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I AM SO SORRY THAT IT HAS TAKEN ME SO LONG TO GET MORE CHAPTERS OUT!! I FEEL REALLY BAD. I'M SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Chapter 6

BPOV

I walk around in circles in the woods. It's dark and eerie. I continue to walk around and around, hoping that I'm going in the right direction and not in circles. But the scenery gets more and more familiar. I have been here before. And even then I was alone. I start to panic, wanting to get out of the woods and back to civilization. And then I realize that I don't even remember coming into the forest. The realization that I don't remember scares me. The fact that I'm alone also scares me. I scream. I've had this dream before. The dream where there is nothing.

But the thing that scares me the most is that I'm alone. Again.

My screams woke me up. I was sitting at the kitchen table in my clothes from last night. And I felt like absolute hell. For one thing, I fell asleep sitting in a hard wooden chair. For another, I slept about 4 hours in a sitting position with my head on the table. Oh, wonderful.

I sat up and then slowly let my head slump back down. I had such a bad migraine and my entire body was so stiff from my odd sleeping position. I tried to remember why the hell I was sleeping in the kitchen and then my memory informed me of last night in Seattle. I quickly tried to push those thoughts away but then decided not to remember my choice to be the hardcore, emotionless Bella. I hate myself at times. I really didn't want to think about my night with Jacob and Edward. So instead, I wallowed in self-pity for a few moments on all the things I had to do today and how much it'll suck because I'll be so sore.

I'm really still tired I thought. I looked up at the clock on the wall, which informed me that it was a little after eight A.M. Today was Saturday, so Charlie was probably out fishing or already at the police station. That's really weird though. If he had seen me like this, wouldn't he have woken me up? Oh well, maybe he left for work out the back door.

My brain was telling me to get up and start to get my life in order. My body was too exhausted to care. So I sat at the kitchen table for a while, feeling the warm sunshine come through the window and onto my back. That woke me up a little. Sunshine? In Forks? I got up way too fast and ran outside to the front yard.

Wow. It was actually sunny today. I held my arms out and leaned my head up toward the sky and I twirled around, absorbing the light. It felt so nice.

I hated to go back inside but I was gross. I had never showered last night when I came home and I felt like a greasy mess. So I got my bag and jacket off the kitchen table and headed upstairs. I put my jacket away in the hallway closet and went into my room. I put my bag away in my closet, got my bathroom stuff I needed, and went across the hall into the bathroom. I got undressed and started the water. I showered and shaved my legs. Odd as it might seem, it calmed me. The fruity and familiar smells of my body wash and shampoo helped me get myself together. I needed the alone time - today was bound to be an emotional roller coaster.

Reluctantly, I turned the water off and got out. I felt so much better, now that I had showered. Refreshed. Sticking to routine, I used my favorite Body Butter from Victoria's Secret - Strawberries & Champagne. Yum!

I wrapped a towel around myself and went across the hallway into my room. I opened the door to see Edward sitting on my bed. Oh God.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" I shrieked.

"Waiting for you, of course," he replied.

"I'm naked, you jackass! Get out!" I clutched the towel tighter as I screamed at him. The most annoying thing about this entire situation was how amused Edward's face was. He thought this was funny!

I must have really caught him by surprise because I was able to push him out my window. Or he allowed it. And the entire time I was pushing him out the window, he was laughing! With as much force as I had I gave one final push and watched as he tumbled out of my window. I continued to watch him run across my front yard and go running into the woods. And to top it all off, he was still laughing.

I sighed and shut my window. I made sure it was locked tight and that the curtains were shut. For some reason, I still didn't want to get dressed in my room, so I got some clothes and brought them to the bathroom.

I locked the door behind me. I sat down on the edge of the bathtub, put my head into my hands. Why on earth had Edward come this time? And why was I so
resistant to him? For once, I had an answer to one of my questions. I was resistant to him because I didn't want my heart stomped on again. I didn't think I would be able to withstand it this time. It would completely destroy me.

Well, I wasn't going to get anything figured out today if I was wrapped up in a towel, now was I? I stood up and slowly began to get dressed.

I cleaned up my room and then sat on my bed. I had resorted to cleaning to cure me of my relentless boredom. There was nothing to do, nobody to spend time with. The feeling of that was just so lonely.

Spending time with Jacob was obviously out of the question. Or was it? I thought. I grabbed my phone off my desk and dialed his number.

"Hello?" Asked the deep voice from the other line.

"Hi. Jake. It's…Bella." I said hesitantly.

He hung up. He hung up! So not fair.

I quickly hit redial.

"Hello?"

"Jacob! Hey!"

And he hung up again.

This continued for a few more minutes and then this happened.

"Jacob, please! I just want to talk to you!" Even I could hear the desperation in my voice. How embarrassing.

"What, Bella? What could you possibly have to say to me? Because honestly, I have nothing to say to you. What you did to me kind of already spelled it out." He spat at me harshly.

[Silence from my end of the conversation]

"Hmm?"

"That isn't fair at all! I did not set anything up!" I exclaimed.

"Yes it is. But whatever, Bella." He said.

"What the hell do you mean by whatever?"

"I mean that it's…whatever. You say one thing, I say another. Go cry to the vamp because he's obviously more important that I am or ever was to you."

"Fine. Don't listen to me. I hope you start to listen to people sometime during your life." I shoot back furiously and snap my phone shut.

He's got it all wrong! I was just starting to open up to him and then ….Edward came back. He was the source of all this discord between me and Jacob. So I shouldn't have called Jacob. I should have called Edward! He was the one I should have bitched at.

A phone call wasn't going to do this justice. I put a sweatshirt on and grabbed my keys. I quickly got into my truck and started the three mile drive to the white Cullen mansion in the woods. If he was back, he probably was there.

After a few minutes, I was there at the end of the driveway. I took a deep breath and drove down road. This needed to be sorted out as soon as humanly (or vampirely!) possible.

I got out and knocked on the door. Esme opened the door.

"Hi, Esme. Is Edward home?" I asked.

Taking me by surprise, she gave me a big hug. I laughed and hugged her back. I really had missed her. She was one of my favorites of the Cullen family. In fact, I loved them all. Well no…Rosalie was the exception, as usual.

"Bella. I've really missed you." Esme said in her sweet voice.

I smiled. "I've missed you too."

"Please come on in. It's been so long." She replied.

"Yes, it really has been a long time." Eleven months, three weeks, four days, and approximately twelve hours. Not like I was counting or anything.
Esme led me into the living room where Emmett, Rosalie and Jasper were. The flat screen was tuned to a football game. Emmett and Rosalie were lying on the couch and Jasper was sitting in an arm chair.

'Well well. Look who it is, Jasper!" Emmett said sarcastically to Jasper. Rosalie smacked Emmett on the arm.

"Why you're right, Emmett boy! It tis the human girl!" Jasper said back. He got up and went upstairs. "Hey Bella" he said as he walked past me and then up the stairs.

I rolled my eyes. "Hey Jasper, Emmett. Nice to see you too. Hi, Rosalie." I said sort of timidly.

"Hello, Bella." She said. She sort of smiled too. Well, maybe she didn't hate me so much anymore. Or maybe Esme was making her act nice.

"Bella!" I heard from behind me. I turned around to see Alice coming down the stairs, dragging Jasper by the hand. She dropped his hand when she got to the bottom of the stairs and ran towards me, embracing me in a tight hug.

"Hi, Alice." I said, my voice a bit muffled.

"Come on." She said, this time dragging me up the stairs.

"Okay." I knew better than to question the motives of the almighty Alice.

She dragged me into her and Jasper's room, and shut the door tightly behind us. She sat down on the bed and motioned for me to sit down next to her.

"How are you? And don't lie to me. I can pretty much see your answer in your face." She told me with a smile.

Dang. She knew me well. "Okay, how'd you know I was going to lie?"

"I know you. Now, talk to me!" She replied.

"I'm…managing." I said back hesitantly.

"Not very well. Actually, I take that back. You are managing extraordinarily well for a human."

"Why are you saying all this to me? They can hear us downstairs and you know it. So please don't bother denying it." It is true. They are vampires. And not much is secret around here with all of the super hearing and special powers.

"Bella." She laughed. "This room is soundproofed. Obviously, I wouldn't bother bringing you up here if they could still hear us."

"Oh." I said back, sounding like a moron.

"Yep. So I'm guessing that you came here for a reason….?" She trailed off.

"Yeah. I need to talk to Edward." I replied.

She laughed again. "That's what I figured. Come on." She stood up, walked over to the door, and opened it. "Good luck," she said to me. Alice gave me a quick hug and then gently pushed me out into the hallway.

I walked down to the end of the hallway to his bedroom door. I sighed and knocked on the door. I had to deal with this sooner or later.

Maybe later would have been a better idea.

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More will be coming – I promise! And once again, I'm really sorry that this chapter took SO long to get written and published. So please review and I'll update. Thanks!

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