Possibilities

If at any point of the night I thought they couldn't look any more horrified than they had already, I was wrong. Esme, Rosalie and Alice had all put there hands over there mouths covering their loud gasps and sullen expressions. Carlisle's, Jasper's and Emmett's expressions were hard and you could tell that they had stopped breathing altogether. Edward had sunk to his knees and placed his hands on his face, sobbing tearlessly.

Oh, how I wanted to comfort him, how I wanted to kiss his non-existent tears away and tell him that it was going to be alright. But my darker half stopped me; it was pleased that Edward was in pain. As much as I hated to admit it, Edward did deserve to know the truth, to have it pain him as it had pained me. I loathed myself for enjoying his torment right now. I was never a vengeful person. What kind of a monster was I?

They all looked at me again curiously, but I knew why. "You can't really tell, though, I was only about a month or so in," I unzipped my coat to give them a peek. "And, yes, it was Edward's."

"How is that possible?" Carlisle asked. "I don't know how that is at all possible. Vampires are incapable of baring or conceiving children. We are technically dead, unable to produce life."

"But I was alive. I had everything necessary to sustain a life," I said zipping my coat back up. "Two vampires can't mate and produce a living or non-living being for that matter. Yes, we are dead and not all of our system works as it should if we were alive, but some parts …" I waved toward his groin area "are in working order. It is possible to impregnate a human, but only a male vampire can of course. The reason no such thing has ever been heard of is because no male vampire has ever mated with a human female, well at least not without killing her.

"Again, it's a moot point now. What's done is done. I honestly thought … hoped, that I would never see any of you again. It hurts to think of you. It hurts even more seeing you, but there is that part of me that wants to run to you and embrace all of you."

"Oh, honey …" Esme stepped towards me to touch me, but I quickly stepped back.

"No," I said quickly. "No, not this time, not now," I said staring at the ground too hurt to even look up at Esme wounded expression. "It is one thing for Edward to leave, he may have had his reasons, but …" I looked up to face them now "you all left me too."

They were silent for a moment, looking intently towards the floor and at each other. They felt ashamed, it was clear on their faces.

"You're right. We did leave you, it was inexcusable, but we are here now," Carlisle said. "We have comeback to you, it hasn't been easy for any of us since you were gone," he looked over to Edward who was still on his knees sobbing silently.

"You think that'll do it, that that'll make it all better?" I said a little too harshly. "All ends that ends well, is that it."

"Of course not," Edward responded and then all too quickly he was kneeling down in front me. "I know what I did to you is unforgivable. There is nothing in this world that will make your pain go away. I love you and I never stopped loving you, but I know that that will never be enough to ease your suffering. So, I offer you my life, take it," he said.

I didn't understand what he was telling me. What would I do with his life, what could I do with it? All I ever wanted with his life was to be apart of it, forever. I gazed at him utterly confused and he noticed that I had not understood his words.

"Take my life, Bella, do what you want with it. Kill me if it will make you feel better," he reiterated.

"Edward," Esme gasped in fear.

My expression quickly changed to that of disbelief and anger. I stepped away from his begging form. How could he ever ask me to do such a thing?

I took in an angry breath before speaking. "I can't," I said sadly now.

"Please, Bella," he begged.

"No."

"I'll bloody do it," Maria said angrily as she stepped forward. She and the others had been verbally silent this whole time. I had expected her reaction, but I quickly held my hand out to stop her.

"No," I said more forcefully and she stepped back. I was happy that she was cooperating, but I knew that she wanted nothing more than to kill Edward. But, also part of her wanted me to forgive him; so I could finally be happy.

I took a step towards Edward and held out my hand to help him up. The moment our hands touched I felt a surge of electricity run the entire length of my body and back to my hand that Edward still held. We stared into each others eyes longingly. No doubt he had felt that same reaction I had.

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