Discliamer- I do not own Twilight. But I AM working on it!

BPOV

I woke up in a daze, not remembering why I was in bed and not at my second day of school in this rainy town. I did not know why Edward was laying with me in my bed protectively, but hey, as long as he stayed.

Trying to ignore my pounding head, I stretched a little, a little signal to Edward that I was awake. He bolted upright from any daydreaming he was doing and looked at me with a watchful eye. I smiled an uncomfortable smile. Why was he looking at me so strangely?

Oh.

Grandma Swan.

She's gone.

Edward saw the realization hit me hard and pulled me closer to him. He kept rubbing soothing circles on my arm and back and whispering deeply in my ear. I heard a painful, strange sound. I lifted up my head to see where it was coming from and realized I couldn't see. My vision was so blurry. I blinked a couple of times and felt tears streaming down my face. Only then did I understand that the strange noise was coming from me. Painful sobs ripped through my chest hard. I finally comprehended that I will never see my grandmother again.

How I wished that I just stayed one more week in the Vineyard with her. Then maybe I could have done something to help her or just have been with her when she died. She died alone, and it was my entire fault.

I barely listened to what Edward was saying to me in his low voice. I stopped sobbing loudly, but tears still poured down my cheeks as he spoke. "Bella, my love, please listen to me." I think I nodded, I was not aware of any part of my body. I could only feel numb and cold, but that might have been because of Edward. He continued nonetheless.

"There was nothing you could do for her. She lived a full live, filled with happiness since you were in it. It was time for her to be relieved of all the pain of being old. She's now in a better place, wherever she is. I wish I could tell you where she is right now. But I do not know where she is. As long as her pain is lessened, then I am sure she is happy.

"I wish I could tell you that everything will be alright now. But I cannot. You are in great grief right now, and you may never be able to stop grieving for her. But I can say that you will be better. We all grieve for the rest of our life for our loved ones. They will always remain in our life and in our hearts. But the intensity of the grief we have, we can control that.

"But know that I will be here by your side for as long as you want me here. I really hope you understood all of that…"

I nodded carefully, absorbing everything he just told me. My tears were still flowing, but I could start to feel my body. I tucked my head under Edward's chin and sighed slowly. "Edward?"

He stroked my hair and whispered, "Yes, Bella?"

I talked slowly to keep my voice from breaking, "When is…when is her…funeral?"

Edward kissed my head with his cold lips and said gravely, "A week from today. Your father doesn't want you to go because you will miss school, but he also understands you need this to help say goodbye."

I nodded, calculating what day is was in my head. Wednesday? Thursday? It didn't seem to matter all that much. "Edward?" I croaked again.

"Yes, Bella, dear?"

I found myself having a hard time to say this, "Will you, could you, please, just, come with…me? I really don't want to face this alone. I can't." I choked back another sob threatening to escape.

Edward tightened his grip and laughed silently. "Bella, do you really think I am willing to leave you alone for a couple of days? Especially at a time like this? No, I am going to join you."

Tears poured faster down my face as I whispered a quiet, "Thank you." and I tumbled back into slumber with my angel's arms wrapped around mine.

Martha's Vineyard, One Week Later

I stared at the tombstone in front of me. It was so hard to believe that six under this spot, lay my beautiful grandmother, forever in her grave.

Edward and his sister, Alice, secretly joined me to the Vineyard, unable to come up with a cover story. So they just hid when my father was nearby, promising they wasn't far away if I needed them.

Alice became my best friend, as she was in my past life. Despite her nagging pleas to go shopping and have make-overs, she was the best friend I could have asked for. And her fashion style was extremely good as well. To her, it was like I never knew how to dress myself before. She insisted on dressing me up every other hour.

Edward was so patient when it came to his sister. He would wait silently, listening to music or playing the "air piano" as if he was composing the music in his head. When Alice was finally finished with Dress-Up Bella, he would stare longingly at me and kiss my forehead, insisting I was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen.

Tears began to flow again when I thought of Edward. He left school and the rest of his family just to be with me. He always knew exactly how to make me feel better and what to say. He is so perfect, and he doesn't even know it.

Why me? I always thought that. I am just a plain, average girl who is nothing special in particular. He makes me so happy and feel so extravagant, asking for nothing in return.

At the sight of my tears, Edward rushed from the shadows of a nearby tree and held my hand in his. He brought my hand to his lips and whispered, "What's wrong, love?"

I smiled and a sob escaped from my chest. I shook my head and pulled him closer to me. I buried my head in his chest and breathed deeply.

I never knew how much he cared for me. We have known each other for a little over a week and, yet, it feels like we have known each other for all eternity. Over the past week, we have gotten to know each other so well. He would interrogate me with random, pointless questions about my life at a rapid fire pace while I would ask him questions as well. The questions became more and more human-like as time went on: how he was changed into a vampire, his "diet", his personality, his favorite music, etc. And he complied with answering each and every silly question I would ask him until we were on the ground in laughter, all thoughts of grief completely escaped from my mind.

He is perfect. And I am, well, just Bella.

"Bella? Please tell me what's wrong. It's killing me to see you hurting like this." Edward pushed further.

I laughed quietly into his cold chest. "Nothing is wrong, Edward. Despite everything that's going wrong right now, you are here to make things better and I could not ask for anything else."

"Really? Nothing else? You are pleased far too easily Miss Swan."

I couldn't help the giggle that passed through my lips and my spirit soared with his ability to care so freely. That is, until I heard the devil speak the most terrifying words I would ever hear.

"Bella! Time for another make-over!" Alice called sweetly from the shadows of the tree and appeared in seconds.

I whispered into Edward's ear, "Help!!"

He only chuckled and promised, "Isabella, I swear on my eternal life that she will not harm you. I would like to spend our last evening on the Vineyard on our first date. Charlie will be at your family's house for the entire evening and would gladly allow you to miss it. So, please let Alice have her fun on you, and we will spend our fun this evening. I will be at your doorstep at 7 in the evening promptly. Deal?"

A night alone with this perfect angel? I nodded my head quickly and started pulling Alice out of the graveyard and back to the house, refusing to waste a second without Edward.

Alice, unable to contain herself any longer, picked me up in her hard arms and ran at vampire speed to the bathroom. I laughed loudly at Alice's impatience as I watched her twirl around gracefully, jumping up and down, yelling at me to get in the shower already. Alice was like the best friend I've never had.

I quickly went into the shower before she would strip my clothes off. My muscles relaxed to the touch of the hot water and the familiar smell of my strawberry shampoo forgot all my thoughts and worries. I was interrupted all too soon by that annoying pixie's banging on the door. I reluctantly stepped out and wrapped a towel around my body just as Alice nearly knocked the door down with her deadly torturing devices.

Within two hours I was looking at a whole different woman in the mirror. Her hair was down for a change, softly curled allowing her natural highlights to pop out. Her eyes shined bright with excitement and the brown in them seemed to sparkle. She had on very little make-up, only some eye liner, mascara, and lip gloss. Her dress was astounding! It was blue at the top and white on most of the dress with a floral design at the bottom (Dress pic on profile). It made her pale skin appear a bit tanner. She looked overall like woman who could stand next to Edward without being overshadowed by his beauty.

But when Alice brought forth a pair of silver, strappy high heels, that's when I drew the line. "Alice! Are you making me ask for my death wish? I cannot wear those!"

Alice rolled her eyes and gave me those irresistible sad eyes, "Bella, are you questioning my psychic ability?"

"No, Alice, it's just-"

"Then why do you not trust me!"

"Alice! I trust you, I promise! I just honestly can't-"

"Great then! These would so look great with those legs of yours! You should really show them off more! If you're going to be with us Cullens all the time now, you should start dressing like one!"

I sighed deeply. Another outfit lecture. I wear a sweatshirt one time and she freaks out.

A quiet knock on the door brought a familiar group of butterflies to my stomach. My head shot to the clock and saw it was exactly 7:00 P.M. Edward was here!

I stood up carefully, not trusting myself with these death traps they called shoes. One last check in the mirror and a final compliment from Alice, I walked slowly to the door. I took a deep breath…

…and opened the door to my perfect angel.

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