Lil' Confederate Soldier Girl: hope you love that chapter too :)

TwilightAddictCindy: Next chapter is here. That's the movie about Hitler, right? Not a fan of that kind of movie...

LettyM: Well, enjoy mi bella! ;)

As you all waited for it, the famous chapter of Bella and Edward's reunion!


Chapter 8

Edward

The wind around her blew longer than she the other times. Bella only had time to catch her breath before she felt herself fall and crash on the ground. She wasn't much hurt – thanks to the incredible number of leaves and plants on the ground – but she took her time before getting back up. She felt a bit dizzy, and the hot humid air around her didn't help. She rolled up her shirt's sleeves as she scanned the nature around her to see where she was. It was all green, exactly like in Forks, except for the temperature. She was in a rain forest, from what she could see, and Elizabeth was nowhere in sight.

Elizabeth, where are you?

No answer came. With a sigh, Bella decided to walk a bit and try to understand a bit more where she was. A rain forest could mean anywhere in South America, but also places in Australia, Africa and many islands in the south hemisphere.

Instinctively, she began to walk straight ahead, turning at her right or her left when she felt like it. It took her about 20 minutes to find a small river. She almost killed herself by stepping on a branch, but she eventually get on the other side of it. That's when she saw him.

He sat on the ground, looking like the beautiful marble statue of a sleepy God. The thing was that he wasn't sleeping. Actually, he looked more like a human who wouldn't have slept for weeks. His white skin looked exactly like in her memory and his untidy, bronze hair seemed even better looking than she remembered.

She couldn't move, surprised as she was to see him there. She shouldn't be – since she was the one running after him – but he looked like a dream and she wasn't sure if he was really there.

Like if he had heard her thoughts for the first time, the vampire slowly raised his head to look at her. His expression was priceless. It was a mix of fear, joy and anger, all of it dancing in his black eyes. Anger?

He couldn't believe it. She was there, in front of him, again! After all the things he had said to his previous hallucinations, his brain was still playing with him! It was like a nightmare coming back over and over again. He tried to push it away, but his brain was stronger this time. The picture of his Bella stayed there, right in front of him. He closed his eyes and shook his head to make it go, but it didn't work.

-Edward?

Her voice startled him. It sounded more perfect than anything else. He could almost feel the tears forming in his eternally dry eyes. It was too much, he couldn't take it anymore.

-Go away.

She stopped moving. She could almost feel her heart stop too, as hurt as she was. Once the surprise passed, she understood. Of course, he wanted her to go away. How stupid could she be? HE was the one who had broken up with her, he couldn't want her back! She wasn't good enough for him.

She should have turned and walked away, but something kept her from doing it. Was it the expression she saw in his eyes, even if she was 15 feet away, or the feeling that her wasn't telling her to leave?

Seeing the tears forming in her eyes, he stopped breathing. He had hurt her, again. He could be such an idiot sometimes! Even when it was his imagination playing with him, he was able to hurt his Bella within a minute. He was a monster, a horrible monster that drank living creature's blood. Monster, such a monster.

-No, you're not.

Bella took a step forward, but stopped abruptly when she saw him bending his knees to the point where they touched his chin. His arms enveloped his legs, making him look like a scared child. She stepped back, giving him space.

-I'm sorry, I didn't want to scare you.

He shook his head. Why was it so hard to make it go away? He needed to forget her, but he loved her so much that it was impossible.

-Stop playing with me. I can't take it anymore.

His voice came out as a whisper, making it hard to hear for her human ears. He thought she was playing with him. Shaking her head, she called Elizabeth again.

Elizabeth, I really need help on that one. I can't do it alone.

Like before, she got no answer. She let out an angry sigh, but it only made Edward more afraid of her, so she decided to try something else.

She had never been good at walking straight, especially in a forest. She decided to get to her vampire in the best way she could without falling: on her knees.

Edward watched her scramble on her knees to get to him. His hallucinations where getting worse. He could smell her now – even though her smell was better than his memory – and he could hear the beat of her heart accelerating as she sat next to him.

Bella stayed at a good distance; to be sure he wouldn't feel like she was entering his personal space. Edward looked ahead and she tried to know what he was thinking as she examined his face closely.

This picture of Bella that sat next to him was too much. He kept himself from looking at it, knowing how hard it would be otherwise.

-Stupid brain. Can't I just live my eternity in peace? And when I mean in peace, it's without hallucinations of her!

The last words rang a bell in Bella's mind. He thought she was some fabrication of his mind. To prove him wrong, she sat closer.

-Edward, look at me. I'm not a product of your imagination. I'm Bella, your Bella, and I'm right next to you. For real.

He still looked ahead, unable to turn to her and realize that, once more, his twisted brain had tricked him.

-Look at me, Edward, please.

She extended her hand to touch his cheek. At the feeling of her warm skin on his, Edward realized that she was really there. Never his imagination could imitate that. Her touch was something even his brain could imitate. Finally turning to her, he captured her mouth in his, kissing her roughly.

No thought had time to find its way to her mind before she felt his cold, but incredibly sweet lips touch hers. Blood boiled under her skin, making her feel exactly like the first time they kissed. That time, though he didn't stop it.

Quickly, their kiss became like air. They needed it to keep going. They needed to touch, to feel each other. Now that they had found their soul mate again, they wouldn't let go.

Bella had to breathe anyway, and she broke the kiss too soon for their pleasure. As she forced herself to breathe more slowly, Edward kissed her forehead, her nose, her cheeks, her chin, everywhere her could reach.

When his lips touched her neck, he felt the blood boil in her veins. It smelled so good and he hadn't drunk in such a long time…

At first, she felt like a couple of needles pierce her skin. But soon, a fire replaced the feeling and she let out a scream, trying to push Edward away. The vampire jumped 30 feet away, horrified.

He had bitten her! A thousand thoughts ran in his mind, from culpability to fear, but only one was clear enough. He had to save her. He couldn't let her become a monster like he was. He jumped back to her, trying to hold her body on the ground.

-I'm so sorry, Bella. I'll save you; I'll make it go away.

He tried to get to her neck once more, but she put her hand on the bite and kept it in place as strongly as she could.

-No. I want to… I want to be like you.

He looked at her with incomprehension in his eyes. Trying to push the burning pain away, she touched his cheek with her hand and explained her thought.

-You said you put me in danger when I'm with you, but I'm only in danger because I'm human. I want to be like you, so we can be together. I love you, Edward, and that's all that really counts.

Tears of pain escaped her eyes as another scream formed in her throat. He closed his eyes, unable to see her go through this. One of his hand flew to hers, keeping it on his cheek.

-I don't want you to become a monster.

-You're not a monster, you're an angel to me.

She closed her eyes, keeping another scream inside. Edward kissed her forehead, ready to do anything that would help her.

-Just be the angel she said you were. That's all she needs right now.

He turned around to see a beautiful woman sit on a tree trunk. His eyes opened wide.

-Mother?

Elizabeth laughed and smiled to her son.

-Hello Edward. I'm happy to see you again after all those years.

The angel stood up and walked to her son. Edward was in shock.

-But how…?

-Bella gave you the answer by telling you the truth. I'm an angel, looking over your family since the day I asked Carlisle to take care of you.

-All this time, you where watching us?

Another smiled took place on the angel's lips.

-I was making sure Carlisle honored his words. He had to take care of you until the day when you'd find happiness.

Edward frowned. Happiness? But hadn't he found it with Bella? Elizabeth answered his question.

-You found it, but you lost it the day you decided to run away.

-I was trying to protect her.

-From her destiny? You should know by now that people meant to be together aren't supposed to go on separate ways. From now on, though, you'll be happy.

-Why would I be, she'll hate me. She'll become a monster, exactly like I am.

-That's what she wants. You didn't listen to anything she said, did you? It's the happy ending, for her. She doesn't see you like a monster. You're her knight in shining armor, exactly like the way I see you.

-I'm not a hero.

-Yes you are. I forgot how stubborn you were during my trip with Bella. You should definitely begin to find some confidence in yourself. You will need it.

-What do you mean?

A sigh escaped Elizabeth's mouth, and it was the most wonderful sound that you could hear.

-A lot of problems are still on your way, but I know you will be able to face them. Like any mother, I'm still scared for your safety, even if I know you will be able to make clear decisions that will help you win.

Without another word, the angel kneeled next to Bella – who had started screaming again, turning Edward's attention back to her – and put her hand on her heart.

-What are you doing?

-I'm accelerating the transformation by stopping her heart. It breaks my heart to see her in pain like that.

Bella's heart began to beat faster and stopped abruptly. She didn't move for a while, only breathing air for her non-working lungs. Elizabeth stood back up and watched Edward.

-Give me your hand, I'll take you both back to Forks.


I stop here for now, sicne I have another chapter to write. It will be the last one and you must all know who it'll be about.

No song in that chapter, because I'll probably put 2 in the next.

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