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Edward POV

" EDWARD ANTHONY MASEN CULLEN! GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE! YOU ARE IN BIG TROUBLE MISTER!" Alice screeched at the top of her lungs. I sighed and took out the headphones to by Ipod. I reluctantly strolled to her room to see what she wanted.

" What now Alice?" I asked. She whipped the door open and dragged me into her room. I looked around and saw Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett, Carlisle, and Esme all sitting around Alice's huge bed. They all had similar annoyed expressions on their faces as I had on mine.

" Sit." She commanded. I rolled my eyes and sat down. Alice disappeared into her closet briefly before emerging with black combat boots, a pair of camouflage mini shorts, and a gray t-shirt that said ' Sergeant Alice Brandon' printed on it. She had cut up the shirt so that it was now sleeveless and had all sorts of psychotic cuts through the middle of it. She tapped a sparkly pink fairy wand in her hand.

" Now, the reason that you were all summoned here, is to discuss a very serious matter. Unfortunately, my paradise pink multicolored sparkle g-string has gone missing. I will cross examine every inch of this house until it shows up, so don't think that you can hide it from me. In fact I already know who stole it. And that person is very sneaky acting all innocent. Right Carlisle?!" Alice widened her eyes in fury at Carlisle and pointed her fluffy pink wand at him. He stared back at her.

" Alice, you know that I have done nothing of the sort to your... erm, underwear . Now can me and Esme leave? We have some issues to discuss." Carlisle grabbed Esme's hand and pulled her towards the door. If Esme could blush, she would have been as red as Bella.

" Now, I will get to the bottom of this-" Alice's lecture was cut off by the sound of a phone going off.

I fly like paper,

get high like planes

If you see me on the border I got visas in my name

all I wanna do (boom, boom, boom,) and take your money

I recognized the ringtone as the song " Paper Planes" by M.I.A. ( I LOVE that song! Its actually my ringtone right now...) Alice and Rosalie were obsessed with that song. Alice rushed over to her desk and opened the top drawer, pulling out light blue Sidekick.

" Hello?" She answered. Whose phone was this? It wasn't any of ours. And Alice already had 25 Iphones, and other expensive phones.

" Hello, this is Bella Swan. I believe that you have my phone." I heard Bella's clear musical voice say seriously. We all gasped at the same time. It was Bella's phone who had rung. Alice quickly composed herself.

" Um, hi Bella. Well I found this phone in a purse at a club last night. I didn't want anyone to steal it, so I took it home with me." We all held our breath as we heard a brief silence on the other line. When her sweet voice returned it was slightly more urgent.

" Well did you happen to find a white clutch next to that purse?" She questioned.

" Yeah I did. There is a cell phone in that one also." Alice replied casually. We al heard sighs of relief on the other line.

" If you found it just sitting there, then why didn't you dial the first number that you found? Surely you would have found out who it belonged to." By the sound of Bella's voice, you could tell that she didn't completely trust Alice. Alice widened her eyes and stared at us with panicked glances. She had no idea what to say. Rosalie rolled her eyes and shrugged while Emmett and Jasper both stared at her blankly. I held my hands in the air as if to say I didn't know. She sighed and finally spoke.

" Uh... well... I, er, don't really know exactly. but I'll be sure to deliver it to you as soon as I can. How about you give me your address and I'll drop both of the bags off with all of your stuff in it." I shook my head. Alice really was crazy sometimes. Bella's reply surprised all of us.

" Hold it buddy. I don't even know your name here, and you want my address? Isn't it enough that you have my credit card and all that stuff? No, I'll come pick them up." She said in a harsh clipped tone. Rosalie looked taken aback. Alice started to panic.

" Ok, then. My names Alic- I mean Alison. Yeah, um, Alison Cullon. How about we meet up at a cafe or something? That way way there won't be any private info revealed. How about Mona's on Lexington? Its a really nice place. Be here at 3:30 sharp. I'll be sitting at the back of the cafe. I can't wait to meet you! See ya then! Bye!" Alice hung up quickly. I couldn't believe that Alice had just agreed to meet Bella later today.

" Dude, Bella is hard ass. Its kinda hot." Emmett said as he stared at all of us. His mind was suddenly filled with fantasies that involved Bella and Rosalie as sexy nurses and police officers. I winced at how dirty they became.

" Emmett! That is my ex-girlfriend you are dreaming about! And what about Rosalie?!" I hissed. He snapped back to reality and glared at me.

" Whatever. At least Rosalie was in the fantasy. Now shut up and get out of my mind loser." Emmett returned to fantasizing. Rosalie rolled her eyes and smacked him in the head.

" Wow. I'm actually starting to like Bella's new attitude. Who knew that sweet, naive little Bella would become such a bitch? Hey, Alice can I come with you today to meet Bella? I wanna see if she really is all that hot." Rosalie asked. Alice nodded and bounced on her toes.

" I have an idea! How about we all go meet Bella?! That way we can all see her again! Lets get dressed!" Alice grabbed Jasper and headed to the closet to pick out an outfit for him. We all shook our heads and crawled back to our rooms trying to escape the wrath of Alice.

Twenty minutes later we were all dressed and downstairs in the huge Escalade that Alice had bought a few weeks ago. It was shiny and black, with tan leather seats, and silver spinners on the wheels. Carlisle and Esme driving, Rosalie and Emmett were in the middle row of seats, and me, Alice, and Jasper were all squished in the back seat. Since Alice was as thin as a toothpick, she got to sit in the middle of us.

Just as I had suspected, Alice had only programmed one radio station on the car radio. Lets just say we listened to nonstop Pussycat Dolls, Beyonce, 50 Cent, and other various useless artists. So the whole car ride, Alice and Emmett danced to the songs while the rest of us tried to ignore the fact that the car was shaking due to Emmett trying to belly dance to the song " Buttons" by the Pussycat Dolls.

When we finally reached New York, it was 2:00, and there was hardly any traffic ( surprisingly). We sped all the way to Manhattan, and found a parking spot three blocks away from the cafe Alice had mentioned. My stomach felt hollow and I felt butterflies forming in my stomach. We all found a place at the back of the cafe.

It was fairly busy at the cafe, and waiters were rushing around like crazy trying to fulfill everyones orders. We sat down on the long leather couch and waited until it was 3:00. Everyone began to get anxious as the time read 3:27. I tapped my foot.

" Alice are you sure that she is coming? Did you tell her 3:30?" I said anxiously as soon as it was 3:30 exactly. Alice and Rosalie rolled their eyes.

" Edward calm down! She is going to be here in exactly four seconds. Five, four, three, two,... one." Alice said. We all turned to look at the door as it swung open. A crowd rushed in and another crowd rushed out at the same time. Even though I could hardly see anybody with all the congestion, I did catch a whiff of a very familiar freesia and gardenia scent.

As the crowd thinned, we saw Rachel strut in with huge tan sunglasses on. She was wearing a beige dress, black ankle boots, and a brown purse. Her hair was curled and her lips were pursed. Trailing behind her was Bella. She was wearing skinny jeans, suede brown ankle boots, a long form fitting beige cashmere sweater, and a cropped black leather jacket. She was wearing similar glasses to Rachel, and was carrying a tan bag. Her hair was hanging loose and was wavy. I heard Rosalie's intake of breath, and I almost smirked. Rachel grabbed Bella's hand and pulled her to the back of the cafe by our table. Alice jumped up.

" Bella! Rachel! Over here!" Alice called. Both the girls turned and stared at Alice with surprise on their faces. Rachel frowned slightly as she gingerly dragged Bella over to our table.

" What?" Rachel asked in a cautious voice. Bella took off her sunglasses and set them in her purse.

" We have your stuff. Here sit down." Alice pointed to the couch across from us. The two girls sat down and crossed their legs in synchronization. Bella finally spoke.

" Wait. You guys stole my stuff? You mean that was you on the phone earlier?" She didn't sound angry, but she didn't sound happy. Alice shook her head.

" Carlisle and Esme wanted to see you so we all came." Alice answered with a bright smile. Esme smiled at Bella nervously.

" I hope that we didn't inconvenience you." She said with a nervous laugh. Bella's face lit up and she stood.

" Esme! I have missed you so much!" Bella said in a cheerful voice as Esme hugged her. Esme sighed in relief.

" Oh, Bella. I missed you too." I couldn't help but smile at the sight. It had been a long time since Esme had been this happy. Carlisle shook Bella's hand, and she sat down.

" Well Bella you look so much more grown up and beautiful! You are simply a vision!" Esme said. This caused Bella to blush.

" Thanks Esme, but the only reason I look like this is because the person sitting next to me spent the entire afternoon coordinating our outfits. I never want to see another pair of tweezers in my life." Bella joked. We all laughed as Rachel scowled at Bella.

" Well what can I say? You were planning on wearing white bermudas and a yellow blouse! If you would have worn that, people would think you were some kind of like good girl from the Hamptons." That made us all laugh even harder. It felt good to laugh with Bella.

" So Bella, how are you and Rachel doing? I heard that you guys were lesbians." Emmett said bluntly. Everyone gasped. Rachel tried to stifle her giggles while Bella rolled her eyes.

" Geez Emmett. Blunt much? And as for your question. I can only tell you that its none of your business." Bella replied.

" Wow, Bella I gotta say, you have toughened up since I saw you last." Rosalie said as we all laughed. Bella flashed her a smile.

" You have no idea." Alice muttered. " You gave me a heart attack when you called an were all harsh and stuff." Bella laughed.

" I find that the best way to get what you want is to be harsh." Bella said. We all rolled our eyes. Rachel stood up.

" I have an idea. Since Alice is obviously like a style goddess, we can all go shopping! I've been meaning to get some new clothes. Plus, it will give us more time to bond." Alice squealed at grabbed Rachel's arm.

" Lets go! Hurry up!" Alice yelled as her and Rachel took off out the door. We all laughed and followed them. Bella talked to Rosalie, Esme, Emmett, Jasper, Carlisle, and she even talked to me! I couldn't stop thinking about how much it disturbed me that Bella had declined to answer the question about her and Rachel's relationship. As we made our way around Broadway, Bella suddenly turned to me.

" So, Edward. What have you been up to?" She looked at me expectantly, and I couldn't help but smile at her. Maybe she wasn't really such a bitch. Maybe she had been in a bad mood the other day.

" Well, honestly not much. I pretty much just moved from place to place, and spent sometime in college. " I stared at her. She nodded her head, and was about to turn to Emmett, but I stopped her.

" Bella, can I just say something? I just want you to know that, what you said last night at the club was wrong. I haven't even really looked at a woman since I left you. I told you that I would never love anyone again, and I was serious. Even though I know that you hate me and that it won't help, I just wanted you to know that." I looked down at the sidewalk. I waited anxiously for her reaction. To my surprise she laughed. My head shot up at the lovely sound.

" Edward! You are so serious !" She kept laughing while my family and Rachel looked at her like she was crazy. She didn't say anything about the subject for awhile. An hour later we were waiting outside the dressing rooms in Marc Jacobs, when Bella suddenly pulled me into the dressing room with her. She was still fully clothed, and the space was tight.

" Look, about last night. I'm sorry that I was such a bitch. Its just that... well I was pretty broken after you left like that. And I still partly am. But the thing I need to know right now is, why did you leave?" She said everything in a rush and looked down at the floor. Her cheeks were heated a delicious red. I grabbed her head with my hand and forced her to look at me.

" Bella, I left to protect you. To protect you from me. And what I am. At your birthday, I realized that, It wasn't just me who was a danger to you. It was my whole family. And I thought that If I left you, then all of the troubles that I had brought on you would go away. But I guess I was wrong. And the stuff about me not loving you. It was all part of the lie to get away.

"I knew that you wouldn't have let me leave if I told you the truth, so I had to lie. To save you. I hoped that you would move on and find someone else to marry, and love. So that you could have a normal human life, without any trouble from me or my family. After I left you, I more or less curled up in a corner and let the pain of losing you have me. I couldn't stop thinking about your face, about your smell, and your personality. All of it. But the truth is, I can't live without you Bella. After about five years of pain, and grief, I finally decided to come find you. I was prepared to beg for you to take me back, and to love me again.

"And now here I am. Watching you have a normal life. You even have a partner that you love! And I still don't feel in the slightest bit cured from the pain." I said. I had pretty much poured my heart out to her, and let the words flow.

I looked up to meet her gaze. She had tears in her eyes and she was staring at me with an emotion I couldn't identify. Much to my surprise, she reached up, and wrapped her arms around my waist. She hugged me and sobbed, while I gladly hugged her back. I stroked her hair and kissed her head.

When she finally quieted down, I sat down in a chair and held her in my arms. I never wanted to let her go. Having her in my arms, made me forget all of the pain and the grief that I had bestowed upon myself, and made me feel whole and complete. Almost as if my missing puzzle piece had come back.

I hope you liked this chapter! It was very emotional. ( sobs) And as for the Rachel Bella lesbian thing. Well lets just say that Bella didn't realize Emmett was serious when he asked her the question...

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