Here's the next chapter guys! Sorry it took me so long but my exams don't leave me time for anything! I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 10

BPOV

"Earth to Bella! Hey, Bella are you there?" I barely heard Alice telling me. It was already lunch time and I was daydreaming. I vaguely remember Alice talking about a party or something but I wasn't really into the conversation.
"Huh? Sorry I wasn't listening. What's going on?"

"Yes I noticed." Alice rolled her eyes. "What about the deep thinking?" I couldn't tell her the truth about what I was thinking but fortunately as I opened my mouth to respond she cut me off. "Anyway I was telling Angela and Rose that I am throwing a party this weekend." Oh that's all the excitement for.

"A party? What for? I know that is no one's birthdays any time soon, so what are we celebrating?"

" it is your birthady in ten days have you forgoten?Anyway we're not celebrating your birthday, yet" She simply said. "Isn't it too obvious? I'm back in town and I want to have a party, that's all. Always it's a great time to have a party!" she gave me a huge smile before she added

"So that means girls, we are going for shopping tomorrow afternoon in Seattle! We need new dresses for the party and anyway it seems like ages ago that we had a girls-time together!" she winked and they kept talking all excited about the party. I was ready to sink into my world again when I felt someone caressing my hair, and I saw Adrian sitting on the empty chair beside me.

"Hi baby, sorry I'm late but I had to discuss something with my English teacher." He said and pecked my lips softly. I felt relaxed and at ease when I was with Adrian but today something else was torturing my mind.

Actually I shouldn't be thinking about that but I couldn't help it. My mind was on Edward. He hadn't show up today but I didn't know if he was simply bored and ditching school or he was mad at me after what had happened between us yesterday. And even if he was mad I shouldn't have cared at all. But it did bother me.

For some reason I couldn't explain, I was thinking about that for the moment I realized his absence this morning. Of course I didn't dare to ask Alice or Adrian about it because God knows what they're going to think. Possibly, that I was interested on Edward again. And that was the last thing I wanted now. Because after all that wasn't even true.

The rest of the day passed really fast. Adrian drove me home as everyday and he promised to come by this afternoon. I kissed him and got out of the car. The door was unlocked, how strange for Renee to forget to lock it. Anyway, I didn't pay more attention to this fact and headed to my room. Emma was still at school; Renee and Charlie were at work. I had at least two more hours for myself until they'll return home, so I thought about having a warm, long bath and doing some girl stuff to help my mind escape from Edward.

But as soon as I entered my room I noticed someone else was sitting on my bed.

"Ian!" I run to my brother and hugged him tight.

"Hey! Surprise, surprise!" I was so happy to see him and I remained there in his embrace. Ian was my escape from Edward right now. I've missed him so much! He's been away for the last three months.

"I can't believe it I'm so glad you're here! I missed you so much!"

"See, I told you, you couldn't live without me! The house is so empty and quiet and you have a gap in your heart so deep that you fell in depression… I now it's hard but you have to try…" he pretended to wipe a tear from his eye and sighted heavily. I couldn't help but laugh with all my heart. He teased me as he always did and I rolled my eyes. I would never admit it to him but it was his jokes that I've missed the most, and the house was indeed very quiet without him. I loved my little sister but it was him with whom I've grown up and despite the fact that we were fighting a lot when we were children we became best friends as we grew up.

"Is Emmett back as well?" I managed to ask when I stopped laughing.

"Yeah, and Jasper came with us, too. He'll stay here with us like when we were children." Jasper was our cousin who was in the same college with Ian and Emmett. He used to live in Forks till the age of eight when my aunt and uncle took a divorce and he moved to Seattle with my aunt. Ian and Jasper were good friends and we used to visit them a lot in Seattle but he had years to come here.

"Really? That's great! Does mum know that you're here?" I bet she didn't.

"Nope!" he winked at me. Of course she didn't! "Anyway, what did I miss?" No! I knew this question was coming but that doesn't mean I have any purpose on telling him anything.

"Hmm, nothing special really." I played cool and started putting some clothes in the closet, trying to avoid his gaze. "Oh, come on I've been away for three months and nothing happened all this time? You're talking to me remember?" yes nothing special had happened till the Cullens came back, especially one of them.

"Yeah, I told you… nothing. We live in Forks, remember?" I was using his light tone, with the hope it'll works. What if I stopped playing on the safe side? What would happen if I was telling Ian about Edward? He was really mad at him after all the things he'd done, okay those were years ago but Edward was still the same person, unfortunately. So, no I was not telling a thing, at least for the time being.

"Duh, I'll just wait till you'll ready to tell me anyway, but please don't take too long because I'm staying only for a week." Oh gosh Ian would never change! I rolled my eyes to him when Alice's words came to my mind. "Hey so you guys you'll be there for the party! Did Alice know you were coming?" his huge smile gave me my answer.

"That's not fair you know! I'll be the one dragged to the stores and then for hairdos and nails and make up! Do you hate me that much? Stop laughing!"

"You know that deep inside, you're thrilled with all these stuff, you're a girl. And anyway how bad these things could be?" but he didn't left me any time to answer and continued to the next question. "So you're still with that guy? How was his name? Alex? Arnold? Adam?"

"Adrian, and yes." "Aren't you bored yet? I can't stay with someone for more than a month." He had a teddy bear that Adrian had given me and he was throwing it up to the air and catching it back again.

"I'm not you, Ian. I have feelings if you know what that is. And stop playing with that because if you break it down I'll break your head!"

"LOL. Since when did you start making jokes? I have feelings, if you're interested to know but I haven't found the one that'll worth them yet. I am getting bored easily. Is he so good at sex then?" and before he had finished his words and I was about to open my mouth to answer, the door opened and Emma was standing there, her jaw on the floor. Damn I was gonna kill him!

"Bella's having sex? What's sex? And why I don't have it?" of course she had heard! Emma was everywhere, hearing everything! Sometimes I felt like living on Big Brother's house! And then like it could be worse…

"What is Bella doing?" Charlie had heard Ian and come upstairs! Perfect timing dad! Charlie looked like his eyes would pop out of his head and he would be having a heart attack any time soon! "No! Dad that's no true! Calm down! Breath dad, please!"

"Dad why are you red? What's sex? Why's Bella have it and not me?" she had grabbed Charlie from his shirt and was trying to make him answer but he still hadn't recover from the shock. Thank God Ian decided was time for him to talk and make things straight. It was his fault anyway.

"Dad, really it was me just teasing her! It's no big deal okay? Relax! I'm home!" I never understood men. Only with these words and a smile from Ian, Charlie was instantly back to normal chatting with him about his exams! God men are driving me crazy! Maybe Ian had calmed dad down, but Emma hadn't forgotten about what had heard. She was jumping up and down screaming because no one was paying attention to her. She wasn't used being ignored.

"Emma STOP! Please stop!" I kneeled down in front of her and grabbed her shoulders. "Look honey, you're too young to know about these stuff, I promise I'll tell you everything when you're a little bit older okay?" she frowned at me but when I used that tone with her she knew I wasn't kidding and there was no chance to take what she wanted. "Okay"

"Oh and don't worry, I'm not having it either." I winked at her and her face lightened up. No matter what that was what Emma hated, when I had something and she didn't. She walked downstairs to find Ian and at last I was alone in my bedroom. I had the precious silence I was longing for.

I took a bath and called Adrian. We had planed to come by tonight but with Ian around I wasn't fond of the idea anymore so we changed our plans and I was going to his place instead. His parents were going out and we could have some privacy there.

He was coming to pick me up around eight so I took my time, wandering around my room and relaxing. When the time passed I wore my hair down letting them fall in dark heavy locks and put on my dark, sort, denim skirt with a knitted light gray blouse with a v-neck, dark leggings with my dark gray ballerinas. I also took my black big Michael Kors bag Alice had given me for my birthday and my red coat. Nothing too dressy, I was even wearing these clothes to school, but I didn't want to give Charlie a reason for complaining and Ian a source for more jokes about my sex life.

I was wearing red underwear as well but none of them would know that. I saw Adrian from my bedroom window and headed for the door but unfortunately Charlie was sitting on the couch.

"Where are you going kiddo?" he eyed me from head to toe and raised an eyebrow. Oh damn perfect.

"Adrian came to pick me up we're going to his place. I told Renee, alright?" no of course was not alright to him.

"And you're going dressed like that?"

"What? Oh, come on dad I wear this skirt to school what's wrong for wearing it now?" no I wasn't going to have The Talk with Charlie! I wanted so badly to open the door and run outside but I knew very well that he had stuck with that damn joke of Ian's.

"Because now you'll be alone with him in his house. Go upstairs and put on a pair of jeans kid, unless you prefer to stay here for the rest of the night. I have no problem at all." Was he joking? Hell I wasn't going to change no matter what!

"Dad please I have to go. Don't worry nothing's gonna happen! Really, Adrian and I don't have this kind of relationship you know….." please, please let me go! Come on Charlie you don't want to talk about that more than I do. He starred at me for a few minutes and then waved me with his hand that I'm free to go. Thank God!

As we were lying on his bed, with him on top of me, and we were kissing each other passionately the things started to heat up in a dangerous level. My blouse was now on the floor as well as his black shirt, and his hands were on my tights. When he started placing soft kisses and bites on my neck and I was being carried away by these… his cell rung! Damn!

"Damn! Sorry baby I have to pick it up maybe my parents're returning home…" he was right we didn't want an unexpected visit from his parents while we were lying almost naked on his bed.

"Hi Ed, what's up?" Edward? That's just my luck! Wherever I would go or whatever I would do Edward will be getting always on my way! Oh please God or whoever is up there help me! I was having fun for the last three hours thanks to Ian and now to Adrian but as obvious it was enough. Now Edward had to come back and take the whole space on my mind! So fucking great!

"… No I can't, I have plans for tonight and to be honest I'm not even alone so you'd better call James, maybe he's sick and tired of Victoria's whims and want to hung out for a while." So that's what he wants, to go out and have fun with his friends. But, unfortunately for him, Adrian was mine for the night.

"Yes… with Bella. Why? ... Look, it's none of your business…. 'kay… bye." All this time I was sitting on the bed trying to understand what was Edward telling him because I was hearing only the one part of the conversation and I could tell that Adrian wasn't really comfortable with the situation. Why had he always had to ruin my moments? Adrian hung up and turned off his cell completely.

"Now baby, I'm all yours, no one will bother us from now on." He winked with a mischievous smile on his face and started kissing me, lying me down again. His hands were stroking my legs and he put my leggings off in a blink of an eye!

"Baby… do you want to…" he whispered, his lips to the hollow of my neck sending shivers down to my spine. I knew what he meant even without completing his phrase. He was asking me if I wanted us to have sex. Did I? He kissed my lips softly and at that moment I wanted it. He'd sent me off edge and my nails scratched his back, signs that made my attentions clear. Adrian willingly took my skirt off as well and I leaned my head back, eyes closed. Edward was kissing my neck, stroking my back and my legs telling me he wanted me… he loved me with all his heart… NO! Not only I thought the word but I screamed it as well!

I opened my eyes and sat up quickly leaving Adrian awestruck by my abrupt switch of mood. One second ago I was in his hands ready to have sex with him and now I was screaming 'no' like a maniac. Maybe I was crazy after all. "What's wrong? If you don't want, it's alright you know that… sorry if I misunderstood… I thought you were ready… did I do something wrong?" poor Adrian… no you didn't do anything wrong… I was wrong. I left Edward invade my mind and control me.

"I'm sorry I thought I was… but I'm not ready as obvious… I…" no don't cry Bella, don't! What the hell was happening to me? The tears were overflowing my eyes and I choked with my sobs!

"Hey, don't cry honey it's alright. There's no big deal, I can wait. Don't worry, please don't cry." He had me on his lap, my face buried in his chest and salty tears were running down my cheeks. I wasn't crying for these reasons! I was crying because Edward was haunting me, he was on my mind three days now. I made big efforts to shut my mind to him but what happened five minutes ago drove me off the edge!

When I finally calmed down I remained there in his embrace for the next hour. We didn't say much, because it wasn't really necessary. I was the one who ruined our night, no scratch that, Edward was!

As I was putting my clothes back on I saw my reflection on the mirror. I was a mess! Fuck! if Charlie was still awake I was definitely dead! My eyes were red and my lips swollen from the kisses but the worst part was on my neck! I had hickies all over it!

That meant I had to wear scarves at least for a week unless I wanted to be granted for the rest of the year! Thank God Charlie was fast asleep when I returned home but Ian wasn't. He was on the living room watching a splatter movie on the television. He looked at me but he didn't say anything, he only raised an eyebrow.

Maybe me, looking like a walking corpse, made him hold his comments back. I was completely exhausted firstly because of the heavy make out with Adrian and then with the whole thing with Edward and all the crying.

"Please! I don't wanna hear anything… I am just gonna sleep for the rest of the year…" I told him and headed to my room but I heard him saying "Whatever… when you wake up I'll be still here for you."

I went to bed and brought the covers all the way up to my head. I wish I could wake up and all these to be a really bad dream. A nightmare that sooner or later will be forgotten.

Unfortunately when I opened my eyes in the morning the nightmare wasn't gone. It was in my life again. It was Friday so I had to face Edward once again. As I was going to the shower I remembered that this afternoon I was going shopping with the girls! Tomorrow was Alice's big party. Me Adrian and Edward we're gonna have a great time…

I tried hard not to think about it as I was putting my skinny jeans and a black jumper on and I also remembered to wear a red scar to hide the hickies on my neck. My hair was a mess so I decided to wear them up in a sloppy ponytail.

"Oh my God, Bella what did you do last night? You stayed up all night?" Alice screamed when I sat beside her in class. I was too tired to answer, in a couple of hours she'd have forgoten all about it. "Wait until school's over, I am taking you to the best salons and shops, there's no chance for you to look like that tomorrow night!" or maybe not.

The good thing was that I saw Edward barely twice in the hallways and he barely looked at me because I was with Adrian. And Alice made us leave as soon as the last bell rang, to be on time for our nails and hair appointments. She had planed everything and as I was sitting on a comfortable chair of the beauty salon and a blondie was caressing my nails, I decided to relax and have fun with the girls and not to be miserable over Edward!We had our hair and nails done and we headed to the shops.

Everything was perfect until I tried a green strapless dress on, exposing my neck completely. I heard all of them gasp and instinctively put my hands to cover my neck but it was too late. I had to suffer their jokes and teasing but I didn't care, I was carefree for the first time in four days.

When I got home it was almost midnight but Renee was still awake waiting for me. I went to the couch and sat beside her, realizing that I've missed her so much these days.
"Did you have fun tonight? Are you hungry, want something to eat?"

"No mom I'm fine I've already eaten."

"Show me what you bought, come on! Oh it's beautiful I like it so much and I love your hair!"

"Do you like it? I think I tried tones of different dresses until I found it!" that was true Alice made me wear the whole store before she decided she liked that one.

"I'm sure you'll be gorgeous, honey."

"Thanks mom. I am so tired so I'm going straight to bed!" but as I was going to stairs I heard Renee calling me. "One more thing sweetheart. Are you alright? I mean all these days you seem king of strange, you eat almost nothing, you're daydreaming and you spend most of the time in your room. Is everything okay? You know if there's anything you want to talk about I'm here." Gosh she looked so concerned. Damn me, she's right. I'd been indeed lost in space for the last week.

"No mom, don't worry everything's fine, I'm just tired, I had a lot of homework lately and the preparations for the party are really getting on me. I'm sure I'll be fine since I gain all the sleep I need." I knew I played it good, and fortunately I saw her relaxing considering that I was right and my bad mood lately was due to exhaustion.

I went straight to bed and I was asleep before my head touched the pillow. For the first night in the last few days I managed to sleep peacefully and dreamless and to wake up in a really good mood, almost thinking positive, welcoming the day. My day became even better when I went downstairs and found Jake sitting in the living room with Ian, or I thought so.

"Good morning sleepyhead, we were waiting for you for more than an hour." Jake had always that big smile of his that I loved so much.

"You were waiting for me? What for?"

"Jake came over to see me and we thought it will be nice to go to Cullen's all together like we used to. And you wanna see Alice don't you?" Ian told me casualty but I was pretty sure Jake had informed him about everything that happened between me and Edward these days. Damn you Jacob!

"You can go wherever you like, I spent my whole day with Alice yesterday and I am seeing her tonight at the party, so I'm staying here and you're free to go." I said and I was about to sit at the couch when Ian grabbed me from the legs and threw me over his shoulder! "Ian! What are you doing? Put me down!" I was yelling not that he could change his mind!

"Bells I don't buy it so you're coming want it or not. Jake, don't forget the car keys!" he said and got out of the house carrying me casually like a piece of meat!
"Got them! Let's go." They were both dead! As we were on our way I remembered something!

"Hey Ian where's Jasper? I thought he was staying with us right?" yesterday I've completely forgotten about him with all that mess.

"Oh right I forgot. Yes he's staying with us but last night he stayed with some friends. He'll be at the party tonight, though."

Jake's Rabbit wasn't as fast as Adrian's but we were at the Cullen's house after fifteen minutes or so. I was sitting on the back seat with a big frown, I know I was acting childishly but I didn't give a shit. Deep breaths Bella you just have to ignore him and have fun with Alice like you did yesterday!

Carlisle wasn't home of course but I could tell Esme was so happy to see us. It was like the old times again, and only now I realized how much I missed them. It was like not a single day had passed since the day they left. Maybe I had to thank Ian and Jake after all. Someone that I've really missed appeared on top of the staircase…

"Emmett!" he ran down and lifted me from my feet in such a strong hug I lost my breath! "Emmett I can't breathe!"

"Sorry Bells I did miss you much! I didn't expecting you guys now I thought I'll see you at he party. Hey Jake!"

"Yeah we came because Bells wanted to see Alice, you know girl stuff, preparations for the party, trust me you don't wanna know!" I heard Ian telling and I rolled my eyes.
"Is Alice in her room?"

"Yeah, you'd better go and help her. You know Alice wants everything to be just perfect." I nod and headed for her room, leaving them to gossip as I knew they would.

JPOV

"Ian I'm going to find Edward, I've some things to tell him."

"Okay, I'll come too, as soon as I fill Emmett in with the latest news." He winked but I could tell he was really pissed with Edward. He loved his sister and Edward was the only person that was still torturing her mind. We came here only to check out Ed's reactions when Bella's around.

Maybe something had changed in him. Who knows? But that was the only way to find out. I found Edward's room easily since it was the same room he had when they were living here. I knew that place like the back of my hand.

I knocked the door but no one answered it. I heard the loud music from inside so obviously Edward couldn't hear me knocking so I just entered the room. I found him lying on his bed looking the ceiling. He looked up as he noticed me entering looking confused; he turned the music off so we could speak.

"Jake, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to see you. I think we need to talk."

Well well all good old folks together!Let's see what will happen now!Review! I want to know your thoughts about the story especially now that we're getting on the good part! ;)