Chapter three

I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away
Don't wanna go back to that place, but don't have
no choice, no way
It ain't easy growing up in World War III
Never knowing what love could be, well I've seen
I don't want love to destroy me like it did my
family. In our family portrait we look pretty happy
we look pretty normal, let's go back to that
in our family portrait we look pretty happy
Lets play pretend, act like it goes naturally.

Edwards POV

Disclaimer – I don't own Twilight.

I can't believe what I just saw. Alice was holding a baby. Bella's baby.

I went downstairs to see why Bella had taken off on me. I guess I understand now.

Why would Bella hide this from me? A better question is, who's the father?

Does he know she came to see me today? If he doesn't but finds out, will Bella stop coming to see me?

I need answered and I need them now.

As I paced around my room I tried to decide what to do, I listen to everyone talking down stairs.

"Why don't you invite Bella and Bentley over for supper tomorrow?" I heard my dad ask.

This is my chance.

"I'll ask her!" I said as I ran down the stairs and out the front door to my car.

I started to drive to Bella's house but I had to pull over because my hands were shaking to bad. I was beyond nervous. What if her boyfriend is there?

I turned the car around and headed to a more familiar house. I need to calm down.

"Edward? What are you doing here?" "Hi, Tanya. Can I come in?" I asked. "Of course." She said and batted her eyelashes at me. This is exactly what I need.

She took my hand and led me up the stairs to her room. She pushed me against the wall and tried to kiss me, but I pushed her away. I couldn't concentrate. I need to clear my mind.

"Edward, what's wrong? She asked. I walked past her and went and sat on her bed. "It's Bella. She came to see me today." I looked up at Tanya, she looked mad. "She has a baby Tanya. A baby! I don't know what to do!" She laughed. "I knew she was a tramp." She spat. I stood up and got in her face. "Excuse me? What did you just call Bella?" She smirked. "Bella, Is. A. Tramp." I glared at her for a few seconds then stomped past her and out of the house,

Bella is not a tramp.

"Hi Chief Swan, is Bella home?" He raised an eye brow at me then gesture for me to come in. "I don't usually allow boys in her room, but she won't talk to me and I'm scared for her. Her room is the first door at the top of the stairs." I nodded and walked slowly up the stairs. As I got closer to her room I could hear her crying. I practically ran the rest of the way and knocked on her door. "Go away dad, I'm doing homework." She called. "Um, it's Edward." I said. It was quiet for a few seconds then the door opened.

What are you doing here?" She asked as she wiped her eyes. "I need, no want to talk to you." She looked at me for a few seconds then moved out o the way so I could walk by. She shut the door and followed behind me, then went and sat on her bed. I sat beside her.

"So, what do you want to talk to m about?" She asked as she played with the edge of the blanket. "I'm sorry, Bella." I said and lifted her chin to look at me. "Why are you sorry?" I let go of her face. She quickly looked away again. "For acting the way I did back at my house. I was just shocked." She looked up at me. "Why didn't you tell me?" She shrugged. I sighed. "Does your boyfriend know you came to see me today?" Her eyebrows raised "Boyfriend?" "Yeah, the baby's father?" Her eyes started to water. "Um, I don't have a boyfriend." "What about Bentley's dad?" she wiped the tears from her eyes. "Did he hurt you? Or Bentley?" I was starting to get mad. What kind of father would do this to his son. Or the mother of his child. He should love her unconditionally for bringing such a girt into his life. "No, not physically at least. Edward, I don't want to talk about this." She tried to get up but I grabbed her wrist and lightly tugged on it. "Bella, please tell me. Clearly you're upset." I placed my hand on her back and started to run soothing circles.

"Why do you even care?" She asked angrily.

"Bella, I know I've acted like a jerk toward you, but I'm going to change. God knows I want to. You're so different from all of these other girls I've been with. You're beautiful, funny, smart, and strong. So strong. Look at you, raising a baby on your own. Please, give me a chance. Talk to me."

She stared into my eyes for a few seconds then nodded.

"Once chance. Don't screw up."

I nodded.

"He committed suicide right after Bentley was born." "What?" I asked, shocked. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I did the only thing I could think of. I pulled her to my chest and held her tight.

"I'm sorry, I had no idea." I said as I ran my hand up and down her back. "It's okay. It's been hard but Jacob made his decisions. I need to move on, not just for myself but for Bentley too." I pulled back and smiled at her. "You're doing an amazing job." She smiled back.

Knock! Knock!

"Bella!" Her dad called and knocked on her bedroom door. "Bentley is up!" She sighed and got up off of the bed. I followed her across the hall to his room.

"Hey baby." She said and picked Bentley up out of his crib. "How old is he?" I asked as I walked up behind her. "Four months." I looked at the small child in her arms. He looked a lot like his mother. He had her beautiful brown eyes, her thick dark hair, and her pink cheeks. He looked up at me and smiled. "Can I hold him?" I asked. "What?" She asked, shocked. "Can I hold him?" I asked again. "Sure." She said and handed him to me. "I need to go make him a bottle. Will you be okay with him for a few minutes?" I nodded and smiled. She hesitated y the door for a few seconds then left.

"Hi little buddy. My name is Edward. You're kind of cute, maybe ever cuter than your mother but Shhh, don't tell her I said that." He started to giggle and move his arms around. "Was that funny? I don't think your mom would think so." I winked at him. "His mom would think what?" Bella asked as she walked back into Bentley's room. "We've been caught." I whispered to Bentley, but loud enough for Bella to hear. I watched Bella's reaction the whole time. She just shook her head and laughed.

"Here, would you like to feed him?" Bella asked. I started to get nervous. "Um, I… I don't know how." She smiled. "Here, just put the bottle in his mouth, tip it up, and take it out every few minutes and try to burp him." That sounds simple enough. I put the tip of the bottle in his mouth and he instantly started sucking. I laughed at the little sounds he was making.

"Okay, now take it out, put your hand under his chin, and pat his back lightly." Bella said and showed me how to do it properly. After a few minutes of that he burped, but also spit up on my leg. Bella laughed.

"Ew little buddy, not cool." Bentley just smiled at me. "Here." Bella said and handed me a baby wipe. I gave Bentley to her and cleaned up my leg.

"I should get going. It's getting late. Alice is probably sitting up waiting for me. Oh, that reminds me! Would you and Bentley like to come over for supper tomorrow? Can I pick you up for school too?" She smiled at me as she bounced a sleepy Bentley in her arms. "That would be great." I walked over and kissed her on the forehead and then bent down to kiss Bentley's. They were both quickly becoming important people in my life.

Like I expected, Alice was sitting on my bed waiting to interrogate me when I got home. I only talked to her for a few minutes before I kicked her out of my room. It was nice to have a normal conversation with her for once.

The next morning, after going to Bella's house and her not being there and then at school her pushing me away, I was starting to get worried Was it something I said? Something I did?

As I was lost in my thoughts I felt someone run their hand up and down my chest.

"Tanya, what do you want?" I hissed. She smiled at me. "Oh, you know what I want baby." She said in a flirty tone. I was about to tell her to screw off when someone pulled her off me then punched me in the face. It was Alice. Emmett ran over and held her back before she could punch me again.

"Cut it out, Alice. Tell me what's going on." Emmett demanded. "Your loser of a brother lied! He didn't even go to Bella's last night; he was banging that little tramp over there." She spat and pointed at Tanya he who standing to the side with an amused look on her face. "Oh, but that's not even the best part. He told her about Bentley." Emmett froze then let go of Alice and got up in my face. "Next time, it'll be my fist in your face." Emmett said then stomped off. "Alice, I didn't…" I tried to tell her is isn't what she thinks but she put her hands up, telling me to stop then walked away.

What just happened? I asked myself. I turned to Tanya who was still standing beside me.

"What the hell have you done Tanya?" She glared at me. "Me? What have you done? You came to my house last night, remember?" I rolled my eyes at her. "Yeah, because I needed someone to talk to! You didn't have to go and start harassing Bella!" I got up in her face. "I guess you are just another tramp." I spat and walked away.

"Bella! Wait up!" I called as I chased after her through the school parking. I tried all day to talk to her but every time I called out to her she would run away. "Bella, please talk to me." I pleaded as I caught up to her. She got in her truck, completely ignoring me and drove away.

I have to make this right.

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