Chapter 22: Move On

Bella's Point Of View:

I pushed away from Edward and looked in the mirror. There would be a light bruise around my eye tomorrow. I turned back to Edward and said

"Sorry about him."

"It's like another Jacob Black."

"Yeah, except Jacob started dating Leah. And left me alone."

"I see he's an emo too."

"More like goth. He's very clingy."

"He can't fight for shit."

"Yeah."

We were quiet for a moment. Then I broke the silence.

"Alright then, I'm going to talk to Cody and see what all of this is about."

Edward didn't want me to talk to Cody. So I went towards him and kissed him.

"Edward don't worry about Cody."

"Obviously he's still into you. So…"

"Edward I'm your girlfriend. Not his."

"I know but…"

"No, I love you. I'm with you not him. So don't worry about him."

"Okay."

"Alright. You might want to stay up. I don't need you knuckleheads fighting again. Or trying to fight again."

"Shut up."

I giggled then went downstairs. I saw Cody and Ali in the living room. I cleared my throat. Ali looked at me then left the room and went upstairs. Cody sat up straight while still holding the ice pack to his eye.

"How's your eye?" I asked

"It's okay. How's your cheek?"

"It's cool."

We were quiet for a moment then I said

"Cody why are you here?"

"Because I miss you."

"Cody you need to move on."

"I can't. You were the best girlfriend I ever had. And I don't want to lose you."

"Cody that's really sweet, but I'm with Edward now. And I love him a lot."

"What do you see in him anyway? He's prep. And if I remember correctly you completely hate preps."

"He was my ex-boyfriend. We've known each other since we were kids."

"Wait, he's the guy you talked about."

"Yeah."

"Oh, but I'm still going to believe in us. If something ever happens between you two I'll always be waiting."

"Cody, if you really care about me, you won't come back, you won't talk to me again. You'll move on."

He thought about that for a moment then said

"If that's what you want, then okay. I guess I'll be leaving."

He handed me the ice pack and left. I heard footsteps to from the stairs. I looked over at the stairs. Ali stood there quietly with an expression that said, "Are you okay?" She walked towards me and hugged me. I hugged her back. When I looked back up Edward was at the end of the staircase. Ali and I separated and I went towards Edward. He wrapped his arms around me. It washed the guilt away. He pulled away to look at my face and asked

"You okay?"

"I am now."

He smiled. I couldn't help but smile back. Then I heard Jazz and Rose arguing on the way downstairs. I shook my head. When they got to the living room they looked at us for a long moment then they asked

"What's going on?"

"It's a long story." Ali answered

"Well, who's hungry?" I asked

"I'm starved." Rose said

"Me too." Ali said

"Then lets head to IHOP."I said

"Alright."Jazz said

We all got ready except for Edward then got in my car and went to IHOP. I'm just glad I can chill with my friends and my boyfriend. I need a break from drama.

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