CHAPTER 14!!!

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"What did you see Alice? More bits and pieces?"

"No." she replied. "Bella, it's time. We've got him now."

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"What?! What did you see Alice? Where is he?" We got him? I was finally going to get Edward back and explain this whole awful misunderstanding?!

"I saw him in Phoenix, Bella, at your old house! We need to get there while it's sunny! Come on!" she grabbed my hand and ripped me from the diner.

She then pulled out her phone while puling me onto her back. "Alice who are you calling?"

"The airport and then Carlisle. With the time difference, if we go now we'll get there at noon in Phoenix! It'll work Bella! I can see it!"

After she booked our flight she called Carlisle.

"Hello, Alice?"

"It's me, Carlisle! I've seen it, we got him! He's going to Phoenix!"

"That's great Alice. Are you on your way now?"

"Yeah, I'm running me and Bella to the airport. I'll call when we get there."

"Alright, Alice, goodbye."

She hung up the phone as we arrived to the airport. We got through airport security and boarded the plane.

That had to have been the worst plane ride ever. It felt like every second the plane took was another second away from Edward. By the time the plane was moving, I was jumping out of my seat.

"Bella, you need to calm down. Bouncing around like that isn't going to get us there any faster. We're getting there as fast as we can, so just relax."

"I know, Alice. It's just so frustrating, we've been apart for so long with all this wrong information and hurt hanging in the air. This is my shot to fix it all and waiting is just killing me."

She nodded, "I understand, Bella. Don't worry we'll be in Phoenix in a couple of hours."

A couple of hours later…

The plane finally landed and we entered the airport. Alice grabbed my hand and pulled me into the gift shop.

"Alice what are we doing in the gift shop?" Why was she keeping me from getting to my angel?

"Because Bella, it's sunny outside. Remember? I need clothes to cover up in."

Oh. Right.

After Alice bought her gloves, jeans, hoodie, and sun glasses she put them on and marched up to the rental car desk.

When the attendant looked and saw her, he gave her a look that was clearly questioning her sanity. Which I could only assume was because of her attire.

"May I help you?" he asked cautiously.

"Yes, you can. I need a really fast car with really tinted windows." she responded.

The guy looked suddenly very suspicious and it was all I could do to not burst out laughing at what must be going through his mind at this second. Damn, it's moments like these when you wish you had mind reading powers.

"What do you need a car like that for?" he asked, eyeing Alice.

"Well the dark windows are because I'm allergic to the sunlight. The speed is because I enjoy moving fast." she purred at the man while slipping him a few bills.

The man cleared his throat and inconspicuously grabbed the money. "Alright ma'am, I think we have just what you need. Follow me."

Alice giggled and followed the man to the room where the rentals were kept as I tagged along on her tail.

The guy ended up giving her a black Mercedes, much like Carlisle's. Soon we were speeding away. We were weaving through the city and I could feel my heart pounding out of my chest as my insecurities flooded me. What if Edward didn't love me anymore? What if after all this, he decided he was better off without me? I started hyperventilating as these thoughts pounded through my head.

"BELLA?"

"Huh?"

"Geez, are you ok? You were like going into a panic attack and right now is not the time!"

"I'm sorry Alice, I'm just scared."

"I understand, now listen up. I can't go to this house with you cause Edward will hear me. I'm going to drop you off a couple miles away and you're going to have to walk the rest of the way. Understand?" I nodded.

"Good, now Edward is in your old room. From what I can see he wont even realize you're their until you speak. How he could miss your scent and sounds, I don't know.

You can do this Bella. I have absolute faith in you!"

All I could do was nod; I was beyond nervous at this point.

Suddenly the car came to a stop. "You have to go on you own from here, Bella. You or Edward can call me when your through."

"Ok, Alice." Without another word, I got out of the car and Alice drove away. I recognized the area I was in and started the journey to my house on foot. I was about half way there and I was already dripping with sweat, all down my neck. Yuck, I was definitely not used to the heat anymore.

As I was walking, it was absolutely quiet in the neighborhood- not a big surprise since everyone was either at work or school right now- and I could hear my feet thudding across the pavement. Thud thud thud. My heart seemed to be beating in rhythm to my steps; it felt as if it was going to thud right out of my chest. I could feel myself slipping into another panic attack the closer I got. I forced myself to calm as I approached my house.

There it was, right in front of me. I stood on the sidewalk just staring at the door. Trying to will myself to move. After a couple minutes of staring at the door, I took a deep breath and entered; entered the house, entered my fate.

I stopped and looked at my old house for a moment. It was mostly empty except for some larger furniture my mom and Phil had left behind. As I stood there, a flood of memories hit me. It was amazing to think how much my life had changed since I lived here.

Alice said Edward would be in my room so I quietly made my way through the kitchen and down the hallway to my room. The door was cracked open and I could hear Edward talking.

"Oh, Bella. What happened? Why don't you love me anymore? I miss you so much, my un-beating heart feels dead without you."

My whole heart shattered to pieces as I heard those words… he actually believed that I didn't love him anymore.

Without another thought, I opened the door and saw him sitting on my old bed with his face in his hands.

"But I do love you, Edward." I whispered softly.

Edward then jumped and flew back against the wall- any other time I would have found it absolutely hilarious that I scared him, but nothing was funny right now.

"B- Bella?" he stared at me wide eyed.

I nodded and walked over to him. "It's me Edward." I was standing directly in front of him now.

"BELLA!" he picked me up and swung me in his arms, hugging me tightly. Then he stopped abruptly and put me down. "Bella, what are you doing here?"

"I came for you."

"Why?"

All of the sudden all of my anger and guilt turned into fury. "WHY?! How about because you left me! Without even an explanation, you left! Without giving me a chance to explain! You claim to love me, but you don't even give me a shot to explain myself! You broke my heart when you left! I love you so much! So much that it hurts! I could've died that day you left! Why didn't you wait? Why didn't you let me explain?!

Don't you get it? I could never stop loving you! I loved you the first time I met you! I loved you when I found out you were a vampire! I loved you after that night in Port Angeles! And I loved you when James tried to kill me! I LOVE YOU EDWARD ANTHONY CULLEN! Can't you see that?" I was sobbing hard at this point as I fell to the ground. I hadn't realized I had been holding so much in until it just spouted out.

I looked up at him and saw that spark back in his eyes, before it quickly disappeared.

"Bella, I left to make it easier for you. So that you wouldn't have to try explaining it to me. I always promised that if you found someone else that I'd set you free, and I saw you kissing Jacob-"

"I did not kiss Jacob Black! He forced me to kiss him! And that is what you walked in on! He was babbling away about his feelings for me and how he knew that I reciprocated them! Then he kissed me! I was trying to get him off of me but he just kissed me harder-

Edward?" I looked up and Edward's eyes were black with fury

"That child… forced… you to… kiss him?!" His words came out strangled in their fury.

"Yes! That's what I've been saying! If you hadn't left like that, then you would have known instead of me coming after you!"

Suddenly his face changed, "Bella? How did you get here?"

I looked at him in disbelief, "Is that really relevant right now?"

He nodded.

"Alice and I have been chasing after you since the day after you left! When you made that decision to go to Chicago! Which is another bone I have to pick with you! Dragging me across the country like that! And England!"

"You've been following me all this time?" he asked softly.

"Yes. Because I love you."

Suddenly I was in his arms. He sat us on the bed and continued to hug me as he cried dry sobs.

"Edward," I whispered. "Edward don't cry, angels shouldn't cry."

"I'm not an angel, Bella. I'm a monster. Just look at what I've done to you. I'm so sorry."

"Edward. What happened doesn't make you a monster, it makes you human- well figuratively speaking. What I'm saying is you made a mistake. I've made mistakes and lot's of them. Please don't blame yourself and don't call yourself a monster. It wont help any."

I could tell he was about to object, so I cut him off. "Why don't we just go through what happened ok?" he nodded.

"So, you know that I was planning on hanging with Jacob that day. Well everything was going fine until it was time for him to leave. That was when he started talking a whole bunch of crap about how he was in love with me and how he knew that I loved him too and that I should just give him a chance. I was trying to object to him when he forced his mouth onto to mine. I was trying everything to get him off and then you showed up. Your gasping was what got him off of me. But then you left, I screamed for you but you didn't come back.

That's when I turned and punched Jacob in the mouth. I was just so angry. Then Charlie showed up and asked why Jacob was bleeding and I told him what happened. He actually had the nerve to find the situation humorous! So I got into the car and drove to your house in hopes of talking to you. When I got there Rosalie answered the door and I'm pretty sure she would have killed me if Carlisle hadn't come to the door. He let me in and I walked into a room of five very angry vampires. Even Alice was spitting venom at me- not literally. They finally let me tell them what happened and then Alice took me home and spent the night. The next day she had her vision of you in Chicago and we went after you. But it turned into this awful game of chance because we had to keep far enough away that you couldn't hear Alice and wait until you went somewhere where I could corner you and talk.

By the way, what was with the trip down memory lane that I got dragged down?"

He sighed, "Bella I am so sorry for what I put you through. As for the trip down memory lane- as you put it… I was going to the places that were the most important to each of my family members. Just remembering how we all got here and what we've all lost. Then I came here because I just needed to be close, in some way, to the most important thing I ever lost."

"Edward, you never lost me. As for your little journey, I realized something too."

"Really? And what would that be?"

"Well, while we were following you, Alice told me what happened to each one of you depending who's spot you were at. I realized why you've always been so against me changing into someone like you. All of you had such sad endings, you all had hopes and dreams and they were lost when your humanity was ripped from you and you were shoved into this life. I see what you see."

"So, you've decided you don't want to be changed?" he sounded hopeful, but I also noticed just the slightest glimmer of disappointment in his eyes.

"No, what I'm saying is that you changing me when I want to be changed is the best way to do it! Don't you see, if you were to wait until I was dieing, I would just be another vampire with a heart breaking story. If we did this when I wanted it, I wouldn't be losing my hopes and dreams… I'd be living them. You don't have to decide on this now… just think about what I'm saying. Ok?"

He nodded.

"And one more thing, Edward, don't you ever leave me like that again!" I scolded. "It-it hurt too much." I whispered staring down at the floor.

He placed his finger under my chin and forced me to look in his eyes, "Bella, I will never leave you."

We stared into each other's eyes for a moment until suddenly his lips came crashing into mine. It wasn't a normal kiss, there was so much passion and hurt and desire thrown into that one kiss, and it was anything but soft. I tangled my hands into his hair and he brought his hands down to my hips and started tracing my sides up and down. I gasped when his fingers trailed over the sides of my breast and he moved his kisses down to my neck to give me a chance to breath before crashing back into my mouth again. I was pretty sure my lips were probably swollen and bruised but I just didn't care. We kept up like that for quite a while before Edward pulled away and rested his forehead against mine and stared into my eyes while I tried to catch my breath.

When I finally pulled away and looked around I noticed it was dark out. I couldn't believe we had been talking and…well… not talking for so long.

When I was breathing normally, I remembered, "We need to call Alice. Do you have your phone?"

He nodded and turned it on. As soon as it was powered up, it rang. "Alice." we both said and laughed.

"Hello Alice."

"Oh my gosh, Edward! Don't you ever do that again! Do you no how much we've all missed you!?"

"I'm sorry, Alice. It wont happen again."

"It better not! Anyway, I'm outside. So come out here and lets go home!"

"Alright, we'll be right there. Bye."

"bye."

Edward hung up and looked at me, "Are you ready to go home?"

I yawned, "Am I ever!"

He chuckled, "Come on Love, Alice is outside."

We walked out of the house after locking it all up and climbed into the car. I got into the back seat and pulled Edward in with me.

The car ride was silent. Any scolding Alice was doing was in her head. As we drove to the airport, I fell asleep in Edward's arms- content that I was exactly where I was supposed to be.

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