AN: Sorry for the long wait for this chapter. I'm just extremely busy with my school life! But I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 11- Let's call a truce

Edward promptly cut off the engine to his Volvo and sat back in his seat silently. Neither he nor Rosalie wanted to talk about what happened that night but it was obvious that it needed to be done.

All Edward wanted to know was where he went wrong. He thought Bella wanted to have sex with him. It seemed like that was all she ever talked about these days. Now Edward had finally given in to her deepest and darkest desires and she suddenly didn't want him anymore.

He strongly doubted that Bella had finally understood how dangerous it was for a human to be with a vampire in that way.

"Is this about me leaving Forks?" Edward thought suddenly, " I will never leave you again if that's what you're afraid of".

Rosalie sighed deeply, " No Edward, it's not. Look, I'm sorry, but tonight was a huge mistake" Rosalie almost spat, extremely disgusted with herself.

Rosalie slowly pushed opened the car door, only managing to get one foot out of the vehicle before Edward stopped her.

"Bella, please! I-I need you" Edward pleaded as he grabbed onto Rosalie's wrist, silently begging her with his topaz eyes to stay with him.

It was killing Rosalie knowing what she was about to do and realising that it needed to be done. She couldn't be with Edward knowing that her heart belonged to someone else. She knew she still loved Emmett. She just had to try really hard to remember that.

"Edward, from here on out, we can't see each other anymore. I don't know how to explain everything to you, so I won't" Rosalie said, her voice wavering.

" If the bracelet shows up, promise me that you'll give it to Alice".

"Why are you doing this?" Edward growled, his grip tightening on Rosalie's wrist," Just tell me what's going on! Why are you suddenly so obsessed with that bracelet?"

"Just promise me Edward!" Rosalie cried out, blinking back the salty tears that were threatening to fall from her eyes. This was such an unusual feeling for her. After being turned, Rosalie had forgotten what it felt like to cry.

"I'm sorry" Edward apologised, his face full anguish. He immediately let go of Rosalie's wrist, cursing himself for losing control of himself once again.

He deserved it. He had to keep reminding himself that. This wasn't Bella's fault. It was his. He basically handed her over to Jacob. There was no reason for him to get mad at her.

Rosalie stepped out of the Volvo with shaky legs, closing the door behind her and keeping her eyes trained on the path ahead of her.

Rosalie felt like there was a huge, gaping hole, opening up on the inside of her chest. She'd never felt anything like this before. She decided that she would much rather be bitten by a gang of venomous vampires then have to endure this kind of emotional pain for any longer.

Rosalie was barely inside of the house before she broke down sobbing, dropping down to her knees and burying her face into the warmth of her hands.

"What's happening to me?" Rosalie cried hysterically.

"Bells?" Charlie quickly ran from the couch in the living room to the front room and picked his sobbing daughter off of the floor. He embraced Rosalie tightly to his body. He felt like if he let her go, she'd fall to pieces all over the tiled floor.

Charlie didn't have to guess who put his daughter in this state. It was just like last year all over again. Jacob was just starting to piece Bella back together when Edward decided to barge his way back into Bella's life again. Edward should have never came back. This was all going to end tonight. Charlie would make sure of it.

Bella's father used one hand to shut the front door and then picked his daughter up into his arms, holding her snugly to his chest as she sobbed into his uniform.

He carefully brought her up the stairs to her bedroom and gently placed her under the covers of her bed. He then removed her shoes and added an extra blanket so she could stay warm during the night. Rosalie was very grateful.

"Bells, I promise you that I won't let him hurt you anymore" Charlie vowed with real determination in his voice.

Rosalie didn't reply, she just continued to sob into her pillow. Charlie sighed, kissing her tenderly on the forehead before leaving her bedroom to call Renee.

Rosaliecurled up in the fetal position, welcoming the numbing state of her breakdown with open arms.

A good hour or two had passed before a sudden creak behind Rosalie halted her movements. Her body tensed as she stayed completely still, listening intently to the sounds around her.

Could it be Victoria? Was her family not successful in killing her?

Rosalie slowly glanced behind her and was met with huge, golden eyes.

She screamed relentlessly as the vampire quickly straddled her waist and covered her mouth with their icy cold hand.

"Shhh! Rosalie, it's me! Well technically, it's you" Bella whispered into the dark, slowly removing her hand from Rosalie's mouth.

"Bella you scared the shit out of me! I thought you were Victoria!" Rosalie sighed in relief.

"You won't have to worry about her anymore. We took that bitch out" Bella replied triumphantly, having been the one to hold the red head down so Jasper could rip her head off.

It was then that Bella noticed Rosalie's tear streaked face. She quickly got off of her still body and opted to sit down beside her on the bed instead.

"You look like shit," Bella stated.

Rosalie chuckled softly, "You're already starting to sound too much like me".

Bella smiled, but then her face turned serious " You were crying, Rosalie".

"Thanks captain obvious" Rosalie sniffled, rubbing at her wet eyes.

"Let me rephrase that. Why were you crying?" Bella asked, leaning against the headboard of the bed, waiting intently for Rosalie's answer.

"I cheated on Emmett today" Rosalie started.

"With who?" Bella asked, still oblivious.

"Your boyfriend" Rosalie blurted out, waiting for a violent response from Bella.

"You slept with Edward?" Bella asked in shock.

"No, no! Of course not!" even though she was pretty darn close "
I just made out with him!" which was still pretty bad.

Bella nodded once. She was more shocked about the fact that Edward had managed to make out with Rosalie without losing control than the fact that Rosalie had dared to kiss her boyfriend.

"The one time Edward gives in to me and I'm not even there to receive it" Bella thought bitterly.

"Bella? Hit me, kick me, spit on me, I don't care! Just please say something!" Rosalie begged, arching her neck up to look at her.

"It's not your fault" Bella finally realised.

"Wait, what?"

"I said it's not your fault. We can't keep getting mad at each other for every little wrong thing one of us does. We're not going to get very far in solving our problems if we do. I forgive you Rose because it's not your fault" Bella said.

"Thank you" Rosalie smiled but then it faltered, " I still don't have the bracelet".

"Then we'll just have to find it together, truce?" Bella asked, a hopeful smile on her face.

"Truce," Rosalie paused, "but this still doesn't change anything. In order for me to keep a hold on that last bit of Rosalie I have left, you have to remain my enemy. If I start kissing your ass now, I might turn into you a little quicker than we expected".

"I'm just going to ignore that insult" Bella snapped, " How about we limit ourselves to just playful banter? That way we can still work together without wanting to rip each other's throats out in the process".

"Sounds good to me" Rosalie agreed.

"Great. So now that we're acquaintances, I thought I'd let you no that you were technically not cheating on Emmett seeing as how you're me," Bella said, reassuring herself rather than Rosalie.

"It's not just that, Bella. I'm losing myself! I don't remember how it feels to love Emmett anymore! It's like the love between us never existed. And when I told Edward that we couldn't see each other anymore, it was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. Now I feel like I have this huge gaping hole inside of my chest!"

"Been there, done that. I felt the same way when Edward left me that day in the woods" Bella said, blocking out the painful memories of sitting on her mother's old rocking chair for like three months straight.

"That's not even the worst part! I feel like there is someone controlling me, telling me what to do, how to think, how to feel! I can't remember anything from my old life!" Rosalie cried.

"It won't be this way forever, Rose. I promise you" Bella said, even though she was unsure herself.

"How do you know?" Rosalie asked, lowering her head down onto her pillow from emotional exhaustion.

"I just know" Bella said, laying a comforting hand on Rosalie's shoulder before she was sternly told to remove it.

"And if it doesn't, promise me that you'll take good care of Emmett. Keep him out of trouble. You know how much he loves to piss off that wolf with the hothead" Rosalie smiled sadly.

"His name is Paul and you can take care of Emmett yourself! We're not going to stay like this forever!" Bella yelled at her.

"This may be the last chance we get to say our last words. We may not get another day to say goodbye" Rosalie frowned, fresh tears pouring down her face.

Bella sighed, " Well I refuse to think that way".

"God, you humans are so emotional! I haven't stopped crying since I came back from Carlisle's" Rosalie hiccupped.

" At least you can cry! That's the one thing I really miss about being human… having some sort of outlet for my emotions" Bella admitted.

"Your so called best friend is fucking idiot!" Rosalie growled.

"I agree with you on that one. Jacob has seriously lost my trust in him," Bella said disappointedly.

"Why do you even keep him around? Do you love him or something?" Rosalie asked curiously.

"When you guys left, Jake was all I had. He was always there for me. He kept me sane I guess, if you can call jumping off the edge of a cliff sane. I even thought I was in love with him for a while. I guess it's my fault, I led the kid on" Bella sighed.

"He must really love you then to do something so amazingly stupid" Rosalie thought.

"I told him I never wanted to speak to him ever again but I know we can't do this without him," Bella thought realistically.

" Anyways, get some sleep" Bella said as she reached into her bedside table drawer and pulled out the dreamcatcher that Jake gave to her on her eighteenth birthday.

" Here. It catches bad dreams… apparently," Bella said, attaching the dreamcatcher to the headboard of her bed.

"Thanks." Rosalie replied curtly, already starting to doze off.

"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow. I'll also talk to Jake tomorrow to see if we can formulate some kind of plan. Still keep your eyes open for the bracelet. And as long as were all together, everything will be fine".

"Will do" Rosalie yawned. All that crying had tired her right out.

Bella turned on her heel and jumped out of her bedroom window, dirt flying up from the ground as she landed perfectly on both feet. She remembered how shocked she was when Jacob first did that. Now she was jumping out of windows herself.

A familiar sound suddenly caught Bella's attention. It was the loud roar of her Chevy truck that was rapidly approaching the house, its bright headlights illuminating the entire street in the dark night. Bella quickly sprinted off towards the woods just outside of her house to duck for cover.

Alice pulled up into the Swan's driveway and quickly cut off the engine before Charlie could hear it.

The tiny vampire gracefully leaped out of Bella's truck before a strong and familiar scent hit her nose.

"Oh shit!" the pixie exclaimed before she soon found herself standing in Bella's bedroom.

Though Alice could hear Bella's slow, deep breaths and could spot her faint outline underneath the blanket on the bed, she still had to check.

Alice inched closer towards Bella's bed and gently removed the covers to examine her. She held her breath as she did this, even though it was unnecessary. All that stood out to Alice was Bella's red puffy eyelids and her swollen nose. These were obvious signs to show that her best friend had been crying.

She continued to examine Bella's body until she was sure that Rosalie hadn't done anything to physically harm the human.

Now Alice could think, "Why the hell was Rosalie in Bella's room?"

Nothing looked or seemed to be out of place but the fact that Alice could smell Rosalie all over Bella unnerved her. And yet, no harm had been done to Bella.

Before Alice could ponder any longer on the situation, she had a perplexing vision.

TBC

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