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Chapter 7
Bella rapidly blinked; convinced she was seeing things, but much to her disappointment she wasn't. Her heart sunk down into her stomach, she felt sick. Maybe she had the wrong apartment, but the number on the door clearly said 12; his apartment, but this definitely wasn't him. She took a step back as she scanned the view in front of her. Instead of seeing Edward she was faced with the view of one of the most gorgeous girls she had ever seen. She was stick thin and had legs that went on forever, her long blonde hair flowed down to her chest, and then Bella noticed what she was wearing. She was stood their staring at Bella wearing nothing but Edwards's favourite shirt, the shirt Bella used to put on after they had slept together. There was no doubt now, this was his apartment; that was his shirt. She just wanted to run, for the whole time this journey she'd do anything to not be in London, she wanted to be back in Forks.
The awkward silence between the two girls had finally been broken as the woman stared down at Bella "can I help you!" She snapped. Bella found herself finding it hard to put together what she wanted to say "I... I erm... was looking for Edward"' she stuttered as she stared straight at the floor as she fiddled with the edge of her shirt, "I must have got the wrong apartment" she finished. Bella refused to believe what she was seeing, Edward must have expected her arrival; he had told her to come. 'What if he knew this would happen' she thought silently to herself 'what if he's doing this to just hurt me more'. Bella had turned Edward into a monster in her head, deep down she knew that wasn't true but she was having a hard time believing it. Bella picked her head up as she heard footsteps coming from the apartment. Her heart sunk even further into her stomach as she heard an all too familiar voice.
"Who's at the door gorgeous? Is everything ok?" he spoke as the footsteps got closer. In front of her eyes she saw Edward; he'd wrapped his hand around the girls' waist and dipped in to kiss her neck. Her heart raced as she stared and him, she could see his toned arms and gorgeous hair; she took a deep breath as she imagined she was in Edwards embrace instead. This snapped Edward out of his own little bubble and he quickly looked up. His eyes widened as he dropped his arms from around the girl 'Shit' he mouthed. "Shit, no Bella, fuck, please" his voice getting progressively louder; he was in shock. He signalled the girl inside as he walked towards Bella. He grabbed her and pulled her close as he wrapped her arms around her. "I'm sorry; Give me five minutes" he whispered as he kissed her on the forehead. She simply nodded as he let her go and walked back inside. Bella took a few steps backwards and pressed her back against the corridor wall sliding down it tucking her knees towards her chest as she reached the floor.
Bella knew she had to give Edward a chance; she'd been so unbelievably harsh to him over the past month and she hated herself for that. She took one last look at her wrist; she thought seeing him here would make her want to stop but seeing that woman made her feel so inadequate. She felt ugly, she felt fat, she felt like she wasn't good enough, she was starting to hate herself again. A single tear trickled down her cheek landing on her arm. 'No, be strong Bella' she told herself biting her lip to stop the tears falling. She could hear raised voices coming from his apartment, in fact; if she listened carefully she could hear it all. So that's exactly what she did, she listened. She knew it was wrong to ease drop but she needed to know what was happening.
"I'm sorry Georgina, but that's my girl out there, I love her. I fucking love her." She heard Edward scream, "I shouldn't have lead you on, I am sorry" he finished. With that sentence there was silence, no one was saying anything. Bella felt herself becoming nervous, why was there no noise? Edward's apartment door swung open, surprising Bella as she practically jumped out of her skin. Georgina stormed out past Bella only stopping to make snide comments "why would he want an ugly bitch like you?" she said disgusted. Bella pulled her knees tighter to her chest and buried her head into her arms.
She sobbed silently until she felt a hand on her arm; she looked up to see Edward crouched down in front of her. He had a visible red mark on his face; Georgina had obviously slapped him, she unfolded her arms and reached out to caress his cheek. "I'm so sorry" she whispered "I should never have come" she dropped her hand from his face. "What Georgina said was the truth" she continued "go find her, apologise, we can forget today even happened". Edward shook his head in protest as he moved his hand down her arm to hold her hand. "Isabella Swan, you are the most gorgeous girl in the world to me, and I know I've fucked everything up between us, and you'll probably never trust me again but at least let me explain?" he asked. "I love you bells, please"
Yet again Bella felt tears falling down her cheeks, she'd told herself she would give Edward a chance and this was it; this was his last chance. She nodded as she wiped the tears from her eyes. Edward grabbed both her hands and pulled her up from the floor. He gave her a quick kiss on the forehead before grabbing her suitcase and leading her into his apartment. Bella prepared herself, this was his chance she needed to keep herself calm, she couldn't fuck this up again.