EDWARDS POV
It's been one year since I've seen Bella. One year since I've seen my love. And it's killing me.
'You did this for her,' a small voice in my mind reminded me. This was the more pessimistic side of my thoughts.
'But maybe I should go back. Just to check on her. Just to make sure she's okay,' the optimistic side countered.
'Don't be selfish! She deserves a happy, human life! A life you can't give her!' the pessimistic side argued.
'But I love her,' the optimistic side tried again.
'If you really loved her then you'd keep your promise and leave her alone!' And, just like that, the pessimistic side won out. As it always does. Because I knew it was right. If I really loved Bella I would let her be human without me. I couldn't argue with that. No matter how hard I tried.
"Eddie, what are you thinking so hard about?" Lily asked. Lily was my supposed girlfriend. With her blond hair and obvious beauty, we were the perfect match. Or, at least, that's what my family thought. We met her while she was hunting months ago in Russia as a nomad. My family liked her, a lot. So we adopted her. And by the time we moved to Alaska, our current location, we had started dating. Mostly because it made Esme happy to see me with her. And I've read in her thoughts that she thinks this would be a nice opportunity for me to get over Bella.
"Not much," I replied easily.
She pouted the same way she did when she suspected I as being untruthful. She knew about Bella. She had to. There was no other way to explain Alice's hostility towards her.
I was about to respond to her when I heard the booming voice of my favourite brother.
"Edward! Get in here! You need to see this!" Emmett yelled, just to annoy me I presumed, since he knew full an well that I would hear him if he'd whispered it or even if he jut so much as thought it.
As I entered the living room, with Lily tailing behind me, the first thing I focused on was my family and the fact the they were all in the room.
"What's -" but my question was cut of by a voice.
Not the voice of one of my family members, but a voice that I knew off the top o my voice. A voice I could never forget even if I tried. A voice so pure and sweet, it was angelic. That's it! The voice of an angel. My angel. My Bella.
I focused on the television and there she was. Beautiful, perfect.
"Bella."
At first I was mesmerised by the mere sight of her. A sight I'd longed to see for a year.
Then the shock came. What was she doing on national television?
I pushed all of this out of my head and tried to listen.
And I heard my angel finishing off a song.
"It's all in my mind
Not real life
No I must be dreaming!"
Then her face disappeared of the screen ad an announcers face came onto it.
"That was none other than Izzy Bird herself along with her band Rebels Anonymous! Aren't they fabulous? They will be performing at the Central Count Auditorium in Canada tomorrow night! Don' miss it!"
Emmett clicked the TV off. And for a while we all just stared a each other.
Then the thoughts came.
'Is it true? Could that really be Bella?' -Carlisle
'I don't believe this.' -Rosalie
'It's Bella! Our Bella!' -Jasper
'Whoa! It's my baby sister! On TV!' -Emmett
'It's Bella! It's Bella! I can't believe it's Bella!' -Alice
'Oh my goodness! She's changed so much!' -Esme
'That's Bella?! What did my Eddie ever see in THAT?' -Lily
But I wasn't concentrating on their thoughts. All I could think about was Bella. And seeing her. Seeing her at her concert in Canada tomorrow.
Before I could tell my family about my plans to leave for Canada, Alice jumped out of her seat.
"Let's start packing."