Summary:
Post-Breaking Dawn. Bella goes on a hunt with the family and some unknown force causes her to pass out. When she awakes it's her first day at Forks high and she's human again. Will the Cullens be able to help her return to her own time? What happens when they don't know who she is? Can she gain their trust again?
BPOV (Future Version)
Alice had been searching the future for hours coming up with nothing so far. She'd occasionally stop searching to complain about the black spots and blur patterns that emanated from my daughter, her wolfy mate and his pack. I was currently pacing the room back and forth with my arms crossed against my chest as I grew more and more impatient as the minutes ticked by. Edward was sprawled across the couch, propped up on an elbow so he could face me, an amused look grazing his features.
"Bella, if you continue to pace like that you're going to burn a hole in the floor" He told me with a smirk.
I was nervous, what if I was stuck here? I'd never see Renesmee again, or Jacob for that matter. I'd skipped over significant portions in time that led to our friendship. I completely messed up the future if this was some weird time loop. Suddenly I was covered in a blanket of foreign calmness; my shoulders slightly slumped as my body began to relax. Jasper must have been sensing my anxiety. I sent him a small grateful smile his way. He gave me a quick nod in response, me being here must have been extremely hard for his bloodlust, I vaguely remembered my first hunt and run in with the stray hiker. I shuddered at the thought.
I took a seat in one of the arm chairs placed next to the couch and gave Edward an apologetic glance and mouthed "Sorry", I desperately tried to control my nerves so Jasper would have a little bit less to worry about. I thought about me in my vampire state running through the forest hand-in-hand with my Edward and how serene the moment always was. Running had always helped to clear my mind. Soon enough I was surrounded by my own calmness and Jasper was able to remove his forced blanket of calm. He glanced my way with a ghost of a smile appearing on his lips in recognition of my efforts. I returned the gesture with a small grin.
My eyes wandered the room until they landed on my pixie of a future sister, Alice, whose expression remained blank with glazed over eyes. All of a sudden she snapped out of her trance with a smile lighting up her features. Edward's face was a mask of confusion as he tuned into her mind, trying to understand and decipher her thoughts. Soon enough his face also lit up with a smile when he heard of her discovery. "There's no need to worry everyone" She told us, her grin never faltering as she continued, "The Carlisle from the other dimension—"She put air quotes around 'dimension', "if you so choose to call it that, will figure this out soon enough".
"All we can do is wait then I believe" This Carlisle stated.
"It appears so" Edward said in response. "At least now we know there's hope" He added.
I beamed at this. I can go back, I thought. They'd figure it out and I'd be able to go back. Back to my daughter, back to my best friend, back to my immortality, back with my soul mate, back to my perfect life. "I can go back" I voiced out loud, a huge smile on my face.
Edward's smile suddenly faded, "I'll miss you" he told me as he pulled me into an embrace. "Don't worry, I was never meant to be in this dimension anyways, the Bella meant for here will take my place and you'll get to be with her and live happily ever after" I told him with a light chuckle as I returned his hug.
A smile grazed his lips once again as he placed a gentle kiss on my temple, "I guess you're right" he said with an exaggerated, defeated sigh. "Good, because I could not take another second of immortality if Eddie here goes back to his depressing state" Emmett's booming voice was laced with humour as a large ear-to-ear grin was plastered to his face. Edward scowled at the nickname but didn't say anything as everyone began to laugh, including me at the outburst and Edward's reaction to it.
I couldn't wait to get back to them all in my time zone, in ways they were the perfect family even though we had our occasional disagreements and differences I wouldn't trade them for the world. We'd do anything for each other including risking our lives for the ones we loved. I missed them all terribly.
A thought immediately occurred to me and I jumped up from my sitting position in a panic, "What time is it? I need to get home I completely forgot about Charlie! I have to get back and make him dinner before he comes home from work, he's going to flip if he arrives and I'm not there!"
"Bella, love, relax. I'll drive you back, don't worry there's still plenty of time" Edward told me in a calm reassuring voice. I reluctantly agreed and we headed out the door towards my beat up, run down Chevy as I mumbled my goodbye and thanks to the others. I climbed into the passenger seat as Edward slid into the driver's side. He placed the key in the ignition and my truck roared to life as he carefully pulled out of the Cullen's driveway and headed off onto the road ahead.
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