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"I don't know how I'm gonna cope, Bells. Seeing you, being with you and then losing you again. Its gonna be hard. I know it'll be a while before we can be together, but promise you'll wait for me? I want you to promise me that you will never let go?" He begged.

I turned myself around to face him, his eyes shimmering with tears.

"I promise" I whispered.

Leaning in towards him, I placed the sweetest kiss onto his lips before wrapping my arms around his neck.

"I don't think I can wait all of that time before seeing you again" I whispered against his beautifully soft skin.

"Whenever you need me baby, just call and ill try the best I can to be there"

I lost myself in him as I savoured our last hour together.

Leaving would be awful.

Seeing him with her would be hell

Walking around Seattle, I felt nothing but loneliness.

All these people bustling around, getting on with their perfect lives. I saw confident women strutting down the street, gabbling on their cell phones. Couples kissing, pouring out their love for one another.

I had left my heart in that hotel room not five minutes ago and the emptiness in my chest was enormous.

I had to clear my mind of it, for the day at least. It was Leah's birthday and I had to make it up to her for not being here the past few years. I needed to buy her a gift and I knew just where I was headed.

Tiffany & Co.

I pushed open the glossy glass door and made my over to the sales person behind the counter.

"Hello Miss, how can I be of assistance today?" She asked, smiling at me.

"Its my friends birthday today and I need something special" I replied, eyeing the expensive jewellery.

"Ah, well what was it you were looking for? A necklace? Some earrings maybe?"

I thought about it for a moment. Leah wasn't one for earrings, in fact I didn't even think she'd pierced them.

"Um, a celebration ring maybe? Would you mind showing me a few?" I asked her pleasantly.

"Of course Madam, I'll be right back"

I tapped my fingernails against the glass as I waited for her. I looked down at the beautiful engagement rings knowing that it would be a long time before I had one of those on my finger. Maybe it wouldn't happen at all. Maybe I just wasn't marriage material.

"Here we are" She sighed as she slid the tray across the counter to me.

One of them caught my eye immediately and it was so Leah.

"This one, definitely this one" I squealed, pointing to it.

"Ah yes, this one is especially stunning. Its eighteen carat white gold and encrusted with amethysts. The perfect birthday gift" She explained, clearly desperate for the sale.

"I'll take it, thank you" I smiled.

I purchased the ring, plus three beautiful friendship bracelets. One for Rose, Leah and I. Leah had only just met Rose, but I just knew they'd be friends for life. They were too similar not to be.

Walking to the car, I promised myself that I would give her the birthday she deserved.

I stepped into my rental car and made my way back to Forks. I knew there'd be an onslaught on questions from Rose.

Questions I didn't know if I should answer. Could I tell her that we'd be together? That we would continue to see each other? She was my best friend, but this was something I wanted to keep to myself. I needed to keep Jake deep inside my heart. I didn't want to tarnish what we had with anybody else opinions.

Childish? Probably.

Pulling up into the driveway I took a deep breath and proceeded to get out of the car. Grabbing my overnight bag from the trunk, I made my way inside.

"Bella? Is that you?" Rose shrieked from upstairs.

"Yes" I groaned, making my way to the kitchen to make some coffee.

It sounded as though a herd of baby elephants were stampeding down the stairs as she made her way down to me. Rose bounded around the corner, straight over to me. She pulled me into a bone crushing hug before shoving me down into one of the chairs.

"I'll make coffee, you talk" She ordered.

I rolled my eyes before waiting for the questions.

"How was it?" She asked, pouring the water into the mugs.

"Without going into too much detail, amazing" I blushed.

"Oh Bella, how was he with you?"

"He was perfect. It was just like it used to be, obviously with the sex now. Rosie, it was phenomenal. You always here those horror stories about peoples first times but it wasn't like that. It was beautiful, passionate and my god I didn't even know it was possible to feel that way" I giggled.

She placed the mugs onto the table and sat down opposite me.

"I'm so pleased to here that you enjoyed your time with him" She smiled, but I knew there was something else she wanted to say.

We sat in silence sipping our coffee until she started to speak once again.

"How do you feel now, Bella?" Rose asked me in a whisper.

"I…I feel okay" I whispered back.

"I know its hard sweetie but you've got me to help you through it. Leah too, who by the way is a great girl" She laughed.

Glad of the change of topic, I laughed along with her.

"She told me that we were to meet at her place, eight o clock" I informed her.

"Yeah I know, we'll need to start getting ready soon" She joked.

Tonight would be a night Leah would never forget, I was sure of it. All these years I hadn't been here for her, I would make it up to her. Starting now.

"Rosie, go put your swimsuit on. We're going to kidnap Leah!" I squealed excitedly.

She smiled widely before making her way up the staircase after me.

I stripped myself of my clothes and threw on my white bikini. I grabbed three towels from the bathroom, shoving them into a beach bag along with everything else I needed.

I pulled on a pair of denim booty shorts and a tank top. After slipping on my sneakers I ran back down the staircase.

"I'll meet you in the car Rose!" I called to her, running out the front door.

I hopped back into my car and turned the engine on.

Moments later, Rosie excitedly threw herself into the passenger seat.

"Ready bitch?" I squealed.

"Hell yeah, move it missy!"

The drive over to Leah's was filled with singing and joking. It was a nice distraction from what was going on inside my head.

We pulled up outside Leah's house, hopped out of the car and ran up to her front door.

"Leeeeaaahhh!" We squealed, banging on the hard wood door with out palms.

The door flew open moments later. Behind it was a very grumpy looking Leah.

"Guys, could you be any louder?" Leah whined.

"Oh shush, get your bikini on and get out here!" I ordered, turning her around and pushing her back inside.

Rose and I hopped back into the car and waited for her to be done.

The journey to the beach was fun to say the least.

Rose, Leah and I screeching to Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' as loud as our lungs would let us.

I was having so much fun that the sadness weighing down my heart was numbing a little.

As we pulled up to the beach, we all took a deep breath before laughing our asses off.

"Oh lord! I love you two!" Leah howled.

After a few more moments of outrageous laughter, we dragged our butts out of my rental car and made our way out to the beach.

"Oh god…" Leah mumbled.

"What?" Rose asked.

All Leah did was point into the distance.

I looked ahead to see three beautiful men. All of which I recognised instantly.

"BELLA!" I heard a voice shout.

"Oh my god, PAUL!" I shouted back, running as fast as my legs could carry me.

Paul and I had been good friends since high school, but we had lost touch after I left for LA.

He hadn't changed much. His black hair was still cropped short and he still had those gorgeous brown eyes. As for his body, well that had always been fantastic.

As I reached him, he rushed me into his arms and squished me to his chest.

"Its so good to see you" He whispered into my hair.

Now would be the time to admit to you that yes, Paul and I do have a little bit of history. Nothing more than a couple of dates and a kiss, but we had remained friends none the less.

"You too Paul" I muttered back.

He squeezed me tightly once more before releasing me and taking a good look at my form.

"Well Bella Swan, you certainly grew up" Paul smirked.

I slapped him playfully on the shoulder before turning to scope out Leah and Rose. I noticed that Leah was now hiding herself behind Rose, which was quite unusual for such an outspoken and outgoing girl like her.

"Rose! Leah!" I called, beckoning them over before turning back to face Paul.

"So, who have you got here then?" I asked him, pointing to his friends.

"Ah, Quil and Jared. I heard you met Jared a couple of nights back, apparently he and Rose got on quite well" He said, wiggling his eyebrows.

"Ugh, your such a dog!" I scoffed.

He just laughed and pulled me over to his friends.

"Hey Bella" Quil and Jared greeted, almost in unison.

"Hi guys"

I looked behind me once more to see Leah and Rose a couple of metres away, whispering to themselves and looking over at Paul.

"Ill be right back guys" I told them, making my way over to the gossipers.

"Okay ladies, what's going on?" I asked them, with my hands on my hips.

"Nothing" Leah quickly replied.

"Do you think I'm stupid or something? I know something's going on so you might as well tell me now, or ill get it out of you tonight when your drunk" I threatened.

Leah huffed before speaking.

"Paul…" She mumbled.

"What about him" I asked her, clearly confused.

It only took one more look from Leah for my brain to click into action.

"Ohhh…I get you now. So how long has it been going on?" I giggled, nudging her softly.

"Nothings happened, but he just keeps looking at me" She muttered.

Rose and I giggled a little before composing ourselves.

"Do you like him?" Rose asked her.

"Maybe…" Leah whispered, shuffling on her feet.

Rose and I shot a mischievous glance to each other before taking hold of Leah's arms, intertwining ours with them.

"So, who's coming with us tonight?" I asked Leah.

"Well, there's Embry, Quil, Jared and obviously Paul" She paused.

"I didn't know whether to invite Jacob or not Bella, I didn't want to put you in an awkward position"

Every fibre of my being was telling me to confess all to her. Tell her that I'd spent the night with Jake, tell her that he'd promised we'd be together.

"Its fine Leah….Honestly" I assured her, giving her hand a soft squeeze.

We quickly composed ourselves and made our way over to the boys.

"Hello ladies" Jared greeted us.

"Hi boo" Rosie cooed, pulling him into a hug.

This was a revelation for Rose. Usually after she'd slept with a guy, she wouldn't even give him the time of day. Don't get me wrong, she wasn't any kind of harlot by any means. Her last serious boyfriend was a total monster. Emmett McCarty II. A wealthy business man. He had inherited everything from his father when he passed away.

At first, it seemed he was the perfect gentleman. He would take Rose out for romantic meals, weekends away. He would send her flowers most days, buy her expensive jewellery. All in all, he seemed like a great guy.

That was until I got the phone call…

*Flashback*

"Hey Rose" I spoke, answering her call.

She didn't speak back. All I could hear was the faint sounds of sobbing in the background.

"Rose?" I called, a little concerned.

Still nothing, but I wouldn't hang up on her just yet. As I listened a little more, I heard a rustling against the phone.

"Rosie?" A sickly sweet voice cooed.

"Leave me alone, please" I heard her beg.

"No Rose, I wont let you flaunt your sexy ass around me and not give it up!" He shouted.

Oh my god….

"Emmett….Emmett! No!" All I heard was her blood curdling scream before the phone went dead.

I had no idea what to do, who to call. I was stuck. I knew that she was staying with Emmett at his beach house this weekend but I had no clue where it was.

I desperately wanted to call the cops, but where would I send them?

At that moment I jumped up from the bed, grabbed my suitcase and high tailed it out of the hotel room. I had to find my Rosie. I knew that I wouldn't get there in enough time to prevent what he was planning on doing, but at least I could be there to help her get through it afterwards.

*End flashback*

"Bella?" Rose called, shaking my shoulder lightly.

My head snapped up in her direction.

"Honey, why are you crying?" She asked me, wiping away a stray tear.

I hadn't even noticed the tears falling from my eyes. Every time I thought of that night I ended up blaming myself. I knew there was nothing I could do when she was in LA and I was in New York, but if I'd only turned that job down.

"Bella" I heard Leah whisper, wrapping her arm around my shoulder.

"I'm fine, honestly" I said, wiping the tears away and forcing a smile.

"Oh Belly, what are we gonna do with you?" Paul asked, shooting me a sympathetic glance.

It was then that I saw Paul and the rest of the guys eyeing each other mischievously.

"Ready boys?" Paul asked them, grinning like a Cheshire cat.

"Oh yes" Jared replied, waggling his brows.

Before I knew it I was being thrown over Embry's shoulder and being thrashed around as he ran towards the water.

"No! I've still got my clothes on jackass!" I bellowed.

I managed to lift my head up high enough to see Rose behind pulled by Jared and Leah by Paul. Rose was squealing like a small child while Leah was screaming obscenities to Paul. I could see Quil crumbling with laughter beside Leah and Paul.

"EMBRY CALL! PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW!" I screeched.

"No can do, honey" He chuckled.

The next thing I knew, I was being thrown into the ice cold water. Head first I might add.

Oh, Embry was going down….

I jumped up to my feet, pulling my tank top over my head.

"Its too late for that now, Bella" Embry laughed.

I scowled at him and stalked towards him slowly.

"Paul! Fucking put me down right now!" Leah shouted.

Obviously Paul wasn't paying any attention to her demands as he threw her in to the water, only she was cunning and kept hold of his arm, pulling him in after her.

"Dude! You got owned!" Quil laughed.

As Embry was distracted by Paul and Leah, I stalked around him and shoved him face first into the water.

He clearly wasn't expecting it as he leaped out immediately, wiping the droplets from his face.

"Now who's laughing?" I teasing, giggling inwardly.

"Jared! No!" I heard Rosalie squeal.

My head snapped around to face them as he launched Rose into the water. She landed right by my side and boy did she look pissed. I watched as she drug herself to her feet, wiping her hair out of her face.

"Jared….I swear to god you'd better run" She seethed, gritting her teeth.

The poor guy actually looked scared. I laughed at that.

"Bella, you ready" Rose asked me raising her brows, mimicking the actions of Paul not moments before.

"Oh yes" I replied.

I threw myself onto Embry causing him to collapse beneath me, falling back into the water. I held his head down playfully as I tried to fight of Quil from behind me.

"Bella, its two against one. You've already lost" Quil laughed, pulling me from Embry and launching me quite a way into the water.

Rosalie was in a lip locking contest with Jared, so I had lost my wing girl.

"Leah!" I squealed.

"Leah's a little busy Bella" Embry laughed.

I looked over at where she and Paul were previously stood and decided to look away immediately. I had sensed the sexual tension as soon as we had arrived, I guess Leah just gave into it.

"So…Do you surrender?" Quil asked as he and Embry stalked towards me like I was their pray.

"Never" I hollered playfully, running towards them.

Embry caught me in his arms and began to duck me underneath the water.

I leaped back up and jumped straight onto Quils back, pulling him down by his hair and pushing beneath me.

I saw my chance to escape and leapt back towards the beach. Bits of my hair were stuck to my face and my shorts were soaked through, along with the rest of me. Looking back on it now, a white bikini probably hadn't been the best idea.

I looked behind me once more to see Rose and Jared still going at it. Quil and Embry fighting each other like children. Leah and Paul however, were nowhere to be seen.

"Typical Paul" I giggled.

As I lifted my head up, I spotted a flash of bronze running down the beach towards me.

Just as it always did when I saw him, my heart stopped.

I looked around to see if anyone had noticed him. Nope, they hadn't even so much as looked.

My eyes met his as we took each other in.

He was dripping with sweat, his bare chest shimmering in the sunlight. He had on pair of basketball shorts, slung low on his hips showing off that glorious v.

My hardened peaks were clearly visible through the flimsy material of my bikini.

I looked up at his face once more, taking my bottom lip between my teeth. The lust pooling in his eyes was evident.

"Follow me" I mouthed at him

With that, I took of running towards the woods with Jake hot on my trail.

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