(Edward's POV)

It was too late. I felt like I'd been hit by a ton of bricks.

All my friends and former family were frozen in shock, the room dead silent.

The silence was broken by...

"Holy fuck!" I could see the blur that was Max running circles around the room.

Everyone broke into total chaos, like ants running from the rain. I didn't know exactly what to do...

But that was when I saw her, Jasper's hand resting lightly on her shoulder.

(Bella's POV)

His eyes were black, with flecks of visible topaz, at least he'd been hunting. But they were no longer the vibrant butterscotch they were before all this happened.

What the hell was he doing here? He seemed in pain somehow. And it all had to do with me, I was sure of that.

(Jasper's POV)

My hands twitched as Edward made a move closer to Bella. He was moving slowly through the crowd, who stepped out of the way without a second thought.

"Bella. Get behind me. I don't know what he's up to," I said this fast, urgently.

She was frozen, in shock. But not scared.

I stepped in front of her as Edward shortened the distance to just a few yards away from my Bella.

"Can I talk to Bella?" He asked cautiously.

"No, you can't talk to Bella. Not after what you did to her." My hands balled into fists at the mere thought of what would have happened if Alice didn't have that vision.

With the way his face twisted in pain, you would've thought I'd just hit him with a cheap blow below the belt.

"No Jasper." Bella moved from behind me and turned her back to Edward to talk to me face to face. "I need to know what he's going to say. I can't live my life questioning it for the rest of eternity."

It broke my dead, un-beating heart to see her like this. She wasn't the smiling, happy person she was three minutes ago. Now she was grim. "Bella, I don't want him anywhere near you where he could hurt you again."

"Well it's important that I hear what he has to say."

"Bells, I can't let you talk to him alone."

By this time, our whole family had gathered around us.

"Well, then Max will come to make sure nothing happens. Is that okay with you Max?" She asked.

"Ummmm... yeah, I guess." He was nervous, and who could really blame him. But I knew he would take care of my angel, even if he got hurt in the process.

(Bella's POV)

Jasper looked concerned. I touched his cheek gently and looked him in the eye. "Jazzy, It'll be okay. I won't let him do anything to me. Max will be there. He won't let anything happen to me." It was probably a better idea to bring Emmett with me, but with his temper, I wasn't sure what he would do to Edward. I didn't want any fighting.

He looked wary. "I don't know, Bells..."

"Please Jasper." I was looking at him pleadingly.

He sighed. "Alright. I'll give him five minutes, and Max has to stay with you the whole time." He looked over my shoulder at Edward. "You hear that Edward? Five minutes. That's it."

Jasper said Edward's name as if it poisoned his mouth on the way out.

I kissed him on the cheek before grabbing my brother's arm and telling Jasper, "I'll see you in five minutes."

We followed Edward up to the hotel suite, out of earshot from anyone else.

"You. Stay out here," Edward ordered to Max.

"But-" my brother tried to argue.

Edward let out a low warning growl and Max cowered against the wall.

I put a hand on his arm. "Max. I'll be fine. Just stay out here."

"But Bella..."

I hugged him. "I'll be okay, Max."

He sighed. "Okay. It's your fault if Jasper kicks my ass."

I let out a small laugh before following Edward into the suite.

He locked the door behind us as I made my way over to the small couch.

He sat next to me seconds later.

"Well?" I questioned.

He sighed and made a move to grab my hand but I jerked it away. I crossed my arms over my chest tightly and tensed up. I just wanted to hear what he had to say, nothing else. I was starting to regret not insisting that Max come into the suite with us.

"Edward. Just say what you have to say."

"I still love you..." he admitted. It sounded more like a question.

I snorted. "What else is new." Okay, so that was a little harsh.

Edward's face fell.

I sighed. "Edward, I'm sorry. I just... don't love you anymore. You were my world at one point but now..."

"I understand. But... why Jasper?" His expression was pained.

"He was there for me when I needed someone the most. And he's never left my side since. I don't know what I'd do without him."

He closed his eyes and grimaced. "That's what I was afraid you would say."

"What are you-"

He cut me off. "Bella, the truth is..." he trailed off and looked around the room. "I can't tell you here."

And before I could protest, he'd picked me up and jumped through the window before racing to his car and throwing me in the front seat.

"Edward! What are you-"

"Just wait," he said as he sped out of the parking lot. I knew it was only a matter of time before Alice had a vision.

Once we were a safe distance from the highway, cruising down the highway at a constant speed of 110 miles per hour, Edward finally turned to look at me. "Bella. The truth is that I think I'm in love with Jasper."

His statement caught me off guard. "Wait. What!?"

"I know it's difficult to understand considering how I... acted around you."

Big understatement. "You tried to fucking rape me," I shot back with a glare.

He sighed. "Yes. I know. And I'm sorry. And honestly, I was and still am in love with you, in a way..."

He wasn't making any sense.

"Let me explain it better."

"That would be helpful."

"See, it started with an obsession towards you."

I nodded slowly, still trying to figure out where he was going with this. Now I was really regretting telling Max to stay outside.

Edward continued. "But... somehow in that period of time I started thinking about Jasper like... that. I didn't want to admit it to myself though that I might be gay, which drove me to become even more obsessed with you, trying to convince myself I was normal... It was what drove me over the edge."

It all made sense now, kind of. Ok, not really. But since when was anything in my life normal.

I didn't have any time to ask anymore questions though as we were cut off by a streak of yellow and Edward slammed on the breaks, stopping no more than a centimeter in front of Alice's Porsche.

Jasper was already out of the car and running to my side of the Volvo.

In a matter of seconds I was out of the car and being hugged by Jasper so tightly that if I were still human, I would've been crushed.

"Oh my God! I thought he would do something to you again," my husband said as he covered my face with kisses.

I was still in shock and the next thing I knew, I was behind Jasper while he growled at Edward.

Alice and the rest of the family joined us soon afterwards, Emmett and Rosalie poised to pounce on Edward if needed.

Max immediately hugged me and started rambling a mile a minute, "Oh my god! I'm so sorry Bella! I should've gone in the room with you! I should've-"

"Max. It's okay. I told you to stay out there. I'm not blaming you. It wasn't your fault," I said gently.

I addressed my husband now, "Jasper. Stop growling. Edward didn't mean any harm." He obeyed but looked at me questionably. "We need to have a family meeting. Edward has something he needs to say."

A/N: First, DON'T SHOOT ME!! lol. Well, here it is: Chapter 12. A lot of people voted on the poll and most of you were okay with Edward being gay. Cuz honestly, I didn't see this making sense any other way. And it's not perfect, but I was like, "whatever. It's long enough to be considered a chapter. I'ma post it now so I can just forget it and move on!" Sorry for the long wait!! I promise the next update will be MUCH sooner! Oh, and Sam helped me write most of the beginning of the chapter, which is where we ran into the writer's block... but it's gone now! yay! So, thanks Sam!

Disclaimer: We've been over this. Me is not Stephanie Meyer. And the only character I own is Max!