EPOV

As soon as she looked behind my shoulder at Alice her legs tightened around me. "Who is she?" Bella asked quietly.

"Hi Bella, I'm Alice. We're going to be great friends!" Alice said enthusiastically thrusting her hand out. It wasn't surprising to me, but Jazz and Em gaped at her like she was speaking Japanese.

"Where did you get her from?" Emmett asked chuckling.

Jasper just laid there rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. He looked to be either high or in awe, but I really couldn't tell the difference.

Bella buried her face further in my neck. She was jealous and staking her claim. I liked it.

"Shake her hand, love." I whispered in her hair.

I could feel her lips pull to a frown. It was almost like I was dealing with Mackenzie's shyness around new people. I nudged her a bit with my arm while my hands held her ass so I wouldn't drop her.

"Hey." She sighed reaching her arm out.

"That's my girl." I smiled squeezing her ass.

She squeaked and giggled.

"Okay, what's her story I've been patient long enough?" Emmett announced slugging his massive arm around Alice's small frame.

"Edward is the photographer for my lines launch in Vogue." She grinned at him.

Emmett's brow furrowed. He had no idea what that meant. "She's a designer, Em."

"Right," he nodded. "My wife loves that shit."

"Shit?"Alice asked raising a perfectly sculpted eyebrow.

"Clothing stuff." He shrugged trying to act like the pixie didn't intimidate him.

Bella pulled me away from their interaction by placing kisses on my neck. She stopped when I looked down at her. She peeked up at me through her thick lashes. I wanted to carry her to our room and ravage her.

"Explain," she murmured tilting her head towards Alice.

"I was being a pain in the ass. Tanya was annoyed and Alice saw it. She asked me what was wrong and I told her I wanted to be home. Alice suggested to Tanya and Anna that we should do the shoot in Seattle because it reflected on the lines grudge theme."

"Grudge died when Kurt did." Bella whispered knowingly. I knew my girl's thoughts on her music idols.

"Try telling her that." I whispered pressing my forehead to hers.

"Maybe I will." She giggled staring into my eyes.

"People in the room." Jasper shouted breaking us out of our bubble. I turned to glare at him and noticed Alice doing the same thing. Pixie looked pissed.

"That was rude." She told him frankly.

"I'm sorry?" He asked laying the Texan accent on thick. He was trying to make her swoon, but by the looks of it he was failing.

"You heard me, cowboy. They were so having a moment and you chose to be obnoxious." She frowned.

Emmett's booming laugh ripped through the room. Bella's face went back to my neck; I knew she was getting embarrassed because her ears were turning red.

"Mommy, look what Pap got me!" Mackenzie rushed into the room; a small nasty look took over her face.

Bella tugged at me to put her down and I complied. I turned with a smile kneeling down so I could hug Mackenzie.

"You." She sneered. Can a four-year-old sneer? Mine just certainly did.

"Kenzer?" I frowned.

"I hate you!" she growled at me.

I froze. Those words instantly broke my heart.

"Mackenzie." Bella gasped, gently placing her hand on my head.

"I hate you." She repeated slowly, looking me straight in the eye.

Finally something in me snapped I wasn't going to let my baby girl treat me like this. I glanced to the doorway and saw Charlie leaning there. He gave me an encouraging nod. In our somewhat silent conversation I knew what I had to do. I picked her up and put her over my shoulder just like I did with Bella the other night. She started squirming and fussing. I let her put up a fight all the way upstairs, but still kept a firm hold on her.

"I want down!" She screamed.

"No," I said calmly, closing the door to her room. We didn't need an audience for this. It was just the two of us and we both needed to get to her issue with me.

"Put me down!" she screamed again this time trying to kick me.

I reached the bed and sat down with her still securely in my grip.

"We are going to talk this out, monk." I said firmly.

She stopped struggling when she knew I meant business. She slowly brought her chocolate eyes to mine. Angry tears pouring down her angelic face. I instantly remembered the last time I felt this guilty and helpless looking into those same eyes.

I slammed the door to my Volvo and ran up the steps to her house. It had been six months since she spoke to me and I was over this shit. I started pounding on the door.

"Will you stop already?" Charlie sighed.

"I want to talk to her." I demanded. It was probably not the best thing to do to the chief of police.

He raised an eyebrow at me.

"Sorry," I mumbled. "May I please speak to Bella?"

He stared at me for a second. " She's not here." He said in a monotone voice rolling his eyes.

"I saw her looking out the upstairs window when I pulled in."

"Edward, I'm really fighting for you here, but whatever you did to piss her off seemed like a nail to the coffin."

"I don't know what I did." I mumbled quietly. I did know and I already paid my time with syphilis for it.

"Well she does and is hell bent on not speaking to you."

"Can I please…" I started, until tiny fists started pounding me out the door. In her fury I heard the door click shut.

"Go the fuck away." She hissed.

This was not the girl I left winter break. Her hair was longer and wavier. No more baby fat rest on her cheeks, now they were more defined. Her braces where gone and if she wasn't scowling at me right now her smile would be glorious. She had also filled out and had perfect curves on her small frame. This Bella was completely and undeniably gorgeous.

I finally found my words after her act of violence and my shock of her beauty. "What did I do?" I pleaded, my eyes searching hers.

"What didn't you do? It's not like you give an actual shit."

"Bella, I miss you."

"Well I fucking hate you." She growled.

I think I'm dying from the stinging in my chest. "You don't mean that." I said quietly.

She didn't say anything and turned to the door for an escape. I gently grabbed her hand in mine. "Please."

"I don't think we should be friends anymore." She said robotically as angry tears formed in her eyes.

"You have to be fucking joking." I choked out.

"You want to know what the fucking joke is… You and Jessica Stanley!" She yelled, her face turning red.

"We just fucked!" I yelled in defense. I could have added the getting syph part, but it was too humiliating.

"Your just fucking caused her and Lauren Mallory to terrorize me!"

"What are you talking about?" I asked grabbing her beautiful face in my hands and started imploring her eyes.

Her eyes looked down, but I tilted her head up to mine.

"She told everyone in school you fucked her. You, 'Golden Boy' Cullen. She saw us at my birthday party kissing. I guess people thought we were together because she made some ridiculous lie up. She said you left me for her and that you couldn't get it up with me… because I repulsed you." She explained her voice wavering.

I pulled her into my arms and she tried pulling away. "I am so sorry."

"Let go, please?" she whimpered.

"I am never letting you go, Bella. Why would you let some stupid bitch ruin us?" I said with conviction. I couldn't lose her. I felt worthless without her, the past six months proved that.

"She humiliated me!" she cried. I realized I caused this and needed to fix it. She shouldn't be in pain because of me.

"You're crazy if you think I would ever want to be with her."

"You fucked her." She whispered.

"It was a mistake." I murmured brushing her hair back.

I wanted to tell her the truth. I missed her while I was at school. It was hard to concentrate when she wasn't with me. When we kissed last fall I felt whole.

I only fucked Jessica because her hair and eyes were the same color as Bella's. I was drunk and high. The whole time I was with her I saw my precious angel. The more Bella refused to talk to me the more I knew I was in love with her and only her. I faced the reality that I couldn't live without her it wasn't an option.

If I told her my thoughts and feelings for her she would avoid me so that also wasn't an option.

"It hurt me." She said simply.

"I'll make it up to you, I promise." I said softly.

"She'll just start back up once school starts and you won't be here…" she rambled before I stopped her.

"I'll fix this, can we please just enjoy the summer together?"

"If I do this, you can't do stupid shit anymore. It only seems to hurt me." Me too I thought if she only knew my consequences of being with Stanley.

We seemed to be fine after that.

I let the memory clear and stared at my daughter. It felt like I was breaking that promise I made to Bella some time ago. We created this little life, a perfect mix of her and I. She was now suffering from my stupidity.

"I hate you." She whimpered, resting her head in defeat against my shoulder.

"So you keep saying, but may I ask why you hate me?" I asked her gently. The plan was to be strict Daddy, but as soon as she starts crying I don't have it in me to yell at her.

"You made Mommy cry…" she sniffled.

"Kenz…" I was cut off.

"No you make us both cry when you leave. Why do you leave all the time?" she asked sadly.

"I have to go away to work sometimes." I explained.

"Stupid pictures." She grumbled.

"Hey, I don't like that word."

"You say Uncle Em and Uncle Jazz are stupid." She had me there.

"Well it's not nice to say and it can hurt people."

"You hurt me and Mommy." I'm raising a genius.

"Mommy cries because she misses me."

"Cause you leave." She argued in frustration.

"I leave, but I always come back." I pointed out.

"What if you don't?" she asked biting her lip.

"I always will."

"Always like every time?"

"Every time," I nodded firmly. "You still hate me?"

"No."

"When you say things like that to me it hurts Daddy right here." I said picking up her hand and placed it over my heart.

"I hurt your heart?" She gasped.

"Yes it hurt because I love you, monk." I whispered trying not to cry myself.

"I love you, Daddy. I really do." She said placing a kiss to where her hand was. "All better?"

"All better." I smiled.

"I was bad." She sighed.

"You were not nice in front of our guests."

"I don't want to go back down there."

"Why?"

"Because they all think I'm a bad girl." She explained cuddling closer to me.

"I'll tell them you were having a bad day."

"I had a good day?" She said.

"You did?"

"Pap took me to see the fishys." I knew her excitement for the aquarium.

"Really?" I asked enthusiastically and she beamed her smile a mirror of mine.

"I saw sharkys too!" she exclaimed.

"Were they scary?" I asked in horror and she ate it up.

"No cause they were in a big cup."

"I have pictures of sharks." Remembering my photos from the tropics.

"Can I hang them…" she started then crawled off my lap over to her wall and pointed. "Here?"

"Sure."

"Yay!" she bounced and then crawled back over to me, hugging my tightly.

"I'm sorry I yelled."

"I'm sorry I left."

She was quiet for a moment. "Mommy looks messy today, but she is real pretty." She whispered.

"She's beautiful." I said honestly.

"Just like Belle!" she grinned.

"Yup." I agreed kissing her nose.

"You should give her lots of kisses to make her feel better."

"You know I love Mommy a whole lot?"

"You do?"

"She's one of my favorite girls."

"And me too?"

"Of coarse." I grinned kissing my baby girl's head.

I held her close when I heard sniffling coming from the door.

"I can hear you, love." I called as she shuffled into the room.

"Sorry." She mumbled snuggling close to where I sat.

"You hear all of it?" she nodded shyly.

Mackenzie placed her hands on Bella's face. "I'm sorry I was a bad girl."

"No more yelling." She murmured leaning her head against Mackenzie's.

"I won't yell, I pinky promise." She said holding out her pinky as Bella took it in hers.

"Pap is waiting for you down stairs." She told her.

Mackenzie kissed us both and ran for the door. All was right again in four-year-old world.

"I don't think I can ever yell at her." I sighed running my hand through my hair.

"Why?" she asked looking at me curiously.

"Because when I look at her I see you and I just don't have it in me."

"I know your weakness, Cullen. Now I can use it for my advantage."

"Oh really." I asked raising an eyebrow.

"I can piss you off without consequence." She said poking me.

I flipped her so she was beneath me. "You heard the beautiful part?" I asked.

She nodded slowly and her cheeks went flush. I leaned in kissing her sweetly and then she surprisingly deepened the kiss. Our tongues began to mesh perfectly together. I knew we still had to talk, but this right here gave me my answer for the future.

A/N: THESE TWO!!! Wow last chapter got major response. So what do you think about this one. I gave a little flashback. Keep this in mind for in a couple of chapters. No love triangles but there can be jealousy, it's a human trait. Read and Review please!