A/N: Thanks to the following that have reviewed: nikkistew, zammie and ian and amy fan, jayd-n33, ilOVEyOUh.1001, rpattz granny, BookLady22. Also thanks for the 5 new story alerts, 1 new author alert, 1 new favourite author and 3 new favourite stories.

You may be wondering why I'm uploading early. Well I was bored and there was nothing on TV and I just didn't feel like watching Twilight, New Moon or Eclipse for the 20 millionth time. Plus I've already watched Twilight today. I can actually quote Twilight now because I've watched it that much. I also feel a bit nasty for uploading on tues or weds then disappearing for 2 weeks so I decided that you get 2 chapters this week!

BookLady22 - Mmmm I would like some Robert too lol. I have actually banned people from sitting on the Edward side of my bed. That is my spot! I tell them all to pull up a place on Bella.

Now some people have been commenting on Rose dying. My reasons for killing off Rose is because it was either Alice or Rose and well I love Alice. She makes me laugh and I see some of myself in her. That doesn't mean however that I don't love Rose because I do. I'm just a bit fonder of Alice lol.

Disclaimer: Nope not mine. I only own the book series, the movie companion guides, the director's notebook guide, the wii game, the dvd's, a huge poster of Edward, the duvet cover set, an edward phone sock and my canvases. Does that count? Nah didn't think so.

Chapter 7

The following week found a freshly showered and shaved Edward Cullen making his way back to Forks. For the entire week that had past he had thought about Alice's last words to him. He was still thinking about them now.

"Take a shower because you stink. Shave because stubble isn't a good look. Oh and you may find everything you need and want in Forks. I'll see you next week."

He understood what she had meant by taking a shower and shaving because to be honest it had gotten to the point where he could smell himself and it wasn't a good smell either. He had also realised the need to shave when he had caught sight of himself in a mirror. Stubble really wasn't a good look for him. There was no doubt in his mind that he would never be able to pull off having a beard and sure enough as soon as he knew Alice had left his building he had gone and taken a shower and shaved.

He just didn't understand what she had meant but what he needed and wanted being in Forks. Did she mean Bella? Did she mean that all this time she had known where Bella, his beautiful and angelic Bella was? Edward slammed his hand onto the steering wheel of his Volvo and cursed. He had already decided that if Alice did mean Bella then he wasn't happy about her keeping quiet about it for eleven long years.

Edward drove past the "Welcome to Forks" road sign and muttered to himself, "Home sweet home… Not!"

As he drove through the town he noticed that some things had changed whereas some things hadn't changed. He drove past the Thrift way store and smiled inwardly to himself. He also drove past the familiar building of Forks High School and remembered meeting Bella there for the first time.

He didn't doubt that Forks had a lot of good memories that concerned him and Bella. He just like the bad memories that also resurfaced whenever he thought about Forks. Memories such as his rather bad break up with Bella. He could never forget the look on her face when he walked out of their house. The house that they had rented together upon graduating from high school. That was supposed to have been the start of their future. Well some future that turned out to be.

Half of him wanted to see if she still lived there but half of him didn't. He finally decided not to as he didn't want to bring those memories of him leaving her up again. Without even realizing it he had turned onto the street where Charlie Swan had lived while they were all in high school. He stopped the Volvo and debated on whether to turn round and take another route to his parents' house.

Edward decided to drive by the house just to see it. Maybe he would see Bella's red Chevy parked in the driveway? Maybe this was what Alice had meant for him to do? He decided that it wouldn't hurt. Or would it? As he drove past the quaint, white house he was downtrodden to see that there wasn't a red Chevy or even Charlie's police cruiser parked in the drive. Instead there was a black Cadillac Escalade parked in the drive. He also saw a small petite, brown haired girl jumping rope on the sidewalk.

Edward parked the car on the opposite side of the road and watched the child jumping rope for a few minutes. He couldn't help but think how much this child looked like his Bella. Maybe she was still living there and she had moved on. He just prayed that she hadn't married Jacob Black. He remembered how much he had hung onto her every word during high school. He looked at the child again and realized that she didn't have Jacob's russet skin shook his head and drove off but if he had waited just a minutes more then he would have seen his angel exit the house and look at his car.

Bella watched the familiar Volvo drive off down the street and shook her head. It couldn't be could it? There was no way that he would still have that Volvo. She looked at Carlie and laughed.

"Carlie! Why are you not ready yet? Aunt Alice is waiting for us! I asked you not to go outside and jump rope," she scolded.

Carlie stopped jumping and looked at her mother.

"Aw mom. I thought I had time."

"And now we are late. Please dearest child of mine go inside and get dressed. We have to leave."

Carlie nodded and gathered her jump rope up. She skipped past her mother and into the house. Bella laughed again and followed her daughter inside. Once inside she quickly checked her reflection in the mirror. She was wearing a simple black pair of trousers and white blouse. She looked at the 4 inch black heels that Alice had told her to wear but thought the better of it. The last thing that the Cullen's needed today was her falling flat on her face. She slipped her feet into the black pair of flat ballet pumps and looked again. "Yes," she thought, "that was good enough."

Bella found Carlie's party shoes. They were black, patent dolly shoes that were usually reserved for her school friends' parties as her daughter was more like Bella than she realized. She preferred to wear her Chucks and sneakers. In fact she lived and died in them even when she went to school.

"Carlie! Come on!" Bella yelled up the stairs.

"Hold on!" Carlie yelled back.

Bella sighed and knew that if they were late Alice would have her guts for garters. She waited a few moments more before ascending the stairs. She walked into her old bedroom which had now been painted baby blue.

"Carlie Renee Swan what are you doing up here?" she asked.

She caught sight of Carlie sat on her bed shaking and rushed to sit next to her.

"Carlie, what's the matter?" she asked.

Carlie looked up at her mother and sniffed.

"We're gonna say bye to her. I'm never going to see Aunt Rose again," Carlie replied.

Bella pulled Carlie into her arms and kissed her hair then said, "Oh sweetheart. We all miss her and this isn't saying goodbye. It's more of a see you soon. We're going to celebrate her life and yes people will be sad but we have our pictures and memories so we can always see her in those."

Carlie nodded into Bella's chest then pulled away and wiped her tears. She pulled on her shoes and buckled them up then stood up. Bella took in the plain, black dress that she had recently purchased for this occasion and sniffed.

"Come on Isabella Swan! We're going to be late!" Carlie told Bella as she pulled her up.

As they walked down the stairs Bella scolded her daughter, "My name to you is mom!"

"Yes mommy dearest!" Carlie sang as she skipped out of the house.

Bella locked the house up and joined her daughter in the car. She checked that Carlie was buckled up then buckled herself and started the car. As she pulled out of the driveway she thought about that Volvo. It was certainly heading in the right direction but it couldn't be. Could it?

As Edward approached the Cullen house he pulled in at the side of the road and rested his head on the steering wheel. Before he knew it he had been sat like that for thirty minutes and his cell was signalling that he had a new text message. He picked his phone up from the passenger seat and read the message.

Edward! Where the hell are you? We have to start without you! This isn't good! I am not happy! Alice

Edward chuckled and muttered, "Crazy little pixie."

Relax Al. I'm just pulling in. Start and I'll stand at the back and I know what you're wondering. Yes I showered and shaved. Figured the whole homeless look wasn't for me. Love you.

Edward started the Volvo up and slowly pulled into the driveway of the Cullen house. Not much had changed since he had left all those years ago. It still looked exactly the same. He shut the car off and got out. As he looked up at the house he couldn't help but notice the same black Cadillac Escalade that had been parked outside Charlie's house. He shook his head and figured that Rose had known a lot of people in Forks so it could belong to anyone. He slowly walked though the house and into the back yard.

He noticed that there had been chairs put outside for this occasion and that each and every one of them was filled. He stood by the yard door and listened to what was being said. Alice who was currently waited to deliver her eulogy noticed Edward and smiled. He smiled back and watched as she stood in front of everyone that was present.

"Rosalie was the kindest person I ever met. Sure she could be a bitch at times but she knew when and where to turn that side of herself on. When she married my brother, Emmett, I was so happy that we would be sisters for real. Sometimes it's hard being the only girl. We went through high school together along with my brothers, Emmett and Edward and Bella. We found that the guys would stick together and us girls would stick together.

"The best thing about Rose was that she loved to torture Bella. We would play Bella Barbie with her and make her come shopping with us. When I opened my clothing store Rose would make sure that I had quality time with my family and I had intended on returning that favor when she had her family. I guess I'll never get to do that now. I'm going to miss her loads and can't wait till we finally meet again. When that happens I'll feel like I've found one of my sisters again. Until then I'll have to persevere with looking into the sky and finding the star twinkling that indicates she's waving to us. I miss you Rose! Now my daughter Cara would like to sing a song to her Auntie Rosie."

Alice beckoned for Cara to join her and she knelt behind her. Cara smiled sweetly and started to sing her song.

"Tinkle, tinkle, little star,

How I wonner what yo are,

Up bove the world so high,

Like a dimon in the sky,

Tinkle, tinkle, little star,

How I wonner what yo are!"

Edward felt his breath get caught in his throat when his niece was singing. She looked so much like Alice and even had her mannerisms. Many of the people attending were "ahhing" at the small child in front of them who was still grinning like a Cheshire cat. Slowly but surely the service wrapped up and the chairs pushed the side so people could mingle with each other.

Edward quickly found his family and made his way over to them. He hugged Esme from behind and whispered in her ear. Esme turned around and enveloped her son in a hug.

"Edward, you came," she breathed.

"Sure did. Look mom I'm sorry about not coming home. This place just holds ad memories, you know."

"That's okay. I know you had your reasons but you're home now. That's all that matters."

Edward kissed his mother on the cheek then gave his dad a hug. He then gave Jasper a hug and looked at Alice.

"Al. Come on give your big brother a hug."

Alice giggled and shuffled Cara out of the way so she wouldn't get crushed. Edward pulled out of the hug and looked at Cara.

"This cannot not be Cara Whitlock. The Cara Whitlock I know is just a baby. You look as though you're four," Edward joked.

"It me! Cara! I five!" Cara replied as she held five fingers up.

Edward kissed her cheek and looked at Abi who was stood next to Alice. He knelt down on the ground and looked at her.

"Hey Abi," he said.

Abi scowled at him and turned away. Edward looked up at Alice and shrugged his shoulders.

"She's not too happy at the moment. Hardly ever talks to anyone even me and Jazz," Alice told him.

He nodded then looked in the direction of Rosalie's parents. He couldn't believe what he saw. It was his angel and she looked even better than before. He felt a small smile tug on his face and watched her converse for a few moments.

Once the memorial was over, Bella and Carlie mingled in the Cullen's back yard. They politely made small talk with Rosalie's parents. Once they had realised that Emmett and Rosalie were serious they had sort of adopted the Cullen's and Bella into their family. Millicent Hale was wearing a black trouser suit and Harold Hale was wearing an identical suit. It appeared to Bella that Millicent had picked both suits out and told her husband to wear it.

"Isabella we're so very glad that you and Rosalie were such close friends. She often said to us that she had the best times of her life while she was friends with you," Millicent told her.

Carlie looked at her mother and saw that she had grimaced at the use of her full name. Millicent was the only person that got away with it.

"You're welcome Millicent. Rose helped me out the most when I found out that I was pregnant. I wouldn't have gotten through it without her."

Carlie saw that a man was looking at her mother from across the yard and nudged Bella. Bella looked to where she was indicating to and realised who he was. She ignored the stares that he was giving her and carried on talking.

"Of course she did. Now we weren't best pleased when you came to us and said that you were pregnant but now we see what a wonderful mother you have been. Carlie is a lovely young lady and you have raised her well."

Harold chuckled at his wife's words then said, "Now Millicent, Bella doesn't need to hear your thoughts on when she told us that she was pregnant. What matters is Rosie and how much we are all going to miss her. It's such a shame that she had to pass on so soon. Bella how is the baby?"

"Oh he's doing well. Emmett hasn't chosen a name for him yet. He's not classed as critical anymore, in fact he's out of the incubator and the doctors are working on building his weight up. When he reaches normal weight he'll be able to come home."

Harold nodded and saw that Millicent was looking confused.

"What will happen to the baby if Emmett isn't well enough to look after him?" she asked.

"I'll take him. It's what Rose would have wanted. At the moment we're all working on Emmett to be well enough to look after him. He is getting better, slowly but surely," Bella replied.

Millicent nodded then said, "Well dear, if you need any help with anything come to us. You know that we're more than willing to help and I would love to look after another baby. Carlie was such a lovely baby to look after."

"You looked after me?" Carlie asked.

"Of course. When your mother had to work we would look after you. Harold even changed your diapers although that was quite a disaster," Millicent replied.

"Thank you Millicent. We're hoping that it won't come down to that but if it does then I'll be sure to keep you in mind. Now if you could please excuse me. I think someone wishes to talk to me," Bella told them.

Millicent nodded then stepped forward to give Bella and Carlie a hug. Harold kissed each girl in turn then dragged his wife off to talk to their son in law who was looking as if the world had just ended. Bella looked over to where the man had been stood and saw that he had disappeared. She hoped that he had gotten bored and went home but no such luck as she saw him making his way over to where she was stood. As she watched him do this, Bella remembered the last time that she had seen and spoken to him.

Edward and Bella were stood at opposite ends of the room they were currently occupying. The room was quite a simple room, it was as though the two people had only just moved into the house as there was only a sofa, armchair, bookcase, clock and television in the room. The walls were a soft, sky blue and the furniture was a dark blue colour. Bella had a murderous look on her face, she looked as if she was going to kill the man stood in front of her whereas the man, Edward, was trying desperately to calm Bella down.

"Please... Just calm down. I'm begging you to calm down! It really isn't as bad as you think babe," Edward told her.

"CALM DOWN! YOU WANT ME TO CALM DOWN? I CAN'T CALM DOWN AFTER WHAT YOU JUST TOLD ME!"

"It isn't that bad. I can come back at any point! You could come with me! We can work this long distance thing! Calm down!"

"DON'T YOU DARE TELL ME TO CALM DOWN! HOW CAN I CALM DOWN? MY BOYFRIEND WANTS TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT COUNTRY FOR PETE'S SAKE!" Bella screamed as she threw an ornament of a Victorian lady at him.

Edward dodged the ornate ornament and it smashed into millions of tiny pieces when it hit the wall.

"Damn! Stop throwing things at me! We'll have nothing left at this rate," Edward told his girlfriend.

"Do you think I care about that now? I'm more upset at the fact that you want to move to another country! What if you found someone else? Someone better? What would I do then?"

"You'd move on. If that ever happened which I doubt it will."

Bella looked at Edward with an expression full of hurt on her face.

"How could you say that? I love you! I wouldn't be able to move on! Edward please don't do it. Please don't go!"

"And I love you! But this is what I want to do. I want to be a paediatrician and this is the only half decent offer I have had, you have to respect that decision."

"Well it's either me or the school. Pick Edward because if you take that school offer then I won't be around to watch you do it," Bella told him simply.

Edward thought for a few seconds then walked towards the front door.

"Well I guess I'll see you around then," Edward told her as he opened the door.

He then walked out of the house shutting the door behind him. Bella looked at the door and started to sob.

"NO!" she screamed when she realised that he wasn't going to come back.

She slid down the wall and sat on the floor sobbing. Bella looked back up at the door and said one simple thing that should have changed hers' and Edward's life for the better.

"But I'm pregnant."

At that moment, Bella's world shattered down from around her. Her life would never be the same again and it was all because she didn't want Edward to go to that school. She seemed to realise something at this moment and sighed. Could she really be a single parent? Would she ever tell her now ex boyfriend that he had a child? Would she even keep the child? Yes, her world was well and truly destroyed by a rash decision that she had made.

Bella snapped out of her thoughts when she felt Carlie prodding her. Bella looked at Carlie and saw that she was staring at Edward with confusion etched all over her face as to how he knew her mother.

"Carlie why don't you go and see if your uncle is okay? I'm getting worried about him," Bella told her daughter.

"Okay. I'll come and find you in a minute," Carlie replied.

Bella nodded and watched as Carlie walked across the hall then looked back at Edward.

"Edward."

"Hi," Edward said sheepishly.

"How did you find out about Rose?"

"I've been keeping in touch with Alice but I expect you already knew that. Listen I know it's hard for you but I really am very sorry. I know how close you were."

Bella nodded then said, "Thanks."

Edward looked across the hall and saw Carlie talking to Emmett. He then realized who she was and looked back at Bella.

"Is she your..."

"Daughter? Yes she is."

"Wow. How old is she?" Edward asked.

"Carlie's ten. I fell pregnant with her just after we split up. Her father meant nothing to me. He was just a fling and once it had been flung he fled and left me with a baby. I love her so much and I wouldn't change her for the world now."

Edward nodded but he was still trying to work out the dates. Something in his brain had made him believe that he shouldn't really believe his ex girlfriend.

"Do you sometimes wonder what would have happened if we hadn't have split up?" Edward asked.

"What you mean if you hadn't have walked out on me. Sometimes I do. Sometimes I think that we could have probably been married by now and have our own kids but then I look at Carlie and realise that some things aren't meant to be. Did you take that school offer?"

"No I turned it down. I ended up taking a different offer. I really did love you, you know and I wish that I could change the way things have worked out."

Bella nodded and thought to herself. If he had loved her the way that he had just said that he did then why didn't he go back to her when he didn't take that job? She then realised that she still harboured some bitterness towards him even after all these years.

"Why didn't you come back to me when you refused that offer?" Bella asked bitterly.

"Because I thought that you hated me. Even Alice had said that if you probably saw me again then you would have chopped off my dangly bits and either fed them to me or hung them over the front door."

"Too right I would have! You were my world Edward! You walked out on me! You left me and C -"

Bella realised that she had just nearly told Edward that he was Carlie's father and stopped talking. Edward realised and decided to ignore it. It was probably just a mistake. Bella saw Carlie making her way back over to them and looked at Edward.

"I have to go. Carlie needs me. See you," she told him before walking away.

As Edward watched her walk away he thought about the mistake that he had done. He knew that he should never have left her and now she hated him with every bone in her body. He looked at Bella again and saw Emmett hugging her. No doubt that she had told him what had just happened. He knew from that point that the urge to make things right again had only grown stronger.


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