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No, no, no, no…this can't be happening.
"Bella, I thought it was you…please Bella…just let me…"- She looked me in the eyes and then without a word she left and that was the hardest thing I ever saw, and my knees just gave in and I fell on my knees.
EPOV
My world had just collapsed, my life was ending, or better, my life had just walked out the door. My head was still spinning and now my heart was pounding insanely, my chest ached; I could focus in anything around me.
"No, I didn't do anything, I didn't do anything."- I kept mumbling my hands pulling at my hair trying to snap out of whatever this trance was.
"Are you ok, Edward?"- My dad voice, echoed in my mind, but I couldn't see him, my eyes were all foggy. I took my hands to them and that's when I felt I had been crying.
"No, I didn't do anything, dad. She has to believe me…I don't know what happened, I just…"- I couldn't speak anymore, the ache in my chest was increasing and I was having trouble breathing.
"Edward, did…did you take anything?"- My dad asked.
"What?"- I tried to focus on what he was saying but I could hardly hear him due to my loud breathing.
"Are you high?"
"What? NO!"- I said a little louder than I was expecting.
"Oh, my God…you bitch, you drugged my brother, didn't you?"- Alice said coldly and then I heard it…that devilish laughter. Jane! She was responsible for what was happening…
She had drugged me? Of course, that's why she insisted on having a drink with me. Suddenly I felt an anger I had never felt before invade my body, I for the first time I felt like killing someone. I wanted to kill her. I got up, wiped my eyes and turned to the sound of that laugher.
She was still in her underwear, sitting on the floor laughing. She was laughing while my life was ending. I walked with in fury towards her only to be stopped by Jasper and my father.
"I'm going to kill you. You little bitch."- I shouted at her trying to free myself.
"Oh…Edward, why are you acting like this? Is because of that girl? She's so not good for you."- Jane said laughing.
"You don't know me, you don't know her! You'll never be half the woman she is."- I spat at her.
"Yeah…right."- She said.
"Oh, God! Can't you see how pathetic you are?"- Alice said.-"You had to drug him, so he would stay in the same room as you."
"You're wrong, he wanted me as much as I wanted him. He always will, we're a team, we complete each other. You have no idea the kind of thing we did together."- Jane said, putting her dress back on calmly.
"I'm not that person anymore!"- I said.-"I hate you, you disgust me. I look at you and feel like vomiting."- I said angrily.-"I'm going to kill you!"-When Jasper or my father lighten their grip on me I was going to launch myself at her, I was going to take that smile of her lips, I was going to rip her head off. But I was going to take my time…and destroy her slowly making her hurt like I was hurting right now. I was going to watch her live ending painfully. So I calmed myself, let out loud short breaths, until I got my chance.
"How did you get in here?"- Alice demanded.-"How did go through the security locks?"
"Oh, that? Edward taught me how to break in into locks like that."- I cursed myself for being so stupid a few years ago, how could I ever get involved with someone like her. Stupid! Stupid! She was nothing like my Bella. Just the thought of her made me cringe in pain. What was going through her mind right now? She must me suffering and all because of me.-"Alice? Go after Bella, she needs you right now."- I said.
"Don't worry. She's with Renée, mom and Rose."- She then looked me in the eyes.-"Everything will be alright you'll see."- She gave me a reassuring smile, but it did nothing to calm the pain inside me.
I had lost her…I felt like I was in one of those movies where you see time going backwards and everything disappearing into nothing. That's what was happening to me, to my future, to all of my dreams; everything was fading away slowly and extremely painfully.
BPOV
I didn't register what Alice said only the shocked panicked look on her face. Had she told me not to go into the office? But all I wanted was to find Edward, so I just went in.
I felt my heart was breaking into a thousand pieces, in fact I think I heard the sound of it breaking the moment my eyes took the scene in front of me. Edward was lying on the couch, the same one where we had kissed for the first time, his shirt was unbuttoned, and she was on top of him, wearing only her underwear. She looked at me and smiled that kind of evil smile I had only seen in the movies. It was kind of a strange thing, because she had the face of an angel, but the eyes and the smile of a demon.
Edward's eyes were closed and I saw his lips moving, but the sound of his voice was clouded by the sound of my heart breaking.
I felt a tear go down my face, and I just could take it anymore, I had to get out of there, I needed to breath.
Edward got up making Jane fall to the ground.
"Bella, I thought it was you…please Bella…just let me…"-The pain in his eyes was evident, and tears started falling down his face, nothing made sense. So I just turned around and left, I ran out of the office into the reception area, I think Carlisle and Jasper walked pass me, but I didn't saw then. I kept going until my body crushed into something hard and I felt warm strong arms being wrapped around me.
"It's going to be, ok."- Emmet said.
"He…he…"- I was able to make those words come out of my mouth, my brain could process them.
"Shh…everything is going to be ok."- He said, rocking me a little.
How could everything be ok? Hadn't I just seen my boyfriend with another woman? How could everything be ok? Without realizing a started to sob, it was the only thing I could do.
"Is he in the office?"- Esme asked.
"He was with her…"- I sobbed loudly.
"Oh, no."- She said.
"Edward was with that girl?"- My mom asked loudly.
They kept talking and I tried to tune their voices down, I needed to think. Nothing made sense anymore. Edward's pain filled eyes kept flashing in my mind. Why would he look like that? Was it guilt? Remorse? Hadn't we been discussing our future this morning? Hadn't he told me hours ago, that I was the only one for him? It didn't make sense. Why would he say that, only to destroy it by being with Jane? Had she that much power over him? Was he that weak? Was our love?
The sound of their voices around me started to get too much; I needed to think, something didn't add up. I had to be missing something, right?
"Are you ok, Bella?"
"Can we get you anything to drink?"
"Do you need to seat down?"
"Do you want to leave?"
I couldn't take it anymore.
"Shut up! All of you! Just shut up!"- I shouted and there was silence.-"I need to think, you're not letting me think. Just be quiet damn it."- They all looked at me, with shock plastered on their faces. I had never talk to my mom like this before, or Esme. It was their fault but I just needed the silence to be able to think this through. They took a seat and remained silent. My knees gave in and Emmet had to hold.
"Do you want to sit down?"- He asked me and I just nodded. Instead of taking a seat next to the others he dragged me to a corner on the opposite wall and we sat down on the floor, our backs to the wall and my head on his shoulder, while his hand came up and down my arm in calming movements.
With the room silent, I was able to hear myself think again. And my mind was filled with memories of my relationship with Edward since the very beginning. I could see us walking side by side in the Japanese Friendship Garden, our first lunch, the first Neruda poem, the first time we almost kiss in the paper room, our first kiss in Alice's office, of course with that came the image of Edward and Jane together, but I shook that way. I needed to remember the good things first. Like the first time we slept together, the time he came through the window in Alice's house, my first visit to his house, our first really heated make out session, our conversations on the phone, the first time we said I love you. Our first fight, the way it felt think I had lost him, the intense feeling when we got together again. On that day, on that first kiss after the fight, I felt the way our lives had blended together, even though I had my insecurities after that day I knew I could live without and he could live without me. Hadn't I told my mom this? Didn't I feel it? Weren't we so blended together that one could hurt without the other feeling pain too? I knew the answer to that one…we were! We were one, one heart, one life. There wasn't just Bella and Edward, there was only us.
So why was he doing this to us? Why would he show me all those plans for the future to only destroy them now? I remember the way Edward looked at me, all that times he had told me he loved me, the way he had respected me, the way he had put up me. He even let me drive his precious car. I knew he loved me, right? Hadn't we argued about this yesterday? He loved me…then why? Why? Why? Why? He wouldn't do that? No, Edward was the most honorable man I knew, he would never do that to me. That was a fact.
I need to go through all the facts: First, I knew without a doubt, that he loved me; He had promised me he would tell me if he ever fell for someone else and Edward honored his promises and that was a fact I knew well. He had made all this plans for our future, that was also a fact…There had to be something more. Was I missing something? I had to be missing something. Something that happened tonight…something I didn't witness. What could have happened that was so strong to destroy all that we had, past and future.
I started to replay the evening's events, since the moment I had come in here, for a moment I felt like I was Tom Cruise in "Minority Report", you know when he is going through all those images in that screen. That was what I was doing now, going though every single detail I knew.
According to Emmet, Edward had gone to the bar to get a drink, when he joined them he had told them he had seen Jane, a few moments later he wasn't feeling well. So what happened in the bar? Did he have too much to drink? Was he drunk? I had seen Edward drunk once and the alcohol in his system didn't make him forget about me, it actually made him even more aware of me. So it had to be something else.
He and Jane met at the bar that was another fact, what had happened there? Could she still have that much power over her? But if she did, than why did he go back to his family? Edward had told me that during the time he was with her, he had left his family behind, so did the fact that Edward left her at the bar mean she didn't have power over him anymore? But if she didn't why were they together? What could have possibly make Edward do that? Had she forced him? She was so small compared to him, she could never force him physically. So it had to be something that undermined Edward's physical superiority.
"Bella, I need to tell you something…Jane…"- Carlisle said.
"Shh…be quiet, I'm on to something."- I said not wanting to lose my thought line.
"But…"
"Just be quiet."- I shouted again. I couldn't believe a just did that to Carlisle. But I didn't have time for that now. So where was I? Ok, Jane had to undermine Edward physically…but how? Then it hit me…
"She drugged him…"- I said at the same time that Carlisle did, which made me look at him.
"She put something in Edward's drink."- A wave of relief washed over my body, no, more like a tsunami, but at the same time I was hit by a wave of anger. That bitch…
"Is she still here?"- I asked my voice colder than ice.
"Yes, she's still in the office."
"And Edward?"
"He's still there, he won't let us send her away, we had to hold him back, I said he was going to kill her."- Carlisle said in a worried tone.
"Don't worry, I won't let him do anything…"- Because I will be the one doing things to her, doing really painful things. She was going to regret the day she tried to take Edward from me. He was mine, only mine. I couldn't remember ever feeling like this, it was strange empowering feeling, I was like a puma ready for the kill…I was going to rip her apart.
I slowly got up, and I could feel everyone's eyes on me.
"Do any of you have something I can use to tie my hair with?"- I asked while removing my shoes. Rose handing me an elastic ban, and I put my hair in a ponytail. I wanted to see the pain in her face.-"Emmet I need you to come with me, ok?"- I said looking at him and he smiled widely as if he knew what was on my mind.
"Bella, what are you going to do?"- My mom asked.
"Just stay here, all of you, ok?"- I said in a commanding voice I didn't know I had.
I stopped by the door and took a deep breath, and then opened it.
Jane was sitting behind Alice's desk with Alice hovering over her, Edward was on the floor with Jasper standing in front of him. He looked up the moment I walked in the room like he sensed my presence. His eyes were all red and his face showed the evidence of his crying, went our eyes met, I saw pain, and love, and a little spark of hope.
"Bella, I didn't do anything. I love you, only you. You have to believe, please…I would never hurt you like this, please say you believe me."- He was on his feet now walking towards me or more stumbling
"Edward…"
"Don't…I need to tell you what happened, it wasn't my fault…"- I put my hand over his lips.
"I know, everything will be alright, I believe you…"
"You do?"- He said with tears falling down his face and all I wanted to do was put my arms around him and make it all better, but I had something I needed to do first.
"Yes."- He gave me a weak smile.-"Edward, I need you to go outside for a little bit, ok?"- I asked.
"No, I want to be with you."
"You will I promise, but there's something I need to do first, it's just for a few minutes, ok? Please."- I turned to Alice and said.-"I need you and Jasper to go too, I want to have a…conversation with Jane."
"Absolutely not!"-Edward said.
"Just trust me, ok? Emmet will be here with me."- Edward looked at Emmet and what he saw made him relax.
"Bella, please just come with me."- He tried to hug me but I didn't let him, I know it made him hurt but I couldn't allow myself to be distracted from what I was about to do.
"Later, ok…just go."
"You should all go back to the party, ok? Everything is going to be alright."- I said looking at Alice and she nodded.
"Give her one for me."- She whispered and winked at me before they left.
And now there was only, Jane, Emmet and me. She looked at me and smiled, getting up.
"What? You brought the ape to give me a beating, did you?"- She said in a mocking tone, making my blood boil with anger and I just welcomed the feeling.
"Oh…no."- I said coldly.-"He is here to prevent me from killing you."- I said my words like ice. Her smile faded for a few seconds and I could see the fear appearing in her eyes.
"So you're Edward's girl friend?"- She asked.
"Don't even say his name."- I spat at her or better growled.
"Or what? You're going to hit me are you?"- She said mocking me again.-"Do you have any idea who I am? Do you know who my father is?"- I started to walk predatorily to her while I talk slowly.
"I don't give a shit about who you father is, and I know who you are…you're a pathetic little bitch, who had to drug my boyfriend so he was able to touch you."- I was now a few feet away from her, the anger and the hate I felt for her was evident in my voice.
"I only gave him an incentive."- She said.-"I know what he likes, better than you do."- She said and I just smiled and kept walking.
"You know nothing about him. And for your information he is mine, if you ever came close to him again, I…am…going…to kill you."- I said slowly, my face only inches from hers, she took a few steps back only to hit her back against the wall and I had her just where I wanted her.
She could hide her fear anymore, as she looked up to me, because if without my heels I was an inch or two taller than her.
"If you touch me…I'll…I'll press charges, you'll go to jail…my daddy will see to that."- She said her voice shaking. I smiled wickedly and put my hands on each side of her face with force and she cringed.
"You'll press charges. I don't think so…you see…I have at least a handful of witnesses that saw you getting drunk in the bar by yourself, and then you just could stand straight anymore and you landed face down, breaking that ugly little nose."- I said putting my finger on her nose.-"And then you tried to get up, only to fall again hitting you mouth on the floor, and maybe you even broke one or two teeth, and then you gather what strength you had left, but fell on your arm and broke it, right Emmet?"- I said looking at him.
"Hell, yes. I saw the whole scene. What I pity."- He said with a huge smile his eyes shining.
"But…I didn't fall…"- She said and I laughed so coldly it surprised eve me, but I liked it.
"Well…that's where I come in."- I said pushing her against the wall.-"Now I want you to confess what you did to Edward, I want to hear it."- I demand.
"I…I…I'm not going to say anything."- She said.
"I was so hoping you would say that."- I said pulling her by her hair and holding her hands to prevent her from moving.-"Are you sure, because I would to beat those words out of your mouth."- I said, I could feel the adrenalin and anger taking over my body.
"Fine, I put something in his drink alright. Just let me go."- She shouted it and that was all the incentive I need to give her the first punch right in her nose making her hit her head against the wall. After that I went blind and all I could feel was all the hurt she had inflicted Edward, I only stopped when Emmet pulled me away from her.
"I think that's enough."- He said with a proud smile. I realized I was breathing heavily and I looked at her, she was crying, her hands covering her face, her dress was ripped, and there was on it. Looking at her defeated and vulnerable like this, I almost felt sorry for her, almost.
"Don't ever come close to either of us again, or I won't ask Emmet to stop me, do you understand that?"- I asked.-"Do you?"
"Yes…"- She cried.
"Good. And what are you going to tell daddy?"
"That I fell."
"Good, girl."- I said, and then I looked at Emmet.-"Could you please take that trash out now?"
"Of course, little sister, of course."
And for the first time in the last hour I could actually breathe again.
There you have it! I hope you liked it, and sorry if you were expecting more drama but I just couldn't keep them apart for a long time.
I hope you liked, next chapter there will be a few more tears but nothing major.
There is still to come the end of the school year, and you know what that means ;) the summer holidays, the weddings…And I must inform you that the story it's leading to its end… :(
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