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Question: Will Edward cheat on Bella?

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7. Only Truth

"Edward," I screamed, hoping for my eyes were only blind for a very short moment and he would appear in front of me. But he didn't. I glared at Alice. Her face looked quite stressed; her head was titled forward, her eyes closed. She mouthed three words; but I couldn't understand them; not that they were meant for me – certainly she tried to send Edward a message, a kind of little warning. However, when he'd done what I was expecting no warning could ever help him to save this situation.

The tension in the air drove me crazy and I couldn't bear it anymore. Tanya was still standing next to the sofa. Jealousy inside me got the upper hand and my heartbeat accelerated to a speed that was surly unhealthy. I felt my blood rising into my cheeks and cold sweat appeared suddenly on my forehead. Getting up from the big, brown sofa the next shock hit me. I would swear I saw a flash of embarrassment on Tanya's face. Tanya, the family's head of the third biggest coven I knew after the Volturi's and the Cullen's one, was standing in front of me and looking like a sheepish, little girl. Something seemed to be quite wrong. I glared at her and demanded confidently, "Where is my fiancé?" And this time I was sure of my confidence wasn't coming from Agnes; but from my anger about myself. I'd created this situation. Without my immature behavior Jake's sudden appearance concerning there would be no reason for Tanya's embarrassment. Abruptly she eyed the floor of the grand living room. "Edward has still kept at the rocks. He needed time to think. So I let him alone and went straight on home." Then she glanced at me with a weak smile. When she'd mentioned his name a stab had come to my heart and my lungs had stopped inhaling oxygen. My hands had gotten frozen. I groaned with pain, clutching my arms tightened around my chest. Tanya glared concerned at me.

"What happened while you both were hunting," I whispered in pain almost pleading for an answer. Tanya had to be a reasonable vampire. She held the same position in her coven as Carlisle did in ours. So she had to be mature and able to have a serious, honest conversation with me. I glanced up at her in expectation of the first words that were able to damage all my hopes and faith. But she kept still. I eyed around to shunt out the silence, still waiting for an answer, a reasonable explanation for the whole strange situation. When my glance fell at the big, brown couch I saw it was empty. Automatically my lips formed the next question. "Where did your family and Alice go?" I asked bewildered. This time she responded, "They'd decided to give us some privacy." I nodded, slowly understanding. "And what about my first question," I tried again. But she didn't reply anything. "Are you going to tell me the story," I asked angrily, deciding this was my last effort of getting an answer. She shook her head. "You should have this conversation with Edward," she advised me now seriously. "So, where are the rocks," I demanded a bit irritated by her childish behavior. If she'd done something wrong, she should have owned up to this. Everything else would be unacceptable for a vampire like her.

"Oh, the rocks are pretty near by our house….," she said, suddenly interrupted by Alice's pixie-like, silvery voice. "I'll show you, Bella." She danced gracefully towards us and wrapped gently her arm around my waist, pulling me to the door of the hall. I lost sight of Tanya and her long, beautiful, strawberry blond hair. My thoughts circled pointless. What should I say to Edward? What did happen while they were hunting? Could he really do this to me? And what about the human rules he didn't want to break? I wasn't able to believe this – to believe he cheated on me - unless his lips would pronounce these cruel words to me. Alice walked silently by my side. It was almost dark outside and I had barely noticed how late it already was. Twilight again, the safest time of a day, I thought sarcastically, touching sadly my engagement ring. "I don't think anything had happened. Tanya is very wise. She wants only to be sure of you'll have a serious talk with your future husband. And I didn't see anything like this took place while they were hunting," Alice tried to comfort me, petting softly my back. I smiled bitterly at her, not able to say anything because of a lump in my throat. And then I saw him.

There he was, standing like a Greek god next to several huge, grey rocks. His pale skin reflected the tiniest rest of the daylight that slowly vanished more and more. Edward's perfect features still reminded me of a male model, shooting a commercial for an after shave or a shampoo. His beauty was unbearable. My appearance pointed out the opposite; I showed up very ordinary and clumsy with no grace or special talent. Fear of losing him got dominant. My stomach twisted. Tanya was seriously a better match for him than I was.

He looked at me, eyes smooth, smiling his crocked smile. First I walked only a bit faster; but then I started running. Alice was gone; I barely noticed. I only saw him. I only could think of him. He opened his arms and I crashed against his hard, cold chest. My stomach was full of butterflies that expelled the whole anger I'd felt before. Happiness got the upper hand. "Edward, I'm so sorry. I love you," I breathed, pressing my face against his marble chest and inhaling the sweet scent coming from him. "I've missed you so much." Tears started rising in my eyes and I clutched my body tightened against his. He kissed my hair, encircling his arms around my waist. "Bella," he whispered, "You know, I love you. You are the most important thing for me. You are my life; the reason for my existence." I looked up into his liquid, butterscotch eyes, not able to speak the tiniest of words. I forgot about everything, my name, where I was and the reason for we were here. Then his lips found mine and he kissed me. I threw myself into the kiss, clutching my arms around his neck. First his mouth moved gently on mine; but then it became more eagerly. He pressed me tightly against his body. I could feel every line of him. Pulling away, Edward whispered my name, "Mrs. Isabella Cullen, I love you and I will always love you." Well, precisely it wasn't my name – not yet. I glanced into his eyes again; this time for a long moment. "I owe you an apology," he finally said. My stomach twisted. "Why?" I managed to ask anxiously, hoping for another reason as I was expecting. "I did behave like a foul. I shouldn't have run away. I should have talked to you. I love you so much. It was my fault. I'm so sorry for hurting you," he smiled apologetically at me.

I kissed his neck, searching for the right words or rather the right questions I would ask him. But his scent and his touches made me still dizzy. Thus I babbled the first question that came to my mind. "Why did you go on a hunting trip with Tanya after you'd already hunted a few hours ago?" "She invited me and I didn't want to be impolite," he smiled. "Always the gentleman," I teased, kissing him.

Then he sat down on a rock, pulling me on his lap. I nestled into his cool embracement. "But that wasn't exactly what you wanted to know, love, was it?" He asked with an innocent smile on his face. I looked up and shook my head, suddenly blushing. "You did see my motivation for coming here in Alice mind, didn't you?" He nodded, brushing gently my cheek. I felt like melting honey, looking at his perfect face, the straight line of his nose, the hard square of his jaw and the soft curve of his full lips. He looked concerned. "I never could and would do that to you. Besides, you are the only one who has ever touched my heart. I love you, only you." He shook his head. "What can I ever do that you will have more trust in me?" He demanded desperately.

"But Alice did see you are indifferent," I was sobbing now. "Indifferent about what?" he asked bewildered. I stared into his golden eyes, mouthing the words, "sleeping with Tanya." I wasn't able to speak them out loud. He looked in horror at me. "Didn't you see that in Alice's mind?" I demanded astonished. "No, I didn't. But I think I'm going to have a serious talk with my tiny monster sister," he responded acidly, shaking his head in disbelief.

"I was indifferent about talking to Tanya about my feelings the affair with Jacob concerning because I know what she is feeling for me and I didn't want to hurt her. Nevertheless she's a very good friend of mine and she has helped my family and me in most cases when there was need for her help. The first time after I'd met you I was in Denali and she was there for me. She's very wise and has always given bright advises to me. Over them it is very nice to have a chance to compare advices of Carlisle and Tanya. It's thoughts of a man against them of a woman. They've often given the same advices to me; but in some cases the advices have differed a bit. That has been very interesting. " He grinned and suddenly looked silently at me.

"But why did Tanya react so strange when I asked her about your hunting trip?" I interrogated curiously, scrutinizing his face. "Did she?" he asked surprised. I nodded. Edward shrugged. "Maybe she wasn't really sure if you know about how she feels for me and if that was the reason for you coming to Denali. Or maybe…." He paused. I glanced at his face. His expression showed he wasn't sure if he should tell me this explanation. "Maybe?" I asked, putting my fingertip on his pale arm, sliding slowly up over the short sleeve of his brown shirt to his shoulder. Then my finger glided down over the buttons of the shirt to his light blue jeans. I looked at his face. Edward's eyes had followed my finger. He smiled crookedly, griping my hand and kissing softly my wrist. I couldn't get a clear thought anymore. My heart started beating faster and faster. Edward lightly touched my cheek, sending tingles through my whole body. I got slowly through the buttons of his shirt. My breath accelerated; but I wasn't the only one whose breath became quicker than usual. I grinned, glancing into his liquid topaz eyes. My hands touched his bare chest, starting slightly trembling. He closed his eyes. "Maybe?" I managed to whisper into his ear. But he ignored me and pulled my right leg over his lap; so that I was sitting now in front of his perfect body. Then he started kissing me in way that should be illegal. His mouth moved from my cheek over my lips to my throat and back again. The whole world around me vanished. I gasped, losing control of my mind. All thoughts were gone. His distraction was so much better than mine. But if he did win this, I would also have a benefit of that. My hands slid down along his muscular chest and tried to open his jeans. Abruptly two cool hands gripped softly my wrists and formed ivory handcuffs around them. "What are you doing, Bella?" I heard a smooth whisper in my ear. Smiling sheepishly, I released my wrists from his gentle grip and brushed along his cool lips with my fingertip. He shook his head slowly in disapproval. "Be serious Bella. We should do this neither here nor yet," he advised me with an edge in his musical voice.

"Why not?"

"You know that I'm not the only one who can read minds out here, do you?"

"But that's not the true reason, is it?" I asked still disappointed that I didn't get my way.

"No. We are going to be married in few days. We should save this for afterwards," he smiled crookedly at me, kissing gently my ring.

I shook my head. "Still old-fashioned," I teased.

He nodded, brushing a stand of my hair from my cheek.

"Fine," I agreed. "But will you be so nice and give the second explanation for Tanya's strange behavior?" I grinned slyly. Edward rolled his eyes. "You aren't going to give up, are you?" I shook my head. "Maybe she did want to teach you a lesson how jealousy could hurt." He eyed the rocks. "She did want to show me how you felt when you arrived here, didn't she?" I questioned, feeling guilt rose. He slowly nodded, glancing into me eyes. "I'm so sorry, Bella. I didn't know she would do that. She hid this from me." "And Alice was with her?" "Possible. She closed her mind as soon as she saw me, translating parts of the bible into Greek," Edward replied.

I couldn't think of an adequate comment; so I decided to be still, eyeing around for the first time. The huge, almost black rocks were silent standing there; probably for centuries. Darkness covered now our surroundings. I got up from Edward's lap and moved carefully a few steps. I felt his body right behind me. Sudden coldness made me shiver. The wind was harsh. Edward rubbed my arms to get me a bit warmer. Behind the rocks I could realize an abyss. I moved nearer. Down, on the foot of the small mountain something sparkled. Edward seemed to guess my thoughts. "That's a little sea, reflecting the stars," he explained. "It's beautiful." "Not close to you, my beauty," his cool lips whispered into my ear.

"Why have you been in touch with Jacob?" I wasn't able to stop myself anymore. I hated secrets. And there shouldn't be such ones between Edward and me. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders, pulling me closer to him. "Just in case there could me an emergency," he said casually. "What do you exactly mean by emergency?" I felt confused. There was no longer danger in Forks for me and if there was, seven vampires and a pack of nine wolves would protect me. What was the matter if the tenth wolf had decided to live in Seattle for a while? "In case you'll change your mind; I know where he's to find," Edward said in a low voice I could hardly understand the words. When I realized the meaning of his answer every single word he'd said hit me like thousands of little stones crashing down on my head.

I looked in horror at him. "Did you think I'd changed my mind when you call him the last time," I asked, trying to calm my voice. "It seemed like you needed to talk to him," Edward grinned at me; but the grin didn't reach his eyes. The blood pulsed in my veins. Anger rose and I couldn't hold my tears. "Stop it, stop it," I shouted. Suddenly the ground under my feet started trembling. Then the rocks vanished and everything went black. I tried to force out words of my mouth; but my lips didn't move. Edward's cool arms lifted my body. There was a hollow ringing sound in my ears.