We Only Part to Meet Again

By: PeachyKeen13

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight :(

A/N: Oh my goodness! I did not expect such a wonderful reaction! Thanks everybody! And my update patterns are really...weird, lol. I just update whenever I have time, but - if it's a multi-chapter fic - I usually don't go more than a week and a half without an update:) Okay, well I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Chapter One: A New Life

Bella POV

2005

THE SUN OF A NEW MORNING FILTERED THROUGH THE WINDOW, BUT I COULD NOT FEEL ITS HEAT.

That was the thing I missed most about being human - feeling the warm sun on my cheeks, and running through the daylight with Edward. In the century that I had been in this new life, one day had yet to go by that I did not think of him. I didn't mope around all the time (Emmett would never let me) but when I was alone like this, I allowed my thoughts to drift.

And I mean, it wasn't like there was anything better to do. I'd hunted the day before (Forks, Washington had a ton of deer) and I was completely ready for my first day at Forks High School in an hour.

If it had been up to me, we wouldn't be going to high school at all. It was Emmett's idea, naturally. Ah, yes. Emmett. I'd found him roughly thirty years after my transformation. It had been an awful sight - he'd been attacked by a bear. I transformed him myself. It wasn't that I wanted a mate or anything - I was just lonely. But Emmett had turned into the older brother I'd always wanted and needed. We'd gone together from place to place, hunting animals (as we both agreed that hunting humans was wrong) but we'd never settled down anywhere.

Until now.

We'd agreed on Forks, Washington for two reasons - the first, being that it was so small. And the second being that it was one of the rainiest, cloudiest cities on the continental US. It was perfect, if not a little depressing. Even though I was a vampire, I still missed the sunlight.

Anyway, back to the high school thing. Emmett had said that we could stay in Forks longer if we blended in. Since we lived in the actual city, people would be seeing us around. And it would seem awfully mysterious for two seventeen year olds to be living together and not in school. And, he'd said, "And what else are we gonna do to pass the time, huh? Play video games for three years?" Sadly, he'd had a point. So I - reluctantly - agreed.

"HEY! BELLA! COME ON! WE'RE GONNA BE LATE!" Emmett's booming voice came from downstairs. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes - he knew very well that there was no reason to yell. Normally, I wouldn't have minded, but Emmett's voice was really loud, and it made it hard to think.

"Yeah right," I mumbled, but I knew he could hear me. "The way you drive? We could leave two minutes before the bell and still make it there on time."

"I HEARD THAT!" Emmett yelled, laughing.

"You were meant to!" I called back. Sighing, I got up and fixed my hair. I didn't style it to look fancy - just ran a brush through it. I didn't dress fancy, either. Just a pair of jeans and a simple t-shirt. I didn't need to have stunning hair or clothes. I recieved enough looks by being so gorgeous as it was. The last thing I needed was expensive and beautiful things to attract more attention. The only two things that Emmett and I had ever really spent money on were books and Emmett's jeep. The books, because Emmett and me had never gone to school, and we wanted to be smart, and the jeep because Emmett just loved it.

I grabbed my backpack from the stool in the corner of my room, and ran down the stairs at a normal human speed. Emmett was already there, lounging on the couch, seemingly waiting for me.

"I don't understand girls," he laughed, rolling his eyes and switching the channels on the tv. "Your kind always take so long to get ready."

"My kind?" I laughed. "I was ready in two minutes."

"Whatever." he laughed, grabbing his own backpack and turning off the tv. "You ready?"

"You know we don't have to leave this early unless you're actually going to drive at a human pace." I said, smiling. I knew that Emmett would never drive slow. Just like I would never be caught dead (pardon the pun) trying to make him.

"Me? Drive slow? Silly Bella!" Emmett laughed, messing up my hair. "I just thought we could get there early."

"You know Emmett, I never pictured you as the kind of person who would be eager to start school." I giggled, trying to fix my hair.

"Neither did I." he admitted. "But maybe we'll meet some peope..you know?"

Suddenly, the joking atmosphere was gone, and I sighed. So did he. For the last sixty-some years, we'd looked and looked for those people...those 'other halves' of sorts. Or rather, he did. I already knew where my other half was - buried beneath the ground some ninety years back. But Emmett wanted a mate more than anything. It wasn't that he didn't like me - I was his 'little sis' as he called me. But there was always that missing part of him, that he searched for whenever he could. And suddenly, it all made sense. Why he wanted to settle down, why he wanted to go to school...

"Maybe," I said. Trying to lighten the mood, I gave Emmett a small smile. "Come on, we'll go. But please don't attract too much attention with that stupid car of yours, okay?"

"Car," he scoffed. "It's not a car, Bells. It's a jeep."

"Whatever." I said. "Let's just get there already."

Laughing, we locked our front door and left our house. It wasn't very big or lavish (actually, I imagine it looking rather like Bella & Charlie's house in the actual Twilight) but it was nice. It had two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen (not that we needed one), a dining room (again, not that we needed one) and a lounge. The lounge was Emmett's favorite place in the whole house. He had a pool table, a plasma screen tv, and several arcade game machines (Okay, I lied earlier. Emmett spent a lot of money to get those, too.) down there.

"Come on, Bells!" Emmett said. "You walk so slow! Pick up the pace, girl!"

I rolled my eyes, and dragged my feet even slower just to annoy my brother. He rolled his eyes, threw his backpack in this backseat, and ran with vampire-speed over to me. He quite literally picked me up, and threw me into his car.

"No need to be so forceful," I murmured, giggling. Emmett grumbled something unintelligable, started his car, and drove to us to school.

"So we have...English, History, Trig, and Lunch together. Oh, and gym." Emmett said, comparing our schedules. I was glad that he was in so many of my classes - at least I'd know someone. Despite being a vampire, I still felt insecure from time to time. I really did want to make friends, even if they were human. Emmett did have a point - once, he'd said that living for a century with only two people can get boring. So I really wanted to make an effort here.

"Okay. Looks like we have English first. Care to escort a lady to class?" I laughed. Em laughed too, and hooked our arms together, Wizard-of-Oz-Style.

When we entered the English classroom in Building 3, we both froze. We looked through the room quickly, our eyes stopping as they encountered a beautiful sight. Two girls. Both pale skinned, one with brown hair and the other with blonde hair. And they both had golden eyes, just like ours.

"Are you two new?" the teacher, Mr. Masen, asked Emmett and I. We nodded mutely, and had him sign a stupid slip. The classroom was now almost full, and there were only two seats left - one on either side of the two female vampires in the back.

Class started then, but we didn't pay attention. The two girls kept staring at us, so I decided to get the introductions over with.

"Who are you?" I asked quietly, in a voice that only the three other vampires could hear.

"I'm Alice," the brunnette next to me smiled. "And that's Rosalie." Here, Alice pointed to the blonde. "Who are you?"

"I'm Bella," I said. "And that's Emmett," I pointed to Em. "Are you guys new here."

"Not really," Alice whispered. "We moved here two years ago. Not to be rude, but your eyes are gold like ours...you two hunt animals, as well?"

"Yes." I said, giving Alice a small smile. "We don't believe in hunting people."

"Neither do we!" Alice exclaimed excitedly. "Hey, when do you have lunch?"

"Uhm...fifth period, I think." I said.

"Perfect! So do we! We sit in the corner of the cafeteria, you can't miss us. You should sit with us." Alice said.

"Are there more than just you and Rosalie?" I inquired.

"Yes. There's also Jasper, and Edward. And Carlisle and Esme, but they're too old to go to high school with us. I'm sure you'll hear our cover story sometime today. But, yes, there's always extra room at the Cullen table!"

It was then that Alice and I noticed that Emmett and Rosalie hadn't really spoken much. We turned to them, only to find them staring intently into each other's eyes. I didn't have to be able to read minds to know what had happened. They'd found that other half - in the two minutes they'd known each other, they'd fallen in love.

"Yes!" Alice breathed happily.

"What?" I asked, turning to her.

"I saw them together! He was the one from my vision!" she said excitedly.

"Vision?" I asked. "You can see the future?"

"Indefinitely." Alice shrugged. "But they're going to be happy and in love - that much I know. They're mates."

"Good." I said honestly. "Emmett's been looking for his...'other half' for a very long time. I want him to be happy."

"Do you have another half?" Alice asked.

"I did." I said sadly. "I don't anymore."

"I'm sorry." Alice said sadly. I found myself growing surprised at how much I already liked Alice - she was very sister-like. I knew that we were going to be great, great friends.

"It's okay." I said. "It was a long time ago."

"It still must be hard, though." Alice said. "Okay, I know that this is sort of...sudden, but I'm sure that Emmett and Rose are going to want to spend a lot of time together...you live in town, don't you?"

I nodded, already seeing where this was heading.

"Well," Alice continued in a chirpy voice. "We live just outside of town, and our house is huge. And I'm sure Esme would love having more...'kids'. Okay, what I'm getting at is that...we would all just love it if you and Emmett would consider moving in with us!"

"I don't think Emmett would mind," I laughed, gesturing to my brother and Rosalie, who were still gawking at each other like love-struck teenagers. "And I wouldn't either. I've always wanted a big family." It was true. I'd always longed for a huge family. My parents were only children, and I was an only child. I'd often been lonely in my human life, and in the entirety of my vampireism, I'd only ever socialized with Emmett. Even though it was sudden, living with other vegetarian vampires seemed to good to be true. And even if I didn't know the rest of them besides Alice, I knew I'd still be okay. Alice was already amazing, and I knew that Rosalie and I could be close, too. So it was with this mindset that I went through the rest of the day, thinking of how wonderful it was going to be to have a real family.

It was lunch.

Emmett and I raced into the cafeteria. He, unfortunately, beat me, and called me 'Little Bella!' It was amazing how much happier Emmett seemed to be after meeting Rose. They'd finally stopped staring at each other in English long enough to introduce themselves. Alice had been right - they were destined for each other. The moment English ended, Emmett and Rosalie had raced off to the Main Office to have their schedules switched around to match. I no longer had gym with Em, but I didn't really mind - he would have embarrassed me in that class, anyway.

It wasn't hard to find the Cullens, but the only three there were Alice, one of the boys, and Rosalie. I curteously said 'Hi' to Rose as Emmett sat beside her. Rose said 'Hello' back, but she became focused on Emmett the moment he slid into his seat next to her. I took a seat next to Alice, who took no time at all in introducing me with the vampire seated next to her.

"Bella!" she shouted happily. "This is Jasper. He's my mate. He can read your emotions, so don't get freaked out when he asks why you're in a good mood."

"Nice to meet you, Jasper." I smiled, and he returned it.

"Nice to meet you too, Bella." he said. His face looked a little pained, though, so I asked what was wrong.

"Nothing," Alice assured me. "Jasper's just a newer 'vegetarian', so humans are still more of a temptation for him. Don't worry, though, he's not dangerous."

"Okay," I said simply, unsure of what else to say to such a statement.

"Where's Edward?" Jasper asked Alice. The latter shrugged.

"I don't know. But who ever knows where that boy is? He'll be here, soon enough. I can see he's on his way...he got held up in History..."

"Don't get freaked out," Jasper laughed, looking at my expression and probably reading my emotions as well. "You get used to her little 'gift' after a little while. It'll just become another part of life."

"He's coming...he's a little frustrated, though, so I don't think he's going to go through with any props and get a lunch..." Alice said, staring with a vacant expression at a wall. Yeah, that was definitely going to take a little getting used to.

"Okay, he's close enough that he can tell I want to know what's wrong..." Alice continued in a mystic voice. "He's stopping at his car...he pulled out a notebook...he's writing...oh, poor Edward!" she exclaimed broken heartedly.

"What happened?" Rosalie asked, snapping her attention away from Emmett.

"Apparently, some kids in his English class were thinking of a girl in their History class that looked just like Isabella!" Alice said sadly. "And he was upset enough that his teacher kept him after class to ask him what was wrong...awe, I'd be frustrated too! That's horrible!"

"Poor, Edward..." Rosalie murmured.

"Who's Isabella? Why's he upset?" I asked, trying to be strong everytime they said the name 'Edward'.

"His mate," Jasper explained to me, since the girls were obviously too upset to speak. "She died just a few days after he was changed. He's still heartbroken about it."

"That's horrible," I breathed, thinking that I knew exactly what he was going through. I hoped to meet him soon - maybe I could help him.

"He's coming," Alice whispered. "He'll be here in a minute."

Whatever I had been expecting when Edward Cullen entered the cafeteria, it wasn't what I saw. He looked to be about seventeen. He had tousled bronze hair and a good body. Like other vampires, he had abnormal eyes and pale skin. However, this image brought to my mind another image, one that had once been faded and blurry like other human memories, but now came back to me crystal clear. I saw a boy of about seventeen. He had tousled bronze hair and a good body. He had striking green eyes and a happy smile on his face. But no, it was impossible...Edward Masen was dead, long dead...

Why, then, was he coming to sit down next to me?

Yay! First cliffy for this story! Review with your thoughts! Oh, and a shoutout to piratezluver22 and TwilightAkatSukiAngels for knowing that the quote last chapter was from Princess Bride:) Okey Dokey, bye for now! Review!

~PeachyKeen13