BPOV

It's been three-hundred years since I had set my eyes on the face that now stood before me. In that time I had been changed by Victoria, and left in the forest to suffer alone. About 10 years after my transformation, I found myself in Italy, and a member of the Volturi.

"Edward, how could you leave me? I walked through the forest so long I lost track of time. The only thing I remember is welcoming the pain that came with changing. I wanted to feel pain, because I thought it would take my mind off of you."

"Bella, I told you that I'm sorry! What can I ever do to show you that I will never leave you again, and that I love you? I left you for you. I wanted you to live a human life. But no matter what I tried to do, you were still damned to a life of night."

I love you too! I wanted to yell, but my hatred wouldn't let me. "Edward, you don't get it! I understand that you left to protect me, and I'm at peace with that decision. I would have done the same thing if I had been in your position."

"What is it then, Bella? Why can't you just tell me what you're thinking? Please don't spare my feelings! I honestly don't understand what you're saying!" So, if she understood why I left her, then what else could she be talking about? What didn't I get?

"Edward, you left me so I could live a normal, happy, human life, and I respect you for that. But you forgot one thing to leave me with, something that ended up pushing me over the edge, and welcoming death."

My brain was working a mile a minute to figure out what in the world she could mean. "What did I forget then, Bella?"

"You forgot to leave me with a reason to live."

EPOV

I sat in astonishment of what Bella had said. I forgot to leave her with a reason to live?

"But Bella, I still love you."

A million emotions were running across her face now. Sadness, anger, guilt, and maybe love? I think I was just seeing what I desperately wanted to see. I wanted Bella to love me, but she never would. I had made such an impression that it would never go away.

"Edward, I think it would be best if you left. I don't think I can talk to you right now."

If that's what my Bella wanted, then I would. No matter how much it hurt. "I'll prove it to you." I vowed to myself, forgetting that she had vampire hearing.

BPOV

What does he mean; I'll prove it to you? I was still in shock from him telling me that he was still in love with me. He left me, and said he didn't love me.

"Why now?" I wondered aloud to the higher powers. I had just started to get over him, and he comes back. I guess my luck was still the same. I laughed dryly to myself.

I was too stressed out right now, and I needed my piano. I had taught myself how to play as a way to remember Edward all those years ago. For an unknown reason, I played my lullaby.

EPOV

Bella is alive. But she doesn't love me. After warring with my emotions, and with what I wanted for a while, I decided to talk to Bella. As I approached her room, I heard the amazing sound of a piano. I froze as I recognized the song. It can't be. Is that Bella playing? We were the only ones who knew about that song.

"What does this mean then?" I wondered aloud. The music abruptly stopped, and I ran away as fast as I could.

BPOV

I was on my 6th round when I heard "What does this mean then?" spoken from outside my door. I stopped suddenly trying to figure out who was there. All I heard were retreating footsteps moving inhumanly fast.

Edward.

He had heard me playing the lullaby he had composed for me. He must know now that I was in love with him. Crap.

EPOV

Bella must love me! I must prove it to her in a way where she has no choice. My beautiful Bella. She loves me after all these years!