Wooo I finished the next chapter tonight! Sorry it's a bit short, but I think you will like it!

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Edward's POV

I had gotten back to the apartment later that afternoon to find that Emmett and Jasper had gone out for the rest of the evening. I wanted to call Bella and ask her over, but I knew that Rosalie needed her more than I did.

Jasper and Emmett didn't get back until after midnight, but I decided against talking to Emmett. He had most likely had a bit too much to drink and wouldn't remember our conversation the next morning.

I lay in bed, unable to sleep. Every time I shut my eyes, thoughts of Bella flooded my mind, causing my heartbeat to quicken and my eyes to flutter open. I finally groaned and rolled over. It was fifteen minutes after midnight, but I knew Bella was probably still up.

I grabbed my cell phone, found Bella's number and pressed send. It rang three times before I heard her sweet voice.

"Hello." she said. I could hear the smile in her voice.

"Hi, there," I said, smiling myself. "Were you busy?"

"No, I was lying in bed, reading."

"What were you reading?"

"Pride and Prejudice."

"Bella, I know you've read that book at least fifty times," I said, grinning into the phone. "Don't you have it memorized yet?"

She laughed and I felt my heart swell. We continued talking for well over an hour, talking about music, literature, and politics. We talked about our time in Forks and laughed at our "Battle of the Wits". It seemed like a distant memory. Finally, we agreed that we were both in need of sleep.

"I love you." I whispered, closing my eyes and picturing her smiling face.

"I love you, too, Edward." she whispered back. "I'll talk to you tomorrow."

I hung up and lay back in bed. I finally fell asleep, her last words still ringing in my ears.

I woke up at eleven and took my time dressing and brushing my teeth, thinking about what I would say to Emmett. I had to make sure Emmett knew how much he had hurt Rosalie.

I walked into the kitchen to find Emmett and Jasper sitting at the table. I sat down and looked at Emmett.

"Rosalie is gone."

He dropped the piece of toast he was eating. "What? Where is she?"

"We don't know," I said, running a hand through my hair. "Bella called me this morning and told me that when they got up this morning, she was gone. Her car isn't in the parking lot either."

Emmett was staring blankly at the table. Jasper had stood up and was standing with his back to us, arms crossed.

"Bella said she was a wreck last night," I continued, taking advantage of their silence. "She cried for hours. She didn't sleep at all. Bella said that she's completely confused. She had no idea what you were talking about yesterday."

"How could she not know?!" Emmett burst out. "We saw her, Edward. We saw her and Eric going at it through her window!"

"How do you know for sure what you saw?" I asked, trying to keep the peace. "Rose said she was gone for thirty minutes. Who knows what could have happened during that time."

Emmett stood up quickly, walking away from the table. "I don't see how she can be telling the truth. I know what I saw, okay? Just drop it."

With that, he grabbed his jacket and walked out of the apartment, slamming the door behind him.

"Edward, listen to him," Jasper said quietly. "He's right. We saw. So let's just drop it."

He, too, left the apartment. I sighed and took my cell phone out of my pocket. I called Bella and told her of my conversation with Emmett and Jasper. She told me that they had taken Rosalie's car to a friend's house to make sure the boys didn't see it. After we hung up, I decided to go for a run. It had always helped to clear my mind and I needed a distraction.

I changed into my basketball shorts, Dartmouth t-shirt, and tennis shoes, grabbed my iPod and headed out the door. I jogged along the path, listening to one of my favorite bands, Story of the Year, when I was joined by another runner. I turned and saw one of my friends, Jacob Black, running beside me.

Jacob had gone to school in La Push, a reservation not far from Forks. We had met my sophomore year and become friends. I had forgotten that he went to Dartmouth.

"Hey Edward, long time no see." he said, grinning at me.

"Jacob! I forgot you went to school here."

We both stopped running and sat on a bench, talking about our lives and what had happened since the last time we saw each other. I told him the story of Emmett and Rose and he looked up suddenly.

"I saw her," he said. "I saw Rosalie leaving the parking lot."

"You did?" I asked quickly. "Did you see anything else?"

"Actually, yeah, I did. I'm pretty sure I saw Lauren and Eric watching her leave and then go into the building."

Suddenly, everything made sense.

I stood up quickly. "Jacob, do you have anything planned today?"

"No, not really. Why?"

"I need you help."

We ran back to the apartment and I grabbed my car keys. I had to track down Emmett. Finally, this would come to the end. Things were going to be okay.

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Okay, once again, it might be a couple of weeks before I update again. I might get a chapter posted on Thursday evening when I get back from A & M, but I don't know if I'll have time. My email isn't receiving review alerts, so I'd just like to say thank you to rockontwilight and bibliocrazed for the reviews!

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