Bella was placing the newly shipped supplies on the cabinet when she felt someone standing near her, she raised her head and found familiar golden eyes stared down at her. "Hi, Bella." The man greeted her in a voice Bella hadn't heard from for nearly five years...
"Er... hi..., Edward?"
Both Bella and Edward stood awkwardly facing each other, it was not like you could meet your ex after five years at your working place everyday.
"It has been a long time."
Bella nodded, as she was still in shock.
"Walk with me?" It was then Bella realized she was still at work after the initial shock wore off.
"Look Edward, I'm at work."
"Maybe later?"
"Uh-huh." Bella answered carelessly. Why he's back in Forks, why now, after all these years? She thought to herself.
"Great, I'll be in my car." Edward said excitedly.
Before Bella could reply, Edward left. What the...?
"Hey Bella, need some help?" Mike suddenly appeared next to her and asked worriedly, "who is he, by the way? He does seemed familiar..." he mumbled the last part to himself.
"Nobody, just some classmate at college, thanks anyway." Not wanted Mike to recognize Edward or do something stupid, Bella answered dismissively.
When Mike left and Bella was about to resume her work, her phone rang, it was Leah.
Before Bella had time digesting the fact that Edward was now back in town, Leah's call dropped an even larger bomb, it seemed that Seth had found Edward slipping into Charlie's house, then punching furiously at the tree Jacob used to climb into her room at night. Before ended up the call, Bella asked the Leah to keep it from Jacob, for she didn't want her ridiculously hotheaded boyfriend to kill her ex, not yet.
When Bella first caught Edward watching her in her sleep, she was a little annoyed, but she soon got over it like it was nothing. She didn't give another thought about that, even after he left, until one night Jacob teased her about not closing the window, as if she was expected someone. Although Bella didn't say anything and just shrug it off and close the window at once, she nearly got a panic attack inside at that moment, as she was starting to realize how many personal boundaries she had given up unintentionally, when she was with Edward.
And now, after disappearing for five long years, not only he came back like nothing bad had happened between them, but he still came in and out her room like he owned the place, like he owned HER! It suddenly dawned on her that she always ate foods that Edward thought was good to her, always dressed in some dress given to her by Alice that Edward saw proper, always went places that Edward wanted her to go. She was like, what did the blonde nomad said? A pet, right, a pet kept by him, by his family. Bella suddenly felt so nausea and disgusted that she made a beeline into the staff restroom. When she came out, Bella was greeted by Mike's worried face, she took Mike's offer to cover her shift, and decided to face the vampire before going home and rest.
"Look Edward, I don't know why you suddenly appear after all these years..." Bella was interrupted by Edward.
"It seemed there are misunderstandings between us, but we can talk about these at our dinner at Port Angeles." Is this guy seriouly?
Although she was now completely irritated, Bella still managed to talk calmly without causing a scene. She nearly lost it when Edward accused the pack of dangerous. Seriously, A vampire talking about dangerous?
"No Edward, I ain't gonna say it twice: I got it that you love me, hell I loved you too for a while, but I've changed, I've moved on, sorry."
After an awkward silence, Edward chuckled sadly and said, "well then, I guess that's it, we're finally breaking up?"
"Actually, before I was caught up into jealousy seeing you and this Jacob Black as couple, I was coming here to apologize. I guess I did hurt you when I made my family leaving with me unnoticed. I am not asking for your forgiveness, at least I don't think I am, I guess I just need to apologize to you. I'm sorry, Isabella Marie Swan, for everything."
Edward used his right hand to bring Bella's to his face and kissed her hand.
"Goodbye, Bella." Then he got in his car and left.
Even when he did come back after five long years, he still do what he think or want.
Author's Notes
Well, I guess mind-reading gifted vampire or not, Edward needs some tips for how to maintain a relationship, he's mentally a seventeen years old boy that had zero experience about girls after all. Though not a Team Edward, I'm not an Edward hater either, as I had claimed in previous chapters, and since I want to keep the story simple, there will be no dark Edward who comes back to steal Bella away. He might show up again with his family in the direct sequels of this story, the story of Edward and Bella, however, ends in this chapter. It's not like Bella could tolerate his family treating her like a pet either LOL
