Hi guys! Yes this is a new chapter! Finally! I know I'd promised for an early update but a lot had happened since the last time but now I'm back! I hope you enjoy the chapter and please don't be mad for the big delay! I'm so sorry again! :)

Chapter 22

BPOV

"Oh my God! I couldn't imagine he is so cute! Edward really did choose well, he's beautiful! Come here my boy!" Alice exclaimed the moment she entered the house and Shakespeare run straight to us.

Rose had already fallen to her knees and started playing with my dog excitedly. I'm sure I'm gonna have them here on a daily basis only to play with Shakespeare.

"Come on I'll make some hot cocoa and we can go upstairs. No ones home except Emma who's gonna leave for her ballet lesson soon. We'll have the house to our own."

"That sounds good. It's getting really cold outside." commented Alice following me in the kitchen, and sitting on the bench while I was preparing everything.

"So, spill. What's going on with you and Ed?" asked Rose raising one of her perfectly waxed eyebrows.

"What do you mean? Nothing's going on!" I said almost too fast. That didn't sound good even to my ears.

"Come on you're like besties after the party! He even gave you a dog! Your dream dog! You're gonna have sleepovers and sharing your nail polish soon. He's like your BFF or something! Since when do you like him that much? You couldn't stand being in the same room with him five days ago." she didn't say it angrily or like she was jealous or something but it was really strange I had to give her right.

She remained calm and as far as I could tell from both their expressions they were beyond confused and seeking for some answers. I guess it was about time to do some serious explaining.

The difficult part was that I wasn't even sure about what's going on with Edward and me or what kind of feelings I had for him. The whole thing was beyond perplexed in my own head so I started telling them about the intense conversation we had on my birthday.

"Oh I'm impressed! Mister Jerk became a mature man at least! Surprisingly you were the childish one! Sorry Bells but you behaved like an immature bitch to him." Rose said honestly shaking her head in desperation.

"Yeah, I know! But it was so difficult for me to accept the fact that he'd finally became the Edward I'd been dreaming for so long and that I didn't want him anymore. It was so frustrating to know that he'd changed now that I was no logger into him, now that I had moved on for good! I didn't want to accept it! No, it was so difficult!"

It was the first time admitting these things even to myself. I was pushing my feelings away and I was refusing to let myself think that way. I'd been so wrong about him and I was so angry with him at the same time and anger led me the wrong way.

Rose was looking uncomfortable biting her bottom lip but surprisingly Alice had remained completely silent the whole time. I handed them the now ready drinks and put some chocolate chip cookies in a plate.

"Anyway that was the whole thing with Edward. We're friends now, catching up for the lost time, I guess. End of the story. Can we drop it now?" I complained walking up the stairs to my room.

I sat up heavily on my bed with Shakespeare cuddling on my lap. That dog brings me peace, I feel so calm when I hold him.

"My Gosh, Bella has a bomb exploded in your closet? What with all these clothes?" Alice exclaimed dumfounded seeing the mess that was talking place in my room.

"Ugh, yeah about that…I tried to put the thinks in order in my wardrobe but I think I failed." I confessed shyly.

Alice was going to have a fit about this. For her clothes have a soul.

She opened her mouth, frowned her eyebrows and she was ready to start lecturing me, but the moment she was about to speak Rose cut her off.

"Emmett sent me flowers!" she said really fast, closing her eyes scared to see our reactions to her words.

The whole scene was really hilarious. Alice turned her head so fast that I only saw a blur and her eyebrows lifted so high they almost disappeared behind her bangs. I was sitting awestruck my mouth hanging open, without believing in my own ears.

After all, it was Emmett we were talking about not the Prince Charming!

"Fuck me!" I managed to say after the initial shock was over. They both then turned on me.

"Hell, Saint Bella just cursed!" teased Rosalie.

"Shut up! No, actually speak! Tell me everything. When? Why?" I begged impatiently.

"Well, it was three days ago, that I got home after the volleyball practice and found a hundred red roses waiting for me in my room! But it's not only that, it was the card that drove me mad!" she explained.

"What was the cart saying?" I pushed her.

"No, don't make me say that!" she held her hands up in protest.

"Come on! We're your BFF's, you have to tell us!"

"Ugh, fine! You asked for it."

These roses to the most

Beautiful rose among them all.

Their nothing compared

To your beauty.

"Can you believe it? I think I'm gonna puke! Seriously?" she continued pretending shivering.

"I can't believe it! That's just…oh my God! He must have fallen so hard for you, my beauty!" I teased her but at the same time I was trying to hide my astonishment.

"Wait! Emmett as in my bear brother, two years older and womaniser? Is this the same Emmett we're talking about?" Alice had just recovered from the shock. Yeah, you couldn't say Emmett was the so romantic, all in love guy! He was like hell had frozen over, twice!

"Yes exactly! He's just playing with me. I doubt that he even knows how I look like. He just needs a toy to play with and he chose me, but he doesn't know with whom he's messing around."

"Rose, I don't think he's playing around, Emmett has never done something like that. It was a really romantic gesture, you can't deny that." Alice defended her brother. She had a point though. Rose was the first girl Emmett was chasing.

"It's flattering you can't argue to that!" I added with a smirk.

"Flattering my ass! He just wants me, because I'm the one girl that resists him! I'm just a challenge to him, nothing more!" he argued back.

"Fine, do as you wish, you asked for our opinion, we just expressed our views to the topic!" I said as a matter-of- factly.

"First, I didn't ask your opinion, I just told you about a fact and second, I see no point in this conversation!" she said nonchalantly.

Both I and Alice rolled our eyes in exasperation. Sometimes, Rosalie could be as stubborn as a mule. When she needs our help, she'll come to us, so we did as she wished.

We took some sips from our hot drinks, remaining in silence and thinking about all the latest news.

"So, what about you and Adrian? How the long distant relationship is working?" asked Alice hesitantly and taking a cookie.

"We kind of had our first fight on Tuesday." I trailed off I hadn't told them anything about him since he was gone and they didn't dare to ask either. I guess they dare to ask me now seeing that I was far better than last week.

"Why? Was it a serious one? Like you aren't talking to each other fight or you just argued about something?" Rosalie questioned.

"Hmm…I guess the non-talking fight." I admitted.

"Oh! That's serious! Wanna talk about it?" Alice asked rubbing my knee slowly.

"Yeah, I think so…"

*Flashback*

I was lying on my bed reading a book for my English class, when Adrian called.

"Hey, baby! How are you?" I was happy to hear his voice again, because yesterday we didn't have much time to talk.

"I'm fine, but I miss you so much." he sounded really sad or maybe tired.

"I know, I miss you, too. How is school going, are you settled alright? Did you get used to it?" I wanted to ask him so many things it was like we didn't have time to talk at all lately, especially with all the drama on my birthday.

We talked for a while when suddenly Shakespeare barked right beside me. Fuck.

"What was that?" of course he'd heard.

"That was Shakespeare my new dog!" I answered happily. Hell, I knew I should've told him right away. Why was I so fucking stupid?

"A dog? Bella you got a dog? I thought Renee was really opposed to that." I could hear the smile in his voice.

He thought I'd found a way to make up my mums mind.

"Yeah, actually she didn't have another option it was a gift from Edward." I said and closed my eyes waiting for the explosion.

"Edward brought you a dog? And Renee was fine with that? But you didn't let me do the same exact thing when you'd told me you wanted a dog like anything else! So, Edward can give you anything he wants and I can't?" ugh-huh he sounded really pissed.

"Adrian, it's not like that, I didn't even know he'll do something like that. I didn't even know he'll buy me a present." God, I had messed things up big time.

"Yeah right Bella, first the party you didn't want but Edward knows better and then you're all happy about it and now this! What's going on Bella?" he had started shouting.

"Adrian, stop shouting, I don't really like your tone! It was just a gift and Edward is my friend, so get over it!" I was getting pissed too. I didn't like the way he was talking to me!

"Really, Bella? You don't like my tone now? Maybe I don't even like you anymore!" he said and with that he hang up! What the hell! Who he thinks he is!

*End of Flashback*

"We haven't talked since that happened." I finished

"Oh shit! The problems had already started. About time…" Rosalie said with a snarky tone.

"Rose, stop being such a bitch, please!" chastised Alice and then turned to me. "How are you feeling, sweetie? You can talk to us."

"I don't know actually. At first I was pissed but then I was sad I cried a bit but then it was just back to normal again. I was like okay we had a fight it was quite normal for a couple, but I don't want to step on my pride and call him first." I admitted at the end.

I've been thinking for so long to call him and apologise but then again I wasn't the only one that made a mistake. He was wrong too. He didn't spoke to me nice and he'd been just unreasonable!

"Oh sweetie, I' m sure he'll come around eventually and he'll call when he's ready. It's not easy for him being away from you and from all his friends. You have to be patient." told me Alice reassuringly.

I knew she was right and that things were getting more difficult as the days were passing by, but how much more could we take? Would we have the patience to save what we had? Was only patience enough?

One week had passed since our girl-night. Things between me and Adrian were…well okay. He'd called the next day to apologise but I could feel something was wrong between us. Something had been broken. Maybe it was just me and my imagination or his absence was driving me crazy day by day.

It was Thursday night and I've just finished with my history project and I was trying to apply some fresh nail polish in my fingernails, when my cell biped. Ian texted me to log in on Skype so we could talk.

I put my laptop in front of me on the bed and sat Indian style across from it. Soon the smiley face of my brother appeared on my screen. It felt so good to see him it's been so long since the last time I've talked to him. I missed him a lot and I couldn't wait to see him on Thanksgiving.

"Hey!" I said cheerfully, smiling widely.

"Oh, was that a smile? Last time I checked you were crying your eyes out!" he teased playfully. His comment didn't make me feel sad, on the contrary I laughed. I was really in the mood for jokes.

"Yeah, yeah I know too much drama queen." I said pretending to wipe invisible tears from my eyes.

"Oh, I'm glad to hear that!" he said but he seemed a little surprised at first and then relieved.

At the moment Shakespeare sneaked through my half closed door barking happily.

"Who's that bark? What the hell?" Ian's voice came through the speakers.

"Come here, that's my dog." I calked him to climb to the bed with me, so Ian could see him too.

"Bells, what's going on? When did we get a dog? Did mum allowed it?" he asked seriously.

"Yeah, she couldn't say anything, the dog was a gift. She couldn't throw it out of the house." I explained the whole story about how Edward had given me Shakespeare the day after my birthday.

"Edward gave you a dog?" he asked suspiciously raising an eyebrow. Ugh-uh! I knew that face!

"Yeah…why?" I murmured, feeling my cheeks turning hot and bright red.

"Why? Is that a blush I see?" he said with his green eyes opened wide. Oh God, he's gonna believe Edward has something on me now. Damn it.

"Shut up, it was just a friendly gift." I tried to seem nonchalant but I doubt I got any closer to that.

"Yeah sure, and what did Adrian say about that 'only friendly gift'? I bet he wasn't so excited about the fact Edward's hitting on you!" he concluded. Damn him for being an experienced big brother.

"No he wasn't happy at all but we'll discuss that later. Talking about hitting on someone, you'll never believe it…" and with that I told him the incident with Mike and how Edward defended me in front of the whole school.

"Well, well, I'm impressed. Don't tell me that Adrian wasn't furious about this! First his friend tries to fuck his girlfriend and then the always perfect Superman comes to the rescue, to much food for thought for poor Adrian if you ask me. He left his worst enemy -former best buddy- to look after his girl. Talking about a really lucky man!" though ironically said, it was more than true.

Ian had always been snarky but at the same time botheringly sincere.

"Shut up Ian, Edward's not hitting on me he's just a good friend. It was a normal reaction to beat that asshole, think about what you've done if you're wearing his shoes." I explained my logic.

"Yeah, you're right about that, but you cannot deny the fact that Adrian's really jealous of Edward." he reasoned with me again.

"Yeah, I know that's true. But I can do nothing about it, Edward's one of my friends, and despite all the shit that happened some years ago we're still close. He'll have to accept it sooner or latter and the sooner the better, then we'll have one reason less to fight for." I concluded, opening my heart and talking about these things for the first time.

"Oh, I think Adrian has to fight for his girl and shallow the fact that he's gonna share your love with Eddiekins." he teased trying to cheer me up a bit.

"I think I'll have to discuss that with him as soon as he visits. I cannot tell him these things by the phone. I want to have him here with me so we can reach a compromise." I sighted heavily thinking about that.

Him coming here should've been a pleasant situation and not a confrontation with our feelings and reality. But we will at least both try.

"Oh and what a pleasant visit would that be! Could you take a video for me? I'm dying to see his face!"

"Fuck you!" I said it without thinking.

"Wow! Did I hear right? Did Miss All Perfect just curse?" he pretended to be utterly shocked putting his hand dramatically over his heart.

"I'm not Miss All Perfect at all and you know it!" I said rolling my eyes to him.

We talked a bit more about lighter issues, school, friends and everything. He promised to call back soon and right after we hang up I realised I'd forgotten to add about Emmett in love.

I made a mental note in my head to text him about it the next day, I turned the laptop off and fell asleep with all the things about Edward and Adrian roaming in my mind and making my dreams a thread of complicated and meaningless images.

It was during lunch time and I was trying so hard to keep my eyes open. I was exhausted, because of the lack of sleep.

My really confusing dreams hadn't let me gain more than two hours of good sleep and I was keeping my body and mind awake by drinking big portions of caffeine.

I couldn't wait to go home and finally get some proper sleep.

"Hey Bells, wake up you're like a living corpse today. What's the problem?" Alice asked stroking my shoulder worried.

"Nothing, I'm just really tired, I was talking to Ian last night and then I had trouble sleeping, that's all." I reassured her, hoping that my exhaustion will keep the annoying dreams away.

"Where's Rose and Edward?" I asked noticing how quiet our table was.

"Cheerleading and soccer practise." answered Angela feeding Ben a french fry. They were so cute together.

"Oh right!"

"Bells, I insist you go get some sleep, because I don't want you to look like a zombie tonight." she said arching her eyebrow. Wait! What?

"Tonight?" I asked idiotically.

"Yep, we're going out tonight!" Angela answered cheerfully.

"Wait! Who? Where? Why am I always the last person to know?" I asked irritated. I wasn't in the mood for something like that. I was planning to spend the night on my couch with a pack of DVDs.

"Relax Bella, we just decided it! You were just in your own world and stop stressing yourself out, it's nothing big just a night out with friends at the 'Dinner'." responded Alice giving me her most innocent face.

"That's it I quit! Bella it's the fourth time you win! That's not fair!" Rose yelled throwing the card she was holding, causing everyone to burst out laughing.

We've spent the last two hours at the dinner eating and playing different board games. It was a Friday night and the place was so foul of people who wanted to spend some time relaxing out of home.

Forks is a small town after all, there aren't a lot of places to choose.

"Come on it's not my fault it was a literature question again! I don't chose the questions, you are!" I teased her knowing very well what a competitive person Rose was, it just happened to be really lucky today.

"Admit it Rosie, Bella beat you again! You have to suck it up, blondie." Jake mocked her and I knew we were only seconds away before Rose had an outburst so Alice came to the rescue.

"It's alright Rose, you'll beat Bella at the karaoke night on your place next week, right?" what? No! I don't believe Alice just said that! I'm an awful singer she can't do this to me!

"So right Al! I'm game!" Rose smiled like a Cheshire cat across from me. I am so dead if this night actually comes.

"What's wrong Chocolate?" Edward asked close to my ear so no one could hear.

"Nothing's wrong, why?" I lied, looking at him innocently.

"Don't lie to me Bella I know something's bothering you, your hands are all sweaty and you keep biting your bottom lip. So shoot." He said matter of factly. Smartass.

"Alright! I'm dead scared of this upcoming karaoke night, I'm sure Rose won't resist to the idea to turn it into a party and I definitely gonna embarrass myself to death! I cannot believe they're doing this to me." I admitted blushing like crazy and pouting like a baby.

I was afraid he's gonna laugh his heart out but surprisingly he seemed to understand and looked really concerned.

"Come on, Chocolate we can't all be great singers, you have no reason to be ashamed of that. Bella, you have other great talents as well and you don't need to worry about something that stupid. After all it's not an audition for the American Idol, only a night with friends and if someone dares to make fun of you I promise I'll make him regretting it for the rest of his life." He told me touching my hand that was resting on my knee.

His touch was warm and soothed me, his eyes were serious and had a beautiful spark in them that made me feel confident again.

"Alright." I hesitantly answered and averted my eyes of his. I had no other option but to break the eye contact and put an end to this awkward moment between us.

"Guys I think its Halloween next Friday or not?" asked Angela confused.

"No, Ang Halloween is in two weeks from now." Responded Jake casually.

"Oh sorry, I think I've lost track of time these days."

"Don't worry Ang, actually thanks for reminding me. Bella I need to talk to you about your Halloween costume." Alice turned to me with a serious expression on her face. When Alice was so serious then I was totally screwed.

"What costume?" I asked not wanting to here the upcoming answer.

"The one I'm making you for Halloween." She responded like it was the simplest and most ordinary thing on earth.

"You're serious." I couldn't believe that she was making me a costume, one that I was completely unaware of!

"Of course I am."

Perfect! What if I didn't want to dress up this year? And if I wanted to dress up I will have preferred to choose my own costume!

I decided it was better to keep calm for the time and make jokes about it instead of throwing a fuss in front of everyone. That was something I had to discuss with Alice only.

"So what are you planning on dressing me?" I asked curiously, raising my eyebrow at her.

"I'm not going to tell you in front of everyone Bells you know that, Halloween costumes are supposed to be a surprise." she answered like it was so obvious and I was so dumb for not knowing it.

"Who says that?" I asked irritated.

"I do!" she said shrugging her shoulders. I just rolled my eyes at her, it was inevitable to keep arguing about that matter. Alice was stubborn as a mule.

"I guess Thumbelina is the best option for you, or was she taller than you, I don't remember?" I heard Edward saying eyeing me closely pretending to assessing my height.

"Ouch that hurt! I'm not that short! Alice is shorter than me!" I exclaimed bringing my hands to my waste.

"Yeah but I've discovered something called high heels sweety, they make you look taller you know. Maybe you should try them yourself some time." Alice cut me off with a mischievous smile on her face, continuing the tease Edward had started.

Come on of course I wear high heels but not on a daily basis and not so many inches as Alice does! I just stung out my tongue to her. Childish, I know!

"So what about you, prince charming? You'd better chose something with a mask on, like Spiderman for example. That way you can hide that nose." Alright that was something Edward didn't expect I could see that.

A moment ago he was smiling and the right next moment his face turned into a mask of utter shock! Take that pretty boy!

In truth his nose was just fine, maybe a little big but other than that masculine straight and fine. I just had to find something to tease him about and I knew perfectly that his nose was his only insecurity as well as my height was mine.

"Ohhh, ladies and gentleman Bella is back on the game!" Jake cheered and whistled like we were watching a football game, causing everyone on the table to crack up and laugh.

Edward was still trying to recover from the shock but not seeming pissed on the contrary amusement was hiding in his eyes, so I pushed it a bit further.

"What's going on Eddiekins? You've become speechless now? Don't cry please." I said baby talking him.

"Are you making fun of me Swan?" he asked using my last name, something I kinda liked. Not that I was going to admit that even to myself.

"You are kinda slow, aren't you?" I answered back frowning at him.

"You're gonna regret that, little monster." He warned me with a mischievous glint in his eyes and then did the one thing that could drive me crazy.

Literally. He brought his fingers to my belly and tickled me. He knew it was my weakest spot, my worst nightmare! The evil bastard! The moment he'd touched me I cracked up into an uncontrollable hysterical laughter.

He did show no mercy as he continued with the torture even when I had tears in my eyes and I was folded in two and all over him, trying to control my laughter but it was inevitable.

"Please, Edward enough! Please stop I can't breath!" I managed to say through the hysterics. My stomach was hurt so much by now and he had no intention to stop any time soon.

"Oh no my dear you don't just make fun of me and you're getting away with it so easy." I even heard the smile and the satisfaction in his voice. Asshole!

"Sorry, I'm sorry Edward, please stop!" I begged him, not being able to breathe any more.

Fortunately he did stop, but I remained on this awkward position until my breathing returned to normal and my heartbeat slowed down. I felt his one hand on my lower back holding me there in this almost-hug and the other resting on my arm.

His body was warm against mine and his touch light as a feather, I had the sudden urge to lean back and nest to his embrace but I mentally slapped myself and I straightened my back returning to my sitting position.

"God, do not ever do this to me again!" I warned him sternly waving a finger in front of his face.

"Do not ever make fun of me Chocolate." He stated naturally, giving me his famous crooked smile. He used that funny nickname again the one that I didn't have a clue where the hell he'd come up with. Yes I had a sweet tooth but it couldn't be that, right?

I took a sip of my coke looking at my friends around the table. Sweet Angela was resting casually on Bens embrace while vividly discussing something with Rose.

Edward had started a conversation with Ben about fast cars and new engine models that it was hard for me to follow, I think I lack a chromosome for that. Alice, sitting across from me, was texting feverishly on her I-phone without paying attention to what was happening around her.

Her cheeks were flushed and she had a grin on her face, and I could bet all my money that was my cousin she was talking to. I'd be beyond happy if the things work out okay for them.

"A penny for your thoughts, princess?" Jake whispered to my ear, dragging me out of my thoughts.

"Huh? It's nothing, really. I was just thinking that I'm surprisingly really happy right now. I feel relieved, content even!" surprisingly that was true.

For the second time this month I was glad Alice hadn't paid attention to my stupid complaints and had dragged me out of my misery. My friends really knew what I needed even when I wasn't able to see it.

If I had stayed home tonight I probably would have fallen asleep on the couch watching some stupid reality show or just have sunk into depression once again.

"That's good Bells. You know Alice organised all that especially for you right? She practically threatened to serve me my balls on a plate if I didn't come tonight. I was stupid enough to tell her that there was a really important match on the TV tonight." He said causing both of us to burst out into a loud laughter.

"No! She didn't say that! God she can be scary sometimes!" I told him unable to believe Alice had actually used these words.

"Tell me about it, princess!" he responded shaking his head with a terrified expression that caused a new wave of laughter to start. God I loved Jake so much, he had that special ability to transfer his good mood.

Suddenly I left my cell ringing in my bag but I had so many things in it that it took me a couple of minutes to locate it at the bottom.

Since the moment I'd reached it, it had stopped ringing and I saw that I had a missed call from Adrian.

Shit! I had completely forgotten about our daily evening conversations. The hour had passed and I hadn't called and that's why he'd called me to check if I was alright.

"Sorry guys I'm going out to make a call, I'll be back in a minute." I informed my friends as I was putting my coat and gloves on.

"Alright sweety! Alice said only smiling, not taking her eyes off the cell screen.

I walked out of the dinner, towards the parking lot and dialled Adrian's number. The temperature had dropped dramatically and little snowflakes had started to fall but they melt the moment they touched the ground.

"Bella?" Adrian answered in a really abrupt tone.

"Hey baby, how are you?" I asked hesitantly, my breath making clouds in the air as I talked.

"Let's talk about you baby!" he answered angrily saying the last word like a curse.

"How are you? Oh don't tell me I know. You're more than fine, hunging out with your friends… having the time of your life on Edwards embrace, right? Maybe you've already found my replacement!" he was shouting at the receiver now and I had to keep my cell away from my ear.

"Adrian, what are you talking about?" I choked with the words feeling the tears gathering in my eyes, "I don't understand." I muttered, really hurt by his harsh tone. That wasn't the Adrian I used to know. What was wrong with him?

"Oh so you don't understand huh?" his voice was thick with sarcasm, his tone overly intimidating. "Are you out at the inner, or not?" he asked again still furious.

"Yes, I am out with my friends. What's the problem Adrian?" I was still confused over his reaction but I was getting mad at the same time because of his attitude. I hadn't done anything wrong and he had no right to talk to me like that.

"With your friends huh? Let me guess, it was a really friendly hug with Edward? He only had his friendly arms around you then huh? And you were enjoying it in only a friendly way huh? Sorry for misunderstanding the whole friendly thing honey! Maybe I am just the paranoid!" by the time he'd stop talking or better shouting my ears were ringing but my blood was boiling!

What the hell was that?

"Adrian please calm down! You're not thinking straight. Maybe you should go to sleep and we'll talk about it tomorrow." I made one last attempt to reason with him but it had no effect.

"Don't try to put the blame on me now Bella!" he spat back!

"What the fuck Adrian! I'm not trying anything I just want to understand! I wasn't hugging Edward! And wait a minute! What do you mean by that? Where did you see me? How did you know where I was and what I'd been doing? Are you spying on me now or what? Have you put your friends to watch my moves and give you a report or something?" no he couldn't do this! I saw red!

" I thought you trusted me! Adrian I'd never expected that from you!" I said, disgust filling my voice and I pressed the red button.

I didn't want to hear his response or his pathetic excuses. I was more than furious now! How dare he? I'd been a wreck since the day he left and for the second time in months that I was having fun he came to crush the party.

He should have been happy that I was finally feeling better after all this time, not to be mad because of that! He couldn't be that selfish!

"Are you alright, Bella? I felt a soft hand caressing my shoulder and turned around to face a really worried Angela.

"No, but I will be." I told her whipping the tears away. I won't let him do this to me, no he can't have that effect on me. No one has the right to treat me that way. I deserved to be happy with or without him.

"I know you will be Bells, you're strong and you have us. When you're ready to talk we'll be here to listen." She stroked my hair and gave me a reassuring smile.

I took several deep calming breaths before I answered. "I know, thanks Ang." I forced myself to smile back at her. "Let's go back inside, it's freezing out here." I motioned her towards the building but she stopped me.

"Oh no I came to see if you were okay and Alice is paying the bill so we can go. It's getting late." she informed me, rubbing her palms together to warm them up.

"Oh, alright then." I looked around as we were waiting for them to come out. The snow was falling down in thicker flakes and I was wondering while starring at it, how fast the things can change in a few moments.

Twenty minutes ago I was feeling so happy and relaxed and right now I was so hurt and confused, numb even. Things turned out to be so complicated and I had to find a way to work them out.

Rose dropped me home and Alice promised to come by sometime tomorrow because she needed to talk. I guess she had already updated Rose for that matter.

"I had already cuddle in my warm bed when I received a text message. I hoped it was Adrian apologizing for his earlier behaviour but I wasn't that lucky.

~I hope you are alright chocolate. Jake's driving me nuts here with his non stop rumbling! Oh did I mention that he did beat me twice in Pro already? Lucky bastard. Sweet dreams. ~E

I smile watching his text. He, Edward, knew me to damn well. Jake was staying over the Cullens tonight and I imagined that they were spending half the night playing PSP 3.

They were such kids sometimes but I loved them. I kept the image of them in my mind and fell asleep with a silly smile plastered on my face. When you have your friends close, even the problems that at the time seem huge they are unable to touch you.

Sooo we have a very jealous Adrian here! Do you think he has the right to be though? ;) Alright I'm gonna do my best to update the next chapter really soon!

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