the big brother house

EPOV:

What have I done?

"BELLA!" I shouted, storming after her.

BPOV:

I hid in the bathroom, locking the door and wiping away my tears. How could he? I cried and cried; ignoring Edward's frantic knocking on the door.

"Bella, please, it wasn't me. She jumped on me. I was coming to speak to you. Please believe me, Bella." He shouted through the door.

"Why do you even bother?" I said quietly when Edward had paused to breathe. I heard footsteps leading away from the door, then lighter steps advancing towards it.

"Bella. Open this door immediately. If you don't I will get Emmett to knock it down." Alice's voice floated through the door.

Slowly I got up and turned the handle. Alice and Rosalie fell into the room. I slammed the door shut behind them.

"What?" I hissed.

"He really likes you, you know." Rose said.

"Yeah well he shouldn't have snogged Tanya then!" I spat, trying to control my anger.

"She jumped him. You saw that! Ugh! Bella you are jumping to conclusions! Calm down! Do you think he would go after you if he didn't care?" I received an earful from Alice.

"Alright, alright, I'll go talk to him." I said. Unlocking the door I walked over to the bed where Edward was lying, faced down in the pillows.

"Edward?" I said softly, sitting down beside him and placing a hand on the small of his back. He turned his head towards me and I was shocked to see tears in his eyes.

"I'm so sorry, Bella. I never meant for it to happen. Please forgive me. I don't want you to be unhappy…" He babbled on and on.

"Edward, I believe you. I'm sorry I jumped to conclusions. It's just…she's so pretty and…" I couldn't continue because I just broke down.

"Bellsie!" Eric gave me a repulsive nick-name. "What's wrong? Honey-bunch! What did that skank Edward do to you?" Eric rushed up and wrapped his sweaty arms around me.

"Nothing!" I said, wriggling free of Eric's grasp.

"Well he must have done something! You're a mess!" Mike said, tugging on my hair. My earlier escapades obviously hadn't put him off.

"I'm fine." I huffed, getting off the bed and going into the kitchen. My watch told me it was dinner time.

Bacon and pea risotto. I thought as I rummaged through the contents of the fridge.

"Don't worry, Bells, just ignore them. Edward's a great guy and the others are just teasing you two." Jasper said calmly as he came up behind me.

"Tanya and Lauren hate me. Mike and Eric want to make my life miserable and the others are having a laugh at my expense." I complained.

"Edward isn't having such a fantastic time either." Jasper reminded me, "Tanya and Lauren will hardly let him have a moment of peace and Mike and Eric haven't exactly taken to him." Huh?

Jasper must have noticed my confusion as I mashed up the peas because he quickly explained.

"Bella, when will you see yourself clearly? You. Are. Beautiful. Those boys all really really like you. Can't you see that they feel threatened by each other? Especially Mike and Eric, facing someone as attractive as Edward who you obviously favour."