Authors Note:
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*All thoughts are in Italics
Rosalie's POV
My eyes widen in surprise as I watch Bella grab her coat and purse and high tail it out the door.
What the entire fuck?
I stare down at the ground and close my eyes to concentrate on pushing my feelings down.
I could run after her, like she did for me.
I swallow.
No! That's just gonna make things worse and more awkward. You cut things off so let it be!
"You should talk to her" Alice's soft voice breaks through my thoughts.
"No." I say simply. Alice's lets out a groan and rolls her eyes.
"You really should Rose" she urges me.
"No, we have nothing to talk about" I refute. I stand up and start to pace a little.
"Rose, come on. You have tons you need to talk about. You both have to talk at some point. You guys can't just go on living like this. Look, I know not a long time ago I had a different standpoint and view point on you two. But now I see that I was wrong. You both care about each other in some way. And you both have to be around each other. You guys just can't run the other direction when you see each other" Alice says.
"No Alice! Just no, okay?! Just leave it alone!" I tell her starkly. Alice throws her hands up and falls back into the couch. I sigh and look out the window.
"I'm gonna go make us some lunch." I say quietly and I make my way to the kitchen.
Alice's POV
I watch Rose stomp off to the kitchen and sigh.
Why does she have to be so stubborn! If she would just listen to me, I-...wait no. You are going about this all wrong Alice. You can't meddle in her business. You did that before and look where that got you.
I stare down at the floor and feel my lip start to tremble.
I am tired of crying. That's all I can seem to do. I knew what Jasper was doing to me was wrong, so much like my biological father. But I just couldn't bring myself to leave, I didn't want to lose him too. I loved him. I still do. God, I'm so messed up!
I take a shaky breath and look around the room and try to distract myself. An idea pops into my head. I decide to keep adding numbers from my address book into the new phone that Emmett got me. I go up to the guest bedroom and get the address book and phone out of my purse. I keep adding numbers until I get to the S's. Then I suddenly stop. I stare at Stella name.
I should call her. I don't know if she would even want to talk to me. She must have heard something of what happened by now.
I keep staring at her name and tap my finger nervously. I give in and dial her number.
"Hello?" she answers.
"Hey Stella. It's Alice" I say quietly
"Oh my goodness! Thank God! I was so worried about you! They just said you weren't coming back to work for a while, and I didn't know who to call, and I didn't have any of your family member numbers. I tried calling Jasper and he wouldn't answer! Oh Alice! What happened?!" she says frantically. I take a deep breath.
"Stel, I have a lot to tell you. And I don't want you to interrupt, just let me talk alright" I request of her.
"Alright, I won't interrupt. I promise" she says. Then I pour my heart out for the third time and tell her everything. At first she is silent. I realize I have brought her to tears because I hear far away sniffling on the phone. She is trying to hide her crying, she almost never cries. She hates crying.
"I won't ask you why you didn't tell me. Because that's not what's important. I'm just so sorry this happened. What can I do to help?" She asks.
"Can you bring me one of your famous key lime pies you always make for the office parties? I would really like one of those" I say. She laughs.
"Of course kid, I can bring it to you on my way back from work. Where are you staying?" She inquires.
"With Rose" I state.
"Really?" she asks surprised. "After all of that? That's really kind of her."
"Yeah I was surprised too" I say. "I didn't expect it. But Rose has always been there when I needed her most. She may seem to have a heart made of ice but she really doesn't. She is caring, and she cares a lot about me. She is a great big sister" I say smiling to myself.
"Well maybe the three of us can hang out and eat that pie. Unless she is just nice to family "she jokes.
"Shut up Stella. It will be fine, and she will be nice...wellllllll uh… nice enough" I laugh and Stella joins in.
Bella POV
After I rushed out of the house, I only made it a few miles down the road before I had to pull over. Once I parked my car safely on the side of the road, I broke down in sobs. I stayed for a while, just crying. Still crying now.
I couldn't stay in there, it was too much. I couldn't take it. It's not fair, it's just not fair, the feelings won't go away no matter what I do.
I frantically look for some tissues and when I find some I loudly blow my nose. When I calm down I sit there some more, contemplating.
Was I jealous? What the fuck Bella? There was no need to be jealous, she was just holding her sister hand for crying out loud! You are just all over the place, you need to get yourself together and figure out what the fuck-
The shrill ringing of my phone brings me out of my thoughts. I read the caller id and smile slightly before I answer it.
"Hey Seth" I say into the phone.
"Hey! What's up? Are you busy?" He asks me.
"No not really" I say.
"Were you sleeping or something? It's kinda sounds like it" he observes.
"Nah, I wasn't sleeping. My voice just sounds all nasty from crying" I admit.
"Oh no! Why were you crying? Whose face do I have to fuck up?" He asks in a playful but fierce tone. I giggle at his words.
"Easy tiger. You don't have to do anything to anyone. I basically just had a bad time with some family and it made me upset is all. I'm really fine. I was probably just crying because I'm hormonal, you know with the pregnancy and stuff" I respond.
"How about a movie to take your mind off things? Then we could get something to eat?" He suggest.
"That sounds great" I say smiling.
"Cool, I'm at the apartment now, but I can take the bus and meet you at the theatre" he say
"Aw no you don't have to do all that. I can come pick you up. I'm not that far away. Be there in 15." I tell him.
"Thanks B see you then" he says before hanging up.
I went and picked up Seth and we made our way to the theatre. We saw this cheesy romance movie but it was hilarious. Seth and I cracked jokes the whole time. Then after we made our way to the diner across the street to grab some dinner.
"And I will have the large cheeseburger with fries and a chocolate shake" Seth says.
"That all you are getting? I thought you were greedier than that" I say with a smile on my face. Seth swats me playfully and I let out a giggle.
"You know," I start. "I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard" I confide.
"Same here. You are a freaking comedic genius Bells, and who knew you were such a potty mouth. That innocent pure woman act doesn't fool me for one second" he jokes while smirking.
"Shut up Seth" I say laughing. Then I ponder what he says.
"You are right though. I'm not so innocent. I'm not innocent at all" I say with a frown on my face.
"Aww Bells I was just kidding. No one is completely innocent. And you are a pretty good person. One of the best that I know" he said sincerely.
"Thanks Seth" I smile gratefully. "But you are probably much better than me. There are things I have done that I'm not so proud of" I admit.
"Like what?" he curiously.
"No, I can't tell you. I don't want to corrupt you" I say.
"Aw shit! This must be really juicy! Come on Bella, you have to tell. Spill!" he commands.
I don't know…I mean I think I can trust him. He has been trustworthy so far.
"Alright alright" I say trying to fight a smile. He does a little victory happy dance and I roll my eyes and finally let my teeth show. I pause for a moment and try to calm my fast paced heart. Then I engage in my normal nervous habits of lip chewing and thumb fiddling. Seth sense my nervousness and takes my hand in his.
"It's okay Bella, you can trust me" he says reassuringly while squeezing my hand. I nod and smile slightly.
"A couple of months ago, I started cheating on Edward." I start off. Seth raises and eyebrow and his eyes widen. He doesn't say anything so I continue.
"With his sister." I finish bluntly.
"With Alice?" he asks in disbelief.
"No Rose. And I...well…I think I am in love with her" I whisper.
"Oh shit," he responds. He lets out a big breath and shakes his head.
"Damn Bells, I wasn't expecting that" he admits.
"See I told you it was bad" I say looking down at the table in shame. My eyes water slightly. Silence grows between us and awkwardness sets in.
"I once cheated with a married man. And I fell in love with him too" Seth says, breaking the silence. I look up in shock at him.
"Being in love with someone who doesn't love you back hurts like fucking hell." he says bitterly. I sigh and nod in quiet agreement.
"So don't feel bad" he says. I look at him and he is smiling at me. I can't help but smile back.
"We all have done some dirt" he states before devouring the rest of his meal. I follow him and start to pick at my food with my fork.
Yeah, some more than others.
5 days later
Edward's POV
I grab my duffel bag out of the car and lock it up before I head into the gym. I put my stuff into a locker and head over to one of the treadmills. I spend about ten minutes on the machine before someone slaps me on the back. I turn around to see Emmett grinning at me.
"Hey man!" I exclaim smiling.
"Hey Ed!" he says back and bumps my fist.
"It's been a while. Where have you been man?" he inquires.
"At the hospital. Had to put in some extra hours. This is the first chance I have had for some free time in a few days. Bella is out with a friend so I decided to come to the gym" I explain to him and he nods in understanding.
I get back on the treadmill and he gets on the bench press beside me.
"What are you doing here?" I ask him before taking a sip of water and speeding up my machine slightly.
"Just finished training someone. One of my clients wanted an impromptu work out session and wanted to come to this gym. I agreed just to see what the gym was like. It isn't half bad" he says and I smile at his compliment. Emmett is usually super critical of gym environments.
Yeah, too critical. But he always made sure Jas and I got the best workouts possible.
My mind then drifts to all the events that have happened this month.
"How is Alice doing?" I ask after a while.
"She comin round. Getting back to her old bubbly self bit by bit" he says smiling softly.
"That's really good. I don't like seeing her down like that" I say to him.
"Yeah same here" he agrees. "I just can't believe fucking Jasper bro. He is such a bastard for pulling that shit" he says with distain.
"Yeah, I just didn't think he would take things that far" he say looking down at machine but not seeing it, lost in my own thoughts.
"I didn't think he would do it again" The words flow from my mouth, my eyes still glazed over.
"What?" Emmett says, stopping his movements.
Shit, I said that out loud didn't I.
"What the fuck do you mean by that?" Emmett stands up and stand next to the treadmill eyeing me. I stop the machine and I sigh. I run my fingers through my hair.
"It's nothing Em" I say and try to move past him to another machine but he stops me in my tracks.
"Don't bullshit me Edward, tell me" he says sternly. I glare up at him.
"I made a promise to Alice I wouldn't say anything to anyone" I utter quietly. He stares me down for a good minute then her lets out a huff and shakes his head.
"Holy shit. You knew didn't you? You knew Jas did this shit before and you didn't say anything?! What the fuck Edward?!" he growls out heated his body buzzing with anger.
"I made a promise to Alice. I didn't want to break that promise. I don't want her to lose her trust in me!" I whisper harshly going to head to head with him and defending myself.
"She promised me she was going to leave if he did it again" I tell him. Sadness washes over me and it causes me to take a few steps back. Emmett looks up at the ceiling with is hand on his head.
"I just can't fucking believe you. Shit like that you don't keep to yourself. You really believed that she was gonna leave just like that?" he yells at me. This causes some people to stare at the scene we are making.
"Listen Em-" I start.
"No, you listen" I he snarls out while getting in my face. He looks me straight in the eye.
"If you really fucking loved your sister, you would have told someone she got the shit beat out of her no matter how many times it happened" he whispers. He gives me a looks of disgust before he storms into the locker room.
Rosalie's POV
"Em, why are you so pissed right now? What he did couldn't have been that bad" I say trying to calm Emmett down. A few minutes ago a call from a furious Emmett, something had happened between him and Edward at the gym apparently.
"Rose I don't want him in my fucking house anymore." He says sternly. I roll my eyes at his dramatics.
"But he's my brother Em. He has got to come around some time. You can't just fucking banish him from the house. What about your sports watching tradition on Sundays? I thought you loved doing that with him" I say trying to be the voice of reason.
"Fuck that, I don't need him to do that." He says stubbornly
"Just tell me what happened Em, what did he say?" I ask again. I hear him sigh. Someone calls his name in the background.
"Listen Rosie I gotta go, a client is waiting, I will tell you when I get home. Love you babe" he tells me quickly.
"Love you too" I say before hanging up. I sigh and shake my head.
Men can be so childish sometimes. I should probably do some damage control.
I dial Edwards's number and wait for him to answer.
"Hello?" He says
"What the fuck happened between you and Emmett?" I cut to the chase.
"Well hello to you too dearest sister" he says sarcastically.
"I don't have time for pleasantries Edward, just tell me what happened already" I say impatient. He sighs and gives in.
"I just said something I shouldn't have said" he tells me.
"Which was?" I prompt him.
"Rose, I really don't wanna tell you" he says quietly.
"Why can't the both of you tell me? What's the big fucking secret?" I complain.
Something in the corner of my eye catches my attention. I heard Edward talking, but I'm not listening. I see a small back car pull up right in front of my car. Out steps Leah.
Why the fuck is she here?
She starts to storm towards my car. I roll my eyes.
Oh hell.
"I gotta go" I say quickly and hang up without a response from him. I step out of the car and stare at her.
"You are a fucking backstabber" she says as she finally stands in front of me.
"Excuse me?" I say
"Oh you heard me bitch. How fucking dare you set up AJ with that fake shit? He put his ass on the line for you so many times and this is how you repay him? Repay all of us?" she asks venomously. I look at her in surprise and let out a short laugh that lacks humor.
"Wow. You have some big ass balls coming up here accusing people of shit that you don't even know about. You know I wouldn't do that shit, so don't even fucking try it Leah" I say dismissively. I swiftly turn from her and start to walk towards my house. Before I can get far she grabs my arms and swings me so I am facing her again.
"Did you just fucking put your hands on me?" I growl out at her.
"I wasn't fucking done with you. You know the girl. I blame you. Because you know the procedure and routine, you know you have to check out people before you even refer them. And I don't believe you for second. You have motives to sabotage us. AJ trusts you but I don't for one second, I never did. In the beginning I knew you were trouble, you almost got him fucking locked up. I won't let you hurt him, or any of us in any way" by the time she finished speaking she is up in my face. I look straight back at her.
"Leah, I don't know who the fuck pissed in your cereal this morning, but you are messing with the wrong bitch. I'm not fucking scared of you. I was only lenient towards you because of AJ. I never trusted your ass either. You fucking threaten me again and I will fucking end you" I snarl back at her. Just then her phone starts to vibrate. She takes it out and answers her text message. I roll my eyes and walk away from her to lock my car up and get my things. She seems to be leaving, I hear her car engine roar to life.
"This isn't fucking over Rose" she yells out the window before she speed off.
"Whatever bitch" I yell back not looking at her but manage I flip her off before entering the house.
Edward's POV
I walk towards briskly, eager to get into the house. I just want a nice warm shower and the embrace of my wife to forget the day's events. As I open the door the sound of Bella's giggling reaches my ears. It causes me to smile. I start to walk towards her and tell her about my day.
"Oh love, you are home. I am so stressed out! So I was at the gym today and-" I stop in my tracks and stare in utter disbelief at the scene before me. My bag slips out of my hand and my body turns cold. Bella and someone else are on the couch talking and laughing. That other persons is Seth.
What?! Why the hell is he here? I never thought I would see him again I- God this day couldn't get any worse.
Bella looks up me smiling at first but starts to from when she sees my lethargic state. She gets up to stand next me.
"You okay?" she says to me concerned and puts a hand on my shoulder. I keep staring at Seth with shock written on my face. Seth smirks slightly and gives me a knowing look.
"Edward?" Bella calls me name and snaps her fingers in front of my eyes. This helps to get me out of my trance.
"Sorry, sorry, I'm just tried" I say trying to brush it off and place my arm around Bella's waist.
"What happened at the gym?" she asks me curiously.
"I will tell you later" I say while kissing her forehead. I eye Seth warily.
"Oh! This is Seth" she says while pointing to him. "He works at the café not far from the bakery" she tells me.
"Nice to meet you" Seth says feigning politeness.
"Likewise" I grit out. After a silent pause and a covert exchange of dirty looks, Seth breaks the quietness.
"I should probably get going. It's getting late" he says while standing up and grabbing his bag.
"Let me get that peach cobbler you wanted before you go. Wait one sec" Bella says while easing out of my embrace and heading to the kitchen. We both watch her walk out of the room.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" I whisper angrily once Bella is out of earshot.
"Spending time with my friend Edward" he says to me casually.
"Since when are you and Bella friends? You can't be friends with my wife! Are you fucking crazy?" I try to suppress my voice from elevating. He glares at me with hatred.
"Fuck you Edward. I can do whatever the fuck I want. You are just saying that cause you are a pussy. Man up and own up to your actions." He spits out at me. Bella enters to room again so we force our faces to be neutral. They say their goodbyes and hug each other. The urge to rip Bella away from him surges through me.
"I'm itching for my bed. Ed can you see Seth out please?" Bella says whole she starts towards the stairs.
He can see his own ass out for all I care.
"Sure sweetie" I say not wanting to deny Bella. Seth and I both head towards the door. I open the door quickly and stare at him.
"I don't want you in my house again" I say while scowl at him.
"Me being in your house should be the least of your worries right now. You need to fucking talk to your wife. Tell her what happened. She deserves to know. And if you don't do it, I will" he gives me a menacing glower before he walks out the door.