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Falling In The Black

Chapter 12: Is There Really Such Thing

Previously:

"Who are you?" I asked quieting my sobs and wiping my tears.

"Bella you really don't remember me?" She said finally stepping into the light.

NPOV

I could see him fidget in his seat as I continued. I was hesitant to tell him the rest, it already felt like a betrayal just letting him know this much. He deserved it though, I don't know if it's the hormones from the pregnancy, but I had a good feeling about this one.

"Alright relax, your making me get all fidgety, I'll continue." I guess he didn't know he was fidgeting because of the face he gave but I ignored him and kept talking.

"Caleb believe it or not is part of this family, well was, he was my brother in law. Bella married him, not because she loved him, but because she had to. In her eyes she had no other choice, for Alice's sake."

"Wait, he forced her to marry him?" I had to hold back laughter when I saw the anger in his eyes. I just shrugged off his question and kept going.

"Caleb was Jacob's age, so I'm going to assume your smart enough to figure out how him and Bella met." He just nodded in response.

"Well it turns out our little angel had a bad night. She was not raped I will assure you. She was depressed and gave into him, and Caleb, well I don't really know why he did it."

"What do you mean you don't know?"

"Well Bella never told us. Caleb saw Bella as Jacob saw Bella, as his little sister. Bella was really depressed after her boyfriend Mike had dumped her and then our mother's death put more of a toll on her." I said trying not to gag when I said Mike's name.

"So some of us say that Caleb did it because he thought it would make her feel better because she did come onto him. Others say that he kinda caught her on rebound and took his chances of course there were consequences." I stopped here and looked up at this strange man sitting in my kitchen. I was really waiting for him to go crazy and start threatening a dead man. His face held no emotion though and he nodded urging me to continue.

"Well, when Bella found out she was pregnant we were all pretty young and Jacob being the oldest one was held responsible by the court. No one knew what was going on so I really can't explain that part because they both refuse to tell me. All I know is that she married him. When I did ask her why she just told me…" I stopped, I didn't know if I should tell him this. My sister entrusted me with this, she told me no one else really knew the reason. I don't want her to think badly of her.

"What did she tell you, please I need to know!" His voice sounded almost hut and desperate. I didn't know why I trusted him but something told me this man couldn't think badly of my Bella if she had been some murderer on America's most wanted.

"Caleb was rich, if she married him our future would be ensured. That was her reason, but we all knew Caleb loved her. He adored her, he took care of her and us. After Jacob ran off he made us his responsibility. His parents hated him for it but he took care of us for her." I said trying not to choke up. Who could ever live up to him? I asked myself as I looked up at Edward.

"Did she love him?" His voice barely a whisper.

"No, Bella wasn't very good at loving someone especially a man. She still isn't, but we all knew she was growing to love him. He didn't give up on her and the lord knows that boy was persistent. In the end I think he was the closest my sister ever came to true love."

"So what happened to him?"

"He got into a car crash, it was a hit and run. To this day no one really knows what happened and who was it that hit his car. Normally that wouldn't be a cause for suspician, but I think that he was hit on purpose, and I think Bella knows who did it." I said my voice becoming grave and thickening with anger as her face flashed before my memories.

"Who do you think it is?" He asked his voice monotone.

"His older sister Lauren. From what I heard, him taking care of us had started to take a toll on her. I don't know exactly how but I just have this gut feeling it was her." I looked up at him his eyes gazing at me but I could tell his mind was somewhere else. I saw there in silence waiting for him to say something.

"What about Alice?" He asked disregarding Lauren, I couldn't help but smile.

"Our little Alice has already gotten to you hasn't she. She is the light in this house, she is all we have left of Caleb. The day we brought her home was I think the best day in this house." I said with a distant smile remembering a day that seemed so far away. I looked over and saw him smiling for the first time. He had a gorgeous smile that could make any woman fall to her knees. I laughed a little and smiled back. I don't know who could ever live up to Caleb but I could tell this man was going to try.

"So is there a happily ever after to this story?" He asked with amusement.

"Is there really such thing?" I asked him expecting him to agree. He didn't answer right away and sighed a little.

"I would have agreed with you a couple days ago, but this little girl and me had a little chat. Turns out I've been reading the wrong story." He said with a smile, a smile that seemed a little different then the others. A smile that was filled with an almost child like hope.

"It is amazing how Alice is like her father. Even when you think there is no other way she finds you one. The funny thing is that it is always the most obvious, always the one you deem to simple to suffice."

"You truly are poetic Miss. Swan, I would like to thank you for everything." He said with a smile and he started to rise when panic overtook me.

"Please keep this between us!" I asked with anxiety. He smiled about to nod when he opened the kitchen door to find all my siblings and my boyfriend standing like criminals who had been caught in the act.

Edward laughed and thanked me once again promising he wouldn't tell anyone else.

"Well lets hope he isn't a liar." Evan said grabbing a cookie as he sat across from me with his dimpled smile. I looked at him with my own smile before snatching his cookie and taking the whole plate with me.

"HEY! Don't be selfish!" He said following me out the door.

"I'm sorry nosy little boyfriends don't get cookies you'll have to settle with the leftover saltine crackers." I said with a satisfied smile as I went up the stairs.

"I really do hope your not a liar Mr. Cullen." I whispered to myself praying I had not just made a huge mistake.

BPOV

"And finally this is was our last night in San Francisco." She said with an adoring smile as she looked down at the picture of her and my brother on Ocean Beach.

"Angela I missed you so much!" I said pulling her into another hug.

"I missed you to Bella. I felt so bad these past few months thinking I stole your brother from you." She said trying not to cry again.

"You didn't take him away from me or our family. He was so lost here before you came. When he finally came back a few days ago he actually smiled. He was actually happy to see all of us. You did us all a favor." I gave her a smile and handed her a tissue off my nightstand.

"You know after Caleb died I never thought I'd see you smile like that again." She said with a coy smile.

"What do you mean, I always smile like this."

"Don't lie to me Bella, you haven't really smiled in almost a year. Either your in love or you've finally gone psycho. Your not trying to kill me so I'm going to assume your not psycho. That only leaves one other option. So who is he?" The way she asked made her sound like we were 16 again, but love was impossible I couldn't possibly fall in love with someone after a few days. Especially someone so far out of my league.

"Bella your thinking to much I can tell. I asked you a simple question. I know there is someone. You my friend have fallen hard and I think its time you woke up and saw that."

"Love is impossible for me Angela you know that."

"You have given everyone else love, and now its time for your happily ever after." She said with nothing but hope in her eyes.

"Is there really such thing?" I asked not able to look up, fearing I had crushed her hopes. Instead I found her standing up and walking to other side of the bed to my nightstand. She picked up the picture that had been in my hands before she came in. She sat back down and placed the picture back in my lap.

"You won't listen to me, so what do you think he would say?"

There was no answer to a question that knocks the air out of you and leaves you standing on nothing.

It is done! Not the whole story but I finally finished Bella's history. I promise we have now gotten through the writers block. I will be updating more frequently now I promise. Thank you to my beta and all my wonderful readers! And of course remember, THREE REVIEWS!