Building Back Up…
Sequel to World Crumbling Down…
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Chapter 1 Heaven's Waiting Room
Bella Pov
When you look back on life you once had, you find a lot of your flaws. Like why did you do that? Then was I really said that that happened? I could have been nicer too that person, or helped them out. Just sit back, and view all of your mistakes. But those mistakes make you who you are. There are those people in your life you never truly appreciate until you never have them near anymore. You have those too different kinds of people in your life. The kindle, which are friends help start the fire. Then you have the large pieces of wood, which are the people closest to you, which make the fire bigger. Then you have yourself, which is the match that lights the fire. You need every one of those people to have life; otherwise you are just a nonexistent fire.
"Bella Swan?" called a girl my age from behind a pure white desk. I got out of the seat, and left all the other souls to pass without me.
"That is I." I replied sweetly. Just being in heaven for a few minutes makes you realize, that heaven is truly beautiful even from being cooped up in these heaven's waiting rooms.
"Well we don't get a case like you everyday." I've been told that already, I smirked smartly in my mind. What they don't know won't hurt them. "Well it says here that you are just visiting till you are sent back. How lucky of you. A little girl with you will be here shortly to take you to her home." I nodded and started to head back to my seat. Someone grabbed my hand and spun me around.
"Bella! Oh, it's so nice to finally meet you! I watched your whole life, and I sent those papers to you." She looked so pleased by meeting me. Might as well not burst her bubble and listen to her. "Oh, we are going to have so much fun." Cried the little girl. She dragged me out of heaven's waiting room doors, and towed me after her. She had golden-cherry hair that wiped in the wind when she ran. Her dress was made of pure white material, with a dark blue sash around her waist. Heaven was so much different from the real world. First of all everyone we had passed wore a smile and were all draped in white. I felt out of place in my dirty regular clothes. The little girl seemed to read my mind.
"Silly me. Forgot to tell you. People who aren't staying here don't get to change clothes. Looks like your stuck with those." The girl chimed still pulling me along.
"So what exactly do we do here? Well I mean in heaven."
"Oh my! I keep forgetting you aren't going to stay here forever. My name is Tabitha. But call me Tabby otherwise I get mad." Tabby clapped her hands, stopping suddenly. "Well we are going to play a game before you meet my guardian. Well more like a game for you."
I tilted my head to the side and smiled. "Sure why not." Her face lit up and she grabbed my hand again. We ran, well more like jogged to a gate that rose up out of nowhere. Hearts were formed out a metal and lined the top of the fence. Snow-white trees towered over the fence.
"That place is off-limits to people like me." She whispered. "Not all of heaven is cheery. All people like you get to cross into there. When you enter for the first time you think of a person you love and say 'Take one step…and tell them what you want them to remember or something you just want them to know.' You are lucky. So many wished we could do what you can." Tabby's eyes flickered down and a tear slipped down her cheek.
"Angel's aren't supposed to cry. My love once told me that, now I know what my love really meant." I bent down and wiped the tears off her cheeks. "I know who I'm going to think about." I smiled. Her head slowly came up.
"Promise to tell me about him when you come back?" she asked.
"Who said it was a boy?" I arched my eyebrow.
"Well why else would you be here?" She asked innocently.
"You got a point there." I laughed. I stood back up and walked slowly up to the gate. "This is for you Edward…" I whispered as I opened the gate. Instantly I was bombarded with images of him, lying beside my body twirling my hair.
"Take one step…and remember my voice." I whispered as I took a small step. Instantly Edward stopped twirling my hair and a smile fell across his face.
"Take another step…and remember my heartbeat." I eagerly took a step forward, wanting to see his reaction. He placed a hand on my wrist and closed his eyes. I did the same and I swear my skin tingled where I thought he touched my wrist.
"Take another step…and remember it's all right to cry." I whispered, my foot automatically falling for another step. Tears rolled down my cheeks, as I watched Edward wipe invisible tears away from his face.
"Take my hand…and forget those nightmares." I didn't take a step this time but held out my hand. I couldn't tell what Edward was thinking, but confusion flickered across his face. He grasped my limp bodies hand and held on tight, like I was going to jump out of bed.
"Take another step with me…and remember my true words." I took two steps, one for me and one for him. A grin flickered across his lips, and he grabbed my other hand.
"Take a second…to remember that I'm always yours. Take a minute…and tell me this isn't the end. Take a lifetime…to bring joy back too your life." I cried as the words left my lips. Edward fingers grazed my lips.
"Take a step…closer to me." I took a step with my head held high, tears still cascading down my face.
"Take the final step…to hold me in yours arms." My bottom lip quivered as I took the last step. Edward leaned down closer to me and slipped his arms underneath me and held me in his arms.
A mysterious voice filled my ears, it was an angel's voice. "Take another step more than necessary…to know all be back in your arms someday." I took a step after those words, and watched Edward nod his head and settle back in beside me. A man stepped out from behind a pure white tree. "So you must be the famous Bella Swan/Cullen? Am I right?"
I was stunned. This man was more beautiful and don't get me wrong Edward was drop-dead-gorgeous. But this guy, is wow. I nodded my head, and wiped the tears of my cheeks.
"Ahh…so you are the famous one that is supposed to find the vampire angel and get sent back to you family?"
I merely nodded my head and starred at the man.
"Sorry. I think I have not given my name yet. It is Kartik… Kartik Vanmet." He walked gracefully closer to me and stuck out his hand. I brought mine up slowly and shook his hand barely.
"Well it seems that everyone knows everything about me so might as well tell you who I'm going back too. His name is Edward Cullen, and I love him." I blushed and looked down at my feet.
"That was quite a brave thing you did for your family you know? Very Brave. I have high hopes that you will meet this Vampire Angel of yours." Kartik dropped my hand.
"Thank you Kartik. The sooner, the better I think. I must really get going now. Tabby is waiting by to gate for me." I started to walk away, but a hand gripped my wrist. It seems that is happening a lot today.
"Hold on miss. But if you ever want to look at Edward or need to be alone just come in here. If you keep following this path it takes you to my house. Come in anytime and I will here there for you." Kartik let go of my wrist.
"Thank you, I will." I smiled and walked back towards the gate. I slipped between the gate and was bombarded with questions.
"Whom did you think about? Did you see them? Oh my god. What took you so long? Did you cry? Did they feel your words? Did they cry?" Tabby said jumping up and down, which felt like my arm was getting pulled out of its socket.
"Well to answer your first question I though about him, well to give him a name Edward."
"Oh, so old fashioned. My guardian had a son named that. Hurry up! You didn't finish answering my questions!"
Well if you don't stop interrupting I might be able to answer them. "Yes, I saw Edward. He moved at my words, and wiped invisible tears off his cheeks.
"Why invisible? Tears are salty wet water!"
"Cause Vampire's can't cry and I think he felt them there though."
"That's so romantic! I can't believe you love a vampire! That's so cool. I was only kissed once by a little boy in my 2nd grade class." Tabby clasped her hands together. " Romeo, oh Romeo. Where for out there Romeo?" She said dramatically even though she didn't get the words right.
"Hey! Though he is quite romantic…Anyways I did cry. I cried for him, the Cullen's, my dead parents, his dead parents, and for you being here so young."
She stopped jumping up and down. "Dead parents? We could try to find them…I mean if they were good and all…" she trailed off.
"Of course they were good…or at least I think. Their names were Renee and Charlie." I said grabbing tabby's hand. "Lets go!" I ran with her in tow till we came up to a populated area. Heaven is weird; everyone wore a smile almost the whole time and did regular human things. No big mounds of wipe cream to dive into, and no root-beer fountains though. What a draw back. So much different than what people and I pictured it.
"Wait! Bella you can't go in there!" Tabby screamed pulling on my arm trying to pull me back. But my feet kept going forward. It was like a string was tied around my waist. "Bella stop! Not another…" he voice abruptly stopped when…
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There you have it the first chapter to Building back up… Hope you like it more than I liked reading it. If you haven't read World Crumbling down… then you might want to otherwise, this story won't make sense.
Alice Mistamore