I've actually had this written for a while, but I kept forgetting to unload it... Plus I'm considering not unloading them any more since the last chapter didn't even get any reveiws... But yeah...

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"What if I don't want to," he said, lifting his mouth a few inches from my neck. There was no change in his tone, but it was clear he was refusing Rosemary's demand to go ahead and kill me.

She looked appalled. I was certain no one had ever refused her before. This had to be a first. If only it happened more often, maybe her attitude would change.

"But, but, but," was all she could stutter for a few moments. "Why not?" she finally blurted out, regaining some of her composure.

"Simply because I won't," he said shortly, being as still as a statue in his voice and body.

"Well then, let me do it," Rosemary said, leaning towards me eagerly. She was ready to kill me. Rosemary would rid the world of me in seconds if Edward would just let her.

"No. I want her for my amusement tonight. She can appease me in ways you simply can't," Edward answered, his tone even harsher than before.

"Wait till I tell your father! You won't marry me, and instead you just tease and play with me! Now instead of taking me for your own, like I've gladly offered, you want this wretched human girl to please you instead of me," Rosemary said, storming out of the room, having a temptertaurm just like a young child. It was just like we were kindergatners, and she was going to tattle because Edward would only play with me and not her.

Edward quickly sat up, and took me in his arms like he would a lost child or a wounded animal like I had become.

"Brandy, my precious Brandy, I didn't want to put you through that. You didn't deserve any of that. I never intended to hurt you. I should have made Rosemary leave," he said, burying his face in my hair, and showering the top of my head with kisses. I thought he was about to cry, but I didn't give him the chance.

"Let go off me!" I said, struggling against him so he would let me go. I hadn't forgiven him. He'd come within an inch of killing me. He'd acted as if he was going to utterly destroy me and then didn't stop even when he had to have been able to tell I had been crushed at his hands.

"I'm so sorry," he said, letting go of me immediately. The expression on his face was hurt, and I could tell he was on the verge of crying, but I wouldn't buy that. I'd bought enough of his crap and it had almost gotten me killed.

"Oh yeah? Were you sorry when you kissed her? That apparently wasn't the first time. You accepted it a little too eagerly," I retorted at him, referring to Rosemary.

"I had to. I had to do all of that to protect you. Today and before. I couldn't let my parents find out about you," he said.

"Yeah? Well then why didn't you tell me about her? Was she just going to stay your dirty little secret? Which one us do you really love, her or me? You confessed earlier today that you didn't really care for me. How do you not care for someone and still love them?" I asked, my anger building, and my voice getting louder and louder. I was sure anyone standing outside the room could hear me, but I didn't care. Let them come. They could kill me too if they wanted. I was already dead mentally because of love, love I made apparently never had.

"You're mind's already made up. Nothing I say is going to convince you that I love you more than her. So if that's your decision, I'll take you to Alicia's house, and you can do whatever you like when you get there," he said shortly, no readable expression on his face. He was right. Whenever I made a decision about something, even if it was assumed, I stuck to it. He had once said it was one of my greatest faults, but it was the way I lived, even if it was a sad way to live.

"Fine," I said, as the tears welled up in my eyes. "Take me to Alicia's house," I said.

Before I knew what had happened, he had picked me up, and Edward had ran through his house with me at lightening speed, throwing me into the passenger seat of his car.

He didn't say anything as he walked to his side of the car and got in, quickly starting the ignition.

The drive to Alicia's was a long silent one; the only noise was my muffled sobs. I was crying into my coat, but for some reason, I just couldn't stay quiet. I couldn't bring myself to look at Edward either, for that matter. If he loved her and not me, why not just say it? Why couldn't this be like one of this other million times where he battled against my hardheadedness. I guess this wasn't like those times. I guess I had finally seen the truth through the lies.

We finally pulled in her driveway, and not a minute too soon. I thought I was going to go completely insane. He wouldn't talk to me. He wouldn't even try to defend himself. What I thought really must have been true if he wanted nothing to do with the opposite opinion.

"Get out. I'll bring in your book bag," Edward said in a flat tone with no emotions.

I didn't say anything. I only walked towards Alicia's house, ringing the doorbell.

As she opened the door, she looked surprised, almost dropping the glass of Pepsi she had in her hand.

"Brandy, what are you doing her? I thought you were spending the night at Ed's," she said, looking at me with a confused look. I knew I had to look like a mess. I had spent the whole entire ride from Edward's crying, and I still hadn't stop.

"Here's her book bag. Watch after her for me Alicia," Edward said, turning to leave.

"Wait. I don't get it. I missed something here!" Alicia said, holding my book bag. "Someone please explain to me what is going on here!"

"Brandy will tell you. She won't even let me begin to defend myself," he retorted, his first statement even remotely directed at the incident that had just happened. It was like he didn't really care and even if I was wrong; he was going to let me have my way. This wasn't the way he normally worked. If I was wrong, he fought back. This had to be true then…

I began to cry with a renewed fury. I didn't intend on stopping for a while. I wasn't sure how much to tell Alicia either. What would happen if I told her Edward was a vampire? Would he attack her as well? I didn't want her involved in this. Her named sounded like Alice, but she certainly wasn't any Alice Cullen. She couldn't stand up to him if he tried to hurt her.

"Now isn't this great. What kind of mess have you got me in this time? You bring Brandy to me after she's cried enough to drown Tokyo, you loser!" Alicia said, talking to Edward in the usual tone she used against him when he did something to hurt me. This tone didn't seem to faze him like it normally did this time, though. He just shrugged and turned around.

"Take care of her for me Alicia. I never ever intended to hurt her, no matter what she thinks," he said, as he walked around his car.

Neither one of us said a word as he got in the car, but I flinched when he slammed the door.

"Brandy, come on, you've got to let me know what's going on. If you don't, I can't help you, and you're going to drive us both crazy," Alicia said, handing me what felt like my millionth tissue.

I shook my head and continued crying. I couldn't tell her the truth. She want me commit, even if she was my best friend. There was no logical way that vampires could exist; yet they did! Wow, imagine that! Small world, huh? It'll only prove I really was crazy.

"Come on! You haven't said a word since you got here! I'm… about… to… go… crazy!" Alicia said rather loudly, putting a pause between each of her words in her third sentence for added emphasis.

If she would have known why I was acting this way, she wouldn't have been so rash and sarcastic, but I was going to tell her the truth. This tone of hers was much better than pity or fright.

"He doesn't love me anymore. He's been cheating on me with this other girl I only met today," I finally sobbed even more furiously. I would at least tell her this much of the truth. She deserved that much. That would luckily explain my behavior as well as his.

"That loser! Who in the world does he think he is, breaking your heart like that! And you really thought he loved him! He is so stupid! You love him, for Pete's sake!" she exclaimed, calling him a loser and stupid as usually, even if he wasn't around to hear it. She had a look on her face that was a mixture of shock and angry.

"I'm sorry Brandy," she said, burying her face in my shoulder like she normally did when I was upset about something. This was what I needed… Familiarity…. Edward wasn't acted familiar at all… Alicia was… That was what helped me more than anything else.

"Thanks," I said, giving her a hug. "Life goes on. I hope," I said very softly, more or less mumbling the last part.

"You have to tell me exactly what happened. It'll help, and then when I call to completely disown him, it'll know exactly what I'm fussing at him for. It may also help me come up with better comebacks," Alicia said, looking into my eyes. She was all ready to call him and yell. Too bad that it wouldn't do absolutely any good.

"Well, this thing all started when we went camping," I said before I could stop myself. What was I doing? She didn't really want to know the truth. Then he might think he had permission to kill her too. I'd completely lose it even worse then. I'd kill myself and go jump off a cliff or something.

"I thought that went well except for that bear," Alicia said.

"The bear was a lie. That was a story that Edward and I agreed on before we got back so I have something to tell everybody, but, well, the truth is, I learned something about him I didn't need to know. Not now, not ever," I said.

"Well then why come up with some story about a bear? You could have just not mentioned it, and not one would have suspected differently? So why the bear?" Alicia asked, a look of slight confusion on her face.

She was looking at me so innocently… I didn't want to shatter that… What impact would this have on her world and her life? The same as it had had on mine? Less? More? I didn't know. Should I tell her the truth? Should she know about Edward being a vampire? She was my best friend, but I didn't know how much about him she needed to know. All I knew was that I was in conflict about telling her, and I had mere seconds to decide what to tell her.

Pleas reveiw! Don't make me think just because Alicia's in a chapter you don't want to review! Does she scare you? Is that why ya'll haven't reveiwed the last two chapters... I STILL LOVE YOU ALICIA!!!