DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of these characters. They all belong to the great Stephenie Meyer. I am simply telling my story.

A/N: The song Bella hears is "Home to Stay" by Josh Groban. I do not own the rights to it. If you have never heard it, it is a very beautiful song. I suggest listening to it.


I was sitting in some Mom N' Pop Diner in North Dakota, really starting to wish I had listened to Alice and stayed in Forks, something I never thought I would think. I was eating my eggs, staring intently at them rather at Jake, who was sitting across from me. This was because he was staring intently at me, and it was really making me self conscious. I kept brushing my face with my hand, wondering if there was something on it.

Jake had wolfed down the food in front of him as soon as the waitress had walked away. I was eating slow, even at human speed, making each bite as small as possible and then chewing each bite for as long as possible, until the little flavor these eggs had had when the waitress had set them before me was completely gone from the bite.

I begrudgingly took the last bite. I chewed it slowly and swallowed. I placed my fork on my now empty plate. Then, and only then, did I look up at Jake. He was smiling at me. I had to smile back, there was nothing else for me to do. His grin broadened at my smile. I quickly closed my mouth and ran my tongue over my teeth, fearing I had bits of my breakfast stuck in my teeth. As far as I could tell there was nothing there, so Jacob's grin was unexplained.

"What, Jake?" I asked, slightly testy.

"Nothing, it's just good to see you again, that's all."

I couldn't help but smile weakly at his delight. Somehow, no matter how big he got, how much he was towering over me, that grin would always remind me of the boy Jake who sat on First Beach that day telling me the legends he didn't believe in, that we would soon see were more real than we could have ever guessed.

"It's good to see you too, Jake. I have missed you."

His grin got even wider.

"No Jake!" I said, throwing a crumpled up napkin at him across the table. "Not like that, you know what I mean." I placed my chin in my left hand where the diamond sparkled like the sun to illustrate my point.

He eyed the diamond, but his grin didn't fade like I had hoped it would. "But you missed the wedding."

I dropped my hand, his words digging into me. I knew what I had done. But I hoped the situation would have corrected itself soon.

"Are you going to come home with me? Or am I wasting my time?"

"Wow-blunt, are we?"

"Well, I figured we could cut to the chase, Jake. Wedding cake only freezes for so long."

"Don't I get a few days to figure things out? I mean, that's why I ran to begin with Bella. I needed to figure this out. And let's not forget-you chose him. You chose him over me. You're marrying him. You obviously feel you belong with him. So why are you here with me?"



I looked down at my empty plate. "I know I chose him Jake. But I had to choose one or the other, my best friend or my boyfriend. Doesn't it make sense that I would choose my boyfriend, who very soon after became my fiancé? I need my best friend now Jake. I am going to be saying goodbye to a lot of people at this wedding. And I was hoping to get a proper goodbye out of you. To tell the truth, I am scared."

Silence filled the air. I looked up slightly, only moving my eyes, not my neck, so that I could quickly look back down if I needed to. But his reaction surprised me. He looked shocked. I lifted my head completely.

I was wrong. He wasn't shocked. He was dumbfounded. He was speechless.

"Well, I can see this conversation is over for now. Let's go back to the hotel." I said, getting up with my wallet to go to the register and pay the bill. Jake went out the car and was waiting beside it. I wordlessly unlocked it and we got in and drove back to the hotel.

We went to our separate rooms and continued without words. I didn't understand his reaction. I didn't understand why he didn't say anything. But I didn't dwell on him long. I looked down at my ring. The ring Edward had given me.

Why was I here? Why did this matter? Yes, I was scared, but cold feet are normal for a bride. And as for the other prospect of my future-wasn't it natural for me to be scared of new things?

I smiled as I thought of Edward. His bronze hair. My favorite crooked smile. The honey-topaz color of his eyes when he had just gotten back from hunting. The was my heart thudded when he leaned in for a kiss. The feeling of his body next to mine as I lay falling asleep. My Edward.

I picked up my remote and turned on the TV in the corner. It came to life and that annoying hotel information channel came on. I immediately began flipping channels. Mostly news stations, some music video networks. I stumbled across what seemed to be a concert. I recognized the man who was singing on the screen, he had had a hit song a few years ago. But it wasn't him I stopped surfing for. It was the song. The melody caught me first. It started with strings, violins. It sounded like something Edward would have enjoyed listening to. Then the words began. They were sad. It sounded as if his love had left him. But the final line of the chorus is what hit me hardest.

I'll be bringing you back home to stay.

I looked down at my finger again, the diamond shimmering, reflecting the lights in the room. A tear escaped my eye. I quickly brushed it away before going to my bedside table and finding my cell phone. I didn't even have to look up the number. I just pressed Send twice. It rang once before it picked up. My favorite voice was at the other end.

"Bella?"

"I was stupid. I shouldn't have left. I don't know what I was thinking. But I am ready to come home. Come get me?"

"I'll be there soon."


Hopefully, not to many of you caught my little writer's block notice. I dont know what happened. After I sent it out, I had a sudden urge to finish this. I am in summer classes, and have been doing a lot of reading and writing for them so I have been lacking the motivation lately. But I hope to rectify this situation soon.

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