I own nothing!

Epov

"Thank you love." I pulled away after giving her a short but passionate kiss on her plump lips. "Now come on, let's get packing." I smiled at her and pulled her to her feet.

"Edward, I only have two suitcases. What am I going to pack the rest of it in?" Bella asked me, her voice still slightly raw from crying.

I turned to Emmett.

"Em? Can you and Rose go get some boxes from the hardware store and maybe pick up some of our suitcases?" I asked them.

"Sure thing." Emmett replied before walking towards us and enveloping Bella in a bear hug. "I'm glad your okay little B."

I heard Bella sniffle as Emmett passed her to Rose who hugged her also. That right there meant a lot, Rose never hugged anybody. Ever.

"We'll be back in an hour tops." Rose said before walking out of the apartment with Emmett.

After Alice and Jasper had both given her hugs and words of comfort Bella led me to her bedroom to retrieve her two suitcases.

"Bella?" Alice called as she walked into the room. "Jasper's gonna sort through all of your food and see what can be saved and I'll help you sort through your clothes!" She clapped her hands like a small child. "Edward why don't you start with all her books and things in the living room?" She suggested.

I turned to Bella. "You gonna be alright with the pixie?" I asked, only half joking.

Bella nodded and gave me a quick chaste kiss on the lips before I scurried away to start cleaning up the mess in her living room. After most of the mess was in black dustbin bags I began to organize her things so it would be easier to pack once Emmett and Rose arrived with the boxes. After I had piled up her endless amounts of books, movies and CD's I went to see how Bella and Alice were getting on. Jasper had finished with the food about ten minutes ago and had gone outside to throw out the bad stuff.

As I walked into the bedroom I noticed Alice and Bella with their hands on their hips, glaring at each other.

"Yes." Bella said.

"No." Alice replied.

"Yes!"

"No!"

What on earth was going on?

"Whoa, whoa ladies! What's the problem here?" I asked.

They both sighed before Bella turned to me.

"Alice has made yes, no, maybe piles for my clothes but we are having a disagreement out of which clothes should be in the 'no' pile." She explained as she pointed out each of the piles. The 'yes' pile was almost nonexistent whereas the 'no' pile contained the majority of Bella's clothes. I was surprised by how few clothes she actually owned.

"Alice you're supposed to be helping not hindering." I admonished.

"I am!" She exclaimed, throwing her hands up in the air. "I'm throwing out the clothes that are out of style and then we will go shopping and I will re-stock her new wardrobe with stunning in style clothes." She rolled her eyes as if to say 'Duh'. "She'll thank me later." She mumbled as she picked up a t-shirt between her thumb and fore finger, looking at it in disgust.

I sighed and ran a hand threw my messy hair. "Al if Bella wants to keep them then she can keep them." Alice opened her mouth to protest but I cut her off. "Uh-uh no discussion. Bella gets to choose what to keep. But I still think the shopping trip is a good idea, there doesn't seem to be enough there to even fill one shelf of the walk-in." I said causing Alice to grin and start to bounce on the balls of her feet and Bella to groan and scowl at me.

"Edward I don't want money spent on me." She frowned and crossed her arms.

I walked over and wrapped my arms around her small waist, pulling her against my body causing her to crane her neck back, her chin resting on my chest as she looked up at me.

"Baby, as long as your with me your gonna be treated like a princess and that includes letting me buy you things like new clothes." She looked like she was about to protest again so I said. "Besides, I'm the one who gets to enjoy them." I smiled cheekily as I leaned down and ran my tongue along her lips, and then pecked them.

She looked at me like I was deranged.

"Edward this isn't lingerie or anything, this is plain normal clothes."

"I know but with Alice buying your clothes they will be snug and sexy." I pointed out.

I watched in amusement as she opened her mouth to reply but quickly closed it once she realised she had no reply.

"I still don't want you spending money on me, I can buy my own clothes." She said adamantly a few moments later.

I sighed knowing I wasn't going to win this argument right now.

"We'll talk about this later okay? Let's just get you packed." I reasoned.

She sighed but nodded just as I heard the unmistakable voice of Emmett booming threw the apartment.

"I come baring gifts!" He shouted.

I pecked my girl on the lips before grabbing her by the hand and pulling her with me into the main room where everybody was converged.

"Thanks you two." I said to Rose and Em.

"No problem bro, anything for little B." He said as he ruffled her hair affectionately.

Bella smiled cutely at my oaf of a brother. God she's beautiful I thought. Releasing her hand I wrapped my arms around her waist and rested my head on her shoulder, placing a kiss on her neck.

"Let's get you packed so I can take you home." I said as I walked us over to where the boxes were stacked against the kitchen counter, I grabbed two and then led us back towards her room.

Alice entered not long after and 'helped' Bella pack her clothes, admittedly she wasn't as bad as before most likely because of the promise that she could still buy Bella a new wardrobe. I found it fascinating as I packed up everything I could find in Bella's bedroom. Intrigued by her worn copies of Jane Austen novels, treasured jewellery which I presumed she had inherited from her mother and photographs of a younger Bella who in most photos was with a dark haired couple with large smiles, beaming at their daughter. I noticed from these photos that Bella was a perfect mix between her parents, she had her father's wavy, brown hair and dimpled smile whereas she had her mother's large brown eyes and delicate features. I looked at the photograph for a few more moments before gently placing it in the box and closing the lid.

An hour later the apartment had been packed and we started taking the boxes down to Emmett's truck and my Volvo. The girls had been strictly forbidden to lift any of the boxes so instead Rose was sent to wait at the car and make sure nothing was nicked, Alice stayed in the apartment ordering us which boxes to take next and Bella was busy on the phone trying to get her landlord to come over and inspect the damage and hopefully let her out of her lease.

Once the last of Bella's stuff was loaded into the cars we went back upstairs to see if Bella had any luck with her landlord. Just as we walked through the once door I heard Bella sigh thankfully.

"Thank you! I'll see you in ten minutes." She said clearly exasperated before flipping the phone closed.

"I assume that's good news." Alice said as she sat on the kitchen counter.

"Yeah, I guess so. He didn't want to come over here but luckily I convinced him to. He isn't the most reasonable of men and will probably blame this whole mess on me, that's why I want you guys here. Emmett especially." She said as she smiled cheekily and moved to my side, resting her head on my shoulder. I wrapped one arm around her shoulder and kissed her forehead.

"Why me especially?" Emmett asked.

Bella smiled slyly. "Because if he gets unreasonable I'm hoping you can flex your muscles and look intimidating." She said.

Emmett smiled happily as he did just that, earning an eye roll from Rosalie.

Not long later the landlord arrived; Bella was not wrong when she said he was an unreasonable man. He tried to threaten Bella to pay for the damages until the five of us, with Em up front made our selves known. Thankfully after over an hour he agreed that the damages were not her fault and let her break her lease agreement as long as she paid for the next month's rent as there were only two days left of October and no new tenant. All in all I would class it as a success.

As soon as the terms were agreed and I had handed him next month's money – much to Bella's annoyance – we left him in the kitchen and made our way out to the cars. Due to all of the boxes stuffed into the car only Alice rode with Bella and me, squeezing herself in between the window and a massive suitcase that happened to fall on her every time I took a corner to sharply – much to Bella and my amusement.

We finally got home at ten minutes to midnight, deciding to only bring up one suitcase of clothes tonight and leave the rest for tomorrow. Once we entered the building everybody made their way to bed and I took Bella's suitcase up to my room while she went and got a drink from the kitchen.

Bpov

Soon after we arrived at Edwards I felt undeniable gilt. I shouldn't be dragging him or the others into this. How could I be so selfish! The pictures I received were cold hard proof that they know about Edward, which means there is a good chance that they know about my other new friends. Fuck! For all I know they could be outside watching now! Oh god, I could have led them here. I felt dread seep in as I processed that thought.

I immediately ran out to the balcony, leaning over the edge to see if my assumption was right. It was completely pointless as I was on the top floor of the building and the people below were too small to be recognisable let alone when it was dark outside. Truth be told I didn't know what I was looking for, it's not as if they would be casually stood on the pavement, camera in hand as pedestrians strolled on by, they would be hidden in dark corners and alleyways away from prying eyes.

I sighed before stepping back and collapsing onto a soft seat.

What was I going to do?

The photos and note were warning me that my closeness to Edward was making them worry about my silence. What were they going to think now that I had moved in with him?

Damn it! I've just made everything worse!

I started sobbing at my own idiocy when I felt a corner of the brown folder poke into my stomach from where I had hidden it under my shirt before the Cullen's and co arrived. I quickly looked around to make sure no one was watching me before I pulled the folder out. I sat there staring blankly at the crinkled brown envelope for a few moments before ripping out the photos forcefully. I looked at them one more time and then ripped them in to as many pieces as I could get them before throwing them into the icy wind, watching as the pieces swirled in the air and disappeared from view.

I don't know how long I stood there staring into space but I was eventually pulled back to the present by a warm hand on my shoulder.

"Baby? What are you doing out here?" Came Edward's smooth voice. "You must be freezing love." He said as he wrapped his jacket around my shoulders and rubbed his hands up and down my arms, trying to warm me up.

He had said it again. Love. Another tear ran down my cheek as the guilt washed over me again. How could I do this to him? I realised in that second that I had fallen in love with this amazing man. After everything he had found out about me he still stuck around, he didn't care that I was nobody, that I lived in a crappy apartment and work three fucking jobs that paid peanuts even though he had enough money to do or have anything or anyone he wanted. Yet he still wanted me. None of that mattered to him; he truly just wanted me for me. That being said I still didn't think that he would want me if he discovered my secret. It would be too much. But I knew I could never let him find out. Not because of my selfish need for him to love me but for his own safety. No, he could never find out, I wouldn't allow it, he was far too important to me to get drawn into this sick game Jacob liked to play.

"Sweetie are you crying?" He asked tenderly as her turned me to face him and wiped away my tears with the pad of his thumbs. I just stared up at him blankly as the tears continued to fall. "I know you've had a rough day which is putting it mildly, but your safe and I promise to keep you that way. No matter what it takes. You have no idea how much you mean to me Bella."

"I'm sorry." I whispered even though I knew he wouldn't know why I was really sorry.

"Baby, you don't have to apologise." He chuckled but stopped abruptly. "Honey, your bleeding." He said franticly as he picked up my left hand to examine it.

Sure enough there was a trail of blood running down my fingers. I tried not to look at the blood for fear of fainting as Edward led me back inside while cupping my bloodied hand to catch any drips as we moved towards the kitchen. He deftly moved my hand over the sink as a stream of cool water washed away the crimson liquid. I soon noticed where the copious amounts of blood had flowed from, it was a rather small slit in between my thumb and forefinger. Must of been a paper cut from when I was tearing up the photos, I realised.

Once all the traces of blood were gone Edward dried my hand before placing a plaster over the cut. He lifted my hand to his lips and kissed just above where he had placed the skin coloured plaster.

"Thank you." I whispered out.

"Anytime." He grinned crookedly.

God I loved that smile.

With his free hand he gently brushed a stray piece of hair behind my ear. "Let's go to bed, love." He suggested.

I smiled and nodded my agreement.

We made our way upstairs and changed in to our pyjamas before climbing into bed. Edward opened his arms in invitation as I gladly dove into his embrace, inhaling the unique scent that was Edward.

"Goodnight my sweet Bella." Edward said as he kissed my forehead.

I sighed in contentment.

"Goodnight Edward." I love you.

I'm sorry AGAIN for taking so long but my laptop is officially dead. It just won't charge, I've ordered a new battery so fingers crossed that that will work but at the mo I'm stuck with using my mum's laptop but unfortunately she takes it to work with her so I don't get much time to use it. Also my chapter plan is on MY laptop so I'm trying to remember what I wanted to write in what chapter.

Anywho I know it's short but I was taking so long that I decided to post it now anyway instead of making you wait even longer for a longer chap.

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