Chapter 4

BPOV

All I have dreamed about for the last three weeks are a nice warm shower and to sleep in a bed of my own. That is all I have wanted, so as soon as I get to my house, I walked upstairs to shower, change, and sleep. I was about to start taking off my uniform when I hear my window open. As I turn around guess who I see standing in my bedroom, you guessed right the one person I never wanted to see again. EDWARD. He just stood there by my window staring at me.

"What in the world do you want now" I sneered

"Come over to our house, we all miss you and want to talk to" he pleaded

"Why the hell should I," I asked him

"Because we all love and miss you," he told me

"Bullshit, if you loved me then you would not have left me in the forest or did you forget that? I was your distractions, if I recall correctly but human memories fade so maybe I forgot what you said to me. So, do not stand here and tell me that you love me" I was growing angrier every moment that past.

"Please Bella, just come and talk to us, let us explain to you, plus Jasper wants to talk military with you." He said still pleading

"Fine, I will come, but only because I have respect for Jasper as a military man, I would love to learn any skills he may have to pass on." I stated, "Plus I am driving myself so that I can leave at any point if I feel uncomfortable."

I could tell that he was hurt by my request to drive myself, but I do not care. I walked back downstairs without ever changing out of my uniform, hopped into my truck, and started down the familiar path to the Cullen's house.

EPOV

As soon as I saw Bella get into her car, I started my run home. I obviously got back to my house before Bella did in her old rusty truck. Alice immediately bounced up to me asking if I convinced Bella to talk to us. I asked her why she did not see Bella's response since she is supposed to know the future, but I told her in front of my entire family that the only reason that she was coming was that she had respect for Jasper being a fellow military man.

Suddenly the whole family gets quite as we hear the all to the familiar sound of Bella's truck. As soon as my family got comfortable, we hear the ringing of the doorbell. Esme is the mother of the family; she was the one to get up and open the door for Bella. I was finally able to get a proper look at her, and she is beyond beautiful. She gave me a dirty look when she caught me staring at her, but I did not care because I loved her even more now than I did before.

"Well Bella, I guess that Edward told you that I wanted to talk to you about what is going on overseas," Jasper told her with my family in agreement.

"Yes Jasper, he did tell me that, so how much of it do you want to hear. But know that it will not be a pretty story because as you know in war, you see and do things that change you forever where that be for the good or the bad your changed," Bella stated

"All of it," the entire family said

"Ok, it all started about three months after you all left me in the forest, cold and alone. I was walking home from work one day when I saw a flyer asking for military recruits. I saw it as my one way of moving forward with my life without my second family. I went home that night and talked to Charlie about joining the Army; he told me that he was proud of me no matter what I choose to do with my life. The very next day I signed up for the Army than three days later they were sending me out for training-"

"Wait, why only three days Jasper asked her with curiosity

"They needed recruits and fast because they needed the people in the field. So, after three days I was sent to training, after training I was immediately set on my first tour. My first tour was the best time of my life, I met some of my best friends, my military family, the gang and I came back alive. Next, we went out on our second tour where things start to change." You could Tell that Bella was getting upset about something, but she kept on with her story "Jackson and myself were doing a normal patrol or so we thought. We started to get ambushed by the enemy. Jackson pushed me out of the way from a stray bullet, but in the process, he was shot and killed right in front of me. Once we got home we got to stay an extra week for his funeral; Next was our third tour, I took two bullets for my best friend, Santana and came home for four weeks. Our last tour was interesting. I got shot again and kidnapped by the enemy. I was tortured close to death for about five weeks before I was rescued. After that we were sent home for a month, we went back one more time. Now I am home awaiting my next orders." Bella tried to skip out on the details, but my family was not going to have it.

"How many times where you Shit, Bella dear" Esme stated

"I have been shot a total of three times, but it was nothing."

"Didn't matter, of course, it matters you were shot three times what do you mean that it doesn't matter" I stated to Bella

"It didn't matter because I took the bullets for my team, my friends, I was tying to protect the people I love. If Jackson didn't take that first bullet for me, I would be dead, and I did not want him to die in vain. No one gets left behind, right Jasper you should know that better than anyone." She asked staring straight at Jasper

Jasper nodded yes back to her, all I wanted to do was rip him apart for encouraging her to get shot at. I growled at him; it was the only thing I could do. Bella surprised us all when she snarled back at me. My family just sat there as we watched her walk away in a fit.

BPOV

When I got home, I went right up to my room, hoping to take that nice warm shower finally. After my shower, I changed into shorts and a tank top. I was about to go to bed when I hear my cell phone ringing downstairs. I get up out of bed and run downstairs to answer my phone when I see that it is Bryan.

"Hello?" I answered

"Hey Bella, its Bryan I just got the call we need to go back tomorrow morning. Our flight leaves at noon."

"Okay, thanks for telling me, I'll be ready," I said as I hung up. The first thing I did after I hung up was text Charlie telling him we had to go back earlier than expected and when my flight was. After sending the text to Charlie, I went back upstairs and guessed who is once again in my room. If you guessed EDWARD, then you win a million dollars.

"Can't you leave me the hell alone, I don't want to see you," I yelled

"No, I can't leave you alone because I have been waiting four years to tell you something" he responded

"Well, get it out than I don't have all night, and the faster you say it, the faster you can leave me alone," I stated

He came up and grabbed me around my waist, "I love you" he said while he was trying to kiss me.

"No, you don't, don't you remember you said so yourself," I said trying not to cry.

He stared straight into my eyes and told me "I lied to you, Bella."

"Well, you know what you can't love me, you're too late," I stated

"Why what do you mean, I'm here now telling you I love you, do you have another man in your life?" He asked me to hurt covering his face.

"No there is no other guy now, but I just got the call I am being deployed again, I leave tomorrow."