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EPOV

"Rose, are you done yet?"

"Look Edward if you're going to be that impatient just go home the rest of us rather enjoy taking a break from humans", she growled.

My siblings came out of their hiding places and Jasper was the first to speak.

"Edward, what Rose mean is if you're done then you can go home. " Your mood is affecting everyone", he said in earnest.

"Alice?" I started; she already knew what I was going to ask.

"No, I haven't seen her in hours, she must still be with the dog."

Grrr!

"Alright, I'll see you guys at home." I didn't wait for a response I just started to run home. I'll get there in a little over and hour. I'll change and wait for my Bella.

It's been two years and I still get anxious when I'm away from her, hell when I'm about to see her, when I kiss her, when I look at her…. man I'm a pathetic love- sick mind reading freak.

I finally get home change into a shirt that I know makes Bella drool and head out to her house. I've never been self-conscious before. I've heard Bella mumble something like "Adonis God" in her sleep, but, when I'm about to see her I get all caught up in my angst and change at least four or five times. Luckily Alice usually just picks out my outfit, and, gratefully, she has yet to mention my nerves to Bella, though I'm sure she would only be too pleased.

Losing myself in my thoughts I arrive at Bella's house quicker than I realized. Uggh!!

"I can still smell the mutt", I muttered to myself. I had to remind myself to be nice about Jacob, he is her best friend and I can't take that way from her. He knows I can read his mind and yet he still brings up memories of him and Bella from when they were younger. I probably wouldn't care if it was anyone else, but his memories are always usually smut filled. Not, extensively so, but he's definitely touched more of Bella than I care to know.

I don't think she knows to the extent of how much I know about how they used to experiment with each other. Mostly I'm angry because I'm just a jealous guy, I don't want to know about anyone touching my Bella never the less see their memories. The other reason is just pathetic. I'll never be able to touch her like that; I have to exert so much self-control with her. I would love nothing more than to plunge two or three of my cold fingers into her fire hot wet core. I'd love to be the one that makes her moan and weak. I can't count how many times I've day dreamed about waking her up with my face between her legs, her hands in my hair holding back screams of pleasure so we don't wake up Charlie. Damnit! I'm a vampire! I have the unparalleled strength and unending endurance to make her cum for hours and I have to watch just how passionately I kiss her. I know Bella loves me, I can hear it, I can feel it, and I can smell it, but just knowing that he can give her things that I so desperately want to breaks my cold undead heart.

I would never admit this to Jake though I think he'd have a field day. We've gotten past the whole mortal enemy thing once Bella threatened to leave us both. That was the worst week and half of my existence. Somehow all three of us ended up at our meadow together and I heard Jake's perverse memories for the last time. He had the nerve to look at me right in the eyes and smirk. I growled and then we both lost it. We ran right for each other. He nearly tore my arm full off and I had cracked his sternum with an amazing kick! We were about to bite each other when we finally heard Bella's screams.

(Flashback)

"Stop it, stop it, stop it!" she screamed slamming her hands palms down onto the grass with emphasizing each phrase.

Then she stared crying hysterically. Jacob and I attempted to run to her but she leaned back off of her knees onto her heels and began to back away.

"No, stay away from me!" she managed through tears. So Jake and I stopped our advancing.

"I can't believe the two of you don't love me enough to even just try. I love you guys so much sniff, but it's like you're pulling me in two different directions sniff. I know it's too much to expect you guys to be friends or even like each other, but is it too much for you to recognize how happy the other one makes me?" Then she went back to crying.

Jakes mind went blank for a moment, until he pulled a memory he had of catching Bella and me on her couch one day watching a movie. He thought about the way she smiled and how gentle her hand looked with her fingers laced with mine, and how my face had nothing but love and adoration on it while I played with a strand of her hair.

That memory reminded me why I secretly did like Jake. Despite his foul smelling ass, he was a good friend to Bella, the best and I couldn't have asked for better. Jake and I looked at each other from the corner of our eyes and mumbled "sorry".

Bella calmed down just enough to say.

"As much as I love you two I can't take this feeling anymore. The love of my life and best friend hate each other and it leaves me feeling empty. I'm leaving it up to the two of you to figure out something that works. And, I swear to God if you don't then stay the fuck away from me."

"Bella" I started, but she immediately cut me off.

"Edward, no. Take me home I'm not doing this anymore, you guys can call me when you've figure out whatever the fuck it is that you need to figure out."

(End Flashback)

Despite that speech it took Jake and I five days to figure out how we could "share" Bella. We both missed her like crazy but just couldn't be around each other long enough without growling. Finally we bonded over the only thing we had in common, Bella. Once we shared stories and memories and feelings for her then things became a little easier. We both agreed that she needed protection at all times and we both agreed that only we could do it best. So we may still not enjoy not being the only man in her life, but we now have a mutual understanding, Bella's happiness comes before our own.

So here I am at the edge of the woods just before my Bella's house and I can smell the wolf in there. I step closer but slowly because I'm always curious to know exactly what they talk about when I'm not around, I know so sue me.

"Jake, please. I don't want to. Please can we just lay here? As long as I don't move I'll be fine, it'll pass I promise." Bella's voice sounds shaky and weak. Is she scared or tired?

"Really? Because, you're all sweaty, clammy and you're shaking" Shaking? What the hell! We agreed that nothing would happen to her while I was away, what the hell did he do to her? Fuck, what is he doing to her now?

"Bella, I'm not into forcing you to do things that you don't want to do, but I would feel a lot better and it would give me a piece of mind if you would let me take you. I need to know that you're safe and that you'll be ok".

Take her! Take her where. Not while I'm here. Wait…take her how? Oh I'll be damned. Then I acted on complete impulse and jumped straight from the ground into her window, only to see Jake lying above Bella on her bed in only a pair of childish Scooby Doo boxers. Oh hell no!!!

I started to shake with anger but I knew that I would risk losing Bella if I did what came naturally and just ripped his head off right away. So with a shaky voice I said "She's not going anywhere with you mutt".

I saw Jake stiffen and he immediately closed his eyes so that I wouldn't be able to see Bella through his mind. But he did it just a little too late because I already saw that she was in just her underwear and that shit just wasn't going to fly. I could hear him battle with himself about whether or not he should get up or just stay how he was so that I couldn't see Bella, little did he know that I already saw my girlfriend's mostly naked body underneath him.

"There's nothing to think about Jake, just get off of her now!" I was still shaking; I was trying so hard to control the white blinding rage that was quickly starting to consume me.

Jake rolled off of Bella and I immediately saw that she was flushed and had been crying plus she was shaking life a leaf. I ran to her side and held her hand. I was still angry but my concern for her was taking over.

"Bella honey, what's wrong? Did Jake do this to you?" I asked as I placed my hand on her face hoping that my cool touch would help alleviate her fever.

Bella glanced quickly at Jake then back to me and he immediately began to recite the Quileute alphabet in his head. He wasn't as good at blocking his thoughts as my siblings but it did the trick. I glared at him suddenly knowing that he had hurt my Bella and when I was done making sure that she was alright our agreement was over and he would be dead. Or as dead as I can make him and still keep Bella.

"Edward, don't be angry he didn't do it on purpose", she said in a very small voice trying hard to convince me that that mutt shouldn't be harmed, oh well I beg to differ.

I looked over at Bella so that I could remain calm I had to for her sake. "Tell me beautiful, what happened? What can I do?" knowing full well what I could do, I could kill him where he stands. Give Esme a nice new werewolf skinned rug for Carlisle's office.

Bella looked off like she wasn't sure what she should say or do. But what she said next was not what I expected at all.

"Edward, Jake was just going to take me to see the doctor on the reservation."

"What?" Jake and I both yelled in unison. I looked at him and he took one second too long to straighten out his face. So he wasn't aware of this either? That means she's hiding something from me. I'll be damned if he takes her away from me to let a veterinarian see to her health.

"Nonsense Bella, whatever's wrong with you I'm sure Carlisle is more than experienced enough, and more than happy to help you. Now please beautiful tell me what's wrong." It has to be the flu or something I mean her symptoms parallel that of the flu, but then how is that Jake's fault? Unless he had the flu then some how gave it to her. If I find out that he kissed or did something more to give it to her I'll cut off one of his paws and use it as a keychain.

"Edward, what are you doing home? You weren't supposed to come home until tonight", she questioned trying innocently enough to change the subject.

"I was finished early and couldn't wait to see you. Now love please let me take you to my house and let Carlisle take a look at you" I softly pleaded. Why wouldn't she let Carlisle look at her? She loves Carlisle and she was always so quick to have him fix her before going to the hospital. She had quickly become his favorite patient. I know it would hurt and confuse and concern him greatly if she went somewhere else.

She flung her legs over the opposite side of the bed from where I was kneeling. It was obvious that she was very weak as she attempted to stand on her own. Jake quickly reached over to support her and he let an earlier memory of her throwing up come to mind. He quickly started thinking about his rust bucket of a car before I fired a line of questions.

"What was that Jake? What's making her sick?" I attempted through clenched teeth.

Jake stared into Bella's eyes and from his mind I could see that she was silently pleading with him not to tell me. He was mentally berating himself for not noticing "it" sooner and said, not too convincingly, "I think she's just a little under the weather and she agreed that since you were away I could take her to the res to get checked out".

"Why are you both lying to me?" Then I turned to Bella "Bella, sweetheart, if there is something wrong you know I can take care of you", there is no way she's walking out of this house with him to a hospital that I can't go to with someone that Alice can't see. What if something happens and my family and I can't help? I'm not leaving my Bella's life up to some young pup that still wears cartoon boxers.

She turned to me and sweetly said "I know Edward, but you weren't here and I promised Jake already, I think that we should go now" and with that she picked up a pair of jeans off the floor and a t-shirt that was strewn over here rocking chair. Then Jake proceeded to put on the rest of his clothes. Watching the two of them get dressed brought back the white-hot rage. I don't know what they were doing before I got here, but I definitely don't like that they had to redress. I pinched the bridge of my nose as Bella walked up to me and pulled my hand from my face. The heat from her fever was radiating off of her.

"Edward, I'll be fine. Just let Jake take me and I promise he'll call you with updates ok. Then when I get released you can pick me up at the border. "

"Bella, no. I want to take you to Carlisle. I'm not letting you go to a hospital that I can't go to with people that Alice can't see. What if something happens? I couldn't live with myself or with Jake if I can't be there and everything that can be done. Please, come home with me"

"Jake and I are leaving now", she said firmly as she started to walk around me and out of her room. I kneeled down and wrapped my arms around her hips placing my head on her stomach, she flinched and if I could have I would have cried right then and there. My Bella was sick and she was leaving. She was adamantly refusing to let me help her why was she doing this? Didn't she know how much I needed her? Didn't she know that my biggest fear in this life was to lose her to some silent deadly disease? Yet, she was about to walk away from me without letting the man who would kill for her, die for her take care of her.

"Please Bella". I pleaded. At this point I didn't care if Jake was there I didn't care who saw me or hear me I had to get her to listen, if she was sick I was going to be there for her I had to, I just had to. "Don't leave me, let me help you. I love you so much, please don't walk away from me".

Bella ran her fingers through my hair leaned over and whispered to me. "My heart is here with you so I have to come back. But please Edward, let me go I have to do this and Jake will make sure that I'm taken care of".

I reluctantly stood up and glared at Jake who tried very hard to keep his mind completely blank. What the fuck is he hiding? "Fine fang, but she better come back in the same 100% condition that I left her in two days ago or I will not hesitate to skin you".

"I agree" was all he could say yet I knew there was so much more going on than they were revealing. I would just have to find out when she came back, right now she needed medical attention and even though the dog doctor was going to be the one looking after her I would tell Carlisle so he could double check her files and do a once over when I got her to my house.

I took Bella's cold sweaty shaky hand and brought her downstairs and outside to Jake's death trap of a car. Man I wish he would upgrade, between him and Bella I had my hands full. Jake was now reciting a poem of some sort in Quileute and hopped in the driver seat and I placed Bella in the passenger side. I leaned over and kissed her passionately, can't let Rover forget who she really belongs to whispered my lover to her, knowing full well he could hear me and stepped back to let him take her away from me.

They pulled out of her driveway and down the road in the direction of La Push. Once I couldn't hear his car anymore I ran home. I had to get Carlisle to go over all of her files. If she just had a cold or the flu she wouldn't have reacted that way, she would have let me do what I do best and take care of her. Something was up and I was going to figure it out if I had to kill Jake to do it.