RPOV

How could I have said something so horrible? How did I not see it in Bella? I saw so many things in her that I had seen in myself before, and even today.

I ran into the house to talk to Alice. I'd talk to Emmett later, but right now I just needed to get Alice and Bella to forgive me.

I needed to make sure that I was right before I went to Bella though. I could help her, I knew how. Jake seemed to be doing a good job, but he hadn't been through the same thing.

Alice was in the hotel room that she shared with Jasper. She was looking through the closet, what she always did when she was mad or nervous.

"Hey, Rose. If you're in here to talk some more smack about my best friend, a girl I think of to be a sister, then you can leave. I don't need you in here. That girl is one of the most wonderful, selfless people in this world and I don't need to listen to anyone insult her. Bella's been through a lot, and she doesn't need to put up with crap from you guys. I thought I knew you Rose. You never, ever used to talk about someone if you didn't know their story. I guess I don't," Alice ranted on.

"Alice, Alice. Stop talking," I said, putting my hands up in front of me. "I'm not here to talk smack about Bella. I am here to talk about her though. I need to make sure of something. I know what happened to her."

"What? You know? How do you know? I didn't tell you, and there's no way that she told you."

"I guessed, you could say. Listen, if I tell you something, you have to promise you won't tell anyone. The only person who knows is Emmett, and well… The other guy. You can't tell anyone, I won't be able to take it. Not even Jasper."

"Of course, I don't break promises Rose. What's going on?" Alice asked, concerned.

At least she called me Rose, that meant she wasn't mad at me anymore.

"The same thing happened to me, Alice."

Alice's mouth opened to the shape of a little 'O.'

"Oh my god, I had no idea. When? Are you okay? I'm here if you need someone to talk to, you know that."

"No, I'm fine. It happened a while ago, four years ago almost. I'll tell you the story later. Right now, I really just want to go talk to Bella though, and I can't really go without you," I said, making it sound like a question.

"Of course I'll go. Tonight might not be a good idea. We'll go first thing in the morning, when her dad isn't home. If you don't mind, please don't tell anyone that we're going there. With the way the guys talked, I don't think they'd want us going there," Alice said, looking down.

I nodded my head, and went back to my hotel room. Emmett was already in there, taking a shower. I decided that a shower could wait till tomorrow, and went to lay down in bed.

"Rose, wake up! It's just a dream, come on. Wake up please!" A voice yelled beside me.

"Emmett?" I said groggily, waking up with sweat covering my face.

"Was it that same dream again? You haven't had it in so long, I thought it was getting better." Emmett said worriedly while pulling my hair back off my face.

"Yeah. I was just thinking about it today. I can't tell you why right now, but I promise I will when I can."

"Okay, as long as your okay. Let's go back to sleep."

"I'm never going to be able to fall asleep now, I'll just go hop in the shower."

It was only 6:30. I had actually made it through the night, well, most of it. After showering and getting ready, it would be late enough to go over to Bella's. I needed to talk to her soon. Before my guilt ate me alive. I didn't know how I could've been so mean to her. It's not like I said anything, but sometimes actions speak louder than words.

After showering, blow drying my hair, getting dressed, and putting on a light bit of makeup, it was almost 9:00. I had taken a long shower, I needed to get rid of some stress.

Alice came knocking on the door just as I finished getting ready. She was ready too, and we were on our way.

The drive to Bella's was silent, but not awkward. We both had a lot to think about. As we got closer, I was worried she wouldn't be awake. We had gotten in pretty late last night. My fears were diminished as we knocked on the door.

Bella opened the door with a smile on her face, and Jacob close behind.

"Oh, hey Alice! …Rosalie? What are you guys doing here?" She asked, confused.

"I actually wanted to talk to you, could I come in?" I asked her, trying to sound as nice as I possibly could.

"Of course, you can go sit on the couch. We'll be right there," Bella said and walked the other direction with Jacob.

After about five minutes, they came back in the room. "Sorry, we were finishing breakfast," Jake explained.

"No problem. Let's get right to the point, I know what happened."

I probably could've been easier about it, but I didn't want to beat around the bush.

"Alice, what did you do?" Bella said, and gave Alice a hard look.

"She didn't tell me anything, Bella. I swear. The only reason I know is, well, the same thing happened to me. I saw myself in you. The emotions, the avoiding touching Jasper, but not being able to be close enough to Jake. Emmett was my Jake, when it first happened. You have to promise you won't tell anyone though, any of you. Emmett's the only one who knows, and now you three."

"Promise," Jake and Bella spoke at the same time, and then just Bella. "When did it happen? You seemed so…carefree last night? I haven't felt that way in a long, long time."

"It was about four years ago, I was only sixteen. I had gone to a sleepover at my friend's house, but we had a fight. My cousin had dropped me off, and my phone was dead. So, I decided to walk home. Her house was only a half mile from mine, and we lived in a good neighborhood. I didn't seen any problem with it at the time.

"Anyway, I wanted to take a short cut. It was late, and my legs already hurt. Again, it seemed just fine. I had taken this walk by myself later in the night before, nothing had happened. I decided to cut through a field when I saw a group of guys standing around. I recognized them, they used to go to my high school. I was a friendly and popular, so I waved.

"That's when I noticed they were drunk. A couple of the guys shoved another one closer to me. He walked up to me, and dragged me back into the center of the circle. You know what happened from there," I said, tears coming down my eyes.

I wasn't the only one either. Alice and Bella were crying, and I could tell Jake was a little choked up. I'm sure it reminded him of other horrible things.

"I guess I should tell you my story, too. It'll help you understand. It all started when the new guy, James, moved to town…" Bella went on and told me her story.

I understood now. I knew I had been right about her.

"Can I tell you something, without you getting mad at me?" I said, and after a nod from Bella, continued. "I don't really know you, so this isn't my place. I know how you feel though. You need to talk to Edward. Personally, I don't know if you should tell him the story yet. I wouldn't, but that's just me. I'll talk to him if you want. He misunderstood a lot last night, and you need to make him understand."

"Thank you so much for coming over here, Rose. You sharing your story with me, it meant a lot. Honestly, I didn't think you liked me very much. I'd like to talk to Edward. I think I need to explain to him that Jake and I aren't romantic. I don't think I'm ready to tell him everything, but I could at least explain why I can't date him right now. Could you ask him to come over when you get back?" Bella asked, pleadingly.

"Of course I'll ask him, hun. I know how hard it is to talk to people about this stuff, that's why I only told Emmett. Actually, Emmett found me that night. If it wasn't for him, I'd probably be dead. I was bleeding pretty badly," I added on.

After some more small talk, we hugged each other and Alice and I left. Now, to get Edward to come over. I knew it wouldn't be hard though. He felt just as bad as I did for saying those horrid things about Bella.

BPOV

"Are you okay?" Jake asked me. I was still crying from when Rose and Alice were here, a little more than twenty minutes ago.

"I'm fine. Do you think Edward will come? I really need to talk to him, explain everything," I said, worried.

Maybe he thought I didn't like the song, or thought he was creepy. I needed to talk to him, and bad.

"He's going to come. Again, Bella, he liked you. Do you want me to leave? Or at least go upstairs? I don't want him to get the wrong idea, again."

"No way, you're staying down here with me. He needs to realize that if he wants me, he'll have to get used to you. I'm not dropping you anytime soon, Jakey."

"Really, Belly?"

I rolled my eyes at the nickname, even though I deserved. I was about to come up with a snotty comeback when there was a knock on the door making us both jump.

"Do you think it's…" I trailed off, jumping to go get the door.

Jake followed close behind, and there he was. Standing behind my door was Edward Cullen.

"Hey, Bella. Rose said you wanted to talk to me," Edward said in a quiet, but assertive voice.

"Yeah. Come in, come in. I really need to tell you some things," I told him as I lead him to the living room.

Once we were in the living room, with me in the chair and Jake and Edward on the couch, Edward spoke up. "Can I tell you some things first?"

I nodded my head, motioning for him to continue.

"Last night, after the show, I could have been a lot more pleasant. I had the wrong idea about you and Jake, and I felt like an idiot for singing that song. It was too much too soon, and I should've waited. I'm sorry if I put you on the spot, but I really do have some strong feelings about you."

Great, Edward was just going to make this harder with his velvet, but rough voice. Oh, and that smile. I could only hope he understood.

"First off, I loved that song. You didn't put me on the spot, I'm just not ready. I can't tell you everything today, Edward. But I will tell you one day, I promise. For today though, I'll tell you what I can.

"I've said this a million times, but Jake and I are not involved in any form of romantic way. Sure, we were a couple years ago. It's not like that anymore, and you need to understand. Jake is a huge part of my life though, and I need him more than anything else. If you want to get to know me, Jake is going to be around a lot. He does stay at my house a lot, like last night. He has his own room, and we weren't together. He doesn't like to be at home.

"Next, I'm not ready for a relationship. I'll tell you everything in the future, but for now… I went through a bad relationship in high school and I'm not ready for that again. I'm hoping that you are better than that guy, but I don't know anything."

Jacob growled at the mention of James before Edward replied to me.

"Bella, I'm so sorry. You told me you and Jake were just friends, but I couldn't get it through my thick head. It made me feel insecure with you being so close to Jake, and not wanting to be around me. You don't need to tell me anything until you are ready to, and then I'll listen to you," Edward told me, looking straight into my eyes with honesty leaking from his voice.

"Thank you so much. You don't know how much that means to me. What do we say friends for now? And then when I'm ready to talk, and if you still want to be part of my mixed up life, we'll take it a step further?" I asked him.

"That sounds like a wonderful idea, and I'll always want to be a part of your life. We were only supposed to be here till tomorrow, but last night was the last show of the tour. I'll extend our stay, if that's okay with you?"

By the end of that day, I felt pleased. I had talked to Rose, finally spoke up to Edward, and now I was watching a movie with my best friend. I had a feeling things were about to start getting better.