A/N: Many of you don't check your voice mails, I don't either. There are, however, a few who do. Thanks for all the wonderful reviews last chapter. I tried to respond to them all, so if you haven't checked your messages on here, check them because you might have gotten a response from me! Many of you don't trust James. It's understandable because he is usually the villain in fanfics and he was the villain in Twilight. You will get the answer to what he is in my story in this chapter. Also, many of you are wondering when Bella will go home. Soon, my pretties, soon. Also, I was trying to take turns updating this and my other story, Fade into You. I should be updating the other one but this one was flowing better. Well, enough of my blabbing, here is chapter 6, it is called: Apologies.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or it's characters. I also don't own any celebrities of pop culture referenced in my story.

Rating: M for language, themes, and sexual content.

James dropped my off at the lobby to wait for him to park the car. I noticed that he was very much a gentlemen now and that made me smile. There aren't enough men like James out there in the world anymore.

I shook my head and almost slapped myself; I sounded like an old women. Thank god no one could hear what I was thinking, that would be embarrassing.

I plopped down on one of the benches on one side of the lobby doors and waited for James to return. I must have zoned out for a few minutes because suddenly James was waving his hand in front of my face and laughing.

"You okay there?" he asked once his laughter had ceased.

I smirked. "I'm fine, just in my own world."

"Well, leave that world for a while and come swimming with me in this one."

I laughed at that and stood up. "I think I could do that."

A few minutes later, we met Garrett and Kate by the elevators and began heading up to the rooms. We stopped at mine first so Kate and I could change into our suits. After that, we hopped on the elevator again and went to Garrett's room so he could change and lend James a bathing suit.

Apparently Garrett's parent's had went out tonight because the suite was empty and dark. Garrett turned on a few lights and I gawked at what I saw. To say that the suite was beautiful was an understatement. It was gorgeous. The walls were lined with windows decorated with drapes made out of the most beautiful fabrics. One window even had a window seat that looked more comfortable than my couch at home.

I sighed as I took in the rest of the room. Kate bounded to my side and smiled.

"Gorgeous, isn't it?"

I nodded. "It really is," I said.

I could have probably stood there memorizing that room for hours, but the boys came out changed into their suits and practically pushed Kate and me out the door. Apparently they were excited about swimming.

I secured the robe I had thrown on over my bathing suit as we got on the air conditioned elevator and shuddered. It was going to suck riding this thing back up to the room when I was drenched with pool water.

The elevator dinged to signify we were on the ground floor, and I practically jumped out of the ice box of a thing once the doors opened. The others weren't far behind me.

We reached the pool a few moments later, James quickly moved to the front and opened the door for everyone, being a gentleman yet again. My inner grandmother squealed.

The pool was empty and I let out a sigh of relief. I hated swimming when there were kids in the water. They always end up getting in the way because they have yet to develop manners or they splash you. I hated getting splashed.

I smiled at the large and empty kidney bean shaped pool and looked to Kate. She smiled up at me and set her towel on a nearby lounge chair, I did the same a few moments later, removing the robe I had snagged from the closet in my room.

James appeared at my side and was grinning down at me, it made me feel self conscious. I hated being in a bathing suit, especially in front of guys who looked so great in their suits.

"You gonna get in or are you just gonna stare at the pool for a while longer?" he asked.

"I'll get in when I'm good and ready!" I joked, making my way over to the steps at the shallow end. I was never one to cannonball into the water, I adjusted to the water slowly on the steps.

James shrugged and headed for the diving board at the other end of the pool as Kate and Garrett slid into the water from the latter in the deep end.

He crossed the white board as Kate and Garrett swam out of the way, closer to me in the shallow end. He jumped once on the diving board before cannon balling into the water causing a huge splash and small waves in the pool. I squealed when the water, caused from James' cannonball, splashed my dry stomach.

James swam over to me a few minutes later, his hair glistening with water droplets. "Is that the farthest your going to get into the water?"

I shook my head. "I take my time," I said taking one more step down the stairs so the water was almost up to my waist. It was the last step before I was totally in the shallow end.

"Suit your self," he said with a grin before swimming off to the other end of the pool.

Eventually I submerged myself completely in the water. James cheered and Kate and Garrett laughed. I, of course, rolled my eyes at them and dove under.

We spent about an hour playing Marco Polo and just jumping off the diving board before we got tired and hungry and wanted to relax. Garrett invited us back to his suite, and I couldn't turn that offer down.

We stopped at my room first so Kate and I could change then headed to the top floor of the hotel. I think I gazed around the living room of Garrett's suite about as long as I had the first time. This time, Garrett gave James and me the grand tour. There were two bathrooms and two rooms off to one side, then the living room, kitchen, and dining area with a balcony to the other. Not to mention the entire suite was decorated impeccably. Alice would be in heaven if she were here.

I frowned thinking of my friends back in Forks as I stepped onto the balcony. I missed them and I didn't want to think about them when I was supposed to be having fun with my friends here in Phoenix. It didn't help that when I looked up at the sky that I saw the stars and was reminded of Edward, despite the fact that many of the stars were invisible because of the light pollution.

Even though I was mad at Edward, I wondered if he was looking up at the night sky right now like I was. It had become our connection to one another. It was one of the reasons we became a couple. I wished I could break through this sky and land next to Edward to stare at the Forks sky. Arizona night sky wasn't the same.

The door opening behind me broke my from my impossible thoughts.

"Garrett's putting in a movie and Kate brought out some snacks from the kitchen. You coming in?" James asked.

I nodded, but didn't say anything. I took one last look at the sky before turning around and followed James back inside.

I blinked my eyes letting them adjust to my surroundings. I had fallen asleep at Garrett's, I realized a few moments later. This couch was extremely uncomfortable too. I tried to adjust my position but I couldn't move. I glanced down at my immobile body and noticed an arm wrapped around my waist. My eyes widened and I turned my head more to look behind me. It was James. He was spooning me to his chest.

I struggled out of his grasp, ripping his arm away from my body and rolled off the couch landing in a loud thud on the wooden floors. James must have woke up because he now peered at me from the couch. He was about to say something, but I beat him to it.

"What the hell, James?"

He blinked. "What?"

"Why didn't you wake me up when I fell asleep so I could go back to my room? Why did you lay down with me and try to cuddle me like I'm your significant other?" I demanded in a much to loud voice because Kate and Garrett began to stir on the couch next to me. They were on opposite ends of the damn thing. Why didn't James just stay like that?

"You were exhausted so I let you sleep and Kate wanted to finish the movie, but fell asleep toward the end and so did Garrett so I just conked out too I guess," he replied in calm voice.

My eyes narrowed. "Why didn't you stick to your side of the couch?"

"I don't know, I guess I moved in my sleep or something. I'm sorry Bella, I didn't mean to."

"So you turned around on the couch, scooted up and spooned up next to me all during your sleep?"

He looked at me for a moment. "Bella, I'm sorry," he said totally ignoring the question.

I shook my head and stood up, tapping the groggy Kate on the shoulder. "We are leaving," I said grabbing Kate's arm and helping her up from the couch. I was totally done with James and his attempts to get with me when I was younger and now. Some people never change despite what you may think. James was one of those people

EPOV

I awoke that morning after calling Bella a countless amount of times to the sound of my cell phone ringing. My heart jumped out of my chest as I snatch the little device and answered without checking the caller ID. Surly it was Bella. I frowned when I heard the voice I wanted least to hear.

"Hey Edward, it's Tanya," she squeaked into the phone.

I bit my lip to hold back a scream. "Hey Tanya, what's up?"

"Well, I was calling to apologize about what happened earlier this year with me trying to get you back and practically bitch fighting with Bella. It wasn't right and I'm sorry. I was wondering if I could take you out to lunch as a form of a truce and perhaps we could try to be friends. I don't know many people here and it would be great to see a familiar face."

I stared ahead not seeing anything. Surprisingly, Tanya sounded sorry and honest. I couldn't detect a single lie or scheming in her voice. Still, should I agree to her offer? Go out to lunch with her and try to be friends?

"You're not bullshitting me, are you Tanya?" I asked in the most stern voice I could muster at such an early hour.

She laughed. "Really, I'm not lying! I want to be friends. Please come out to lunch with me?" she asked again, this time in a more pleading voice. The one that no one can resist. The one I fell for a year ago.

"Sure, I'll go. Where do you want to meet at?" I asked in a defeated voice.

"Smugglers Landing in Port Angeles say about three hours?"

I sighed. "Sure, sounds great, see you then Tanya," I said before hanging up and sliding out of my bed.

I ran my hands through my hair and headed toward the voices coming from the kitchen downstairs. Jasper and Alice were eating cereal together while Emmett tried to put together a breakfast in bed tray for Rosalie, I assumed anyway. He even put a flower in a vase on the tray. I snorted and Emmett's head turned my way as I entered the kitchen.

"You shut the fuck up, Edward!" he growled as he dished up some scrambled eggs from a pan. They looked a little burnt. Emmett must have cooked the food himself.

"I didn't say anything."

"Well, you made a sound. I don't want to hear your sounds, Edward," he grumbled scraping out the last of the eggs and picking up the tray, heading upstairs.

I rolled my eyes and took a seat in the empty chair next to Jasper. "Did he make that all by himself?" I asked.

Jasper nodded. "Alice insisted on helping, but he refused. You should have seen all the eggs he ruined. That batch was the best of them all, and they were still burnt," Jasper replied with a chuckle.

"Do you even think she will eat it?"

He shrugged. "Maybe if she's in a giving mood. Probably not though."

He dished up a spoonful of his cereal and popped it in his mouth, all of us listening to any sound coming from upstairs.

"She hasn't screamed yet," Alice chirped on the other side of Jasper.

After a few minutes of silence coming from upstairs, we gave up hope on Rose flipping out on Emmett for his horrible cooking skills and decided to talk amongst ourselves.

"So, have you heard from Bella?" Alice asked as she dumped the extra milk from her cereal in the sink. Jasper looked up at me with interest. He missed Bella too.

I shook my head. "No, not yet."

"Who was calling you earlier then? I heard your phone ringing upstairs not too long ago," Alice asked sitting back down in her seat and staring at me with her big eyes.

I glanced down at my lap. "It was Tanya."

Alice made a disgusted noise. "Why the hell was she calling you?"

"I'm pretty sure Bella made it clear to her that she didn't want her near you," Jasper muttered.

"She wanted to apologize and meet me for lunch. She sounded honest, so I agreed. She doesn't know anyone here."

"What the hell Edward? You know if Bella finds out about this she's going to hate you even more than she already does!" Alice growled.

I frowned, I hadn't thought about that. "I'm sorry," I murmured, my head hung in shame.

"I'm coming with you," Alice announced. My head shot up and I stared at her with surprise. "I'm not going to let that little bitch get in the way of you and Bella and I want to make sure she doesn't try anything with you."

"Are you sure, Alice? I know you hate her, I could handle this on my own."

My stubborn sister shook her head. "I am sure and don't try to talk me out of this," she said.

A few hours later, Alice and I sat in my Volvo headed toward the restaurant Smugglers Landing in Port Angeles. Jasper stayed behind to help Emmett take care of his sister. Alice adjusted the volume on my CD player and crossed her arms over her chest. She was pissed that she had to spend a few hours with Tanya and she was also pissed that I was stupid enough to agree to go to lunch with her. She even said something about not allowing me to answer my phone right after I wake up and have no common sense. Maybe she was right.

When we pulled into the parking lot of the restaurant, I saw Tanya standing in front of the restaurant waiting.

"Ugh, do you see what she's wearing? She looks like a total skank! Look at how short that skirt is!" Alice grumbled as I parked the car.

Alice and I hopped out of the car and walked over to wear Tanya the Skank, or Skankya as Alice had dubbed her before we got out of the car, was standing.

"Hello Edward! Oh, Alice, I didn't know you were coming," she greeted in a sugary sweet voice.

Alice put on a fake smile. "Yeah I was starving and figured I would keep my brother company during the car ride."

"Oh, well that's nice," Tanya said putting on an equally fake smile.

I cleared my throat and both girls turned there attention to me. "Well, shall we get a table?"

After waiting a few minutes for a table, the hostess sat us down at a table by the window which overlooked the marina. The overcast day turned the water gray.

We scanned the menu for a few minutes without speaking, ordered our drinks and just stared at each other.

"So, how's Bella?" Tanya asked playing with the straw in her water, stirring up the ice.

I bit my lip. "She's okay," I muttered. "She's in Arizona right now."

Tanya stopped playing her straw and her eyes widened. "Really? Isn't your birthday coming up? Is she going to be away for your birthday?"

I shrugged my shoulders and pretended to study the menu some more. "I'm not sure when she will be back. Its just a birthday though, no big deal."

"Shut up Edward, you know you want her back for your 18th birthday," Alice chimed in an annoyed voice. Alice was always a big fan of birthdays.

I turned to my sister. "Alright, yeah, I want her back for my birthday, but it might not happen." I looked back down at the menu and studied the bright pictures of the food.

"Birthday's are a big deal," Tanya said before taking a sip of her water.

I looked up and tossed the menu down on the table. "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore."

The table was silent until the waiter came and took our orders. Even after, Alice didn't hold much conversation. I suppose it was because Tanya was there.

Alice excused herself to the bathroom a few minutes later, leaving me alone with a very silent Tanya.

"I'm glad we get a few minutes alone," Tanya murmured from across the table.

I looked up at her and forced a smile.

"I do want to say I'm sorry for what happened, but I don't think she deserves you. Edward, you deserve someone who will cherish you, and be there for you. Be there for your birthdays."

I rolled my eyes. "You better not be talking about yourself, because I know you Tanya and that's not you."

"I'm not talking about me. I was serious when I said I wanted to be friends. I'm just telling you that you deserve better."

"You don't even know her, Tanya. You honestly have no say in my relationship with Bella."

Just then, my phone began to ring in my pocket. I pulled it out quickly and this time, I scanned the caller ID. It was Bella. I grinned and excused myself from the table to go apologize to my girl.

A/N: I hope that was worth the wait. Sorry about the wait by the way. The next chapter will be Edward's surprise birthday party Alice planned. Anyway, please review. I will try to respond to you but you have to be signed in/ have a fanfiction account for me to respond. Also, check out all the links on my profile for this story. There is a new poll up too. Fade into You will be updated next.

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