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The song for this chapter: "Unsaid" by The Fray.

"But suffice it to say
We're leaving things unsaid.
We sing ourselves to sleep,
Watching the day lie down instead

And we are leaving some things unsaid
And we are breathing deeper instead

We're both pretty sure
Neither one can tell
We seem difficult
What we got is hard as hell

A hundred thousand words could not quite explain
So I walk you to your car
And we can talk it out in the rain."

-JayBee

EPOV

I was going to kill Alice. Kill her.

I started my car and drove off. I didn't even know where to go. I couldn't be home. I would tear Alice apart. I couldn't be at Bella's. I'd have a breakdown.

Did Alice have any say in this? No, but she thought she did. Who was she to tell Bella how she thought I felt. For all she knew, I acted the way I did with Bella because I cared for
her as a best friend, and nothing more.

That wasn't the case, but no one knew that. I don't care how strongly they believed that I was in love with her. Whoever thought I was in love with her could have come to ask
me instead of assuming things.

I just – I couldn't believe she told her! How was she even sure enough to tell her? I wanted to be the one to tell Bella myself.

How was I going to tell her now? I just told her that I wasn't in love with her! What a smart move on my part, right?

I don't know why I didn't just tell her I loved her. I got so scared. I didn't expect her to bring that up out of nowhere. She didn't even ease into it. Oh, and she even told Alice that
I wasn't in love with her. Did she not want me to be?

For a split second, I noticed there were no cars around me on the highway and looked at my speedometer. 95! Holy crap. I didn't need to get pulled over right now.

I slowed down, and calmed down a bit about this Bella situation.

Until I saw the red and blue lights flashing in my rear-view mirror.

Fuck!! I slammed my hand on my steering wheel and pulled over, immediately locking my glove compartment. Please, God, don't make him search my car for no fucking reason.

I kind of hoped it was a girl, so I could try to talk my way out of a ticket. But then again, female cops were always bitches. Sometimes they were even worse than the guys.

When I looked in my rear-view mirror, I saw it was a guy. After the cop came up to my window and did his usual bullshit talking, I handed over my driver's license and registration.
He went back to his car for a while and came back.

"Do you know you have 8 points on your license?"

Of course I fucking know, dumbass. Who do you think was driving the car when the points were given? "Yes."

"Sir, please step out of the vehicle."

"Why?" What the fuck? Just give me my ticket so I can be on my not-so-merry way.

"Get out."

What a dick. Whatever. I didn't want problems for no reason, so I just got out.

And…he was searching my car. He was searching my fucking car! For what? I didn't even do anything!

Holy shit…I was beyond angry. I was breathing heavily through my nose. I hope he didn't hear it, because I wasn't doing it on purpose. I couldn't help it. I was pissed.

I saw him try to open my glove compartment, and he looked up at me when he saw that it was locked. Please, please, don't ask me to unlock it. Please.

"Yer glove compartment's locked."

Duh. Bitch. "I know."

"Can I ask why?"

No, you can't ask why. It's a secret. "I'm allowed to have it locked, right?" You can't have me unlock it without a reason.

"Are ya getting' fresh with me, son?"

Shut the fuck up. Holy hell. "No, sir."

He didn't say anything else, so I relaxed. He just kept searching. If he hit Emily and hurt her with that flashlight in his hand, shit was gonna go down in the middle of the highway.

He finally stopped searching and told me I could get back in as he walked back to his car.

He came back and gave me my ticket. "Son, I'm not givin' ya any points, alright? Juss the ticket. I better not catch you speeding no more."

Or what? Empty threats, as always.

I grabbed the ticket – well, snatched it – out of his hand. "Thank you."

I drove off slowly and found the first U-Turn I could to get back home.

I didn't want to drive anymore after that crap.

I couldn't even take a ride without something bad happening.

Whatever. What's done is done. I couldn't go back in time and not speed. No point in thinking about it anymore.

I had to focus on tonight's dinner.

Should I act like nothing had happened just before between Bella and me?

Or should I have a talk with her?

Again, I didn't know. I didn't know what to do, which seems to be the case whenever I've had to deal with Bella recently.

No, that sounded bad. I didn't want to complain about 'dealing' with her. I was more than happy to be able to work things out whenever we needed to, but sometimes, I let my
anger get the better of me. I couldn't help it. Whenever I felt an argument coming up, I would tell myself to keep calm, but that would all go out the window when the actual argument
would take place. And then, of course, I would regret it.

Like I did right now.

I couldn't act like nothing had happened. Not with Bells. We already tried that once. It didn't work – well, we were able to do it for three months. But look where we were now. I had
to think before I acted around her, and I hated that.

We should have settled this three months ago. Then at least by now, she would've let me know if she doesn't feel the same way I do and we could've gone on with our lives.

But…I didn't want to go on with my life without her, and I don't care how pathetic that sounded.

I finally pulled up in front of my house, turned my car off, and rubbed the steering wheel.

"Sorry I hit you before, Emily."

I was hurting everyone around me. Even my freaking car.

I got out and walked up my walkway, turning my head to see if Bella was home. She was. Well, I wasn't surprised. Why wouldn't she be?

I hadn't turned my head to see if she was home. I just told myself that. I checked to see if she was outside, so I could see her.

I walked in my front door and said hi to my parents, then went upstairs, ready to talk to Alice.

When I got upstairs, I didn't bother knocking on her door. I didn't care. She didn't need a warning that I was coming in.

I opened the door and she jumped, which I expected. She was just sitting on her bed listening to music on her iPod.

"Edward, you scared me…"

"Sorry. Alice, I have to talk to you, like, now." Why the hell was she sitting there in a bra?

"Um…okay. Could you give me a sec?"

"No, it can't wait. I have to say what I have to say."

"O…kay?"

"Wait. Why are you sitting here in a bra?"

"I can't be comfortable in my own room? Like, you didn't even knock. I would've put a shirt on if you did."

I shrugged. "Whatever. I don't care." Really, it didn't freaking matter.

I just went right into what I wanted to stay. "Why did you tell Bella I was in – what was that?" I turned my head to the side, toward the closet that was behind me.

"What?"

"You didn't hear that?"

"Hear what?"

I walked over to her closet and opened the door. Oh, would you look at that? Brian. In boxers. And nothing else.

I grabbed his arm and pulled him out, pushing him toward Alice. "This. What the hell is this?"

"We weren't doing –"

Ew. "Arghh! No, Alice! I don't wanna hear what you were and weren't doing. You're in your bra and he has nothing but boxers on. I think that explains enough." Disgusting.
I liked this kid less and less each time I saw him.

"Edward! Don't tell mom and –"

I couldn't believe I had to deal with this right now. "Do they know he's here?"

"Yeah. He's coming to dinner with us."

Why the fuck was he coming to dinner? I turned to Brian and gave him a hard look. "Can you leave for a second? I wanna talk to my sister. Alone."

He turned to leave, but Alice grabbed his wrist. "No, Brian. Stay." She turned toward me. "If you're gonna say something to me, you can say it in front of Brian."

I walked to the closet, saw his clothes on the floor, and grabbed them. I walked back to him and shoved theclothes into his chest. "Get out of the room. Now."

"Edward! It's my room! And you're not dad!" I hated when she said that. Same with Bella. Always with the 'dad' thing.

Wow. This girl wouldn't give up. I knew she was stubborn, but was she really in any position to argue right now?

"Oh, do mom and dad need to know it's your room too?" I took in a deep breath as if I was going to call them upstairs. "MOOO –"

Alice closed the space between us and put her hand over my mouth. "Alright! Fine!" She slowly brought her hand down.

I wouldn't have done it. I just wanted to scare her, not get her in trouble. I just wanted this kid out of the room.

She walked over to Brian and pouted as he bent down and gave her a peck on the lips. I had to look away.

"Sorry, baby. Just wait in Edward's room."

I whipped my head back around toward them as he started walking out, clothes in hand. I didn't want him in my room, but I wasn't going to start a fight over this.

"Hey. Don't touch anything." I didn't want this idiot touching and looking through my stuff.

After he left, Alice closed the door behind him and went to get a shirt from her closet. She put it on and sat on her bed as I went to sit on her chair.

"So…what do you wanna talk about?"

Well, I would've brought up Bella first if all this crap didn't just happen. But now I had other stuff on my mind too.

I leaned forward and put my arms on my knees. I whispered, in case Brian could hear me, and held my hand out toward the door. "Why is he coming to dinner? It's a family dinner."

She shrugged. "Bella's coming, right? Well, so is Brian."

What did Brian have to do with Bella? His position in this family was nowhere near Bella's position. He didn't even have a position in this family.

"Bella's family, Alice. Brian isn't. And Bella's your friend."

"Who says he's not family? You? Oh, and I'm sure you want Bella to go just because she's 'part of the family'." She put up air quotes with her fingers as she said the last part.

Wow. She really knew how to push my damn buttons. Her sarcasm was getting to me.

"What the hell are you talking about?" I knew what she was trying to say. I just wanted to hear her actually say it.

She snapped at me. "You know what I'm talking about, Edward! Everyone knows what I'm talking about. Mom, dad, Em, even Brian! I don't know how Bella hasn't figured it out…"

"She has! Thanks to you, she has figured it out! Why would you fucking tell her I'm in love with her?" I could feel my anger rising again, and I hoped that I wouldn't let it take over this time.

"Because you're not gonna do it and she deserves to know."

"How are you even so sure I'm in love with her? Maybe I just really care for her as a friend." Okay, obviously I wasn't trying to convince Alice that I didn't love Bella. I don't think it's
possible to change her mind that easily.

"That's what she said. That you care for her as a best friend. She even asked why you would be in love with her. It was like she was asking why you would choose her out of everyone.
I didn't know what to tell her, so I said you probably saw something in her. You do see something special in her, right? I mean…" She stopped for a second. "Wow. Wow. I could be so
wrong about all of this." She started looking around the room and rambling on and on. "Maybe you do care for her only as a best friend. Oh, my God, Edward. Sorry! I shouldn't have told
her without being sure –"

"Alice, stop." Whoa. Was Alice second-guessing herself? I never thought I'd see the day.

Still sitting on the chair, I hung my head low and mumbled what I said next. "I am. You're not wrong about anything. I am in love with her. And I do see something special in her.
Not som – not something special. Everything about her is special. I don't know how to explain it. I don't know what to do, but it's killing me inside."

She sat down again, but I didn't look up. "Oh." I knew she didn't know what to say, and as much as I wanted her to tell me what to do, I wasn't angry or anything. She got up and sat
on the floor in front of me. "So why didn't you tell her?"

I finally looked at her. "Well, did I get a chance? You told her before I could."

"You weren't going to tell her. Or you would've told her in like ten years when she was married with kids or something."

Sometimes, it amazed me how well she knew me. It shouldn't have, because she was my sister, but it still did. She was right. I would've waited until it was too late, and then Bella
would probably get mad that I had held something from her and hadn't told her earlier.

"So, why did you lie to her about it?"

How did she know? "How do you know I lied to her?"

"Well, I'm guessing she told you what I said and that's how you found out. You wouldn't be here right now if you told her you were in love with her."

"Yes I would be. She would've rejected me again and I'd be in the same place I am now."

"Again?"

Fuck. I sighed. "Yeah…again." I didn't want to explain anything I didn't have to. It was embarrassing.

"What happened?"

I looked down again, and my voice was really low. "I, um…I, um…I kissed her."

She was trying to hide her shock, but I saw it. "When?"

"Like three months ago."

"Ohhh! That makes sense. You know that she asked me why you were acting weird recently? I'm guessing the kiss is why you're acting weird. So what happened after? I'm gonna take
a wild guess and say it didn't end well." She shifted her position as her eyes got wide and she was half-smiling. What the hell? It was like she was getting ready to watch a movie or
something. I swear, I don't think I could ever understand why girls loved secrets and gossip so much. I didn't bother asking. I couldn't get off track again. I told her. Everything.

I needed someone to just listen, and I couldn't tell Bella right now, so I needed someone else. I was glad that someone was Alice.

It felt weird going into this much detail with her, but I didn't hold back. I had to let someone know, and now was the perfect time. I had been holding this in for too long. I let everything
out and she listened without interrupting for a long while, which I was really thankful for.

When I spoke, even I could hear the sorrow in my voice, and it got worse as I went on, but I couldn't help it.

"The kiss went well. What happened after…didn't. She…kissed me back at first, but then she stopped and asked me why I kissed her. Who asks why? I mean, there's obviously a reason
why I did it. I thought she knew the reason and I thought she felt the same way because she was kissing me back. I didn't know if she really wanted to know or if she was saying it
like, 'Well, why are you kissing me?' or something, so I just said, 'Just because' and asked if we should act like the kiss didn't happen and she agreed. That's when things started getting
weird between us. We should've talked about it that day. I'm such a dumbass. Why would I even suggest that?! I wish I'd just told her why I actually did it! I should've – I don't know, Alice.
I should've just asked her before I kissed her or something. And then right after Em's graduation, I went over her house because she wanted to talk, and that's when she told me that
you told her I was in love with her, but I got mad so I guess she took it the wrong way and that's when she told me not to act differently because of what people thought. Ugh!!!
She didn't want me to act any weirder because I'm already acting weird!"

Realization dawned on me. "Oh, my God. And I asked her why I would act differently, but I didn't stop to think
that I'm already acting strange…just because I kissed her and it didn't go perfectly. You know, I got mad at her. For telling me not to act differently. But I don't blame her for thinking I
wouldn't act the same way as before, because I'm already acting weird around her. Because I thought she would have a problem with me being too close with her after what happened.
And she even let me know that she actually wanted to know why I kissed her! And I fucked it up again! Again! I fucking said, 'Just because' again. She just asked me at her house and I told
her that she already knew why I had kissed her, 'just because'. I asked if she'd ever seen some random guy and just wanted him right then and there! She looked so hurt. Did she think I
was calling her a slut or something? Goddamn! I can't even think of her being that way! Ever. Even if she isn't in love with me, I don't want her to think that she's some random girl that I
wanna use or something. I don't want her to think of herself so low. She's so much better than any girl I've ever been with. I don't even deserve her. Holy shit. Holy shit. It was my second
chance to tell her how I felt after Em's graduation and I ruined it again. So then after that, I…I went for a ride and then I – I fucking got a speeding ticket and when I came here –"

"Edward, breathe. And huh? What ticket? Don't worry about that right now."

I had no idea if anything I'd just said made any sense to Alice.

I hadn't realized that I'd moved from the chair until I felt Alice's arm on mine. I was on the floor in front of her, with my knees bent up, my arms on top of my knees, and my
cheek resting on my arms. I was just staring at the wall.

I picked my head up, took a deep breath, and let it out.

"What should I do?" As childish as it was, I wanted someone to give me the answers. I didn't want to think about what I could and couldn't do anymore.

"Well…What do you want to do?"

I thought about it for a few seconds. "Let her know…about how I feel."

"So do it."

"What if she doesn't think of me that way and she's mean about it?"

"Ha! Edward, listen to what you're saying and who you're talking about. Would Bella ever be mean to you? Ever?"

I threw my hands in the air and I knew I looked mad. "Yeah! She yelled at me when I sat on her once!"

She gave me a look and I knew I was being stupid. "Well, then, don't sit on her! Edward, come on. What's the worst that could happen? In reality."

"Okay, fine. I know she won't be mean about it…but what if she doesn't love me that way?"

"Then you move on and hope things work out. I know it sounds mean and it's not what you wanna hear, but you can't force her to be in love with you. Even if she's not in love with
you, you know she loves you a lot."

"It's not mean, it's true. But I don't wanna watch her get older and marry someone else. I don't even wanna see her with another guy." I didn't even wanna think about it.

She sighed. "Edward, what do you want? Do you want her?"

Was that a trick question? "Um…yeah?" I cleared my throat. "Yeah. Definitely."

"Then go get her. Just let her know how you feel. Don't worry about what she's gonna say until she actually says it. Even if she doesn't feel the same way, at least she'll know how
you feel and you'll be relieved. You won't have to hold your feelings in anymore. Look at you. You're a mess. Did you hear yourself before? It was scary. I'm sorry to say it, but it was.
You know she won't be mean or make you feel uncomfortable, so I say just do it."

I stood up, but sat back down when I realized she wasn't done talking.

"And stop acting weird around her. I don't know exactly what you're doing or not doing, but stop."

I nodded and stood up again. She stood up as well. I realized I hadn't let my anger from the beginning take over this time, that it had somehow disappeared during the conversation.

I had to hug her. I had to. I didn't know how else to let her know how thankful I was.

She was so short – her head barely reached my chest – and it made me laugh. "Allice, thank you so much. I don't think you know how much this means to me."

"No problem. Remember when we were young and I had to look after Emmett for like fifteen minutes while mom ran an errand? When he was yelling at me and being mean and then
you yelled at him? You told him that I was older and that he had to respect me. Thank you. For that. I don't think I ever really thanked you."

It was strange that she would bring that up, but of course I remembered. I had picked him up and threatened to throw him out of his bedroom window that day. "Anytime. You don't
have to thank me for stuff like that. It's part of my duties as a brother. And I knew you appreciated it."

"Well, same with this situation."

I smile at her and let her go. "Can you not tell anyone about this?"

"Of course. No problem."

I gave her a look to make sure she didn't tell anyone.

Her eyes got wide. "Edward, I promise! I won't tell anyone. Not even Bella."

I smiled. "Good. I wanna be the one to tell her about everything that's going on." I turned and walked toward her door.

"Where are you going?"

I turned back around. "To get ready. We have to leave soon."

"Are you gonna tell her how you feel?"

"Yeah. Tonight after dinner."

She smiled. "And if it doesn't go exactly the way you planned it…?"

Well, I wasn't gonna ask Bella if she wanted to act like nothing happened this time.

"Life goes on. Thanks again."

I turned and walked out. I had a good feeling about tonight.

When I got to my room, I stopped in my doorway and made a face.

Oh, yeah. I forgot about Brian. He was sitting on my floor, looking around my room.

I started walking toward my closet, trying to figure out what to wear.

Without turning around to look at him, I spoke. "Get out. And Alice's door better stay open."

I heard him get up and leave. When I heard Alice's door close, I dropped whatever I was doing and walked toward her room.

I opened the door without knocking, and they were sitting on her bed talking. I gave him a hard look. "I just said that this door better stay open."

I walked away and stopped in case the door closed again. When it didn't, I continued walking

I couldn't wait to see Bella in a little bit.

And I couldn't wait to tell her how I felt after dinner.

Oooh, what do you think will happen?

Sorry if you guys were expecting Edward and Bella to have a talk or something in this chapter!
I know some of you are sick of waiting, but I don't wanna rush into things. I hope you're not too maddd.

And did you guys see the new Eclipse trailer? What did you think about it?? It looks like this
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