Alright, so this chapter is impossible for me to write and feel that I wrote it perfectly. This is one of the few chapters I feel a lot of pressure to write amazingly well, so I hope it doesn't disappoint =)
Edward's Point of View
After we got home, I was tackled by Emmett and was surprisingly warmly welcomed back by Rose. Jasper was also enjoying this reunion, due to all the happiness in the air.
After Alice forced me to change my clothes, I headed out to go hunting with Emmett and Jasper. I winced as I watched Rose kiss Emmett goodbye, and Alice do the same with Jasper. All the love in the air would have to take some more getting used to.
We ran up the north trail for about twenty minutes before we smelled the blood of five deer. One buck, farthest from us, and I looked at my brothers at the same time they returned a look at me. Emmett wiggled his eyebrows at us in his provoking way. This only meant one thing, war.
We all three pushed forward toward the small herd drinking out of the river that was now in sight. The aching burn in my throat seemed to push me farther ahead than the rest. That, and the fact that I was already faster than my brothers. Of course, Emmett was definitely stronger than the both of us, and Jasper was much more graceful, but I wasn't about to lose this buck.
This new found adrenaline pushed through me harder than ever now. Well, actually, not harder than ever. I couldn't forget the adrenaline that I felt whenever I touched Bella. Think straight, Edward! Don't let them beat you! I pushed myself farther ahead, and took a chance. I was about sixty feet from the herd now, and pushed off with my right leg. I leapt toward the buck, with a hungry grin on my face. I landed smack dab on the dear's back, and heard its spine snap beneath me. Even though I was sure he was paralyzed, I still went the extra mile and snapped its neck. I chuckled as I heard Emmett's angry growl behind me. They both settled for the next larger deer.
It was completely dark by the time we dusted ourselves off, and decided we'd had enough. I'd had one last deer after my victory with the buck, and Jasper and Emmett had three. On our way back, we didn't seem to run at our top speed. Instead, we seemed to be moving side-by-side through the forest at about half our top speed. It was Emmett who broke the silence of the river flowing.
"Are you sure you can handle this?" Obviously, I knew what he meant by his question, but I pretended to misunderstand and answered the easier question.
"Yeah. It hasn't been that long since I've been around humans for any long period of time. I can most definitely handle myself at school tomorrow." They both caught onto the charade I was playing and completely stopped running to look me in the eyes.
Jasper was the one who spoke this time. "Edward, you know what he means." Jasper looked at me as if he were ready to calm me down if I got overwhelmed with talking about it.
I looked off into the trees, pretending to be interested in whatever I saw there. I didn't look back at their faces for a good minute. I took a deep breath.
"I'm pretty sure I can. I've gone five years without her, and I'll be in pain wherever I am, so I might as well be with my family while I'm dealing with it. With the strong memory I have, her face is always in the back of my mind no matter what, and being here shouldn't make much of a difference. I've already accepted the fact that I have to live without her, so I might as well take it like a man, and deal with it." I let out a deep breath.
It was the truth- mostly. I downplayed the fact that I would be in a lot more pain here, but I knew that if they knew what I was truly dealing with, they wouldn't let me make the "selfless" decision to stay. Of course, keeping secrets in my family is close to impossible. Jasper would easily catch onto my tough guy act, but I would do my best to hide it from him.
There was a long silence, as neither of them knew what to say. Of course, talking about my feelings wasn't something I commonly did with my brothers. Emmett sighed and looked up at me sympathetically. "Man, I'm sorry. I can't imagine what you must have gone through, to be going through. That's something someone as good as you shouldn't have to deal with. If it becomes too much, don't even think about our feelings. Get out of here as fast as you can."
I chuckled, trying to make light of this conversation that had suddenly become too much for me to deal with. "Man, Emm, you make it seem like I'm not wanted." I smiled at them, and they smiled back, clearly relieved that our conversation had taken a different direction.
Jasper laughed, "Edward, I'm guessing it wasn't just 'Little Sister Love'?
I laughed. It seemed like ages that I tried to convince myself of that. It now seemed silly for me to even think that it was possible. "No Jasper, my guess is no." And that was the end of any Bella Swan talk for the night.
Once we returned home, I intentionally ran straight for my room, trying to avoid the mushy-gushy kisses that my brothers got when they were welcomed home.
My room was left untouched. The only difference was my closet was freshly stocked. With clothes that I didn't think were in style. Wow. Was I really that out of it to not even notice the fashion changes? Alice laughed from downstairs as she saw what I was noticing. It was a light sound, refreshing. Like the ringing sound of her laugh was a glass of ice-cold water in the middle of the Sahara. Like that was all I needed, but that was no where close to exactly what I needed.
Alice then appeared in my doorway with Jasper on her heels. He followed her in and sat at her feet as she sat on my gold couch against the wall.
"It seems that there is a lot we need to talk about." She had an all-too serious look on her face. I chuckled as I saw what she was about to say. "How could you not even know what is in style!? I am ashamed to even call you my brother!" She had a serious hurt in her voice. I laughed at the fact that she actually was serious.
"Sorry Alice, I was a tad on the out of it side, you know?" She rolled her eyes.
"There is no excuse for this! What was in style five years is awful now! My brother wouldn't be caught dead in those clothes!" She shuddered. "It seems that we have some work to do!" Jasper immediately got up as he saw where this night was headed. I laughed. At least he could get out of trying on outfit after outfit with Alice all night.
"Oh boy!" I said as I opened up the closet doors wider. It was time for my fashion one-oh-one.
Luckily, I managed to survive my night with Alice- barely. She made me try on every single outfit in the closet, telling me why they were a good thing for me to wear. When I got the first hint of sunlight coming through the darkness, I made a run for it. Emmett was downstairs laughing at how painful my night was last night. I scowled at him as I grabbed the keys to one of our cars. Rosalie was then the one to look up at me, smiling.
"Actually Edward, we're not taking my car. You have one of your own." Alice skipped down the stairs.
"Since your clothes weren't the only things that went out of style, I figured why not get you the car that suits you best? Of course, I already knew what you wanted, so here!" She tossed me a small key with one single key chain on it. The key chain was a small pink heart with a picture of Emmett on the inside. I rolled my eyes.
"You think you're so funny, Emmett!" He laughed. Of course he thought he was so funny, that's Emmett.
Out in the garage in between a red convertible and black Mercedes was a silver Volvo. It was perfect. Not too flashy, but definitely a fast, good car.
"Thank you, guys! You really are making my arrival back home very, very special."
Everyone smiled at me and climbed in the back, except for Alice. She stood frozen in the doorway with her eyes wide with shock and worry.
"What is it? Alice what is it?! Honey, talk to us!" Jasper was immediately out of the car and at her side, trying to get her attention.
She quickly snapped out of it, but I could tell she was blocking her mind. Hiding whatever she saw from me. I was about to beg her to tell me, but I knew she wouldn't budge. Alice was very, very stubborn.
She climbed into the front seat, and carried on a very pointless conversation, pretending that nothing had just happened.
We arrived at school sooner than everybody else. There were only a few cars in the parking lot, one of which was an old beat up faded red Chevy.
We arrived early so I could get all of the paperwork for my first day. I walked into the dull, drab school office and I settled into a wooden chair just inside the door. Across the room I could hear the Principals welcoming voice as they talked to a new student as well. A receptionist sat at the desk ten feet away from me, with her glasses on the tip of her nose, she had her eyes glued to the computer screen.
She then looked up at me over her glasses and gasped. The same reaction from any human being. "Ummm…. Principal Greene will see you now, umm…. E-Edward." I politely smiled at her and got up from my chair to wait for the other student to exit the office.
The sound of a chair scraping against the linoleum was then followed by five uneven, and clumsy footsteps toward the door. Out walked my life.
My reason for existing.
My everything. She was there, in front of me, not two feet from me. I was sure this was her. She had the exact same big brown eyes that would never disappear in my thoughts. Her long brown hair was even longer as she had it curled and draped beautifully around her face. Even though she was no longer the twelve year old that I've always known and loved, I was one hundred percent sure it was her.
There were no words to describe this. I had absolutely nothing to say. What could I say? 'Hello, I'm the guy that was in love with you five years ago and then left. But before I disappeared, I told you I was a vampire.' Yeah. That would go over really well.
She stared at me, with her eyes widening as she took in my face. Her mouth was slightly opened in shock. Maybe she had no idea who I was. Maybe this was the generic reaction I was so very used to getting from teenage girls. That's what it was. She was just gawking over my face like any other teenager in America. But something in her eyes, the eyes that I'd know anywhere in the whole entire world, told me she was confused, shocked, worried, but happy. Could she really be happy? Not possible.
But one thing was for sure. Bella Swan, my Bella Swan, was in the same room as me, looking me straight in the eye.
Bella's Point of View
I woke up the next morning to the faint sunlight creeping through my windows. The
Butterflies in my stomach were not nearly calmed as I got out on my favorite pair of
Straight legs and grey converse along with a black North Face. I quickly brushed my
Teeth and did my hair, ready to tackle the long day I had ahead. I tried to calm myself
as I drove to school, taking long, even breaths.
When arrived at school, I entered into the main office and was welcomed back into the Principal's office.
"I am Principal Greene, welcome to Forks, Miss Swan. I've heard so much about you. You're father speaks about you quite often." Right on time, my cheeks were red. The mid-forties man with salt and pepper hair welcomed me kindly. He reached out his hand.
"Thank you, Mr. Greene. Now, the receptionist said I needed some paperwork to get filled out by my teachers today?"
"Ah, yes! Let's see…" He searched under piles of paperwork laid out over his desk. "Here they are! Just have you're teachers sign these and bring them back at the end of the end of the day." He smiled at me and I could tell that was a relax-you'll-do-fine-today kind of smile. I let out a heavy sigh.
"I can assure you that you'll love it here." I knew that was a promise that wouldn't be kept. I'd grown used to promises not being kept.
I quickly gathered my things and stumbled toward the door. I opened the door only to find that I wished I never opened it.
I was delusional. Having hallucinations. I was crazy. That's the only way to describe how it was even possible for Edward Cullen to be here.
It was him- real or not- for sure. His perfect bronze hair messily tousled on the top of his head just as I'd remembered it. His smooth, god-like features took my breath away. And his topaz eyes stopped my heart, literally.
I knew I was awake, so that ruled out the dream idea. Maybe it was the drastic change in weather that caused these hallucinations. Or maybe, which was probably most likely, I was crazy.
That was the easy explanation. The simple one. And I already knew I was crazy, this just justified it.
But one thing was for sure. Edward Cullen, my Edward Cullen, was in the same room as me, looking me straight in the eye.
Okay, I know Bella's Point of view is short but let's face it, there's more to write about through Edward's eyes anyway. Yes I know this wasn't the reunion scene we wanted. But, I feel like the true reunion scene is the scene where they admit they're true feelings and actually talk to each other, so just wait for that, which WILL be good! Please review and tell me what you think! =) P.S. I just read over this chapter for a second time and I'm disappointed that this is the scene where they see each other, and I'm sorry! But this will only make the next REAL reunion scene so much better! Trust me! Thanks for reading!