AN: Here it is! I'm so glad that I updated when I said I would! Maybe I'll get another one in! :D And BTW, I live in Chicago, so the Sunday's are different for everyone. Sorry for the possible confusion.
Bella POV
The light streamed through the window. I almost smiled. But then, I remembered Renesmee. I turned over and saw Edward next to me, his eyes closed painfully.
"Edward," I whispered.
He was huddled into a ball, unwilling to come out. I wrapped my arms around him, trying to comfort him.
"Edward," I said slightly louder. He whimpered in response. I wove my hand through his unruly hair, trying to straighten some of the knots. It was no use. Edward was still huddled up.
"Edward," I leaned towards his ear. "It's going to be alright." Suddenly, he stood up and hovered over me.
"Bella, no matter how many times you say that, it's not!" he yelled at me. I shrank back, frightened. Edward never yelled. Never.
He inched closer to me. "Renesmee was ours! How could you say that everything is going to be alright?!" he shouted directly in my face. I felt the tears coming on.
"Edward," I whimpered.
He took a deep breath and backed away. "Sorry."
I saw his puffy eyes. It made me feel horrible to see him so depressed.
"Bella," he said hollowly. "Let's go eat breakfast." We walked hand in hand to the kitchen.
"What do you want?" I asked tenderly.
"Anything."
I suppressed a tiny smile and took out bread and jelly. Edward didn't seem as amused.
"So, what do you want to do today?" he asked, trying, but failing to make small talk.
"Well, we did have something planned… but I don't remember," I said, thinking. I gasped, and let the tears flow once again. "We were," I broke off in a sob, "gonna show Renesmee around the neighborhood. We were going to show her the school and everything. We were going to stay with her all day!" I wailed.
Edward laid a hand on my shoulder.
"It's okay," he said. "Um… we're running low on groceries again," he offered.
"Thanks," I told him, grateful for the distraction.
He laughed a tiny bit. I sighed. I had missed his laugh. "But this time, we're taking my car. Remember what happened last time?"
I didn't respond. That was the day that we had met Renesmee. That was the day that our lives had changed forever.
"Bella," Edward said, apparently able to form sentences better than I could at that moment. "Let's go to the fair. It'll take your mind off of…"
I sighed. "Okay." Staring into his emerald green eyes, I instantly forgot everything that I was thinking about. I didn't even blink.
Not willing to wear something nicer, I grabbed one of Edward's t-shirts from his closet. It was gray and had "Dartmouth" displayed in large letters in the front. I grinned. That was where Edward and I had gone to college.
I buried my face in it and inhaled. It smelled like Edward. I slipped it on along with a jacket.
I looked up at him to see him smirking at me. "A little big on you, don't you think?" he commented. "But," he whispered in my ear. "I think you look great in it."
I giggled. Edward could always do that to me. He took my hand and we walked to the Volvo. "Shotgun," I called.
"Who else is there to claim it?" Edward said, smiling.
I shrugged and settled into the seat next to Edward. Sighing, I looked in the backseat. I remembered Renesmee shivering. I had given her my jacket. The exact same jacket that I was wearing right now.
I took it off, and threw it in the backseat. "Edward, we should get seat warmers."
He looked at me, obviously confused. I closed my eyes and then said, "It's a long story."
"Do you want to tell me?"
I sighed. "No."
He focused his eyes on the road but took one hand and laid it on mine. "Bella, don't leave me. Ever."
"I won't." I promised. I looked into his eyes. "You too. You can't leave me."
He scoffed. "As if. Who would I leave you for? You," he said, turning his head to face me, "are the epitome of perfect." He then kissed me while he was driving. I usually would have yelled at him to keep his eyes on the road, but I didn't mind. When we pulled back, Edward narrowly missed being hit by a truck.
We drove for an hour and a half. When we got out, the smell of carnival food wafted through the air. I had always had a craving for carnival food.
I pulled on Edward's hand and noticed him staring at something in the distance. I gasped. Tanya Denali was here too. She had been his first girlfriend. I was kind of jealous that for a short period of time, Edward belonged to someone else. My gaze drifted, and I saw Mike too. He had suppressed interest in me, but I had let him down multiple times.
"Edward," I said, resting a hand against his cheek. "Let's go." We walked hand in hand to the fair, watching kids squealing with delight and the parents watching them, their eyes shining. We saw couples strolling past us, making small talk. We saw pets roaming the fairgrounds. We also saw Tanya eyeing us jealously.
Edward and I walked up to a food stand. "I'd like a hot dog, and he'd like…" I trailed off. I saw Edward staring at the food menu, clearly lost in his thoughts. It didn't seem like a good thought either. "Him too," I said nervously, as I tried to avert his attention.
I watched as the vendor prepared our lunches and then led Edward to a bench. Another woman was sitting there, but when she noticed us, she moved away. I handed Edward a hot dog. He took it.
"What was that about?" I asked gently.
"The carnival foods… they would be perfect for her."
I didn't need for him to specify who "her" was. I already knew.
"Everything, all the rides, the games, everything is just perfect for her. We'd be so happy here. She'd be smiling, we'd be smiling…" he trailed off, not knowing what to say anymore.
We sat in silence for a while. "Bella, we'd be the perfect family."
"I know." More silence ensued. I gripped his hands firmly.
"Bella," he whispered, and then looked in the direction of a little girl around Renesmee's age. My heart ached too.
"Edward, look at me." I forced the corners of my lips up a tiny bit. "I am smiling. You are, well, will be too. Edward, we can't change what has already happened."
He looked at me, defeated. "I know."
Another AN: This is not the last you'll see/read of Mike and Tanya in this story! Hope you like it, and read and review!
