Bella's POV

The next day Quil has to get up and go to the shop leaving me with Embry. Yay. He is still out; they must have given him some good stuff.

"Be nice to him babe, please?" He asks before he leaves and I tell him I will try but no promises.

I get up and make Lacy breakfast and ask her what she wants to do today. After telling her no swimming still and no lion chasing she decides she just wants to watch Princess movies all day.

That lasts 15 minutes.

"I'm bored mommy, can we go the park? I climb the stairs." She asks meaning she won't try to climb up the side with her poor broken arm.

"Fine but only after Embry wakes up, we can't leave him here. Do you want to paint?" She gets all excited so I cover the kitchen table with paper and give her paints and a brush that doesn't get used.

I hear a knock at the door and I open it to Lauren. This day just keeps getting better and better.

"Is he OK?" She asks quietly.

"Because of the wreck or because you're a bitch?" I ask her.

"From the wreck." She whispers.

"He has a broken rib, he's got pain killers and he's asleep in the guest room. I will tell him you stopped by even though I'm pretty sure you're supposed to be broken up. I forget the reason? Oh wait it's me."

"Can you blame me?" She asks seriously. Um yes I can blame you.

"Can I blame you for being a bitch? Actually yes I can." I tell her.

"Oh come on. You move here and every boy in the school is all over you and then you start hanging out with Jacob and Quil and Embry who are like some of the hottest guys ever, not to mention Jessica has been in love with Quil since middle school. Do you have any idea how many nights I spent listening to her crying over him and you? She still wants him; she would leave Mark in a second for him. You have everything Bella; I didn't want you to have my boyfriend too."

"But he was my friend before he was your boyfriend. And not just a friend, he was one of my best friends, he was the one who held me when I cried when I thought my mom loved my step dad more than me, he's the one that talked me through my last minute freak out 10 minutes before my wedding., he was the first person to hold Lacy besides me or Quil after she was born. I love Embry and you took that away from me because you're a jealous little bitch." Whoa. I'm usually much nicer than that.

"I didn't want him to cheat on me with you." She tells me and I laugh.

"It was never like that between us like that."

"Have many times were you two at the beach with his arms wrapped around you?" She asks.

"How many times was my husband there? Embry is very loving and protective. He loves me, or he used too but it was never like that. I love Quil but Embry always made me feel… safe I guess. And then he told me about his feelings for you and how he wasn't going to go for it because none of us liked you and I convinced him it didn't matter. And then you steal him from me. Go away Lauren, I'm sure you kept his #, Call him and stay the hell away from my house." I tell her and then slam the door in her face.

Lauren pisses me off more than just about anything but I haven't been this mad since… since I was pregnant with Lacy and Quil wrecked my car. I didn't even like the car.

Yeah, I'm going to have to think about that later…

Lacy is still painting so I start cleaning up from breakfast when Embry comes up beside me and starts helping.

"Go away." I whisper.

"I heard everything. I am so sorry Bells… you have Quil and Jake has Leah and I love you but I was always the extra person and I love Lauren, I really do. But I shouldn't have let her talked me into giving you up."

"But you did and now it's too late but you still love her and she loves you so just go get her back and we can go back to the way things were."

"I want you back, you're more important to me than she will ever be. That's why I broke up with her; it's not fair to her."

"What are you talking about Embry?" I ask him really hoping he's hopped on pain meds.

"Don't look at me like Bells; I'm not trying to steal you away or anything. He's my best friend, I wouldn't do that." Somehow that answer doesn't make me feel better.

"But if I wasn't with him then…"

"No! I don't mean it like that. You're my family like Jake and Quil. And you're not supposed to turn your back on family ever for any reason."

"What am I supposed to do Embry? Just forget that for the last 2 years you pretended I don't exist?" I ask him trying not to cry.

"Maybe start with letting me do the dishes. I'll be gone in an hour and then… I'll wait for you; I'll wait and just hope that one day you can forgive me."

"Quil is right, I do still love you but you hurt me and it wasn't like a one-time thing. It killed me every time I knew Quil and Jake were with you and I couldn't go because I meant so little to you that you let her make the rules."

"Why aren't you mad at them?" He asks and I look at him like he's insane. Like is he seriously trying to blame them?

"Embry I had to convince both of them it was OK, of course you wouldn't know that. In the beginning it was both Quil and Jake but then Jake kind of accepted the whole thing but I had to convince Quil it was OK every single time he went out with you. And the party at our house the day Lacy broke her arm? I'm the reason he even let her come. Shit, I'm the reason he even let you come."

Lacy comes running to me and covers me in paint with her paint covered hands and thankfully ends this conversation. I tell Embry I'm going to clean her up and take her to the park. He doesn't have to be gone when I get back but I'm far from back to where I was.

I will probably never be back to where I was.

A/N I'm not really sure where this story is going because it's writing itself completely different from the original idea so if anyone has any ideas for it let me know!

Also…

Should Embry get back with Lauren?

And…

Should Bella forgive Embry?