Chapter 19

Party at the Cullen's

When we went inside the house, I frowned.

"I thought there is a party. Where is everyone?" I told Rose as I reached for the switch.

"CONGRATULATIONS!" Everyone from the school shouted and surprised me.

"A toast for our new Victoria's Secret Angel Bella and for being together with my son again, Congratulations" Esme raise her glass of wine like everyone did.

Then a party song started and students dancing. I went to where Esme is standing and Edward followed me. She quickly hugged me.

"OMG! I'm so happy you didn't leave Edward, I really like you as his girlfriend" Esme said.

I blushed at that. "Thank you"

"Welcome back" Carlisle said.

"Bwella! Bwella!" I heard Luce as she ran from the stairs to hug my legs. I knelt down to hug her back.

"I miss you so much! How are you?" I asked her.

"Good!" She said, clapping her hands and giving me her smile with dimples.

Then she hugged Edward too.

"O-M-G! Is that Luce? Edward's little sister? She's so cute!" A student said.

"Looks like you already got fans" I whispered to Luce and she giggled.

I stood up and laughed too.

"Edward, me and your mom are going to attend a wedding. You sure you and Rose can handle the house" Carlisle said.

"Absolutely!" Edward replied.

"Of course!" Rose said and we all laughed.

"They all know that only this floor is open for visitors. Second floor to the rooftop is off limits" Esme told Rose and Edward then she faced me. "Hope you'll have a good time. Enjoy your party" She patted my cheeks then kissed Luce goodbye on cheeks.

"Sleep early" She told Luce who nodded.

After Esme and Carlisle are gone, I carried Luce to the elevator. Edward followed us. He put his arm on my waist and I looked at him questioningly. He just pretended like I didn't look up to him. The elevator door opened and Luce yawned.

"Can she sleep with all this noise?" I asked Edward.

Luce is playing with my hair and I smiled at her.

"Every room here have sound proof. The noise inside can't be heard on the other" He mumbled as we enter Luce's room.

"Wow" I exhaled.

He was right. It was a sound proof. But that's not the reason why I said wow. Her room rocks!

Her wall is pink and the floor is white. The design looks like a princess room. It was very pretty.

Since Luce is wearing pajamas, I went straight to her bed and put her down. I covered her body with the sheet since it was pretty cold.

I sat beside her and I felt Edward did too.

"Goodnight" I smiled at her and kissed her forehead,

"Goodnight. Sweet dreams" Edward said.

"Eddie? Will Bwella be my sister?" She asked with a very cute voice she had.

"Huh?" Edward asked.

"If you love her, you'll marry her and live happily ever after. And when that happens, she'll be my sister. Like fairytales"

I am speechless for a moment but good thing; I got a chance to think again.

"Fairytales are not true Luce" I said, saving Edward from answering Luce's question.

"But are you going to become my sister too? I like you to be my sister Bwella" She said and I involuntarily looked at Edward who is staring at Luce.

"I can't promise you" I said. I wanted to tell her a complete NO since that would never happen but I don't want her to be disappointed and she won't understand why.

"I will be very said if not" She said.

"Luce" Edward said, sounding like telling a child that what she said is wrong.

"You know I wanted you to be my little sister too" I said, attempting to change the topic.

And it worked. She got distracted.

"Really?" She smiled.

"Yeah! Now, it is a little bit late. Go sleep little princess" I hugged her and watch as her eyelids closed.

I stood up and Edward did too. Outside Luce's room, I faced Edward. I don't know why but I just stared at his face as he waits for me to speak.

"Sorry about that" He muttered.

"About what?" I asked. Totally clueless on what he was saying.

"About Luce…"

"Don't worry. She's just a child. It's normal for her to ask those things" I replied.

And we became silent again. It suddenly felt awkward standing here, facing him and we're not talking.

"Downstairs?" He suddenly asked.

"Party" I groaned but walked to the elevator anyway.

At the party downstairs, I saw Rose looking very angry. I quickly went to her, worried.

"What's wrong?" I asked her.

"Who invited Tanya? Did you Bella? Did you Edward?" She said while Emmett is trying to calm Rose.

"Not me" Edward and I both answered.

"Tanya just shows up looking for you two" Em explained.

"Us? Where is she?" I asked.

"I don't know and I don't care" Rose said.

I looked at Edward because he is so quiet.

"I think you should look for her" I told Edward and they all looked at me like I'm crazy.

"Are you insane Bella? Why would you ask your boyfriend to find his ex-girlfriend?"Alice said.

"She's looking for us, maybe she wants talk" I said.

"Don't even try talking to that bitch" Alice warned me.

"Al!" I protested.

"Enjoy the part and don't worry about Tanya. If she needs talk, she'll show up" Jasper advised.

"He's right!" Em said and gave Jazz a high five.

"They're right Bella" Edward said and I got surprised. He took my hand and started walking away, dragging me into some room upstairs.

There was a couch inside, a TV and bookshelves. He sat at the couch as I went to the bookshelves. Some of my favorites are in here too…

"Whose books are these?" I asked him, without looking at him.

"Mine" Edward said and I looked at him, surprised again.

I walked towards him and sat beside him.

"She can't find us here…" I said, looking straight away from his eyes.

"I don't care" I heard him say.

"Huh? Tanya wants talk. Who knows she'll tell you she wants you back tonight" I told him.

"Bella, this is your night. Not mine, not Tanya's. So if you understand what I said, we should enjoy the party" He told me.

He's so weird tonight.

"Okay fine" I muttered then stood up. He smiled and we went downstairs to party.

It was maybe past one in the morning when Edward stood up. Due to the loudness of the music, he leaned into me and spoke at my ear.

"I'll just go get my iPad upstairs in my room, wanna come?" He said.

"Huh? No, I'm okay here" I told him.

"Alright" He said and I went back to eating chips while Rose and Alice kept on chatting.

"Hey Bella!" I heard someone shouted. I looked up to see Jacob.

"Jake? Hi" I stood up and he surprised me by hugging me.

"Sorry I'm late" He mumbled.

"I'd prefer you not to come" Edward said. Shit. He was still here and I forgot it. Damn.

Jacob, on the other hand, just laughed.

"Edward, I thought you were already gone" I muttered.

"Well I'm still here princess" He told me before facing Jacob. "Seriously dude, you're my friend, but you should stay away from my girl. You know I'm here and you got the guts to hug her? Wow" He spoke. I looked up to him and he was dead serious.

'My girl' I would so put that in my diary.

Hearing those words from Edward flattered me but deep inside me, I know he was just acting.

"Jealous boyfriend alert!" Jacob joked.

"Edward, he was just a friend. You know that" I told him.

Did he completely forget that flirting is okay without rules? Oh wait. I'm not flirting with anyone. So why is he act like this?

"So you mean I can hug every girl in this room bella? Just tell me, I will" He asked me.

"He is right Bells" Rose said.

"Don't do couple's stuffs with others" Alice told me.

"Jake, find another girl" Jasper advised.

"And leave Bella alone" Emmett muttered.

"Whoah whoah, chillax guys. No need to fight. I was just joking around Edward because he looks cute when he's damn jealous" Jake explained. "Sorry dude" He told Edward.

"You're crazy" Edward said then he laughed and we all did too.

"But I mean what I meant" Edward said.

"Oohh" Emmett said, teasing Jacob.

"And you can't hug any other girl" I told Edward totally having fun with this conversation.

"You do the same" He told me as he leaned down, surprising with a quick kiss.

"GET A ROOM!" Emmett said and I blushed involuntarily.

"Shut up!" Edward joked. "Al, Rose…keep an eye on these two please" Edward said, pointing me and Jacob. They all laughed. I watched him as we walked to the elevator and went back to eating chips.

Jake was about to sit beside me when Alice and Rosalie beat him. Al sat at my left and Rose at my right.

EPOV

I smiled as I remember Jacob's face when I pretended to be jealous. He looks scared.

I'm not jealous. What he did is just plainly stupid. I mean he knows Bella got a boyfriend. Why would he do that in front of me? He intentionally did it. He said it was just to make me jealous…why would he wants me jealous?

The elevator door opened and I walked to my room. When I opened the lights, I gasped.

"Tanya?" She was sitting in my bed, crying.

"Can we talk?"

"Why are you in my room?" I asked her.

BPOV

"I'm gonna go upstairs, it's been 5 minutes. Getting his iPad won't take 5 minutes" I said.

"Oh come on Bells, Edward is not a kid. Don't worry too much" Jake said.

I ignored him and used the stairs.

I saw a couple making out, I frowned.

"Second floor is off limits" I told them.

"OMG! I'm sorry" The girl said as they ran downstairs.

"Hilarious" I mumbled as I walked to the hallway.

I saw Edward's room door slightly bit opened. Maybe he fell asleep. I was just about to went inside when I heard someone's voice.

Tanya.

"Did you ever love me?" She is crying…by the sound of her voice.

"Why don't you ask yourself Tanya? Did you ever love me?" I heard Edward replied.

"I did! You were the one who replaced me with that Bella"

"I didn't replaced you. You broke up with me before me and Bella became together" Edward said.

"Don't you know that you being with someone else hurts me? Huh?" Tanya complained.

"That's not my fault anymore. Can you remember the night you called me and told me you don't want me anymore? It was our monthsary that night. You told me our relationship is not working! You didn't even explained to me what did I do! You didn't even give me a chance to prove that I can change for you!" The sound of Edward's voice means he's really hurt. Why did Tanya have to do that?

I wanted to go inside and stop them but this is their conversation we were waiting for. To know what is Tanya's real feeling for Edward. I don't want to ruin it…

"I can remember everything and I'm wrong! Edward…I want you back" Tanya said.

Her words broke my heart. Hearing Tanya say that she wants Edward back…

It hurts so much knowing that I can't fight for Edward unlike Tanya…she always has all the things she wants including the only guy I love. Why am I crying anyway? I knew all about this since day one.

If I could just teach my heart to love someone else…

"I'm already taken and I love Bella. She made me feel that I'm not her toy" Edward said.

Even though all those words are just for acting…it made my heart smile.

"I didn't treat you as my toy! I never did!" Tanya contradicted.

"You did! Don't lie! I saw you flirt with someone else but I let it go. I was never your permanent boyfriend. One day you love me, one day you hate me. What am I really to you?" Edward shouted back.

A moment of silence came next. I can hear Tanya crying…even me. I shouldn't cry. I still have months or maybe weeks to enjoy being with Edward before I gave him to Tanya. I wish I was Tanya…I really wish.

"Ed…I can't live without you" Tanya said.

"You should have realized that before you left me"

"Give me another chance Edward, please"

"Tanya, what do you want me to do? Break up with Bella to be with you?"

"THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO!" Tanya said.

Don't worry Tanya; you'll have him in any minute.

"Are you insane? I can't hurt Bella" Edward said.

"But you love me" Tanya told him. Yes Tanya! He loves you so much!

"Feelings change" Edward said. I wish that can be true. So I can't love you anymore.

"Leave Bella for me! Edward!"

"That won't happen" Edward replied. I wish I can seal those words so you can't do that to me.

"What I want is what I get! You know that. You'll eat your words. I love you and I can't let you be with Bella. You'll be mine again" She said.

Everything Tanya said is the truth. Edward will be hers again. I heard her stood up and I quickly run to the stairs. I know they'll use the elevator…

I was crying so hard, realizing the truth again. I can't face my friends looking like this…they'll kill me!

It took me minutes to calm down.

"You're so stupid to cry" I told myself and wiped the tears.

I took a deep breath and stood up.

"Is this because of Edward?" I heard Jacob. He was at the foot of the stairs…

"What? Are you…are you here earlier?" I asked him.

"You were crying. Answer my question, is this because of Edward?"

I didn't answer him. I don't have to explain my side for him. I'm just so tired…

Then I saw him leave…I quickly followed him. The elevator door opened and I saw Edward.

Jacob quickly went into Edward and punched him in the face. Everyone shouted and the music stopped.

"What the hell?" Edward said, wiping the blood from his lip. Edward punched Jacob too and Jake fell down on the floor. He was about to take revenge to Edward when Emmett stopped him. I ran to Edward's side and touched his face.

"Are you okay?" I asked him and he nodded.

"I'm so sorry" I told him and he looked at me, questioningly.

"What are you talking about?" He asked me.

"WHY DID YOU HURT BELLA HUH?" Jacob shouted. WHAT THE HECK JACOB?

"Hurt? I didn't do anything!" Edward said.

"Stop it Jake" I told him because everyone is watching us.

"No Bella, he should know! HE KEEPS ON HURTING YOU! WHY EDWARD? FOR YOUR FUCKING Tanya?" Jacob shouted.

"What are you saying? I didn't hurt Bella!" Edward defended himself.

"Then why did she cry?" Jacob asked.

Edward looked at me, touched my cheek for me to look up. I put his hands away.

My head seems to burst out. Why does Jacob doing this?

"CUT IT OUT JAKE! NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT EDWARD!" I shouted and they all looked at me. Good thing, I'm not crying anymore.

"What do you mean Bella? Why are you crying if it was not him?"

"Edward did not hurt me. Jake…just go…I don't want you two to fight" I ignored Jacob's question.

"Bells"

"Jake just go. Please…I mean it, it's not about Edward" I said.

He put Emmett's hand away and walked out. Every student here is quiet.

"Why did you cry?" Edward asked. Rose and Alice looks worried.

"None of your business" I told him and walked to the kitchen, he followed. It was pretty quiet here. The music started again…

"Tell me" He commanded.

"I remembered my parents. I cried involuntarily at the stairs and Jake saw me…he assumed it was because of you. I'm sorry about that" I told him, my back facing him as I searched for a wine.

When I saw a wine, I opened the cork and Edward held it before I can drink.

"You don't drink" He said.

"I do now" I told him and took it from him. I drank but Edward stopped me again.

"Bella, stop it" He warned me but I ignored him, taking it from him again.

He didn't take it back because he knows I'll be mad. I sat at the counter as he tried to convince me to stop. When I finished the bottle, I took another one.

EPOV

"Bella, this is bad for you. Come on, two bottles are enough" I told her as she tried to move away from me. She's drunk already. I know her low tolerance in alcohol.

"You're no fun Edward! Why don't you drink too?" She offered me a bottle but I took it away.

"Bella" I told her and she continued drinking. I snatch the bottle from her and throw it at the trash can.

She looked at me then cried. Shit, she is really drunk.

"Why did you do that? I'm having fun!" Bella said. I took both her hands and looked at her.

"If your parents are watching us right now, they'll be disappointed by what you're doing" I told her.

"They're gone now…they won't know. I want another bottle" She whispered.

"No you don't. Come on" I put her down from the counter and she leaned on me. I carried her on a bridal look since she can't walk straight and walked to the elevator.

She is smiling at me. I laughed at her.

"You're funny when you're drunk" I told her.

"I'm not a clown" She said.

I walked in the hallway and she put her arms around my neck. I stopped and stared at her. She stared back.

"You look cute" She said, smiling.

"You really are drunk" I said then laughed.

I noticed tears falling from her eyes.

"Bella! Are you hurt?" I got alarmed by the sudden change of her mood.

She nodded.

"Where? Where are you hurt?" I asked her and she touched her heart.

"My heart hurts" She told me.

"Do you heart problems?" I asked her again.

"Yeah…loving someone hurts" She said. "That's the problem"

"I did not know you love someone" I told her. She never mentioned any name.

"I'm good in hiding" She joked.

"Do I know him?"

"Probably not" She muttered as we entered my room. I put her in my bed and she pouted.

"Are you gonna sleep beside me again?" She asked as she took the sheet.

"I'll just sleep at the guest room" I told her and stood up but she held my hand.

"Just stay here…I'm afraid" She said.

"If you want to…" I told her and lay beside her.

These moments are things I would cherish in my whole life. To be honest, I didn't told Tanya I wanted her back too because I still wants time with Bella. It's just because being with her makes me feel like I don't have any problems. I still wanted to have fun with her.

Because surely, I will miss her. She's a great friend.

Something intrigued me. She loves someone I did not know. She never mentioned it to me. I wonder who he is…

He must be very lucky to have Bella.

I closed my eyes and slept since it was too late.

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