Okay, I cannot even explain how sorry I am it's taken this long for me to post another chapter. I've been so busy and had so much crap going on that I haven't been able to even think of getting on the computer. I do have good news though, while I was taking forever to update, I got to meet Robert Pattinson! Ahhh! Dream come true. He was so sweet. I had a small conversation with him, got to shake his hand, and got his autograph. I so wish I was allowed to take a picture with him. Anyway, here is the next chapter. I'll try to update more regularly but I probably won't get to another one this week. I have a history exam Friday.

Telling our friends really hadn't been as bad as I had thought it would be. Edward stood next to me the whole time, holding my hand, urging me on, and even telling part of the story when I would freeze up.

Through the entire story, everyone but Alice had their mouths practically on the ground. Alice claimed she already had an idea that Chase was mine. Of course she did. Alice knew everything.

Flashback

Alice was nearly bouncing out of her seat with happiness as Edward and I walked in the room holding hands. We had asked all our friends to come over to my house the next day so we could tell them what was going on. If I was going to be Chase's mom for real, then I guess I had to tell everyone that he was mine to begin with.

"Okay everyone, first of all, thank you for coming. Bella has some news and we think it would be best if everyone were here so Bella only has to talk about this once. Now, please refrain from any harsh judgment. Bella needs our help and encouragement right now," Edward spoke in a very matter-of-fact voice.

"Geez, Eddie. You sound so formal. What is going on?" Emmett's loud voice boomed from the couch. Edward shot him an annoyed look and squeezed my hand in encouragement.

While I was searching for the words to start with, Emmett's eyes made their way down to my hand, which was intertwined with Edward's and his eyes got big in a moment of realization.

"Dude, are you two together now or something? Eddie, are you finally getting laid?!"

I felt my cheeks heat up and snuck a glance over to Edward's face to see his redder than a tomato. "Will you just shut up, Emmett? Bella is trying to tell you guys something important and you just have to go off making jokes that aren't even funny," he snapped.

Emmett just turned to Jasper and whispered "Well, I guess that answers that question. He's definitely not getting laid." Jasper was trying his hardest not to laugh and poor Edward was absolutely fuming at my side. I reached out and put a hand on his shoulder to calm him.

Before Edward could say anything else and rip Emmett's head off, I turned towards our friends and said, "Emmett, to answer your first question, yes, Edward and I are together now. However, this just happened last night and, I know it will be hard to believe after I tell you what I am planning on telling you, but I'm not that kind of girl who sleeps with someone on the first date." I spoke coolly and calmly even though I felt the complete opposite on the inside.

Emmett got a horrified look on his face. "Oh no, Bella, I wasn't implying that you were! I was just joking with Edward like I always do about his lack of experience! I really didn't mea-"

"It's okay Emmett. I understand. I didn't think you meant it that way."

There was an awkward moment of silence.

"So, what were you going to tell us, Bella?" Rosalie questioned.

"Oh, right. Okay guys I know that you are all familiar with Chase," I started out. They all nodded their heads and smiled. Everyone loved Chase.

"Well, I haven't been entirely truthful with you guys since the beginning regarding him."

I looked around and saw that everyone but Alice looking confused. Alice just looked expectant. Edward squeezed my hand and came to stand behind me, putting his arms around my waist.

"You see, Chase isn't really my brother. Before I moved here, I had a boyfriend named Robert Adams. To make a long story short, he pressured me to sleep with him until I gave in and, well...nine months later I had Chase. My mom made us move as soon as she found out and we fabricated the story of him being my brother to keep me from being…well…tormented by my peers."

I looked up at everyone who was staring into space with looks of disbelief written all over their faces.

"I knew it! I knew it! I knew it!" Alice chirped from her seat, bouncing up and down.

"How could you have possibly known, Alice?" Rose asked while rolling her eyes.

"It was so obvious!" Alice exclaimed excitedly, "He looks exactly like her and not really at all like Renee and Bella has always acted really maternally towards him. Plus she even had the scar from the C-Section, duh!"

Everyone just kind looked at her in disbelief while she practically vibrated off of her seat.

I told everyone the whole story and they gradually came to terms with it. It was hard for them to wrap their head around the idea that little innocent Bella wasn't as innocent as they had first thought.

I then felt sorry for Edward as Emmett made joke after joke about his virginity. I thought it was sweet that he decided to wait for love. I wish I had been that strong.

But after a while, everyone was really cool with it and very helpful. Alice offered to go shopping with me for some clothes for him (and me) since I now had to help pay for all his clothing needs.

Emmett offered to teach him how to ride a bike and how to play football. He also offered to teach him how to "flirt with da ladies" but I told him to hold off on that for a few years.

Rosalie was very eager to help babysit if Edward and I wanted to go out. She absolutely adored kids and was looking forward to being a mom herself.

Jasper, though more reserved than my other friends, did offer to help in any way I needed.

And of course Edward offered to help with anything and everything. He wanted to be a part of Chase's life from here on out. And honestly, I wouldn't want it any other way myself.

End flashback

Things had gone almost completely back to normal. Almost being the key word. Edward and I also had a long talk with my mom soon after the big revelation.

Flashback

My mom had just come home from work and found Edward and I sitting on the couch waiting for her. She was still in a sour mood about me telling Edward that Chase was my son and she was skeptical that I wanted to let everyone know.

I explained to her that Edward and I wanted to have a word with her and she hesitantly sat down on the chair across from the loveseat Edward and I were occupying.

"Mom, I understand why you drug me and Chase away from Phoenix and why you decided to tell people that he was your son and I even understand why you didn't acknowledge the fact that he's mine at home," I began and she got a hopeful look in her eyes. She thought I was going to change my mind and let things go back to the way things were before.

"I understand why you did it, Mom, but that doesn't mean that I agree with it," as I said this, her face fell. She then knew that I was completely serious about all this and wasn't just saying it in the heat of the moment.

"At the time, it might have been the best thing for me, considering I'm so young and everything. But Mom, I'm not a little girl anymore. I'm almost a legal adult. And it's so hard to be around Chase every single day and act like he plays a smaller role in my life than he actually does. I've had to keep a lot of my love for him bottled up for the past couple of years and I don't want to do that anymore. You decided to have me do this so that I wouldn't suffer any harsh judgment and be made fun of at school but now I have real friends that know and don't think any differently of me for it."

It was getting more and more difficult for me to talk about this considering how emotional of a topic it is. Edward wrapped his arm around my shoulders and put his other hand in mine. I squeezed it.

I looked up at my mom to find her face torn between two emotions that I couldn't quite pinpoint. She came over and sat on the other side of me and put her arm around my shoulder, effectively pushing Edward's arm off.

"Honey," she started off, her voice a lot calmer and sympathetic now, "I understand how hard it can be to have to lock up the urge to mother your own child. I guess I always kind of just convinced myself that if we kept up this charade, it would become real. I still don't agree with your decision completely, but Chase is your son and I'll try to help support in any way that I can."

This was a big step for my mom. It might take her years to actually accept my decision and agree with it wholeheartedly. But it was enough that she wouldn't spend all her time trying to talk me out of it and making me feel guilty for making this decision for my own little family.

End Flashback

Edward absolutely adored Chase and it made me love Edward even more. Whenever I would see the two playing together, my heart would swell with love for the both of them. I had kept my love for Chase slightly suppressed for all these years because I was afraid it would end up hurting even more if I loved him the way a mother loves her son. But now I didn't have to worry about keeping it all locked away and it made me so much happier.

Knowing Chase was mine, and being able to love him without restraint, plus the addition of Edward into my life made me feel at the top of the world. I felt invincible. Like nothing could go wrong when they both stood by me.

Every day Edward would pick me up for school and we would drop Chase off at day-care together. Then we would go to school and walk to and from all our classes together. Then after school we would go pick up Chase from day-care together. Afterwards, we would go back to my house and just be together. I was euphoric most of the time.

Most of the time, it felt like Edward and I were a married couple. Because I was now in charge of Chase and had to be around him all the time, and because Edward and I never wanted to be separated (you know, the glory of first love and all that), the three of us would spend an awful lot of time together. I secretly loved this idea but didn't want to mention anything to Edward about it, I was afraid I would scare him off.

Edward's parents were quite shocked when we told them everything. I don't think that they thought I could be capable of such irresponsible behavior, though they never said this themselves. They were, however, very understanding about everything.

Flashback

I was more nervous to tell Edward's parents about everything than I was to tell anyone else. I didn't want them to automatically deem me a slut and have second thoughts about me being with Edward and hanging out with Emmett and Alice.

The day after we told my mom and our friends about everything, Edward had asked his parents if I could come over for dinner and then possibly have a small discussion. I don't think Dr. and Mrs. Cullen had any idea what they were getting themselves into by agreeing.

After dinner, Edward's parents were cleaning up the kitchen while Edward and I sat on the couch waiting for them to return with some tea. I was bouncing my knee up and down, which is a nervous habit I have.

"Bella, it will all be fine. My parents are a lot more understanding than you think. I'm sure they will be absolutely fine with it," Edward tried to reassure me. I just nodded.

When they finally came back in and sat down on the loveseat across from the couch Edward and I were occupying, I suddenly forgot how to breathe. They were going to hate me.

"There is something that Bella and I would like to discuss with you, if you don't mind," Edward started out, his voice a smooth velvet.

Carlisle and Esme just smiled and replied, "Absolutely! We're always here if you need to talk" I guess she was supposed to sound reassuring. I think she could pick up pretty easily on my state of almost hysteria.

Better get it over with.

"Well , this is something very hard to talk about. It's not something I am proud of by any means but it happened and I cannot just pretend that it didn't. Please know, I am a completely different person now than I was then."

I told them everything. I practically just repeated the story I had told to everyone else. When it was over, they weren't grossed out like I expected. Esme just looked like she was about to cry and stood up to lock me in a vice grip.

"Honey, I can't even imagine having to go through any of that. Having to deny your love for your own child that way."

"You mean, you don't hate me?" I was crying at this point.

Esme just hugged me tighter. "Of course not, dear! You are such a beautiful and mature young lady for your age. We all make mistakes."

They both supported my relationship with Edward which I was extremely undeserving of, yet completely grateful for. I think they could really tell I was sorry for what I did and that I wouldn't be making the same mistake soon. If and when I ever took that next step with Edward, it would be when we were both completely devoted to each other and committed to our relationship for better and for worse.

End Flashback

The news didn't spread around school at all. I guess I should have expected that. The only people who knew were not the kind of people who gossip. They respected me and were not going to try to humiliate me. If someone asked, I would tell them the truth, but no one had asked and so no one else knew.

I really didn't know what I did to deserve such amazing people in my lives. This was what I had been searching for. I had just been searching too hard and in the wrong places.

Okay everyone, I cannot even tell you how completely ridiculously sorry I am that I have not posted in like, MOOOOOOONTHS. I feel like the scum on the bottom of the dirtiest person's shoe. I won't even ask you guys to review. But I will get the next chapter out much quicker! It's going to be an awesome, intense chapter! Drama will ensue. So if you want to review, then by all means do. But I do not blame you if you decide to not.

P.S. I read it through only once this time to edit it. But I really wanted to get it out tonight because i felt so bad for keeping you guys waiting for so long. So please forgive any mistakes.