4. Dressing Room
JPOV
As soon as Bella locked her eyes with ours, I knew something was wrong. Her emotions were haywire, shock, then happiness, then finally an overwhelming sense of grief. In that moment, when she fled offstage, I knew that she wasn't expecting to see us ever again.
EdPOV
Bella. Bella, Bella, Bella. What had I done to her? As soon as she saw us, she had run offstage. I had imagined lots of reactions, even fainting was one of them, but I had not anticipated this. So I repeat; what had I done?
The red head, Eliza I remembered, was puzzled in her mind. What did you do to her? I've never seen her this bad. What did she mean, this bad? It surprised me that it was her mate that answered, Ian. Ever since you left, she has sort of become depressive. So that's what I had done. I had turned her into depressive girl. Nice.
Yeah, I know. You really weren't that kind to her. Do you know what she's gone through? So Eliza's mate was a mind reader, like me. How uncommon. Suddenly, the Aphrodite's voice in my head became very vulgar.
You f**king bastard! How dare you show your sorry little ass in this concert! This concert is for new loves, not lost ones. She continued to curse me in her mind in not a very nice way. I had a feeling she and Rose would get on great together. Rose was swearing at me in my head too. I didn't even like her and I feel sorry for her to have to put up with you!
I swear Jasper was thinking of killing himself with all the emotions going through the crowd. For the crowd was killing itself for the loss of their favourite singer, the Fallen Angel. Actually, it was mainly the males who felt this way. Most of them had just lost their chance to woo a beautiful, charming girl. But Bella is mine. Wait, now i sound like some psychopathic stalker. Bella was mine. I suppose i had lost the privilege to call her my own.
Ian's voice was very loud in my mind. Yeah, I suppose you have.
BPOV
My heart was breaking, I was sure of it. I mean, in the past months my heart had been missing. Stolen from my chest. But it was different now. When it had been missing, it did not hurt physically. My chest had just been empty. I could feel no pain with my heart gone. But now, it was back inside me, just breaking into pieces at the lightest of touches. And trust me, it hurt like hell.
I can't believe He came back. It was impossible. Why would he want to see me? It was He who had said he stopped loving me. Not the other way round. I still loved him with all my heart, or what was left with it once he had smashed it into pieces. That was what was stopping me from moving on. He had taken my heart and had not given it back. Without a heart, you cannot love. So, technically, He had stopped me from loving.
So he had broken his promise to not stay away. He had broken his promise about not going away in the first place. All the promises He said he'd keep all got washed down the gutter. As i lay on my queen-sized bed in my dressing room, I thought about everything we had been through, together. Did that not mean anything to him?
APOV
The concert was over the moment Bella had left the stage. We all hurried out of the auditorium when we were stopped by Bella's vampire buddies, Eliza, Ian and Annabelle. The looks on their faces confirmed my fear; they hated us for what we had done to Bella. Suddenly, a vision filled my mind. Edward, cradling Bella into his chest. They were in her dressing room, right where we were heading now. So the vampires aren't going to stop us. Interesting.
Then the male vampire, Ian, spoke, "No, we are not going to stop you, only to warn you. Bella is...well, let's say she is killing both Jasper and Annabelle with her emotions. She is an emotional wreck."
I sighed. I had told Edward that this would happen. He did not understand the depth of the love Bella had felt for him. Still felt for him. He thought that she would forget him and move on like most humans did. But Bella is not most humans and he did not understand how different she was.
"Well, can we at least see her?" Esme asked in a quiet voice. I knew that she felt guilty for the loss of Bella, no matter how many times we had told her it was not her fault. Then Rosalie spoke,
"Yeah, can we see her?" I was stunned. Did Rose really just say she wanted to see Bella? W. O. W. I never knew she actually cared for Bella. Looks like I was wrong.
"Sure you can. Just be prepared."
I rushed past him down the hallway, my love at my heels. "Darling, you could wait for the family before you barge into the dressing room." Jazzy whispered into my ear. I sighed. I really just wanted to see Bella!
EdPOV
As Alice rushed past the vampires, Jasper at her heels, I shouted for them to wait up. Of course, Alice never listens to me and just continued. I stepped around Eliza, Ian and Annabelle and ran down the hallway to join them. I could hear my family behind me, verbally and inside my mind.
I wonder if Bella will forgive me? Rosalie's mellow voice sounded in my head. Did she want Bella to for like her? Then why the hell did she practically exile Bella in the time that they met? Sometimes I did not get my sister.
I hope Bella is still as clumsy as she was before we...left. Then I can prank her again. Mua ha ha! Emmett's childish voice said. He was not going to touch my, no, wait, forget the my, Bella. She was just too vulnerable.
Poor Bella. She has been through so much. She should never have had to do that. I wonder if she hates us. I cringed Esme's kind voice stated exactly what I of was afraid. What if Bella did hate us? What then?
We had arrived at her dressing room door. Eliza stepped in front of us and knocked on the door.
"Bella, I know you're in there. You have some very...eager guests who would like to speak to you. If you do not open the door in 3 seconds, I will break the door down myself." Wow, she was demanding. A lot like Alice, in some ways. I saw Ian grin out of the corner of my eye.
"Go away." I heard my angel's muffled reply. Ahh, bliss. I was hearing my angel's voice after all this time. It was not a big thing, but it was something I never expected to hear again.
"Okay, that's it. I'm banging the door down in 3...2...1..."
"No! Wai-"I heard just before the door was smashed to the ground. In a moment, I saw why.
(AN: So tempted to leave it there. )
Bella was halfway through getting changed. She had changed out of the tights and skirt she had worn when performing. When the door broke down, she was halfway through getting out of her shirt. Her bra was still on but he had no top. Being the gentleman I was, I looked away but not before I caught a glimpse of her half-naked body. She really was beautiful, even when I could see her ribs clearly. Her mahogany hair had lost its shine and her eyes had lost their sparkle. She looked at me as though she was crazy. Then she broke out of her mini-trance and grabbed her doona. She wrapped it around herself then turned to me.
"Edward," her quiet, gentle voice rang clearly. "What are you doing here?"
"To see you." I answered with all my heart. I wanted to say to see you, to hold you, to love you, to beg for forgiveness and to take you back. But I didn't, because I knew that would scare her. So I merely answered with three words, hoping they were enough.
I think that was the time she fainted.
AN: So, do you like it? Sorry if that was too much of a cliffy. Anyway, I may get another chap in before I go on holidays. But if I don't, don't worry. I will be back in 4 days