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"WHAT WERE YOU DOING WITH HER?" Emmett shook with fury. I wanted to punch him in the face. The way he said the words, as if I had hurt her.

"Move Emmett." I growled ferociously, advancing farther up the steps.

"NO!" He retorted loudly. Bella shuddered in my arms, pulling me closer. Her voice erupted, her eyes still closed but tears running down her cheeks.

"NO. NO EDWARD DON'T LET HIM TAKE ME. IT HUUURTTSS." Emmett drew back, his eyes wide. I shrugged, not surprised at her words.

"Move." I ordered, crashing past him, down the corridor and into my room.

"But I love her…" Emmett whispered, his voice breaking.

"It's TOO LATE." I replied acidly, at least I hoped so. Maybe I could convince Bella to love me again…even if it took years, even if I had to change her…

BPOV

I lifted my head slowly off the pillow, using as much strength as I could muster to pull myself up. I could hear a slight knocking as I rubbed my itchy eyes. "E-Edward?" I looked around the room, the bright yellow morning light shinning through the wide windows.

"Here Love." I glanced around the room hurriedly until my eyes rested on the black coach with the godlike vampire lying across it.

"Hey." I murmured, wiping my hair out of my face.

"Morning Sleepyhead." Edward responded lazily, scanning the book in his hands. The knocking began again, this time louder.

"Can I talk to her now? She's awake." I slammed my head back down on the pillow and covered myself with the brown duvet, crumpled in a head on the foot of the bed. Edward opened his mouth to speak.

"Bella?"

"NO." I mouthed, shaking all over with chills. I felt tears coming to my eyes again but brushed them away briskly.

"No." Edward repeated acidly.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN? NO?" Emmett roared, pounding harder. I scampered out of bed, hiding Edward. He pulled me in front of me, massaging my back, forming circles in my skin quickly to calm me.

"He said go away." I said shakily, regaining a quarter of my courageousness.

"I need to explain-"

"Explain what Emmett? Just leave us alone, right now." My voice was low, but I was sure he heard every word just as clearly as if I had shouted them.

"That's not how it happened!" He cried, his voice whining, "It's Edward's fault!" My eyes widened, flashing. The calming circles stopped.

"I..I… don't believe you." I turned away, leaning my hands on the edge of the windowsill.

"I'm sorry Bella! It wasn't on purpose. I love you! Please! Talk to me!" I had a feeling deep down inside me that the words were sincere. But it could all be lies, vampires were supposed to be good liars. So the trick could be on me.

"I'm sorry." I whispered, as I looked into Edward's eyes. I could see pity, sadness and most of all happiness. His topaz eyes burned into my soul. "I need to go." I threw on the clothes that were on the chair. They were new, probably courtesy of Alice.

"Bella wait." Edward grabbed my hand, holding me back. Our eyes met briefly, but I broke the gaze.

"There's no reason for me to stay." Our hands were still together, my palms turned sweaty as water stung my eyes. I made no movement to wipe them away.

"There's me." Edward let out a sigh, dropping my hand; it fell limply to the side.

"Oh Edward!" I threw myself at his chest, wrapping my arms around his muscular torso. His wall seemed to crumble as he crushed me to him. "I…"

"At least breakfast. Don't say no." He begged, practically on his knees.

"Okay." I knew I was taking advantage of Edward. Raising up his hopes, only to crush them again. It wasn't fair for him, or for me. I couldn't do it. I couldn't let myself fall in love with him again. I just needed to close the Cullen chapter of my life. For good. Of course I would miss Alice…and Esme…and Carlisle. I rubbed my temple. Never in a million years had I thought that I would be leaving them. But on the other hand, I'd never thought that I would fall in love with Emmett and he would love me back. "Let's go Edward." Edward stared at my expression. He gently touched my cheek, probably expecting it to crack like porcelain.

"If…you want I can make you something here?"

"No, I can't see him." I rushed out, going towards the door.

"Let's go this way then." He motioned towards the window, opening it wide. Edward dropped down to the ground lightly.

"Are you CRAZY? I'll break something else if I jump. What happened to the uptight "you-have-to-be-safe" Edward?"

He winced, finally laughing quietly. "Don't worry I'll catch you." I stared down, at the two stories. Crap it was high.

"I can't." I muttered, pulling back.

"Bella, you can trust me. I'll catch you." Could I really trust him? Would trusting him be too hard? Couldn't I allow myself this much?

"Fine." I lifted myself onto the edge and jumped off the border. The wind caught my face, sending my hair flying in all directions. I propelled downward, going faster than I thought possible.

"Gotcha!" I slammed into Edward's marble body.

"Wow." I laughed, my face breaking into a smile. "Let's do it again!" I said jokingly.

"Of course." Edward raised his eyebrows. "Maybe later." He laid his hand on my lower back, guiding me to the silver Volvo. I looked out the windshield. Two eyes peered back at me through the window. I turned away, shivering at the sight.

"I haven't been in here for such a long time." I breathed in the smell of clean car as I leaned my head back on the headrest.

"Yeah, six or seven months." Edward responded, steering backwards down the long driveway.

"Really? That long?" My brow furrowed. Six or seven months? It felt like weeks, not months. To imagine that once I had lived about that long without any of them, all broken. But now I was partially broken with them here.

Edward held my hand as we entered the tiny breakfast café.

"What would you like?" Edward asked, pointing at the menu above the cashier.

"Just a blueberry muffin and a coffee." I really wasn't in the mood to eat too much. It would probably make me sick.

"But- that not nearly enough food. And you don't like coffee." Edward complained, pulling on my arm.

"I'm not hungry. Okay? That's all I want. Please?" I looked into his honey colored eyes. He groaned, stepping away from me. "I'll find a table." I said perkily, though I felt ready to die. I plopped myself down into the farthest booth. I set my head down on the table. What had happened? What had I done? "Oh Emmett." I whispered to myself, holding back the tears. "Why did you do this? I love you." I looked up to see Edward making his way through the crowd. A shadow hovered over me; I whipped my head around, nothing. "Just a trick of the light." I assured myself.

"What's a trick of the light?" Edward wondered in my ear. I jumped.

"N-nothing. Just.." I grabbed a piece of the muffin on the table, stuffing it in my mouth. I quickly lost my appetite.

"So." Edward grasped my hand in his as I swallowed. "Tell me what's wrong."

My eyes widened. "What's wrong?" I repeated acidly, the taste of the words like dirt in my mouth. "Do you want the truth?" He gave me a curt nod and I continued my rant. "Every time something happens its like going on an emotional roller coaster. Up and down, up and down." Tears stung my eyes, as I felt warm water rush down my face. "Every fight, whether its with you or Emmett… it like takes me up and drops me." Edward massaged my hands, his eyes serious in thought. I felt myself beginning to get lost in his gaze. "But..but even if I'm happy sometimes, it only feels like seconds. And I have to go. I need to get off." Tears dropped onto the table, wetting the half eaten muffin.

"What do I have to do to make you stay?"

"Nothing, just let me leave." Half my heart wanted to stay, to work things out, but the other half told me that there would always be problems, but even as a vampire…eternity would be a problem. But leaving…problems would still follow… I would have problems with a human boyfriend. Edward broke my thoughts holding my hands tighter.

"Bella. I love you. Don't leave." Edward touched his lips to mine as I let all my emotions out. "Please?" We broke away. Ad shadow towered over me as I turned around.

"That's it?" He spoke, his voice filled with pain. "You just give up on everything we worked through? You won't even give me a chance to defend myself, to explain what actually happened." His voice broke.

"Explain what Emmett? I saw everything and it was explanation enough."

"You didn't see everything. You would have understood. I was just trying to be a good friend." He muttered, staring at his feet.

"A good friend?" I choked out, laughing angrily. "It's one thing if you had your arm around her. But she was in your lap and you were kissing her. That's not friends." More tears fell, this time harder.

"Let's go Bella. I'll take you home." Edward said loudly, taking my hand. Emmett took the other as I struggled to get away.

"Please Bella. Let me explain. I don't want to loose you." The words hung thickly in the air.

"You already have." I hiccupped, scrunching my eyes together.

"Bella give me five minutes to talk to you. Then I'll leave." My shield broke.

"FINE!" My tone came out exasperated. "Edward, I'll meet you at the car." Edward sprinted through the tiny doors towards the car as Emmett sat down. "Talk then." I crossed my arms, glaring at him.

"Well.." He brushed his hands through his hair rapidly. "I..I was waiting for you and Rosalie showed up." I raised my eyebrows. So THIS was where everything had gone wrong. "And she was sobbing because Edward hit her." I let out a tiny gasp. Had he actually hit Rosalie? No, it couldn't be true.

"Even if that's true, what does that have to do with anything?" I was struggling to understand what was going on. My mind was working at a mile a minute. Did Emmett actually love me? THAT was the million dollar question.

WOW…that took me like forever!! 2 1/2 hours and 4 pages and a half. I hope it was descriptive enough and not OOC…. 50 reviews for next chapter…cuz you know, it's the holiday season and I had to literally BEG my mom to let me work on this!

Merry Christmas!

Love,

Sophia