Hello everyone! I'm trying to get these chapters out as fast as I can, it's just school is kicking my butt still. It will be over in a few weeks so I will be able to update whenever. I got SO MANY reviews on the last chapter! Thank you all for continuing with this story and thanks to the people who have stuck with it since the begining. Ok onto chapter 18. There is GOOD and BAD news. Bad news is, you won't find out what happens in Volterra till the next chapter. The good news is, that chapter will be up tomorrow!!!!!! This chapter was so long, I had to split it in two. Stephanie Meyers owns everything twilight!
Previously in Chapter 17
"I love you Edward", I whispered. Edward pulled back and kissed my forehead.
"I love you to. I love you so much Bella", Edward took my hand and walked me over toward the car. He opened the passanger side and I got in.
"Take care of yourself Edward, we'll be back soon."
"I will Carlisle. Good Luck." Edward nodded once and looked at me. He put one hand on my cheek and kissed my lips one last time. "Call me when your plane leaves."
"I will", he wiped the tears from my eyes and stepped back and shut my door. My father grabbed my hand and patted it lightly.
"Everything will be ok Bella", I couldn't even speak I was crying so hard. My father started to drive off. I turned around in my seat and saw Edward standing in the driveway with both hands in his pockets, looking completly shattered. I looked back at him, and he looked back at me, until I could no longer see him anymore.
The drive to the airport with Carlisle was silent, only saying a few words every so often. I sat in the car playing with my engagement ring Edward gave me. I so badly wanted to believe that I would be ok, that the Volturi would not hurt me. That I would be able to get out of this mess and return to Edward and marry him and leave this mess behind. But I couldn't believe it. Sarah's father, Aro, was one powerful man and Sarah was his baby. I really did not know what was going to happen, I could only hope and pray that this was going to end well.
We got to the airport in record time. We got our tickets and went through security quickly. As soon as we got to our terminal, I took a seat and pulled out my phone at once to call Edward. One ring and he answered.
"Bella?"
"Edward." He sighed.
"Oh Bella I miss you."
"It's only been three hours."
"Three hours is long enough. Where are you? Are you at the airport?"
"Yes, were waiting for the plane right now. What are you doing?"
"Lying in your bed, wishing you were here next to me", ok Bella get a grip. Don't cry in front of the entire airport.
"You have no idea how much I wish I was there with you to. And it's not just my bed anymore, it's yours to. It's our bed."
"Yes, it is our bed."
"Can you do me a favor?"
"Anything for you."
"Don't sulk around the entire time I'm gone. Get out and be with your siblings. Spend some time with Esme. I know your going to miss me and I'm going to miss you to. I don't want you to worry to much, even though I know your going to."
"I'll try my best, but you know how I am Bella", I couldn't help but chuckle at that.
"Yes I know", I then heard the loud speaker come on Flight 9510 New York City now boarding first class, "The plane is boarding."
"I heard they were boarding for New York."
"Yes we have a layover in New York and then from there were off to Italy."
"Oh ok just...just call me when you get to New York ok?"
"Of course Edward."
"Alright my love, have a safe flight. I love you."
"I love you to. Call you when I get to New York", and that was it. We told each other before we left we weren't going to say goodbye to each other. There was no reason to say goodbye if we were going to see each other again...at least I hoped I would see him again. I felt my father brush my shoulder.
"Bella, we have to go now", I nodded, grabbed my stuff, and headed for the plane. The flight to New York went by fast. I slept 90% of the time. I was exhausted. I really didn't get any sleep at all due to my "activities" with Edward last night. When we touched down in New York, I called Edward right away. We said our "I love yous" and went on about how much we missed each other. After what seemed like forever, my father and I boarded a plane to Italy. When we were high enough off the ground, and I was about to pass out once again, my father tapped my shoulder.
"Bella?" I opened my eyes and looked at him.
"Yes dad?"
"I'm so happy to have you in my life. I just wanted to tell you that", I smiled.
"Thanks dad, I'm really happy to have you to."
"I never in a million years thought this would happen. That you would pop up into my life. You've made the family complete Bella. You've made me complete. I've felt like apart of me was missing for some quite time now. I don't know, I've never really told anyone about it because I am old enough and mature enough to deal with these problems on my own. I've realised now that you were the missing piece. I have Esme. I have Edward, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie. And now there is you. You complete me. You make me whole. I have something for you my dear", my father reached into his bag and pulled out a black box and handed it to me, "I think there is no better time then the present to give this to you", I opened the box, and there, inside, was a locket with the Cullen crest on the front. I opened the locket to find a copy of the sketch drawing my father showed me of my mother the first day I arrived in Forks. But there was no picture of my father.
"Why is there no picture of you?"
"I look at it this way Bella. You see the crest on the front? That is our Cullen crest. Each member of the family wears it in their own individual way. I only put the picture of your mother in there because you already have apart of me within that crest. Your mother is apart of who you are and no one else. That picture is for you and know one else. I want you to keep both your families with you all the time. Do you understand?" I was completely speechless. I nodded my head.
"Yes I understand, but you don't understand. Yes I do have two families, but you are apart of both of them as well. You and Amelia created me. You both made me. When I get home, your picture is going in this locket", a large smile broke out on my fathers face.
"Ok Bella, but I get to choose the picture. I don't want you carrying around some lousy photograph of me", I chuckled.
"Yeah, ok. You can choose it. Thank you so much. I absolutely love it."
"No problem my child. Would you like me to put it on you?" I nodded my head and lifted my hair up so my father could put my necklace. For the rest of the flight to Italy, my father and I talked. We talked more about my mother and certain memories he had of her. He also talked about Esme and told me how he knew she was the one he was truly going to spend the rest of eternity with. Then we talked about Edward. He told me about the extreme change that he has gone through since my arrival and how he couldn't be happier that the two of us were going to be getting married. He was tired of seeing Edward suffer for as long as he did.
We touched down in Italy a little bit close to midnight. I waited till we got our rented car to give Edward a call. Of course, he picked up right after the first ring.
"Bella! Are you in Italy? Are you ok?" He sounded like he was really panicking.
"Edward, please calm down. We got here about a half hour ago. I wanted to wait to call you until we got the car. Were on our way to Volterra right now", I heard a large groan come from Edward on the other end.
"Ok, I'm sorry. It's just, I haven't heard from you in eight hours I mean, I just, I'm freaking out over here."
"Please calm down. I told you not to worry so much."
"Yes, but I can't help it. The only love of my life is going up to face the vampire mafia themselves, I mean, look at it from my perspective."
"I know Edward, I know." I heard him take a deep breath.
"Alright so have you got a plan?"
"My father and I have talked it over a little bit. We don't really have a strategy. We hope to just get in there, explain everything, and get out."
"That sounds good. Please be careful. I know Sarah will be in there. She is going to be very manipulative and try and get her way. Just stay strong ok? Everyone here is thinking of you and hoping your ok."
"I'm thinking of them to", before I knew it, we were driving up to the gates of Volterra, "Edward, were here, I have to go", as soon as I said that, I heard a loud bang in the backround. "What was that?"
"The dinning room table."
"What happened to it?"
"I slammed it to the ground...."
"Edward, are you ok?"
"Who am I kidding Bella. No I am not ok. I'm not ok at all", I turned to look at my father, who was talking to the gate keeper in Italian. Then the gate started to open.
"I know your not ok, and I'm not ok either. I'm scared out of my mind, but I'm going in with a positive attitude which is exactly what you need." I heard Edward take a couple deep breaths.
"Ok, ok, your right. I'll stay calm. Your going to be ok."
"Yes I'm going to be ok. Now I really do have to go, were about to get out of the car and go in."
"Alright Bella. Don't get yourself hurt. Please, anything but that. Come back to me at once, you have a wedding to attend to."
"I know, and I'll be there. Please don't break anymore furniture while I'm gone."
"I won't. I love you Bella. I will only ever love you", I felt the tears trying to break free from my eyes.
"I love you to Edward. Only you forever", and with that the line went dead. I stepped out of the car and into Volterra, holding onto my father's hand for dear life.
A/N
Ok I know you hate cliffhangers, but like I said, the next chapter is going to be up tomorrow I promise! There is to much that is going to be happening in Volterra that I couldn't just stuff it all into this one chapter. I honestly don't know how many more chapters of this story I'm going to write, but we will see. As long as you all want me to keep going, I will. Please, please, please REVIEW! I got like 30 reviews on the last chapter. Reviews are love.
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