A/N I would like to start with how extremely sorry I am that this took so long to get out; I've been super busy lately. Next, I would like to send a big Thank You to My-Arabian-Knight for Beta reading this. Finally, here is chapter three!
Reunited
By: TwilightGirl217
Chapter 3
Bella's Point Of View
I woke up the next morning, and brushed my hand over the bed; hoping to find Edward. Instead, I found a folded piece of paper. It read:
Dear Love,
I left for the hunting trip, with Carlisle, Jasper, and Emmet. I will be back Wednesday night. Alice will be there around eight o'clock this morning. Have fun with Sara, and I will see you soon.
Be safe,
Edward
"Great," I muttered under my breath, as I looked at the clock sitting next to my bed; it read 7:30.
I rolled out of bed, and headed to my closet to get dressed.
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I was downstairs making pancakes when Sara came down, yawning.
"Good morning," I smiled.
She nodded and smiled back.
"Ready for breakfast?" I asked, already knowing that pancakes were her favorite.
Just as Sara finished eating a knock came at the door; Alice must know that Sara's downstairs, or else she would've just come in.
"Coming," I yelled in the direction of the door.
Sara grabbed my hand as I walked over to meet Alice.
"Good morning, Bella," Alice said, a little too excited.
"Hey, Alice," I laughed, as Sara, still holding my hand, stepped behind me. I turned to her, "Sara, this is Alice, she's Edward's sister.
This seemed to make her feel a little better, because she stepped out from behind me, but still didn't say anything.
Alice crouched down to Sara's height and said more calmly, "Hello, Sara."
Seeing that Alice was getting no where I invited her in and told Sara to go get dressed.
"Esme said that she would meet up with us later. She had to run to the store. Jasper and Emmet were fighting and broke the coffee table." Alice told me, while we were washing the breakfast dishes.
"Is Rose coming, too?" I knew Rose still didn't like me very much, but I figured that she might want to meet Sara.
Alice just shook her head no, with a sad smile on her face, and said, "She's so stubborn."
I nodded, knowing that if Rose didn't want to do something, she wasn't going to do it; that included liking me.
"So," I grinned. "Where is Esme meeting us?"
"Hold on one second," Alice went into a vision and I grabbed onto her elbow to steady her. Her eyes glazed over and her face went blank.
When her vision was over I let go and she told me that Esme would be meeting us at the park around noon.
Just then Sara walked into the kitchen and came over to me, "Auntie?" She asked quietly.
"Yes?"
She looked up at me with her bright, blue eyes, and waved her hand so that I would bend down. When I did she whispered, "When are we leaving?"
"Soon," I reassured her. Ever since she was a baby, she's always loved going to the park with her mother. She loved the beach even more, but I decided to take her to the beach in La Push some other time.
Sara went to the living room, while Alice and I talked at the kitchen table.
Alice looked over to the entrance way of the living room.
"She's very shy," I told Alice.
"Why?" Alice pouted, "I can't figure out why she doesn't like me."
"It's not that she doesn't like you Alice, she just doesn't know you. I'm sure that once she does she'll love you."
This perked her up for a minute, but then she seemed confused, "Why does she cling to you? Like when I came in, she wouldn't even come near me."
"Alice," I began softly. "Her mother just died, she's really upset right now. She's known me since she was a baby. The only family that she's ever had was her mother, and me, and her mother's gone now. She's scared, Alice."
I wasn't sure if Alice understood completely, but she seemed to understand better than before.
We sat there in silence for a while, while Alice absorbed all of this.
Finally she muttered an, "Oh."
I nodded.
By now it was 11:30. I made Sara and myself a sandwich, and then we left for the park.
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When we pulled into the parking lot, I went to get Sara out, and found she was sleeping.
"Awe," Alice said. "She's so cute."
"I know."
Just then I felt a hand on my shoulder and jumped. "Ahh!"
Alice and Esme started snickering.
"Is this Sara?" Esme had a motherly smile on her face. "She's adorable."
"Yes, Esme, this is Sara."
Esme had a strange look on her face, "Doesn't she want to get out of the car and play?"
"Um, Esme?"
"Yes, Bella."
"She's asleep."
"Oh,"
Alice started laughing, and not too soon after, Esme and I were too.
"So," Esme said, after we stopped laughing. "How does Sara like it here in Forks?"
"I'm not quite sure; she hasn't really had a chance to adjust yet."
"She's taken well to Edward," Alice interrupted, with a smile that made me feel uneasy.
I looked at Esme, who also had a smile, but more of a happy smile. "It's just because he was the first one that she met when she got here."
Just then, there was a strong gust of wind, followed by hard rain. I looked over at the open car door, to find that Sara was still asleep.
I closed the door, and turned to Alice and Esme, "Well, I think that we should call it a day."
Alice eyed me sadly.
"Alice," I smiled. "Would you like to spend the night?"
"Oh! Bella, I'd love to!" She squealed, jumping up and down.
With that, Alice and I went back to my house, while Esme went home.