It was the next morning after we arrived at Riley and Bree's house, and I didn't want to leave the comfort of my bed. I smelled roasting coffee and breakfast. My arms were wrapped around Bella's waist keeping her close to my chest and I hummed. My head lay on her pillow and she stirred.

"Bella" I said softly in her ear, lightly nibbling and kissing. She giggled as I moved to kiss her neck and down her shoulder. I pulled her closer and leaned down to kiss her check. My hands roamed down her hands, and her boy-short clad hips.

"Good morning" She smiled happily at me and I grinned.

"A very good morning to you" I replied and she ran her hands through the tufts of my hair.

"You're hair looks even worse than it usually does." She commented and I swatted her hands away.

"Don't insult my hair!" I said mocking seriousness. She giggled and gave me a light kiss.

"Who's downstairs?" She asked as she heard all the talking from downstairs. We stayed quiet and heard more than Bree and Riley. There were people here and we got out of bed to see the commotion. I put on a pair of sweats and a wife beater, and Bella had on her yoga pants and loose tank top. We both washed our faces and brushed our teeth and hair before meeting everyone downstairs hand-in-hand. We couldn't even get onto the tile flooring; there were so many air mattresses. They were all pushed together, covering every surface of the floor. Every one of them had a bed set on it, and none of them made up.

"Holy shit" I said and Bella and I shared an equally shocked expression. We helped one another step onto the mattresses without falling and finally made it into the kitchen. There were definitely more people than just Charlotte, Peter, Riley, Bree and little Vera. There were people everywhere all in pajamas. Men outside having breakfast on the terrace with laptops and cell phones all talking. There were people sitting at the dining room all doing the same exact thing. Little kids around Vera's age or a little older, and some younger all in the living room watching their morning cartoons eating their breakfast. Bree and many of her friends flanked her kitchen all cooking and talking. People were everywhere and I had no clue as to who they were.

"Riley!" I yelled over the talking and everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at me. The attention was uncomfortable and Bree gave me a soft smile.

"Morning Anthony, would you like some breakfast?" She asked from her stove. It was still dead quiet until a small petite woman with short blonde hair walked up to me and looked up to me. Her face was soft and she just stared at me face and examined it. She looked me up and down and chuckled lightly to herself. She looked young, still in her twenties and I was curious to why she was here.

"Wow Ant, you're all grown up" She said in her high pitched, soft voice and smiled.

"Yeah, I am" I told her. She smirked and cocked her head. Everyone from outside and in the other rooms all came in the kitchen to watch the show.

"You have no idea who the hell I am, do you?" She said in a statement instead of a question. I nodded sheepishly.

"Sweetheart" She said softly, "I was your mother's younger sister. You've never met me, because we had a large fight that caused us to not talk each other. I haven't talked to my parents in years; I haven't talked to Esme since my freshman year of college. But Carlisle always made sure to send me pictures and videos of you, but I never got a chance to actually meet you. I regret that now, because you've turned into quite the young man and I'm proud of you, honey. We'll get through this" She said with a smile a small palm to the face, and went to sit down. I stood there shocked and wordless.

More people came to say hello and give their condolences of the situation and promised they would stop James no matter the cost. I learned most of them were parents themselves, and I looked at the light in their eyes and the smile in their voice when they talked about their kids. My parents used to talk about me that way, and in a way so did Carmen and Eleazar when they were really proud of me.

"Bree you didn't forget about Carmen and Eleazar right? You're still trying to find them?" I asked worried. She gave me a soft small smile and nodded.

"Of course we are, but right now I think they're with Carlisle and Esme and hopefully they aren't hurt. I'd like to think they aren't, so you should too" She said and went back to her pancakes. I nodded.

I was in the middle of talking to my dad's boss when the screen door slid open and my mouth dropped.

"Edward!" I heard an energetic deep voice yell from the backyard and my face broke out into a huge smile.

"Emmett?" I yelled and he appeared in the doorway in his basketball shorts and wife beater.

"Eduardo!" He grinned and attacked me in a man hug picking me up off the ground and spun around. We laughed and he set me down.

"Man have I missed the hell out of you! When that guy over there called Jazz and I to come down he filled us in on everything! Dude, how could you think we betrayed you like that? If anyone asked us to do that shit, we would tell them to go fuck themselves over and go straight to hell! And Jess didn't have anything to do with it either; she didn't know what she was doing. She doesn't even know the situation, but you can guarantee we're going to catch this fucker and get your parents back. Even thought I really liked Momma Cullen and Papa C I'm excited to meet Mama Masen and Papa Masen" He grinned at me. I chuckled at them. My mother would love cooking for him, and my father would love to have gambled with him over the silliest of things.

"Oh Emmett I've missed you so much. Speaking of Jazz, where is he?" I asked looking around. Everyone had smiles at our embrace and I smiled at all of them.

"He went to go get some more breakfast stuff for Bree. Damn man, all these people here know your dad and it's weird for them to be talking about you and calling you Anthony wile I call you Edward. Plus the person they're talking about doesn't sound anything like the person I know so it's a little weird" He laughed.

"I'm still me Em, I'm still me" I smiled reassuringly.

"Oh and don't tell Bella, but we have a surprise for her" He said giddily.

"I won't, but what is it?" I asked curiously. He bounced on his toes and grinned widely.

"Alice and Rosalie are here!" He informed and my mouth dropped.

"No way! She's going to be so psyched" I said excitedly and looked to where she was talking to Bree's friends and eating breakfast.

"I know! They're with Jasper, because Bree didn't trust him to go there by himself and plus you guys weren't awake yet so they went with him." He said and I nodded.

"Well I better go talk to everyone so just go do what you do best and go eat" I teased. He rolled his eyes and nodded.

"Oh I am I am!" He said and went to go get more breakfast. I got a plate of food from Bree and went to sit down outside. Emmett sat next to me, taking up the two seater patio couch and then I saw everyone pick up their plates.

"Dude, this is getting crazy" I told Emmett and he nodded. Like a small herd, they all plowed onto the patio to take their seats.

"They've all been antsy the entire morning" He informed and I nodded. No pressure at all.

Everyone followed me out there and I saw in one of the patio chairs and they all sat around me just staring and whispering. They squished together on chairs and patio couches and even brought out chairs. I felt intimidated by all the attention and Bella came to sit on my lap sideways and laid her legs on the side of my couch by Emmett so they weren't outstretched on his lap.

"So, what made you all change your minds and help me?" I asked the big group. Bella's free hand played with the end of my hair and softly caressed my neck.

"Anthony, it wasn't that we didn't want to help, but we didn't want to endanger our families and get involved when nothing was happening and you were still missing. Now that you're here and James" The man who answered my question spat, "had his little robots band together, we needed to get together and protect what's right." He said firmly and everyone loudly agreed.

"Well, thank you it means a lot. I'm sorry for not knowing anyone, or recognizing anyone that would be familiar to me. The trauma of this whole experience caused me to black out that time in my life, and to have a very vague memory of everything. Hell, I didn't even know Riley when he first came to me. So if I can get to know everyone again that'd be great." I chuckled at them.

"You're probably all wondering who these people are in my life right now and what they have to do with the situation, so I best explain it" I said sheepishly.

"This is my best friend Emmett; he's been here for me since this whole thing with WPP even started. He was the first friend I made in Forks, and he's been with me ever since. Our other friend Jasper is also my best friend and he's out to get Bree some breakfast supplies. This here is my girlfriend Bella, and she's been here with through this whole experience. She came with me when we ran from Forks and was with my when Riley found us." I explained.

"I'm Stefan, your father was one of my best friends; he was the kindest man I've met. He truly was a real family man, always talking about you and Esme, and how proud of you he was. All his hard work went into supporting his family, and I know he had a great time doing so. He was an amazing doctor, never letting the intelligence he had get to his head. We knew there were people jealous of him, and he did too. He tried to ignore it, and not let anyone's harsh and rude and negative comments get to him, which is something very admirable, but it had crossed a line when people kept accusing him of being a fake doctor. They accused him of doing ridiculous things, and these rumors were all started by no other than James himself." Stefan spoke up scowling. Bella gave my hair a soft massage, showing me she was there for me. I appreciated it and gave her a kiss on her shoulder. Emmett gave me a small smile and focused on what people were saying.

"You know, I've been hearing things about how my father was an amazing person, how he loved my mother and I, and how James is a huge asshole to fuck up my family, but no one is really acting on getting them back. I mean we have some clues, and we have some info that can help us get to where we need to go. You all have come here, so why are sitting around? Why aren't we taking any action?" I asked. They all stayed silent and I could see that they agreed with me. I looked to Riley who played with his plate and nodded.

"I understand that. We really should all sit down later tonight and draw up a plan." He proposed. I grinned relieved and I saw Emmett bear a huge grin.

"We are so taking these fuckers down!" He pepped and everyone chuckled at his enthusiasm.

We continued to eat with light conversation with until Jasper, Rose, and Alice showed up with trays of fruit, and other breakfast pastries.

"Edward!" Jasper yelled and dropped the food on the patio table. Bella slid off my lap and Jasper and I ran into a huge man hug.

"Man, have you got one life!" He laughed and I grinned. As much as I was mad at him, I still missed him.

"I know" I agreed. I saw Rosalie and Alice run up to Bella and attacked her in hugs and loves. The girls laughed and ate. I smiled happy that she was back with her friends.

"You really like her don't you?" Jasper asked and Emmett appeared next to him.

"Yeah I really do" I told him. He nodded with a small smile.

"Then that's all that matters. You're good together" He complimented and I felt myself become fuzzy inside.

"How'd you guys manage to get here?" I asked incredulously. They grinned.

"Well, we told our parents we were going on a school trip and we never came back. We're grounded but we told them that we'll be back soon and we'll keep them updated. The chief heard where we were headed; he called and bitched at us. Damn, he is pissed off. The girls told their parents they were going to go get Bella and bring her back, but we all know they aren't going to do that. Riley told all four of us what is going on and I feel so bad man. You were keeping a whole other side to you from us Anthony" Jasper said. It sounded weird to hear the name 'Anthony' roll off his tongue.

"That is your name right?" Emmett asked. I chuckled.

"Jazz, just call me Edward. That's who you know me by, and I wasn't being fake at all with my new identity. There was no new personality thing I was instructed to play or anything like that. I was myself the whole time I was 'Edward'. Granted, I did rebel against my situation and do things I never would have done as 'Anthony', but you know, YOLO" I laughed. They guffawed at me and teased me.

It was great to have my friends back.

"I'm happy Rose and Alice are here for Bella. How did you guys get along on the road trip here, not knowing each other?" I asked them. They shared a glance ad gave knowing smiles.

"Oh you know, we definitely bonded" Emmett winked. I felt my jaw drop.

"With who?" I asked incredulously. He barely knew her for a day and he already tapped it. That beats his record.

"Rose. I'm telling you man, she is one tough hot chick. She threatened to cut off my dick and serve it to me, four times in the car. I would lie if I said it didn't turn me on" He said and gazed after her from a few feet away. Jasper and I turned and saw her, Alice, and Bella all talking with a few of my dad's colleagues and their wives in the family room where the kids were watching TV. Vera was in Bella's lap, giggling as she blushed and the girls laughed at her while the men smirked.

"I'm going to go save my girl from embarrassment." I chuckled and left to go get my girl.

"Ah Anthony, just the guy we were talking about" Jim laughed and nudged arms with Riley and Bree. My arms snaked around Bella's waist and I smirked at Jim.

"What about me?" I asked and Rose smirked at me.

"We were just grilling her about you, that's all. Let me tell you, the gossip at school is going crazy. The rumor mill is definitely running" She said and I felt Bella groan.

"Oh god, I don't even want to know what other crazy things are going on" She said and Alice giggled.

"I want to know. It's been a while since I was in high school, and back then the real drama was if you didn't make the cheer team or boyfriends cheating. I want to hear" Sarah, Jim's wife, said excitedly with a smile. Jim rolled his eyes and I chuckled.

"Okay! Well, when you guys first left people said you eloped; Edward was some criminal taking Bella for ransom, Bella's knocked up, Lauren said you two were doing the Bonnie and Clyde criminal love affair thing; this shit's getting crazy" Alice said talking a million miles an hour. I chuckled.

"I wouldn't be surprised if someone fell for the criminal ones" I admitted, "I am a delinquent after all" I said sarcastically with a bitter smile. Alice gave me a sympathetic grimace and continued to eat her food.

"Oh Anthony, hush up we all know that isn't true. You're a good kid, always have been" Sarah said rolling her eyes. Jasper and Emmett shared a look and the girls played with their shoes. Bella's hand rubbed circles on m arms around her waist as I looked at Sarah.

"No Sarah, I wasn't a good kid back in Forks. Not a good kid at all. Definitely not the Anthony from Chicago" I told her. Her and Jim looked at me questioningly and thought about what I said for a moment, obviously trying to find a question that wouldn't offend me.

I looked out the window and chuckled as the sprinklers turned on. Everyone cried out in surprise as they took their plates and moved inside to the cramped house. They all came and joined us sitting in chairs they took and I could see they all wanted to have another group talk about my new life.

"Sorry! I forgot about those suckers" Riley called out in apology. They all murmured back and dried off.

"Anthony, what exactly did you do to earn that reputation?" Jim asked and I sighed running a hand through my hair.

"A list that can go on for days. I've gotten suspended multiple times mostly for getting drunk or high, I set one of the reservation's kids car on fire, got a DUI" I admitted, "When I was a kid I full of anger, and hate, and angst. The situation I was put in didn't agree with me very well, and I didn't know how to handle it. I hated Carmen and Eleazar when they'd done nothing wrong except take me in and put up with me" I joked. They call listened and cracked a smile or two, but no one laughed. I sighed.

"There was a lot of hate in my life. I was a very angry kid and I was bully. There are a few theft cases that I have on me, and they weren't just little trinkets from a store or an earring that I really wanted. I stole things like a pack of cigarettes, or when I was into drugs I would mug some dealer that I knew and I would steal all the shit he had on him. They were small items, but their value was very high. WPP covered most of it up though, got the cops to somehow drop charges; I found later that some agents set to look after me were in the police department to make sure there was safety and shit. It amazes me how I haven't been sent to juvy yet"

"When I set the car on fire my freshman year of high school, it was on Seth Clearwater and I remember I lit it because he took the girl I had a night with and he started going out with her. I was pissed, as usual, but I wanted vengeance against him for stealing who I thought was my girl because I had one night with her" I chuckled at my idiocy, "Jasper and Emmett happened to be on the reservation doing some pot and they saw me dousing the thing in lighter fluid and helped me torch it." I laughed to myself and saw Emmett and Jasper grinning at the memory.

"We were Forks' rebels I'll tell you, we did everything no one dared to do. Forks is a tiny town with about 3,000 people so word spreads fast. Everyone knew us, not for the right reasons, but I loved the attention. Doing those acts of defiance helped me cope with what was going in my life. It was my defense mechanism, if I felt something in my life was slipping out of my control I did something fucked up to cover it up and replace what I couldn't control with what I could. These girls right here can't tell you how much stupid stuff I did; because there's so much of it they won't be able to remember half of it. I was there for over half a decade and I defiantly created an impact on the town. A lot of enemies made, a lot friends I gained, and the people there are definitely cautious when around me" I laughed and girls giggled softly and nodded.

"You still are stupid and do stupid things" Rose voiced and I rolled my eyes at her, but didn't argue.

"I deserved that" I agreed and everyone chuckled.

"Edward I don't think you're stupid, yeah sure you made plenty of idiotic and harebrained schemes that you thought were good ideas at the time, but that doesn't define you. If people got to know the person underneath the bad boy exterior, they'd find that there is an amazing person on the interior with a huge heart and caring attitude. Your mistakes don't make you who are, it's the way you handle them and the situations you put yourself in that does" Bella told me with her soft wide smile. I resisted the urge to kiss her in that moment, instead kissing her nose. She didn't buy into my act, she tried to dig deeper and find who I really was. She understood me on ways that no one else did, and at the moment she was everything to me.

"Thank you" I whispered and she just gave me her soft and loving gaze.

"You're welcome" She replied and snuggled into my embrace. I wanted to keep her there forever.

"You better keep that one Edward" Peter said staring at us with a knowing smile, "She's something special" He said. I nodded and looked down at the amazing woman in my arms.

"She is, isn't she?" I agreed and kissed her softly. She replied by pressing her lips against mine for a moment before pulling back and looked to everyone.

They all stared with smiles on their faces and looked at me with faces with different emotions, some that I couldn't recognize.

But one of them was happiness.

~*My Teenage Delinquent*~

It was two days before we were all headed to Chicago; the scene of the crime. Peter and Charlotte found out that everyone in James's gang was heading there, grouping together for the last time before the big bang. We all had our plans, our roles, and identities. Our living arrangements were all made, and the kids were filled in on what was happening.

"Edward do you really think we can pull this off?" Bella asked worriedly as we got ready for bed. I looked at her through the mirror and her eyes shone with worry.

"Bella" I said softly and turned around to face her. She stood at the foot of the bed changing into her pajama shorts and tank top.

"I'm just nervous I'm going to fuck everything up. We've been working so hard and I don't want to be the person to ruin it" She said. I took her in my arms and she buried her face in my chest, her arms squeezing tight around my middle. I put my head in the crook of her neck and stroked her back.

"Babe, you'll be fine. You just need to have a little confidence in yourself. We went over the plans a million times and we made sure Vera knew about her little place in our plans. You need to believe in yourself" I told her softly. She sniffled and nodded.

"I know. Thank you" She sighed into my hair.

"You're welcome" I said and gave her cheek a kiss, slowly kissing my way to the corner of her mouth.

"I love you"

There was a gasp, then silence.

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