Its been five days since my mothers death. And it was the day of her funeral. Esme would be taking care of me from now on. With a lot of persuasion on my part, we moved to Forks, we would bury my mother right next to my father.
Pup trotted over to my side and put his head in my lap. I smiled sadly at him.
"Bella? Sweetheart it's time to go." Esme knocked on my new bedroom door. I let out a gust of air, and stepped out of the door.
I thought that now I was much older that I would be able to control myself unlike when I was four and at my fathers funeral, but seeing the casket that held my mother, made a strangled sob burst through my lips. Esme put a reassuring arm around me, and pup put his head against my leg.
"Now a word from Isabella." I got up and walked to the podium.
"As many of you know, my mother was eccentric, and scatterbrained." There were murmured agreements. "But most of all she was caring. My mother cared for me in ways that even I didn't understand. But I do now. I always underestimated and doubted her love. Mom, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry. I'm sorry I rarely listened, I'm sorry that we always got in fights, and I'm sorry that I didn't say I love you as much as you wanted me to. I-I love you mommy." I sobbed. I ran off the stage, away from the cemetery, and back home.
I collapsed on my bed with quiet sobs. I grabbed a picture of my mother, my father, and me. I was 3 years old. I hugged the picture to my chest.
"Why? Why did you leave me?" I cried.
About 30 minutes later Esme and pup came through my door.
"Sweetheart, I know that it was so hard for you back there at the funeral, but I wanted to let you know that I'm proud of you, and that you are very brave." She kissed my forehead. Pup yelped his agreement.
"Thank you Esme." I smiled weakly. Something tugged at the back of my mind but I ignored it, for now.
Edward POV-5 hours after the funeral
I logged onto my computer nervously, and checked my private chat list. She still wasn't on.
JustMe was the only one who truly understood me. Not to mention that she had good taste in books.
"Edward!" My sister, Alice, sang.
"What Alice?" I turned around in my chair annoyed.
"Just wanted to let you know that a funeral just finished." Her smile disappeared.
"And this affects me how?" I asked truly irritated. She invaded my room to tell me that there was another funeral. She glared at me.
"It's Chief Swan's wife." She growled. That softened me up. Chief Swan had gotten shot when I was in pre-school. Now his wife had gone and joined him, leaving behind their daughter Isabella. She went to my pre-school, but we barely interacted at all, because the boys had picked on her.
"Who's looking after Isabella?" I asked.
"Her godmother, Esme Platt." She looked at me with a hopeful expression. "Edward we have to get her and dad to get together." I groaned.
"Edward! Don't you want a new mother?!" She threw her arms in exasperation. I stiffened.
"No. No I don't." I lied.
"Edward, you're a rotten liar! And you need to grow up! So build a bridge, and get over it!" She stomped out of my room and slammed the door. My jaw was opened in shock. Alice wasn't close with mom like I was. She didn't understand the hurt I felt when she left us for my elementary school principle. I got up and grabbed my jacket.
"Edward?" Rose poked her head out of her room.
"Where you going?" Tanya and Irina asked simultaneously. Ugh, I hated it when the triplets did that.
"Stop being so nosy." Kate scolded pushing them inside. She looked at me sympathetically. She understood me, and she heard everything with Alice. "Come back when you cleared your head." I nodded. I walked out the door and around the neighborhood. So many things have happened these past years. 2 years ago we found out that Emmett was adopted. We meaning Me, Emmett, Alice, Rose, Jasper, Tanya, Kate, and Irina. Nobody besides Carlisle knows who Emmett's real parents are. Nothing topped that though. I sighed and that's when I noticed it. Cops in front of the house across the street. Next to one of the cops was a lady with soft white skin, and caramel hair. I ran across the street.
"What's going on?" I asked. The lady looked up at me.
"My goddaughter is missing." She sobbed.
"Isabella Swan?" I asked. She nodded hopefully. "I'll help look for her. I'll get my family to. I'm Edward Cullen, by the way."
"Esme Platt." I nodded. I ran back to my house and opened the door.
"Carlisle?! Eleazar?! Carmen?! Amy?! Jonathon?!" I called my whole family down.
"What's wrong Edward?" Carmen asked.
"Isabella Swan has gone missing and I volunteered us to go search for us. So come on." I said. Carmen nodded and went to get everyone else.
When we all went outside Esme's eyes widened.
"I'm going to search the forest." I said jerking my thumb towards the trees. Esme nodded. I ran off towards the trees. I scanned every tree when something in the dirt caught my eye. A lone, black heel. I smiled thinking that Alice would have a heart attack that someone would leave a shoe in the middle of the forest.
I went in the direction that the shoe was left. Not even 2 minutes later I found a piece of black cloth on a tree. I snagged it and went in that direction. Soon enough I ended up at…my meadow. I looked around the tall grass and flowers when I found a girl. Sleeping peacefully. I walked over to her, and knelt beside her. It was definitely Isabella. Same brown hair, same full lips. Except…the Isabella I knew had shorter brown hair, and buck teeth that nearly went over her bottom lip. This girl was…beautiful. I shook my head and scooped her up in my arms. She curled into my chest and I gripped her more tightly.
"Bella!" Esme cried when I broke out of the trees.
"It's okay. She's fine. She's asleep." I assured her. I went inside and put her on the couch. Suddenly, her eyes opened and I was lost in a swirl of brown, doe like eyes.
Bella POV
Flash Back
My eyes snapped open and I sat up in bed startling pup. He barked, but I ignored him and walked downstairs.
"Hey sleepyhead." Esme greeted.
"Esme if I asked you a question, would you answer me truthfully?" I asked, and she nodded.
"Cross your heart?" I asked and she crossed her heart. "Okay, well remember when you were crying and said that my mom promised she wouldn't go until- you cut off there and I was wondering, what did she promise?" I asked. Esme groaned.
"You crossed it." I reminded her.
"Bella. Long ago when you were just a baby, after your father died, you were always getting sick or fainting." She said and I nodded. "Well when you were 4 your mother took you to the doctors. They did some tests, and got immediate results." She looked away. That night, your mother called me crying her eyes out." I scrunched my eyebrows together in confusion. "Bella. You have leukemia."
Her words rang in my head over and over. I opened my eyes to see myself being surrounded.
"Bella dear? Are you okay?" Esme's puffy eyes peered over me. I nodded. I sat up and a smaller girl skipped up to me. Alice Cullen. I remembered her from my preschool days. That means that if she was here, than so was my preschool crush, Edward Cullen. I looked around when I saw him. Well, he definitely wasn't a little boy anymore. He was tall, had bronze hair, and green eyes that could out-shine the stars.
"Bella? Are you alright?" A man peered over me. Carlisle Cullen. A doctor.
"I'm fine." I said stiffly. Alice spoke excitedly.
"We're are going to the best of friends! Just like sisters!" She squealed. Pain punched me in the gut. She was so sweet. I wanted to be her friend so bad, but my sickness. I would hurt her.
"Right." I said sarcastically. "I'll be in my room." I ran upstairs but not before seeing the hurt in Alice's eyes. I slammed the door.
"Isabella Marie!" I heard Esme reprimand. "I'm sorry. The death of her parents has been hard on her."
"I understand completely." Carlisle's muffled voice said. "Come on. We better go home." there was one person who would understand me. And I went to my private chat list, copperhead was on.
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