"Bella," Edward whispered one night, when we were alone in our room. "Did you know I had a sister?"

I shook my head in shock, watching his eyes that were so far away, lost in a time before I'd ever existed. We lay on our bed, the moonlight glinting from the windows on our scantily-clothed pale bodies, and I sat up, waiting to hear more.

"Her name was Andrea. She was quite the little devil," he laughed quietly. "She was years younger than me. We shared our mother's cat-like green eyes, but other than that, we looked nothing alike."

I stared at my husband. I never would've guess that he had a sister. I was surprised he had kept something like this from me, but from seeing his face as he told me about her, I could see that even after all these years her memory still caused him pain.

"She was spoiled as anything and was the smartest little girl I think I've ever known- besides Ness, naturally. We all doted on her, and although I tried to discipline her sometimes, she had this inept way of getting out of trouble. I remember, one summer night- she was probably five- I caught her sneaking out of her bedroom window. She was adamant about going and catching the fireflies outside, and despite all my efforts to make her go to bed, she won me over. We were out there until the end of twilight, catching fireflies in the warm summer air."

"Why didn't you ever tell me about her?" I asked him, wanting to know more about this little girl. My would-be sister-in-law.

"I don't know," he raked his fingers through his copper hair. "I guess I hadn't thought about her in awhile. And it's hard…" he steadied his voice. "To remember her."

"What happened to her?" I put my hand through his and squeezed.

"She died in 1915," he murmured. "She was only six. I- I was supposed to be watching her when our parents were out one day, but she wasn't content to just sit and listen to me play the piano, like I had hoped she would be. So I let her go play in our backyard by herself and she fell into the stream, way back in the woods behind our house, and drowned. I've never quite forgiven myself."

I had never seen Edward act so vulnerable before. Even when I was pregnant with Nessie, he had spared me his pain, although I knew from Jacob, he had been insane back then. The hurt in his eyes brought sorrow deep in my heart and I wondered why he'd brought little Andrea up at all.

As if he had gotten through my shield and read my mind, he told me, "I guess the reason I'm telling you about her now is because you needed to know. I want you to know everything about me, even the past I barely remember. And also, because I still feel guilty. Even nearly one hundred years later, I feel sick with the blame that she might've lived had I watched her more carefully."

After he admitted this, I took his head into my hands and looked deeply into his ashamed eyes. "What's done is done. You can't change the past, love. Just forgive yourself. I bet she's forgiven you. Wherever she is, whatever happens to humans when they die, she's probably with your parents and is content with herself and wishes you could be too, you know?" I tried to soothe him.

It worked. His anxious eyes calmed down and he looked at me serenely," I think, maybe Bells, you're right."

Author's note: I got this idea when I was working at a camp. There was a girl there with these bright green eyes, whose name was Andi Mason. And I immediately thought of Edward and what if he had had a sister? And thus, this story was born. Hope you guys enjoyed it. :) I'm not too sure about the ending, so let me know if you have any ideas on how I could better end it! ~Skye