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Everything Is Alright- Motion City Soundtrack

Previously…

"I caught him trying to sneak off and threatened to tell Billy, so he told me to go with him." She explained patiently, her remorseful eyes staring over my shoulder as she remembered. "I should have gone or changed his mind."

"No Leah you couldn't have done anything. His mind was made up." I reassured her, my voice sounding strained and foreign to my own ears.

"There is always something." She interrupted fiercely. "Always."

I bit my lip and watched as she took a deep breath and gathered herself.

"Anyways, I just thought you should know." She continued breezily. "I'll have Seth give you a call if he turns up."

I nodded and wiped my clammy hands, from gripping the steering wheel, on my dark jeans.

I backed out of the driveway and headed back to the Cullen's. Back to my life.

BELLA POV

I pulled up to the house and saw Rose standing on the front porch with her arms crossed in front of her chest.

With a sigh, I got out of my truck and approached the livid looking vampire.

"Where have you been?"

Nice to see you too Rose.

"What do you mean?"

"Exactly what I said." She replied her face furious. "Where did you run off to? You've been gone hours and we've all been worried sick! Especially Jasper."

"I just went to La Push to find out about Jake." I said defensively. "I was fine."

"Yeah? Well we had no way of knowing that. Will you think of someone besides yourself for one second. We are all going through a tough time and you don't see us running off recklessly." She ranted, scowling at me.

I glared at her, my anger rising at her words. Why is she so mad? I was only gone about two or three hours.

"You don't know what I'm going through. Don't compare our situations because you still have someone who loves you. Don't you dare tell me to change when you have no idea what it feels like for the man you love to do this to you."

Rose's eyes softened and she sighed. "Just…call Jasper and tell him that you're okay."

My eyes watered and I swallowed thickly. "I…I can't. Could you call him? I just can't talk to him now."

"Sure." She agreed, probably feeling guilty, and pulled out her phone.

The phone rang twice before Jasper answered on the other line.

"Hey Jasper she's here."

"…"

"Yeah. She said she was at La Push."

"…"

"Well I don't know. Why don't you get over here and ask her yourself?"

"…"

"Okay. See you in a few."

She hung up the phone and shook her head at me.

"He is coming back now, and he doesn't sound too happy." She remarked moving into the house

After a second I followed her into the living room only to see her sit on the sofa where Tanya and Kate were sitting and talking quietly to each other.

No thanks. After seeing Jasper and Irina go off together and then hearing that there was really nothing to do except to wait for Jacob to return, I was not in the mood to socialize with a bunch of self-esteem lowering vampires. If anything, all I really feel like doing is collapsing into my bed and sleeping.

"Bella." Rose called seeing me head towards the stairs. "Come sit."

I quickly plastered a fake smile on my face. I sat in a chair next to the sofa and tuned into their conversation.

"Where were you Bella? Everyone was really worried, especially after Jasper and Irina returned from their hunt before you came back." Tanya said, her topaz colored eyes meeting my brown ones.

"Just visiting some friends." I replied awkwardly. I know the aversion they have to the wolves.

She nodded, but her eyes flashed with indignation like she knew where I had been.

God, I hope she doesn't know. But, how could she? She doesn't have any powers.

"Why did they come back from hunting so early?" I questioned, trying to change the subject.

Everything was quiet for a second before someone spoke.

"Jasper kind of confessed to her that-"Kate started.

"Let's let Jasper tell us what happened and not make any assumptions." Rosalie interrupted, narrowing her eyes at Kate.

"Well that's probably how it happened." Kate said defensively, annoyed at Rose's interruption.

Rosalie rolled her eyes and turned to look towards the stairs as Esme came down.

"Hello girls!" Esme said before looking at me. "I'm glad your back Bella. I was worried sick about you."

"Sorry." I muttered, feeling guilty for the first time since I got back.

Only Esme could make you feel bad when you didn't a second earlier.

"Carlisle and Edward are almost home." She said, warning me that my Ex was going to be here. Great. "Carlisle thought that you guys needed some space so he took Edward with him to work earlier."

"Okay." I sighed, slumping down in my seat.

"Are you okay sweetie? I know this must be hard for you, and if you have changed your mind about…everything that's okay. " Esme said sitting on the side of the sofa next to the chair I was in.

"No, I'm fine. Really." I reassured her, trying to be vague about what I was saying so that the Denali's didn't catch on.

Just then the front door opened and Edward appeared in the doorway with Carlisle right behind him.

"Carlisle, how was your day?" Esme asked, going to greet her husband.

"Great. I got a couple of new patients."

I kept my eyes on Carlisle and Esme but I could feel Edward staring at me.

Maybe he's learned to keep his distance though. I mean, he has to know by now that I want nothing to do with him right now. Maybe I'll forgive him eventually, but I'm not ready now.

And I don't think that I will ever forgive Alice. What she did to Jasper was far worse than what Edward did to me. I mean, they had been married for years and she wasn't planning on ever telling him that she slept with Edward.

"Hey Edward." Tanya said brightly. "I'm glad you're back."

"Yeah, me too." He said not taking his eyes from me, much to the strawberry blonde's displeasure.

Tanya stared at him miffed for a second, before turning back to Kate.

Carlisle cleared his throat and broke the silence. "Well as soon as Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, and Irina return we can discuss everything."

"What do you mean everything?" I asked hesitantly.

Did he mean my change? Or me going to La Push? Or the Denali's staying here? There are so many things to talk about but nothing ever seems to get said or done around here.

"Looks like you're about to find out." Alice answered with an almost eerie smile as she walked into the living room. "They're back."

What the fuck? Where did she come from? The ceiling?

"Alice!" Kate squealed jumping up and hugging the small vampire.

Great.

Rose stiffened at her sister's arrival and looked at me apologetically.

I shrugged and continued to ignore Edward's staring and Alice's presence.

This is going to be uncomfortable.

"Alice, how was shopping? I wish I could have gone with you." Kate said, a frown on her face.

Standing next to each other Kate and Alice looked almost like sisters. They both had short black hair, and topaz eyes. The only difference was that Kate was a little taller and was not as tiny looking.

"I know." Alice answered cheekily. "And I got you something, don't worry."

Kate squealed and grabbed one of the many bags in Alice's hands.

They started towards the stairs but were stopped by a voice interrupting their excited chattering.

"Alice, I think you and Kate should be present for the conversation we are about to have, if you don't mind." Carlisle said, motioning for them to return to the living room.

No really, let them go. Please.

I watched as they dropped their bags onto the coffee table and both joined Tanya on the sofa.

Surprisingly, I wasn't hurt by Alice giving me the cold shoulder. In fact, I was quite the opposite. I actually want her to stay away from me. A few days ago I would have been pained and confused to see her treating me like this, but she has shown what she is really like…a complete bitch who cheats on an amazing person.

"There you are." Alice said, startling me out of my thoughts.

What?

I glanced up and saw who her greeting was aimed at. Jasper.

My breath caught in my throat when his golden eyes immediately landed on my own less brilliant, brown ones.

His whole form seemed to relax in relief when he saw me, before his eyes tightened in anger just as quickly. Damn, Rose was right he was upset.

Irina came through the front door right behind Jasper with a dramatic sigh.

"We were out looking for her when she was here the whole time?" She said staring accusingly at me, annoyance clear in her voice.

"She just got here." Jasper said shooting her a look that clearly said 'shut up this is none of your business.'

Ha. Take that. I ignored the urge to grin at his reaction to her.

He turned back to me, his annoyed expression morphing into one of anger again.

I wasn't sure which expression I preferred to have directed at me…

"Where were you?" Jasper asked calmly, seemingly composed on the outside. But I could tell that he had been really worried and confused about why I left without telling anyone.

"Um…" I hesitated.

Suddenly I saw Irina gasp and then look fiercely at me.

I started at the look of pure anger on her face.

What's wrong? Why is she glaring at me like that?

"You." She said accusingly. "You were around werewolves."

"What?" I gaped at her shocked at how she, like Tanya, knew.

"Don't deny it. I smell them all over you. Why were you with them?"

"That is really not any of your business." I said, shocking myself with my own words. Where were these responses coming from?

"Like hell it isn't." She spat. "They killed one of our coven."

"They wouldn't do that without a reason. They only attack out of defense." I said defending my friends.

After all, they killed Laurent to stop him from biting me. To protect me. And I owed them for that.

"You're going to just defend them like that? They are our enemies." She said, stressing the word.

"They're not my enemies."

"Not yet. But after you are a vampire, if you ever become one, everything will change." She taunted, a sneer on her face.

"Irina! Please, don't. I think that is enough." Esme intervened, coming to my rescue.

I gasped. How did she know? Who told her?

Why can't there ever be any privacy in this house? It's either a mind reader, a psychic, and now I find out that Irina of all people has somehow managed to find out and announce to the rest of the Denali's that I was being changed. And she didn't sound too happy about it either.

"I'm just telling her the truth." Irina defended herself before glancing at Jasper. "And if I wasn't supposed to know then he shouldn't have told me."

I froze and resisted the urge to turn around and look at Jasper.

Why would he do that? He knows that I had wanted to be changed away from everyone else. That I didn't want anything else to happen that could possibly hinder me becoming a vampire.

I felt him come up behind me.

"Bella, I-"

"I knew it." Kate interrupted, standing up from where she had been sitting next to Tanya and Alice. "I knew he had confided in her, didn't I Tanya?"

"Please. Everyone, can we all settle down and talk about this calmly. I'm sure this is the last thing Bella wanted to happen." Carlisle said soothingly, his voice steady and entreating.

"Oh of course." Alice said spitefully. "Everything is always about Bella. Just because she's human doesn't mean she should be treated any differently than the rest of us!"

"Is that why you called and got the Denali clan to come here the day I was being changed? Because you thought I was getting special treatment?" I asked, disbelief and outrage in my tone.

"And of course you would blame me for that. Everything is all Alice's fault because she tricked poor Edward into sleeping with her." The black-haired vampire said sarcastically, her dark gold eyes narrowed.

Tanya gasped at the same time Kate gave a surprised 'oh my gosh'.

"Well guess again Bella, dear. I didn't call them. Your precious ex-husband did." Alice finished , crossing her arms over her chest in defiance. "The little human isn't as smart as the thought."

I swung my gaze over to Edward, who wore a chagrined look on his face.

He was upset? Really? He has no right to be upset right now! My whole life is falling apart and he thinks he can go and break me more and then be mad about it?

"Edward. Tell me that isn't true." Esme said, almost pleadingly.

The bronze haired vampire hung his head and nodded.

"Dude, not cool." Emmett muttered, shaking his head at his brother.

"That's putting it lightly." Jasper growled, his enraged eyes completely focused on Edward.

And everyone wondered why I left to go to La Push. It was never simple here. Everything always involved everyone. Always. I miss the days when my only concern was avoiding prom and what was going to happen in the book I was currently reading.

"So let me get this straight." Tanya interrupted, her voice cold as ice. "We were invited over so that Edward could get back at Bella?"

No one uttered a sound.

"Oh well that is great. Really, Edward I thought you were a good person, but you are a complete asshole. I don't know why I wasted my time on you." Tanya spit out.

Yeah. Welcome to my world.

"Tanya, Kate, Irina, I want to apologize to all of you on behalf of our family. I honestly don't know what has gotten into any of them." Carlisle said, putting his hand on Kate's shoulder.

"Maybe it would be best if we went home." Kate said hesitantly.

"What? Why?" Irina asked, her voice rising in pitch.

Maybe because no one wanted you here in the first place. Ever think of that?

"I think we've over stayed our welcome." Tanya replied as she stood up from where she had been sitting.

"Aw. Do you guys have to go? Edward was just being a jerk." Alice said, a pout on her small face.

"Hey, you're the one who slept with him." Rosalie remarked with a bitter smirk.

Alice shut up.

"Why don't you guys give it a few days? I would hate for something like this to ruin years of being a family." Esme suggested hopefully.

Tanya smiled sadly at Esme. "I don't know…I mean all this visit has caused is trouble."

"Tanya." Edward spoke up. "I truly apologize for what I did. I had no intention of hurting you or your family. So please stay."

Tanya hesitated, her eyes on Edward.

"Well, if you're sure it is okay." She said, not taking her eyes off Edward.

So much for realizing what an asshole he is! Why would she just accept his measly apology like that? Oh, wait. I used to do the same thing; Make excuse after excuse for him.

"Of course it is Tanya!" Alice chirped immediately. "We would all love for you guys to stay!"

"Oh that's so great!" Irina exclaimed, squeezing Jasper's arm affectionately.

Well, crap.

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