Sorry it took so long. You'll find out the reasons why at the end of the story. I hope you enjoy it, Pretty emotional but good overall!
Ch. 7 It couldn't be!
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
BPOV
I was literally ripped away from Edward when Jake pulled me back inside the apartment.
"What the hell are you doing here?" I heard him yell at Edward.
I tried to get pass him but Jake's body was to big for me to pass through the door frame.
"I was walking her to her door." Edward replied calmly.
"Walking her to her door, yeah right. You mean literally fucking against the wall?"
"Jake, stop!" I yelled.
"Bella, stay out of this."
"No, Jake, you can't come here and tell me what I should do. I was with Edward everyway and you told me you didn't even like me the way you used to, so you have no right pulling me from him."
"Bella, I only told you that to make you happy, but with him. Bella. Really, why?"
"Because Jake, I'm happy with Edward. I feel more…complete. Why did you lie to me in the first place. If you still felt something for me, then you should've said it." I was finally able to pass him and stand in front of him by Edward.
I should have known that Jake still felt something for me. Now that I think about it the way he said it on the phone made me realize that he sounded off when he said it. I was too happy and excited to end everything and get to Edward that I didn't stop and think about what I actually did. I know that what I said slipped out but I could've did more when I talked to him. I could've really listened and take me my time to listen to see if he was saying the truth instead of trying to rush through things. I'm such an idiot.
"Why would I? I was trying to make you happy but out of all these guys, you had to choose HIM. Bella, there's other guys out there but why him. I have to know."
"Why did you hate him so much. Its like you really know him when Edward said he never heard of you."
"He has but he never wanted to pay attention to the people around him.
"What are you talking about. I would've remembered you if I've seen you."
Jake was seething. I don't think I ever seen him get this mad so quick. I was really scared at that point and without even knowing I took a step back and bumped into Edward's chest. I felt his hand go on my waist and pulled me a little closer. When I looked up, Edward and Jake were having a staring death match. It was scaring me.
"Guys?" Not a single glance.
"Stop!" I moved away from Edward and stood directly in front of both of them.
"Both of you need to stop. Jake how the hell do you know him then? I want to know what made you hate him so much."
JPOV
I couldn't believe it! I was waiting for Bella to get home so we could discuss everything and I hear a bump near the door. I didn't know what it was but when I went to go check who it was, I saw red. I never felt myself get so mad at something so quickly but seeing Bella pressed up against the wall by non other then the bastard himself. I told her countless of times to stay away from him and yet here she is getting felt on by him….against the wall at that. I wouldn't take it, I couldn't, so I did the only thing that came through my head at the time.
I literally pulled Bella away from him. It was so quick that if it wasn't me I wouldn't have seen it coming.
Bella had a pure shock and fear on her face and Edward had a look of surprise but then it changed when he noticed what happened.
I wanted to know why she wanted to be with this man. Of all guys she could've been with. HIM. I wasn't going to let it happened. NEVER!
When she asked me why I didn't tell her the truth about still loving her, I did. But I would've gave her up if she wasn't happy but now that I know she wants to be with him, all thoughts left my mind.
So when she asked me the reason for hating him so much, my mind went with all these reasons but my mouth wouldn't open.
"Jake, answer me."
"Bell-"
"Whoa, what happened over here?" I heard someone say.
That guy Emmett came down the hallway with Jasper. They kept looking between us and they finally stopped and landed on me. They had a confuse expression but I wasn't going to explain anything to them. I didn't have too. If Bella wanted to know then she can along side with the guy I despise.
"We just wanted to check and see if everything was alright. We've been waiting for a while now."
"Yeah, well seeing your girlfriend kissing another man against the wall was a nice welcome home gift."
"Bullshit" She screamed.
I turned to her stunned. I never seen Bella yell like that before, no matter how long we've been together..
"Jacob, that whole sentence was bullshit. You told me you didn't see me in a way as a boyfriend would and that it was best if we just break up. I know it was dumb how it happened on the phone but Jake, we practically broke up and would discuss everything when I got back."
"Yeah by showing up here kissing another man against the wall."
"Jake I cant help who I fall for. I'm sorry, I know it was wrong to do that but Edward is just everything I wanted. If you wanted to be with me still, you should've said something."
"And if I did, it would've made you feel guilty." It this point my voice lowered to a softer tone. "Bella I care for you and keeping you in the relationship like this when you don't even feel the same way would have been wrong. I want you to be happy and if I don't make you as happy as some other guy then I would've let you go but, why Bella, with him. I know you keep telling me he makes you happy and complete, but what does he have that I don't." At this point I was willing to beg for her to come back. I would do anything to keep her away from him.
"Jake." she sighed, sounding defeated. "I love you,…but I-" she paused, not finding the right words to say. She was at the point to crying and I hated to see her this way.
"Bella, you need to know something then. If you really want to be with him then you need to know the truth in what he did. And I would like to tell her without you being here." I said glaring daggers at him.
She looked up at me with teary eyes and Edward just raised an eyebrow. I scoffed and walked into the living room. I sat on the couch and sighed.
"I don't know what he's talking about but if you ever have any insecurities with me, then tell me." I heard him say. I didn't hear anything from Bella but I assume she just nodded her head.
Finally Bella walked in slowly, walking towards the love seat. I didn't know how I was going to tell Bella this but she needed to know why I hated him with everything I had.
"Bella,…when I first met him, I didn't know what to think. He was a totally different person, I guess from where he was, but you never know what could be hiding under that fake personality of his."
She didn't say anything so I decided to continue.
"Bella, I first met him when I was at a club and Edward Cullen was the main guy there. It wasn't your usual club that people would go to, it was like a place for gangs, delinquents, and people who only cared for drugs and sex. It was disgusting. I-."
"Why were you there?"
I sighed. " Because my friend and I were just old enough to get in the club, and since we we're out on our own, we didn't know what club was what and we ended up there. My friend and I didn't want to stay in the club and we decided to leave but before we could, someone stopped us.
FLASHBACK
"Whoa there, where do you think you two are going?" A man said. He had bronze hair and green eyes. I could tell he was drunk.
"We we're just leaving." I said.
"Oh, no you don't. Come chill, you need to loosen up. You look tense."
We tried to get pass but the guy snapped his fingers. A big man came by and pulled us over a table and made us sit. We we're terrified but I wasn't going to show it on my face.
"So." the big man said. " what bring you guys to this fine establishment?"
"Actually my friend and I we're about to leave." I said again trying to get up. They pushed me back down.
"Cut the shit, you guys wouldn't be here without a reason." The bronze hair man said. Slamming his hand on the table.
"Look, we got lost and tried to find a place to hang." I yelled. The big man stood up and pointed a gun at my face.
"Don't yell at him-."
The bronze guy held his hand up, signaling him to back off.
"Be calm." He got in my face. " Now tell me the fucking reason why you're here. I'm not in the mood to deal with two piece if shits like you."
I was terrified but beyond pissed. How the hell did he come up to me and demand to know my reason for being here. Then a realization hit me. This club didn't even have a sign, really, just a bouncer. How could we be so stupid to walk in here because we saw a bouncer.
Dumb ass.
We just assumed it was a club. The bouncer smirked at us and let us in without a problem. I shoulve saw it right there.
Then another thought hit me. His breath smelt like weed. Strong at that. The bronze hair guy was beyond high. He was shaking.
"Look, do you have the stuff or not?"
I'm pretty sure he had us confused with someone else.
"Look man, I think you have us confused for someone else." I said.
"You wouldn't be here, if you didn't have it. What would make you walk in here in the fucking first place." He said.
"We got lost and-"
"You got lost." He laughed. "Bullshit. If your ass didn't know where you were going, wouldn't it be obvious to ask for help." He shook his head. " J (not Jasper), get rid of them, let them know that there wont be another next time walking in here like their the shits. Do what ever you have to do….kill them I don't care" Then he turned to us. "If he decides to let you geys go, be careful where you end up, because next time he wont be taking care of you, I will, personally."
END OF FLASBACK.
I shuddered remembering what that guy did to us.
"J-Jake, did that really happen?" She had tears streaming down her face.
I smiled saddly at her. "Yes Bella, I did and that's not the only part."
FLASBACK
"I don't know Quil." I said warily.
"C'mon Jake you've been sitting in this apartment moping all day over a woman."
"Quil, I thought she was going to be the one. I was going to ask her to marry me but she turned me down right at the last second. She told me that she found another guy. She wasn't sorry for dumping me either." I yelled out.
"I know it's hard man, but you need to get back up. Move on!"
"Its not that easy Quil. Do you know who I lost her to?" I asked angrily.
"No, who?"
"That's green eyed, bronze hair man. I found out his name was Edward Cullen. He stole her from me. I actually saw him one day and he told me he was going to break me down, little by little. Then he kissed her right in front of me. He was caked up on so much shit that I'm surprise he even walks the streets without being caught."
"Seriously. Man you need too watch out for him."
"That's the problem. Why me. You were there but he never came after you, only me!"
"I'm not sure but we'll get him one day, but make sure that if you ever have a woman with you again, warn her. Warn her until its plagued in her mind."
"I'm not having another woman because no matter what, he'll always find a way to get to me."
END OF FLASHBACK
"I-It couldn't be Edward. He would never do that." She was shaking her head crying.
I went over her to comfort her and she let me. She was shaking her head, telling herself it wasn't Edward.
"I'm sorry baby, but its true. The same eyes and hair."
She finally looked up at me.
"Jake, I didn't know, I'm sorry, but it doesn't seem like Edward. I won't believe that it was Edward."
"Bella, look at me. I'm not lying to you. It happened. I wouldn't make up something like that just to make you cry."
FLASHBACK
"Jake what are you going to do?" Quil asked me.
"I don't know anymore. He almost caused my reputation to fall. All those rumors about me hooking up with random prostitutes and having drug and alcohol problems." I sighed.
Why would he do this. Oh yeah, because he doesn't like me. But why?
"I'm surprised I made it to the top business. I swear if he ruined me, then I don't know what I would do next. I put all my studying into being a lawyer, that's all I know how to be." I said.
"Yeah, well, you really need to track him down or something because he's only going to try to ruin you more and more." Quil replied.
"I can't."
"Why."
"Because if we do then I'll only want to kill him and being in range with him won't help me at all in being a lawyer."
Quil sighed.
"Fine, then good luck cause that's all I can give you."
"That's all I need."
BELLA'S POV
I couldn't believe what Jacob told me. It all sounded so true but a lie at the same time. I felt sad because Jake had to go through that experience but it didn't seem like Edward would do that. He would never do that. But why would Jake lie like that to me? I had to sort this crap out now. I needed to go to Edward and see if Jake was really telling the truth.
The same hair and eyes. A lot of people could have green eyes but the hair is a different story and nobody has eyes like him. Not a single person had hair like Edward. The bronze crazy sex hair. That hair was unique.
I had to sort this out before it got out of hand.
I stood up, getting out of Jake's grip.
"Jake, I need time to…sort everything out. All this stuff thrown at me. Breaking up with you on the phone, which we still need to talk about, then going to Edward, my emotions going crazy over him, and now finding out your story about why you hated him. I just need time."
He sighed. "Fine."
"And I cant stay here…I need some space."
"Where will you be going?
"Mostlikely Alice."
"I'm sorry you had to know, but it's the truth."
"I know, thank you for telling me."
I went into the bedroom and brabbed a duffel bag from the closet. I grabbed some clothes, shoes, toiletries, and other personal items I needed.
"He had the same hair and eyes."
I shook my head to clear that thought. I didn't want to think about Edward being that way. He would never be that way.
"He smelled like weed and was drunk."
These thoughts kept going through my head. I sat on the bed and placed my head between my hands.
"Be careful where you end up because next time he wont be taking care of you, I will, personally."
The tears were starting to flow over my cheeks. It couldn't be Edward. Edward said he never seen him before.
Its not Edward. He's to good for that.
"You never know what could be hiding under that fake personality of his."
Then a thought passed through my head. In the very beginning when I met him, Edward was the sexy playboy to me and now it seemed like he changed. He's more sweet and caring then before. What was Edward's life like before I met him? I couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't wait and see if this was true or not. I wanted to know now but I'm nervous. What if Edward really did that. I could've never known Edward would've been like that. The bad boy in the city. Every girl screaming his name in the club that night. Now that I think of it, a lot of people know Edawrd. I'm not dumb, I saw girls looking at him when we were at the boardwalk. But I just let it pass because he was there with me, not them. I should've stopped and thinked about this bad boy before getting to close to him. Jake could be right.
I got up,grabbed my duffel bag and headed toward the door. Jake was still on the couch with his head down.
"Jake."
He still didn't lift his head.
"I-"
"You don't have to say anything Bella, just go."
I was gonna say something else but I couldn't think of anything, so I left. When I reached the lobby, nobody was in here except for a couple of people besides the receptionist. But one figure stood out the most. There he was sitting on one of the couches, head down, with his hands holding his head and his elbows on his knees. Why was he here?
I felt like he could read my mind. Knowing I had to talk to him. I took a deep breath and walked over to him.
When I did, he didn't adknowledge me or know that I was next to him for that matter.
"What are you still doing here?" I asked.
He jumped and looked up.
"Bella! I had to know if you were ok."
If he stayed here, then he knew something was up. He knew he did something wrong, something he did a while ago that affected Jake badly enough to hate him with everything he had.
"Edward, I need to know what happened. You wouldn't be here if you didn't think it was a big deal, but you are."
He sighed. "Then can we not discuss it here?"
"Where would we go?"
"…My place." he said hopefully.
I didn't think going to Edward's place was a good idea. Just because I found the truth about Jake's hated towards Edward, doesn't mean that my body will decide to betray me on things I don't want to happen right now.
"Edward -"
"Please Bella. We won't do anything but talk. I promise."
"Where do you stay?"
"The Carlyle." He said standing up.
"Really?" I asked surprised.
"Yeah."
He grabbed my duffel bag off my shoulder before I realized and I was going to argue but he raised a brow, challenging me to say something. I sighed and followed him out of the hotel.
He hailed a cab and we got in. It was silent the whole way there and it was exactly what I needed. Peace and quiet. When we arrived at his place, I just gaped at it.
"Holy Crap"
"Thanks, my parents helped me in the beginning but now I can afford it by myself.
I then realized that I really didn't know Edward. I may have known some of his interest and some of the stuff we had in common but I really didn't know him. What he did for a living. I didn't know where he grew up or what makes him tick but I was going to find out soon.
We walked toward the big building and the lobby was huge. I think I spaced out a couple of times because he had to pull me toward the elevator. When we we're inside, he pushed the top botton. Of course he lived big. The very top. The doors opened and we walked down the hallway. He stopped at a door and placed a key in the lock. When the doors opened, I felt like I was in a masion. The living room was freaking huge. Mostly decorated stuff. He had two couches, a loveseat, a firplace, a nice couch table, and a flat screen tv above the fire place. Everything was in a soft white, blue, and black. It was beautiful.
"C'mon, let me give you a tour before we start."
Like the living room, every room he showed me was beautiful, especially the bedroom. The king size bed looked great to lay in. Blue and black comforter, with white piilows. Even though I wanted to get things straight and know what happened earlier, I wouldn't mind jumping Edward and rolling around in the bed for a while. I felt my cheecks get hot so I left the room and towards the living room again.
"Would you like anything to drink?" He asked.
"Umm, waters fine."
He came back a couple moments later with a glass of water and finally sat down on the loveseat beside me.
He had his head down, but when he finally looked up he looked regretful.
"Since you want to know the answers, ask the questions."
"Edward." I sighed. "Jake told me he and a friend were trying to find a club to go to one night, but ended somewhere where he shouldn't have been. He ended somewhere where there were only drug dealers go. He got in a big mess with this guywhobelieved they were also drug dealers. The man thought that they came there to give him his "Stuff. They mixed Jake up for someone else." I said trying to stop my voice from shaking.
"But Jake kept denying it and the man kept insisting Jake wouldn't be there for anything else. Let's just say before Jake and his friend could leave, he received a terrifying threat from the man. And that's not all of it"
I told Edward about the rest of the stories Jake told me and when I finished I asked him one important question.
"And do you know who that man was?" I asked at the end.
Edward continued to look at me, finally shaking his head no.
His face showed nothing but sadness to me. Like he regretted something but he shook his head no, so he most not have known anything unless he was trying to deny it.
"Jake told me he had green eyes and bronze hair. He said he looked exactly like you. Not to mention the other time he saw you again and found out your name. He told me you were trying to break him little by little. I want to know if this is all true!"
Edward didn't move or say anything. He just looked down at his hands.
"Bella,…I'm sorry."
"What do you mean?"
I hoped Edward wasn't going to say what was trailing through my mind.
"I'm sorry, you had to hear it that way."
I didn't know what to say. Edward was the one.
My eyes were filling up with tears . I needed to get away from here. I thought Edward was different but he wasn't. Everything Jake said was true from just those little words "I'm sorry".
I stood up getting ready to leave, heading towards the door.
"Bella where are you going?"
"I don't know, but not here." I said .
"Bella, wait!" He said while grabbing my wirst.
I looked down at my feet without saying a word.
"You need to know the whole story."
I shook my head.
"I already know it. Everything that happened to Jake in the passed was dealt with you.
"And would you know why." He asked.
I felt really uncomfortable standing here like this. The way he looked at me, pleadingly. I really should give him the chance to explain. Last time I ran out from somebody, I never got the truth till later, till it was to late.
"Bella, you need to know about my family. Espaicially my….twin…"
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
o.O! A brother. Never saw that coming. Wow.
Anyway I want to say sorry for making you wait. I got the flu last week and couldn't do anything. By the time I was better I had to go back to school and they gave me bunch loads of homework. It took hours to finish. 4 test in one day with a project and two essays that dealt with the book we just started reading. It was so much. I didn't think I would make it but I had to say the book we're reading is called Unwind. Its such a good book to me that I actually read further then the class.
Not to mention my cousin had competition. I'm proud of her, getting into overalls! Really Good Job!
Ok, so now that you got your chapter I need something in return. And what could that be…REVIEWS!