Ch. 7 It's Great to be Back
I had been so tense during the plane ride home. First off, I knew now, thanks to Edward, that my family had been worried sick since I ran away as well as Edward's family.
Also, he told me that everyone wasn't themselves. Alice and Jenna supposedly had lost their chipper personalities, Rosalie hadn't even talked to anyone since, Jasper had to leave because of all the emotions, Emmett and Chris weren't even making jokes anymore, Esme had became a shadow of herself as my mom had done, and both Carlisle and my dad had thrown themselves into their work.
As I mentally cursed myself every few seconds, I was so happy that Edward couldn't here my thoughts. I knew that if he heard what I was calling myself, he would somehow find some way to make it his fault, which it really wasn't. I had just once again overreacted.
The sky began to lighten outside my window as the sun started rising. Some of the people on the plane began to stir from their sleep, waking for another day. The stewardess was already walking along the isle, offering coffee and juice and breakfast to them. As she came closer, I closed my eyes and rested my head on Edward's shoulder, pretending that I was asleep. I heard him chuckle lightly and felt him rest his head on mine.
"Excuse me," I heard a feminine voice say. I slowly blinked my eyes, pretending that I was waking up as I tried to stifle a fake-yawn. I looked up at the stewardess, but she wasn't looking at me. She was looking- no, staring- at Edward, who seemed to look a little uncomfortable at her gaze.
"Would you like anything sir?" she asked with a very unnecessary bright smile. I noticed from the corner of my eye that Edward shifted slightly in his seat, away from the woman. I decided to help him out.
"No thank you, miss. We're perfectly alright, aren't we honey?" I asked as I looked up into his eyes, batting my eyelashes slightly.
"Absolutely. Perfectly alright," he answered, not moving his eyes from my own. I leaned in a kissed him gently on the lips and heard the stewardess huff before pushing the cart away to the next row. When I pulled back, Edward gave an uncontrollable shiver.
"What's wrong?" He looked at me as he jerked his head back, silently pointing to the woman.
"I have heard and seen the…disturbing thoughts of my brothers and sisters as well as those of my parents, and yet nothing would have prepared me for the thoughts of that woman," he said as he gave another shudder.
Even though another woman had been looking and thinking of getting my Edward- thoughts that had make him shudder, I couldn't stop the light laughter that escaped my mouth. I honestly did try to stop it, but it just wouldn't have that. I eventually had to cover my mouth with my hand to stop it, but the damage was already done.
Edward was looking at me with what would have been a scowl, if not for the light look in his eyes that showed me that he was only pretending to be angry.
"So, you think that my torture is funny, do you?" he asked. I shook my head no quickly, but I continued to laugh though. The laughter in Edward's eyes seemed to multiply immensely, and just as he was about to say something, the plane's intercom went off.
"This is your pilot speaking. We will be landing in Forks, Washington in about ten minutes. Please fasten your seatbelts as we prepare to land. I hope that you all have enjoyed your flight. Thank you."
I breathed a sigh of relief finally. My laughter had stopped and with only ten minutes before the plane was to land, there was no chance that Edward would do anything.
As though he read my mind for once, Edward turned to me and said, "I'll deal with you later," as he winked at me.
I turned to face the front as I fastened my seatbelt. Then I waited somewhat impatiently- strumming my fingers rapidly on the arm and humming- for the plane to finally land. I didn't care what Edward was planning to do to me. All I wanted was to see everyone again. Hopefully they'd forgive me.
I kept up my drumming until Edward snatched my hand in his right, rubbing his thumb across my knuckles in a calming motion. His other arm wrapped around my shoulder, pulling into his side. I pushed the armrest up and out of my way so I could snuggle in closer.
"Relax love. It'll be OK- trust me," he said.
The plane finally came to land not that long afterwards, and we waited patiently as we got off the plane. As we got in the line for our- well, my suitcases, I heard the loudest squeals I could ever possibly hear. I was surprised that all of the glass in the airport didn't shatter from the sound.
"BELLA!" I heard as two small yet strong forces slammed into me, almost bowling me and Edward down.
"Bella, we've missed you so much! Why didn't you come back?" Jenna asked me as she and Alice hugged me in grips that could match Chris and Emmett's combined.
"Bella Swan! You seriously gave us all a heart attack!" Alice screamed.
"Bells!" I heard another three voices shout and I looked up in time to see my father, brother, and Emmett coming towards us.
"Dad! Chris! Emmett!" I squealed as I untangled myself from the little pixies' on top of me and dashed towards them.
"Bella, sweetheart. Are you alright?" Dad asked.
"Yeah dad, I'm fine," I said as I gave them all a hug- Chris and Emmett holding me and Dad in their usual bear hugs. "Where are the others?"
"There outside with the cars. Come on young lady. Let's go." And with that, the guys each took a suitcase, leaving Edward to hold me in his arms- not that I'm complaining!
We walked outside to see three cars- my Audi coupe, the bright yellow Porsche, and the silver Volvo, and Chris' bike all parked not that far away from the front doors to the airport. Esme, Carlisle, Jasper, Rosalie, and Renée were all standing right by them
"Isabella Marie Parker Swan!" Yikes! If there was one thing I knew most about was that when my mom Renée used my full name, I was in serious trouble.
"…Yeah, Mom?" I said hesitantly. I had expected her to start shouting and drawing loads of unwanted attention to us all, or something. But instead, she just wrapped her arms around me, her body shaking with the sobs from deep within her. "Don't you ever do that to me again, do you understand young lady?!"
I wrapped my arms around her too as the sobs began to flow from me. "I'm sorry, Mom. God, I'm so sorry! I love you guys!" I pulled away and began to hug everyone else, still shaking uncontrollably. Carlisle decided to step in.
"I think we should go now. It seems there's much to talk about."
I pulled away from him and began to slowly make my way to the cars with everyone else. But as I walked to my car, Edward wrapped his hand around my wrist and began to bring me to the Volvo.
"Do you really think I'm letting you out of my sight for even a second?" he asked. I smiled as he pulled me to his chest and gave me a sweet, deep kiss. When he pulled away, he leaned his head to my ear and whispered, "Come on. Let's go home."
Home. Man, it felt so good to be back home.
