Chapter Two

I was trapped, unless I knocked her out quick enough… but Bella would get extremely upset with me seeing her intense connection and emotions toward this girl. "How about…" Ivy thought carefully, swinging the doors open revealing my cold glare, "Edward." She smirked, placing her hands on her hips, "Now tell me, what are you doing here?"

EPOV

"Well," Ivy said, taking my picture in all at once. "You haven't changed have you?" I walked out, keeping my dignity and not trying to look like that trashy boyfriend who visits his girlfriend at night only to seduce her. I wrapped my arm around Bella's fragile shoulder, feeling like I needed to protect her from this unsympathetic girl. Ivy walked over to me, turning my head to one side with a finger tip then to the other side, still examining. "Nope you haven't changed one bit. Well how long has it been? One, two summers ago? Remember? You don't remember, do you?"

There was something changing in Ivy's eyes. Was she showing hurt? Hate? Pain? Or was it…vulnerability? I tried to drag a memory of her now familiar face, it seemed very hard to do which surprised me since I was a vampire and my vampire memories were always front and center. "Emmet might have a better time remembering, I mean he was the one to break my heart."

I jumped to my feet in a sudden sprout of resemblance. "Poison!" I gasped. "That's what you said your name was, Poison Ivy. Emmet called you poison after…" She smirked as I was unable to finish my sentence.

"Yes," she sighed, "after our little romance. I still remember every moment of when you all had to leave. God it hurt, but it just reminded me that much more of how you can't trust anyone, can you?"

"What's going on?" Bella asked in a small whisper, glancing at the pain, anger and vulnerability in her sister's cold eyes. I pulled her onto my lap relieving how confusing this was to her. I stroke her cheek, a soothing gesture.

I glanced at Ivy and she took that as her clue to fill in the event to Bella. She sat down on the bed, preparing herself for the long story. "I traveled the world, gaining and breaking hearts. I was in a club, where? I couldn't tell you, I try to block out the memory. But low and behold, the gorgeous Cullen's enter. Well Alice, Edward, Jasper and Emmet did. I was absolutely shocked at how fast and hard I fell for Emmet. But I though, for the stupidest moment, he would catch me unlike my other little flings. I put more trust than I had ever put into anyone before. At that time Rosalie was only a stray thought in my mind…and apparently in his.

"It was wonderful Bella, the longer we stayed, the more I just grew on him and his family. Rosalie wasn't there to put an end to Emmet and me, though I was certain he would end it with her for me. You see how stupid I was? How easily I gave everything for these people? Carlisle was becoming my father and Esme was becoming my mother. Emmet was not like the other boys. He took things slow, almost refusing to touch me the whole time I was with him. We would snuggle at night, as he watched me fall asleep and he would kiss me a few times, but that was it. It was as though if he went to far and got out of control he would break me. But I didn't care because I felt so strongly about him; his touch was enough to send me chills.

"One day I went to visit them, only to find they weren't there. Emmet was the only one there in the vacant house, pain written all over his face. He told me he had to go, leave with his family. He told me it was best, for my protection. I always wondered my protection from what. But he'd never tell me. He only said it was for the best. I asked him if it was Rosaline and he smiled telling me I was the only one for his heart. I asked—no begged—him to stay. But he wouldn't listen. He simply said everything he did was for me. That he would never forget me. I never forgot him. And well here is the notorious Edward Cullen. I expect your whole family is with you."

I could feel Bella's change in posture. She no longer fit into my body like a puzzle piece but she straightened, stiffening into something not mold-able. I knew what it reminded her of, it reminded her of when I left her. Everything she had said had reminded Bella of me. I stroked her hair, lovingly, telling her I was there, I would always be there.

"I always thought of myself dead from that day on, however I grew stronger from this. It was him who should me how painful life could be if you put your trust into someone who would eventually stomp on you."

"Look, Ivy," I placed on my most smooth, soothing voice, "Emmet cared about you more than you could imagine—"

"Shut up!" Ivy screeched. "I don't want to hear it."

"Ivy," I pursued, "I really think you should talk to him about it. Smooth things over."

"What difference would it make?" she sneered, crossing her arms over her chest defiantly.

"All the difference. I am positive that Emmet really, really wants to talk to you. After all you are all he does talk about." It was a lie because she was really all he thought of, most of the time. Seeing her face behind his eyelids, hearing her voice as she said her name, and smelling her special musk. It was heartbreaking. Maybe he made up for his lose with physical love with Rose.

Even though I knew my words touched something in her she remained not budged and stubborn, just like Bella. But she had softened her steely exterior, there was process. "And I overheard you needed a place to sleep and stay. We could offer you a room. But we might not be there sometimes; we still go hiking on nice days." Bella picked that up. Ivy didn't know we were vampires. That's why Emmet couldn't tell Ivy why we had to leave her. We didn't know if we would be strong enough to house a human but with Bella, I knew we were. We just had to be careful until we knew she was safe to be told the secret. The old Ivy would probably be ready now, but there was something about this new Ivy.

"I wouldn't want to be a burden. I should probably find my own apartment. You guys probably forgot about me."

I could see we were cracking through her shell now; that gave me hope that the smiley and bubbly Ivy that we all fell in love with was still there. "We never forget a friendly face," I smiled up at her now softer face. "I just have to clear it with my family, of course. But I'm sure they would agree. We would love to have you part of our family again. Now with Bella in the family it will be easier."

"If you're sure I wouldn't be a burden," she bit down on her lip, hard, obviously flustered. "But seriously, I should find a place of my own."

"Please, Ivy. Once your part of the Cullen clan you are always a Cullen."

"Rosalie is going to bite my head off," Ivy joked, light heartily, not realizing how true she was.

"We'll protect you, I promise. She won't touch you."

Ivy the Ice Princess seemed to have melted away as she nodded gingerly, hope glimmering in her eyes. I would try as hard as I could not to let her freeze up. If she was so important to Bella she was extremely important to me, no matter if Ivy changed as much as she did over the short time.

"I'll go make the plans, break things to the family. You're back, Ivy!" I hugged her, reassuringly. It was like hugging Bella. Familiar though Ivy had her own flare.

I went over to where Bella was still sitting, kissed her forehead. "Bye my love. See you as soon as I can," I murmured against her warm skin. I walked human speed down the stairs.

I knew this would come as shock to my family. They had loved Ivy as much as they loved Bella. Only Emmet had been stronger. He had not crumbled, he had died in his mind but he was holding, supporting himself. I remembered he had tried to find Ivy, just to check her. But she was no where to be found. She had disappeared from the face of the earth basically. He was now shattered that the last time he saw her face it was hurt and pained by the damaging words he told her. He found himself to blame, wouldn't touch Rose for months.

I wondered how he would take knowing she was back. Knowing his love was back. When I reached our house, nestled in the woods, I entered the house, searching for Emmet. It would only be fair to tell him first.

He was watching a football game, uninterested, with Rose by his side, trying to keep his attention on her. Seeing Rose it had been supported that Rose's beauty was no match for Ivy's. I was already seeing the shine in Emmet's eyes in my mind when I broke this news.

"Emmet," I beckoned softly. "I need to speak to you in private."

(A/N I normally won't go into Ivy's mind so whatever she does you can get the feeling of suspense, but I just wanted you to get a taste what was going on.)

IPOV

Those idiotic vampires, thinking I had forgiven them for abandoning me. I was like their child for God sake. I was one of them and they dumped me on the street like a piece of meat, feeding the dogs. But this was my chance, I would let them have it. They will know what it was like to leave me. As long as I didn't get caught up in those sap puppy dog eyes of Emmet. He was so cute and I had loved him so much... the way he touched me. But he woud know how I felt, immortal or not I would make him feel pain.