Chapter Notes: Happy Super Bowl Sunday, everyone! How do you like the game so far? I'm not a football fan so I decided to post a new chapter instead.

-FTP-

"So, let me get this straight. Edward knew about Vanessa and wants to spend more time with her?" Rosalie asked.

"Yes. He wants to come visit every weekend. He'd do it on weekdays too but Vanessa wants to spend a lot of time with her 'husband'," I told her.

"So Jacob is still Vanessa's favorite," she joked.

"I think so. After all, he was her 'first' husband."

"Listen, Emmett had a good friend at work-"

"No, Rosalie. The last time you tried to set me up was horrible." I could never forget Mr. Creepy...I mean Mr. Crowley. I still had a restraining order against him even though the last time I saw him was three years ago.

"Tyler was a one in a million case. I'm pretty sure this guy I would introduce you to was not a complete creep. I've actually seen your blind date a few times. I'm sure you'll get along well. Just give Mike a chance. You'll like him. I know I do but not in a romantic way," she pointed out.

"Very well then," I said. What's the harm of meeting someone new? My siblings were more than willing to introduce me to almost anyone. Not that it worked out in the past. Somewhere along the way, they tend to meet someone else or something was terribly wrong with them that I didn't want to be with them.

I agreed to meet Mike the next day. Jacob had agreed to take care of Vanessa. I did my part by putting on a red dress and doing my hair and makeup. When I got downstairs, both Edward and Jacob were there.

"You look gorgeous," Jacob said.

"You look beautiful," Edward said at the same time. That made me smile.

"Thanks," I said.

"Be back before ten," Jacob joked.

"Haha." He knew me better than that. Most of my "dates" end before nine o'clock. I had work tomorrow and I wanted to sleep by ten.

"Don't worry about Vanessa. She's in good hands," Jacob said.

"I know." I also noticed that Edward hasn't said a word besides me being beautiful. I looked at Edward and smiled. "I'll be back."

When I got there, a man with brown hair was waiting. He had mesmerizing eyes. I shook my head out of its stupor. Get yourself together, Bella. I smiled at him.

"I'm Mike," he said, holding out his hand.

"I'm Bella." I shook it.

Dinner went well. Mike seemed like the perfect man. He kept asking the right questions and he seemed like someone I would like to hang out with. And for the first time in a very long time, I felt something that I haven't felt since I first met Edward all those years ago. I promptly ended the date at nine. When I got back home, it was already nine thirty. Jacob and Edward were still up when I got back

"You're late. I take it that the date went well?" Jacob asked.

"It did. I'll tell you about it tomorrow," I told him. Edward seemed visibly miffed.

"I'm going home," Edward told me.

"Bye, Edward," I said.

As soon as Edward left, I turned to Jacob. "What's the matter with him?" I asked.

"He's obviously jealous. How did the date go?" Jacob asked.

"He's so perfect, you know? I think that he and I could hit it off," I told him.

"Add him on Facebook," he said.

"You're right." I grabbed my phone, opened my Facebook app, and searched for Mike Newton. There were a few Mike Newtons out there but his pic was at the top of the list. When I opened it, I showed Jacob the picture. "I don't think I want to be with this man."

"You shouldn't. Too many women on his profile pics and most of them seem too friendly with him. This picture in particular, he's kissing her on the lips next to a kid three days ago. Are you aware that he has a daughter? Cancel your next date."

I nodded. Mike told me that he had a daughter but he never told me that he was still romantically involved with his daughter's mother. I texted Mike and told him I had something to do and couldn't make it to our date.

"You know, you should try adding Edward. You're his daughter's mother after all," he said.

I nodded and typed Edward Cullen on the search box. I chose his picture-the one where he was hugging Alice.

"Edward also has a woman. He's hugging Alice Brandon," Jacob pointed out. Alice had become a famous architect.

"That's his adopted sister. They're actually cousins-her mother and Edward's mom were siblings," I replied. I found the picture sweet.

"Were?"

"Yes. Remember the news all those years ago about a family where everybody was killed except for a lone survivor-a daughter who was raped multiple times and was left barely alive?" I pointed out. That story was well known.

"Yes! The Brandon family. That was a tragic story. The daughter was barely a teen at the time. Don't tell me the kid was Alice."

I nodded. "She is. She was in a coma for a couple of weeks. When she woke up, she was so traumatized that she didn't want to be around people except for his Aunt Esme, Uncle Carlisle, and Edward.

"When I met Alice, I was fifteen at the time. Although she and I were the same age, she still couldn't get out of the house unless her aunt's family would reassure her that everything would be okay. Usually it meant that she was hugging her to calm her down like what Edward was doing. I wanted to bring her to my house but she tend to act out whenever she was with strangers. She and you would've gotten along really well. Edward's parents tried to get her to counseling. She was in therapy every Monday and Wednesday for a couple of years when we met."

Looking at the pictures, it seemed like Alice had improved a lot. She was able to be with other people without having any member of the Cullen family next to her. It would be impossible to get that photo back when we first met.

"You should add Alice and Edward as friends then," Jacob said.

"You know, I will." And I did.

The next day, Rosalie came into my office and asked how the date went.

"The date went okay. Until I decided to add him on Facebook after the date. That's when I discovered that he has a girlfriend and a kid," I said.

"No way."

"You suck at matchmaking!" I joked.

Hopefully, this mishap would cause her and the rest of my siblings to reevaluate about sending me on another date.

I looked at my phone, and found that I had a notification that Alice Brandon had accepted my friend request. I smiled. I'm glad that Alice still considered me as a friend. Maybe I would discover what happened all those years ago when she left me a frantic voice mail asking for help. I wasn't able to receive Alice's phone call as I was sleeping at the time. When I tried to return the phone call the next day, it was her who wasn't answering my phone call. That was the last time both she and Edward had been in my life.

-FTP-

Closing Notes: What do you think? I hope this answers the question of whether Edward ever cheated on Bella. Alice had a tragic life story and was struggling with PTSD when Bella met her. It took her years of therapy to be able to get out in public. Edward was only trying to help her get out of her shell when Rosalie, Jasper, and Tanya thought that they "caught" Edward cheating on Bella.

Why was Bella not with her siblings? She was feeling sick and decided to rest instead. She didn't know that she was pregnant with Vanessa at the time.