OK everyone put all weapons away and no harming Edward until you hear what he has to say!


EPOV

I just stood there. I heard everything they were saying but I didn't believe it but in the back of my mind I couldn't keep that small part that never trusted anyone from agreeing with them. Yes it was possible for this to really have been a scheme but Bella wouldn't do that, I knew this but I couldn't make my body move.

I didn't even feel it when she threw the necklace at me. When everyone cheered as the clock struck midnight I just ignored all the cheering. I felt like my heart was in my butt and that was when I looked at the ground and saw the necklace. It was the smack in the face I needed. I looked up from the ground and searched the room looking for her, but she was no where to be found. "Edward son, don't worry about it. We all make mistakes and if she ends up being pregnant we will take care of it." I could see my family over my dad's shoulder. Mom and Alice looked ill, Emmett held onto Rose who looked like she wanted to hit me, and Jasper looked like he felt sorry for me but wanted to hit me as well.

"Come on Edward let's join the party, we can worry about the whore tomorrow." I couldn't help it, when he called Bella, my innocent sweet Bella, a whore I wanted to kill him. I reached back and punched my father in the face as hard as I could and I heard a crunch noise. "EDWARD! What has gotten into you?" My head shot up to look my mother in the eye. "Mom, I'm sorry for a bunch of things that has happened tonight, but I will never be sorry for bunching him. He doesn't know Bella, she's not a whore and I love her. Now if you would please take this piece of shit and get out of my house." I turned to look at the rest of my family, "And anyone else who thinks he is right you can leave too."

People began to pour out of the ballroom and tried to get us to celebrate. I turned to look at Felix and Demetri, "Can you please get all of the guests out of here?" They nodded and started escorting people out. I wasn't sure how I was going to do it but I needed to get her back. I knew she was with Jacob; he wouldn't leave her out there with no where to go. I went up to my room but I couldn't be in there without her so I wondered around the house trying to find a place to sit that didn't remind me of Bella and I ended up in the one room I hate the most but it was the only place I never saw Bella, my office.

I decided to burry myself in my work since there was absolutely no way I would be able to sleep. Jasper came in and sat in front of my desk. "Dude what the hell?" I rubbed my face, "Jazz I'm so fucked. She must think I believed what they were saying but I don't. I know they were lying but I was stuck, I couldn't make myself move. You know me man; I always have this part of me that doesn't trust anyone." He nodded, "Ever since Nicole no one ever had completely trust from me. Bella got through that but as soon as some one tried to tell me I didn't know her and she was really using me it kicked in and doubt spread throughout me. I was having an internal struggle. I love Bella and I do trust her. I just don't know what happened."

Jasper leaned forward and placed his elbows on his knees before he spoke. "You need to make this better. I could see you were fighting with yourself but this has everything to do with you and Nicole and you're punishing Bella for mistakes she never made. I love you man, but I wanted to beat the shit out of you for not believing her." I tried to talk but he stood and left me there all by myself. I ran my hands through my hair several times before I grabbed my phone and called information and asked for them to connect me to Nicole.

The phone rang four times before anyone answered and then I felt bad when I realized what time it was but that disappeared quickly when she sounded cheerful on the other end. "Happy New Year!" I knew it was her immediately. "Nicole?" I heard her gasp before the sound of music playing faded. I assumed she either left the room or turned the volume down. "Edward, why are you calling me?"

I rubbed my temple not sure of what to tell her. I knew telling her the truth wouldn't work so I skipped over the why and just asked what I needed to know. "Why did you cheat on me Nicole?" I heard her sigh on the other end of the phone, "We weren't meant to be Edward. I always knew that but you, you wanted what I couldn't give you. You wanted to get married and be a family and I never wanted that out of life. I guess when I met Cole and he said he just wanted to have fun it gave me an out. I should have told before I cheated on you but I didn't want to hurt you. I probably would have married you and stayed silent if I hadn't gotten pregnant but I never would have been happy living like that. You were too intense."

"You cheated on me because you didn't want commitment but then get pregnant which is in turn a life long commitment. Do you see the fucking irony in that?"

"Cole left me when I told him about the baby so I gave it up for adoption. I wish I could tell you I'm sorry Edward but honestly I'm not. I wish I would have done things differently but in the end I'm happier now."

I didn't want to hear anymore of what she had to say to me so I just hung up the phone without saying goodbye to her. The more I sat there thinking about it all the more I realized that Nicole was right she had told me several times that we weren't meant to be together but I wouldn't listen to her. It had nothing to do with me she just didn't want the same things out of life that I did. In fact the only person I have ever met that seemed to want what I did was Bella.

With that epiphany I shot out of my chair grabbing my keys and running to the garage. I turned the hour drive into a forty minute drive thanks to my speeding and reckless driving skills. I banged on the door yelling for someone to open it. Unfortunately I wasn't expecting Jacob's deathly glare to be looking at me. On instinct I stepped out of arms reach from him praying he didn't decide I needed another punch in the face. "Where's Bella." I tried to look over his shoulder but damn if he wasn't freakishly tall.

"She doesn't want to see you."

I swear the pain in my chest was so bad that I almost fell to the ground. "Jacob, I know I'm a jack ass, a douche bag, a mother fucking idiot but I love her. I know I should have stopped everyone that was saying those awful things to her tonight and I have no defense for why I didn't, but I need her to know I love her and that I know the real her. Please let me tell her. I have to make this better even if she tells me to leave I need her to know the truth."

Jacob's jaw clenched and he looked like he was ready to hit me again but I stood my ground waiting for whatever he thought he needed to do. "I am not letting you in my house and she is finally asleep. It took four hours and six boxes of tissues to get her to sleep and I am not waking her up for a piece of shit like you." I pulled painfully on my hair, "Will you at least tell her I came?" My eyes watered when he shook his head telling me no that he wouldn't. "Edward, I will tell her you came to see her if you leave right now." Ness gave me small smile as she stood between me and her husband.

I nodded and her and slowly walked away but I turned back to look at Ness, "Please just, tell her I love her." Ness nodded and I slowly made my way to my car. I started the car and I swear when I looked up at the house I saw Bella's silhouette in the darkness of a window. I rubbed my eyes before driving off.

I took my time driving back to my house going five mile under the speed limit knowing that I was driving away from Bella was killing me. I would have camped outside of the house had I not thought that Jacob or Ness would call the police on me. I banged my hands down on the steering wheel trying to take my frustration out on anything. I guess I should have listened better in driver's education. Maybe if I would have had both hands on the wheel I wouldn't have hit the black ice and lost control of my car and hit the tree. The last thing I remember before everything went black was Bella's beautiful face.


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