Yes, I know this chapter is short and since I haven't updated for a few weeks, you deserve better, but this is chapter that kinda fills everything in. It's needed. The next chapter will be better. Promise.
Enjoy!
I stared out at the white that wisped around the air plane window. The sun was beginning to set and the rays were a tab blinding through the glass. I pulled down the blue shade and sighed. We would be landing in an hour or so.
We had been traveling since early this morning and had traded off planes twice already, before we prepared to land in Seattle.
Bella sat asleep next to me, her hand cradled in mine. She hadn't spoken once, which was unusual for her, but I figured that the atmosphere had her restless. I moved a lock of hair back from her forehead and placed a chaste kiss on her forehead.
I recalled yesterday's events with a bit of forlorn. It was saddening to see Renee's reaction to her daughter leaving her. She had even broken down into tears and for a brief second, I believed that Bella wouldn't be coming home with me. Her mother meant so much to her and I think she felt as if she was abandoning her own mother in a time of need.
But instead, with a calm voice, she explained how she would visit every month or so. And how they would email each every day and she would call her as frequent as she could. I was once again shocked at the many talents of Bella and just how much she really did take care of her mother, instead of the other way around.
She would be an excellent mother someday…
Don't even go there, Edward.
I rested my head against the headrest of the uncomfortable airplane seats and relaxed for the first time, in a long time. I had Bella back in my arms and everything was right. We would start our senior year in a month, which would lead to many more great things. Alice was already planning our graduation parties, somewhere in Seattle, actually.
That was sure to cost a fortune.
***
I must have drifted to sleep, because it was Bella's soft voice that woke me from my dreams. Her hand was rubbing against my thigh and her doe brown eyes were the first thing that I saw when I opened my eyes. She smiled up at me and gave me a tender kiss on my nose.
"Good afternoon, baby. We are preparing to land. I figured it was time to wake you up, even though I really didn't want to. You haven't slept in days." She kissed me again, this time on my lips. My hand tangled into her hair and she moaned lightly into my mouth.
These were the moments I lived for.
I stated to deepen the kiss, but Bella's lithe hand pushed on my chest and she murmured my name against my persistent lips.
"Edward, we can start having a full-on, make-out session in front of all of these people. I don't have a big problem with PDA, but come on, you know we hard to separate when we start. I promise… that I will make it up to you later," she taunted in her new found seductive voice.
"I'm keeping you to that promise. Don't think I will forget." My lips still moved against hers.
"I was kinda hoping you wouldn't," she whispered back, before detaching my hand from around her waist and falling back into her seat with an "ufp!"
The stewardess came on then and told us to buckle our seat belts. Bella, of course, taunted me more as she reached over to help me, letting her hand linger for longer than needed.
***
I pulled off Bella's luggage from the conveyor belt and took Bella's hand in the other. Our families were waiting at the gates. I asked Bella if she was prepared for Alice's untamable exuberance and Emmett's earth crushing hugs. She replied no, but she couldn't wait to get them.
And they were all waiting for us. Charlie was the first to spot us, surprisingly. I never thought I would see the chief of police cry, but that he did, when he took Bella into his arms for a hug. Alice did jump up and down the whole time, including the entire time it took us to get to the parking garage. Emmett also followed through with just about squeezing the life out of Bella. Esme gathered me in a motherly hug and told me I was in so much trouble when we got back home. Carlisle offered me a sympathetic smile and a pat on the back. And Jasper, well he was his usual self. He tried to calm everyone down, even though you could see he was bursting inside that everyone was finally together again.
I was doing the same.
***
When Bella and I returned to school, we did get hassled with tons of rumors; 97% of them weren't a tad bit true. We both had the same classes, thanks to my lovely father. Bella and I kept up our regular after school study time/make-out time while Charlie wasn't there. Bella came over for dinner every Sunday at my house, while Charlie watched the usual Sunday football. Everything fell back into place.
Everyone was happy.
Bella did go to visit her mother whenever the opportunity granted itself. Most of the time, it was on our long weekends. I usually went with her.
Prom was coming up. I was going with Bella, of course. Alice and Rose had taken Bella to Seattle and Port Angeles three time already, fourth time if you counted today. And yet they still hadn't picked out a dress. I was surprised that Alice wasn't haven't a dress designer particularly for her. Maybe that is where my parents drew the line…
When they finally did come back with a dress, neither Alice nor Rosalie would let me see it. But the blush on Bella's cheek told me it would be a memorable night. The three men of the group had already bought their tuxes and the presents for the ladies. Bella would surely kill me later for the necklace I bought for her.
Forks High had actually rented a hall in a Seattle hotel for the prom. Really you could thank my sister for that. She was on the head of the prom committee with Rosalie right next to her and had done numerous fundraisers for the event. For once in Forks High's history, the gym would not be decorated with streamers and balloons for the seniors' prom night.
Everyone was happy.
The moon was back in the sky and stars were once again bright in mine. It hadn't rained in a week.
Change will come
Change is here
Love fades out
Then love appears
Now my waters turned to wine
And these thoughts I have
I now claim as mine
I'm coming home
Change has been
Change will be
Time will tell
Then time will ease
Reunion by Collective Soul
(Sorry I couldn't come up with a better song. And technically this is in Bella's POV)
So, yes, prom is next! Trust me, it will be load of fun and very satisfying....