Ok, so i'm putting this chapter up in two different parts, only because it is taking a lot longer to write than i thought it would, plus i am swamped with school work and crap, so i give you part one, it is only fairly short, please forgive me, but at least you have something to keep you going for a while.

"Oh, uh… Hey Tanya…" I said as I tried to shuffle off Edwards lap, but he held onto me, making sure that I didn't move, not that I minded, at least now when Tanya yells at me later, I can blame it on him. Ok, so honestly, I probably would never do that, but thinking that I would helps me feel a little bit braver, and well, any thoughts of Edward made me feel safer.

"Hello Tanya" Edward smiled politely, it seemed like he was trying to reasonable about it, or he was trying to annoy the crap out of her, which by the looks of things, he was doing a bang up job with the latter, she was practically fuming in her spot… I hope she doesn't burn the carpet.

"Bella, can I talk to you." She asked snatching my arm, but Edward had a firm grip on my waist and he wasn't letting go, I think he was worried that if I believed her lies once, I would believe them again, but I've learned from previous mistakes, and I doubt I would ever be able to believe her again, no matter what she tries, I have lost all faith in her, she will never gain my trust again – she doesn't disserve it.

"You can talk to her here" Edward said calmly, like nothing was going on. I take back what I just said… or thought… but I think he does just wants to piss her off.

"I would rather talk to my sister alone." Tanya chided.

"I'm not leaving my girlfriend alone with you" Edward replied casually.

"Edward, it's fine, really." I said, trying to fold some of the tension.

"Are you sure, Love?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine; if I need you I'll call."

"Ok" He said lifting me off his lap, he leaned over and kissed me on the cheek before walking out of our room, closing the door behind him, although I was sure he was just waiting outside in the hallway, didn't he know curiosity killed the cat? Although I suppose he was generally worried about leaving me alone with her too, I love that he is so protective of me, well most of the time, some times it's just down right annoying though, but I know that the only reason he does it is because he cares, the thought alone made me smile like a giddy schoolgirl, but Tanya didn't seem too impressed.

She came and sat down on the couch next to me, seemingly confused about why I was smiling, but I thought it was best to keep that information to myself for the time being. Then suddenly, she pulled me into a hug, I was a bit shocked and didn't respond, which caused her to pull back, disappointed.

"Bella, I've missed you so much." She said before leaning back against the couch.

"Tanya, why are you here?"

She sighed heavily.

"Why am I here?" She asked and I just nodded my head, "I think the more important question is why are you here?"

"Umm… I live here?" I asked confused.

"Bella, what are you thinking? You know what happened last time, what makes you think it won't happen again? You can't trust him."

"Tanya, I don't really think it's your place to talk about trust, I mean you flat out lied to me to stop me from going after him." She reached up to tuck a piece of hair behind my ear in a very caring gesture.

"Only because I was so worried, I knew that he would hurt you again." She replied solemnly.

"That is none of your business Tanya, how could you know such a thing, I know how much he hurt me, I lived it remember? But I also know that he loves me more than anything, I don't understand how you can sit there and contradict such a beautiful truth." I replied angrily, I could imagine the grin that would have engulfed Edwards face while he was leaning against the wall outside of the room.

"Because, you don't know what you're doing, you don't know him, you only know the lie. He doesn't love you, and he never will honey." She sounded sincere and truly worried about me, and that made me mad, really mad.

"How dare you!" I yelled jumping to my feet. "You have no idea, you weren't there, you were never there, he loves me, and if nothing else, I know that for sure. You have no right to come into our home and make these kinds of accusations. Get out!"

"Bella, you can't kick me out of this house, it's not just up to you." She was defensive and angry.

"No, but I can kick you out of my bedroom."

"Yeah, well, what if Edward wants me in here?"

Edward was at my side in a second.

"Why on earth would I want something like that? Neither Bella nor I have done anything to disserve that kind of torture, and hell, I've done some pretty horrendous things in my time. I think you should leave, go out and hunt, or something, just get out of our room."

"Fine" She said as she stomped out of the room abruptly.

As soon as I heard her slam the back door I walked over to the window to see her jump gracefully over the creek and fume off into the forest.

Edward snaked his arm around my waist and pulled me to his side, in a comforting gesture, and I did feel comforted, I felt at ease. I glanced at the carpet inconspicuously, wondering if it was at all possible for her to leave some sort of mark, but there was nothing there… that's boring. I snickered quietly at the thought.

"Care to share the joke, Love?" Edward asked confused, ok so maybe I wasn't as inconspicuous as I had thought.

"Oh, I was just worried that Tanya might have scorched the carpet in her fury"

"And…" He asked following my gaze to the patch of carpet where she was standing.

"Nothing" he sighed disappointedly, "That's kind of boring."

I laughed again; more pronounced this time though than the last.

"That's what I thought" I said when he looked at me quizzically.

He just smiled before he towed me towards the couch.

"You do know that's no where near the end of Tanya right?" He asked worriedly.

"Trust me I know, I lived with her for a lot longer that I would have liked to." He looked down on me, resting his head in my hair.

"You don't have to worry you know?" He pulled away and looked at me cocking an eyebrow.

"I know that she will do anything to break us up, I just can't believe I never saw it before now, but I love you, and I have you here with me and as long as I have that, then nothing she says or does could ever make me doubt you… us."

"I love you too." He replied simply.

I jumped off the couch suddenly about to rush out of the room to find Alice, but I was stopped suddenly by a pair of strong arms wrapped around my waist, and before I knew it I was being pulled back onto Edwards lap.

"Where do you think you're going?" He asked feign innocence.

"Umm… no where?" I asked

"Good guess" He replied huskily as he started kissing from my jaw down to my neck and back again. I couldn't help the involuntary moan that slipped between my lips, which in turn caused him to growl and become more aggressive with his kisses.

I quickly sat up, struggling out of his stone grasp. He let me go hesitantly, his eyes searched my face, trying to gage a reaction, but I gave him none, I just walked out of the room before things went too far and I wasn't able to stop myself.

I know he would never try and rush me into something I didn't want to do, and I know he loved me and only wanted to please me, but I just couldn't take that step, that leap of faith into the unknown, well what was unknown for us at least. I wasn't ready for him to lose control with me yet, and I couldn't let myself go like I used too, as much as I wanted to give in to him, I couldn't do it, my body just wouldn't let me, my mind overpowered my dead heart, which was probably a good thing anyway.

I walked down to the front room, sitting down at Edward's piano, I placed my finger on the C, pressing down gently, loving the melodic sound that filled the air.

I heard Edward come into the room and he approached me, but stopped before he reached me.

"I'm so sorry Bella," I hit the D this time, comparing the sounds in my head. "Are you terribly mad?" He asked trying to get a response from me.

I turned to look at him, suddenly wishing I hadn't, his eyes were so full of remorse, sadness and mostly rejection.

"It's strange isn't it?" I asked remembering how I used to feel when he would pull away from me.

"What is?" He asked confused.

"It's like suddenly we have changed roles, but at least now you sort of know how I used to feel when you would pull away."

"Do you forgive me?" He asked quietly.

"I was never mad at you to begin with, I could never be mad with you, I was mad at myself, I hate that I can't let my guard down around you, I don't even mean to pull away, my body just does and no matter how much I want too, I just cant return to you after that. I am sorry, I don't know why it's so hard to let go."

"It's ok, I can understand to some extent at least." He said opening his arms for me as I walked into them, breathing in his scent.

"I love you Bella, more than life itself." he breathed, "And if you aren't ready to cross those lines yet then that is fine, I will wait for an eternity if that is what it takes, I only want you to be happy my love, that is all I have ever wanted."

Our little moment was suddenly interrupted by someone clearing their throat from behind us and I turned to see Tanya looking at us lovingly.

"Bella, I wanted to apologize for the way I acted before, I guess I thought he didn't really love you, that he couldn't, but it's clear now that he does, and that you love him and I'm sorry for my rash actions."

"Edward, I also owe you an apology, I sold you short, I saw how much you hurt Bella, and I honestly thought that if you could put her through that much pain, that you couldn't mean any good by asking her back. I was just trying to protect her, and I see now I was wrong in my assumptions, but please know, I only had Bella's best interest at heart. I am truly sorry that I judged you so quickly, and I am sorry I underestimated your love for each other."

I looked at Edward shocked, I didn't know what to make of any of this, I wasn't sure if she was being sincere and giving up her little ploy to break us up, or if she was working some sort of angle.

"Thank you Tanya, that is very considerate of you." Edward replied. She smiled before heading out the front door. I heard her car start and drive down the driveway.

"What do you think?" I asked sceptical.

"I don't know, but I do know this isn't the last we'll be seeing of her. I'm sure she is up to something."

AN --

Ok, so please tell me what you thought and all that, plus i am still wondering if there are any guys that read this, but it doesnt look like it, unless they just refuse to review me.

I have decided that i want to try and get at least 15 reviews for this chapter, because i have been very discouraged lately with the amount of reviews i have been getting.

I'm not going to threaten you and say i wont put up the next part if you dont review me, but it would be nice to get more than just the usual people reviewing, heaps of people have added this to their favorites and alerts, but i never get many reviews, its kind of strange.

Well, thats enough rambeling for me. More Tanya drama soon.