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3 - Bad news and snap decisions

Bella

I sat on my desk chair and twirled around trying to amuse myself. I had finished the proposal Edward wanted me to do and my in-tray was empty. There was still half an hour left til lunch and i was BORED. I peeked in at Edwards office and saw him hard at work. He had rolled up his shirt sleeves, unbuttoned the first two buttons of his shirt and loosened his tie. I also noticed that he had ran his fingers through his hair so it was completely dishevelled. He was hot as fuck and I couldn't have him. Life wasn't fair. I want him. As if he heard my thoughts Edward looked up from the pile of files on his desk.

"See something you like?" he asked with a snicker.

"Maybe" I replied with a smirk. "What would you be willing to do about it if I did?" I asked playfully and I was surprised how serious I was. Luckily Edward didn't hear it and the solemness of my voice and he just winked and said "Wouldn't you like to know?" I had to hold my tongue so I didn't say "hell yes!" like I wanted to.

Great.. now I can see him doing it to me! I sighed heavily an continued to watch Edward.

"So my lazy P.A, why aren't you doing the work I pay you to do?" he asked in mock anger.

"Because my presumptuous boss" I answered with a smirk "I've already finished all the work you pay me for, and not very generously I might add. Would it kill you to pay me a bit more?" I teased.

"I might pay you more if you did what I pay you for, and not sit in my office and distract me from my work" he said trying to sound irritated but his smile showed me he was joking.

"Geesh okay fuckward I'm going" I said using Emmett's favourite nickname for him. It was also the one Edward liked the least. His eyes darkened and I left the room just in time to miss the stapler that had been thrown across the office and hit the wall I had been just leaning against.

As I sat down at my desk the phone started ringing. Before I answered it I shouted to Edward

"See I do do some work, just not often." I heard Edward laughing from his office and I glanced at the number on the screen. I recognised it as my fathers number. Technically we weren't supposed to take personal calls at work, but since when did I listen to Edward?

"Hello?" I said into the receiver.

"Bells?" my dad asked. I was happy to hear from him, I was supposed to call him last week but I was busy shopping, I know, i know, I'm a terrible excuse for a daughter. I noticed he sounded like he had been crying and I got worried. The last time I saw my dad cry was when he got some bad news. Some very bad news, I prayed this was nothing like the last time but I new it was when I heard that one word 'relapse'. It brought back memories I would rather forget.

*****flashback*****

I broke away panting and looked at Emmett, who had a smug grin on his face. I couldn't believe I was standing in a supply closet with my boss' son making out. Emmett and I had been seeing each other for 6 months now and I loved every second of it. He was kind and sweet and funny and the sex was fantastic! We were having fun together, which was something my previous relationships lacked. From the first day we met we flirted and joked, but I never saw it going anywhere. He on the other hand, was very persistent and wouldn't rest until I agreed to go on a date with him. It was one of things I loved about him. He was determined. Which was why I was currently trying to fix my skirt and blouse and tame my hair. Emmett woke up this morning extremely horny and despite a quickie this morning and shower sex he was still looking for office sex by lunch time. I had refused, he was the son of the boss and could get away with anything. I on the other hand was a disposable secretary, who could be fired without a second thought. However Emmett was insistent and somehow managed to get me to give him a blow job in the closet followed by a make out session. I gave him a quick peck on the cheek and he grinned.

"Thank's Bells. I'll pay you back later. Promise" he whispered in my ear and I shivered. Emmett never let me down with his promises. We walked out of the closet hand in hand and headed for the elevator. We had used and empty supply closet on the third floor after checking all of its inhabitants had gone out for lunch. As usual Emmett got out of the elevator at my floor and walked me to my desk. Some of the newer and nosier employees gawked at us but most ignored us. At first our relationship caused quite a stir in the company. Many said it was wrong for Emmett to abuse his position, and that I felt I had to sleep with him for the sake of my job. Others felt I should be fired for sleeping with the boss to ge ahead in my career. Overall the reaction was that we were both breaking the rules and should both be fired. But we weren't breaking any rules. Both Emmett and I had checked this before our first date. We weren't idiots and new we could both get in trouble so we talked to Carlisle, Emmett's father and the Owner of the company. He assured us that because Emmett wasn't actually my boss it wasn't against the rules. It only mattered if someone was sleeping with someone in there department higher up then them. You could have a relationship with your equal or with someone higher than you as long as they were in a different department. Carlisle made this clear to everyone in the building and many secretarial sluts such as Jessica Stanly tried to seduce her superiors in different departments. She had admitted to other secretaies that she was just trying to find a rich husband.

"Slut" Jessica muttered under her breath when she saw me and Emmett arrive swinging our joint hands between us and him whispering in my ear how he was going to make it up to me tonight. I opened my mouth answer her back but Emmett beat me to it.

"Hello miss slutsly, I mean Stanly" Emmett said in a falsely cheery voice causing the secretaries to laugh and some of the interns to titter . "Hows your Syphilis doing?" he asked in a mock concerned voice. This caused all of the interns to burst into laughter joined by everyone else in the vicinity. Jessica blushed red and excused herself to the bathroom.

"Bitch" Emmett muttered under his breath "tell me if she bothers you again. Okay hun?" he asked concerned. I nodded and kissed his cheek "Thanks for lunch it was delicious" I said with a wink when he smirked. "No problem" he said "I'll have you for dinner later at my place after work" he said with a smile, and I smiled knowing he would actually be having me for dinner.

"Ok now fuck off and let me do some work!" I ordered and he smirked again. He loved it when I was bossy. When I sat at my desk the phone was ringing.

I quickly sat down and answered the phone and heard an unfamiliar male voice on he other end.

"Isabella Swan?" the voice asked gravely.

"Speaking" I answered nervously.

"Would it be at all possible for you to come down to Forks County hospital?, your fathers a patient here and we need a possible blood doaner. Just in case" he assured me.

"Of course" I answered at once "can you tell me whats wrong with him?" I asked anxiously. There was silence on the other end.

"Maybe it's best if we didn't have this conversation over the phone." he said.

"Ask for Dr. Coughlan when you get here and I'll explain everything." we said our goodbyes and he hung up.

I let the tears I had been holding back fall and I ran my fingers through my hair. I stood up from the desk grabbed my bag and ran for the elevator. Thankfully it was empty and I pressed the button for Emmett's floor.

When I got there I asked Emmett's assistant Angela if he was busy and she told me to go ahead into his office as he was messing around on his PSP. "Hey sexy he called when he noticed I was in the room. He patted his lap for me to sit in and I ran at him jumped into his lap and cried into his shoulder. "Babe, whats wrong?" he asked concerned. "Was it Slutsly again?."

It took several minutes before I could speak and I explained what had happened.

"I need to get to Washington, can I get time off work?" I asked knowing the answer.

"Of course, do you want me to come with you?"

I shook my head "I should be back by next week." I assured him. How wrong I was.

When I arrived at Forks Hospital the next day I payed the cab driver and ran into the hospital where I asked for Dr. Coughlin. He explained to me that my father had stage one lung Cancer. According to the doctor my father was lucky that it had not progressed further but I thought he would be more fortunate if he hadn't had any stage of cancer at all. The doctor assured me that it was treatable and his chances of survival were high. I sighed in relief and sat down, not listening to the rest of the doctors plans for my fathers treatment.

I took a sabatical off work to help my father for the next few months. He wanted me to work from home but I refused. I had to look after my dad and I knew I couldn't have any distractions. Which sadly meant the end of mine and Emmett's relationship. He took it worse than I did and tried to convince me to reconsider but I was adamant. We managed to stay friend though and I was grateful for his daily calls. He cheered me up when Charlie was having a bad day and made me laugh when I cried.

When I was possitive that Charlie was healthy enough to fend for himself I moved home to Chicago. Thankfully Carlise had ordered my supervisor Paul to hire a temp so my job was waiting for me. I was suprised to see Penny, the Media Planner of fifteen years had retired and was replaced by a gorgeous young woman by the name of Rosalie Hale. Despite my reservations we got on great and I encouraged her to go after Emmett who she was interested in. She agreed after I assured her I didn't mind, and that I wanted him to be happy.

I felt my phone vibrate on the table and looked at it. I half didn't want to answer it. I knew it was Charlie calling with his test results to see if he was clear of cancer. He didn't know it but I had decided that, if the tests proved positive for cancer I would move permanently to Forks to care for him. I answered it reluctantly.

"What do they say?" I asked quickly without greeting my father.

"Hello to you too Bells, I'm fine thanks for asking!" my father laughed. "Are you?" I asked anxiously.

"Yep I'm clear of cancer I'm gonna be fine baby" he assured me. I think I shocked both of us when I burst into tears. I was so relieved. "It's okay honey we'll never have to through this again.".....

*****end flashback*****

I listened as my father explained to me that he had felt a lump a couple of days ago and had assumed it was cist. He had gone to the local doctor to get it removed and was refered to a specialist and Forks County, who confirmed the suspicions that his cancer was back. This time however it was more serious. He had developed stage three cancer and was very ill. The cancer had spread around his body and his doctor was trying to make sure the cancer didn't spread anymore. I sat listening to him. It didn't sound good. We hung up after he insisted that I stay in the city and not come home like I wanted to. I sat at my desk for a few minutes trying to work but I couldn't concentrate. I decided I needed to go home and think . I knew it wouldn't be a problem with Edward but it was common courtasy to check so I knocked on his office door. "Would it be ok if I left for the day?" I asked Edward pleadingly. He nodded looking concerned. He opened his mouth to speak but I just shook my head, signaling I wasn't ready to talk and left.

On the way home I stopped by the off-liscence and picked up a bottle of red wine. I was going to need this. When I got home I checked my answering machine I had three messages, all from Jacob. I deleted them. I didn't need to deal with this shit now.

Two hours and a bottle of wine later I was sitting on the couch curled up with a glass of Jameson whisky that Jake had left here and was enjoying getting thouroughly pissed. As I went to go pour myself another glass the phone rang. I answered it without hesitation., thinking it was Charlie. "Hello" I croaked into the phone. It was obvious I had been crying.

"Bells, are you okay?" it was Jake, fuck . " What happened?" he asked concerned. I was going to tell him to piss off but I suddenly felt I needed to talk to someone .

"Jake can you come over?" I asked. He agreed immediately and twenty minutes later I was crying into his shoulder while he held me and reassured me that everything would be okay. And I believed him. Maybe I was to hasty in dumping Jake...

I woke up the next morning tired and sore. I hadn't slept well and woke up crying constantly in the night. Lucky for me Jake had been there the whole night. I sat up in bed and looked around. I was disappointed to see that Jacob wasn't in the room , until I heard the radio on in the kitchen and pots and pans clanging. I smiled and got out of bed.

"Hey" I said when I saw Jake in the kitchen trying to make me scrambled eggs and toast.

"I wanted to give you breakfast in bed" he said sounding disappointed. "It's okay I should be up by now anyway, I have work" I said. "Edward will be wondering where I am."

I noticed Jake's eyes darkened at the mention of Edward's name but I shrugged it off. I returned to my room to get dressed and surprised us both when I kissed Jake on the cheek before I left. I was still worried about my dad but with jake at my side I felt happier knowing he would be there for me.

Edward

Bella had been different these last few days. She was back with Jacob that much I was sure of but there relationship was different this time. Usually at the start of there relationship she has happy and smiling all the time but by the third week she was getting annoyed by him and was often caught avoiding his phone calls. By the fourth or fifth week it was usually over and it was repeated until I was blue in the face. This time however it was different. It started the day after she left work earlier. At the time I had out it down to Jake harassing her so I let her home early to deal with him. The next morning when she came in she looked like she had been crying and got very little sleep, which I wasn't surprised about. What did surprise me however was when Jake arrived at lunch and she happily left hand in hand with him. Things got even worse today.

I was leaving my office at lunch time when I heard the familiar rough voice of Jake outside Bella's office. He was holding a teddy with a love heart which read 'I love you' and a large bunch of Roses. I scoffed Bella hated Roses. She said they were unoriginal and a total cliche and she wanted someone special to know her well enough to know her favourite flower. Which was either Bronze Callas or long stemed purple Iris' depending on the time of year and her mood. She also liked simple flowers such as a sunflower or daisy.

At this moment in time however Bella didn't seem to care that she didn't like Roses or that the teddy was the exact same as she had laughed at when one of the other secretaries was givin by her boyfriend on Valentines Day. In fact she seemed oblivious to anyone other than Jacob. His prescience had caused quite a stir and everyone from this floor and others from the floors above who had been going to lunch and heard the commotion were know gathered in a circle around Bella and Jake.

"Bella" he started and she beamed, anticipating what was coming. I cringed as he got down on one knee. "I love you, have always loved you and will always love you. Will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?" I scoffed again. It was like a line taken from a book called 'Proposing for dummies'. To my surprise and utter disappointment Bella nodded and flung her arms around him as he stood up. The crowd around cheered and Bella was soon swarmed by all of her friends who were squealing and crying with her. I looked over at Jacob trying to be a man about it and offer my half arsed congratulations. When he caught my eye however he shot me an unexpected glare and then a smug smile as he looked pointedly at Bella.

I coudn't grow the balls to go up and congradulate Bella so I stiffly told Jake she could have the rest of the day off and left the building. I headed straight home not heeding the speed limit or traffic signs and proceded to drink myself into oblivian as soon as I slammed my door closed.

As I lay on my bed later that night before falling into an alcohol induced slumber I thought of Jake all over my Bella making love to her and falling asleep in her arms and I remembered what my father said to me years ago when I said I wanted to go abroad for college he said the Cullen men fight for what they care about and I knew in that second that I had to fight for her. Before it was too late....

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