"Bella, I just want you to see why I'm worried-"

"Edward, you think I'm not scared?! I am, believe me I am. I don't want to fight with you, but if you won't accept what I want, then I don't know what to do."

He stood up, and I looked at him. Yeah, this isn't going to work out. At all. But, what about all of this?

"Bella, I can see that this is never going to work out. I'm sorry."

He got up and just walked out.

So, I won't listen to him and he leaves me?

The door opened and Alice walked in. She sat next to me, and I started getting upset.

"He... He just left me. I wouldn't let him talk me into something I didn't want to do and he left me."

"Ssh. It's OK. You've got the rest of us, it'll be OK."

This is why I love spending time with Alice. She always knew what to say.

"B... But-"

"No, Bella, we're all here for you. And even though I would love to find Eddie and remove something vital, I won't, you're more important."

She wrapped her arm around my shoulders, squeezing my shoulders.

"I just ... I know he's scared. We all are. But, just leaving me like that, I just don't get it."

"I know, but he might come around. You can talk to me, you know that, right?"

Of course I knew that. I knew I could talk to her. I could talk to any of them about anything. But, I preferred talking to her, or Rosalie about stuff like this.

"Of course, I know that pixie."

I sat up and before I could ask, Alice put a pillow behind me.

"Thanks."

I lay back, and she moved a little closer. This wasn't unusual, us lying like this.

"Do you need anything else?"

"Apart from wanting to strangle Edward? No, I'm OK. Hey, could you give me that?"

I looked at my drink on the nightstand and she gave it to me. I drank some and put it down next to me.

"Hey, are you sure you're OK, being around me like this?"

Alice shook her head, smiling.

"Don't worry, it's OK. It may bother Jasper, but I'm OK. I really didn't care as long as we figured out how to help in some way."

I nodded, and remembered our conversation from before Edward interrupted us.

"Yeah. What was that about before though? With Jasper?"

Alice sighed, sitting up.

"It's just a little difficult. I was with him when you were talking to Edward. He's doing OK, we talked about it, and I told him what you said. He feels a little better about it now."

I was happy, knowing that it was a little better between them.

"That's good, isn't it?"

Alice smiled, looking at me.

"Yeah, it is. Well, it's late. You get some rest, I'll see you in the morning."

She gave me a hug, and I had the feeling there was something there wasn't telling me about what had happened with Jasper. But, I didn't push it. She would tell me when she was ready.

She left, and I fell asleep. Edward left me, but I still had the rest of my family supporting me in what I wanted to do.

I woke up, when Rosalie walked in.

"How are you feeling?"

I shrugged, looking at her.

"Bella, my brother is an idiot. Don't worry about anything, we all support you. He's gone out for a while today."

"Thanks Rosalie. What about you? Are you OK?"

Rosalie nodded, looking at me.

"I'm fine, don't worry about me."

I got ready, and we went downstairs. I could hear Alice and Jasper talking in their room. It was just some playful bickering and I didn't think much of it. I walked downstairs, and sat on the couch. Esme made me some breakfast and sat next to me.

"How are you feeling, Bella?"

"Not great."

"Bella, Edward is scared. But, that doesn't give him the right to treat you the way he did. But, the rest of us support you."

I smiled at her, and saw Alice and Jasper walk down the stairs. They were talking about something, but I couldn't hear what they were saying. Alice walked over to me, and sat down. Jasper went out, after asking me how I was.

"He seems happier?"

Alice nodded, looking at me.

"He is. How are you?"

"I'm doing OK. Not great."

"Hey, are you feeling OK?"

I looked at Alice. I had fallen asleep and Alice stayed with me. Well, I had fallen asleep, leaning against her, so she couldn't move without waking me.

"I'm fine, pixie."

She nodded, and spent I spent the rest of the day talking to her, Rosalie and Emmett.

The next day, Edward came into my room, and sat down. He looked at me, upset. I knew this wasn't going to end well. I sighed, sitting up.

"Bella, I'm sorry for the way I treated you. I'm scared of losing you."

Here we go, he's trying to get me to agree with him. I shook my head, looking at him.

"Edward, I know you're scared, I am to. Everyone here is worried, you know that. Treating me like that isn't the right thing to do, you know that I'm scared, and that only makes things worse. I know what you don't agree with what I want to do. But, it's what I want, and if you can't accept it then I can't be with you."

He just looked at me, as I spoke. I think he was in shock that I was actually saying that I wasn't going to do what he wanted. He was getting annoyed, and I knew this wasn't going to end well.

"Bella, I'm worried. I don't want to lose you, I love you. I know I shouldn't have treated you like that. I'm sorry. We don't have to split up over this, if you just listen to me about-"

"That's it! Edward, it's over. You won't listen to what I want, and it's not going to work. Everyone is scared, not just you!"

Little did I know, the idiot didn't close the door and everyone heard the argument. No one interrupted us, but they heard it.

"You know what? Edward, just leave. You won't listen to me, so just leave."

He shook his head, and tried to argue, but I screamed at him to leave and he walked out.

I sighed, sitting back. Alice and Rosalie walked in to check on me. They looked concerned and I'm pretty sure they wanted to murder their brother.

"I know you heard that."

They sat down, and looked at each other and back at me.

"We did. Bella, the way he's treating you isn't right. You're right, we are worried about you. But, screaming at you isn't the answer to everything. If he can't see that, then something has to change."

Rosalie was right. There was no point in staying with him, if he wasn't going to listen me, then I couldn't stay with me. But, what about-

"Bella, don't be silly."

I really need to remember that. I looked at Alice, she must have seen what I was considering. Rosalie looked at her, confused. She had no idea, what Alice was talking about.

Alice looked at her, explaining.

"Bella, was worried about what would happen if she did break up with him. What we would do."

Rosalie shook her head, and turned to me.

"Bella, we wouldn't turn our back on you because our brother is an idiot. Ali' is right, your part of the family now, that's not going to change. Although, Edward is on thin ice."

That was never good. When she said stuff like that, you hoped it was never directed at you.

"I was just-"

"Stop. We're your family to. We wouldn't do that to you. And you really need to remember what happens when you make decisions, silly."

Alice smiled at me, and took my hand.

"I just ... I know he's worried. We all are. But, treating me like this isn't right. I can't do, I just can't."

I felt her squeeze my hand, and there was a noise downstairs. Rosalie stood up, and sighed.

"Emmett is about to kill him, and even though I'd love him to, I better go stop him. I'll be right back."

I nodded and she disappeared. I looked at Alice, and she moved a little closer.

"Will he hurt him?"

Alice shrugged.

"Nothing permanent, unfortunately. You actually forgot, didn't you?"

I blushed, looking away. I had, but didn't want to actually admit it.

"Maybe."

"Bella."

I looked at her, and she was ... Well, she looked adorable, but she was trying to look annoyed.

"Alice, you know people can't take you seriously when you look at them like that."

She shook her head, and I smiled.

"Not you to! I am not cute!"

That made me laugh. When she tried to look annoyed, she looked cute, I'd always thought so. Everyone thought so, and it annoyed her.

"When you look at people like that, you are. Nothing you can do about that, pixie."

She crossed her arms and ... Oh good God, that pout. Now, I'm straight but that pout was to cute. She knew people couldn't say no when she looked at them like that.

"You're just proving my point."

I nudged her shoulder, and she smiled. I'd always been close to her, and had gotten close to Rosalie lately.

"... Fine."

Now, that made me laugh. I felt a little better know that they supported me. Rosalie walked back in, sitting down.

"Well, he's still alive. Barely. Emmett is pretty angry."

Rosalie can normally calm Emmett down, so it must have been pretty bad if she had trouble. Emmett, to me, was a big teddy bear. But, I knew he was pretty protective of his family.

"Well, you calmed him down. That's what matters. I can't take anymore fighting."

Rosalie nodded, and we spent a little while in my room before going downstairs. Esme saw us, and sat next to me.

"Edward has gone out, he won't be back for a while. Did Rosalie tell you what happened with Emmett?"

I nodded, and Emmett walked in, sitting next to Rosalie. He put his arm around her, and she moved a little closer to him. He smiled at me, seeing how upset I was.

"She told me, that you." I looked at Emmett. "Were angry, but that everything was OK. I know you heard the argument."

Emmett nodded, looking at me.

"Yeah, we did. He's an idiot, and you don't have to worry about anything. We support you, you're part of the family now, Bella."

We spent the afternoon talking, Jasper came back and talked to me for a little while, before going upstairs. I knew it was hard for him, so talking to me like that, was big for him.

Alice and Jasper seemed ... Something was different, I can't put my finger on it. They were close, but the way they were acting around each other told me something was wrong. But, I couldn't exactly bring it up, around all the others.

Alice sat next to me, taking my hand. I squeezed her hand, and she looked up at me.

"Everything OK, pixie?"

She nodded, smiling.

"Yeah, are you feeling OK? Do you need anything?"

I nodded, and sat up.

"Could you give me that?"

I looked at my drink on the table, and she gave it to me.

"Here. Are you feeling better?"

I shrugged, I was still upset. I couldn't believe he was acting this way. But, he had always had a thing for deciding everything I did or didn't do. And I was sick of it.

"I'm still upset. But, I'm tired of him making decisions for me. I know what I want, but he won't listen and I'm not going to let him tell me what to do."

Alice nodded, watching me. Rosalie and Emmett had gone out and Esme was in another part of the house, so it was just us.

"I know. He was lucky Rose was able to calm him down. Edward ... Well, he thinks that you need him to do that. But, we all know he's wrong. You know what you want, and he needs to listen to you. We know what you want, and we're worried, but we support what you want. If he can't do that, then he's not worth it. I know he's my brother, but he's an idiot."

I watched her, as she spoke. She really did believe that I was right, not wanting to be with him. I went to bed, thinking about what would happen the next time I saw him.