Here is the next chapter, hope you guys enjoy and again the characters do not belong to me, the belong to the author. The only characters that belong to me are the ones that I made up.

Later on

Bella had managed to beg her mother into letting her sleep for a few hours. She could not believe that her mother had really told her the truth, that everything she grew up believing was not true but something false that her mother had made up to make sure that she was safe. She told her mom the truth, not once throughout this whole thing had she hated her mother. She actually loved her mom very dearly, to know that her mother had tried to protect her at all cost. Snuggled into her soft sheets and comfortable bed, sighing because she missed Edward sleeping beside her. She rolled over onto her back and sighed again. She soon fell asleep, but she kept tossing and turning, her body was missing Edward's touch, even if she had not realized it, but her body knew that Edward was her mate. She was asleep until she felt someone jumping up and down on her bed. Opening one eye, she could see her dear cousin Alice jumping up and down on her bed. Alice was short girl with a short raven black hair that reminded Bella of a pixy haircut. It looked like she had spiked it up in all different directions. Alice had her mother's forest green eyes and the Lockhart's fair skin. Alice was a very beautiful girl with her petite body, she always reminded Bella of a pixy or something fairy like. Especially in the outfit Alice was wearing today, she was wearing a cute soft green full skirt that hit her at her knees; it was one of the skirts you could twirl in. The top she was wearing was a cute pink striped cardi sweater with a white tank Alice was a ball of energy to be around, she was all smiles and always happy.

"Alice." Bella whined. "What are you doing?" She asked.

"Bella." Alice shouted while flopping down on to the bed, smiling big. "You finally came back." She squealed

"Yes and I am trying to sleep." Bella said while grabbing her comforter that Alice was trying to pull off of her.

"No your not…get up…its almost noon." Alice said while pulling harder on the comforter. Bella finally gave up and let Alice take the blanket. Alice was strong for being so tiny.

"Alice…are you in here?" Bella could hear Jasper, Alice's husband asked.

"Yes she is…come get the scary pixy." Bella shouted at Jasper. She could hear him chuckling has he walked into the sitting area and through the double doors, she could see that he was carrying a baby in his arms. Jasper was tall and lean, but also very muscular with shaggy, curly, honey blonde hair and gunmetal blue eyes. He was very good-looking; Bella could see why Alice fell in love with him. He had a tan that most would be jealous of, Bella was. He smiled at Bella.

"It's good see ya Bella." He said in a southern accent, while smiling. He had a southern accent that made most girls swoon over him. He had been born and raised in Marble Falls, Texas. Actually Alice and him had gotten married in Austin. Jasper and Alice had met while Alice had been on one of her many shopping vacations. This trip Alice had actually been with Bella, it was right after they graduated high school. Her and Alice's parents had bought them plane tickets to Europe; the only adult to go on the trip with them had been Bella's father. While they had been visiting Milan, Alice had spotted Jasper walking pass one of the stores she was in. It was first time Bella had actually seen Alice leave a store in chase of something else. Jasper had also been traveling through Europe with some of his friends. They met and quickly fell in love. They dated throughout their college's years and before Jasper was sent off to war, they married.

"Yes it is good to see you…now can you please get your crazy wife off of my bed." Bella said laughing.

"Not going to happen Bella…I haven't seen you forever…now please get up." Alice pouted.

"Allie honey…why don't you come take care of Paisley and Bella will get up…and then you two can talk." Jasper tried to get his wife to come with him. "Such the peace keeper," Bella thought.

"Fine." Alice said while huffing and moving off of the bed. She took her baby from her husband and cradled the small child to her. Bella watched has Alice smiled down at the little girl. It made her sad to think that in August she would have got to do what Alice was doing right now. "If you're not up in a few minutes…I get to play Bella Barbie with you." Alice said while grinning at Bella. Bella huffed because she knew Alice would keep her promise. Throwing the rest of her blankets off, she stood up. Bella could hear Jasper laughing. She glared at them. Even though he was Alice's husband, he was also one of Bella's good friends.

"I am up." Bella huffed.

"Good." Alice said grinning. "Now do you want to see your God daughter?" Alice asked Bella while smiling down her little girl.

"Yes." Bella said smiling. Even though it panged her that she would not get the chance to see her own child, until she got another chance, if she got a chance, now with everything going on. Alice placed Paisley into Bella arms. Paisley was so small. "She's only a month old…isn't she?" Bella asked while looking down at the baby. She could see Alice nodding her head yes. Paisley was a good mixture of both of her parents, with her mother's eyes and she had little tuffs of honey blonde hair that could only be from her father. She also had her mother's little nose and the shapes of her eyes were just like her father's. She was a very beautiful child. "I can't tell who she looks like more…she very beautiful Alice…what's her full name?" Bella said while smiling down at Paisley who just looked up at her with wonder.

"I know right…my mom says she a good mixture of the both of us…and its Paisley Michelle." Alice said smiling, while taking Paisley back. "You get ready and meet me down in the kitchen.

"Very pretty." Bella said smiling. "And I know…or you will torture me." Bella huffed.

"Is Bellise up?" A booming voice shouted into the room causing Paisley to cry.

"Emmett you big oaf…now Pay's crying." I Alice grumbled at Emmett who ran into the room and wrapping his arms around Bella who squealed, because she was happy to see one of her favorite cousins and because her body hurt a bit from everything. Last nights fall really made Bella sore. Emmett was huge, not as tall as Jasper but he was extremely muscular. He had the body of a body builder. Emmett had short dark brown hair and chestnut-brown eyes. He had tan skin that he inherited from his father Carlisle. He was lucky he did not get his skin color from the Lockhart side of the family. Emmett was joker of their group and Bella had noticed that he had almost grown out of it and it saddened her. Rosalie was right behind him, slapping him on the back of his head. Rosalie was tall at model height, with her long straight, golden blonde hair and sapphire blue eyes that reminded Bella of the ocean at night. Rosalie was very pretty; she belonged on the cover of any magazines. Rosalie was sometimes looked as being a bitch, but she really was not. She was very loyal and would do anything to protect the ones she loved. You just had to get to know her first. She was very charismatic. She is envied by anybody she meets and everyone admires her and everyone trys to copy her. She has this air of self-confidence about her. Bella found it hard to believe that her and Emmett had anything in common, until she really got to know Rose. Rose and Emmett had met during their freshman year at Ohio State University and at first Rose wanted nothing to do with Emmett, but then finally gave him a chance. They soon married after they graduated. They had a son and were now expecting their second child. Rose was 8 months pregnant and looking every bit pregnant, but still Rose had away about her, she was still very beautiful.

"Sorry Allie…I just missed Bellise here." Emmett said pouting and grabbing Bella again, swinging her around. It was hard to believe that Emmett would be 26 this year when he still acted like a kid. Actually what really was hard to believe, was that he owned a gym, but if you really looked at it. Rose ran it and Emmett trained the customers.

"Here let me see her." Jasper said to Alice, while taking Paisley back and leaving the room.

"Remember meet me in the kitchen…you to Rose." Alice said before skipping out of the room.

"Why am I going to the kitchen?" Rose asked. Bella and Rose had quickly become friends when Rose had started dating Emmett.

"I don't know…you know Alice." Bella said laughing. "Now put me down." Bella said to Emmett. He finally released her and Rose quickly hugged her.

"You're looking pregnant." Bella said smiling at Rose. It was hard to Rose pregnant because Bella would have been about this far along at this point.

"I know…I look like whale." Rose grumbled while rubbing a hand over her swollen belly.

"No you don't…you look very beautiful." Bella would never make her cousins and friends feel bad for having children when she had lost her own.

"Well if were going to talk girl talk…I am outta of here." Emmett said, before leaving the room. Both Rose and Bella laughed. Bella quickly changed into a pair of sweatshirts and a tank top that was in her closet. She turned to face Rose and smiled. "For being 8 months pregnant, Rose really did look good," Bella thought. Rose was dressed in a cute floral print summer dress, with tank straps and a square neckline. It was very beautiful on Rose, or should we say that Rose made the outfit look very beautiful. She followed Rose down the grand staircase that led straight into the foyer. The foyer had the grand staircase and table place a few feet in front of the staircase with a vase of flowers sitting on top of it; the staircase was just a few feet from the front door. Pictures of the Dwyer and Wescott family were hung the walls going up the steps. They found Alice in the kitchen, sitting at one of the barstools in front of the island with Jennifer, Bella's cousin Chris's wife. Jen was a girl of medium height with curly honey blonde hair that she had pinned up in a bun, a big crystal blue eyes and tan skin. She was a pretty girl, not as pretty has Rose or Alice, but she was still a pretty girl. She fit in perfectly with the girls, Jen had been born and raised in Ohio and had met Bella's cousin Chris while studying in the library on their college campus. Chris likes to lie and say that they met at a party that his fraternity was hosting. Jen was a year younger than Chris, but she was the same age has Emmett and Rose. Jennifer was a sweet girl and always tried to please everyone.

"You finally made it and your dressed like that…what will I do with you Bella." Alice said while shagging her head.

"You did not say I had to dress up…just to get dress." Bella said smugly.

"Don't feel bad Bella…she raided my closet this morning…telling me I need to go shopping." Jen said laughing.

"That's why I locked the door last night." Rose said laughing.

"No you locked the door because of the morning sex you and Emmett have." Bella said grinning at Rose who glared at her but started to laugh.

"Yeah…now I know not to come to your room." Alice laughed. "Eat up Bella and then we need to get dress for the pool party your mother is throwing…you know how the whole town shows up." Alice said while pushing a box of cereal towards Bella. Both Rose and Bella had a taken a seat at the island. They were busy talking to notice that Bella had gone quite. She could not believe her mother had not canceled the annual pool party, with everything that she had told her. She really did not want to deal with anyone today. She wanted cry and scream, and scream some more. She wanted Edward back, and she just wanted to be safe or to at least feel safe.

"Bella...so what do you think?" Alice asked Bella a question. Bella did not even notice she had been asked a question. She just sat there while staring at her empty bowl. "Bella…earth to Bella…did you hear me?" Alice asked her while moving her hand up and down in front of Bella's face. Bella still did not move; she just could not get over that he had left her, even after she hurt herself. "Bella you're freaking me out…say something." Alice said while shaking Bella.

"Bella?" Rose questioned, while turning to face Bella. Alice shook Bella again and this time it brought Bella back. She wanted to cry, she just kept seeing Edward' s face when he was telling her that he was leaving her.

"Yeah…sorry." Bella said while shaking her head.

"Its okay Bells…but are you sure you okay?" Alice asked.

"Yeah of course…just meet me in my room…I need to talk to my mom first." Bella said. Before anyone could answer she quickly left the room, leaving them sitting there with their mouths open, just sharing looks of being confused. Bella walked into her parent's office area. The office area like the rest of the house was a sight to see. There was large old wooden desk in the middle, with a flat screen computer sitting on top of it. Cherry wood paneling for the walls and a spiral staircase that led directly to her parent's private sitting area that connected to their bedroom. A nice built-in bookcase off to the side, on the same side has the nice large fireplace. The doors that lead into the office were a pair of double French doors. There was a large French style window behind her parent's desk. A huge oil painting hung over the fireplace. Her mother was seated at the desk, while looking at something on the screen.

"Your up already Bella?" Her mother asked while looking up at her from the computer screen.

"Yes…I was wondering why we are having the pool party still…I just told you everything…I figured that you would cancel everything." Bella rambled.

"Bella…I will not be canceling the reunion…nor founders week…it will help you feel better and it's too late to cancel…I wish I could Bella…because I know your not in the mood to see people and really I am not either…with everything you have told me…but its just too late." Her mother said while biting her lip.

"Fine." Bella growled, before leaving the room. She found the girls in her sitting area.

"This is the first time I have actually seen your room…your mother has always kept it close." Jen spoke up first. "Its very pretty…I can't believe this is the room you grew up in…I grew up with my twin sister in a small room with twin beds." She laughed.

"That's not bad…I shared a room with another girl I didn't know in a small dorm room." Rose laughed.

"So when is the pool party starting?" Bella asked while sitting down in the chair closes to the fireplace.

"Around 2:30…its only 12:30 now…but we need to get ready." Alice said while heading for Bella's room.

"Alice." Bella yelled. "Come back here pixy."

"Does the rest of the rooms look like this…because the one me and Chris are staying in doesn't look like."

"Well some do…mines in the older part of the house…while your guys room is in the newer part." Bella rambled. "I can show you if you want." Bella said while standing.

"Really…yeah I want to see them." Jen said while standing and smiling. Rose stood too, but it took her a few minutes.

"Wait what." Alice said stuttering while she came out of the sleeping area holding bathing suits. "We need to get ready."

"Come on Allie…we have time and we will be just swimming." Bella said while walking out of the room, with the girls behind her. "Okay this side we are on, just pass the staircase is the older part of the house…so lets see." Bella said while opening the door closes to her room. It happened to be Alice and Jasper's room. "This is yours right Allie?" Bella asked while turning to look back at Alice.

"Yep…designed it myself." Alice said smiling proudly. They were all standing in Alice's sitting area. The layout of the room was like Bella's. The sitting area even had a small white marble fireplace. Alice's sitting area was more modern, with soft green walls and white paneling on the bottom of the walls. She had a flat screen TV hanging over the fireplace with a couch placed in front of the fireplace. A painting easel sitting in one of the corners, Alice would always sit and paint. The painting easel was in front of a huge window that over looked the gardens out back. Bella remembered Alice designing this room with her mom. The sleeping area had a huge painting of a European city on one wall, while the rest of the walls were a beige color and the bed was a canopy bed, but with no curtains hanging around it, but just a iron frame.

"Yeah…took forever for her to decided what she wanted." Bella said laughing and motioning the girls to follow her to the next room. It was right beside Alice's room. "This is aunt Esme and uncle Carlisle's room." Bella said while opening the door to the room. "Aunt Esme designed it herself." Bella said while showing them the sitting area.

"Why does all the rooms have sitting areas?" Jen asked.

"Because it's a plantation home…back then it was common for plantation homes to have sitting areas in their rooms...it's were the girls would entertain their quest." Bella said smiling. The room was beautifully done with rich chocolate walls. It looked like they had brought the outdoors in. "Okay…time to see the newer rooms…they are a lot different…for starters…they do not have a sitting area...they are the same size has the sleeping areas though." Bella said while motioning for them to follow her out of the room and down the hall. Pass the staircase was the newer part of the house. She opened the door to what was Jennifer and Chris's room. It was a just a bedroom with deep earth tone colors on the walls. There was a large window overlooking the driveway and huge king size bed to one side. There was a small chaise beside the bed and dresser off to the side. It was a very pretty room.

"Now can we get dressed?" Alice whined.

"Yes of course pixy." Rose laughed while dragging her out of the room and down the hall.

"I better go check on Anna before I change." Jen said to Bella. Anna was Jen and Chris's daughter. They also had a little boy named Samuel.

"Yeah…sure." Bella said before leaving Jen and walking back towards her room. She found both Alice and Rose waiting for her. "I don't know what I am going to wear…I didn't actually bring any clothes." She wondered if Edward had taken the bag that held their clothes out of the car. She would have to check later and she would also have to call James later to, even though she did not want to, but she had to see if he was back in New York and if he could pick up her car.

"What do you mean you didn't bring any clothes?" Alice asked.

"I mean…I quickly left New York."

"Why…also where is James?" Alice asked. She knew something was up with Bella but just couldn't put a finger on it. Alice and Rose were the only ones that knew about Bella dating James and they also knew everything that had happened back in January.

"We broke up…that's why I left quickly." Bella whispered. She had to lie to them. They would not believe her if she told them the truth and she would be putting them in danger, if she told them.

"What…why…I thought you guys were getting married again." Alice rambled.

"Oh…we were…until I found him with Victoria." Bella said while crying a little bit. She could hear Rose curse. Both girls knew who Victoria was and from the stories they heard about her, they did not like her.

"Bastard." Alice shouted.

"Alice!" Rose shouted.

"What…he is." Alice replied.

"Yeah…but I miss him." Bella said crying. "Its wrong isn't it." She said while looking up at him them, with tears forming in her eyes.

"Yes." Alice replied quickly. "After everything that happened this year and he goes and does that…I want to kill him." Alice ranted.

"Alice you're not helping." Rose said while sitting down beside Bella and pulling her into a hug. Bella was sobbing. Bella couldn't believe that she had forgotten about James and everything for that short period of time while she was with Edward.

"Lets get ready…hmm." Bella said while standing. "I guess I am wearing an old bathing suit." Bella said before disappearing into her room, leaving the girls behind. Bella was huffing by the time she looked at the fourth bathing suit she had worn back in high school. The bathing suits did not screamed the person she was now, but screamed who she was back in high school. A shy little no body.

"You okay in there girly?" Rose asked while coming into the bedroom area. Rose had a changed into a black one piece.

"You look good Rose…and no…I can't find an outfit…this isn't who I am now." Bella said while picking up a two-piece bathing suit that had shorts to the bottom and that was blue. "I was naïve back then…so shy…a no body…I have grown up…I was engaged to James Mackenzie for crying out loud…the playboy of the Upper East Side." Bella sighed.

"Yes…and you dated Riley…the boy who left for Iraq and then wasn't there a boss in California…that you got friendly with-"

"Rose." Alice shouted at Rose while cutting her off. Alice had finally made it into the room and had her hands on her hip. She had also changed into a soft pink romper with straps that tied around her neck and a bow in the center of the neckline. It was totally Alice. Rose just laughed.

"And then wasn't there Roberto...the endless nights under the Mexican sun." Rosalie laughed.

"When I said Rose…I meant shut up." Alice growled. Rose laughed again at Alice glaring at her.

"I know." Bella whispered. Bella had dated a few guys, not all of them good choices, actually most of them were not good choices. She ended up dating a guy name Riley during one of her summers and then left for Iraq and wrote to her saying he fell in love with someone else. Then their was her boss in California when she was doing in internship. There was also the worse one at of them all, when she had had a sexual relationship with Laurent, that did not well. She ended up making her life worse at Yale and causing one of her roommates that was dating Laurent to hate her. Yeah she had changed from the shy little girl that she had been back in high school to someone who she would have hated when was that shy little girl.

"Its fine Alice…I have been with a few guys since high school…I didn't back then like you two and when I got out…I went along with a few guys and got burned." Bella said shrugging.

"I didn't date anyone but one guy." Rose said with a far off look.

"I was single too." Alice grumbled.

"Then why were you with Eric Yorkie during junior prom." Bella said laughing. Alice blushed badly. Eric had been valedictorian and gone off to MIT. He was the school geek with his poor complexion and oily black hair.

"Okay he was the only one…and he was only one that would talk to me and thought I was cute." Alice said blushing, while throwing Bella a bathing suit. "Try that on...I saw it and thought of you." Bella quickly changed into the two-piece green polka-dotted bathing suit. The bathing suit had a bandeau top and a string bottom, it was a very sexy but not overly sexy. She smiled at herself in the mirror.

"Thanks Allie…now I thought you said that you dated many guys back then." Bella said while turning to face Rose.

"I lied…like you I thought I could change a guy." Rose mumbled.

"Yeah…I though I had changed James…but go figure I didn't."

"Yeah…though the same thing…I had just entered into my freshman year at Deerfield Academy…everything was great…the girls in my dorm loved me and then there he was…the bad boy…the boy everyone liked and all the girls talked about how good he was…he was a junior…he pursed me and I fall for him…we began dating and I wouldn't have sex with him, which made him mad…but he never hurt me…I thought I was changing him…but he was changing me and not for the best…I had gotten in trouble for drugs when I had been at one of the parties he threw…I am just lucky that I wasn't kicked out…Royce's parents were extremely wealthy…we had been dating for a year…when at one of his parties…he got shit faced and he wouldn't take no for answer and he pushed me against a wall and ripped my shirt open…saying that I was longest game he has had to play and then he proceeded to do things to me that shouldn't be done someone." Rose said with tears forming in her eyes while remembering that night. Only her parents and Emmett knew about what happen.

"Oh Rose." Both Bella and Alice said while hugging their friend.

"Yeah…it gets worse...after he was finished he stuck my panties in the back of his pocket and walked out of the room…I could hear him telling all of his friends that he finally won the dare…I was a game to him…his friend dared him to take my virginity…I ran out of the room and pressed charges against him…but nothing stuck…before he graduated…he made my life a living hell." Rose said crying.

"Rose…if I could kill him for you…I would." Alice said while hugging Rose.

"Thank…please don't tell anyone else…no one knows…only Emmett and my parents." Rose begged.

"Of course Rose." Bella said while looking down at her floor. Before any of them could say anything else, Jen walked into the room.

"Rose…Emmett is taking Henri into the pool with him and my husband and son." Jen said smiling. She also had changed into a black two-piece bathing with a sheer black cover-up.

"Damn it…I am going to kill him." Rose said before stomping out of the room. All three of the girls began to laugh.

"I better go to…I left Anna with Maddy." Jen said before leaving the room.

"You going to leave me to?" Bella asked Alice while laughing.

"Nope…I am all yours for now…Paisley needs to be with her daddy…he feels so bad for missing her birth."

"I wish I could have been there." Bella said while turning to face Alice.

"Its fine…my mom was there…I know Jasper is sad that he missed her birth…but it is what it is…I knew marrying him that he would miss out on things…it's the benefits of being a marines wife." Alice said shrugging. "We were going to wait but…it just happened and I am glad she is here...I wouldn't change that…I know he is thinking of going to teaching…but I also know that he would miss combat…its just who he is." Alice said. "We are definitely waiting to have another one." She said smiling. Bella gave her a small smile back. She didn't even get the chance to see her own child be born. "Oh Bella I am sorry…here I am talking about how horrible my life is and you lost your baby…I am sorry sweetie."

"Its fine Allie…you were there with me after the accident…that was enough." Bella gave her a small smile. Alice smiled back.

"Come on…lets show this town what beautiful young ladies we have grown into…and what we have done with are lives." Alice said while linking her arm with Bella and pulling her out of the room. It was going to be a long day and Bella did not know if she could make it. When they got near the pool area, they could hear Rose yelling at Emmett about having their son in the pool without her being present. Coming into view, they could see Emmett pouting at his wife while holding a two-year little boy who looked like a miniature version of himself. A lot of the town's people had showed up and they could see their aunts and uncles talking, along with their parents and the rest of their cousin, all just mingling. None of them had a care in the world and it made Bella want to puke. They had no idea who she really was or that her own mother had lied to all of them. Bella did not what to be here, but she would suck it up and spend the day with her favorite cousins and her friends and try to block everyone else out. Her heart still was hurting over James and what he did, and how Edward had left her. She did not know if she could make it and what scared her the most "was her family safe or had she put them in danger," she thought.