Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I get bored easily. Just an FYI; it was so weird using the words 'mom' and 'grocery store' because I'm not American, just thought I'd share that with you, haha.

Sunday was a rubbish day. It rained all day and it was far too cold to step one foot out of the house. For the most part of the morning, I stayed in my room with Edward listening to music until I heard Charlie leave the house to go to Sue Clearwater's. They totally had something going on together now. I was happy for Charlie because it had taken him so long to get over the love he had for my Mom. When he had left the house, Edward and I went downstairs. I went into the kitchen to check out the food supplies. I hadn't been to the grocery store in a while and we were running low on everything, even the basic things like butter and milk. I got out the last piece of bread and shoved it into the toaster. I'd have to have it dry without any spread on it. I thought momentarily about going to the store but after a look at the trees outside nearly getting blown away, I scrapped that idea. Edward had noticed the lack of food in the house.

"Bella… would you like me to get some food for you? I can be there and back in five minutes."

"Please." I laughed. He stood up and headed for the door, but turned before he walked out.

"Oh, and Bella?" Edward started mockingly, "are you actually planning on getting dressed today?"

I glanced at the clock on the wall by the door and was shocked when I saw that it was half past twelve.

"I'll be back soon." And with that, he left.

My toast popped up and I went to get it out of the toaster. I didn't bother with a plate; instead, I just ate it over the sink. It definitely wasn't the nicest breakfast I had ever had but I managed to swallow it. There wasn't anything better I could have had. After I finished my toast, I went and sat down in a chair by the table. It just so happened, that I was facing the telephone. My jaw set in place and I realised that now was my chance. I could ring Jessica now, while Edward wasn't here so that I didn't have to look at the hurt on his face. I nodded, convincing myself that it was the right thing to do.

I picked up the receiver and took a deep breath. If she actually answered, I wouldn't know what to say. I speed-dialled her number and waited impatiently while it rung. On the fourth ring, she answered.

"Hello?"

"Jessica, it's Bella. Did you get my voicemail? I've needed to talk to you for a few days, yet you never rang me back. Are you busy?"

"Bella… yeah I'm busy actually. Sorry I have—"

"No Jessica. I would like to talk now." When I had asked if she was busy, I didn't actually give a damn about the answer. "I figure that you know what the problem is."

"No." She answered. She was such a liar; she knew perfectly well what the problem was and what part she played in it.

"Jessica, you are trying to steal Edward off me. Don't play dumb… I know that that's what you're trying to do. But it isn't going to work."

"Bella. I – I don't really know what to say… I'd rather talk to you face to face."

"Bella?" A different voice to Jess's called me. Edward – damn it! "Bella? What are you doing?" He was stood by the door now and it was clear that he already knew what I was doing before he even asked. I groaned and hung up the phone without another word to Jessica.

"Don't even bother to lecture me."

"I wasn't planning on it."

I turned and headed for the stairs, my sole mission to get dressed. I grabbed some random clothes and went to the bathroom. There, I had a quick wash and shoved on my clothes. There was no way I was going to leave the house today because of the state of the weather. I brushed my teeth and then went to my room. Edward was sat on my bed looking out of my window. I sighed and decided I couldn't resist the urge to go and hug him. He opened his arms in welcome and I obliged happily. I looked at his face as I sat on his lap and realised that the dark circles under his eyes were starting to make their first appearance, though his eyes were still golden.

"Edward? Are you thirsty?" I asked.

"A little… I was thinking about it to be honest. Would you mind terribly if I went hunting today?"

"Aw Edward! It was only like two days ago that you went hunting. Surely you're not that bad?"

A sheepish smile appeared on his face. "I'm not bad, but if I waited it would mean that I would have to hunt tomorrow during school."

"And that would be bad because…?" I asked. It wasn't like he was bothered about missing lessons.

"Because, I want to be there when you try and rip Jessica's head off. She really doesn't deserve that."

I gritted my teeth. "Oh doesn't she?"

Edward shook his head and chuckled. "Everyone has crushes Bella… I'm sure you did too."

"As a matter of fact, I never did have any crushes."

He rolled his eyes. He clearly didn't believe me.

Monday was eventful to say the least.

Edward gave me a lift to school as usual, his eyes a warm golden colour and the circles under his eyes erased. He was beautiful.

We walked hand in hand into school after Edward had parked his car, chatting about the day ahead. I hadn't thought about Jessica so far, and if I hadn't had seen her there across the lot stood next to Mike, I probably wouldn't have remembered at all.

Edward's hand tightened on mine but I was furious, mustering the strength from somewhere to rip my hand from his and storm across the lot towards Jessica. I knew that he wouldn't be happy with me later, but we were in the middle of school with various students milling around us. He couldn't stop me now.

"JESSICA!" I screamed before I had reached her, people looked at me but I was past caring. Jessica was going to pay for hitting on MY boyfriend.

She snapped her head up in alarm. As she caught sight of my face, which must have been as red as a tomato not to mention the bared teeth, she ducked her head and got away as fast as she could without physically running.

"BITCH! GET HERE NOW JESSICA! YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE, NOW FACE THE CONSEQUENCES! I HATE YOU! GET HERE! GET. HERE."

She paid me no attention, not even looking back to see where I was. I was focused on my advance. Edward had his hand around my waist, but it wasn't restraining.

"JESSICA. I SWEAR TO GOD, IF YOU DO NOT TURN AROUND AND FACE ME NOW, THEN I'LL MAKE THIS MUCH HARDER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE." As I said the words, they made no sense to me. This wasn't me talking, this was the anger. I took the deepest breath I could manage and counted to five, I didn't have the time to count to ten.

"Jessica," I tried again, "please? I want to talk about this… why have you done it? What's the point?"

My calm approach worked. Jessica stopped and gradually turned her head to face me. However, she didn't move any closer, so I took it upon myself to close the distance in a few motivated strides. I promised myself that I would be cautious not to scare Jessica off again.

I wracked my brains for something to say to her, to start it off, but she beat me to it.

"No need to call me a bitch Bella…"

I bit down on my lip. "Jessica! You've been trying to steal Edward off me and no matter what; you didn't seem to leave it. He doesn't want you and I doubt you really want him. I bet it's just a little crush on your behalf. Why?"

She was the one angry now. "BELLA!? Do you not understand, for goodness sake! When you came here… to this school…"

I waited, eager to hear her little excuses.

"You…" she struggled, "You took everything I have… my popularity, Edward, my happiness to a certain extent."

Her words dazed me. They were more… forceful than I would have thought. They seemed a bit harsh… surely I hadn't taken her happiness. "I don't… understand."

She took a deep breath, readying herself for the speech that was sure to come. "Before you came Bella, I was you. I was in the same position as you, minus Edward, but I was happy for it to head that way." As she confessed this, she gave Edward a sheepish look; after all, she had just admitted that she would like him for her own. He was a gentleman as ever, and bowed his head to her. "I had a huge group of friends but now… we're all kind of split in half. I feel like I have to choose between your group and Lauren's group. And it's made me unhappy. And it's your fault—"

"Hang on a minute!" I interrupted.

"No Bella… don't misunderstand! I know that you didn't mean for it to happen like that, you weren't working for that. But still it happened. I figured that by… by stealing Edward, I would be stealing some of your happiness…"

I didn't want to admit how much happiness that would be stealing…

"Do you see where I'm coming from Bella?"

I was stunned. I felt guilty to the pit of my stomach. An apology was in order. "Jess… I'm sorry, I'm so sorry…"