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Talk

"Bella, what are you doing here?" Edward asked after a moment of silence.

"Traveling," I answered him with a shrug. I wasn't sure how to act around Edward right now so I settled for indifferent for the moment. At least until he made the first move. I didn't care that Alice told me he had feelings for me, as long as I hadn't heard it out of his mouth, I wasn't going to act on it or believe it for that matter, that would only end up causing me pain if it turned out to be a lie.

"By yourself?" he questioned. He sounded uncomfortable, I'm sure that was just the surprise of seeing me here. Or maybe he didn't want to see me and just was trying to let me down easy.

"Yep," I said, popping my lips at the 'p'.

"As fascinating as this conversation is, we have to get going," Alice interjected in a chipper voice.

"Right, Alice invited me to come along with you guys tonight. You don't mind do you?" I asked softly, gazing into Edward's eyes.

"Of course not!" he exclaimed quickly.

"Good, I don't want to impose," I muttered.

"You're not imposing Bella, I invited you, let's go!" Alice urged, already holding the door open for us.

"Alright, alright, we're coming," Edward said tiredly.

Alice quickly took her seat in the front of the car and I noticed Jasper sitting in the driver's seat.

"Bella? Hi, it's good to see you again! What are you doing here?" Jasper asked kindly when he noticed me getting in the car after Edward had held the door open for me.

I threw a tentative smile at Edward as a sign of thanks and I greeted Jasper with a slight blush on my face. "Hi Jasper, it's good to see you again too. Alice invited me to come along."

"That's wonderful! We've all missed you," he said warmly.

I couldn't help but smile at Jasper. We had never really been close, he had always rather kept his distance from me but it was a nice gesture nonetheless.

Edward joined me in the backseat and I wasn't sure how to act now. I felt extremely uncomfortable being around him because I wasn't sure whether or not to be mad at him, yell at him or just hug him. It was tearing me up inside and so I settled for staring out the window and ignoring Edward altogether.

"Bella?" Edward asked softly.

"Hmm?" I replied. I had been deep in thought about what to do next so I was a little out of it when he called me back to reality.

"You look good," he simply said.

I blushed feverishly and I had to look away from his gaze. He was intently staring into my eyes and it made me very uncomfortable. It was hard to form coherent thoughts around him and all I needed now was to think.

"Thanks, so do you," I muttered weakly.

He didn't speak to me the rest of the ride and I actually preferred it that way.

When we arrived at the theatre I still wasn't sure how to act around Edward and I hadn't decided on anything with respect to the yelling or hugging question I had had earlier. They were both very tempting. But I didn't get any more time to think about it because it was time to meet the family now. I hadn't been nervous about seeing the rest of the Cullens anymore since Alice had told me they all still loved me and they only left because of Edward.

Alice turned out to be right, as she usually was. The Cullens were all already there, waiting in front of the theatre for us. Or at least for Alice, Jasper and Edward, since they weren't really expecting me. The shock was apparent on all their faces when I came into view. I saw Carlisle and Edward exchange wary glances before I was picked up and what felt like being sent flying in the air by Emmett. He pulled me in for a tight hug and I couldn't help but laugh and feel relieved at his enthusiasm.

"Bella! It's so good to see you again!" he exclaimed in his booming voice. I just grinned back at him like an idiot.

"Stop crushing her! You'll ruin her dress," Rosalie warned her boyfriend sternly.

"Hi Emmett, it's good to see you too," I replied chuckling.

"Yeah, sorry about that," he muttered a little weakly after the scowl Rosalie had given him.

"Hi Rose," I greeted my friend and she hugged me softly.

"We've missed you Bella," she said sincerely.

"I have missed you too," I replied simply, touched by the gesture.

When I had first met Rosalie I had been extremely intimidated by her looks and I was afraid she was going to be rude and mean to me, I had expected her to think that a girl as plain as I was could never deserve to be around wonderful people like her and her family, but she turned out to be just as loving as the rest of the Cullens had been and she had welcomed me into their home like her sister.

"Bella it is wonderful to see you dear," Esme said when it was her turn to greet me.

I beamed back at the woman I had thought of as my second mother for so long. "It's good to see you again too," I replied.

"Hello Bella," Carlisle greeted me, holding out his hand for me to shake.

"Hi Carlisle," I replied softly.

Carlisle didn't look as welcoming as the rest of them had done. I had always thought of him as another father as well but something was off now. The rest just seemed genuinely happy to see me but Carlisle just seemed concerned for some reason, hurt even.

"Would it be alright for the two of us to talk for a little bit until we go in?" he asked me suddenly. I wondered what he wanted to talk to me about, I hadn't done anything wrong yet had I? Maybe he was asking me to stay away from his family, there had after all been a reason why they had all moved away without telling me.

"S-Sure," I muttered a little scared.

"Good, thank you. Let's go for a little walk," he suggested so we could get some privacy.

I tentatively walked after Carlisle until he stopped in front of a bench. "Let's have a seat for a moment," he said kindly.

"Alright," I replied timidly.

I didn't know what he wanted to talk to me about but he seemed very serious and since his welcome hadn't been as warm as the rest of them had been I was inclined to think that this wasn't going to be a conversation I was going to like.

"First of all, I wanted to say that I am very pleased to see you," he began kindly. "As much of a surprise as it was," he added with a smile.

"Yeah, I didn't really expect to find you guys here either," I replied simply.

"Right, well that's something we need to talk about for a little bit," he continued still not sounding unkind.

"Okay."

"Don't worry Bella, I just want to say that I am really sorry about the way we left, it was more than uncivil of us to do what we did to you, especially since all of us consider you to be family!" he stated to my surprise.

"You don't need to apologize," I said weakly.

"Oh but I do, as head of this family it is my job to protect every member in it and that includes you. I should have talked to Edward instead of letting him convince me to leave just like that," he said.

"It's okay." I didn't want Carlisle to feel sorry for me or to feel bad because of me.

"It's really not okay Bella. I have had numerous arguments with Edward ever since we left Forks. He has been sulking ever since we left and quite frankly it's really been wearing on all of us. We all feel bad for leaving you and we all should have tried harder to stop Edward. I don't want to go into too much details with you right now because I believe Edward and you need to talk this out for yourselves. But you've known Edward for a long time and you know how hard it is to convince him to change his mind once it's made up. That does not however mean that he is the only one to blame for this. Esme and I pride ourselves in always listening to our children whenever they have something they want and since Edward never really asked for anything and this seemed to be very important to him we tricked ourselves into believing that it would all be for the best. But we hurt you and that is something we should have never let happen. Something I should have never let happen to you," he said sadly.

"I was mad at all of you for leaving me the way you did, I was heartbroken and I wanted to escape Forks as quickly as I could once I was done with high school because too much of it reminded me of all of you. I saw you all as my family too and you hurt me. But Alice explained a little what had happened and I can forgive you. I am just happy that I know you are all okay and that you do still care for me," I told Carlisle seriously.

"You are an amazing young woman Bella, I truly am sorry for the pain we have caused you. Please make sure you talk to Edward before you leave so he can have a chance to explain his motives. After that we will never bother you again if that is what you desire," he pleaded.

"Edward doesn't really seem to want to talk to me," I muttered weakly.

"He doesn't want to because he is ashamed but you two have to talk, I'm sure you will be able to work out this mess," Carlisle said confidently. "I have to have a talk with my son now too, I'll make sure he will explain everything to you."

"Thank you Carlisle," I replied sincerely.

"For what my dear?" he asked curiously.

"For this talk, I'm relieved to know you all still like me all the same and for showing me that I was really a part of your family and it wasn't just me making things up. When you left I felt like it had all just been a play you were performing, pretending to like me but finally you got fed up with me and that's why you left. I'm just thankful to see that that wasn't the case," I explained thoughtfully.

"Of course it wasn't a play! You were, are, a part of this family!" he stated firmly.

"Thank you," I said before Carlisle put his arms around me and pulled me in for a brief hug.

It was a relief to know that he still saw me as his daughter.

We walked back to the rest of the family and I could see the strained look on Edward's face from miles away. He probably wasn't happy that his father had tried to smooth things out with me, he probably would have just liked it better if I'd stayed away and he would have never had to have seen me ever again.

"Bella, would you mind going for a walk with me as well?" Edward asked insecurely.

"The show is starting in ten minutes guys, you won't be back on time," Alice warned.

Edward just glared at his sister trying to communicate something of vital importance it seemed. She just shrugged before turning her attention to me.

"We should go pick up the tickets now, how many should I pick up?" she asked me, giving me the option whether or not I wanted to have a chat with her brother.

"You guys go ahead," I replied with a tiny smile.

"Are you sure?" she said warily probably noticing the terrified expression on my face. I wasn't sure if I was ready for this talk yet but I guessed it would have to happen anyways.

"I'm positive," I said a little more surely this time.

"Alright then, let's go guys, the show is almost starting," she urged the rest of the family, giving us some privacy.

"Bye Bella, we'll see you later right?" Rosalie asked.

"Yes sure, I will see you after the show, have fun!" I replied trying my best to sound cheerful.

All of them waved goodbye at us. Then Edward started to walk away from the theatre, probably expecting me to follow him. I looked back at the Cullens once more and I noticed Alice was looking back at me as well. "You'll be fine," she mouthed at me. I just nodded at her, not sure whether she was going to be right but hoping she was.

Edward and I walked in silence for a little while, just strolling the streets of this beautiful city. I looked around trying my best to enjoy the view and not think about the boy who was leading the way right now.

But Edward came to a sudden stop after a few minutes and it almost caused me to bump into him. It startled me and I looked at him with a shocked expression on my face.

"Maybe we should sit somewhere?" he suggested.

"Sure," I replied hoping it would sound indifferent and not as shaky as I felt.

"This should do," he said as we stood in front of a tiny brick wall. He climbed on it and waited for me to do the same. I could see he was struggling, he looked like he had wanted to help me out but at the last minute had decided against it.

I managed to climb up on the little wall all by myself and we did have a nice view of the Eiffel Tower; it was gorgeous at night and even after two months here it still managed to take my breath away.

"I'm sure Alice and Carlisle already told you I was the reason we moved without saying anything to you?" he started uncomfortably.

It was weird to see him like this. In all the time I had known him, I had only seen Edward as this confident guy, on top of the world. It was a strange experience to see him struggle to find his words and to see him insecure.

"Something like that," I offered.

"They have every right to blame me because I am the one to blame," he said sadly.

"Why?" I asked.

I had told myself I would let him tell me his story but I couldn't help myself. I needed to know why he had felt the urge to crush me the way he had done.

"It's hard for me to explain but I have been thinking about it a lot and I know you deserve an explanation so bear with me alright?" he said.

"Alright," I replied tentatively.

"And promise me you won't say anything until I've said what I need to say." He was staring at me intently now and I had a hard time concentrating. So I just nodded and waited for him to continue.

"Alright, well… I don't really know where to begin with this. I have played my apology to you over and over in my head already but I never seemed to be able to get it quite right. I already know that I'll come out looking like a jerk and that doesn't even bother me as much, I have been a jerk to you Bella, a terrible friend and I don't know how I can make it right again but I hope after this you will be able to see my point as well," he began unsurely.

I didn't say anything, like he had requested, but my mind was working overtime, it was hard for me to see him this way. He had this guilty look on his face and he looked sad. I wanted to spare him but on the other hand I was mad at him for causing me as much pain as he had.

"You see, we have been friends for quite some time now and it was great! But from the moment I met you I knew I felt more for you than just friendship. That is what complicated it all. I knew I would never be good enough for you and at a certain point I couldn't take it anymore. I'm not like all the other boys you know. You must have noticed something strange about me and my family right? You are very observant so you couldn't have missed it. But you never asked, you just took us for what we were and kept being friends with us, even if you noticed that other people rather avoided us as much as possible."

I had noticed strange things about the Cullens and I had often wondered why that was but I never thought anything of it, they were my friends, my family. Everyone had a secret and it wasn't my intention to try and figure out theirs. I was sure they had a good reason for not filling me in.

"But like I said Bella, I liked you more than just as a friend. I fell in love with you so quickly. You're an amazing girl and all I wanted to do was spend time with you. I know this is contradictory to my actions but I promise you that you will understand soon enough. But it's not safe for you to get involved with me. Sure I had no delusions that you were actually also interested in me, why would you be? But the treat we posed on your life was always in the back of my mind. So at a certain point Alice told me that I should tell you how I felt about you and I snapped. I didn't want you to know how I felt about you because if, on the very off chance, you would actually feel the same way about me, I still couldn't be with you. The last thing I want to do is hurt you Bella, and I know that I have done so by the way I acted. I convinced my family that we should leave for your safety so my father took a position in the hospital here and I was pretty sure that France was far enough away to make sure we never ran into each other again and you would be able to forget all about us. I also chose Paris because I knew Alice was extremely upset with me and this was my peace offering. She loves fashion and she loves this city, she had always wanted to live her at a certain point in her life so I arranged it this way to make her a little happier about losing her best friend. But it didn't work out the way I wanted it to it seems. It seems I caused you more pain than I would have imagined in the first place, I caused my sister more pain than I had thought and I drove my family crazy with my constant bad mood. Being away from you was harder than anything I ever had to face before in my life. So I was moody, and gloomy and sad, all the time. My family couldn't stand to be around me. I argued with my father often, because he felt guilty for what we had done and because he didn't think I was doing right by you or by me for that matter. I am a mess without you Bella," he explained.

I just stared at him, dumbfounded. I couldn't make sense of what he was saying. He said he was in love with me. He should have just told me that before! And what was that crap about me not being safe around them? Anger was building up inside me and I couldn't hold it in any longer.

"You're in love with me?" I spat at him rather rudely. "And you were too chicken to fess up so you moved to the other side of the world rather than talk to me?"

"I know it sounds bad but I really was only thinking about your best interest," he muttered a little taken aback by my anger.

I had never been angry with any of the Cullens, they all knew me as a happy girl so I could imagine how much of a shock this must be for Edward.

"What is that supposed to even mean? It's not safe to be around you? That doesn't make sense whatsoever! You should have told me something, anything, but you shouldn't have just left without a word!" I accused him.

"I know Bella, believe me I know. But it isn't safe for you to be around us," he told me calmly, pain evident in his eyes.

"What do you mean by that? Why wouldn't it be safe?" I exclaimed confused.

"I'm not like other people," he said still calm. "You noticed that didn't you?"

"Well, yes," I replied more calm myself. "I noticed something was strange about you and your family of course, but I never thought much of it, you guys were amazing to me."

"What do you know about us?" he questioned, clearly trying to get some point across.

"I know that you're all pale, beautiful, you have the same golden eyes, you're cold as ice, you're hard as a rock, I've never seen you actually eat anything and you don't go out into the sunlight," I summarized calmly. I had been thinking about these weird fact about the Cullens a lot before and after they left but now that I actually said them out loud it sounded silly but they didn't sound human to me.

"That's right, why do you think that is?" he asked kindly.

"I'm not sure," I said truthfully. "You're not human?" I asked, knowing how silly I sounded.

"That's right," Edward said again.

"Then what are you?" I questioned.

"Vampires," he replied sadly.

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