After the car reached the end of the driveway, and was out of sight, I headed up to my room turning up my stereo and lying on my large leather couch. It had been an event morning, that's for sure. I sat there for a moment longer before I decided I could use a shower. I let the water run over me, thinking of my sweet Bella and how I would be able to walk into the school with her everyday with her hand in mine. However my thoughts were interrupted by the loud ring of my phone. I flipped open the cover to see who was calling, Jessica; why would Jessica be calling me?

"Hello?" I asked maybe expecting to hear Lauren's screams on the other end.

"Edward? It's Jessica. Lauren called me this morning and told me what happened, and I was just wondering how much?" How much? What was she talking about?

"How much what?" Deep down I knew that I didn't want to hear this answer but I asked anyway.

"How much is the bet for? I mean this has to be a joke between you and the guys. You know, befriend the new girl and make her fall in love with you and then break her heart. I mean why else would you break up with Lauren Mallory, if it wasn't a joke." A joke? How could anyone think that I could do that to my Bella? Hurt her like that, and for what a few dollars, I don't think so.

"Uh…no bet. Lauren and I really broke up. I am seriously with Bella, and I wish everyone would stay out of my personal life." And with that I flipped the phone shut. I couldn't stand to hear any more of their lies and gossip. I threw the phone on my couch as I went to get dressed, just throwing on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. It wasn't like I could go anywhere, I wished I could but I didn't feel like upsetting Carlisle more by sneaking out. I had just turned on my stereo again when my phone started to ring again, this time I could readily tolerate the caller.

"Hey, what are you up to?" I asked just wanting to hear her sweet voice.

"Just reading my email." Said Bella.

"Oh, anything interesting?" I heard her giggle on the other side of the phone.

"Actually, I got one from my mother who thinks I have gone a-wall. One from Alice, telling me of my new wardrobe that she sneaked in. And one from Mike Newton, asking if I wanted to go to see a movie with him because apparently I am in love with him or so I have heard through "the grape vine"." I was going to kill Newton! He must know that I am with Bella, because Jessica has the biggest mouth in all of Forks, so the whole town must know by now. I decided to play along with Bella, because she didn't have a serious tone but a joking and sarcastic voice.

"And here I thought I had your heart…..oh well. So what movie are you going to see?"

"I don't know yet, either something romantic or something scary so he can hold me." I had to hold back a growl that was building in my throat at the thought of Newton holding my Bella.

"Well you do know that I am the jealous type, so if Newton does lay a hand on you then he will be purchasing one less glove this winter." She laughed at this. God she had a beautiful laugh.

"Hmmm……so you would come and fight for my honor if it was in jeopardy?" She asked in the sweetest voice that was soft and innocent.

"I would kill all who dared, and even the few that gave you some inappropriate stares." I said this with all seriousness in my voice.

"Well I guess that's good for me, but terrible for the rest of the male population on this earth. So what are you up to? How is the warden treating you?" I was kind of taken back at this, Lauren had never bothered to ask what I was doing, and all she cared about was hearing herself talk.

"I'm….bored out of my mind." And it was the truth. I couldn't think of anything fun to do that didn't deal with Bella.

"I'm sorry. If you had just let me talk to your parents maybe I could have told them it was my fault and……." She could be so absurd sometimes.

"Bella, stop. I take full responsibility for what happened, and will take full responsibility to make sure it happens again." She laughed again at least, but suddenly the phone went silent. "Bella? Bella? Are you there still?"

"Oh, I'm sorry Edward but I just remembered that I left diner on the stove. I got to go; I'll talk to you later?" She asked, as if I would ignore her.

"Alright, I'll talk to you later. And Bella….."

"Yeah?"

"Never mind. I'll talk to you later, bye."

"Bye Edward." And the line went dead. God, I was so close to telling her that I think I love her. But how would she take that? Would she think I was crazy? Or would she just laugh in my face? Or what if she said it back? My mind was racing, so I decided to do something that would take all focus off of it.

I found Emmett and Jasper sitting on the couch watching some war movie on TV. I waited till a commercial came on to talk though.

"Hey guys." I said coming in and sitting in the nearby chair. They turned to me looking like I had said something completely insane. "I was wondering if talk with….you guys for a moment. You know…apologize." They continued to stare at me like I had ten heads until Emmett broke the silence.

"So you finally broke out of the evil witch's spell, have you?"

"I guess you could say that." I replied gauging their reactions.

"Thank god! We were wondering when you would come around lil' bro." Said Emmett giving me a high five.

"Yeah, we like Bella a hundred times more." Said Jasper.

"So you guys aren't mad at me?" I expected them to reject me and for me to beg and beg for them to forgive me.

"No we never hated you, just thought you had lost your mind and manhood. But I will tell you that Rose is a whole different story. You will probably have to grovel to have her forgive you." Emmett said with a chuckle in his voice.

"Well, that's all then. Hope you enjoy your movie, I'll talk to you later." I started to back out of the room as Emmett and Jasper started to shush me. "Alright then." I made my way outside to the garage to grovel. I found Rose, putting the last coat of touch up paint on the side of Bella's truck.

"If this is about you seeking forgiveness about the whole you ignoring us thing while you were dating the wick witch, then you are not forgiven." She didn't even look up when she said this.

"Okay, well do you think in time you could ever forgive me if I say just how truly sorry I am about everything." I was not against the idea of begging if it meant my family forgiving me.

"Well, maybe. But the first wrong move you make and you will be groveling for my forgiveness. Is that understood?" Rose said this while pointing a screw driver at me.

"Yes, Rose. And I don't think anything like that is going to happen again." I said this with as much sincerity as I could muster.

"Fine and you can go tell Carlisle and Esme that we can drive the truck back now." I nodded my head and headed back inside in search of Carlisle. I found him in his study reading a large leather bound book.

"Hey dad, Rose said the truck is ready to bring back, so I will be back in an hour or so."

"Oh, no you don't. You are grounded unless you have already forgotten." He said peering over his reading glasses.

"But, I am just returning her truck that was vandalized by my ex-girlfriend. So it is only right for me to return it and apologize." I was trying to twist this in my favor but it wasn't looking good.

"Edward….fine, but be back in one hour. Any later and you can just tack on another week to that sentence." He gave me a look that said, 'don't even think of defying me'.

"You got it dad. Be back later." I shouted back as I ran down the stairs and out the door.

It was a ten minute drive to Bella's, so that left me with 40 minutes to be with Bella. I rang the door bell and waited anxiously for Bella to answer. I heard someone running down the stairs, and then a loud crash at the bottom. I couldn't help but grimace, which was going to leave a mark. A minute later the handle began to jiggle, and on the other side of the threshold was a very surprised Bella.

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