B POV

I walked slowly down the front path. It was still raining. The storm hadn't run itself out yet.

He had listened. He had heard what I had to say. And, though he hadn't said much, I felt like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders. The guilt and pain I had been carrying for ten years had finally lifted. He knew the truth. What he chose to do with it was up to him.

"Bella!" I heard him call from the door.

I turned around to face him, the rain running down my face.

I watched as he ran down the path to me and suddenly grabbed hold of me by the shoulders and pulled me to him as he crashed his lips to mine.

I grabbed at his shirt and clung to him.

Even after all this time it still felt so right to kiss him. Like we were only meant to kiss each other.

He slid one arm down to my waist and crushed me tightly to him while his other hand twisted in my hair. I reached up and wrapped both my arms around his neck, threading my fingers through his already wet hair.

We just kept kissing, letting out ten years of passion and love.

I don't know how long we stood there in the rain just kissing and clinging to one another, and I don't care. It just felt so good and so right being back in his arms.

We finally pulled apart for air, but rested our foreheads together, gasping for breath.

"Bella." he breathed. "Oh, Bella."

"Edward." I whispered.

Our eyes met, and I knew that everything would be right again.

He kissed me chastely.

"Stay." he murmured.

I smiled and kissed him again, softly.

He pulled back and smiled down at me, before dipping slightly and wrapping his arms around my thighs and lifting me up. As soon as he had me securely, he started spinning us around. I squealed and clung to his shoulders tightly, both of us laughing. I leant forwards and rested my forehead on his as we gazed into each others' eyes.

I blinked as the rain trickled into my eyes.

"Ummm. Do you think we could maybe get out of the rain now? Or were you planning on staying out here all night?" I teased.

He chuckled and carried me inside. I gently pushed a piece of his hair out of his eyes so that he could see where he was going. He carried me down the hall to a spare bedroom, as Toni was asleep in his bed. He set me down and grabbed a towel from the bathroom and handed it to me before creeping into his bedroom quietly.

I quickly stripped out of my wet clothes and dried myself before wrapping the towel around me.

Edward came back in carrying two t-shirts and two pairs of pyjama bottoms. He smiled at me as he passed me one set of the clothes. I excused myself to the bathroom to change.

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While I was dressing I smiled to myself. I knew that we needed to take things slowly, and that nothing would be happening tonight, other than just being in each others' arms, but that was enough for me right now. I just wanted to be with him. To know that he still loved me.

Stay.

Just that one word had made me so happy that I felt I would burst from joy. He didn't want me to go away again.

I dressed quickly, loving the way his scent enveloped me as I slid the shirt over my head. I remembered the times before when I had worn his clothes. Even before we had started dating, if we ever had an impromptu sleepover I would always wear his clothes to sleep in. If we ever played out in the rain while I was over, or in the stream at the bottom of the garden at his parents' house, I would always wear something of his while his mother Esme dried my clothes.

I smiled again and headed back to the bedroom. I got there to find Edward lying in the bed. He smiled at me and pulled the covers back next to him and holding out his arm for me. I crawled into the bed and instantly snuggled into his side. He wrapped his arms around me and held me close to him. We both sighed contentedly. I crossed my arms on his chest and propped my head on my hands so that I could look at him. He stroked my hair from my face and kissed the tip of my nose. I giggled and reached up to kiss him.

I pulled away after a few minutes with another happy sigh and lay next to him, on my side, facing him, our noses only an inch apart. I wrapped my arms around his neck and smiled as his arms slid around me waist, holding me to him again.

"So..." I said slowly, "What have you done since school?"

Edward sighed softly and ran the backs of his fingers down my cheek.

"Not much. I went to college, mostly so I didn't let my parents down, and then got a Degree in Music. That only to five years in all though. Other than that, I've just worked. I still work in the same music shop I used to work at in Seattle."

"You didn't go away to college?"

"No. Part of me still believed that you would come back one day and I wanted to be here if you did."

"Oh, Edward! I'm so sorry!" I cried as I pulled myself as close to him as I could.

He clung to me and kissed my hair.

"Shhh. It's ok. As much as I wish you had come back, I understand why you didn't. And it doesn't matter because I know now that you didn't want to leave in the first place."

He chuckled darkly.

"Anyway, I would have forgiven you eventually, even if you hadn't told me all of this. How could I not? You're finally back. I've never been able to stay mad at you. I love you, Bella."

I snapped my head up to look at him, sure that I must have misheard him.

"You -"

"I love you." he cut me off. "I've always loved you. And I always will."

I stared at him, and could see nothing but sincerity and love in his eyes.

He still loves me. He's still in love with me!

"I love you too. I'll never stop loving you!"

With that, we crushed our lips together for the fifth time so far.

Yeah. I've been counting. So what? I counted all the times we kissed during the first month after we started dating......it was 135. Well, 137. If you count the first two that we more a quick peck on the lips that lasted about a nano second because we were shy and embarrassed about doing it. Ahem. Yes. We kissed a lot in the first month. Ok, so we kissed a lot constantly in our relationship. I have no idea how many times we kissed in total.

We kissed for a good five minutes without coming up for air.

We spent the most of the remaining night talking about anything and everything. We talked about what we had been doing since I had been forced to leave and about the 'good old days'. We laughed, we got chocked up, but most importantly, we just held each other. I don't know exactly what time we feel asleep, but it was at least after six. Other than catching up, it felt as though we had never been apart, because lying in each other's arms felt so right.

Edward mentioned a song that he said summed up perfectly how he felt, and I had to agree when he told me the line. Back in your arms I feel home again. And I really did.

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I know this chappie wasn't as long as the last and I'm very sorry. The next one should be longer. I'm not sure when it will be up, but it will prolly be tomorrow night or the night after.

Also, sorry to anyone who was expecting some 'sexy time' in this chappie. I'm really no good with that sort of thing, so there won't be any lemons in this story, unless I can find someone who is good at writing them and would be willing to write one or two for me. If you would be able to do so, please message me. Thanks.

~Ruusu.