A/N: Ohai there. This is a teensy weensy (Really, it's super short...) TLS flash I wrote a while back. It won and I squealed because it's the first time I've ever done flash. Posting it here because there's a strong possibility that I'll do a little something with it soon. We'll see... ;)

~jada~

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"You're lying to me."

I jump when I hear his voice, but I'm not fast enough. He blocks my door with his foot, slamming it shut after backing me inside. I take a deep breath. A week of avoiding him was a week longer than I thought I'd last. Time's up.

"I'm not." I am.

He scoffs. "You think I can't tell when you're lying?"

I turn my head away, refusing to answer.

"Why are you doing this?" He's angry, and it's better than the hurt I heard in his voice through my locked door last night. And in every voicemail he's left. His anger makes the lies easier to say.

"I don't want you anymore, Edward. It's over."

I speak to the floor, to the tops of his shoes. The ones he was wearing the night we met. When he called me pretty and asked me to dance.

"Look at me, Bella."

I don't. Can't. I'll buckle.

My breath leaves me when I feel his hands cupping my face. He rushes at me, backing me against the kitchen counter. His touch is like free falling.

"Stop, no." I close my eyes and grab at his wrists, pulling without effort.

He shakes my hands away and flattens a palm against my chest, right over my heart. "This... is mine. You gave it to me and I won't give it back."

A tear slips over the curve of my upper lip and he licks it away.

My jeans and underwear are around my upper thighs and his shaking fingers slide over the wetness that belongs to him. He's frantic. Desperate and frenzied. I'm ashamed because I've made him feel this way.

"Don't do this to us, Bella."

I wrap my arms around his shoulders.

"Don't let me."

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A/N: So there you have it. Silly Bella, resistance is futile.

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P.S. Just wanted to take a sec to address Fold Your Wings. I know how update FAIL I've been, I really do. It's been almost a year now and I can't even believe that. RL and lots of other factors have gotten in the way. I understand how frustrating waiting on a story is, and so I do feel badly for the delay. Having said that, I'd apologize, except I'm human and I have a right to fuck up and struggle and take time for things that matter more than updating.

To those of you who've been disgusting and rude about the issue, eat me.

To those of you who've remained patient and understanding that these things happen, I love you and appreciate you more than a simple author's note could convey. THANK YOU.

Roughie is NOT done yet. He will be back. I promise you that this story WILL be completed.

~jada~