Sorry it took so long to update. There were three deaths in the family and one close family friend died in about a two month time. I just couldn't write this chapter. You will understand when you read it. Enjoy!
I turned and looked at Edward, "Yeah, it's time"
He moved so he was sitting facing me and grabbed my hands, "You are not going to want to believe this. You won't believe this. I couldn't but then I was showed the truth and…"
"Edward!" I snapped, "Just tell me"
"This house is haunted. That is completely true. But…" He took a deep breath, "The ghosts are not what are making the noises and scaring us."
"What are you talking about?"
"Bella, we are the ghosts."
I yanked my hands out of his and jumped up, "What the hell are you talking about?!"
"Bella, we died 13 months ago."
"Yeah and your sister is a vampire." I jumped off the bed angry as all hell.
"This is what I meant when I said you weren't ready for the truth."
"You have lost your mind." I turned my back to him.
He came over and tapped on my shoulder, "Try calling somebody, anybody." He held out a phone.
I yanked it out of his hand and dialed his dad. There was no answer. I tried again. There was still no answer. So I tried his sister and then my brother. Nobody was answering. Finally, I tried his mom.
"Why won't you just leave us alone!?" His mom shrieked at me.
"Esme, its Bella. I need to talk to you."
I could hear Esme start to cry and then Carlisle came on the line, "Listen, I don't know why or how you are doing this but it is a cruel prank. If you don't stop, I will report you to the police."
"Carlisle, please, I need to talk to you. Its Bella and Edward is standing right here."
"My son, his wife, and their daughter died over a year ago. If you call again, I will report you." The line went dead.
I dropped the phone and turned around, "I don't understand."
"Let me show you what was going on in the with them when you made that phone call. Give me your hands and close your eyes."
He grabbed my hands and I closed my eyes. A few seconds later I heard my brother's laugh. I opened my eyes and was somehow standing in Carlisle and Esme's living room.
Everybody was sitting around smiling. Emmett, Jasper, Esme, and Carlisle were holding beers. Rose and Alice were leaning back. They were both clearly pregnant. Then I heard the phone ring. Carlisle looked at it.
He sighed deeply, "It's the prank caller again." He hung his head sadly.
I walked over and looked at the caller ID. It simply said Unknown. The phone rang again and Carlisle ignored it. Then Alice's phone rang quickly followed by Emmett's phone.
"Why the hell are they doing this to us!?" Emmett roared.
"I don't know, we just have to ignore it and they will go away." Esme put a calming hand on his shoulder. Then Esme's phone rang. Esme picked up the phone and screamed, "Why won't you just leave us alone!?". Esme broke down crying and Carlisle snatched the phone away from her.
"Listen, I don't know why or how you are doing this but it is a cruel prank. If you don't stop, I will report you to the police." There was a brief pause where I could hear white noise and a voice coming from the phone and then, "My son, his wife, and their daughter died over a year ago. If you call again, I will report you.". He threw the phone across the room. It slammed into the wall and broke into several pieces. The room fell into stunned silence.
The room slowly faded and transformed into the bedroom. I was confused and stunned and terrified. I had no idea what was going on or what was going to happen next.
"I know, it's overwhelming. That's why I didn't want to tell you." Edward sat down and put his arm around me.
"How long?"
"What?"
"How long have you known?"
"Since the day in the woods."
"What happened to us?"
"The night before we started to unpack, we went out for a drive because El was being fussy. There was a rainstorm that came out of nowhere and I lost control of the car." He lowered his head and took a deep breath, "Alice was right. We died screaming."
"Can you show me?"
"What?! Bella it was shown to me. Trust me, you don't want to see."
"I need to see it."
Edward hung his head, "Okay". He took my hands and the bedroom dissolved into the inside of my car.
Edward had one hand on the steering wheel and his other hand was holding mine. El was asleep in her car seat in the back. Edward was smiling. Then out of nowhere it started to pour. Edward mentioned that we should head home and he turned around. We drove for a few more miles until we came to a small bridge that arched up and over a small river.
As we were heading down the bridge Edward hit the brakes to slow the car down a little. As he did that the car started to slide. Edward hit the brakes a little harder but it didn't help. The car just kept speeding up.
"Edward slow down!"
"I'm trying!"
The tires started to squeal and El started to cry. Then as Edward tried to correct the path of the car it just started to spin.
"Bella hold on!" Edward cried.
I could see us careening towards the wall of the bridge and screamed. Edward held my hand tighter and started to scream. The front driver's side corner hit the bridge and the car started to roll. It rolled several times. Finally, just as it was starting to settle I hit my head the seatbelt slider. Everything went black.
"What happened after that? What happened to us for 13 months?"
"We were basically asleep. Then some people moved in here and they woke us up."
"How…" I didn't know how to voice my next question, "It's the end of June here but our family is celebrating Alice's birthday which is at the end of July."
"We exist on different plains. They overlap but are not the same. We exist in one time, the time that makes the most sense to us but the living exists in another time."
"How do you know so much?"
"That day in the woods, my Aunt Elizabeth appeared to me and explained everything. She showed me everything. That's how I ended up covered in blood. The cuts were minor versions of the one's I received in the crash."
"What happens now?"
"I don't know."