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CHAPTER 9

The Past

"H-how do you kn-ow that?" I asked Tanya. No one except me, Charlie, Angela and I knew. How the hell did she find out?

"That's none of your business. Now, are you willing to cooperate?" she asked me, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Cooperate with what?" I asked, suspicious.

"Meet me after practice under the bleachers," she said before walking away. "Don't be late! You don't know what I'm capable of."

A shiver ran through my body, making me shudder.

"Hey, girl." Alice came out of nowhere and hugged me from behind. "What's wrong?" She walked over and stand in front of me.

"Nothing. How are you?" I tried to change the subject not wanting for her to find out about Tanya.

"I'm perfect. Jasper asked me out!" she squealed.

"Really?"

"Yes, we're going out this Saturday. You have to help me find the perfect dress."

"Of course. I'm so happy for you!" I hugged her to my side as best as I could cause we were on our way to class – walking to class made that quite difficult.

"How about today? After practice?" We stopped in front of my classroom's door.

"I can't today. Tomorrow?" I asked. Damn you, Tanya!

"Why? What do you have to do after practice?" she asked, looking confused.

Think, Bella. Think! "Charlie needs help with something. So, tomorrow?"

"Yeah, sure. Kisses." She turned to leave. "Hey, Golden Boy." She turned to leave, saying a quick hello to Edward, who had just arrived. He kissed me lightly on the lips in greeting

"What were you talking about?" he asked once we were seated at our usual table in Biology.

"We were making shopping plans. She has a date with Jasper on Saturday." I turned to face him. The teacher hadn't come in yet, so we still had some time to talk.

"Yeah, I heard. So, when are you going shopping?"

"Tomorrow after practice. Why?"

"My parents invited you to dinner, that's all."

"What?" I asked, shocked, but the teacher chose that exact moment to enter the classroom. I had always hated that teacher!

Edward's words were torturing me throughout the whole class. Did they know? That was why they invited me to dinner? Did they tell Edward? Were they going to blow me off at dinner? Why?

Bella, stop it!

There was no way that they knew. How could they know? Maybe Tanya told them? No, she wouldn't. If she wanted to people to know, then they would have already known by now. Maybe they did just want to have dinner with me. Why not? I am dating their son. They want to get to know me, right? There was no harm in that.

"Why do they want to have dinner with me?" I asked Edward as we were made our way to the cafeteria, hand in hand.

"They have been bugging me for awhile about it. They have been wanting to meet you officially for ages."

"But they already know me."

"Not as my girlfriend." Once we were inside the cafeteria, he grabbed a tray and asked me, "what are you having?"

"I want a hamburger with fries, a slice of pizza and a greek salad," I said, looking at my choices on the counters.

"Only for you?"

And your unborn child, I wanted to add, but of course I didn't.

"You wore me out last night," I whispered in his ear.

He smirked and went over to take our food while I tried to find a good table for us.

The only way to distract him was by talking about sex.

Boys will be boys!

"Hi, where's Golden Boy?" Alice asked once I was seated.

"I told you to stop calling him that." I huffed. Nathan was more mature than her.

"Never. So, where is he?" she asked, literally shaking from anticipation in her chair.

"He's buying lunch. Why so excited to see him?" I asked, intrigued.

"Jasper won't tell me where he's taking me on Saturday and my sources tell me that GB knows."

"GB?" Edward asked as he sat down next to me.

"Golden Boy!" I laughed and grabbed my hamburger from the tray Edward had brought.

"When will you stop calling me that?" He picked up a slice of pizza from the tray and started eating.

"Never," she said like it was the most natural thing in the world. "Now, tell me. Where will Jasper take me on Saturday?" She began bouncing in her chair.

Edward chuckled. "Sorry, I can't tell you."

"Oh, come on!" Alice exclaimed. "Pretty pretty please, with cherry on top, please?" Is Alice Brandon begging Edward Cullen? Unbelievable!

"It's a surprise! You'll see on Saturday."

Alice huffed and took off with her tray. She was probably going to the libary, that was where she has been spenting her lunchtime lately

"Where is he taking her? I promise I won't tell a soul," I asked him once she was out of hearing range.

Edward slowly chewed a bite of his pizza and I was waiting not so impatiently waited for his answer. "Edward!"

He burst into a fit of laughter. "I don't know. Really. Jasper knew Alice would do anything to find out about their date, so he didn't tell me just to be sure that it'll stay a surprise."

"You're mean! Why did you make her believe that you knew?" I hit him lightly on the shoulder.

"I thought it was funny. Did you see how she begged me? Priceless." He laughed. Once he'd composed himself, he said, "have you thought about what I told you?"

"Thought about what?" I asked, before taking a bit of my salad. I decided to start eating more healthily for the baby. Well, the hamburger I ate before wasn't healthy, but I could't resist. It was so yummy!

"About dinner with my parents." Oh, that!

"Yeah, okay. When?"

"How about Sunday? Will that work for you?"

I nodded. "Yeah."

Practice was intense. I couldn't concentrate on anything other than the conversation Tanya and I were to have later.

She gave me smirks and knowing looks the entire time. I was trying all day to figure out how she could possible know about my secret, but I couldn't figure it out, and I refused to think that either Charlie or Angela said anything to her. Angela said that the test was run anonymously, so there was no way for the nurses to know that the test was mine.

Or was Tanya bluffing? What if she knew nothing and just wanted to get something on me to hold over me? I'm such an idiot! I should have held my ground and refused every accusation. Now I'd given her something to hold over my head for a lifetime! Who knows what she wants? She could very much ask me to kill myself.

"What do you want to talk about?" I asked her once I'd found her behind the bleachers, at our meeting place.

"Why so hasty? Have to be somewhere?" She smirked at me.

My nerves were running low right now, and if she didn't start speaking right now she was going to have an one-on-one with my fist. "Why don't you cut right down to the chase? There is no need for chit-chat."

She chuckled. "You're right." She folded her arms and stared at me with her cold eyes. "I want you to give up on cheerleading and recommend me as a captain."

"And why would I do that?" I was surprised with myself. Normally, I would have run away crying and probably have done exactly what she'd asked.

Go Bella!

"I'm talking about your baby, Bella. I wouldn't want your little angel to get hurt. It's for the best if you stop cheerleading. For your safety, of course."

"How did you figure out about the baby?" I couldn't hide my pregnancy now. The cat was out of the bag. I might as well get some answers.

"Like hell I'm going to tell you. I'm not stupid." True!

"Okay, then tell me something else. What was going on with you and Edward."

All of the color drained from her face and her eyes widened. "Has Edward told you?" She gasped.

"Told me about what?"

Her eyes suddenly were suddenly blazing on fire and her hands started twitching. "Tell me damn it!" she yelled. "Has Edward told you something about me and him?"

I backed away a little. I didn't know what she was capable of and I would never forgive myself if I let anything happen to my baby. "No, he hasn't," I mumbled. What was going on between them? Why was Tanya so angry about me knowing about it?

She seemed relieved. Now, I really want to know what happened between them. She said, her voice more relaxed, "it's best if you don't look into things, Bella. For your safety." Her voice was soft, smooth. She wasn't being mean or hostile. She was vulnerable, for just a few seconds, I think I saw the real Tanya and not the role she was playing in front of everyone. But, of course, that didn't last long. "If I ever find out that you know about Edward and me, I'm going to make sure everyone knows that Jacob was the one who took your V-card."

"W-what?" I felt like I couldn't breathe. How could she know all of this? Who told her?

"Why so shocked? Didn't you know that your little friend can't keep a secret?"

Jacob told her? Why? He promised he wouldn't talk to anyone about it. Why would he? For all I knew, it was as embarrassing for him as it was for me.

"Jacob told you?"

She laughed heartlessly. "No, Bella. Paul did. Everyone in the reservation knows." Tears started welling up in my eyes. Why would he do such a thing to me? I thought we were friends, but friends don't betray each other. They stay strong, they keep secrets, they are always there for you. They don't stab you in the back!

"Do you have something else to say to me?" I'd had enough. I just wanted to go home and cry, maybe eat a chocolate cake too. Carrots be damned! I needed chocolate right now. "Maybe you want me to break up with Edward, too?" I wiped away the tear that had escaped from my eye.

"No, I don't want you to break up with him, yet." She winked at me

When did my life get so complicated?

After my talk with Tanya, I made my way to the reservation. I needed to know if Tanya was right. I needed to know if one of my best friends had betrayed me. I needed to know if I my crying was all for nothing.

It was a miracle that I made it to Jacob's house without crashing into something. My eyes were watery and foggy from all the crying I did and on top of that my cell phone started ringing. It went off every five minutes. First, it was Charlie and then Alice. They were looking for me, and I knew that Charlie would be so nervous right now, but I couldn't think about him. It was harsh and cruel to not call him back and tell him that I was okay, but I couldn't think straight.

I got out of my car and ran to Jacob's front door. I didn't care that it was pouring, I didn't care that my clothes were wet, I didn't care that I'd be sporting a bad cold the next day. The only thing I cared about was for Jacob to give me answers.

"What the hell?" he asked once he'd opened the door. "You were going to break my door down. Get in. You're wet." He invited me in. I was shivering from the cold, but I didn't care about that right now.

"Did you tell anyone about that night?"

Jacob's eyes widened. He did! "What night?" He played dumb.

"You know what night, Jacob!" I yelled at him. I was furious! "Why did you tell everyone about it? You promised you wouldn't tell!"

"I told them because I wanted to, because I wanted you. That night wasn't a mistake for me, Bella. I loved every minute of it. It was the best night of my entire life."

I froze. My mind went blank and I stared at him with my mouth wide open. He said what? "You remember what happened?" I asked slowly. "You know what happened?"

"I lied, Bella. I wasn't drunk that night. I only had one bottle of beer, you had seven. When I found you, you were completely wasted."

"You took advantage of me?" The fury inside of me was rising. How could he?

"I didn't take advantage of you. You kissed me and you were the one who started taking your clothes off," he yelled back.

"You should have stopped me! I was drunk. I didn't know what I was doing." I started sobbing. I couldn't believe that was happening to me.

"Yeah, I could've. But I was a teenage boy who saw boobs for the first time in his life, Bella. How could I have stopped you?"

"Oh don't try to be the victim here. You took advantage of me in my most vulnerable state. I had just lost my mother, Jacob. How could you do it?"

"Because I love you, Bella. I always had, but you were so smitten with Cullen that you couldn't see what was right in front of you. I did everything for you and you went to him when he broke up with that bitch. I guess I wasn't pretty enough."

"You don't love me, Jacob, don't be ridiculous." I gasped for air. Why did things have to be so complicated? Why was God playing such hard games with me?

"I love you, Bella. I've loved you since kindergarten. Maybe I didn't know that I loved you then, but I realised it after."

We heard a gasp and we turned to look at the open front door. My eyes widened and I felt my heart clench. "Renesmee?"

"I can't believe this," she whispered and ran away.

"Renesmee!" I started going after her, but Jacob stopped me by grabbing my elbow.

"Don't touch me!" I spat and removed my arm from him harshly.

"Can we talk about us?" He gestured between us.

"There's no us, Jacob. I hate you and I don't want to ever see you in my life ever again." And with that, I climbed into my truck and drove away, but going to Edward's rather than my own home. I needed to tell him about Jacob. I couldn't risk to having him learn from someone else, if he didn't know already, and I wanted to take the weight of it from my shoulders.

"Bella, are you okay? You must be freezing," Esme said once she'd opened the front door of her house.

"I'm fine. Is Edward here?" I should have called him before I came here. What if he wasn't even home?

"Yes, he's upstairs. Go and tell him to give you a towel or something, okay?" she said, obviously concerned as shown by her tone of voice and facial expression.

I nodded and climbed up the stairs quickly. I was freezing, and I regretted not having protected myself from the rain. I knocked on the door and opened it without waiting for him to answer. He was on his bed, sleeping. He was so cute! He was sleeping on his stomach in just his boxer briefs.

With a smile on my face, I went over to him and kissed his cheek softly. As much as I wanted to stay and watch him sleep forever, I really wanted to tell him about Jacob. After a few more pecks he stirred.

"Open your beautiful eyes, handsome," I whispered in his ear.

Then out of nowhere, he rolled onto his back pulled me on top of him with his arms. "Oh my God, Bella. You're wet, and not in a good way." He pushed me away and climbed out of the bed, walking in the bathroom.

I laughed and climbed off his bed quickly. I didn't want to wet it. "It's raining outside."

"People in the twenty-first century use umbrellas." He handed me a towel. "Dry yourself with this." I started drying my hair first while he went through his wardrobe.

"Here, change into these." He handed me a T-shirt and boxers.

"No, I'm fine," I protested.

"I didn't want you to get"—I sneezed—"a cold." He sighed and put his clothes into my hands.

"Thank you." I kissed his cheek and began undressing. I wasn't ashamed to change in front of Edward. He had seen me naked before; it wasn't anything new

"So, what brings you to my kingdom, Princess Bella?" Edward sat on his bed with his back resting on the headboard, watching me undress.

"I missed you, your Highness." Once I finished putting my clothes on, I took a bow and sat next to him on the bed.

"I missed you, too." He scooted me closer to him so I was sitting on his lap sideways. He kissed my head and I laid it on his chest.

"Is something wrong?" he asked after a few minutes of silence.

"Why would you say that?" I wasn't ready to tell him about Jacob and I. I had no idea what his reaction was going to be. I wasn't afraid about telling him that I slept with Jacob, I was afraid of telling him that Jacob knew exactly what he was doing that night.

"You're awfully quiet, and I don't think you're here because you missed me, Bella."

"I did miss you." And that was true. I missed him and needed him more than anyone right now.

"Okay, but you aren't here just because of that."

I pushed myself away from him a little so I could look at him. "No, I'm not here just because I missed you."

"What is it? You can tell me anything, you know that right?" Not everything!

I nodded and took a deep breath. I should have gotten off his lap and put some distance between us, but I couldn't do that. I needed his touch. I took a deep breath and began my story.

"As you know, my mother died in a car accident two years ago." It may have been a normal event in a big city like New York, but in Forks it was front page news for months. "I was a little depressed that summer. I was spending a lot time down in La Push with Jacob. One night there was this bonfire. Everyone was down there. There was alcohol and drugs and a lot of people."

"I know, I was at that party."

"You were? Anyway, that's not the point. I drank a lot that night, about seven beers as I was informed. I don't remember much. After that second beer everything was a blur. I wanted to forget everything—I wanted to ease the pain I was feeling. The next morning I woke up in Jacob's bed." I stopped. Edward was silent as I spoke, frozen underneath me. He had a blank expression on his face, so I couldn't tell what he was thinking.

"Go on," he said in an even voice.

"I was confused at the beginning. As I told you I don't remember anything, so waking up in a strange bed, confused me. Soon after, I realised that I was naked underneath the sheets, and Jacob's snore from beside me informed me that he was in the same bed with me. I quickly realised what had happened. It wasn't rocket science! I started sobbing and yelling at how stupid I had been. I climbed out of the bed quickly and started getting dressed. Jacob woke up when I started yelling, asking me what was going on. Anyway, we promised to each other that we wouldn't talk about it. Ever!"

"Well, I'm glad that you yell the morning after sex with everyone and not just me." He let out a small laugh.

"Why are you laughing?" I asked, a little mad. Shouldn't he be angry?

"What you did before me isn't my business. It was a mistake. Hell, I made a lot of mistakes. I get it. Sure, it stings a little, especially because you're seeing him everyday and all, but I'm okay with it. I did worse things than that." Worse things? Things with Tanya? But I wasn't going to bring up the subject now. I wanted to tell him everything about me and Jacob first.

"Fair enough. Thank you for not judging me." I kissed his cheek. It was a relief. I felt like such a slut for months after what had happened.

"I'd never do that. You both didn't know what you were doing." He started rubbing my back up and down, while the other rested on my stomach. Oh, how much I wished that he knew how much exactly meant that touch to me.

"Yeah, I wanted to talk to you about that." I said timidly.

"About what?"

"Jacob told everyone down at the reservation about that night. Everyone knows now." Tears started forming in my eyes again.

Edward became immediately became alert. "How do you know that?"

"It doesn't matter." I didn't want him to know that Tanya told me about this. Then I'd have to tell him why we were talking in the first place. God, my life was like a spider's web! "I went to his house. I wanted to know if it was true. I wanted to find out why he told everyone. Edward, he wasn't drunk that night." I buried my head in his chest, sobbing. "He only had a beer. He knew what he was doing and he didn't stop it. He didn't stop me." I tried to tell him between my cries and sniffles.

I felt Edward's heartbeat beating faster and I felt him shake underneath me. I raised my head to look at him, but he was looking at the door. His face hard, his eyes narrowed, his lips forming a tight line.

"Edward?" He ignored me. "Edward, look at me." I grabbed his jaw and made him look at me. What I saw in his eyes scared me. They weren't as beautiful and green as I remembered them, they were hard and black. I'd never seen him like this before.

He scared me!

"Edward, please talk to me,"

"He's going down!" he hissed. He threw me gently on the bed and started putting his clothes on.

"No, Edward. Stop." I tried to stop him. I didn't know what he was capable of. I didn't want him to get hurt and as much as Jacob had hurt me, I didn't want him to be hurt either.

"No, Bella. He used you." He put on his jeans. I grabbed the shirt from his hands and threw it on the bed.

"Yes, maybe. But what are you going to do about it, Edward? You're going to fight with him? What if you get hurt in the process?" I said with my hands on his cheeks. "Seeing you hurt will be more painful for than what Jacob has done to me."

"I won't get hurt," he mumbled while kissing my palms.

"You don't know that." I tried to reason with him. I needed him alive!

"He must be punished. I love you, Bella. I can't just let this go."

"Y-you w-what?"

"I love you, Bella, and it may be too soon but I don't care. I feel my heartbeat pick up every time I'm with you. I feel my heart swell each time you smile; I smile every time you laugh. I love your laugh, your smile, your eyes, your lips, your little ears, your small hands and your perfect body. I love the way you talk, the way you walk, hell even the the rhythm of your heartbeat, it soothes me. I love you, Bella. All of you." I looked into his eyes. They weren't black now, they weren't hard. They were beautiful, soft, and had returned to the gentle bright green that I loved so much. They were filled with so much love and adoration that I wanted to cry.

"I love you too, Edward. And that's why you should stay safe for me okay? I don't know what I'll do if you get hurt."

"Oh, Bella." He pulled me into his strong arms and I wrapped own around his waist. "I wasn't going to go to war. It would have only been a scratch or two."

"Things like that get out of hand, Edward. I've seen movies," I protested.

"Okay, no more TV for you." He kissed my forehead tenderly.

As we laid together on his bed, I couldn't help but smile. I couldn't believe that Edward Cullen loved me. It seemed was like a dream coming true. He really loved me! Now it felt like we were truly as one and I was finally loved by someone. I had someone who would cherish me and, love me and protect me for eternity. I had someone who loved me for me for who I was. He didn't want me to change at all, he wanted me exactly as I was. Now I hoped with all of my heart that he would still love me that way when I told him about our baby.

So, what do you think? Don't you just want to punch Tanya and Jacob in the face?

One of you guys (I'm sorry I don't remember who it was :(( ) reminded me of Ben in The Secret Life of The American Teenager and she asked if something like that would happen to Bella, if she'd have her own Ben and that's how I got this idea for Jacob and Bella. It's not the same thing, but I think it's close :)) Thank you so much, whoever you are, for this idea! :))

I always love reading thoughts, likes and dislikes in your reviews so why don't you leave one for me to read? I promise that I'll read them and respond to them. :)

Thank you for reading!

P.S. The other day I asked one of my classmates if she was Team Edward or Team Jacob and she said "What is that?" After a few seconds she realised that I was talking about Twilight and she said that she doesn't know them.

O.o

I couldn't believe it! Am I the only one that thinks that's crazy that she doesn't know them? I mean the whole world is talking about it, how could she not know it?