Okay, so I know I keep leaving you guys hanging, but you always find out eventually! Bella's back, and more badass than ever…

"Oh, Baby, I missed you so much!" She cried, holding me in her arms as I sobbed.

"I missed you too, mommy." I whispered into her shoulder.

We stood stayed like that for a while, crouched down on the floor, hugging and crying. She started kissing my head and shoulders and any part of me she could reach without breaking our embrace. Eventually she stood up, and carried me to the couch. There was an awkward silence, and I remembered the seven other people in the room. But even with the awkwardness, I was content. She was here again. She was okay. I finally looked up at her face for the first time, at what I saw shocked me.

"Mom…" I gasped.

"What's wrong, honey?" She asked concerned.

"What happened to you?" I asked, frightened.

"Well, that's something we need to talk about. I know, it's a shock baby, but in a way, it's what I've always wanted."

Once again, the air was filled with silence. Nobody spoke, but Alice slowly approached us. There were no words said between my mother and her friend, but the look that passed between them was so intense, I knew they were doing all the talking they needed. And then Alice hugged her. The silence wasn't so awkward, as each Cullen came up and hugged her, not a word uttered. Each family member came up… but one. Edward. He only sat there, staring at her. I don't think it had gotten through his head that she was here yet. It was a lot for him to take in during the course of twenty-four hours. I felt bad for him. First, his sister shows up, telling him to come home immediately because of an emergency, then his other sister tells him he had a son with the woman he left six years ago, then he gets interrogated and yelled at by his family, then the love of his life that he hasn't seen in years comes back to visit him. Yeah, I'm not sure I'd believe it either.

The whole family was staring at him. All of us were. All eight, as if we expected staring at him would unfreeze him from his shocked state. Of course, it didn't. He sat there, unmoving. He didn't even blink, and I don't think he was breathing either. You could see the guilt and sorrow on his face. Yet there was a strange sense of happiness on it too. It was such a bittersweet moment, and he couldn't decide whether to be happy or upset. His mouth opened, as if to say something, but he quickly closed it. He kept opening and closing his mouth, starting to come out of his shock. We were all trying to find the right words. I don't think there were any.

"I think we should give them a moment…" Esme whispered.

"Should I stay?" I asked.

"Yes… you most definitely should stay." Alice said strictly, in a way we all knew that she had seen things would go better with me in the room.

I nodded, and the rest of them left. There was just the three of us, now.

"Please say something." She begged.

"What do you want me to say?"

"That you forgive me."

"Your fault? Bella-" he cut himself off with a new sentence, "This conversation is starting to sound awfully familiar." He stated (A/N I took that convo from New Moon BTW)

"Yeah, it is…" she laughed humorlessly

"But really, it's not your fault. If anything it's mine. I should've never done what I did. It was a mistake. And obviously no use, since the point was for you to have a happy human life," he motioned to her vampric body. Yes, Bella swan was now one of them.

"You're damn right it was a mistake!" She growled at him. I flinched. Never once had I heard my mother speak with such emotion. It was like she's transformed into something more than an immortal. Just being here altered her emotions. And that made me surprisingly happy. She no longer looked dead to the world, but fierce and aware. Edward, too, was taken aback by her anger.

"Do you know how much I went through? I raised our kid all alone. I spent the rest of my teenage years unhappy and unloved! The only person that loved me was EJ… My own father practically disowned me! All of my friends abandoned me and I was suicidal for weeks before realized I was pregnant! Only then did I stop trying to hurt myself. Because no matter how much my life sucked, I had to be there for him. It wasn't fair to hurt him too. And I tried to be strong and motherly to him, but it was hard! Because I was a single teenage mother working at a shoe store, bringing him to a daycare that I could barely afford with my job at a shoe store! I gave up college. I wanted to give him the life he deserved. It wasn't his fault that his mother couldn't raise him properly! The only thing that kept me from putting him up for adoption and giving him a loving family was the fact that he was probably immortal and more powerful than every human on earth! He probably could've done a better job raising himself than I could! I was the adult, but he didn't need me, I needed him. I needed him like I needed air. And I knew that if he ever decided that he was sick of his deadbeat mother, and went to live with Charlie, I would not be able to carry on. And so, I became obsessed. I couldn't bear for him to leave, too. So, I searched for you, trying to find you. But you didn't want to be found. But I never gave up. I knew you didn't love me, but I hoped that you would love him. Love him enough to help us." Her anger slowly dissolved into despair and she began sobbing.

"Please don't cry, mom." I whispered, knowing it was no use.

Edward sat there, stunned, unsure what to do. Finally, he stood up, and walked towards us. He turned to my mother, kneeling in front of her on the floor. She looked down on him from the couch and there was another unspoken conversation. They weren't talking, yet everything that needed to be said was.

"I am so sorry." He whispered. "And just so you know, I love you."

"I forgive you." She looked him dead in the eye. "And just so you know, I love you too."

I wanted to look away, and give them privacy, but I'd never seen my mother so happy in my life, and it couldn't detach my eyes from her. It was an absolute miracle. I decided maybe Edward Cullen wasn't that bad.

Edward Cullen. My dad. So what was I supposed to call him? Dad? Daddy? Edward? I had no clue; it didn't need to be discussed now anyways.

I watched as my… father whispered something in her ear. She whispered something back, and I smiled. She was happy. Happy. Then I heard something… I didn't believe my ears. What I hears was… laughter? Her laugh? Yes, she was laughing. And the laughter was genuine and so amazing, it filled my ears. Maybe miracles really did happen.

There you go! This was probably one of my favorite chapters to write… I'm actually in my car right now, and I spent a large part of the eight hour car ride writing this and a few other things on my laptop in the back of my minivan. So, I really hope you liked it! It's what kept me entertained. Unfortunately I can't post it until I get wifi which is two days (at least) away! But I guess that will give me more editing time!