Disclaimer: I am not Stephanie Meyer and I do not own Twilight or any of its characters but damn do I wish I owned Edward Cullen!

"Nightmares, Dreams, and Eternal Bliss"

An Edward & Bella Twilight Fan Fiction

"Bella." He states softly. He caresses my sleeping face. A small grin plays at the corners of his mouth although his eyes show months of sadness. Edward has come back to me, back after many months of being away, after telling me that he no longer wanted me. My Edward has come home. I, still unaware, roll over gently in my bed and lean my face in to the soft touch of his hand before violently jerking away.

"Edward?!" I scream as I sleep. I am entranced in a vivid nightmare. Edward has left me in the woods once more and I cry out to him. "Edward! No Edward, please!" I gasp as I roll over in my sleep once more and began to shake violently with the images of my nightmare and the sinking feeling in my heart. I am more than familiar with this dream; soon I will wake up screaming like any other night. Charlie will not come to see what is wrong, he is used to this. "Edward! Edward come back!" I cry.

"Bella, I'm here," The real Edward states softly to my sleeping form, "I'm here and I'm never leaving you again." He begins to cry, if crying is indeed what you would call it. After all, do vampires really shed tears? He puts a hand to my face and with his icy thumb he gently wipes away the tears I also shed in my nightmarish state. I hear his voice through my nightmare; I hear the soft velvet song as he says my name. My mind tries to wake me; my heart tries to keep me asleep. Edward does not want me, why would he be here in my room? This must be a dream, a dream I do not want to let go of no matter how faint. I try hard to hold on to this dream of lost love, but the real Edward gently presses his lips to my forehead, my nose, and finally with the touch of his cold, hard lips on mine, I awake. I gasp in shock as I realize that this is not a dream, Edward is here, with me, and he is kissing me. Instinctively, I press my warm lips to his and his fingers run through my hair as he softly cries. My arms find their way around his cold, marble neck and I kiss him back with a passion stored up in me for months. My eyes stream fresh tears of joy at having Edward so near me, this does not make sense to me, but with Edward here, nothing else matters. I close my eyes and enjoy the moment, kissing back with everything I have until I am gasping for breath and Edward begins to lose his self control. He reluctantly pulls our lips apart and looks me in the eyes with our foreheads pressed gently together, the cold and the warm, the lost and the found. He brings his hands to my face, tracing the trails of my tears and then the shape of my jaw. I look into his golden eyes and realize that he too is crying, or at least as close as he can get.

"Bella, I have missed you so much. I tried to stay away for your good, I tried so hard, but my love, I can no longer live my pathetic existence without you. Please forgive me. Please, Bella, find it in your heart to forgive me for hurting you like I-"he stops as I abruptly push my lips back to his for a slow and satisfying kiss.

"Edward." I state with a small but sad smile on my lips.

"I love you, Bella. I love you with more than the light of a thousand suns." He chokes out as he cries.

"And I love you, Edward. Please don't go."

"Bella, I will never, ever leave you again. I may have been strong enough to leave you once but never will I be strong enough to leave again. I cannot live without you, I thought I would give you a chance at a normal human life, but I cannot. I cannot resist you any longer; I cannot stand the thought of you in someone else's arms. Bella, I would do anything for you, but I will never leave your side again. I am a selfish creature, much too selfish to go without you in my life. The only way I will ever be without you is if you command me to leave and then I will leave without a word. I want you happy, Isabella Swan, but I too desire happiness, and you are my happiness. Please forgive me. I would not have left if I did not think it best for you, my love. I could hardly bear the pain of lying to you."

"Oh Edward!" I cry as I wrap my arms around his torso and lean my head onto his chest. I grip him tightly in my arms and vow to myself to never ever let him go again. "I love you too, Edward. I forgive you for leaving me but please don't scare me like that again! You are the reason I am happy now, I want to be with you forever. I want to be like you, Edward."

"Bella, I love you. I love you so much. Let us not discuss the matter of your immortality tonight, sleep well my love and I promise to be here when you awake. I will hold you in my arms tonight and you shall have no more nightmares, only dreams of eternal bliss. If I could sleep and I could dream, I would dream of you my Bella. But alas I stay awake and I have the real you, who needs dreams when you can have the real thing?"

"Edward, how can I sleep? How can I close my eyes when I've missed you for so long and now you are here? I don't want to sleep; I just want to be with you." Softly, knowing about my recent lack of sleep, Edward begins to sing my lullaby with his hands caressing my face. When he knows I am sleeping, he sighs and watches me the entire night, admiring the one his heart holds most dear. He smiles his loving smile as he watches and waits for morning to come.