EPOV

"Stop calling me! This is harassment. You're harassing me! I'll lodge a complaint against you." She said to me as she finally answered my call.

I sighed.

Talk about being over-dramatic!

Thank God I didn't go to her house. She might have reacted even worse than this! She might have come up with something like - This is not good for Carlie... blah, blah...

"I'm not trying to harass you. I just want to talk to you." I said.

"And I don't want to talk to you," she said.

"I still want to talk to you." I said, "Bella... What are you trying to run away from? Talk to me. You can trust me. Tell me, what's bothering you."

"What? Are you a therapist now?" she snapped.

Trust her to come up with a bullshit argument!

"No." I said, "I'm not a therapist, and I'm not trying to be one. I'm just trying to talk to you."

"And as I said, I don't want to talk to you!" she said.

And we continued the same loop for the next ten minutes.

Yeah, this was a game! It's all about who gave in first!

But I was on a mission right now! I wasn't going to give in, no matter how much she tested my patience!

"Edward..." she sighed after some time, "Why am I like this!"

Hah!

Finally a different response other than 'I don't want to talk to you'!

"Well, I don't know the answer for that. You need to talk to me if you want an answer from me." I said.

"I... I... I'm so fucked up." she said.

Okay, so maybe she was ready to talk?

"I know I fucked up everything..." she said, "And... I don't know what to do... I've lost everyone, and I don't even think I've processed that yet... When I see Carlie with you or with Carlisle and Esme... I just... I just don't know anything... I don't even know what to do... I'm so lost..."

It's like she was talking to herself.

Her voice was so low all of a sudden.

She seemed so broken, and... it broke my heart unlike anything.