After Alice was satisfied that I'd been sufficiently transformed I began the descent down the famous winding staircase in the Cullen Mansion. Jeez, I mean, am I not enough of a klutz that you have to install some ridiculous spiral stepping stone of death nearby? Really, people, really?

I blame it all on the shoes. They were an off-white that supposedly complimented the pale pink of the dress I was wearing. I think the designers must've spent a bit too long on color and not enough on structure. It's so obvious that none of what happened was my fault.

I had seen myself in the mirror and I didn't look half bad. My hair was in dark banana curls flowing down my back and the dress was pretty and made my skin look nice. I straightened up due most likely to confidence, my mortal enemy.

I walked down the stairs slowly listening to the click of the heels on the marble steps.

Click.

Step.

Click.

Step.

Click. CLACK!

Step.

Step.

Step.

Step. BANG!

Somehow the heel of the shoe snapped sending me tumbling down the stairs most ungracefully. I rolled underneath a table just as the door to the mansion opened.

It was Edward and Tanya. They were strolling in arm in arm. She looked, unfortunately, beautiful as always with her strawberry blonde locks of hair piled tastefully on her head, wearing a sleeveless silky green dress. He looked really… great. Not any different. His hair was a sort of tousled bronze, his body lean and tall, and his eyes… were so… green… like emeralds. I was staring in a way that I guess could've been mistaken for adoringly when Edward's head suddenly snapped over in my direction. His eyes found mine. I stayed there for about two seconds before I knew I had to leave. I jumped up, knocking the back of my head on the table and scrambled up. Brilliant.

Tanya looked taken aback, then angry, but her anger was nothing compared to Edward's.

My hand reached up and held the back of my head. Ow, migraine. I looked like a mess, like a huge colossal disastrous mess. My dress was crumpled, one sleeve tucked in, one not. My hair had a windswept look to it and not in a good way.

So I did what I do best.

I ran.

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Figuratively what I do best. Figuratively. Just because I run from everything doesn't mean I'm actually a good runner. Momentary flashback to my falling down the stairs when I was walking.

I tripped over my non-existent heel, but kept running. It was very awkward since one foot was taller than the other. I picked up the edges of my skirts and looked around. I couldn't run forever… I had to hide. I'm pretty good at that too. Hiding.

I hear Edward say to Tanya, "Excuse me a minute I'll be right back." And Tanya going, "Oh, it's alright." Even though by the tone of her voice you can tell it's not. I smiled a little bit to myself and then fell. I whipped my head around and saw Edward coming towards me looking furious. It's kind of funny that he caught up to me so fast when he was walking and I was running.

I hastily crawled into a side room and tried to slam the door but he stuck his foot out. I slowly raised my head and looked at him. Oh, he looked mad.

"Hi," I said.

"What are you doing here?" he asks. He makes each word its own separate thought to try and scare me. Well, it's not going to work.

"I live here," I say even though its not really true, but it's the kind of thing that would tick him off. And you really want to tick him off, I heard Alice's voice in my mind.

"No you don't." He glares at me.

"Well, technically--"

"Technically, you still don't."

"But technically--"

"Bella, just stop. What are you doing here?" Trying to break your engagement to Tanya so she won't ruin your family name? Trying to make you fall madly in love with me the way I am with you?

I pretend to look thoughtful "Coming home?"

He looks horrified for a second. "Wait. You don't mean—You can't possibly mean—You're not staying here are you?"

Another thing I like to do? Pinning the blame on someone else. "Your sister invited me," I told him. He ran his fingers through his hair. It was one of his top five signs that he was exasperated. I experienced all of them multiple times every day when I lived here.

"No, this is just… not happening." I see determination flash in his eyes and I wonder briefly what he's going to do before it becomes really, really obvious.

Edward bends down to my level and says. "You are going back to wherever you've been for the last two years."

"Edward," I say, scooting backwards as he reaches for me. "Edward, think about this!" He grabs me and lifts me up. "Edward don't!" Edward throws me over his shoulder and we leave the room.

I started wriggling around so he'll drop me. "Put me down!"

"No," he says with finality.

Both my shoes slip off my feet and hit the floor with a loud clatter. Tanya comes tottering over on her heels. "Eddie! Eddie what's wrong? What are you doing, Eddie? What's going on?"

Edward tenses and I know it's because he doesn't like being called Eddie. Because I know him better than she'll ever know him.

I begin talking out of spite, but really how can you blame me? Edward can be so irritating sometimes. "Yeah, Eddie what's going on? Eddie? What are you doing? Eddie, I'm a moron I can't figure out what you're doing. Eddie, help me?" I look up to see Tanya's eyes looking bewildered and confused, her mouth in a pout. Hah.

"Bella." Edward says.

"Yes?" I say hopefully.

"Shut up."

"Right," I mumble. It has to be a sign. He must love me because he'd never tell Tanya to shut up. Maybe I'm reading the signs wrong…

We go through a door out onto the lawn, Tanya still following.

"Edward please, I haven't seen you guys in so long!" I beg hanging limply over his shoulder.

"Whose fault is that?" he asks gruffly.

I feel a blaze of anger run through me. "Yours! I didn't want to leave, all right maybe I did but it's your own fault! I would've stayed if you'd just--"

"Just what, Bella?" he says flatly.

"Loved me back!" I scream and start flailing around again. If he thinks he can get me to leave he's wrong. I'm not leaving, not until he realizes…

"I did love you back!" he shouts. "I asked you to marry me didn't I?"

"I did marry you didn't I?!"

"You left!!"

"You took me for granted!"

"I thought you would still be there!!"

My voice raised so I could drown him out. "WELL, I GUESS YOU LEARNED SOMETHING DIDN'T YOU?"

"ABOUT YOU, YEAH!" He yells.

"THIS ISN'T MY FAULT! I WAS SO YOUNG! I DIDN'T GET IT! THIS IS NOT MY FAULT!" I scream wildly as he wrestles with me to keep me still.

"STOP MOVING!!"

"STOP THINKING YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH ME!"

"I NEVER THOUGHT THAT!"

"YES YOU DID!!!" I try to wrench away from him, but it only upsets his balance. He stumbles, still carrying me to the side of the lawn. His knee hits the side of a fountain… and we both topple in.

It's actually not that cold and it's pretty funny. We look at each other and for a second I think he's going to laugh so I smile at him. Whatever he was feeling stops in its tracks as he frowns, pushes me off his lap and climbs out of the fountain to stomp away.

I look around innocently as Emmett and Alice appear. Emmett is laughing hysterically, Alice has her head in her hands.

I try to smile at them, embarrassed. "I think that went well."

A/N: Hi, everyone! (lol more like no one, no reviews yet )

This is my first fanfic so I hope it's okay! Just letting you know that chapter lengths might be inconsistent… I think it will just be as long as what I want to happens does happen then the chapter will be that long. Please review!! It would totally make my day! I would love to know what you guys think! Also… there might be some spelling/grammar issues in here. I don't have a Beta or anything so ya'll just have to ignore those. I'll try to catch as much as I can. Remember, please review!!! Thanks