Nessie's POV
Dad, I really miss you… Wish you were still here… I thought, while opening the door to our house before.
"Mom?" I asked while placing the grocery on Mom's kitchen table. "Are you here?"
It's been a month since my dad died. He was driving home from a doctor's seminar when he was suddenly taken away from us.
*FLASHBACK*
Ring! Ring!
I was in my parents' house. Jacob, my husband of two years, said that it's okay for he will visit Billy, his Dad. My mom and I were laughing in the kitchen, talking about Dad's funny moments last summer while cooking dinner, when Mom's cell rang.
"It's your dad," she mouthed as she answered the phone and put the phone on loudspeaker simultaneously.
"Hey, Edward, Honey. How are you? You're on speaker." Mom asked.
"Hi, Bella, Love. I'm fine. How's Nessie?" Dad replied.
I smiled, even though I know he can't see. "I'm fine, Dad. What time will you be home?" I whined.
He chuckled. "I'll be there in 30 minutes, Baby. I really miss you both." You could really hear the longing in his voice.
"We miss you too, Dear. So hurry up!" my Mom joked.
Dad laughed. "Okay, I will, I will. Love you guys. You two are the most important jewels in my life. No one can ever replace you."
"We love you too, Dad. We'll be waiting for you." Never did I know that it won't happen anymore.
Before he hung up, we heard a faint screeching noise. We chalked it up as cats fighting. Though Mom agreed hesitatingly. It was like she was really… afraid.
When an hour passed and Dad wasn't still here, Mom was really on the edge. I told her it might be traffic, so I got her to calm down. Suddenly, there was a knock on our door.
"I'll get it, Mom!" I said.
When I opened the door, I was surprised with what I saw.
"Grandpa Charlie? Grandpa Carlisle? Grandma Esme?" I asked. All of their eyes were puffy and blotched. Grandma was sobbing in the corner, with Grandpa Carlisle comforting her.
"Ness, who is it?" Mom asked as she went beside me. "Dad? Carlisle? Esme? What are you doing here? Are you okay?" My mom asked worriedly.
Grandpa Charlie sighed. "Bells, it's Edward…"
*END OF FLASHBACK*
He said he was hit by a truck driven by a drunk driver. He said his death was quick… Painless… That he died on the spot…
I froze. I didn't know what to say. Tears fell freely from my eyes. Mom fell on the floor crying, saying Dad's name. Who would've thought that the phone call was the last time we will ever hear Dad's voice.
The funeral was a week after that. It was a closed-casket ceremony. Jake was there with me, holding my hand. He knew the feeling of losing a parent. His mom, Sarah, died when he was just ten years old.
Mom was hugging the casket, sobbing uncontrollably, with Grandma Esme and Grandma Renee, crying beside her.
As the pastor spoke, my mind wandered twenty years ago, when I was just five years old.
Back when I was a child
Before life removed all the innocence
My father would lift me high
And dance with my mother and me and then
I remember laughing while dancing with Dad and Mom until I fell asleep. I really felt loved at that time.
Spin me around 'til I fell asleep
Then up the stairs he would carry me
And I knew for sure, I was loved
If I could get another chance
Another walk, another dance with him
I'd play a song that would never ever end
How I'd love, love, love, to dance with my father again
I sniffed, also remembering the time when I was nine years old. Mom was telling me to fix my bed. I remember telling her I don't want to, causing an argument to begin.
When I and my mother will disagree
To get my way I would run from her to him
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me
Then finally make me do just what my mama says
The morning after that, I felt a dollar under my sheet. I just smiled, knowing it was Dad who put it there.
Later that night when I was asleep
He left a dollar under my sheet
I sighed. "Dad…" I whispered. "I really miss you."
Never dreamed that he would be gone from me
If I could steal one final glance
One final step, one final dance with him
I'd play a song that would never ever end
'Cause I'd love, love, love, love to dance with my father again
I looked for Mom. Passing the hallway, I remembered the time when I passed her door for the last few weeks.
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
And I'd hear how my mama cried for him
I pray for her even more than me
I pray for her even more than me
"Mom? Are you in your room?" I asked as I knocked her door, willing my wish only wish to come true.
I know, I'm praying for much too much
But could You send back the only man she loved
I know You don't do it usually
But dear Lord she's dying to dance with my father again
Every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream
I know You don't do it usually
But dear Lord she's dying to dance with my father again
"Mom?" I entered her room, which was unlocked, as I saw a bright light issue from her room. "Are you here?"
I gasped.
Bella's POV
I heard my daughter calling me as I cried. Cried for the loss of my husband… My best friend… My lover… My soul mate…
Suddenly, a bright light covered the room. I winced; the light was so bright that I can't look at it properly even if I'm not crying.
When I opened my eyes, I gasped.
"Edward?" I asked shakily.
He smiled. "My love, come with me. I can no longer withstand your tears." He reached for my arm.
I held his firmly. "Don't ever leave me," I trembled.
"I will never leave you anymore," he vowed. "Don't look back, Love."And we flew, high up the sky… Never looking back… Never again leaving his side…
Narrator's POV
As the couple flew away, rejoicing their reunion, no one noticed the woman in the corner who was crying a heap. Her tears flowed as she looked at her mom.
Her petite body, skinny… Pale, though still stunningly beautiful with her mahogany locks.
The woman sobbed and called out her mother's name as her brown eyes stare unseeingly at her own daughter…