A/N: Firstly, wow! We passed 100 reviews (117)! Seriously thanks so much for the attention to this story. I finally got around to replying to reviews but if I missed you let me know. Okay, we are coming to the end of this story very soon, maybe 2-3 chapters left.

So we left off with Edward betraying Bella again with Angela (or so she saw).

I didn't cry. I got angry. Everything that reminded me of him, I burned it. Every picture frame was smashed, every picture ripped. Everything went except for E.J., my teddy bear. Edward got it for me for my birthday. It was special and had meaning, it went everywhere with me. We went to different colleges and I had felt alone and had missed him so he gave it to me with these words: "so that you're never alone".

It was like he was with me, it even smelled like him. But I didn't cry, I hugged it to me and fell asleep.

~TMWM~

I was woken by a loud knocking on my front door. I rolled over and tried to ignore it. I wasn't in the mood for any company as the memories from yesterday caught up to me. I pushed away those thoughts and grabbed E.J. trying to fall back to sleep when I noticed it was wet with tears. The knocking got louder and louder. I sighed at the prospect of getting back to sleep, it was not going to happen. I got out of bed, angry at the person who was knocking on my door so early in the morning. Imagine my surprise, shock, and anger at my unexpected visitor. When I finally opened the door, I took one look at Angela and slammed the door in her face. She was D.E.A.D. to me. She had the audacity to even come here. The knocking started again and again but I ignored it.

"Bella, I know I'm the last person you want to see but it's important that I talk to you."

I had nothing to say to her. I knew what I saw and I didn't want to relive it again, especially not at her expense.

"Bella, please," she pleaded.

"Angela, if you know what's best for you, you should leave. I'm losing patience with you," I told her, walking away. It was better for me because as much as I wanted to kill her, she was not worth it. The knocking started up again and I ignored it until I heard another voice.

"Bella, I know you have every right to be angry but I'm begging you to let her have her say," Ben spoke up.

To say I was confused was the least. If he knew what had happened then why was he with her? I opened the door slowly.

"Ben?" I said, ignoring Angela's anxious yet determined face.

"Can we come in?"

"Sure you can but why are you here with her?"

He sighed. "Long story but what's more important is that Angela talks to you. She has a lot to say and apologize for."

I scoffed. "Say what? I saw her and Edward hugging at the café yesterday. So what is she apologizing for? For being a backstabbing whore or for getting caught?"

Her eyes widened and Ben shook his head. "No, Bella, Angela was with me yesterday and we ran into Edward" Ben said.

I knew Ben wouldn't ever lie about something like this but it still didn't explain why I saw them together.

"This is not a conversation we should have outside."

"Come in you have five minutes."

They rushed in quickly. Angela looked awkward and unsure standing here in my house.

"You look like hell, Bella" Ben commented.

That was an understatement. I knew I looked much worse. "I could say the same thing for you," I said, looking at his tired bloodshot eyes.

"Well, this has taken a toll on me."

I was confused as to why he was still with her when she was with Edward, or so I thought since Ben said he was with Angela yesterday too. "Is that so? Then why are you back with her?" I asked, glaring at Angela, waiting for her to finally speak.

"Because I love her," he said simply and took her hand in his, giving it a gentle squeeze.

His answer was so simple yet it said a lot about him. He was enduring all of this because of love and I couldn't fault him because I had been there.

"Clock is ticking," I said to Angela.

Ben's support seemed to have given her some strength and she took a deep breath and began. "I've had a crush on Edward since the first day I met him. At first it was just infatuation and then it became more and I thought we would act on it, especially since he seemed to feel the same way."

This should have been surprising to me and it was in a way. I suspected she had a crush but I never thought it went beyond that, even with the fact that Edward said he had loved her too. That fact still hurt.

"I figured, all of this is nothing new," I said, getting impatient.

"There's more. When you came along, all of that went out the window and I tried to be happy for you, and I was to my capability, but I always felt that you took him away from me in a way," she stopped.

Was she serious? I took him away? When she had no claim! I was her best friend; she was supposed to be happy for me. I would have been if the situation had been reversed, and a part of me thought that if she had told me, I wouldn't have pursued him out of respect.

"So, that's why you slept with my boyfriend? Drunk or not it was wrong, Angela. How could you do that to me? Have I ever treated you wrong?"

I tried to think back where I ever disrespected her or betrayed her but I knew I never did. She was the only friend I could really count on; I felt that we were equals.

"No, and I know there is no excuse but I have to tell why I did it. I was jealous of you, Bella. I wanted what you had, and then I found Ben and he loved me. I loved him too but it wasn't enough. There was always Edward, and he thought he could never compete so he left me and I blamed you for it. Here was another person leaving me because of you. So, that night I called Edward because he was the first person I thought of. I just wanted company, I never thought of hurting you but then he was there and I was half drunk," she paused as tears started to fall.

"It's okay, take your time," Ben comforted her.

I was standing, still processing what she told me. She basically blamed me and was jealous. She was saying she sabotaged my relationship on purpose.

"I thought that if I could show him how I felt, he would leave you. At the same time I knew it wouldn't work but I knew it would still break you apart. I take full responsibility, even though he went willingly. I used his weakness but it didn't work the way I thought, until I told you I was drunk. And when it was over between him and you, I thought I had a chance but I felt guilty so I told the truth to Edward. That day at the library, he came looking for you and I was there. That day, nothing happened at all except for a hug, for a lost friend and lover. He was so distraught, Bella, and I could see he really loved you, and that brought up old jealousy. I could have helped him out but I was selfish and I ran away. Then I talked to Ben and he convinced me that I was wrong and that I needed to apologize and explain. That day at the café was just both of us running into Edward, and me trying to fix things. But he wanted nothing to do with me. He told me he wasn't the one I should apologize to. It was you, Bella. I hurt you more than ever and I know apologizing won't do anything good, but I needed you to know the truth. The truth is that Edward loves you."

Grasping the puzzle pieces and putting them together, I let all the information sink in my brain. The fact that Angela was never my friend, the fact that she would cause me all this trouble, it was shocking. But hearing Angela tell me he loved me was something else. I could have forgiven him for making a mistake and we could have worked on the trust issues before but I couldn't because I had thought he loved Angela. He told me he did. I didn't trust the fact that he might not go back to her but now I knew. I was hurt and angry all at once. I had a reason to doubt him but I felt foolish about it because he told me he wouldn't make that mistake again and he never lied to me. I needed to talk to him. I knew we just couldn't pick up where we left off but he needed to know that I was willing to work on it. I was willing to put a little trust in the fact that he loved me. But first, I needed to deal with Angela. I lunged for her throat.

A/N: So here we are. What did you think of that? I know you all guessed a part right but how is this for a change? Anyway, do me a favor will you? Check out my story The Fall on my profile.

Love you all, thanks for sticking with me through this journey. To those who don't see a HEA for this, do you still think so? If so, it's fine. HEA shouldn't always end with 100% happiness but when they find something none the less.

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