Disclaimer: credit goes to Stephanie Meyer.

Sorry it took so long. I wrote this chapter before and saved it on my USB, and I lost my USB so I had to rewrite the chapter. The original version was in Bella POV but I decided to change it to Edward POV.

Chapter 2

Edward POV

I can't believe this is happening. How could this happen to me? Am I really that terrible that the Gods have to be so cruel?

She looked so… different. The last time I saw her she has been so shy and vulnerable and tom boyish, and beautiful… But now she was… ok she was still beautiful but she no longer seemed shy and vulnerable and she sure as hell wasn't tom boyish any more; instead she was now sexy, gorgeous, stunning and completely breathe taking (figuratively speaking of course).

"Come on, we better go! The after party is starting straight away." Alice babbled enthusiastically.

I was suddenly angry at Alice.

"Did you know that she was going to be here?" I demanded, betrayal invading my voice.

The guilt on Alice's face told me all I needed to know.

"You've been depressed ever since we left her! It couldn't go on any longer. Besides we all missed her. I figured that if you saw her again you would come to your senses and realize…"

"Realize what?" I yelled fury seeping into my features; this made Jasper push Alice slightly behind him.

"Realize that you are better off together! That you can't carry on living apart and that you need each other." Alice defended herself.

"I realize that I love her. And I know that I can't be with out her…" I screamed at her, God how could she be so dense sometimes? "But staying would have been selfish; she deserves a normal life, one where she is not in danger all the time, one where she can have adorable little children that adore her, one where she can go out in the sun in public, one that doesn't include me… Don't you see that she deserves so much better?" I finished in voice just above a whisper.

"Edward, I think that that is her choice to make. And do you really think that a mere human will love her and worship her as she deserves?" Alice rationalized.

"Come, we will go to the after party and then we will talk with Bella. Edward, you can not continue the was you have been; this concerns Bella as much as it does us, we need ask her if she would even be willing to take us back." Carlisle informed us all.

Before I could protest everyone was already making there way to there respective cars. On the way to the club I thought of the guy Bella had smiled at. Had she moved on? Was this her boyfriend? I had told her to move on and forget that I had ever existed. But if she had done exactly as I had told her to then… well I guess that just proves that I love her more than she loved me…

Once we had parked my family sprinted as fast as was humanly possible into the club. I trailed behind as slow as a man on death-row advancing toward the electric chair. What if she hated me now? What if she didn't even remember me? No, she could definitely remember, I could see it in her eyes when she looked at me during the fashion show.

After showing my ticket the huge bouncer guy let me into the club, I probably would have been impressed by his size if I didn't have Emmet as a brother.

The club was crowded; I couldn't spot Bella anywhere so I made my way toward my family.

"Is Bella here? Have you seen her?" I asked trying to hide the fact that my nerves were all over the place, Jasper gave me a sympathetic look and sent a wave of calm through me for which I was thankful.

Alice looked at me critically, and then I realized how I must have looked. If I had known Bella would have been here I would have hunted and ironed my clothes, or at the very least I would have showered.

I thought how ironic this was. Bella had always talked about how ugly and plain she had felt she looked standing next to me; and now here I am looking so utterly pathetic while she is looking like the amazingly super model that she is.

"Hi, do I know you?" A man inquired coming up to us. He was exceptionally handsome for a human, or at least that is what Rosalie and Alice thought. I recognized him as the man that my Bella had smiled at. I had to fight the urge to hate this man. He wasn't thinking of Bella, so I couldn't be sure if he was dating her, but her scent was all over him and that was enough to fuel my anger. I realized that he was talking to Carlisle and I couldn't help but wonder how he would know Bella's possible new boyfriend; had he seen Bella as well?

"Oh hello Mr. Grave, You came to the hospital last week to get your stomach pumped and I was your doctor. Glad to see you are feeling better." Carlisle said humbly. "This is my wife Esme and our children Jasper, Alice, Emmet, Rosalie and Edward. I didn't know that actors were so fond of fashion shows." Carlisle joked.

"Oh, right thanks for that. Nice to meet you all; I am actually here for my girlfriend, she is a model." Mr. Grave smiled, and my heart dropped. But wasn't there still a chance that one of the other models were his girlfriend and that Bella was just giving him a friendly smile, and maybe her scent was just on him because he had hugged her to congratulate her after the show; I realize that these excuses where rather feeble but I didn't know how I would feel if he outright admitted to being with my Bella.

"Way to go man! Dating a model, score! So which one of these hotties is your girlfriend? Emmet boomed, oblivious to the glare both Edward and Rosalie were giving him.

"Dude, I'm not just dating any model. I am dating the model! I am dating the Isabella Swan. You know the one that went out in that last Versace dress." Mr. Grave boasted. I felt my heart break more than it already was and was hit with an unbearable pain where my undead heart lay. At that moment I realized that Alice was right. This guy was imagining Bella in her underwear and all the stuff they were going to do tonight, stuff that no ones wants another man thinking about the woman he loves. How dare he?! He would never love her as much as I do. He couldn't even comprehend the amount of love I harbored for her.

As if she could hear what we were talking about, Bella chose that moment to make an appearance.

"Hi." Bella gave us a distant smile before turning toward Mr. Gray. "Baby, would you mind getting me a drink?" Bella smiles warmly at her boyfriend.

"Erm… Yeah, sure babe; whatever." Mr. Gray looked at her weirdly before strolling off towards the bar.

"What the hell are you guys doing here?" Bella hissed venomously.

"Oh Bella, we missed you so much. I can't believe you're a model now; not even I could predict that!" Alice gushed and laughed trying to lighten the suddenly tense atmosphere.

"Alice is it so hard to just answer the question?" Bella spat. Hurt flashed through Alice's eyes and Jasper pulled her into his arms.

"Bella do you think we could talk to you; lord knows we do have an awful lot to discuss." Carlisle suggested with a fatherly smile.

"If you think we have a lot to talk about then that's your problem not mine." Bella raised her eyebrows daring any of us to argue with her.

"Bella please let us talk to you. Please, we don't need to talk for long." I begged. I thought that maybe if I saw Bella again I would feel better, I would see how great her life is without me and that she had moved on to be with a normal guy that can give her the normal life that she deserved; but now I realize that that was a huge mistake. Instead I feel worse than I have ever felt before, like my heart is being slowly ripped and broke beyond repair; I see how great her life is and I feel remorse that I am not a part of it, and I am ashamed to admit that I even feel a bit of anger that she had been able to move on so easily while I couldn't live without her; instead of being grateful that she has found a normal guy to give her babies and marriage and can be with her until they grow old together, I feel envious that I am not that guy; I love her so much more that he can even comprehend, not doesn't deserve her.

Bella and I made eye contact and a look of unbearable sadness flashed through her eyes; it was agony to see my beautiful angel so sad.

"Fine, we can talk. Let's go to the V.I.P lounge; it will be more quiet in there." Bella mumbles diverting her eyes.

"I got you a Cosmo; I know you normally drink Bay Breeze but… Am I interrupting anything?" Mr. Gray asked looking at the expression on all of our faces.

"No Christian, of course not. We were just discussing how Alice is an aspiring designer. She wanted to show me some of her drawings and then we could talk business." Bella smiled charmingly at Christian. Wow, she really had improved her lying skills over the years; when she lied just then she didn't even flinch or loose eye contact.

"Ok, I'll just go and catch up with Robert or… something." Christian trailed off wandering to the bar again; it was kind of obvious that after parties of fashion shows weren't exactly his scene. God what did Bella see in him?!

"Let's make this quick." Bella ordered sternly heading up the stairs to the V.I.P area.

We ascended the stairs to the upper level of the club where the VIP area was located. It was very elegant in a gothic slash glamorous way.

The floors where covered with black mirror like tiles, there were red leather couches with black fluffy cushions lain on them, for every three couches there was a black marble table in the middle of them. There was a mini dance floor surrounded by purple, red and blue flashing lights. The walls were covered in the same tile as the floor and had water dripping down the and into the pebble covered fish tank.

"So it's kind of hard for it to be like you never existed if you are planning to keep on turning up at my work." Bella spat spitefully in my direction; I felt ashamed and furious with myself, how could I leave this angelic Goddess that stood before me and make her so spiteful. The Bella I had left would have never had this attitude toward my family and me no matter what we did.

"Bella, how have you been?" Carlisle he inquired as he took a seat on one of the couches.

I saw Bella flinch slightly at the question but she composed quickly.

"I've been fabulous. My career is going great, I have an awesome apartment and I have made friends." Bella insisted with false enthusiasm. I couldn't help but think that she was trying to convince herself rather than us about how great her new life is.

"And Christian, you forgot to mention him." Rosalie smirked like she had caught Bella doing something she shouldn't have done and smirked knowingly.

"Erm… oh yes. Ugh… he's great, perfect even." Bella amended quickly; I knew that if I was still human and hadn't had so long to practice hiding my emotions I would be on my knees bawling like a baby and begging her to take me back.

"Bella, we are so sorry. We didn't mean…" Alice was practically dry sobbed out.

"Look, as a Versace model I kind of have to be out mingling tonight… So can we talk another time?" Bella interrupted nervously and then she left hastily before we could convince her to talk for another few minutes.

We all sat quietly for a few minutes, all of us deep in thought. I had to get her back; I just had to. I know it's selfish of me but I just can't live without her any more.

"Well that didn't turn out as I thought it would. I pictured a tearfully happy reunion, not this." Alice murmured half to herself after she had composed herself.

"Does this mean that Bella doesn't want to be a part of the family anymore?" Emmet asked sadly.

"No, I am going to get her back. One way or another." I had never been more determined to do anything in my whole existence.

A/n: Sorry it took me forever to update and I didn't update when I said I would; but I was thrown off a horse so I have been at the hospital… Anyway so I have I need to go see my doctor again next week to make sure the medication is working and everything and as long as everything is ok then I can get back to normal on updates. Anyway so review and I will write faster…