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Okay my lovelies; it's time for things to get a bit difficult for our favorite couple. Please have faith and trust me.

This is in Bella's POV!

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I had been asleep for what seemed like no time when Edward woke me with a kiss. I was still very tired and confused at how Tuesday had come so quickly.

"Bella, love. Carlisle called and he'd like for me to come home. I will be back as soon as I can but I don't know what he needs so I don't know if I will be here in time to take you to school. I love you and will see you very soon. Okay sweetheart." Edward whispered lovingly.

"K Edward. See you tomorrow. Love you." I mumbled sleepily. He chuckled as he brushed his lips across mine, then he was out of the window and I was asleep again.

I woke up with my alarm clock and knew that there was something I was supposed to remember but it kept evading my consciousness. I grabbed my toiletry bag and headed to the bathroom. I went about my daily routine easily enough but whatever thought that was eluding me was making me feel nervous for some reason.

I washed my face and looked up into the mirror. God my hair looks like crap. It usually doesn't look this bad on nights when Edward stays…

"Edward" I gasped and last night came flooding back. He left last night after Carlisle had called.

Something was off about that. Carlisle would never call Edward away from me unless it was something important. Something bad had to have happened. But what?

No, Edward had chuckled before he left and I don't remember him sounding panicked. He just said that Carlisle needed him. It could be nothing. I would just wait and if turned out to be something major Edward or maybe Alice would tell me.

I would just go to school and be patient. It's possible that Edward would be there waiting for me. We could talk before school started but if not there was always lunch.

Yes, definitely lunch would be when we talked.

I grabbed a pop-tart and a bottle of juice from the fridge and hurried to school.

The Volvo wasn't in the parking lot and neither was Rosalie's BMW. I tried to tell myself that they were just running late but I knew better something was wrong. Very wrong. I began to wonder if I should skip class and head over to the Cullen house. I was frightened for them.

I knew that I wasn't in any danger because if that was the case Edward would be here and not there, but if something was wrong there he would want me to be here so that I would be safe. I could do that. I could be a good girl for Edward. I would stay at school and be safe.

That didn't mean that I wouldn't be worried out of my mind for him all day. I decided right then that if had not called me or came to my house by seven tonight that I was going over there.

Alice would see this decision and some one there would update me on what ever situation was occurring there. I hoped.

All morning I searched the halls, the grounds when I walked outside between classes, I even searched the edges of the forest out of the windows of each of my classes. I was looking for a flash of bronze or pale silhouette against the backdrop of the dense forest but I didn't see anything. He wasn't there.

At lunch I sat alone at the table that was usually occupied by the Cullens. I figured that this was the only way to guarantee that I could speak with one of them if they happened to be here. I would even talk to Rosalie at this point. I sat at the table alone for the entire hour.

I was starting to panic mildly. My brain was running through all sorts of horrible scenarios. I even imagined that he decided that he didn't love me anymore and left town. That one was crazy even to me. Edward wasn't someone who would just play with someone's heart that way. It would be more plausible that he would leave me for some screwed up noble idea like he thought he was too dangerous for me to be around. I scoffed at myself for that one too. Edward wouldn't be stupid enough to do that.

I forced myself to calm down and made my way to biology. I spent the whole hour starring out of the window missing my vampire sweetheart. M. Banner gave some lecture about cellular anatomy or something like that. Gym was as horrible as it ever was and soon I found myself in the parking lot.

As I approached my truck I noticed that there was someone sitting in it. My heart leapt at the thought that Edward was here.

It was not Edward.

"Hello, Bella." she chirped.

"Alice" I grumbled. I was happy to see her but I wanted Edward.

"Well, aren't you just a sweet little ray of sunshine today" she sang sarcastically.

I glared at her but I really wasn't angry. I was just upset and tired.

"If you're going to look at me like that then I'm not going to tell you what happened last night."

"Sorry Alice, I'm just worried." I sighed as I slumped into the driver's seat. I was heading for the exit to the street when Alice cleared her throat.

"Well, ask me what happened already" she sounded excited. I was more than confused.

"What happened last night Alice?" I deadpanned. She huffed at my tone but began her story anyway.

"Okay, well after Edward left to take you home last night Tanya came busting through the front door, sobbing. She refused to speak to anyone even her own sisters. She ran upstairs to the guest room that they always use when they visit and started throwing her things into her bags. It took some convincing and a lot of Jasper's power but we finally got her to calm down enough to tell us what happened." she paused as if waiting for a reaction but I was still confused so I just motioned with my hand for her to continue.

"She says that she was distraught because Edward had insulted her and treated like she was lower than the dirt below his feet." My eyes about popped out when she said this. Edward would never treat anyone that way even Tanya.

"I know, even the idea of Edward treating any one like dirt under his feet is just plain ridiculous but Carlisle called Edward and insisted that he come home. When Edward arrived Carlisle asked him what had happened. After Edward told his side of the story Carlisle told him that while he understood his anger towards Tanya he felt that he should swallow his pride and apologize."

I nodded. I could understand that. We were at my house by then so we made our way inside and sat together on the sofa as she continued.

"Edward did as Carlisle asked but Tanya refused to accept. She said that she wanted an honest apology and a coerced one. Edward tried again. He spoke to her in his most persuasive tone and played up the old fashioned charm that he hardly ever uses and told her how very sorry he was for offending her sensibilities.

"She smiles up at him and shook her head. She held his gaze for a long moment. He stared at her, listening to what ever she was saying in her thoughts. She took two steps closer to him and he growled at her.

"Carlisle scolded Edward and Edward flipped out. He started to tell Carlisle exactly what Tanya had been thinking. She evidently would only accept his apology after he had given her the thing that she had been denied since she had met him. His body."

I gasped. No, Edward wouldn't do that to me. He just wouldn't. I knew it. My breathing and my heart were speeding and I began to feel dizzy.

"Oh, calm down Bella. You know Edward better than that. He called her an incorrigible succubus. She called him a prissy prudish little boy and pounced at him. He didn't try to fight her he just kept side stepping her attacks. Carlisle only let this go on for about five minutes.

He told them both that they were being childish and then he did something that shocked us all. He told them that they were both confined to a room together until they could find a way to peaceful coexist and stop the infantile behavior.

That's why Edward wasn't at school today.

He has been 'locked' in the music room with Tanya since four this morning. We all stayed home today to make sure that the yelling didn't turn into a physical fight. Carlisle wouldn't like that but to be honest we all just liked listening to the shouting match.

I mean it's so hilarious, Edward, the brooding, morose vampire locked in a room pacing the floor shouting like a lunatic and pouting like a three year old." she started laughing at this point and I could help but laugh with her.

The image of Edward locked in a room pouting like a toddler was just too funny.

We calmed down after a few minutes and I asked her when I could see him. She said that she didn't know when he would be exiting the room since he wouldn't give in to Tanya's demand and she wouldn't relent on her terms for accepting his apology. They were at an impasse.

She told me that Kate and the other Denali clan members wanted to spend some more time with me before they left and that Esme was preparing dinner for me.

She had already cleared my evening at her house with Charlie, so we were on our way as soon as I finished my homework.

I could hear Edward yelling before we got half way up the driveway. He sounded beyond livid. He must have registered that I had arrived because as soon as we came to a stop in front of the house he lowered his voice. Alice said he didn't want to hurt my ears. I was thankful for that.

I could still hear them arguing but some times Edward would growl or snarl without obvious provocation. I assumed that it was from something she had thought.

Carlisle arrived home from the hospital just after Alice and me. He sighed when he came in murmuring something about stubborn children.

"Do you think that if they had some type of mediator in there with them they might be able to work out their problems easier?" I asked him curiously.

"We've all tried Bella, but they are both so very headstrong. Tanya knows that Edward is never going to give her any type of sexual favor but she insists on harass him verbally and mentally ever time she sees him and Edward knows that Tanya is a very sexual creature and yet he insists on trying force her to tone down her personality whenever she is around him.

"If you'd like you can have a go at them. They are in the music room. Just remember that I warned you. If you can't help them then I guess I will release them from the room and just insist that they stay far away from each other." He sighed.

I made my way to the music room and notice that there was no yelling or growling coming from inside. I hoped that meant that they had already forgiven each other for their harsh words and were going to put it behind them.

I opened the door and stood stunned. Edward was sitting on the chaise in the center of the room with Tanya's legs wrapped around him. He was holding her face in his hands. "Sorry I didn't mean to interrupt," I mumbled as I closed the door.

"Bella" Edward shouted. I heard something hit the wall hard and loud growling. Emmett, Jasper, Kate, Eleazar, and Carlisle ran past me into the room.

I couldn't move. Edward was making out with Tanya. My every nightmare was coming true. Edward didn't love me.

Esme appeared at my side hushing me and it wasn't until then that I realized that I was crying.

"Alice," she called and Alice flitted into the hall. "Could you please take Bella upstairs until we get this all sorted out. Take her to Edward's room. I will send him up as soon as possible."

"No! Home, I want to go home" I gasped out between sobs.

"What happened?" Irina asked coming down the hall with Rosalie right behind her. I shook my head. I couldn't say it out loud it was just too much to soon.

"Did she see Edward toss Tanya head first into the wall and go into shock?" Rosalie sneered. Suddenly all of my pain turned to anger and I snapped at her.

No, Rosalie but I did see Tanya draped across your cheating brother's lap. So forgive me for being a little upset. Now move, so that I can get out of here. I am going home." I yelled and then sobbed violently.

I pushed past Rosalie as she and Irina ran into the music room.

"Bella, you must be mist-" I know that I shouldn't have but I couldn't help it. I cut Esme off by spinning around and glaring at her.

"Don't you dare tell me that I am mistaken, Esme. I know what I saw and I will never forget that image if I live to be a hundred. So please just let me leave." I stomped out of the house without falling or tripping even once.

I drove myself home fighting back tears the entire way.

I promised myself that I would never speak to Edward again. I couldn't give him a chance to dazzle his way into my heart again. He made this choice, not me.

I ignored Charlie when he tried to ask me what was wrong. I went up to my room and threw myself across my bed and cried until I fell asleep.

Love, life, meaning, over!

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