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Sorry for the ever-so late update, life's been frantic as I've been making the costumes for the school musical.

I'd like to dedicate this chapter to the lovely Secret Agent Smelly Socks :) Thank you for helping me start this nightmare-worthy chapter. I lovelovelove you.

Oh an last chapter was meant to have been Bella POV, sorry for the mistake :|

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Forever and Always – Taylor Swift

And you flash back to when he said forever and always


And it rains in your bedroom everything is wrong


It rains when you're here and it rains when you're gone

Cause I was there when you said forever and always



Was I out of line did I say something way too honest

That made you run and hide like a scared little boy I looked into your eyes; thought I knew you for a minute now I'm not so sure


So here's to everything coming down to nothing

Here's to silence that cuts me to the core

Where is this going, thought I knew for a minute

But I don't anymore

BELLA POV

I woke up suddenly, wanting to slap myself continually across the head. I left my stupid purse at the coffee house… I got up from my warm bed and checked around; making sure it wasn't just a dream. To my luck, it wasn't there.

I quickly shrugged on the first clothes I could find and the spare key for the coffee house that I had for when I needed to lock up.

I caught the bus, luckily not having to wait long as it was a frequent bus route. I sat on the bus and for one of the first times I wasn't sitting next to anyone. I hugged the scarf I wore tightly and pressed the button for my stop.

I fell off the bus, dizzy from being deprived of sleep and walked up to the door. The lights were still on which was strange but I figured Rosalie had just forgotten to turn them off. The door was still unlocked as well which was even stranger. I walked in and I heard lots of shouting from the corner of the room. I looked over to see Edward sitting on a chair, the focus of the shouting. The shouters around him all looked familiar.

Rosalie, the doctor who worked on my burnt hand-- Emmett or something…, Jasper and short girl who was hard not to not recognize. It was my first ever girl best friend, Alice.

They all turned around and gawked at me. I felt my cheeks flame as the focus wasn't on Edward anymore, it was the unwelcome visitor, who was to my dismay, me.

"Bella!" Alice screamed so loud I had to check the windows weren't smashed.

"Alice!" I returned. She was already standing in front of me and pulling me into giant, tight hug. I felt my eyes start to water as I remembered how much I had missed her.

As she pulled out of the hug I saw tears spiking her eyes as well. There was a cough from the rest of the group and I looked up to see everybody looking confused and impatient, though Edward looked momentarily relieved to have the attention diverted.

"Bella," Rosalie said soothingly as she walked over to me. "We know Edward hurt you and we'll help you get even…"

"Rose, you don't even know what happened! Why are you still jumping to the conclusion I hurt her? Can't I just explain?" Edward shouted, obviously frustrated.

"Zip it Edward!" She said in a seething tone.

"But--"

"No! Nada! Shut up! People like you shouldn't be allowed to talk…" She spat.

Edward hung his head in defeat, knowing he wasn't going to get a word in. I thought it was a bit unfair as he hadn't physically hurt me, but my lips weren't moving to defend him. I started moving slowly backwards, wanting to get out of here, my purse wasn't that important…

Alice saw me trying to leave and caught my wrist.

"You can't leave Bella! I haven't had a chance to say hello silly!" She laughed I took a deep breath and pulled out a chair as I knew it would be a long night…

"I have it! I know how we can get even!" The doctor's assistant shouted and jumped up and down madly and starting waving his hand around in the air as if he were in class.

"Yes?" Jasper asked. The first time he had spoken since I had arrived.

"Group huddle!" He shouted.

They all started to group up into a tight huddle but when Edward and I started to walk towards them, we both got told off and told not to talk or listen to them. I rolled my eyes and walked back to my seat.

They all whispered into the circle and there was the occasional squeal, 'ohh' and 'ahh'. They separated into twos and looked at me and Edward mischievously. Emmett and Jasper walked behind the chair Edward was sitting on.

"What are you going to do?" Edward sounded worried, and I would be too as their sly smiles licked across their faces.

Emmett and Jasper suddenly wrapped their arms around Edward's torso and arms, securing him to his seat, Edward fought against their restraint but were unsuccessful.

"Now, Bella. Please stand here…" Rosalie smiled, telling not asking. She started to push me forward. I stood less than a meter in front of Edward and as soon as I made eye contact with him I looked down at my feet.

"Bella, you can have one free punch. Use it wisely..."Emmett laughed menacingly with an evil grin.

"I'm not going to punch him…" I said in shock. I had never wanted to hit Edward, not even when he left without a goodbye and not even when he sat in front of me, ready for a punch, there was still no want in side of me to cause him pain.

"Bella, don't be a weakling. Hit the crap out of him!" Rosalie yelled.

"Yeah, he deserves it after how he hurt you!" Jasper nodded.

"It's the only time you'll get revenge, and he may not learn if you let him get away with it!" Alice shouted.

"Hit him!"

"He's like a dog; you need to flick his nose, to teach him!" Alice yelled.

"Hit him!"

"Go on!"

"Just hit him!"

"You know you want to…"

Everyone was talking at once and my mind was rushing, my head was started to feel dizzy as everyone started to yell different reasons why I should hit him.

"Just do it!"

"Beat the hell out of him!"

"Hit the damn guy!"

"He'll never learn!"

Adrenaline kicked in and without realizing it, I slapped Edward so hard my hand was ringing madly. He yelled out in pain and a red hand mark was starting to form on his cheek. I turned around quickly and sat down on my chair and held my head in my hands. I couldn't quite believe I had just hit him, talk about peer pressure… He hadn't even done anything to me, it was my fault yesterday for running, because I was so shocked and scared, I wasn't ready to see him again though I had always believed I had. It was reflex actions; he had hurt me before so much that it only felt natural for me to run from that pain. I wasn't one to be knocked down and set myself up to be knocked down again, I wasn't that strong. I was scared of how vulnerable I was when it came to him.

I could hear muffled cheers and applauds, as my hands were covering my ears. I looked up and over to where they were all standing and where Edward sat, still pinned to the chair. He was only held back by the Emmett guy though. Jasper was standing in front of him and kept slapping him across the face and then laughing, slapping him again and so on. I felt so guilty… I had hurt him when he hadn't needed to be and I had now made a fool of him in front of his friends.

I stood up and walked over to Edward. He looked up at me and winced. I leant in closer to him and gave him a kiss on his soft cheek. My lips tingled from the touch of his cheek. As I pulled my face away from the side of his, he looked dumbfounded at my gesture. As I turned around, everyone had frozen at the scene in front of them. I tried to walk away but Rosalie shouted "Chair" to Alice.

Alice scurried to get a chair and put it next to Edward's. It seemed I was going to be the other victim of questioning now.

"Isabella Swan, Edward Cullen…" She said in a stern voice as she paced back and fourth in front of us.

"Cullen? I thought your last name was Masen…" I asked, confused.

"I changed it once I was adopted." He muttered.

"Wait, how did you know his real last name Bella?" Jasper asked. Everyone besides Alice was confused.

"Edward, Bella and I were all friends at the adoption centre." Alice filled them in. "Well, Bella and Edward-"

"Alice!" Edward hissed, cutting Alice off.

"No, tell us!" Rosalie pushed.

Emmett let go of Edward and walked in front of us, the four of them stood in front of us as if a police questioning.

"Edward and Bella were like soul mates! They spent every waking hour together, never parting! It was so cute, apart from when Edward got angry and jealous when I wanted girl time with Bella…" Alice mused.

"I wasn't jealous…" Edward mumbled angrily.

"We weren't soul mates… I just believed Edward when he said 'I love you' because I was a naïve little ten year old…"

"Do you seriously think I was lying?!"

"Well isn't that sort of obvious Edward? Besides, we were kids; we didn't know what love was!"

"I did!"

"You think you did…"

"How would you know?" He spat.

"Because you didn't even say a measly goodbye!" I shouted and glared at him, the boy who had caused so much pain because he couldn't give me just a few minutes of his time to say a simple goodbye.

Edward's eyes widened and his mouth opened but nothing came out. As the room fell silent I realized that my breathing had been quick and heavy, I could feel my heart pulsing in my hand and my ears felt hot, my eyes started to flicker as tears grew. I had always hoped that my allotment of tears for that chapter in my life would be close to an end and I had almost believed that it had, until he returned and resurfaced every emotion and every tear.

"You both need counseling… You're worse than a married couple…" Emmett said in disbelief.

"You're wrecking the moment Emmett!" Alice screamed.

"I need to go…" Edward said quietly as he jumped up from his seat. It was his turn to run away now. But I didn't want him to, I wanted him to sit with me and talk more about everything. I wanted a reason for why he hadn't said goodbye, he kept saying he had loved me so why such a rational departing?

I stood up and reached out my arm to grab his shoulder but faltered and retracted my arm.

He walked briskly out of the room, shaking his head the whole way. I felt my lips tremble and I sat back down on my seat. I traced the contours of my hands, waiting for somebody to start talking.

"Do you need a ride home Bella?" Rosalie asked softly. I looked up at her and nodded my head lightly.

We drove home in silence, neither knowing what to say or where to start. I enjoyed it better that way; it gave me time to think.

As Rosalie parked the car I jumped out quickly before she had the chance to say anything. I thanked her and ran off to my apartment. I opened the door and flopped onto the bed. As my bed molded itself to my body, I realized how exhausted I was. I fell asleep straight away in my clothes, not having to think about anything.

I woke up to a banging on the front door. I peeked open my eye to my alarm clock. It was half eight and I groaned, wanting to stay in bed forever and never move.

I grudgingly retracted myself from my warm nest of a bed and trudged to the door. I was still in the clothes I wore last night I remembered as I opened the door.

On the other side of the door were Rosalie and Alice. Alice was holding up a black zip case with a perky smile. Her smile was too perky for the unearthly hour.

"Get dressed!" Alice sang. My chin dropped as she flung the zip case on top of me and bounced inside. Rosalie followed with a cunning smile across her face.

I walked into my room and shut the door. I unzipped the bag and my face fell as the clothing she had brought held no clue as to where they were taking me. It was a blue trench coat, red sweater and tight cream fitting pants. There weren't any shoes in her chosen outfit so I presumed I could wear my own, of which I felt truly blessed. I hadn't seen Alice in years but I knew her taste wouldn't have changed much, especially seeing her clothes yesterday and this morning.

I brushed my hair and twisted it into a messy bun. I walked out to go brush my teeth and Alice ran over with a shoe box. I groaned as I had already put on the outfit and now I had to wear her shoes…

"Really Alice?" I groaned.

"Yep!" She smiled brightly. I took the box and opened it to see shiny black patent leather peep toe heels. The heel looked like it was made for a midget who needed to reach the top cupboards in her kitchen. And I wasn't that small… I looked up at Alice who was batting her eyelids at me. I sighed and put them on. I wobbled a bit but managed to walk to the bathroom without to many falls.

Rosalie laughed and continued to flick through a magazine. I finished up brushing my teeth and followed Alice and Rosalie outside to the car, but it wasn't Rosalie's red convertible out by the font steps, it was a yellow Porsche. I turned to Alice who was clicking the unlock button on her set of keys.

"Get in!" I laughed and shook my head. This girl hadn't changed one bit. She couldn't settle for anything less than the best.

"So where are we going?" I asked from the backseat as we drove through town.

"It's a surprise Bella" Rosalie smiled as she turned around from the passenger seat.

"Isn't it funny how we all know each other?" Alice laughed as she swerved into a parking space so small I wouldn't have dared to attempt.

I opened the door of the car and looked up at the big grey building in front of us. I saw gold metal plaque which read, 'Ms. I Hamilton, Marriage counselor'

"Why are we at a marriage counselor?!" I asked in astonishment. Were they crazy?!

I followed Alice and Rosalie up the stairs and fitted all of the pieces of the puzzle together once we were inside. Edward, Emmett and Jasper were all sitting on a row of chairs, arguing with each other. Well, Edward arguing.

He fell silent when he looked up and saw me. I turned around and walked back to the door. I swung open the door was about to storm out with a dramatic exit when my legs got twisted and I tripped over face first. As I fell, my forehead smashed on the door knob and as I lay on the ground, the door slammed shut behind me. Then, the icing on the cake was when someone decided they needed marriage counseling and swung open the entrance door with such force and speed it whacked my back. "Ow…" I whimpered in pain and crawled off to the side. I slowly tried to get to my feet when a pale hand flashed in front of me, offering the persons assistance. I followed the arm up with my eyes until it reached a familiar face, the same one that I had been trying to escape from. Once I made eye contact with him, I couldn't help but take his hand. People should have their names tattooed to their hands to save eye contact… It would be so much safer.

I stood up and our hands were still holding. I snatched it back and brushed my legs off. I looked up and bit my lip. Edward looked as if he was looking for something in my face; his search was cut short as "Mr. and Mrs. Cullen" was called by the receptionist at the front desk. We both looked at the other four confused.

"You both have issues… and you were basically married… who would be better?" Alice shrugged as if sending eighteen year olds to a marriage counselor was what everyone was doing these days…

I turned to face Edward. He looked at me and shrugged as well. I sighed heavily and started to walk forward to where the sign for Mrs. Hamilton's office was.

I knocked on the door and it opened to a fairly large lady with glasses and cropped red hair. She looked us up and down and tilted her head to the side. "How old are you both?"

"Eighteen" We both said in unison.

"Huh" She shrugged and turned around to a large leather sofa. What was it with everyone shrugging at me today?! I thought angrily.

"So Mr. and Mrs. Cullen, how long have you both been married?"

"Eight years"

I whipped my head around to Edward who was smiling angelically at Mrs. Hamilton. He looked at me sideways and shot me a cooked grin. I felt my cheeks go pink and a smile spread across my face like a disease.

"We were forced into marriage by my sister, Alice who wanted to organize a party…" He continued.

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