A/N: So, here is another chapter. Thank you guys for all the likes, reviews, and readers. I know there are a lot of people out there reading this. I appreciate the people that leave reviews every chapter and I enjoy knowing what you guys are thinking. All right, you know the drill. Let's see what is going on in Bella's world.

I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing 'Cause I got time while she got freedom 'Cause when a heart breaks no it don't break even Her best days will be some of my worst She finally met a man that's gonna put her first While I'm wide awake she's no trouble sleeping 'Cause when a heart breaks no it don't breakeven... even... no What am I supposed to do when the best part of me was always you, And what am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up and you're ok- Breakeven by The Script

I got home late that night, irritated that I was no further with my plan than where I started weeks ago. I knew that I had another week until I could really move forward, but that would give me more than enough time to plan and figure out how I was going to do this. I had been sitting by and waiting for far too long and I knew that eventually, it had to come to this. This wasn't just about her anymore. It was about him too. He was trying to take my place, where I deserved to be, which was by her side. I knew she still wanted me. Every time I kissed her she responded to me, and the only reason she was fighting it was because of that tool. The mere thought of him made my blood boil. I was filled with joy when I destroyed his prized Volvo. Suddenly, a light turned on in the living room, breaking me out of my thoughts.

"Riley?"

"Hey, Bree."

"The cops came looking for you again today."

Shit! "What did you tell them?"

"What you told me to tell them. That you were working. They asked where and I gave them Tanya's number. They called and confirmed with her, but she wanted to know why she's lying for you."

"I'll call her tomorrow, it's late now."

"Riley, what are you doing? You're not going to Seattle, are you? You're not supposed to be in Seattle, or you go back to jail."

"No, Bree, I'm not. You know there is nothing there for me anymore."

"Well, the cops keep mentioning suspicious activity in Seattle."

I shrugged in my attempt at nonchalance. "It's not me."

She looked skeptical. If she wasn't my little sister I would have walked away from this conversation but her ignorance on my plans would keep her safe from any backlash. "I hope so Riley. I don't want you to go back to jail."

"Everything is fine," I told her and gave her a big hug. "I'm gonna go to bed, and you need to do the same." I started upstairs and she followed me, heading to her room.

I got to my room and saw a text that I had received ten minutes ago from Tanya: Call me now! I sighed. I knew she was going to ask a ton of questions and I'd have to lie my way through it. I called her number.

"Why were you in Seattle tonight? I'm lying for you, along with your sister, and you were in Seattle? What the hell are you thinking, Riley? Are you going after Bella again? She is bad news and she will just-,"

"Tanya!" I yelled, cutting her off. "What are you talking about?"

"I saw you in Seattle tonight, at the club. I saw you outside and I called for you, but you didn't seem to hear me."

"Or it wasn't me. It was probably someone that looked like me. Come on, Tanya. You think I'd be in Seattle and not come see you?"

"Well, where were you today? The cops came looking for you and you weren't there."

"I'm thinking of finishing college, but I can't go back to Seattle, so I went to different schools today to see what programs they had."

"Well, I miss you and want to see you, but I understand why you can't come down."

"I miss you too," I lied convincingly. "We'll see each other soon, though."

"Okay, good night, Ry."

"Night, Tanya." I hung up the phone and groaned. I would only have to deal with her a little longer. Sure, she was gorgeous, but she was very clingy and an airhead. Nothing like my Bella. I got ready for bed and by the time my head hit the pillow, I quickly fell asleep thinking of Bella.

Bella POV

"Something is up!" I exclaimed.

"Um...okay. What'd I do?" Alice asked suspiciously.

"Nothing, you didn't do anything. There has been nothing for almost a week. I leave for Forks in two days. What the f?"

"You want something to happen?"

"I don't wanna brace myself cause nothing has."

"Then don't, Bella."

"Ali, you were there Friday night, and I told you what he said. He's not done yet."

"I know, but he won't do anything when you're in Forks because that is Papa Swan's jurisdiction, so relax when you go there. Deal with it when you get back."

"I guess you're right."

"Have you been telling Dr. Foster what's been going on?"

"A little bit, not everything because we have no proof of anything. Even the police aren't doing anything about Edward's car. She thinks I'm doing better. Last week was our last session until the end of January. She thinks that we will be good once a month unless something changes.

"So," you're healed?" She smiled.

I smiled back. "I am on the right path for sure. I do feel better aside from the whole ex-boyfriend stalking me thing. I feel fairly normal, and Edward and I are doing well."

"I know. We heard you guys doing just fine last night."

I blushed bright red. I told him we were being loud! "Oh my God! Really?"

"Yeah, it's okay because Jazz and I just decided to make our own noise." We both laughed. "I'm glad you're doing better and that we're back living with each other. Things are the way they're supposed to be."

I just nodded, completely in agreement with her. We sat in silence, just chilling. Alice was sketching some designs in her notepad for some school project. She was always an overachiever and her projects were always finished way before they needed to be. Edward was Christmas shopping right now, I chided him for waiting until the last minute, but apparently, it was a guy thing because Jazz and Em went with him. Rose, Ali, and I had finished ours weeks ago.

We agreed that we wouldn't see each other until he came to get me bright and early two days from now, so we didn't get "tired" of each other, which was a joke. We were going to be spending a week in Forks together. The other day Emmett kidded that we spent so much time together that we should just move in together already. My answering glare was just enough for him to say he was just teasing and go hide in his room. It was mostly true, but we both were not ready for that right now. We'd known each other almost our entire lives, but we had only been together for a few months.

I was lifted out of my musing by my phone ringing and I looked at my screen, bracing for the worst. I was half right because it was my mom. I groaned and silenced the call so it would just go to voicemail. Alice gave me a questioning look. "It was my mom. She gets all sentimental and calls me every year on my birthday and a few days before Christmas."

"So, why didn't you answer?"

"I have nothing to say to her."

"Bella, she's your mom."

"Only twice a year. She's never been there for me. She's made it obvious that she doesn't want to make any real effort, so I'm not gonna make small talk while she attempts to make herself feel better."

Alice made a face.

"I'll call her later."

Alice meant well. She knew what it was like to lose a mom and here I was with my mother alive and breathing, and I wouldn't talk to her. She also knew that my mom was never really there for me, so she didn't push, she just nudged.

Her phone chimed and she looked at it. "Well, Jazz is on his way over. They just got done shopping. Is Rose still coming over tonight?"

"Yep, she said that she'll be here around five, so you and Jazz are good to go to your movie."

"Cool. You're sure you guys don't want to go?"

"No, we're gonna veg and hang out. You and Jazz deserve some alone time."

She nodded and we were silent for a moment. I decided to ask her something that had been bugging me. "Hey, Ali? Why haven't you and Jazz moved in together? I don't want you to move, but I'm just curious."

"Well, I have a house already. We've talked about it, but we decided it wasn't a good time for it."

"Is it because of me?"

"No, Bells. We decided that we need to get engaged and then move in and even if that happens, it doesn't mean you'll move out. I love you and I don't want you to leave. I know it'll happen one day when you move in with someone you love." She smiled.

I smiled back at her. "It's weird how life works out sometimes, isn't it? If you weren't so annoyingly stubborn to improve my social life, I wouldn't have seen Edward that night."

"Yeah, but you two still would have gotten together. Jazz told me about you two as kids and you guys have been stumbling to this point for some time like you were destined to be together."

I chuckled. "Esme told me the same thing basically. She always hoped and thought we would get together. She's happy I'm with Edward though, said I'm good for him."

"You are good for each other. You actually smile now, Bella. Do you know how long it's been since I've seen you really smile?"

I nodded. "It's been a long while, almost a year and a half. It's a good thing he's persistent cause I almost screwed the whole thing up."

"That's why I'm here. To watch your back and slap sense into you when you do self-destructive stuff."

"Yeah, that's for sure. I missed you, Ali. I really did."

"Me too, Bells. I'm glad we're back together."

That was pretty much all we had to say. We had been saying that to each other every day since she had come home. Jasper showed up soon enough and Rose not much longer after that. She and I sat and talked while Alice got ready. Jazz looked bored. Finally, Alice was done. She and Jazz left. Rose looked at me curiously.

"Can you keep a secret? Like from everyone, including Ali and Edward," she asked, her eyes excited.

"Of course, if you don't want to tell anyone I won't. You know you can trust me."

"I want to wait until Christmas to tell everyone, but I told you I would tell you as soon as I was ready… Bells, I'm pregnant."

I smiled widely. "Oh my God, Rose! That's awesome! How far along?" I gave her a huge hug.

"About nine weeks. That is why Emmett has been getting on me about not smoking and why I haven't been drinking. I've been making Em drink my alcohol."

"Sneaky. That's so great, Rose. You guys will be finished with college by the time the baby is born."

"Yeah, I'm so glad I will be done here soon."

"Oh, yeah." Rose had been planning on graduating early for over a year now. She took classes this last summer to get ahead and she took her finals in January. "How does Em feel about it?" I already knew the answer.

"He's dying to tell everyone. Especially Mrs. Cullen, Edward, and you. He's very excited. You know Em." I did know him, and I knew he'd probably been dying to tell us. "That's why I told you. You're one of the most important people in our lives."

"I'm happy for you guys. It's very good news to hear, Rose. Are you guys still planning on getting married this summer?"

"We might push it up to March or something. The baby is due July 17th. So, you will have to try on your dress sooner. Don't worry, Ali and I picked awesome bridesmaid dresses. Not even you could hate it."

I tried to smile, but it came out a grimace. I usually only dressed up when going out and it was to get Alice to shut up. Rose had asked me to be her maid of honor a long time ago. I agreed obviously, not knowing that I was expected to help with the planning. I had fulfilled my duties for the past six months when it was announced they were engaged, but I told Rose that Alice should help with the dresses as I had no fashion sense when it came to that. Alice and I had both helped her pick out her wedding dress. It was beautiful and traditional. "I believe you. I told you Ali was the better choice for that."

She nodded, agreeing with me. We sat and watched Netflix and ordered Chinese delivery food. I got a call from Alice at ten pm.

"S'up Chica?" I asked

"Hey, Bella. Jazz and I are on our way back towards home."

"Okay, cool. Rose and I are chilling, so no rush."

"Okay, love your guts."

I smiled at our usual parting. "Love your face. Later, Hun." We both hung up and Rose was smiling at me.

"We are such dorks with that whole thing."

"I know."

That was how we all three said goodbye to each other. That was just one of the many unique things in our friendship. Rose and I had known each other since the sixth grade. Rose and I immediately became best friends and were inseparable. In tenth grade, we met Alice. She somehow fit into our close-knit family immediately. When Jazz and she met they were instantly in love, but she had already won everyone over by then. As we got older, Jazz and Ali became more serious along with Em and Rose, but we remained best friends. It helped that we had all known each other from a young age. I met Em and Edward when I was four when the Cullen's moved here from Alaska. Jazz's family moved from Texas when he was seven. Rose's family showed up, moving from New York when I was in sixth grade, and she and Em started dating when she was in ninth grade. We sat and watched more of the movie and after a while Rose started looking really tired.

"You tired, Rose?"

She smiled. "Yeah, a sad side effect of being prego."

"Do you wanna go lay down, or I can take you home, so you don't have to wait for Em. I can hang there till Ali calls."

"Can you take me to Em's? I'll call him and you can call Ali." We both called our people and headed to my car. "Sorry, Bells."

"No, it's okay. I understand. You should rest so you have a healthy baby." We drove in companionable silence. We got to Em and Edward's and went inside. Em was sitting on the couch watching TV. Rose went over and gave him a kiss and said goodnight to me before she headed to his room. I sat next to him. As it always was when I got around him, he got me laughing. After a particularly loud laugh, I got a text.

I've officially gone insane. I keep thinking I hear your laugh. –E

You probably are hearing me. I'm at your house and Em is a riot. –B

You're here? I'm hurt. –E

You told me I couldn't see you until we went to Forks. –B

I don't know what I was thinking. You best get up here and at least say hi. –E

I'd be happy to. Give me a sec :P –B

Em and I talked for a little bit longer, but then he excused himself because he was "tired." I was fine with that and went up to see Edward. He was in bed reading a book. He rarely slept with a shirt on lately, so he was shirtless. I had to check and make sure I wasn't drooling. He put his book down and quirked his eyebrow at me. I smiled a big smile. He gave me the come here motion and I crawled up next to him, and he gave me a huge, passionate kiss. We pulled away from each other, both smiling.

"I missed you," he said.

"Mmm, me too. Would you hate me if I missed your lips and arms more?"

"No, cause I missed your hips, lips, and legs." He said grabbing said hips and roughly crushing me against him. I moaned and he smiled in victory. He flipped us over, so he was on top. I caught his chin in my hand and made him look at me.

"I love you," I said sincerely.

He looked me right in my eyes. "I love you too. You are my life now."

It almost made me want to cry, so I put my arms around his neck and hugged him tightly. We started kissing again when there was a huge crash from outside and my car alarm started going off. We both jumped off the bed and ran down the stairs. Em and Rose were already outside when we got there. My car was honking and beeping, so I pressed the button on my keys to turn it off. I got closer to my car and cried out when I saw BITCH carved in the side of my car over the doors. I almost collapsed but Edward rushed to my side and caught me. Em came to stand next to him and Rose led me back into the house in a daze. Until this point, Riley had not attacked my property before. The game had definitely changed, and I knew something big was coming.

A/N: Well, there you go! Did anyone guess that the POV in the begging of the chapter was Riley before it was made completely obvious. Just a little peek into how deluded and scary obsessed he is. Just so everyone knows that has been asking, no he doesn't have the police in his pocket. It's something a little more obvious. That's all you get. Next chapter is Christmas. Love you all!