A/N: In "New Moon" on page 526, Bella and Edward are on their way to the Cullen's house to put Bella's mortality to a vote. On the way, her and Edward start to talk about all the extreme sports she's been doing and Bella realizes he didn't know about the motorcycles. Edward says "You...were...risking your life...to hear-" and that's when Bella cuts him off with her epiphany that he loves her. Well, I wanted to see what would've happened if Bella hadn't interrupted him to state the obvious, and this is my attempt.
BPOV
"You...were...risking your life...to hear...me? Bella, I'm a monster! I'm no good for you, yet you decide to risk your very life," he put emphasis on the word life. The well being of my very self, of my soul, he wanted to remind me, in no small fashion, just how important my life is...to both of us, "just to hear a monster yell at you?!? Why Bella? Why put your life on the line for me? Even after I left you, claiming I didn't love you. What drove you to do something so reckless?"
I let him continue his rant without saying anything, knowing just how important it was to him to say this. There was a long pause while I waited for him to calm down so my words would be well recieved and wouldn't fall on deaf ears. He finally regained his composure and looked at me expectantly, so I figured it was safe to speak.
I realized at some point during his rant that he loved me, he really loved me. It was more of an epiphany, actually, so I took a deep breath and went right into my speech, now able to put all my emotion into it without even the slightest fear that he doesn't love me as much as I do him."Edward, you left me. It hurt." He cringed at that, but I carried on as if I hadn't seen it. "But I loved you, and I still do. Even without you physically near me, you were still near to my heart. Even though I thought you didn't love me, I still loved you, with every cell of my being. Even though it hurt to think about you, I still loved you. No matter what you did to me emotionally, no matter what Jasper could've done to me physically, I still loved you." His eyes were shining with all the love and affection he had for me, and I could tell my words were having the desired effect. "You are my life now, Edward." I repeated his words back to him from so long ago. Recognition flashed through his eyes. "No, that was the wrong sentiment, I intend to live much longer than a measley life. You are my existence now, Edward. So even if you do indeed take away my soul by turning me into a vampire as you so foolishly believe, I will still love you. There's absolutely nothing you can do to change that Edward, so the sooner you figure it out the better."
I smiled up at him, very pleased with my performance. He searched my eyes for any doubt that what I just said wasn't true. I stared back up at him confidently, knowing he could see the knowledge of his love for me, and mine for him, shining in my eyes, so there was no way he could doubt it. He finally came out of his trance, obviously not seeing any lack of confidence in my statement, and smiled back down at me. "I love you." It was all he said, but I knew from the tone of his voice that he was saying he loved me the same ways and more.
He leaned down to kiss me, and when his lips were almost touching mine, I whispered back "I love you too, Edward."
A/N: Tada! In my version that little conversation was what led Edward to change her by will, and not just because he had to to save her life, but because he actually wanted to. So in my version she gets changed a little earlier, and without the need for Renesmee. Please show some love and review! It really means a lot to me!
