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J U S T S T O P P E D
Bella's POV
And then it just stopped. The song ended, and the world was moving again. I seemed to suddenly remember. Edward not loving me, leaving because of it, going to Italy to get Edward back, finding out he was dead, the letter. The bliss had ended. For four short minutes it was like none of that had ever happened. Like we were still at our Junior prom.
But then it stopped. Suddenly Alice and Jasper had come over, and Alice had begun to drag me out with Edward's vice grip attached to my arm. Once we were outside, I realized my legs weren't working so awesome, and stumble almost falling.
I waited for the floor (he and I had gotten very close over the last nine months or so. His wife, Mrs. Ceiling, has become very jealous), but it didn't come. Icy, marble arms encircled my waist, and Edward pulled me back up. He held me tight, my back pressed against his chest, and his sweet, arctic breath tickled my ear.
"I'll always be there to catch you,"
Edward's POV
As the last note faded, and Billy Armstrong's voice grew fainter, I awoke from the first sleep I had enjoyed in seventy years.
Well now that you've had their nice moment… I am going to murder you, Edward.Alice thoughts screamed in my head threats of pain, and inappropriate things, that you wouldn't think she was capable of from looking at her. I looked at Jasper pleadingly for assistance.
Nope. You're on your own. I couldn't be around Bella for six months. Jerk.Well, that's promising.
Alice tried to drag Bella out of my grip, but I wasn't having that, attaching to her arm in an iron grip. Once we were outside, Bella tripped and began to fall, her eyes squeezing shut. Reflexively I reached out, wrapping her in my arms, and pulling her up, clutching her to me. In a moment of confidence, I leaned my head down to her ear.
"I'll always be there to catch you,"
Bella's POV
A warmth spread in my chest, missing for so long, it was barely recognizable, like a long lost friend. Someone that deep down you know you have seen before, but you can't put your finger on it. But I knew where it had gone for all that time.
Edward released me from his grip and wrapped his arm around my waist. It was just like before, and I was going to enjoy it. For now I was content not to know why he wasn't dead, I was just happy we was here with me. It was so weird how it was far worse living with him dead, knowing he had loved me, than just living without him, knowing he was somewhere being happy.
Alice got into the driver's seat of the Porsche and, for the first time I had ever know him to do, Edward slid into the back with me on his lap. We drove faster than I had ever seen any of them drive before, until we got to their house, where we came to a screeching halt. Esme ran out to see what had happened.
We got out of the car, Edward hesitating slightly as I pulled him out. At first Esme looked astounded, then angry. Then she was hugging Edward.
And then she was yelling at him.
"First you say that we all need to leave, and we do because you said it was best for Bella, and we love Bella, but then you leave by yourself on fruitless expeditions to South America. Then Alice calls to tell us that Bella is dead, and we find out, thanks to Rosalie, you have gone off on a suicidal conquest to the Volturri! And then, low and behold, Bella is alive, and she and Alice are off to stop you from your doom. Only to have them return to tell us that you are dead! Do you have any idea how mad I am at you?"
I had never seen Esme yell before. It was scary. Downright frightening in fact. By this point the whole family was out on the lawn, Rosalie looking shocked and astounded, Carlisle looking shocked, yet at the same time knowing and wise. Emmett was too busy trying to get past Jasper to tackle Edward.
(I won't say what he was yelling because a) it wasn't very…eloquent, and b) it was in several different languages, eight of which (if my counting was correct), that I didn't understand)
"Emmett…" Carlisle intoned furiously, yet his voice still had passive, calming undertones,
"Fine," Emmett cried, ceasing his struggling against Jasper's weaker grip, "You can let go now, Jazz,"
Jasper nodded and stood back next to Alice. Quicker than I could see Emmett had tackled Edward and was trying to beat him up once again. This time, although I was yelling at someone to stop him, the other Cullens were rather slow on getting him off. But once they had, I ran over to Edward, who had already stood and was brushing himself off, head hung low. I gripped stony hand in the strongest grip that I could manage, and followed the Cullens, who had now began to trickle back into the living room of their mansion.
Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and the now mildly calmer, but still rather frightening Emmett had all settled onto the massive sectional, while Esme and Carlisle sat on another smaller sofa, leaving me to sit on the love seat, and pull Edward down with me.
We sat in an awkward silence for a while, although I was enjoying just being able to feel Edward next to me, and to lay my head on his shoulder for the first time in what felt like forever. Finally Carlisle spoke.
"I think that we would all like to know what happened Edward,"
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