A Trip Down Memory Lane Chapter 3: Speechless, a twilight fanfic

Authors Note: Here's the next chapter and I hope that you all like it. Thank you for continuing to read. I know that I promised an update over the weekend but I had such a busy weekend I didn't get the chance so this was the first chance I got. This chapter continues from where the previous one left off with Edward and Bella having just seen each other for the first time in four years. Enjoy.

Bella POV

I can't believe he is here on my doorstep after all this time. I knew it was him the minute I saw him, not just because he looked almost identical to four years previous but because I still felt the sparks I always have. After staring at each other for an eternity I realised that I was being rude, he was probably waiting for me to invite him inside. "Would you like to come in Edward?" whispering I opened the door wider. "Sure," he replies giving me that crooked grin that melts my heart. I usher him into the living where he takes a seat on the sofa patting the seat next to him inviting me to join him. I sit next to him and the silence is back. Surprisingly it is not awkward as I would have thought.

"Bella, so I read the letter you left for me. I know that the chances of you believing me are slim to none but I waited for you too." He looks down as if ashamed, "I used to check every year to see if you had come home. Each time being disappointed when you had not returned. I kept telling myself that old saying 'if you love someone set them free, if they return they are yours, if not they never were'. So that is what I did, I set you free but it killed me each and every moment you were away. That is why I insisted that you go to college. I wanted both of us to be sure this was what we wanted, that you wouldn't regret this or resent me for you missing your college experience. I promised you I would wait for you and I did. I thought about you every second of everyday you were away." Pausing he finally looks me in the eyes "I love you Isabella Marie Swan, I always have and I always will. My heart belongs to you and only you. I never want to have to live like I have these last four years again!" Reaching forward he gently caresses my cheek "come home sweetheart" he whispers "please!" Now he sounds like he is begging.

I don't realise I am crying until I try to speak to tell that is the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me. To tell him that I will always love him and that I too never want to live that way again. But the more I try to talk the more the sobs overtake me. Before I know it I am curled up on his lap with his arms tight round me, stroking my back telling me everything will be okay. And for the first time in years I believe him. Finally, with him back in my life I finally see that maybe life won't always be bad. That I may have some kind of happiness and normality in my life. Eventually, the sobs die down, I can't tell you how long they lasted it could have been 5 minutes it could have been 50 but I didn't care. I was here in Edward's arms and I was happy. "You know I love you too right?" I managed to get out between sobs. "Of course angel and now we can finally be together the way we always should have been."

After that it was silent once again whilst we both waited for my tears to stop. Once my eyes were completely dry Edward stood up pulling me with him. He went over to my I-pod and scrolled through the songs on there. I immediately knew which song he would pick. The song that we danced to all night the first time he told me he loved me. A song that would be forever 'our song'. Once he has found what he is looking for he comes over to me and says "may I have this dance?" I take his hand and we begin to sway to the music.

I never had no one
I could count on
I've been let down so many times
I was tired of hurtin'
So tired of searchin'
'Til you walked into my life
It was a feelin'
I'd never known
And for the first time
I didn't feel alone

He bends his head down so that his lips are by my ear and starts to sing along to the song.

You're more than a lover
There could never be another
To make me feel the way you do
Oh we just get closer
I fall in love all over
Everytime I look at you
I don't know where I'd be
Without you here with me
Life with you makes perfect sense
You're my best friend
You're my best friend, oh yeah

You stand by me
And you believe in me
Like nobody ever has
When my world goes crazy
You're right there to save me
You make me see how much I have
And I still tremble
When we touch
And oh the look in your eyes
When we make love

You're more than a lover
There could never be another
To make me feel the way you do
Oh we just get closer
I fall in love all over
Everytime I look at you
And I don't know where I'd be
Without you here with me
Life with you makes perfect sense
You're my best friend
You're my best friend

As the song finishes he twirls me around one last time and then presses his forehead to mine. "You don't know how much I want to kiss you right now but I also, want to do this right. So Isabella would you do me the extreme honour of accompanying me to dinner tomorrow night?" he asks looking deep into my eyes. I giggle I feel like I am in high school again, like the first time he asked me out. I take a deep breath to stop the laughter and whisper "Yes." With that he places a kiss on my forehead and replies "Thank you so much!" Then he says "I need to go as I have a family dinner to attend but I will be here to pick you up at 6 for our date tomorrow. See you soon sweetheart." I watch as he lets himself out the front door. As soon as I think he is out of earshot I shout and scream and dance. I can't believe it not only does he want to be with me now there has been no one in between in the last four years. I can't wait until tomorrow night it is going to be so much fun!

Authors Note: well I hope this chapter lives up to your expectations. The song in this chapter is called 'my best friend' and is by Tim McGraw. I thought that it sort of summed up Bella and Edward's feelings towards each other quite well. So what did you think about Edward's speech, trust me when I say I cried whilst writing that and the letter from Bella in the previous chapter. Please review telling me what you like or don't like then I can change it for future chapters.