A/N: Reading every review and I will reply some time but for now things are busy. So, the last few chapters should come in succession of each other. P.S: reading some of the reviews, if you don't like the direction the story is going, feel free to stop reading.

I went home that day happy at the prospect of seeing Edward again. I really missed spending time with him and was glad it went smoothly. Friendship at this time wouldn't work but only because it would create more drama, so it was better to take it as it went along. I was worried about it being too soon to reconcile and that I forgave him too easily. I wish I could hate him forever and stop loving him but I couldn't. I wanted to take a step forward and make new memories, if not for us but for me as well. I called James with the update and he seemed happy for me but I could tell he wasn't really sincere. I hoped I was doing the right thing, being his friend despite his feelings.

Edward called the next day and this time, I happily answered the phone. We talked for hours about everything. The good and bad of our past were recollected and we wondered what we could have changed to stop the impending fate we never knew was coming. We reminisced about the start of our friendship. We had known there was something more but we were scared to admit it, until Angela had called us out and I had the courage to ask him out on our first date. I knew at some point we would have to talk about Angela and when she came up, we immediately skipped over it. It wasn't easy because she was a part of our past and present whether we liked it or not. He did bring up a good point that I was thinking about all the time lately.

"Sometimes, I wonder if it would have been the same if we never had met Angela."

I wondered about it daily and I first thought none of this would have happened. But then I thought it could have been any girl he slept with, and that without Angela I never would have met Edward.

"It seems like it should matter but it doesn't because she could be any girl. But she was my best friend and without her, there would be no you."

He sighed. "Yes, Bella, that's true. It could have but I've been thinking that if I hadn't answered the phone, could I have avoided this?"

Could he? Would He? Why was that phone call so important?

"Why did you answer? Any other time you might have ignored it so, why did that call matter?"

"Because of what Ben told me and she was my friend, Bella, who was going through a rough time."

She was my friend also, my best friend at that, so why did I never receive a phone call? It just didn't make sense.

"Yeah, she used to be my best friend, Edward, but she never called me."

"I know and I wonder why constantly. I wonder why Ben left her and the only person who knows the answers is Angela."

That brought up Ben's visit to see Angela and the conversation we had. All he left were unanswered questions.

"Not entirely. Ben can answer it and I wish I would have asked him when he came looking for Angela the other day."

"Strange for him to just pop up."

"Yeah, and he wasn't aware of the situation. I had to tell him and I feel bad that he had to hear it from me."

"Are you sure he didn't know?"

"Yes, I'm sure. I was confused, especially when he asked if it was the only reason we weren't friends anymore."

"The only reason? He makes it seem like that's not enough to end of a friendship."

My passing days were filled with calls and texts from Edward. He came by my job a few times and we went out to lunch. The loneliness started to pass and I felt happy again. I even invited James to lunch with us one time, thinking it would be nice for the two men in my life to meet. They didn't get along at all. James hated Edward for hurting me and he was jealous. Edward thought that James would come between us and that I might catch feelings for him. He ignored my phone calls for days and it caused a heavy sadness to engulf me. I turned to James for comfort and his advice was to forget about Edward, that he didn't deserve me and I was better off without him. I wished it was that easy to let him go. Why should he be mad at me? I was the victim here but I was selfish enough to care.