Same Mistake

EPOV

"Hehe oops." Tanya giggles into my ear as I watch Bella walk through the crowd, away from me. I can smell the vodka on Tanya's breath and it reminds me of the kind of girls I used to associate with back in Forks. Before Bella. I shove Tanya off of my lap and onto the floor. She clings onto my neck with her fingernails and whines something at me, but I just pry her fingers from me and push through the crowd of people.

I make it to the exit and look frantically down the sides of the street. I don't see her. The first thing that comes to mind is that she's walking alone on these streets. She really shouldn't do that at this time of night, especially in that dress. I know that Bella is smarter than that but I still can't help but panic. I ask the man at the door if he saw her and flashes me a creepy smile before pointing down one side of the street and saying she looked like she was trying to get a cab. I don't even bother to smash his face in for the thoughts that must have been going through his head with that smile, and sprint down the street.

I get the corner and don't see her or any cabs. I don't think that she would have gone farther. But I'd rather not take my chances and run a few more blocks. I start asking around just to make sure, and a woman tells me that she saw the girl that I was describing get into a cab a few minutes ago. I hope that she went home and race to the parking garage.

I was so frantic that I could barely see straight while driving. All I could think about was getting to Bella and holding her in my arms again. To explain to her that it wasn't what she thought it was. That it was just Tanya being Tanya.

All I could see was Bella's face at the restaurant. I had never seen her look so hurt. When her eyes started to well up with tears it was like a knife in my heart. I would do anything to keep her safe, to keep her from ever shedding a tear. She was crying because of me; because of what she thought that I had done.

How could she think that though? She knows how much I love her, how could she ever question that? Why would she believe a drunken stranger over me? O my god that's exactly what I did with Jake.

God I'm such a hypocrite

I couldn't believe that this was happening again. Another bump in the road. Well it's more than a bump it's more like a huge gap in the train tracks. We had never had anything like this happen before now. And twice in one summer.

I thought my heart was going to beat out of my chest it was pumping so hard. I kept imagining that that woman had been wrong. That it wasn't Bella and that it was some other girl and Bella was out the streets somewhere. She could be raped or killed, hell anything. My worst fear was that she wouldn't be at home.

I ran into the apartment, accidentally slamming the door behind me.

"Bella" I said, in case she was nearby. I walked forward and didn't see her in the family room.

"Bella" I called again, a little more loudly. I walked into the kitchen. No Bella.

I looked towards the bedroom and the door was closed. I tiptoed to the door and slowly turned the doorknob. No Bella. I went into bathroom. No Bella.

By this point I was frantic and ran down to the other side of the apartment, looking in the office and the dining room. I even looked in all the closets. No Bella. I took out my phone and called her three times, all going straight to voicemail. I walked into the family room and threw myself onto the couch. I hugged the throw pillow and pushed my face into it. For the first time in a long time, I felt like I could cry. And I can honestly say that I was scared. I didn't know where she was. I didn't know if she was safe and okay. I didn't know why she wasn't here.

This must have been how Bella felt when I left

And it feels like pure hell.

Then I heard a knock on the door. I shoot up off the couch and run to the door throwing it open only to see my little sister with her hand on her hips, scowling up at me.

"What. The hell. Did you do." She says.

I try and shut the door but she pushes it open against me and walks into the apartment.

Alice walks past me and stands in front of the family room, just looking at me.

"Edward. Anthony. Cullen." She says sternly, emphasizing every word. "What did you do." She asks.

I rub my hands over my face. The last thing I want to do right now is get yelled at by Alice.

"Where's Bella" I ask. She must know. If anyone knows it would be Alice.

"What happened" Alice retorts.

"Where's. Bella" I ask, more sternly.

"What. Happened" Alice replies, just as harshly.

I growl and walk past her and into the kitchen. I can hear Alice's heels clicking furiously behind me as she follows me into the kitchen. I open up the fridge and take out a water bottle, drinking nearly half of it in one gulp. I wasn't really thirsty, I just needed something to do besides looking at Alice's murderous face.

I turn around and Alice has a jumped up onto the island and is still looking at me.

"Okay fine. If you're not going to stand there and be stubborn and not say anything, I guess I'll start then." Alice says.

"So here I was, all excited for this little dinner thing we had going on and I'm walking back from the bar with my drink to see Bella rushing out in tears. Then I look over and see that tramp all over you. Geez Edward what the hell is wrong with you! What did you think you were doing!" Alice says, fuming by now.

"Alice please." I say angrily, pinching the bridge of my nose. Her voice always gets really high when she yells. It's really annoying.

"Explain yourself." Alice snaps.

"Why should I tell you anything? You've obviously already made up your mind so just tell me where Bella is so I can get her, and get out. The only person that deserves an explanation is Bella. Period."

"Alright well A. I'm not telling you where she is because she obviously doesn't really want to talk to you right now, otherwise she would have come home Sherlock, and B. My mind is not made up, I'm just telling you what I saw, which is also what Bella probably saw."

I look at her skeptically.

"Look if you tell me what actually happened I'll see if I can explain it to Bella." Alice says.

"I don't want you to tell her. I have to tell her."

"Well I don't think you have any other options right now." Alice said calmly.

I take a deep breath and throw the water bottle on the counter.

"The night that I left, and don't pretend that you don't know what I'm talking about because I know you know, at one point I stopped at his bar to get a drink. I was just sitting there, minding my own business, and Tanya sits down next to me."

"And you know her how?" Alice asks.

"She was in a few of my classes at NYU. Anyways, she sits down next to me and starts flirting with me. She was quite drunk and I kept telling her that I wasn't interested, that I had a girlfriend. At one point she grabbed my face and tried to kiss me, but I pulled her off of me and got her a cab home." I say quietly.

"So….nothing happened right?" Alice says, looking at the floor calmly.

"No! Of course not Alice! I can't believe you even think that I would do that! You're my sister for Christ's sake!" I say.

"I was just making sure." Alice says. "So why didn't you tell Bella that?"

"I honestly didn't think it really mattered. It was like 4 minutes of the entire night and nothing happened. I never really thought I would see her again."

"Did anything ever happen with Tanya before that night?"

"No" I say, shaking my head. "I mean there was this party once where she came on to me a little bit. Okay maybe not a little bit, maybe it was a lot. But nothing happened. I never did anything with her. I was with Bella before I ever even met Tanya."

I lean against the counter and put my head in my hands. I cannot even believe that this is happening right now. Just when I thought we were out of the woods, we get shoved right back in back by fucking Tanya.

Alice hops off the counter and walks over to me and gives me a big bear hug. And she's pretty tiny so as much of a bear hug as she can manage.

"Where's Bella?" I ask quietly when Alice pulls away.

"She's as Rosalie's. I'm going to go over there right now and try to talk to her. Rose said she's not doing so hot." Alice says.

I wince just thinking of Bella falling apart somewhere because of me.

"Don't worry Edward." Alice says, patting my arms. "She'll be home soon. Just try and get some rest okay."

Alice kisses my forehead and hurriedly walks to the door.

"I'll call you when she's on her way home!" Alice yells from the door.

Get some sleep. How the hell am I supposed to get some sleep?

I walk into the bedroom with a sick feeling in my stomach. I don't even bother to change out of my clothes into my pajamas. I flop down on my side of the bed, looking at Bella's pillow. I slide over a push my face into it. It smells like her shampoo. So not as good as the real thing though.

I couldn't sleep. I ended up just looking at her pillow the entire night.

I woke up the next morning to my phone ringing. It was Jasper.

"Hey dude. How's it going?" Jasper asked me.

"Ugh not good. Bella's still not back yet and I didn't sleep a wink last night." I groan.

"Look why don't you meet me for coffee or something. Get some air outside of your apartment."

"No I don't think so. I want to be here when Bella gets home."

"You will be. Alice says she'll call you when Bella leaves Rosalie's. Come on. Get some coffee or something you probably look like shit." Jasper says.

"Alright fine. Just let me take a shower first."

"Haha yes I think that would be preferable for everyone." Jasper laughs.

Jasper gives me the address of the coffee shop and I jump in the shower and change. I decide to not take the car and walk instead.

Jasper's right. I could use the air.

Hey guys! So I know this one was kind of short, but I promised a new chapter by the end of the weekend so here it is.

For some reason this chapter was really hard for me to write so leave me some love please aka reviews 3

Same Mistake-James Blunt