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Chapter Five

I woke up early the next day, so I decided to put some extra effort into my appearance. After I got out of the shower, I blow-dried my hair and straightened it. Then I sprayed some of my favorite strawberry scented hair relaxer on my hair to make it less frizzy and shinier. I applied some light make-up and when I was finished I had a smoky eye with glossy pink lips and a natural blush. I put on dark skinny jeans and a dark purple long-sleeved shirt that fit perfectly.

To finish off the look, I threw on my favorite pair of brown boots. The boots went up to mid-calf, and were absolutely perfect for skinny jeans. I normally wouldn't wear them because they had a heel and with my clumsiness, that's a bad thing. Also, they were designer so I didn't want them to get wet, but in a place like Forks, that's hard to avoid. I grabbed a coat that matched my boots perfectly and my coach bag, and then I headed out the door, feeling confident.

My confidence disappeared when I looked to my driveway and saw a silver Volvo with a very familiar person leaning against it.

Edward Cullen, in all his glory, was standing in my driveway. He looked taken aback for some reason, so I took the opportunity to strike.

"Like what you see?" I asked coyly.

"Yes I do," He retorted sarcastically. "In fact, if I had a ring, I would kneel on the ground and ask you to marry me right now."

"Well," I said as I reached into my purse and pulled out two ring pops, "It's a good thing I have these then, Eddie"

He flinched at the name, but quickly recovered as he said,

"Marry me Belly?"

"Of course!" I said as I wiped away a fake tear. While I ventured into my theatrics, he placed a ring pop on my finger and one on his.

"There," He said, "Now you're mine!"

"And you're mine!" I said, laughing.

"We'd better go," He said as he glanced at his watch "We are going to be late!"

We were most definitely not late. Edward was averaging at about 120mph the whole way to school. We got there just in time and people stared as we exited his Volvo.

"Hey Bella!" Alice yelled as she jumped out of Emmet's massive Jeep. "Ummm- why do you have a ring pop on your finger?" She asked.

"Don't worry about this one Belly I can handle it" Edward said in his cool, velvet voice as I blushed. "We're married"

"Squirt's married?!?" Emmet asked.

"Yup!" I said while glaring at Edward "To your dear brother Eddie"

"…" The whole Cullen family seemed at a loss for words for a couple of seconds, and then they couldn't hold it in any longer and started laughing hysterically.

"You two are perfect for each other" Rose gasped

"You have no idea Rose…" Jasper chuckled.

My heart had skipped a beat when Rose said that Edward and I were perfect for each other. But I didn't want to be late on my second day of school, so I just said my goodbyes and left.

When I was almost all of the way across the parking lot. I heard,

"Goodbye Wifey!" I turned to see Edward bouncing up and down and waving frantically as many students turned their heads to gawk at me. So I decided to give them something to talk about.

"Goodbye Hubby!" I yelled as loud as I could, copying Edward's movements from earlier. Then I headed off to my first period class, for once feeling like I didn't have cancer.

EPOV

I watched Bella's retreating figure with a smile as I thought of how good she looked. I couldn't believe she had played along with our little marriage scheme, she really was amazing.

"Hey Eddie turndown the lust a bit!" Jasper chuckled.

"Don't call me Eddie," I growled.

"Why not Eddie?" Alice asked, "Bella gets to call you Eddie!!!"

"That's because they're married Alice!" Emmet said as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Shut up Emmet," Rose said. "They're not really married."

"Yet…" Alice said with a devious grin on her face.

I just rolled my eyes and walked away, anxious to see Bella again.

BPOV

School was a bore until lunch. I sat with the Cullens this time and had one of the best lunches of my life. Sometimes they would crack a joke about something that I didn't get, like Emmet and his obsession for grizzly bears. Alice would just tell me that eventually I'd find out. That always seemed to make Edward angry for some reason.

As Edward and I walked to biology, we talked about music again. I found out that Edward played the piano and made him promise to play for me sometime. When we got to the room, Edward held the door open for me, and chuckled as I blushed and stumbled into the room.

"I thought chivalry was dead" I joked.

"Not as long as I'm alive," He retorted with a weird look in his eyes.

The teacher called the class to attention and announced that we would be going on a field trip sometime in May.

"So," The teacher continued, "As a service to the community, we will be volunteering in the cancer ward at our local hospital."

I felt my heart stop beating, and then pick up and start to race as I realized that I could very well be in that cancer ward when they visited.

EPOV

After the teacher announced where we would be going for our annual field trip, I heard Bella's heart stop, the start to race. I realized that she must have had a relative or loved one die from cancer, and I felt a wave of pity for the poor girl.

When the teacher started to teach about the statistics of cancer, including the mortality rate and how painful the disease was, Bella rested her head on the table, closed her eyes and didn't open them again until the bell rang.

BPOV

The bell finally rang and I opened my eyes to see Edward's concerned face right in front of me.

"Are you ok?" he asked concerned.

"Yeah," I sighed, "I'm fine, that cancer thing just bothered me a little, how he was talking about it like it was a statistic to be read out at anytime and not like it is actually killing people every day!"

"Do you want to talk about it?" Edward questioned.

"It's nothing really" I lied, "I just know someone who is currently battling cancer, and I just kept think about what she's going to have to go through."

"I'm sorry," He said. "Are you close to this person?" He asked.

"You have no idea," I whispered. Edward seemed to hear me though, because his eyebrows furrowed and his nose scrunched up.

The rest of the day passed by smoothly, with only a few minor injuries in gym, caused by me of course.

I walked out of the locker rooms to find Edward pinned up against the wall, surrounded by Lauren and her evil minions of doom. He glanced over in my direction, saw me, and then proceeded to mouth, "Help Me" to me. I winked at him as I strutted over to defend my man.

"Hello Bella" Edward said, sounding relieved as I finally arrived at his little groupie of stalkers.

"Why are you here?" Lauren sneered.

"Why I am only here to pick up my husband, and you really shouldn't do that to your face, it might stick that way… oops- too late!" I said innocently.

"Who would want to marry you?" She laughed

"I would" Edward said.

Lauren's face was hilarious as she tried to comprehend what Edward had just said. She looked like she was going to have a heart attack as we displayed our "rings" for all to see.

"Well, I can tell you won't be saying anything remotely coherent for the next decade or so, so we're just gonna leave now" I said as Edward and I turned to leave.

"Oh and Lauren!" I called over my shoulder, "If you're gonna buy knockoff boots, at least make sure they look remotely authentic. Cause yours just look like the knockoff of a knockoff."

We reached the Volvo and I collapsed against Edward laughing. He helped me into my seat, got in his own seat and started the car.

"God!" He chuckled, "She looked like a codfish with her mouth open like that!"

"I know!" I laughed. "Edward, can you take me to the hospital instead of my house?" I asked. "I have an appointment with your dad."

"No problem." He said.

We ended up playing 20 Questions on the way to the hospital, promising to finish the game the next day before school.

"Are you sure you don't want me to take you home from the hospital?" Edward asked for the umpteenth time.

"Yeah," I said. "Charlie can pick me up, we haven't been spending enough time together anyway…"

"Ok" He said. "Have fun!"

"Of course!" I said, "Having needles poking you every other second is so much fun, I just might drown in it!" I added sarcastically.

"Be tough wifey!" He laughed.

"Sir, Yes, Sir!" I replied. I watched as he drove away, then turned to enter the hospital, alone.

I was a little preoccupied as I walked up to the secretary to check I, because as I turned around to go find a chair to wait in, I crashed into someone and fell to the floor.

"Oh my Gosh!" I said, too mortified to even look at who I had accidentally assaulted. "I am so sorry!" I figured I had to look sooner or later and was relieved when I looked up and saw Carlisle.

"No problem Bella," He said as he helped me up. "Edward said you were adorably klutzy, but I didn't really believe him, I guess I learned my lesson!"

I blushed and followed him into the examination room.

"So Bella," He started "How have you been feeling?"

"Good," I said, "I've just been really tired."

"That's to be expected with the cancer…" He said. "I'm sorry but there's really nothing we can do about that." He apologized.

"Don't worry about it, it's not your fault." I said. "Umm speaking about the cancer, I don't want anyone to know about it."

"Are you sure?" He asked, "Some people find it easier to cope if they have someone to talk to."

"Yes, I'm sure," I said. " I don't want any pity, I've had enough of that at my old school. They treated me like I was so breakable and I got sick of it!"

"Ok Bella." He said.

"Thank you." I said gratefully.

We got through the rest of the appointment quickly, and as I got up to leave, Carlisle's cold hand grabbed mine.

"Bella, I want you to know that I'm here if you ever need someone to talk to."

"Ok," I said. "And thanks Dr. Cullen, for everything."

"Please! I thought we made a deal? You call me Carlisle, and I'll call you Bella! Remember?"

"Oh yeah!" I laughed. "Well Carlisle" I said putting extra emphasis on his name, "Thanks."

"My pleasure Bella." He said as I walked out of the door.

I met Charlie at the front of the hospital, and let my mind wander as we drove home.

My latest doctors appointment had really given me a reality check. I knew I was going to die someday, but with the cancer, everything just felt much more pressing. I felt horrible about not telling the Cullens, they were like family to me and I was keeping a big part of me from them. I knew that it wasn't fair to keep stringing them along. So I made one of the hardest decisions I have ever made.

I decided to completely isolate myself from anyone I could hurt. I would stop talking to Edward, the Cullens, and all of my other friends. I thought of ways to hide from them during school as I fell asleep.

EPOV

I heard Alice gasp as she got a vision and ran upstairs to see what she was seeing. I saw Bella, looking extremely sick and pale sitting in the corner of the library, sobbing.

"What was that Alice?" I asked.

"I don't know." She responded, obviously as confused as I was.

"She looked so miserable…" I whispered.

"I know." She replied, her eyes full of tears that would never fall.

The next day at school, Bella ignored us completely. When I asked Jasper what she was feeling, he said,

"She still in so much pain, but now it's ten times worse because she has the emotional pain of losing something, and she feels very conflicted and guilty."

I was born in a polite age, where my mother taught me never to force my company on anyone, much less a lady, so I just let Bella be alone.

I watched as she grew thinner and paler, as her friends gave up on trying to talk to her, and I felt my dead heart break every time I saw her.

BPOV

Avoiding the Cullens was exhausting.

I couldn't bear to look anyone in the eyes. I made that mistake a month after I started avoiding them. I looked over at their table to see Emmet staring at me. He looked like his puppy had just died. There was so much intense sadness in his eyes. I almost gave up, but then I remembered that it was for the better, so I ran to the library and sobbed.

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