Chapter 4: Reunion

Sorry about the wait in updates, but I have just been on a holiday. Also, some of you got the impression that I was to finish the story there. Nay, I am not that cruel, and also I enjoy writing it. So here I am typing listening to iTunes.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Twilight, Tagged, or any of the things mentioned in the story.

Edward's POV:

That week we had moved into our Mt. Washington home. It had been a while since we had lived here, and the house, needless to say was in a bit of a mess. That Wednesday we moved it. Esme and the girls certainly had magic hands. The house looked brand new.

The rain forest around it hadn't been trimmed for a while. Nevertheless, Emmett enjoying chain sawing it away. Needless to say, Emmett was left alone to do this job, for if you annoyed him you would be missing a limb or some part of your body.

It was now Friday evening, and I was pacing in the garage, while the clattering of tools and cussing filled the big space. The garage, had needed no work, and still had some of our old cars there.

Carlisle was delighted to find his 2005 Wald Range Rover (Pics on profile), which he loved, in perfect condition. His new Wald Bentley Continental flying spur was sitting in the garage, with 50 miles on the odometer. The Mansory Stallion from Emmett, Jasper and me I the Gumball three thousand stood there sparkling, with just over 3500 miles. I insisted we keep this car for memory stakes, considering that when we did the race, the car was a concept and was meant to come into production 4 years later. All of my sibling's cars stood there.

There was space for about a dozen more cars in there, and I couldn't help but imagine that space filled with a few of Bella's cars.

My Brabus was on the in built lift. Rosalie was under there. All of the bumpers and side skirts were off, and a tray caught the pool of oil coming from it.

"Jesus Edward. I know you were in a rush, but did you really have to crack the sump? And the body kit? Well, you better call Brabus now, because there is no way to fix that, just to buy a new one. It's all scuffed from bottoming out" Rosalie said, appalled at the treatment of the car. "I expect this from Emmett, but not you!"

"Well, can you fix it for tomorrow?" I asked. "Are you kidding me?" she said, "to get the sump by Sunday, I would have to fly to Germany, drive to Brabus, pick it up myself and come back! And the body kit, it needs Brabus engineers to come here, to match the paint of the car when they replace it!" "Well, just do what you can" I said. "What do you think I'm doing?"

"Fine then" I said. "I will just use-" "If you touch my Mansory Bel Air after this I will kill you!" she said, "I was going to say Carlisle's Bentley," I said. "Wald, Edward, not Bentley, Wald!" She said. Whenever she was around cars, she was no doubt easier to live with, but no less annoying.

"Anyway, are you sure you want to take that to a shopping centre with humans? You may as well just take Esme's Fisker" "Whatever!" I said, and stormed up stairs. I was in my room, stereo blaring, when I got a knock on the door. I pressed a button on my stereo remote, and the music stopped. "Come in" I said, bluntly. I was still in a bad mood. (To make it less confusing for you, I recommend you look up all of the pictures of the mentioned cars)

"It'll all work out you know" Alice said. This made my dead heart flutter, but I couldn't let my hopes get up. "It Better" I muttered. "Yeah, I sure hope so, 'cause I'm sick of you moping around in such a bad mood!" Alice said. "Humph" was my intellectual reply. "Oh god Edward! You have gone back, even worse, than you were before you met Bella!"

"You know, it hurts all of us that she is gone. You the most I am sure, but for us, we gained not a sister, and lost her, but a brother as well!" Alice said. "You know Alice? I get that, but I thought it was the best thing for us to do at the time! At least I was for keeping her human! If it were up to you we would have killed her! Alice, we kill to live, I didn't want to subject her to that!" I yelled.

"Yeah, well if you listened to my visions, she wouldn't have suffered as much! She had to go through a lot on her own! And about how you think we are monsters? Its not what we are that make us monsters, it's what we make ourselves! I see it in everyone Edward, and just so you know! We are not monsters; we try to make us more normal, like humans! But some humans are monster's too Edward! If you weren't so blind, you would have given her what she wanted, she would have had a better life! Get it through your thick head Edward!" Alice yelled, leaving the room.

I had the punch of guilt in my stomach. I was an idiot. I was shunning the people I would need most for the rest of my life! I ran to Alice's room, were she was in Jasper's arms. Jasper glared at me from the door, but it wasn't judgemental. He knew I was hurting, but he was pissed cause I hurt his wife.

"I have come to apologise," I said. Alice looked up. "I was wrong. It was wrong to leave Bella to fend for herself, it was wrong for me to mope around, and make it harder for everyone. But I can't live in the past anymore. Tomorrow, I am going to make it all right. And I need everyone to help me to do so" I said, quietly.

I then heard a click, and Emmett said, "Yes! I finally caught you saying you were wrong on tape!" he yelled, and I could hear him dancing around. "One second please" I said to Alice and Jasper. I ran downstairs, broke Emmett's tape recorder, and punched him for good measure. Laughing, I ran upstairs into my room, locking the door behind me, not that it would do much to stop a bulk vampire.

I lay in bed, trying to think of strategies to win Bella back. I could only think of one, find her, and tell her out straight. Real original. As I lay thinking, I heard my earlier speech being played, to Emmett's booming laugh. He had swapped the tape! I ran downstairs, and he gave a fleeting look, before running out the door.

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As morning came to another cloudy day, I was quite satisfied. After chasing Emmett through Canada, and most of the Continental US, I had gotten and destroyed the tape, which was somewhere at the bottom of Niagara Falls. As I walked in, I saw that I had just enough time to get freshened up. "Esme" I called, as I walked out of the bathroom.

"Yes Dear?" She replied. "Could I please borrow you car?" I asked. "As long as I don't see it on a lift with Rosalie working on it when you get back" she joked. That would be used for a while. Once Alice scratched the paint of my old Volvo behind the door handle. She payed for the whole car to be resprayed. That car, sitting in our Forks house garage, was in pristine condition. I would never get rid of it. I had met Bella while in possession of that car.

I grabbed the keys of her, and headed out in the garage. I winced at he sight of the Brabus. The whole front end, fenders, bumpers, hood, were all off. I got in Esme's car, and drove out of the long driveway. On the way, I kept my mind off what I hope would be a reunion. I tried focusing on the road, but that was as much use as sleeping to me. I got to the mall, and parked away from all of the cars. I was one of three cars in the empty parking lot.

A white Mercedes Brabus Tuned GLK, and an Audi shared it with me. I locked Esme's car, and got that satisfying beep, with the indicators flashing. I went into the store.

I searched the mall, but I got quite frustrated, quite fast. I couldn't read her mind, and I hadn't heard he voice of her friend. I decided to search through random peoples minds. I found Bella being dragged by her friend to a Prada store. I ran at human speed to the east wing of the mall, which took me ten minutes. The mall here was huge. I caught them just as they were leaving. Bella's eyes went wide as she recognised me. She tried to walk away from me, but I stopped her. Before she could say a word, I started speaking. "Please Bella, just hear what I've come here to say," I said. She stopped. Her friend was glaring at me. "What is your friends name?" I asked. "It's Carmen," she growled. "Carmen, it's very nice to meet you. I am sure Bella's told you about how much of an idiot I am?" I said. Bella's resolve didn't waver.

Could we perhaps somewhere more privet, as in not the middle of a mall walkway?" I asked. She nodded stiffly. I led them to the food court. "Is this a joke?" asked Carmen. "No, I think this a good place for a conversation" I said.

"Bella, where can I start? I was an idiot. I left you when you needed me, just to save you from what is obviously fate" I said, gesturing to her. "But what I said in the forest, it wasn't true! I thought you would see right through me! I never stopped loving you, and never will. I know that may have changed with you, but I can't control it! I left so you wouldn't have to become what we are. I also had to save you from the Volturi"

I expected her not to know about the Volturi, but obviously she knew about them. I then saw in Carmen's head she was an ex guard. "Look, I don't know wether you love me back, but I love you, always have, and never won't. I don't want to push you, but please, please," I pleaded, "Think it over, if you love me back, it will be bliss. But if you don't, well…" I didn't finish the sentence. To tell her I would kill myself if she didn't love me would be a bit much.

"I love you" I said, and stood up. "I'll consider it," she said quietly. My heart leapt, and I couldn't help the goofy grin the covered my face. I recovered my composure, and grabbed her hand. I looked her in the eyes, "Thank you" I said. Should I? Well, it can't hurt…I kissed her on the cheek, and walked off. Once in my car, I yelled out in happiness. I drove back home on a giddy high.

If she said she didn't love me though…

Well there you have it! I know there was a lot of car talk at the start, but it's necessary for the future of the story. All of the cars mentioned, are on my profile. And I may, just may (I don't know yet) put what everyone drives now on. Some people would call it nerdiness, I call it research. Maybe I am just a car geek lol. See you next chapter every body! And remember to press this button! (If my trick doesn't work, it's the review button)

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