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2 Months later...

Ed POV

It's been two, glorious months with Bella. When I first saw her after all these years, I didn't know what to feel. Was I supposed to be happy that I had found the love of my life, that she'd been recovered? Was I supposed to be angry because she was damned to live like this? Or was I supposed to be grateful, that maybe if she were ever to take me back, I would have her for the rest of eternity. I guess that because I didn't know what to feel, I felt every single one of these and more. I felt shock first, then anger, then the most purest of joys.

And when she finally allows my family back into her life, I was hit with an avalanche of elation. But I also felt guilty. As did the rest of my family. We weren't telling her the truth. She deserved to know and we all knew she was suspicious of some things. We didn't need Jasper for that. But what exactly are we trying to protect her from? Maybe we were just cowards trying to escape the truth.

We had already settled that we were going to tell Bella the truth. The entire truth...but when? No one had ever decided when. How long would Bella last without questioning. I could tell every time I look at her, she knows. She knows we are lying to her. What I couldn't understand was, why didn't she say anything? Was it because she was scared? Was she trying to hide everything and then just explode out of nowhere? So many unanswered questions were tugging at my brain.

All thoughts were wiped clear out of my mind when I saw her bounce out of her house the moment I pulled up. She ran at full speed towards my car. I got out just in time to catch her in my arms.

"Hey." She smiled up at me. My arms were securely wrapped around her torso and she wasn't getting away on her own.

"Hello, Bella." I crookedly smiled at her. This had just of an effect on her now just as it did when she was human. I felt her knees go weak under my grip.

"You know," She said as she leaned her head against my chest. "It's going to be sunny out today."

"Yes. Alice had told me." I replied. There was a hint of sneakiness to her voice.

"You know what that means don't you?" I felt her smile against me. I carefully loosened my hold enough so I could look at her. Bella's beautiful smile was shown to me.

"What does a sunny day mean?"

"No school!" In that moment she escaped me an ran to the other side of her house. I chuckled as I ran to her. I stopped some five feet away and studied her childish behavior. It wasn't like her but I always loved how she was, regardless.

"Yes, no school. Why are so happy over that?" She climbed to the top of an oak she had in her front yard. She looked down upon me from her high branch.

"Because." She stated simply.

"Because?..."

"Just because." She grinned.

I sighed with a smile on my face. I climbed up to her tree and attempted to sit on the branch next to her. Just as I was about to reach her, she jumped off and ran to the inside of her house.

"Bella!" I called. I wasn't mad or annoyed, I was entertained and mesmerized. I heard her soft giggle travel from the inside of her house. I stood outside, listening to her faint footsteps as she moved inside. When I finally heard ruffling I looked up. I could see part of Bella's face peeking out behind a curtain of a room. The one ochre eye I could see was filled with joy. I smiled at her before I disapeared behind her house.

I quickly sprinted to the front door to make my way in. Once I was inside Bella's home I looked around. The living room was well furnished. Three big, comfortable looking couches were placed neatly around a glass coffee table. On it, was a beautiful vase that held numerous fressias. I slowly made my way to the vase and looked at the flowers in awe.

Beautiful light pink freesias were delicately sitting in a small pool of water. My hand rose up to touch it and I felt my finger glide against its soft petals. I remembered how Bella used to smell like fressias. In fact, she still did. Her blood would frequently mask the aroma, but sometimes I could catch it. The glorious essence of freesia.

I broke out of my trance when I noticed something in the corner of my eye. The gleam of black color stole my attention. A piano. I walked to it and sat on the bench. My eyes wandered over the familiar keys. I didn't know I had started playing until I heard the music notes flowing freely. A familiar tune carried out on the piano and my memories were streaming endlessly through my mind. I didn't know I had company until I heard a soft gasp. My fingers abruptly stopped and my head shot up.

Bella stood at the stairway staring at me in shock.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know what I was doing. I just saw the piano and-"

"Keep playing." She ordered. Her voice sounded different, possibly lighter. My fingers found their way back to the keys and resumed playing. As I played, I heard Bella join beside me on the bench. From my peripheral vision, I saw her staring at me. I only wished I knew what she was thinking.

When the music came to an end, we were both quiet. I had no idea what to say. Why had she told me to play this? Did it sound familiar to her?

"I...I know that song." She whispered. I looked up to her and saw that she was staring at the keys in amazement. "No, not song. Lullaby."

Had she remembered this?

"Did you write it yourself?" She asked now looking at me.

"Yes, actually I wrote it for you."

"When?"

"It was around the time we first met. A little while after that, after we befriended," I emphasized the word. "I had composed it for you."

"Did I ever hear it?"

"Of course. I would always hum it to you." I smiled. "It was your favorite way of going to sleep." The words escaped my mouth before I could prevent it.

"You would sing me to sleep?" She looked at me with shock and amazement. I chuckled.

"I suppose." I noticed she had gotten remarkably closer to me on the proximity was remarkably sweet. She smiled at me and leaned on my arm. She looked past the piano and out of a window.

"So what? Did you break into my house every night?" She laughed.

"Kind of." She looked up at me in surprise. "I came in through the window."

"Wow. My best friend is a semi-criminal. I'm so proud!" She said sarcastically.

"You should be. Maybe one day when your in jail I'll crawl in through the window and steal you away. No police officer will have you." We laughed.

"Edward, can I tell you something?" Her voice was all in serious now.

"What?" I asked. My brow furrowed as worry set in.

"It's nothing bad, I don't think. But...I keep on remembering this meadow. It's so beautiful with its green grass and colorful flowers. Do you think it means anything?"

I smiled. Her meadow...Our meadow. To me it wasn't a bad thing at all. It was a marvelous thing. It was our sacred place. The one place no one would bother us.

"The meadow," I said. "it's not bad to remember it. It's actually quite good you brang that up." I stood up and offered my hand to her. "Because I was going to take you there today."

She took my hand and stood by my side.

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