Chapter 4

IPOV

"FUCK" I yelled. No way! I couldn't believe that! My damn luck! Edward was sitting on the grass leaning against the tree trunk obviously in shock! He looked at us with wide eyes…I heard Emmett swear loudly kicking the tree. It was the first time after so long that we'd brought that conversation up and Edward were the last person who should find out and he happened to sit only centimeters away.! I knew Emmett was blaming himself for that but he was unaware of who was listening. That was a really bad timing!

"What did you just say? That cannot be true…" Edward was still trying to elaborate with what he'd just heard.

"Er…" okay, for the first time I was speechless…what I was supposed to do now? Tell him the truth or come up with more lies?

"But that's impossible, she is with Jake…I saw them kissing and oh what a kiss it was! She can't be in love with me! What now? Does she have a double personality?" he was still trying to figure it out but what did he just say?

"Wait you just said you saw them kissing? Were Bella and Jake kissing? Are you sure?" that was unbelievable she told me it was totally fake! She and Jake weren't together…

"Ian drop it this isn't our problem right now…we have some explanations to do." I heard Emmett saying and I admit he was right.

"So… Eddie listen to me boy… we will tell you the truth but if you hurt her I'll rip your head off with my own hands! Got the picture?" I had knelled down inches away from his face just to make myself clear.

"Okay, okay I got it, sit down now and explain yourselves!"

Emmett who was calmer than me told the whole story and when he finished Edward's jaw had dropped to the floor. I didn't blame him for that. It was the same reaction we had when we fist found out.

"No, that's impossible! That nerd is in love with me? Haha how did she even imagine that I would ever lay an eye on her? I am with Tanya and I wouldn't leave her for anything! She is all I ever wanted!"he said laughing arrogantly and he continued the insulting my sister in front of me. "Come on guys the girl has a really vivid imagination! Dream on loser!" Before I could even move I saw Emmett swooping and grabbing Edward from the collar of his t-shirt and putting him on his feet.

Emmett had pushed Edward hardly on the tree and growled in front of his face!

"Listen to me brother! I have noticed in what bastard you've turned into but I was hoping that you'll come to your senses soon! Now pay attention to what I'll tell you because I won't say it again! If you tell anyone about that then you better forget me as your brother! And to make it clear by anyone I mean especially your precious girlfriend. I see Bella like a little sister and I won't allow you to hurt her this way! Imagine someone doing that to Alice! Or the big football player is too busy to care about his family too now? Do I have to remind you that Bella, you and Alice used to be best friends? You grew up together you idiot! And because you are blind and you can't see what is in front of your eyes Bella is beautiful in a very single way! She is real contrary to the dolls you've been dating lately! Got it now bro?" Emmett was shouting all this time and he was trying to catch a breath now.

He let Edward and took a step back. I was surprised with his reaction but he had told everything I would have said. Edward was leaning with his back against the tree but he looked really embarrassed. At least someone had made him took some things seriously. He was looking at his feet and said in a low voice "No I haven't forgotten." Breaking the uncomfortable silence.

"What?" Emmett and I said at the same time.

"I still remember the time we used to be like that." He was still embarrassed enough not to look at us. Good for him.

"So I think we made ourselves clear. If you say anything or hurt her in any way you'll deal with us. Let's go Ian we'll be late for class." Emmett said and walked determined towards the school building and away from his brother.

I gave Edward a last warning look and I followed Emmett back to school.

After school I and Emmett went to the local café to chill out because none of us wanted to see Edward after what had happened. Emmett told me that there was something he wanted to talk about. We picked a quiet table in the corner and gave our orders to the cute waitress. Emmett was looking…nervous? Emmett was never nervous! He was always calm cool and funny. Maybe that last conversation with his brother had given him some extra food for thought. We sat in silence for a while when suddenly Emmett said "We are leaving."

"What? Where are we going? We just came." I was really confused.

"Me and my family…we are leaving tomorrow afternoon." He was looking down on his plate. Now I noticed that he hadn't touched his food.

"Huh? Are you going on vacation? In the middle of the semester?" what was he talking about? Sure the Cullens were traveling a lot but rarely on school was strict about that.

"No, no on vacation. We are moving to California. Carlisle accepted a very good job there in one of the best hospitals in the country." I was speechless for the second time today! What the hell was he talking about? That couldn't be possible.

"What? No! You have only two years left since graduation! Come stay with us you don't have to leave!You know you're welcome to my house and mum and dad won't have a problem with that!" I tried to find a possible way for him to stay here in Forks.

"No Ian I can't. Think about Esme. There is no possibility to let me stay here hundreds of miles away from her. But don't worry it is just two years and then college! Since we were three used to say that we will go to MIT together! Think about it that way! We will talk everyday! If it was in my hand I wouldn't leave…you know that right? But we have to swallow it and do the best we can." he said trying to make me and himself believe that everything was going to be okay.

He was right. We grew up together and it was really hard now. Our dreams for college will remain the same of course but two years….we had to stay away from each other for two years.

"Hey you will visit for summer of course! We will have a huge house for our own! Imagine Ian…summer…California…sexy tan girls in bikinis! All these girls ready to fall for us in any second!" he was smiling and had the familiar glow in his eyes. He had said the magic word…girls!

"Okay! I'm in!" that was Emmett, he could tell you the right thing to make you feel better and lighten the mood instantly.

EPOV

It was after that unbelievable conversation with Emmett and Ian and I was sitting alone in my piano. I was alone in the living room trying to make myself concentrate and relax. I played a couple of notes but I couldn't focus on the mind wasn't there tonight.

My parents and my siblings were upstairs packing. We were leaving tomorrow afternoon. I had already broken up with Tanya and said goodbye to James, Mike and Adrian. I knew Emmett was with Ian right now but I was sure that Alice hadn't talked to Bella yet.

Bella.

Once the boys had told me about her true feelings I hadn't stop thinking about it. I was supposed to pretend that I didn't know anything but it wasn't possible. I have never seen her that way and I'd never imagined that she would feel for me that way. I had already packed the most of my stuff and I felt miserable in an almost empty house. I played it cool and not much affected by our departure but that wasn't whole life was about to change but it wouldn't made any difference if panicked or make a scene about it. The decision was made and I would suck it up, like it or not.

It was an impulse decision but I sat up and left the house. It wasn't that far so I walked down to Bella's house. I wasn't sure about what I was gonna say to her but I had to do it before we leave. I took a deep breath and knocked the door. The cruiser wasn't there so Charlie hadn't returned home yet. The door opened and Emma appeared on the doorway in pink long nightgown holding her teddy.

"Hey pumpkin, you know you have to ask before you open the door!" I smiled and knelled down in front of her.

"I am not a pumpkin I am a princess don't you see the tiara?" said and gave me a gorgeous smile pointing at her head.

"Oh I see, I am so sorry princess! Is Bella home you majesty?"

"Yup she is upstairs. Hey Eddie can I ask you something? Do you know what condoms is?" my jaw fell on the floor!

I was ready to ask her where the hell did she hear about condoms when Bella appeared.

"Emma how many times should I tell you not to- oh! Hi Edward!" her face betrayed how shocked she was to see me in her doorway.

"Hey can I talk to you for a minute?" I asked. She looked confused and her cheeks had now a red sweet colour but she agreed.

"Emma, sweetie can you go upstairs for a while?" she turned to her little sister who was still standing between us.

"But you didn't answer my question!" Emma complaint making me a puppy face.

"No honey you are too young to find out. Ask me again in a decade,or maybe more!" I was trying really hard not to laugh and then Emma turned and walked up the stairs saying "why is everyone say I am too young? I am NOT! I am three!" hearing that, me and Bella burst out laughing!

"So what brings you here?" she asked me really curious. She closed the door and sat down to the sofa. I sat on the other side of it. I took a deep breath and started.

"I know everything Bella." I wasn't able to think of something else.

"What do you mean? What everything?"she was blushing like crazy.

"I know the truth…how you feel about me. That you and Jake you aren't really together." Realization hit her and I saw the panic on her face. She looked desperate and kind of embarrassed.

"How?" it was the only think she said. Now she had blushed so much and she didn't even dare to look straight at me.

"I heard Emmett and Ian talking about it this morning. Please don't be mad at them they didn't know I was sitting near enough to hear them, they thought they were alone." I was trying to explain everything but she looked so shocked.

"Please don't tell Alice…I don't want her to find out that way. I'll explain to her tomorrow at school. And I have to admit that now that you know everything, I am really in love with you." I could she the truth of her words but I couldn't feel the same way.

"Bella…sorry but I can't see you like that. You've been always a good friend, we grew up together but you are not my type to be honest. I like girls like Tanya… I mean…you know not so quiet…" I didn't know what to say or how to say it without hurting her more. I couldn't do that to her but I couldn't pretend that I liked her either. We were leaving tomorrow why did I even bother to come here? I would have forgotten all about her and all the mess she'd created, the moment our plane land in California.

"Oh…I have already noticed that but we could just try…"she started saying but her voice broke.. no please don't cry! I wouldn't know what to do in that case. I hate the girls that love all the drama and cry their hearts out to make you want them!

"Bella I am not just into you! Please try to understand. And anyway…we are leaving tomorrow afternoon. I know Alice hadn't told you yet but we are moving to California." That made it. After all I had said to her that was the hardest of all! Not only was she losing the one who loved but her best friend too. She stood up trying to hold her tears back.

"Edward please leave I want to be alone." She said and headed to the stairs. I didn't really know what I was thinking but I grabbed her arm and pull her in a tight hug. That hug had nothing erotic in it but I felt that I owned it to her. I shouldn't have told her about us moving away...it was a wrong decision from the beginning. She was my friend for as long as I lived and now she had to face the hardest time of her life. She was crying and I run my fingers through her soft hair. She suddenly stepped back and I saw what a big damage I had caused.

"Goodbye Edward." said flatly and turned to leave but not before I was able to see the devastated look on her face.

BPOV

I was lying on my bed, hours after Edward's visit. He had made it clear that he had any feelings for me. And on the top of it all they were leaving…moving away…tomorrow! I hadn't even had the opportunity to talk to Alice properly. I didn't want to find out that way a couple of hours before she leave. I had to tell her everything, there wasn't another way. We are like sisters and she deserved only the truth. I didn't want to be away from Alice. I couldn't even imagine my life without her. And of course without Edward. But he had hurt me so much tonight that I could feel only relieved that he was leaving.

I stayed there for too long watching the moon from the window. It was an unusual cold night without any clouds on the sky. It was almost dawn when I felt my eyes heavy. A moment before I drifted into unconsciousness I made my decision. I would talk to Alice this morning.

I had an uneasy sleep with strange dreams and I woke up really early despite the fact that I'd slept almost at sunrise. I had dark shadows under my eyes and I felt really exhausted. It was Saturday so Ian was still sleeping and Charlie had left for work. Renee had probably gone grocery shopping with Emma. I called Alice and she agreed to meet me in an hour at the woods near my house. We would have some privacy there and there were so many tings I had to say to her. I didn't want anyone to interrupt us.

I was sitting on a bench made from a fallen tree deeply in my thoughts. I suddenly felt someone sitting near me. I hadn't heard her coming. She hugged me and we sat there for a long time not really saying anything. She knew that in a strange way it was Edward who had told me about them leaving. I looked up at her and I saw that she was crying. Her eyes were red and her hair a sloppy ponytail.

"Bella I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier but it wasn't an easy thing for me to apart from that if I had told you I would have made it I wasn't ready to face the fact either. I don't want to leave you here…you are like my sister and I can't imagine myself without you. We'll try to make it work Bella we will have each other all this time. I promise we won't lose each other and Rose and Angela will always be near you even when I'm not..." She made an effort to hear happy and cheerful but failed and her voice cracked in the end.

"Alice there is something I need to tell you." I finally said.

"What is it Bella? You know you can tell me everything!" she told me really concerned.

I swallowed and took a deep breath. "I am in love with Edward and my relationship with Jake was big lie…" I continued and explained everything to her and she gasped when I told her about the conversation I had with Edward last night. I stopped talking and looked at my feet. We sat in silence for a while, letting Alice to elaborate with all these information.

"Why didn't you tell me Bella?" she said confused. I could see that she wasn't angry or anything but surely she was confused.

"I couldn't Alice I'm sorry. He is your brother and I felt really strange. I was scared at first I didn't want to admit it even to myself. It was my fault to make it even more complicated by making up that stupid relationship with Jake. I am so sorry Alice please forgive me." I was crying too now. She hugged me again and stoked my hair.

"Bella I'm not mad, don't worry. But you could have told me so I could have help you. It doesn't matter now…we are leaving in a couple of hours."

"I don't want to be alone here. Alice find a way to stay here. How would I survive in that school when everybody hates me? They'll eat me alive.. I won't have anyone to help me!" panic started to fill me now that the full realisation of the situation hit me hardly.

"No, no Bella calm down please. I don't want to leave either but I have to. And you are not alone you have Rose and Angela and Jake! They are your friends; they'll be with you through this. We will talk everyday! I promise-look at me Bella- I promise we will stay friends for ever no matter what!" she hugged me really tight and we stayed there crying until Ian came to tell us that Carlisle had come to pick up Alice. We walked out of the woods and said our goodbyes. She promised to call me as soon as they landed to California.

IPOV

They had left hours ago. When Alice left I had taken Bella into the house and she'd run up to her room. She had been locked there all these hours and hadn't opened to anyone not even Charlie who had been pleading her to open and eat something. Her best friend had left as well as her first big crush. I could sympathize with her. Me and Emmett were tough enough to think of the positive side but not her.

I waited until everyone went to bed and made her a cup of hot chocolate and knocked her door. We hadn't talked since she found out that me and Emmett had told Edward the truth. She had been avoiding me since yesterday but now I knew that she needed me. I would be there for her now and tomorrow I'd call Jake. I knocked her door but I didn't receive an answer.

"Bella I know that you hear me so if you don't answer the door I stay here all nigh or if I get bored I'll break it down." She knew me well so she opened the door without looking at me or aying anything and fell back to her bed pulling the covers all the way up to her head.

She was a mess! I sat near her and left the cup on her nightstand. I pulled her to my chest and waited until she was ready to talk. I would wait all night if it was necessary. The only thing I knew was that I would do everything not to see my sister in that condition ever again. After a while she looked up and I saw that she had stopped crying her beautiful eyes were red and puffy.

"Do you want to talk about it? To be honest this is your only one option because I am not leaving if we don't talk!" I smiled down at her.

"What do you want me to tell you Ian?" she looked exhausted but we needed to have that talk.

"You know that you made the right thing Bells…you told him and Alice the truth. That was the right thing to do even if it hurts now. I don't know what you and Edward talked about but I can guess seeing your face."

"He told me that he could never see me the way I see him. I am not his type. He always saw me like his friend. But what hurts the most is that he had that arrogant look on his face. That look that doesn't remind me of the old Edward. He couldn't actually believe that I had laid my eyes on him!Like he was insulted or something. He told me that he is just not into me!" and she burst into tears again. That bloody bastard!

"Bells you have to forget him. He doesn't deserve your love you know that right? Please stop crying over him there are so many other guys out there that can love you and make you happy. Don't waste more tears for that jerk. Just think about it rationally and you will understand how worthless he is! Be strong Bella! Don't let people like him to humiliate you and disappoint you, don 't let him get you down! See yourself clear sweetheart, see how beautiful you are! Stand up and be confident! Only then you will realize who is right for you! Stay in touch with Alice, she'll help you through this. But please do me a favor and stay away from him!"

"You are right Ian…I have to be strong. I owe it to myself." She told me and a new sparkle had appeared in her warm eyes.

"Go have a shower Bells it will help you relax. I'll make you a sandwich you haven't eat a bite all day." She headed to the bathroom and I went downstairs. I made her a sandwich with peanut-butter I knew she liked. Once I entered the room I saw her sitting on the bed, dressed in fuzzy pajamas, drinking her chocolate.

"Ian that's delicious thanks…it really makes me feel better." She looked relaxed and slightly happy I could say.

"Any time sis." I sat on the bed near her. I wrapped my arms around her and hold her there.

"Thanks for everything Ian. Please stay with me tonight."

"I will…don't worry I'm here for you." I kissed her hair and she fall asleep immediately.

BPOV

I was lying there on my bed warm on Ian's chest, thinking about everything he'd said to me. He was right. I had to be strong and forget Edward once and for all. He didn't deserve my love or admiration and I didn't deserve the pain he had caused me. From now on I would try really hard to be self confident and never let anyone to hurt me again. I will forget him no matter what. Surely Alice would be by me side even from so far away.

Tomorrow is another day! And I will move on!

So that's it! Arogant Edward, strong Alice and funny Emmett are leaving! Let's see how a slightly grown up and almost adult Bella will face her problems in the next chapters! I hope you liked this chapter! Show me some love and Edward will come to it's senses soon! Please review!