Author's Note: I dont own Twilight or its characters. So this was kind of a rough chapter to get out...hit a bit of writers block. But my best friend helped me from the rut soo if this chapter sucks I AM SORRY!!!! Forgive me. Anyways, please Read, Review, and Enjoy :D
Chapter 26: Fake It
" You know what I don't understand?" I ask scooping a bite of ice cream from the carton in Jade's hand.
" What?" Jade asks her mouth full.
" Why guys act the way that they do," I say sitting back against the bed crossing my legs.
" Honey, if any female understood the male species completely it would be a miracle," Alice says, laughing hysterically. I laugh along unsure why its so funny to me. The only explanation I can find is that we are very thoroughly high off of sugar. For the last three hours Jade, Alice, and I have been shut up in our room trying to think of the best way to stop Edward from marrying Bella, the lying bitch.
" You know what I don't understand?" Jade asks, perking up looking at us while she bounces on her bed.
" What?" I ask, setting my spoon aside turning my full attention to her.
" How Edward doesn't know about the truth? You would think that someone with his ability would know that the baby isn't his," she says, her tone turning serious as she searches Alice's face for answers.
" That's an easy one to answer. Bella and Edward were together for a long time, and in the span of their relationship, Bella learned how to hide what she was thinking," Alice says throwing the ice cream container in the trash can.
" How is that possible. I don't even know what I am thinking or what I am going to be thinking, until I'm already thinking it," I say laughing at the sentence that just came out of my mouth. " Did that even make sense?"
" Actually, yeah," Jade says laughing hysterically.
" Okay you guys, on a serious note. How are we going to stop this?" I ask, strumming the strings on my guitar.
" I don't know if we can stop it," Jade says, her voice filling quickly with pain.
" Like hell we cant. My brother is going to make the biggest mistake of his life if he marries Bella. I don't know why he is even considering that as an option, especially after the way that he talked about Jade that weekend," Alice starts saying her voice cutting off as she realizes she just opened a whole new Pandora's box.
" What do you mean the way he talked about me?" Jade asks, looking at Alice her eyes gleaming with tears and curiosity.
" Well, I might as well tell you," she starts, and I lean in closer to hear what is about to be said.
Edward's POV
I sit staring at Bella. My emotions in an uproar, part of me wants to protect her, and my unborn child. Another part of me wishes she would have never told me so that I could go on and be with Jade. Jade. Just the thought of her has my heart longing. Why did this have to happen now? It was just a few weeks ago that I took the big leap and told my family how I felt. I probably would have kept my mouth shut if it wasn't for the fact that Jade and Ana had stayed home instead of coming along. It would have been easier if they would have come. At least then, I would be the only one who knew how I felt. I close my eyes, recalling the memory of that weekend easily.
The drive is familiar and I smile at the sign welcoming us to Forks, welcoming us home. The last month has been a whirlwind of emotions. Mostly from Jasper and Ana. Those two are so meant for each other it should be illegal. As much as I want to help their situation, I have my own emotions to deal with. Bella walked out of my life without a second thought, and the fact that I need Jade in my life like I need my next breath scares me to no end. I shake my head against the thought, and tune back in to Emmett talking excitedly in the seat next to me.
" Seriously bro, I don't know why I am so excited to be coming home," Emmett says, smiling a broad smile.
" Maybe because you have it in your head that Mom is going to bake her famous seven layer cake," I say, laughing at the dream like look that passes over his face.
" Ahh, cake," he says, his face brightens at the thought.
" Somehow I doubt you will get that lucky," I say pulling into the drive way.
" Just you watch, we are going to walk into that kitchen and my cake is going to be sitting, waiting for me," he says, hopping easily out of the car. I laugh at him as I push out of the car, stretching before I follow behind him. Alice and Jasper will be here any minute and I pray that Jasper isn't sulking, and Alice is floating around on her cloud of love. I love my sister, and I am happy that she has found happiness with Mike even though I don't like the guy. I just wish she wouldn't flaunt her relationship in front of Jasper. I sigh heavily realizing you win some and you lose some. And this is a battle that was lost from the beginning. Alice knew months before she actually broke up with Jasper that things weren't going to work out, and she could have made a clean break. She didn't though. She was too afraid of hurting him, and in the end letting him hold on for as long as he did hurt him more. I smile at Emmett's triumphant call from the kitchen. I walk in and smile at him lazily as he cuts a very healthy portion for himself.
" I told you, I knew the cake would be here," he says, shoveling food into his mouth.
" Yeah, yeah," I say smiling. I turn my head in time to see Alice and Jasper walking in, both of their faces carefully blank.
" Hello my loves," my Mom's voice floats through the air and we all rush to hug her. I take in the comforting scent of her hair and smile. All feelings of tension and doubt melting away as she presses a small kiss to my cheek.
" Hey Mom," I say pulling away to look at her. She smiles at all of us, her beautiful face lightly lined with her age, and still I find her the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.
" I hate to do this, seeing as how all of my favorite people have just gotten here, but I have to run to the store and to a few other places, I shouldn't be long though. Your Dad should be home just in time for dinner," she says pressing kisses to Alice and Jasper's foreheads while picking up her purse and coat. " Oh and Emmett, don't eat all of the cake before dinner, you will ruin your appetite." We laugh in unison as Emmett gloomily puts down his empty plate. Its almost as if everyone was holding their breaths until we hear the tires to her car pulling away over the gravel.
" So when is Rosalie supposed to get here?" Alice asks as she bounces to the counter hopping up lightly sitting happily staring at Emmett.
" Soon. She insisted on going to some seminar, but she said she would leave as soon as it was over," Emmett answers, leaning against the counter his eyes constantly finding their way back to the cake on the counter.
" Good. So Edward," Alice says, her voice light and breezy.
" What Alice?" I ask, eyeing her precariously.
" Have you heard from Bella lately?" she asks, looking at me seriously. I stare back, shocked that she would even ask. She would be the first to know.
" No," I say, my voice coming out a bit harsher than I intended.
" Okay, so if you haven't heard from her, and you act like you are completely over her, what is really going on with Jade?" she asks, seemingly unaffected by tone. I look around the kitchen as everyone turns knowing eyes to me.
" Nothing. No that's a lie. I don't know you guys. Its all just so different with her," I say letting out a breath as I drop heavily into the closest chair.
" This is going to be good," Emmett says, sitting across from me, and Jasper eases into a sitting position listening keenly.
" Its hard to explain. Its like, with Bella things were always so forced, and not care free. Yet I worked my ass off to make her happy, because I loved her. She was my whole entire life for so long. Then she left. Just vanished. Chose someone else and left me behind. I don't have to go into the dark details of what came for the first few months after she was gone. Then suddenly, its like someone just turned the light back on in my world. Jade. Everything is so simple with her, I think I might be in love, and it scares the hell out of me," I say, feeling somewhat relieved to have it off my chest, but vulnerable all at the same time.
" You've got it bad," Emmett murmurs and Jasper and Alice nod in agreement.
" Thanks guys, that's a lot of help," I say sighing heavily as I lay my head against the table closing my eyes against their speculating eyes.
" Edward, are you listening to me?" Bella's annoyed voice pulls me roughly from my memory and I shake my head looking at her.
" Sorry, what was that?" I ask, looking at her blankly. She rolls her eyes and looks at me seriously.
" What are we going to do?" she asks, pointing to her extended belly. Part of me feels like running away as fast as I can out of pure instinct but the moral part of me knows what has to be done.
" We'll get married," I say, taking her hand. A small astonished look crosses over her face, before a smile lights her up.
" Okay yes, we will get married," she says easily, settling against me. I cringe inwardly as she links her fingers with min, placing my free hand on her stomach. This is wrong all wrong. It should be Jade in my arms not Bella, and there was nothing I could do about it.
Jade's POV
I pace the floor as Alice's words play in my head like a record on repeat. So all of this time, way before anything even really happened between us Edward has loved me. Only he never spoke of it until he found out that his ex-girlfriend was supposedly pregnant with his child. He told me he loved me in the same breath that he told me with unspoken words that we could never be.
" That bastard," I hiss out, stopping to look at Alice and Ana.
" Come again. Did you not hear what I said? He confessed to all of us that he was falling head over heels in love with you, and your response to that is he's a bastard?" Alice asks, sibling protection flowing through her voice.
" Well, its all fine and dandy for him to confess what he is feeling to everyone but the person that he is feeling it for," I say, falling onto my bed to stare at the ceiling. It's silent for a moment before a soft voice fills the room.
" Do you think, and this is just a possibility. And remember I am your best friend so I will always be on your side. But don't you think that maybe he was just waiting for the right time to tell you everything, and Bella just kind of ruined it for him?" Ana asks, and I sit up to look at her. She looks nervous about what she just said, and I have to admit as much as I hate it, that she is right. If it weren't for Bella, Edward probably would have done just that.
" So this still brings us back to one problem," Alice says, her eyes clouded with emotion. " How are we going to stop them from getting married?" We all stare at each other, the wheels in our heads turning as we contemplate plans on our own.
" What about Jacob? I mean, he has to know by know that Bella is gone, maybe we can talk to him. He has to have some idea that the child that Bella is carrying isn't Edwards," Ana says, twirling her hair nervously around her fingers.
" That's it I don't know why I thought of that," Alice says, getting to her feet in a hurry pressing an enthusiastic kiss to Ana's cheek.
" Wait, what?" I ask, feeling completely lost.
" Look I have to go make some phone calls. You guys fill Emmett, Rose, and Jasper in on what's going on, I will be back," she says over her shoulder as she rushes through the door. I stare at Ana feeling like I have been run over by a semi-truck.
" Well, looks like we have to have a house meeting," Ana says at length standing to her feet. I follow her lead.
" Yeah, this should be interesting. Hey guys sorry to wake you all up at two in the morning, but your brother and best friend is planning to marry Bella, the girl who has him convinced that she is pregnant with his child, but really, the kid isn't his," I say sarcastically as I trudge down the stairs. Oh yeah this is going to be one very interesting conversation.