Rosalie for a few seconds when the door opened behind her.

"What's wrong?" Tanya said worriedly as she burst into the room.

I started the tell her about Rosalie and my disagreement but I noticed Rosalie talking to her in the quick vampire talk. Tanya kept nodding then looked right into my eyes after a few minutes.

"Bella," she said, "I think it's best that you stay inside the house until Edward gets here, trust me."

It'd never felt like I did in that one moment. She flashed me one of her toothy smiles and a feeling of calmness and believing washed over me. She had used her damn power on me.

"Okay Tanya," I said and walked towards my bed to go sit back down.

As soon as I hit the bed I came out of my little trance like state and noticed what she had done. I looked up at her and flashed an evil look. "Tanya I can't believe you did that!"

"Sorry Bella, it's for your own good." And she turned out of the room and walked back into the hall.

Rosalie turned back to me, "Now that that's settled."

"Nothing's settled Rosalie, I can't believe you did that." I was pissed at her for asking Tanya to take advantage of me like that.

"Bella trust me on this one, you really should—" she started, only to be interrupted by a small buzzing sound followed by a ring.

"My phone!" she exclaimed and she shot to the bedside table to pick it up.

"Hello?" she spoke into the tiny silver thing. I could hear Edward's muffled voice on the other end.

She flung the phone at me, "Here."

I picked up the phone and got up making my way to the bathroom, "I hope you're happy." I looked at her smugly and slammed the door in her face as I'd entered the bathroom.

I sat on the edge of the tub and pressed my fingers into my eyes to stop the stinging. God Rosalie really was horrible. I shut my eyes really tight, not allowing myself to think of what had just happened.

"Bella?" It was Edward's muffled voice through the speaker of the phone.

I lifted it to my ear. "Hey Edward!"

"What was all that about? You guys don't seem very happy." Well that much was obvious.

"Oh were fine, you know me and Rosalie." I tried to laugh but it came out as more of a choke.

"Are you sure you're okay Bella?" I hated when he did that.

"Edward I'm fine!" I snapped.

"Okay," he didn't push it any further. "I really miss you."

I'd almost forgotten how amazing he is (not). "I really miss you too Edward." Oh no, I felt the tears coming. I tried with all my might to push them back, the last thing I needed was for Edward to be upset because I was crying.

"Don't worry, Emmett and I will be there soon," he said, "Carlisle just thinks we should wait a while."

"Emmett's coming?" I asked. Rosalie would be pleased. Not that I cared.

"He's going through some sort of Rosalie withdrawal," he sniggered on the other end.

I tried to sound cheerful, "Its loads of fun here, take your time."

"You mean to tell me you're having a good time living in a house with six other vampires?" I could tell he was amused with my attempt.

"Err," I stuttered.

"That's what I thought," he laughed slightly.

"They're really nice people," I said letting him know what I thought of the family.

"Yeah, they're great. Especially Irina once you get to know her." Ouch.

"Ha-ha, yeah." I tried to sound interested. It was a little weird hearing this just after I learned they'd had a relationship.

"I'd better go Bella, Carlisle needs the phone." He sounded a little dismal.

"Call me later?"

"Of course sweetheart. Oh yeah by the way, Charlie asked me to tell you to call him." Just like Charlie.

"Okay I will. Thanks Edward. Try to get here as fast as you can okay? I really miss you." That was true. I really did.

"I'll try, I love you."

"I love you too," I waited for him to hang up first. He waited for about ten seconds before he did and I know he really wanted to talk to me.

You'll see him soon. Soon wasn't good enough. I hated not having Edward by my side almost every second of the day and I wasn't used to it. Maybe this was a good thing though. I guess we needed some time apart to think about a few things. But thirty-six hours was more then enough time. I remembered what Edward had said about Charlie so I dialed our number into the key pad. After three rings he answered.

"Hrrrnro?" the voice was muffled and I couldn't understand it.

"Charlie?" I asked unsure.

"Oh, hey Bella!" It was Jacob.

"Jacob! What are you doing at my house?" I asked suspiciously.

"Well my dad and I just came to watch the game. Now Charlie and my dad are trying to cook fish fry, it's not going to good."

I had to laugh. Charlie must miss me and my cooking. "That's great, could you please pass the phone to Charlie?" I wasn't trying to be rude, I was getting to the point.

"Sure thing Bella." I heard him put the phone down and mumble a few things on the other end.

Charlie picked up the phone. "Bella?"

"Hey dad!" I said enthusiastically.

"How's Canada honey?" he asked.

Canada? "Oh you know, it's pretty good. Got lot's of shopping in!"

"Don't you hate shopping?" Busted.

"What are you talking about dad? I love it!"

He was obviously confused. "Well if you say so."

"It's really great here, you'd love it." I needed to sound convincing.

"That's great sweetie," he sounded a little pre-occupied. "So you're doing alright then? Don't need me to transfer any money or anything?"

"Nope, I'm fine dad." And I was.

"I really wish you would have told me you and that Cullen girl won that contest, it seemed great when Dr. Cullen told me about it!" What was he talking about? I'd assumed it was what my father was told of my whereabouts.

"Yeah, ha-ha I'll be sure to tell you next time."

"Well, okay honey," he said, "I'd better get going something's burning. You have a great trip and I'll see you soon!"

"Okay, love you dad bye!" I hung up before I could hear an answer. I'd never told Charlie I loved him and I was a little scared to hear the reply. I really did miss and love him though.

I sat on the edge of the tub still just thinking while holding the tiny silver phone in my hand. When was Edward going to be coming? I didn't think I could last another day without him. His soft breath against my ear as he whispered to me, or hearing his soft hum to my lullaby as I fell asleep. There were so many things about him that I never realized I'd loved so much. I was just sitting and thinking when the phone in my hand began to vibrate. I nearly dropped it in surprise.

I flipped it open. "Hello?"

"Bella? It's Emmett, where's Rosalie?" he sounded a little uptight.

"Is everything okay Emmett?" I asked curiously, this was unusual.

"Its fine Bella, I just need to speak to Rose." He probably misses her.

I thought about the things that could have Emmett in such a mess as I unlocked the bathroom door and walked into the yellow bedroom. I walked over to the armchair as Rosalie was still sitting there and threw the phone to her lap. I plopped down on the bed without saying a word and just put my arm over my head to rest my eyes. When I didn't hear Rosalie talking on the phone I turned to look at her. But she wasn't there. The bathroom door was shut and I could see shadows beneath the door. Vampires we're awfully sneaky.

It was about ten minutes until I heard the lock click to signal that Rosalie was out of the bathroom. I looked up as I felt the small phone fall into my lap once again.

"Phone." And she turned away and walked out the bedroom door.

I wondered how long this would go on for. "Hello?"

"I need you to promise me something Bella," it was Edward and he was worried.

"Edward what's wrong?" I could hear the fear in my voice, I was hoping for the best.

"What are you talking about silly? Nothing's wrong. I just want you to stay inside and stay close to Rosalie alright? No running away or falling into trouble. I'll be there in about two days okay? Maybe sooner. Please stay safe until then." He was begging me to.

"Two days? What happened to a week? I mean, not that I'm complaining or anything but I—"

"Bella I can't talk now! I'll talk to you when I see you, I love you forever sweetie."

Clunk. Beep.

And he hung up.

I'd been lying on the bed for about an hour now just staring directly above me, counting all the spots on the ceiling. Everyone around me was acting like I was a fragile piece of glass or something and I knew something was up. I bet it had to do with Alice's vision. I hated being kept in the dark about things that involved me. Edward just seemed to think I couldn't handle it.

With a heavy sigh I lifted myself gracefully from the bed and walked towards the door. I'd been in that room for almost three hours and as I looked to the clock on the table I saw that it was already 9:30pm. I had no idea where I was going. The house was so confusing and I'd had Rosalie with me the other times I'd been led around. I figured I'd just wait until someone found me or until I stumbled across something to do. I noticed the hallway I was in as the one that led downstairs if I were to turn right. I decided to turn left this time and walk up the other huge set of stairs holding on to the railing in case I fell. When I'd reached the top I looked around to find myself in a long hallway with only four doors. I walked down along it looking at pictures along the way. I noticed many of them were quite old a lot like Carlisle's and that they were also mostly of the girls. I kept walking down the hallway and when I'd reached the final door I turned to look at a picture with a familiar face. It was Edward along with Irina. They were lying in a field covered in patches of snow quite close to each other seeming to enjoy one another's company. I had my hand over the room doorknob about to go in when someone yelled my name from down the hall.

"Bella!" It was Irina. I turned to see her quickly running towards me with a big smile on her face.

"Hey Irina," I said in a saddened tone, and she noticed.

"What's up kiddo?" I found it quite odd that she would call me kiddo as I looked at least a year older then her.

"Nothing," I said as I quickly glanced at the picture of her and Edward and looked down to the floor.

"Oh…well, come in!" she turned to the door I was standing in front of and turned the knob pushing it open.

I walked into the room behind her and realized that it must have been her bedroom. Pushed against the farthest wall was a big white sofa along with a small armchair of the same color. A bookcase filled with books sat beside it which reminded me of my gift of books situated in Edward's bedroom back home. I smiled weakly at the memory and looked around at the rest of the things in her room. She had a huge vanity table filled with loads of make-up and hair products and a pile of clothes were sitting on the floor. She really did seem like just another American teenager, although she was a thousand some odd years old.

"Wow, your room's really nice." I said.

"Thanks," she answered smiling, "It used to belong to Katie, but I made her trade me a few years ago."

"I guess the same room would get quite boring after a few years huh?"

"Exactly, so we switch rooms every so often and when we get totally bored with the whole house we just move." She said with a shrug of her shoulders.

That must be great just getting up and moving to wherever you wanted when you wanted. I flashed her a smile. She made her way to her white sofa and plopped down as if she were exhausted. She patted the spot next to her with her hand and I made my way next to her.

When I sat down next to her and gave a heavy sigh she rounded on me with concern in her eyes.

"Is there something bothering you Bella?" she asked with such kindness that it made me feel awkward.

"No," I lied, "I'm fine."

"Are you sure? I don't mean to be hounding you or anything but you seem a little down."

I sighed and decided if I wanted to get rid of all the negative feelings inside of me I needed to talk. "It's just I hate how everyone is so over-protective over me. Even Rosalie now and I hate it. I can never convince anyone that I'm okay because they always seem to be able to tell. I also hate that Edward won't change me into a stupid freaking vampire and just let me be with no strings attached. But nooo Bella has to stay a human. AND I also hate the fact that I'm sitting in the bedroom of my boyfriend's ex-girlfriend." My hand clapped against my mouth in spite of myself.

I didn't mean to let the last one slip. I'd been on a roll and couldn't help but just let everything come out of my mind. "I didn't mean that Irina!"

She laughed uneasily. "Yes you did Bella or else you wouldn't have said it. I understand though."

How could she possibly understand? "It's just a little weird, Edward never mentioned any other girls before so I guess it was just a bit of a surprise."

"I know what you mean. Don't worry though, Edward and I were nothing compared to you two."

I smiled at the thought but got a little curious. "What do you mean?"

She shrugged her shoulders. "Edward and I just weren't meant for each other."

"How long did you guys go out for?" I hoped I didn't upset her with my questions but it's not like I'd be talking to Edward about it anytime soon.

"Almost three years." She had a faraway look in her eye and I could tell she was thinking about those three years with Edward.

"That's a pretty long time." I said, in terms of humans, it was.

"Not really, I've been in longer relationships before." Again she shrugged her shoulders.

I got the slight feeling that she was just trying to act cool with everything for my sake. "What's the longest one you've been in?"

"Twenty-three years." Her eyes dropped.

I got the feeling that she would rather I didn't ask more about it so I didn't. "So why did you and Edward break up then?"

Her eyes shot up to look at me then she looked away embarrassedly. "We just didn't feel the same about each other."

I knew she'd didn't want to talk about it, but I couldn't help it. "Who broke it off?"

"Edward." When his name slipped off her tongue it felt like heaven to my ears. I knew it wasn't right to be thinking of it that way, but after all Edward was now mine.

"What happened?" I felt bad, but I was curious at the same time.

So she began, "One day we were downstairs and I was listening to Edward play the piano in the living room. It was probably one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard someone play and it drew me closer to Edward and still to this day I don't know why. And well, I was standing behind him and I kind of leaned over from behind and I'd told him I loved him and he sort of freaked out and just left. After that the Cullen's moved to Forks."

She was fidgeting with the hem of her shirt and I could tell she was uncomfortable talking about this with me. I felt bad. Here I was happy that Edward had broken up with her but I didn't think about how bad she must have felt. Tell someone you love them then they just get up and run away, that was pretty bad. I almost felt angry at Edward for doing something so mean to the girl in front of me who was fast becoming a friend.

I reached out and touched her shoulder. "Don't worry Irina, I'm sure you'll find someone much better then Edward that will love you back with everything they have."

That made her smile. "Thanks Bella."

I smiled at her with meaning as I was thinking of questions to take the tension out of the air and talking about Edward wasn't exactly doing the trick.

"So, how old were you when you were changed?"

"Around sixteen I think. I can't really remember and neither can my sisters but the last memories we have were of when we were around that age."

I nodded in understanding. She opened her mouth to ask me a question but she quickly snapped it shut, hoping I didn't notice, but I did.

"What were you going to say?" I asked wondering why she'd stopped herself.

"Nothing," she said, but I knew better then that.

"Just please tell me Irina," I gave her my best pout and a puppy dog look.

She laughed and rolled her eyes at my face and I instantly joined in. "It was about you and Edward."

"Well please, continue." I looked at her waiting for what she was going to say.

"You guys really love each other right?" she said in a feeble voice.

"I love him more then anything in the world." My voice sounded dreamy and choked as I remember how worried he had sounded on the phone a little while ago.

"Well, then why won't he change you? I mean it's not like he can stop you if you want to be a vampire." She was right.

"He wants me to live life as a human and fulfill my dreams and all this load of bull. It annoys me a lot actually, it kind of makes it seem like he doesn't really want to spend eternity with me. But if Edward doesn't want me to be a vampire, so be it."

I hated admitting that I would never go against Edward's wish of wanting to keep me human until I got his approval but it was true.

"Do you think he'll ever change you?"

"Well he better some day because after all, I am going to die." I said knowingly.

She gave me a faint smile and nodded slightly. I noticed her gaze fall to the clock on the wall and she jumped up.

"Holy shit Bella! You should be going to sleep it's getting pretty late."

I looked up to the clock. She was right. It was nearly 12:30 and I hadn't even noticed. It was amazing how much time could pass by without us even noticing. I enjoyed Irina's company.

"Come on, I'll show you back to your room."

We walked out her door and down the stairs and twisted down a few hallways until we were in front of a recognizable door. I turned to say good night.

"It was nice talking to you tonight Bella, you're really great to talk to. No wonder Edward loves you so much." She gave me a small wink and a smile.

I chuckled slightly. "Yeah apart from everything bad about me, I've heard I was a good listener."

She flashed me a toothy grin with her gorgeous alluring teeth. "Goodnight Bella!"

"Night Irina." And I walked into the bedroom to go to sleep.

I walked into the room and saw the top of Rosalie's head above the armchair. I turned to the right and walked straight into the bathroom where I'd left my toiletries bag and a pair of sweats that I usually slept in there. I turned on the shower and quickly hopped in washing my hair with the strawberry scented shampoo that filled my lungs and made me sleepy. After I was finished a quick wash I pulled a lavender towel from the rack next to the shower and wrapped it tightly around my small body. I pulled out my bag of toiletries and began brushing my teeth. I spit into the sink and watched the white foam get washed away into the drain. When my teeth were clean and my breath was minty I began pulling my long hair into a tight braid down one side of my head. After dropping my towel and getting into my gray sweat outfit I turned the lights off and walked to the bed and threw myself under the covers.

I missed falling asleep in Edward's rock hard arms and having him gently whisper sweet things in my ear as I drifted into my sleep. I missed hearing his soft voice humming my lullaby to calm me into a deep sleep. And without Edward tonight, my sleep was anything but peaceful…

I was going faster then I'd ever imagined I could go. I felt the soundless wind whipping around my long blond hair aimlessly as I ran at a top speed. Wait a second. Blond hair? I looked at my body and noticed I was a few inches taller off the ground then I was used to being. I looked at my hands and my newly manicured nails were long and painted pink, unlike my usual short ones from my biting habit. This wasn't my body, but I felt the need to run.

I whipped past countless numbers of trees and a slight sweat was forming on my forehead, tears falling down my cheeks every few seconds. I didn't know what I was running from, but I knew I wasn't safe.

Then it happened. I tripped on a loose root of a tree and fell forward with my arms out to catch my fall. I heard a distant laughter from behind me and I turned around to look. Something huge was speeding towards me. As it got closer, I recognized it as a man. A man I'd seen before. He seemed all too familiar, yet he was a stranger. A part of me longed to reach out to him and touch him with my warm hands and to ease the look of pain in his bright red eyes.

"Tiernan…" a scared voice fell from my lips I noticed as not my own.

He looked at me longingly. He walked towards me and lifted me off the ground. I couldn't help but notice the flow of electricity that fell through us as his hand touched mine. I was on my feet and being pulled closer and closer towards him. When our bodies were touching he looked at me with such love and longing in his eyes that I didn't know what emotion had swept over me.

"Lena," he whispered with such hurt in his voice that I did not understand, "I'm so sorry."

His head swept down to the nook in my neck and I felt his teeth sink into my burning flesh. But I stayed silent, knowing that if I screamed it would only make things worse. I waited until I felt myself getting weaker and weaker. He was doing it slower on purpose. When I knew I could no longer hold on I held his mouth closer to my neck.

"I love you…" I whispered, with one last beat of my heart.

A/N: Oh boy! Another chapter, how'd you guys like it? Hope you enjoyed it. It was pretty I don't know what to call it. Rushed maybe? I really liked writing it though, especially the conversation between Irina and Bella. This was pretty much just one of those chapters that have to kind of be there but sort of have no point. Well except the dream (which was my other favorite part to write) and Edward being worried while talking to Bella on the phone. So anyways, I know this wasn't my best chapter but I really wanted to get the story updated. And when I said I was suffering from a minor case of writers block I was totally wrong. It's a mild case. So bear with me! Hope you guys liked! Please review, it makes me quite happy and determined to get the next chapter out to you guys. )

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