Edward POV (YAY! EDWARD!)

I sighed. I was all alone at home. Alice was taking Jasper shopping, Esme was getting something from the gardening store, Carlisle was working, and Emmett and Rosalie were a little…. occupied. I was almost always alone at home, bored with nothing to do. I love to play my piano, but even that has gotten boring after a while. There's just nothing to inspire me, so I went hunting.

I found an elk and a couple mountain lions and fed from them, kicking the carcasses away. I stared at the forest ahead and trekked on forward. I walked through the forest by myself, something I've recently found to be comforting when there's no one else around to talk to or be with.

I decided to walk to the cottage near our house that Esme's been planning to fix up for a while. While walking, my thoughts drifted to my human memories. As blurry as they were, I tried my hardest to remember them. I remember this one girl. Mother told me about her when I was about 13 or 14. Her name was Bella…

-Flashback-

Chicago 1914

I just came home from school with my friends and had finished my studies for the day. Mother was writing in her journal. Father came home early from work to spend some time with us.

"Mother," I called.

"Yes, sweetheart?"

"At school my friends and I were talking about what it must've been like when we were still young toddlers. I don't really remember it, do you think you can tell me please?"

"Of course dear," she said as she pulled me into a hug. "Now where to start." She pondered a moment, and began. "I met this one very nice woman at the hospital when I was pregnant with you. She was so kind and beautiful and had a light English accent. She worked as one of the midwives there and helped me have you. She was pretty young to be there, a couple years older than yourself now, but her parents both died when she was younger and had to get a job to keep herself alive. Her name was Isabella, but she preferred to be called Bella.

"Even after I had you, your father and I let her stay with us instead of at the hospital dorms. She helped us care for you and would babysit you for us when we had errands to run. You both grew close to each other. When we had company, you would want to be held by only her. You clung to her like you did with your blanket. If she put you down, she would have to be within your sight or you would throw a fit.

"Bella helped you learn how to walk and talk. By then, she was going to travel around the country to find a good home. The day she left, we were all sad, but her departure struck you the hardest. You were already walking around the house, exploring everything around you, and could talk, but it was mostly gibberish. When she was leaving, you ran across the room to her crying. She picked you up and you both held onto each other like the world was ending. You told her not to leave you and that you loved her. She told you that she loved you too and would see you again."

"Did she ever come back?"

"No," mother looked down at her hands on her lap. "No one has seen her since she left, especially us. Your father and I miss her every day. We love her like our own daughter and wish we knew if she was alright. She was just as much a part of our lives as you are, Edward."

I realized then that this Bella girl must've really been important that my parents both missed her. Even I miss her now but barely remember her.

Chicago 1917

Father and Mother have become sick with the Spanish Influenza. I sat by next to my mother's bed and held her cold hand in my own.

"Edward, my son," she whispered softly.

"Yes?"

"Edward, please, promise me that if you live through this epidemic, you go try to find Bella. Tell her your father and I loved her like our own."

"Okay," I promised her. I was determined to find Bella. I had a dim picture painted in my mind that I only wish grew stronger as time went on.

-End Flashback-

I continued walking through the unmarked path in the woods, not really paying any attention to where I was going. I reached the cottage and sat down on a nearby rock to think about my past. I couldn't pull up anything. Strange, as if someone was controlling my memories. I looked closely at the cottage and realized that someone was there. Not just someone, but another vampire. I couldn't hear any thoughts, so I waited curiously to see if I should attack.

The vampire looked up at me then with luminous golden eyes. She was beautiful. I felt as if I had died a second time and went to heaven, or as close to heaven a damned monster like me could get. Standing, well, sitting before me was a beautiful angel with beauty of a million shining suns. Her cascading chocolate brown hair accentuated her curious and wandering vampiric eyes. Her luscious pink lips were formed in a small, satisfactory smile. She felt so familiar to me. Somewhere in the darkest depths of my human memories, a dull and blurred silhouette of this wondrous angel was painted. Had I seen her from somewhere? The memory matches her shape perfectly, right down to her heart shaped face and flawless skin.

"Hello there," I said shyly, moving to sit right in front of her. It was an unusual behavior for me. I felt like I would be blushing right now if I were still human. This girl will be the death of me. I stretched my handout to shake hers.

"Hello," she said happily smiling while shaking my hand. I could hear past the way she was talking to pick out a very faint English accent from around Carlisle's time.

"Edward," I introduced myself, smiling softly. "Edward Cullen."

She raised her brow in surprise and satisfaction. Why, I didn't know. "Isabella," she said. "Isabella Masen-Cullen. Bella for short." Did she just say Masen?! That was my last name before I joined Carlisle! I thought for a moment.

Bella. Bella. Bella… Human memories. Realization hit me like a brick. It was her, Bella. The girl mother used to tell me about. The girl who took care of me. The girl who I told I loved when she left. The girl who my parent's loved as their own. It was her. Finally, I have found her. It may have taken 108 years, but I still fulfilled my promise to mother to find Bella.

"It's you," I murmured incredulously. "I remember you now, Bella. You're the one who took care of me as a young boy."

She smiled. "That I did, Edward," she paused for a second, looking me over as she did so. "You sure have grown a lot since the last time I've seen you. I can tell you're a vampire too; you no longer have your mother's emerald eyes. It's been, what, 105, 108 years?"

"Yeah, 108 years. That's much too long."

"Indeed." Bella looked down onto her lap. "I'm sorry," she mumbled. "I'm sorry for leaving you and never coming back when I said I would. It must've broken your heart."

"Don't be sorry," I replied. "You had to leave or we would've found something wrong. It's okay."

"What happened to you? Your mother? Your father?" she asked concernedly.

"They died of the Spanish Influenza, like I almost did, until someone saved me." For some odd reason, I felt like I didn't want to even mention Carlisle or any of the other members of my family to her, but still explained everything. I remembered that she never came back and murmured ever so softly, "It's like you didn't want to come back for me." I didn't think she would hear.

"Edward Anthony," she scowled, looking a bit like Carlisle when he would be angry at Emmett or Jasper for their dumb betting games and fights in the house. "Don't you ever think I didn't go back because I didn't want you. I did, but you were all human. You were humans, Edward! The temptation to kill was there in front of me! The very people I thought of as my family would die if I made a slip up! I didn't want to leave, but I had to! Isn't that why you and your coven often move, so no one ever notices anything? So you make sure no one slips up?!" My shoulders slumped in defeat. She was right. The angel had told me the facts, that were so obvious, but I was too focused on her to realize it. Wait a minute. I told her that I loved her when I was two… I bet she still remembers that.

"So, I bet you remember the time I told you I loved you, huh," I asked tentatively.

"Yes, I do. And I do love you, Ed. You were like a baby brother to me. Why?"

I hesitated, "Nothing really, I guess." Yeah, nothing besides the fact that I think I love you more than just a brotherly way. Yup, that sure is a way to greet the girl who just says she loves you as a baby brother.

"Okay then," she said, looking to her backpack full of things.

Edward? Where are you? Rose and I are decent and you can come back home now. Where are you Ed? I heard Emmett thinking as he looked through the nearby woods.

"If you don't have a place to stay," I began. "You're very welcome to stay with my family and I. Our house is about a mile or two away from here, and I'm sure everyone would love to have you. Besides, my brother is already looking for me."

"Sure, if you want me to come along."

"Of course I want you to come with me, Bella. It's been too long that we've seen each other. We need to catch up."

Bella grinned. "Okay then." I flung her bag over my shoulder and smiled at her, running at a human pace towards the house.

"Hey!" she yelled and ran to catch up with me. I laughed and kept running, but pretty soon, she jumped on my back so I was giving her a piggyback ride all the way back. We both laughed as I ran at vampire speed the rest of the way home. It felt so wonderful being with Bella again, though the last time I saw her was when I was a toddler. She brought out the real me and I didn't have to have a mask of happiness like Carlisle usually does on his vampire birthday.

Bella jumped off my back, smiling, when we got to the house and looked around in amazement. "I must admit, whoever your coven leader is must have a lot of money saved up. Your psychic sister must predict the stock markets too, right?"

"Yeah, that pixie sure loves to buy things, too."

She looked back at me. "You never told me the names of the people in your coven, what are they?"

"Well Alice is the psychic as well as a spiky haired pixie. Her husband, Jasper, is an empath and the newest addition to our coven. Emmett is pretty much the protector to all of us, but he's just a big strong teddy bear buffoon. Rosalie, his wife, is very beautiful but she can sometimes seem vain and uncaring. There's my mother, Esme, and her husband, my dad, Carlisle. He's also the coven leader. Then there's me, the lonely mind reader."

"Carlisle," she said quietly to herself. "Sounds so much like… no, it can't be. He died a long time ago, there's no way it can be him. It's just a coincidence." I could barely make out a word she said. Bella's mood changed instantly and she smiled. "Don't think you can read my mind, Eddy-boy. I'm a sheild." True enough, I couldn't hear a thing. Explains how I didn't know she was there earlier.

"EDWARD!" Emmett yelled, running out of the house scowling. "Where were you? " His voice softened. "Esme came home and was worried about you."

"I'm sorry Em. I just went for a walk in the woods to get away from you and Rosalie's 'You Time'. On the bright side, look who I brought home." I stepped aside to let Bella see Emmett.

"Hey Emmett," Bella said happily. He looked confusedly at her.

"Do I know you? Or did Eddie here finally get some?" He grinned madly.

I rolled my eyes and made my way to the door. "I did not, Emmett. Stop being so gross and grow up."

"I'm afraid I can't do that baby bro," he laughed behind me.

Bella looked at him in disbelief but otherwise followed me inside, leaving a grinning Emmett standing on the lawn. Esme was sitting on the sofa, but ran to hug me when I came through the door. "Edward, I was worried about you. You're my first son, I always worry about you."

"I'm sorry, Mom. I didn't know I worried you so much. I went for a walk in the woods and ran into Bella," I gestured towards Bella, who was shyly standing behind me. "She helped my mother and father take care of me as a baby. I haven't seen her since the day she left my family. She needs a place to stay, do you think she can stay here?"

"Of course she can." Esme released her hold on me and went to welcome Bella. "You're welcome to stay as long as you like, Bella."

"Thank you Esme."

"You're welcome, Bella," Esme said.

"Hello," Rosalie said curtly as she glided down the stairs. "Didn't expect Edward to bring home a girlfriend, but oh well. I'm Rosalie. You are…?"

Bella nodded in acknowledgement of Rosalie's entrance. "I'm Isabella Masen-Cullen. Bella for short." Rosalie raised an eyebrow.

"Masen-Cullen? Sounds to me like you're just trying to make a joke out of this."

"I'm being serious, Rosalie," Bella glared coldly. She looks so much like Carlisle. Esme and I thought. Bella continued, "My birth name is Isabella Marie Cullen. I was changed, centuries went by and I met Edward's family, the Masens. I took care of Edward when he was a baby but then left because the temptation was too strong. I use Masen because Edward's parents treated me as their own daughter and were my second parents. There, you happy now Rosalie? Poor you who had your beauty and flawless looks to get attention and be waited on hand and foot. I on the other hand had to practically watch both my parents die, become what I am now, and lose the only other people I thought of as family. Are you happy now that you know?!" Bella broke into tearless sobs and fell to the ground, clutching her stomach as she fell. I went to kneel beside her and pulled her to my chest to soothe her. I glared at Rosalie.

"I—I didn't know, Bella. I'm sorry," Rosalie said sorrowfully.

"Rosalie, I think you should leave," Esme said, not taking her eyes off of Bella.

Emmett led Rosalie to the backyard and Alice and Jasper bounded into the house.

"Hello Bella!" Alice greeted cheerfully, instantly lightening up the mood. "I'm Alice, and this is Jasper! Jasper, say hi." she nudged him.

"Hello, Bella." Jasper said, extending his hand for her to shake. She shook it, smiling, and said, "Nice to meet you Jasper. You too Alice," she laughed.

Bella got up and looked around. "Where's Rosalie? I want to tell her that I forgive her." She looked down at her feet. "I shouldn't have gotten so angry at her. It's not like she actually knew what I was about to say." I rubbed her shoulder comfortingly.

"Let's have a party because Bella's here!" Alice squealed excitedly. We all gave a light laugh at her attempt at creating a happier mood.

Jasper, Emmett, and I were playing Halo while Alice, Bella, Rosalie, and Esme were talking amongst themselves. Pretty soon, Carlisle arrived.

"Hey, I'm home," he said in a normal tone as he came inside to see us. "Hey gu—." He stopped, shocked when he saw us, and gasped. "Is—is it really you? Bells?" All of us turned our gaze on Bella, whose eyes widened in surprise.

"Yeah, it's me," she whispered. "I thought you died that night."

"I thought I did too. Bella, sweetheart, I've missed you so much." Carlisle looked like he would cry if he could. He opened his arms to invite her for a hug.

Bella looked like she would cry too, but gave a sad smile and ran into his open arms. He embraced her lovingly and kissed her hair as she buried her face in his chest saying, "I missed you too."

I read everyone's thoughts. Bella, my daughter, I've missed you so much. It's been too long since I've last seen you. You grew up so much since I was gone and I'm sorry I wasn't there to see you become such a beautiful woman. Carlisle thought of what he was going to say. Of course, Bella was the little girl from his memory. The other woman must be his first wife, Bella's mother.

I'm so glad that Carlisle and Bella finally found each other again! Time to make preparations for a new sister! Alice thought. I was glad too that Carlisle was reunited with his daughter after all these years. Well, as they say, better late than never, right?

Who is she to Carlisle?... It doesn't matter, really. As long as he's happy, I'm happy for him. Esme thought. I think she thought they were together or something. I shuddered lightly at the thought.

I knew this was one big joke. I feel sorry for Esme though. How could Carlisle and Bella make her obviously sad? Rosalie thought. Gee, I guess she's not as vain as I thought she was.

What the hell? How do they know each other? Emmett thought. I can't blame him for not knowing that they're not related, other than Carlisle, only Alice and I know.

Everyone's emotions are shocked. Esme and Rosalie's are somewhat disappointed. Emmett is confusion. Carlisle and Bella's are of love... Other than that, only Alice and Edward don't seem to be fazed. They feel more facination and awe. Trust Alice and Edward to know what's going on. The little pixie and mind reader always know anything and everything that go on around here. Jasper thought.

I tried to read Bella's thoughts and expected not to hear anything. Surprisingly, she may have brought her sheild down. I could hear her voice. Daddy, daddy. I missed you. I love you daddy. You kept your promise like you always did. You found me. After all those years, you finally found me.

I smiled at the two. Rosalie and Emmett glared at the pair, Esme gave a sad smile, Alice was exploding from happiness, and Jasper was trying to calm her down. Bella hugged her dad. She must really miss him. She looks so beautiful. Wait, why am I thinking like this? I can't possibly fall for Bella, or did I already fall for her?

OhMyGato! (gato means cat in spanish if you didn't know) It's been about a month since i last updated, and I'm so sorry! D: its just that school is tiring and i have lots of tests and stuff all the time. I'm trying to write as fast as I can, but sorta failing. :P I wanted to make this chapter a little longer than the other two chapters. You readers deserve more :) but I think i was too tired writing this chapter, because I confused myself while writing this... XD some writer I am... lol. I'll try getting the next chapter up soon. :D