Edwards POV
The road to Bella
I was walking through the crowded streets of Italy, not really paying attention to where I was going. The people around me passed in a blur of colours, mostly red, and thoughts, but I was not paying attention to any of that. There was only one thing I was paying attention to, and that was finally being with Bella, my Bella, the love of my life, no, she was more then that she was my life.
I couldn't believe what Rosalie had said I could not believe it was true, but of course it was, Alice was not wrong, Alice was never wrong. So I was on my way to my doom, no I could not believe that any place where Bella was, was doomed, so I was on my way to Bella, my Bella… my Bella with her soft brown hair and even softer and more beautiful eyes… her face, her beautiful face… even her attitude was amazing, the way she was so stubborn and how her chin jutted when she was set on something… that something that I always wanted to know but never could, because she was different then everyone else she was immune to me…
Two things seemed to happen simultaneously then, at the exact moment that I had that thought , about Bella, about the way I couldn't hear her thoughts, my senses kicked in and I realized the strange silence immediately. It was coming from just behind me where I had just pushed past a bunch of people, but it couldn't have been her, I would have noticed I would have picked up on that face… on those eyes. I was letting my brain drift away again, letting my whole being fill with hope, a hope that I knew to be impossible, but that I so desperately wanted… stop it Edward, I chided myself its not her she's gone, gone to a place where she's waiting for you… where you can finally be together… without the danger… that's what you want right?
I stood there for what seemed like eternity to me, but couldn't have been. I stood there thinking, sure this was what I wanted, but I couldn't let myself walk away knowing that she could be standing right behind me.
I made my decision then, in the second that seemed like eternity, I had to see for myself just in case there was the tiniest shred of hope that what waited behind me was what I had been waiting for, for my whole existence, but I couldn't let myself hope, it was stupid I couldn't let my heart, that I didn't have, shatter into more then a thousand pieces that would be near impossible to put back together, so I took 3 deep breaths In the time it would of taken a human to take one, and turn around quickly…
My heart would not have shattered but would have stopped, at what I saw now, it was definetly wasn't what I expected… wanted… longed to see, but I couldn't say I was completely disappointed either.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing, she was so much like her, but at the same time the complete opposite, she had the same shape of the face, the same body, there was only a few differences, one was the eyes, they were blue, instead of brown, though the were still large, and had the same look of curiosity, instead of fear or concern, as normal people would. Also, her hair wasn't the soft brown colour of hers, I now refused to even think the name, no it was instead a strange colour, it was red, but never a red that I had seen before, not like Victoria's, I shuddered to think the name of the women, that I had been trying, and failing to catch for the last six months, no this was not the crazy, wildly bright red of hers, this colour was too soft it still reminded me, of the brown, with its softness. I was close to blonde like it was working its way there, but hadn't quite got there yet. There were blonde streaks though, and this proved my theory, these streaks were not fake, she did not look like a fake sort of girl… just like her… I pulled myself out before I could go any deeper into my thoughts and went back to my evaluation of this strange person standing in front of me. So very much like her. She stood her ground and did not run away screaming, like the human she was. She was almost exactly like her staring at me with her curious, blue eyes, her bright blue, almost sapphire eyes.
Slowly she turned her head slightly to the side. Still trying to figure me out I assumed. When I still did nothing, but stare back, she slowly and deliberately took a step towards me, straightening up her head as she did. I was then that I noticed to biggest difference between them. This girl did not hold herself the way Bella would. Whereas Bella would have her shoulders slightly bent forward and her face facing down, not quite sure of herself, probably waiting for rejection or, more believably, to fall on her face, this girl walked forward with a strange confidence, it wasn't that she believed that she wouldn't fall on her face, she actually looked like they might have that similarity to, but it was more that she didn't care, she didn't care if she did, if everyone stared at her and laughed, that the attention would worry her, no, she seemed like she could handle that.
But, still I felt this strange compulsion to protect her, not the same way as I did Bella, but more like a big brother would protect a sibling.
I felt overwhelmed; I could not worry about this I had enough to worry about. Bella was waiting for me… my sweet, innocent Bella. That was all that mattered I turned away from the strange distraction and ran towards my destiny. Even though I ran with such speed, I knew that the Volturi would not interfere; they would wait until I carried out my plan…
