Chapter Two

Text, Lies, and Bella

Edward POV

I'm not going to lie. I liked that it was just me and my brothers. We needed to hang out. Of course, our version of hanging out was to go hunting. We each decided to bring different things so that we could do other things together out here besides hunting. Jasper brought a baseball for a light game of catch. I say light game because anything stronger than lightly tossing the ball to each other would lead people to believe there was an invisible thunderstorm. I rolled my eyes at the frustration. Emmett brought his portable stereo so that we could listen to music while we tossed the ball around.

"Uh, Eddie, did you not bring anything?", Emmett asked as he set up which cd they wanted to listen to first.

"Please stop calling me Eddie. And I brought myself." I smugly countered. What more could have I brought. I wasn't serious about my presence here being better than anything. Are you kidding me? I only said that, because acting like I was the shit seemed better than admitting that I had nothing at home to bring. Life at home was becoming mundane. Bella was my life. I loved her with every ounce of my exsistence. But life at home had become...boring. I try to do things to make things less boring. And unfortunately, even though sex with Bella was...god, sex with Bella was unbelievably amazing. However, even though I don't get tired like a human, I still can only have sex so much in one day. I even lost count one week. I think we hit close to the hundred mark. And that's how things have been going lately. "Hey Em? Jasper?"

They both looked up at me, stopping what they were doing and becoming almost stauesque. I just stood there for a fraction of a second staring at them, trying to think of a good way to ask them without raising any flags. I finally made myself move and shook my head a little to get back to the moment.

Emmett started looking annoyed, "Spit it out jackass who doesn't bring anything worth anything to our fun day out." Emmett got up hitting me in my shoulder.

That should have annoyed me, but I ignored it and went back to what I needed. "Does it make sense to be having too much sex?", I looked up to meet their gaze.

I'd never seen two more dumbfounded looks in my existence. Emmett had one eyebrow up staring at me like I was the dumbest person on the planet and Jasper just looked at me with complete and utter confusion. "What?", I asked trying to sound nonchalant about my questioning.

"You have to be the dumbest person on the planet!", Emmett shouted louder than he needed to. I rolled my eyes at his predictablity. Laughing to myself I turned to Jasper to get his answer, when my cell phone started vibrating. I sighed and pulled out my phone to look at who was calling. I was pretty sure it was Bella, or Alice calling to tell me something about Bella. I was okay with that. Because once I had asked them that question and heard my self ask it. It sounded stupid. I was being stupid. It was just a normal time. I was so used to having to protect Bella, that anytime that things aren't going wrong, of course it's going to seem boring. I looked to see who was calling and it turned out it was a text. Flipping open my phone, I was aware of Jasper and Emmett still standing there looking at me. Ignoring them for the moment I looked at the text. Shit.

T: Edward I need to see you.

Dammit. Why did she have to do this? She had left me alone after last time for a good seven or eight months now. I was hoping she had found someone by now. Dammit it hell. I looked at Jasper and Emmett, giving them a quick 'it's nothing' smile and as quick as possible before Emmett could say anything, I texted her back.

E: Not right now. Kinda busy.

I shut my phone and tried to concentrate on the rest of our hunting trip. I was unbelievably thankful that they couldn't hear what was in my head. Jasper glanced my way every now and then when he probably felt like something wasn't right. But after many years of practice, I have learned to keep my self extremely controlled. I made sure that the rest of the day was filled with pure guy fun and tried to keep myself distracted. It was somewhat easy until we decided to call it a day and parted ways. Emmett smacked my back telling me he'd see me later and Jasper said goodnight. He narrowned is eyes in the tiniest bit, almost unnoticable. Almost. I mock punched his shoulder and told him I'd see him later and quickly turned to run home. I definitely needed to get away from Jasper.

As I ran home, I thought about how I'd cover for myself this time. This time. I can't believe I was doing this. I can't believe I've been doing this. This is something that once, seemed like something that could be done and then forgotten and no one would be the wiser. I could feel it in ever inch of me that something. Yes, something was definitely going to happen. Something big. I needed to make sure that something didn't happen. No matter what.

My phone kept vibrating on the way home and I purposely ignored it. I was getting more and more annoyed though with each vibration. I got to the house, opening the door and slammed it shut. I couldn't help it. I was frustrated. I was angry with myself. But I was also frustrated because it was always so much work covering up my indescretions than it was to even act on it. I heard Bella in the shower, so I didn't annouce I was home or anything. She knew I was here. Who the hell else would it be? Since she was in the shower, I quickly pulled out my phone while it was momentarily silent and flipped it open to read the messages. I had four messages all from her.

T: Please Edward. It's important. It won't be like that. I promise.

T: You can't ignore me Edward. I really need to see you. I need to talk to you. I NEED you.

T: I promise I won't say anything. I'm not trying to ruin your life. Please.

T: Please. Please Edward. Something happened.

. I mumbled to myself so low I don't even think I knew what the hell I was saying. I closed my phone and shoved it back into my pocket. I stood still for a moment as thoughts whirled through my mind. I was a horrible, horrible man. I couldn't even call myself a man. I was scum. No, that would be an upgrade for me.

I glided to our room just as my phone vibrated again. Fuck fuck fuck. I glanced to see that Bella was busy looking for something to wear in our closet that was half our house thanks to Alice. I quickly yanked my phone from my pocket and saw that I had recieved another text. Fucking leave me alone, I thought to myself as I let my phone drop onto the night stand. I flinched and paused as the phone noisely hit the wood surface, quickly looking to see if Bella had taken notice too. Seeming to be in the clear, I rested myself at the foot of our bed, and roughly ran my hands over my face and through my hair. I started taking my shoes off when I heard Bella behind me.

"Hey babe." She sounded somewhat excited. I had a feeling that she would say no to going shopping with Rose and Alice, and they way she sounded, I was right.

"How was boy's day out?"

I was glad I was home. I missed Bella. And it didn't make me happy that she had been home all day by herself with nothing to do. I hadn't read the last message from her. But for some reason, I couldn't just let it sit there without knowing what it said. God I hate myself. I made sure my voice was as normal as possible before I answered her. "Fine." I quickly grabbed my phone off of the table without looking at Bella, and flipped it open. Yep. It was her. "Bagged a couple of mountain lions for myself. Emmett got himself a bear and a couple of deer, and Jasper kept it small and simple, sticking with just deer." I opened up the message to actually read it. I tightly closed my eyes, secretly wishing for something to save me. As quick as I possibly could, while making it look like it was nothing. Like a text from Emmett or something, I replied back to her. If Bella asked me, it was Emmett. Yeah.

I turned my phone off, and tossed it onto the bed. I sat still for a moment to collect myself and went to my Bella. When I walked in the overstocked closet, all I could see was Bella's petite, yet athletic body. She was wearing jeans and was working on putting her shirt on. I walked up to her just as her head poked through and I wrapped my arms around this beautiful woman and kissed her on the cheek. Yeah, I definitely missed her. I can't say I didn't miss human Bella, but after Bella changed, all her best features and everything I loved about her, was automatically accentuated. Before, she was petite and definitely no flab anywhere, but she was soft. Which I liked. Her hair had always been long and dark and beautiful and I was getting jabs of sensation just thinking about my hands getting tangled in there while kissing her. Her hair was now all of that and shiny. I just loved this woman.

She swiftly turned in my arms so that she could fully face me. I always felt like I was getting hit with little electrical currents whenever Bella touched me. And as she touched my face, I couldn't help but feel like an ass. "I miss you", she said to me. Yes, she was happy to see me. Whether it be because she just loved me that much or the fact that she was also home alone bored all day. I didn't care. I was still the biggest fuck up on the planet. I didn't deserve this woman.

"Missed you too.", trying very hard not to spill my guts right then and there on how much of a shit I was. "I am getting the impression that you didn't go with Rose and Alice shopping. You must have been bored out of your mind. In any case, how was your day, love?"

"Okay. Just sat around. Watched some t.v."

"Anything good on?"

"Not really. Watched a couple of informercials on hip hop abs and some bullet of magic thing, I don't know." A slightly confused look was on her face as she went on. " Watched a really predictable episode of Cheaters. Same ol same ol.", she shrugged.

If that wasn't an omen. I don't know what was.

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