AN: I don't own twilight
Chapter 3: Meeting Again.
I was with Emmett and Jasper, attempting to escape Esme, Alice, and Rosalie's constant wedding planning. We decided to drive around Port Angeles. Emmett was starting to get hungry (as usual), so we stopped at a coffee shop; the same coffee shop I saw Bella in and was now making my usual coffee destination at a pathetic attempt to see her again.
We ordered and sat down at a table in the corner. Jasper was clearly still tired; Thus the reason why he got the strongest coffee on the menu.
"Is Alice that bad?" Emmett asked while gesturing to Jasper's coffee.
"She's very enthusiastic," he muttered while taking a sip of coffee.
"Are you ready for this? It's a big step," I added, nobody had really asked Jasper's consent recently.
"Yes. I love Alice more than anything. It may not seem like it but, I am happy we're making it official. I've always had that dream with her."
We dropped the subject, nobody enjoyed talking about our feelings, we moved onto lighter subjects like sports and cars; Regular guy stuff.
We were all involved in our own conversations until I heard someone say my name. I knew, no matter what time there had been I would know that voice anywhere.
"Edward?" She was holding her child and looked even more sleep deprived.
"Bella? What are you doing here?"
"Charlie decided to move closer to La Push for retirement and offered me to take his house and I decided to."
"Couldn't stay away from the rain, could you?" Emmett asked with a smirk on his face. He always thought of Bella as another little sister.
"Yeah, Forks grew on me."
"And, who's this?" He gestured to the child in Bella's arms.
"Oh, this is Ashley."
"She's adorable. How old is she?"
"A little over three," she replied, shooting me a look that made me very confused. Like that could mean anything to me other than she had Ashley the year she left me.
"Well, um… I better get going," Bella muttered, turning to walk away.
"Wait," I was unaware for a moment that I was the one who called out to her. I then walked over to where she was stopped. I looked at her closely, noticing she wasn't wearing a wedding ring; that wasn't what I would expect out of Bella. "Would you want to go out to dinner sometime? You know, to catch up."
"Um… I don't know Ashley gets pretty restless."
"I'm sure Esme would love to take care of her. Plus, Alice and Esme would love to see you again."
Bella contemplated for a minute before replying to my proposition. "Sure" She reached into her bag and pulled out a business card. "Here," she said handing me the card," Call me with the plans."
"Will do." She smiled warmly and left. I looked down at the business card.
Isabella Swan
Editor
Little Brown Publishing's
The information was followed by her number, my one way to reach her. Although, I did know where she lived but it would be rude to appear unannounced and most likely unwanted.
I learned one thing, she wasn't married. She didn't wear a ring on her finger nor was her last name changed; although, that still didn't answer my questions about why she left. I know I'll get the truth…eventually.
