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Chapter 3: Edward's Secret

Edward had stood up and was staring at the girl as though he'd seen a ghost. The girl smiled in a bitter sweet sort of way.

"We'll leave you all alone." Elizabeth said, as she and her husband headed upstairs.

The girl took a breath. "Edward…" Her eyes lit up as she took him in. "I-I feel like I haven't seen you in ages."

"Cameryn…" Edward reached out to stroke her cheek. "But how…?" His voice trailed off slightly as he caught sight of Bella's surprised face.

"B-Bella this is Cameryn Cummings." He said gesturing to the pretty girl with the red hair. "Cammie this is Bella Swan."

Cameryn smiled coolly. "Haven't seen you around before."

"Yeah I'm from…out of town." Bella replied in an offhand voice.

"Well I'm Cameryn. Edward's girlfriend."

Bella felt the blood freeze in her veins. Edward looked chagrined.

"Cammie now isn't really a good time."

"Well why not?" Cameryn asked not taking her eyes from Bella.

"I-I need to speak with Bella…alone."

Cameryn looked as though she'd just been slapped in the face. "Well you'll have to talk to her 'alone' later. Charles will be over any minute. We've been waiting for forever to see you Edward; you can't just ignore us like this."

Edward smiled sadly. "Of course."

"So…Bella? How'd you and Edward meet?"

"Oh!" Bella was surprised at the question. She'd never been a great liar, but she prayed she'd be able to convince Cameryn. "We just accidentally bumped into each other."

"Bella's family was struck down with the influenza. She's staying with my family and me until she can make it on her own."

Cameryn's eyes hardened. "How sweet. You're taking in strays." Her voice was like ice.

Bella felt clammy. She had no clue what was going on. It was bad enough they were trapped over eighty years in the past with no way to get back to their proper time, but now this girl was showing up claiming to be Edward's girlfriend. She remembered lying with Edward in her bed as he told her he'd never had a relationship before. That he'd never been in love before. Why would he have lied? Bella told herself over and over again that Cameryn was a liar. Edward would never go for someone like that. But something about how Edward was looking at Cameryn, how he talked to her, made Bella less sure of herself.

"Oh good Charles is here." Cameryn went to the door to let in a boy around Edward's height with blonde hair and crystal blue eyes. He grinned impishly when he saw Edward.

"Well, well, well look who came back." He taunted.

Edward smiled weakly in return.

"And you brought a friend." Charles took a sideways glance at Cameryn who looked like she would like nothing more than to strangle Bella.

"Hey Edward, I want to talk to you alone. We'll leave little Bella to get acquainted with Charles." Edward nodded and gave Bella an apologetic look before following Cameryn into another room.

Charles turned to Bella. "Sorry about Cammie, she isn't a big fan of Edward talking to other girls, much less living with them. She's very in love with him you know, and I believe he's very in love with her too."

Bella looked up at Charles. "Why didn't he tell me?" she asked pleadingly. Then she remembered that she and Edward were in 1918. Charles hadn't lived long enough, to know about her and Edward's love. Suddenly Bella's insides twisted. No one in this house, not Edward's parents, or Charles, or even Cameryn were alive in her time. She felt like she was talking to a ghost.

Chris however raised an eyebrow. "He didn't mention Cameryn to you?"

"No. He didn't." Bella bit her lip and blinked back tears.

"Wait you two aren't…you're not…" Charles head shook almost comically as he looked at the door which Edward had just disappeared through with Cameryn then back at Bella again.

Bella just nodded while Charles looked stunned. "Huh. He-he never mentioned Cammie at all? Not even mention that he had a girlfriend?"

"He said I was the first girl he ever loved. The first relationship he'd ever been in." Bella hissed bitterly.

Charles ran a hand through his hair. "He's already told you he loves you? It took him forever to tell Cameryn…"

"He told C-Cameryn he loves her?" Disbelief coursed through Bella's veins. Not only had Edward lied about never being in a relationship before, but he had also lied about never being in love before. Bella sat down on the couch seconds away from breaking down and silently cursed Clarissa into obliviation for doing this to her.

Cameryn and Edward stood in the dark drawing room. She stared him down.

"So? Bella?" she prompted.

"Cameryn your dead." Edward whispered.

Cameryn shook her head in disgust. "Is this some kind of joke to you?"

"Wha-what Cammie, you don't understand…"

"Oh and what don't I understand Edward? You tell me you're in love with me, I tell you I love you back then suddenly out of the blue you disappear for months without letters, or phone calls, or anything! Then if that weren't bad enough you come back with some girl you met who is now living with you! Now you're telling me I'm dead, Edward what is going on?"

Edward choked a little on his tears. He was standing in front of Cameryn Cummings, the first girl he ever fell in love with. She had been killed in the first wave of Spanish Influenza, which judging by the fact she was still alive, hadn't hit yet. He had been so grieved by her death; he let her disappear with the rest of his human memories. But now his past with her hit him like a bullet train and to make matters worse, his current love was in the parlor talking to his former best friend.

"Cammie, something happened." Edward breathed, wondering if he told her the truth if she would believe him.

"Let me guess, you don't love me anymore. You love that," Cameryn nodded her head towards the parlor, "girl in there."

Edward shook his head. He hadn't seen this coming. He had been so sure back in Forks how he felt about loving just Bella and only Bella. Cameryn had been permanently erased from his mind. Or so he had thought. But now standing here in this room looking at the girl he would once taken a bullet to the chest for, his feeling were confused. Part of him still loved Bella, but the other part was yearning for Cameryn.

"Cameryn," his eyes burned into hers, "I don't know what's going on right now, but it won't matter soon enough."

It was true, if the first wave of flu hadn't hit yet it would in a couple weeks and then it would go away for a month taking Cameryn and Charles and his father with it. He continued to stare into her eyes. They were exactly the same as he remembered them with a top layer of fire and strength, but if you looked hard enough you could see hurt, sadness, and worst of all disappointment.

"What's that supposed to mean, Edward?"

Anger surged through his body. The flu had ruined everything. He wished now more than ever that he had just died, that Carlisle hadn't saved him. Then he wouldn't have to deal with this now. He swung his foot and kicked his dad's shelf.

"It means you'll be gone soon. Gone Cammie. I'll hold your hand and you'll slip away and the doctor's will wheel you away from me and I'll never see you again." Edward collapsed on the stiff couch and buried his head in his hands.

Cameryn looked at him in concern. "Edward, what's wrong with you?"

Edward looked up at her; her face blurred by his tears. He hadn't cried for so long, he had forgotten how it felt to cry.

"I just shouldn't be here now Cameryn. And neither should Bella. I have to find a way to get us home."

"But... Edward you are home. Here with me." For the first time in her life Cameryn sounded as though she might cry.

Edward turned to her. "I'm so sorry Cammie. I really am. But I can't lose you again." He turned to go, but Cameryn clutched his arm.

"You don't have to." She whispered. Then she pulled his mouth to hers and Edward didn't resist. Instead he breathed her in while he still could as pain ripped him up. She'd be dead again, he couldn't re-attach himself to her. After a couple seconds Cameryn backed away a little, with a slight smile set on her mouth. "Stay Edward." She pleaded softly. "Stay…for me."

Edward ran his hand through his hair. "I just…I can't." Then he walked away from Cameryn for what he hoped would be the last time.