Alice's POV:
A few months had gone by since Edward and Bella's date. I was dying to know what actually happened because they came home a couple of hours earlier than planned. And whenever I'd try asking them about it, they'd always brush it aside as if nothing happened. They seemed to have taken a step back in their relationship. Of course, they still talked but all of the playful, innocent flirting was completely gone.
It was Friday afternoon and Jazz, Rosalie, and Bella were sleeping over. She and Edward were talking outside, while everyone else was lounging around the living room. Jazz and Emmett were on the floor playing the Wii. Rose and I were sitting on the couch talking about ways to get Bella and Edward together.
"Wait Rose, what do you think they're talking about?" I gestured towards the porch where they seemed to be in a heated argument.
Bella looked to be in control of herself (as always), with her chin held high. She was standing up straight, and full-on glaring at Edward. But he was not backing down either. He towered over her dramatically, and every couple of seconds he'd move closer to her, making her step back. After a while, her back was pressed up against the door, with Edward's chest pressed up against hers.
"I have no idea, but it looks like neither one of them is willing to back down." Rose was staring wide-eyed at them.
I glanced at our boys, curious as to whether or not they were catching any of this. They were so absorbed in the video game that they had no idea what was going on around them.
"Should we break it up?" I said, while getting up and moving towards the porch.
"No! Alice, let's just stay out of it for once. Whatever problems they're having, they need to work it out themselves. Without any interference from us, got it?" She said in a stern voice, while grabbing my arm and pulling me back to the couch.
"Sure..." I mumbled.
"I win!" Emmett screamed, making me divert my attention to them.
"Dude, you cheated! You can't put your hand in my face, blocking my view, and NOT win!" Jasper said, while moving his hands around, animatedly.
Emmett's cheerful grin turned to small frown, and I heard him murmur, "Total hater..."
Rosalie and I chuckled at our boyfriends silliness, and looked back at Edward and Bella.
Suddenly, Bella pushed Edward off of her and turned to the door. She pulled it open and turned back to him. I heard her mumble a soft, "I'm scared..." Then, she closed the door in his face, and walked upstairs. Edward stood frozen, staring after her.
Rosalie and I shared a look. "Let's go." She nodded her head in agreement, and we both stood up and went after Bella.
We found her in my room, sitting on the bed. She looked up, and when I saw the look on her face, I was shocked and froze. She was teary-eyed. Granted, she wasn't technically crying, but I've never even seen her eyes get watery. Not even when all three of us watched A Walk to Remember, and Rosalie and I were crying our hearts out by the end of the movie. She never shed a tear.
I looked over at Rosalie, and she looked heartbroken. The same look must have been reciprocated on my face because she took one glance at it, and frowned. Both Rose and I walked over to Bella, and opened our arms for a welcoming hug. Bella took the hint and threw herself into our waiting arms.
Rosalie kept patting down Bella's long hair, while I ran my hand up and down her back. We had no idea what happened, but it must have been something big because we've never seen Bella this... vulnerable.
Bella's POV:
We were all sitting around the living room when Edward got up from the floor and walked over to me. "Can I talk to you for a second?" His voice sounded urgent, so I quickly agreed.
"Outside?" He didn't wait for me to reply, he simply took my hand gently and led me to the porch.
Once we were outside, he turned his back to me and put his arms on the railing. He took a couple of deep breaths and remained silent. I got tired of waiting after a while and said, "What do you want?" The question came out a little colder than I intended, but I failed to care.
After a few minutes, he replied in a soft voice, "What happened?" For some reason, that aggravated me to no end. Why did all of his questions have to be so cryptic all the time?
I tried my hardest to keep the vexation out of my voice when I answered him. "What are you talking about, Edward?"
He turned around and looked at me. I mean, really looked at me. He ran his eyes up and down my body, making me feel a bit self-conscious. He decided to settle on looking at my face and answered, "...To us," in a quiet whisper. I had to strain my ears to hear him.
I cocked my eyebrow at him and decided to play dumb, though I knew certainly what he was talking about. "I really don't know what your talking about."
He didn't seem to like that very much because he narrowed his eyes at me. He took a couple of steps towards me, and I noticed that his hands were in tight fists by his side. "Bella, why do you always have to be like that?" He said in a tight voice. It was like he was trying to restrain himself from yelling at me.
"Like what?" I challenged him by taking a step forward and glaring back at him.
He took that as an invitation to start yelling at me. "You always have to deny your feelings! We were really close before, and then you had to go and fuck it up! I liked you a lot and I still do. I know you like me too! You just will not admit it to yourself, and it pisses me off! Gosh, why do you have to be so damn strong all the time! Is it so freaking wrong to just trust someone?" He screamed. All the while, he kept taking small steps towards me, leaving me to back up against the door.
"Yes it is..." I said in the calmest voice I could manage and continued, "I told you when I first met you that I'm not girlfriend material. You should have taken my warning then because I can't be with you! Why can't you accept it?" I yelled at him.
I looked down and saw that his fists were shaking, and when I returned my eyes to his face I saw a single tear run down it. "Bella, I c-can't do this anymore" He stuttered, and it broke my heart to see him like that and know that I was the cause of it. He reached out and took my chin in his hand, while his thumb gently caressed my cheek. Unknowingly, I leaned in towards his hand, loving the passionate spark I felt there.
I wanted with everything inside of me to kiss him, right then and there. I just wanted to feel the intense connection I knew I'd feel when I pressed my lips against his, and just forget about the consequences. But my insecure side, though buried deep, wouldn't allow me to.
"Do what?" I asked in a calm voice, while taking his hand off of my face. I wouldn't be able to think rationally, with him looking at me in the way that he did and touching me. I would give in easily.
"Pretend that I'm just your friend because I want to be so much more than that. Why won't you just... be with me?" I knew he was trying to keep himself from touching me again, so I pushed him off of me and moved towards the door.
I opened the door and turned towards him again. Softly, I said, "I'm scared..." I felt a tear threatening to escape and quickly went inside, shutting the door in his face.
My feet carried me upstairs, and into Alice's room. A few minutes later, I heard someone come in, and looked up to see who it was. Rosalie and Alice stood in the doorway, looking down. I watched them walk over and open there arms to me. Without any hesitation, I threw myself into their arms, where we stayed for what felt like forever.
Once we were all ready, we pulled apart and Rosalie went to get some ice cream, saying that it helps. Alice led me to the bathroom and helped me fix myself up. My eyes were red and a bit puffy, making it obvious that I just cried. So she told me to rinse my face with cold water, and I'd feel a ton better. I did as she asked, and like always, she was right.
I watched her pull out some Visine Eye Droppers and told me to put some in my eyes to clear the redness. Once that was done, I waited a few minutes and the redness was gone. Alice continued to clean me up for a couple more minutes until she decided I was decent enough and we walked back to the bedroom. Rosalie sat on the bed with three cartons of ice cream. Vanilla for her, chocolate for Alice, and strawberry for myself.
We all got comfortable on the bed, before I decided to speak. "You guys want to know what happened, don't you?"
They both nodded sheepishly, and smiled.
Rosalie's POV:
I walked downstairs to get the ice cream as quickly as I could, but stopped in my tracks once I saw Edward. He looked... crushed. I felt so bad for him because it seemed like that conversation with Bella took a huge toll on him.
He turned his head and when he caught sight of me, his eyes widened. "Is she okay, Rosalie?" His voice sounded a bit scratchy.
Wow, he actually cares, I thought. It's not that Edward was insensitive and uncaring most of the time, it's just that he never cared too much about anyone outside his family or extended family (which included Jasper and I, since we weren't really related to him).
"She'll be just fine, Edward. Why don't you just take a nap? Okay? Maybe you'll be able to see her when you wake up?" I said, ever so softly. My motherly side came out when Edward nodded and headed towards the stairs. I walk with him upstairs and made sure he washed his face with cold water before he went to bed.
"It's going to be okay." I whisper, even though he was already passed out by the time I said it.
I went downstairs and walked to the kitchen to get our ice cream. My hands reached around the freezer for Bella's strawberry ice cream, Alice's chocolate ice cream, and my tasty vanilla ice cream.
"Boo!" Emmett said, popping out of no where.
"Ahh!" I screamed, while accidentally dropping everything. "Emmett! You are so silly!" I tried to contain my laughter and look stern, but I know a small smile escaped from my lips.
"I know, and you love me for it." He said, while bending down and picking up the ice cream. Thankfully, none of them spilled opened. "Wow, that's a lot of ice cream, Rose."
"Well, it's for a good cause." I grabbed the ice cream from Emmett and went to get the spoons so we wouldn't have to eat it with our fingers like cave men.
"You know they are going to get together, right? They're soul mates." Emmett said softly, while watching me.
"I kno-" I started, but was cut off by Jasper's loud yelling.
"EMMETT, LETS PLAY! SAY GOODBYE TO ROSE AND COME ON!" He yelled from the other room.
Emmett's eyes darted from me to the living room and back again. He looked torn, which made me laugh. "Emmett, you can go. I need to get this ice cream to Bella anyway. Would you win one for me?" I stood up on my tip toes and gave him a chaste kiss.
I went to pull away, but he grabbed my head and pulled me back for a much longer kiss. "Of course. Love you, Rosie." He said softly when he pulled away.
"Love you too, Em." We walked into the living room together. Then, he gave me a quick kiss on the cheek and went to sit next to Jasper on the floor.
I ran upstairs and went into Alice's room. They emerged from the bathroom, not 10 seconds later. We all got situated on Alice's bed when Bella said, "You guys want to know what happened, don't you?"
Both Alice and I nodded our heads and Bella proceeded to tell us what happened.
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