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Chapter 21

Melancholy

I was glad that the Cullens came with us to the cemetery. It would lessen the blow of my two brothers being six feet under me. But I was missing a day of school for this and I felt bad. I already missed so many days already that it was a little much to make all of the Cullens miss a day too. Chanel was staying at the Riverview Hotel for three days until our 'tradition' was over. I talked to my volleyball coach at school and he gave me another chance of making the team on Monday. Since our games started after exams, I would have one tryout and that would be the final decision. He needed three other girls for the team but if he got only one, he was satisfied with that. And I was happy about that. I had a feeling that I would be healed by Monday.

We took three separate cars to get my mother from her hotel. Esme, Carlisle, Alice and Jasper took Carlisle's brand new 2009 blue Ford Fusion Sedan. Emmett and Rosalie took Emmett's also totally brand new 2009 silver Jeep Liberty while Edward, me and my mother took Edward's white Mustang. My mother thought that this family was rich but both Esme and Carlisle were doctors, and that paid a lot. Although, Alice was a little disappointed she couldn't drive her new silver 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera S Coupe. It was sweet! We exchanged her 2008 Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class for the Porsche. Apparently, every year, the Cullens changed cars with the affordable money. They got a pretty good amount of money for the exchange though. It was surprising…

As we drove to the cemetery, my mother and I started to catch up on little stories that happened since I moved to Olympia. She was a little worried about me getting so many injuries but I couldn't leave for two reasons. One, Edward would never let me. Two, I couldn't bring myself to leave. There were so many people that I loved that I could never bring myself to leave them, even against my parents' wishes.

We arrived later than usual. Edward was trying to drive slower so that he wouldn't get a heart attack. I had gotten used to his speed but it was still something to keep private. My mother had bought Daffodils for Justin and some Scarlet Pimpernel for Jeremy. They were always their favourites. As we said our prayers and placed the flowers on the tomb, my mother was sobbing into my shoulder. I tried to comfort her as always but it was harder this year. Now, we were saying goodbye to my two brothers. It never took us long to stay at the cemetery but I was surprised that Henry didn't come with us. He was probably still mad at me for my behaviour when I left. No surprise…

As we left the cemetery, it was starting to get late. We did arrive at five o'clock in the afternoon. Chanel didn't want to arrive there too early. As we drove down to The Singing Sailor—our friend Mike Stark's restaurant—with the many cars, Chanel was starting to calm down slightly. I was glad when I saw the restaurant in my sight. Finally, we could relax. Chanel still wasn't getting used to the fact that the Cullens came with us but I told her that it was alright. I just didn't tell her that Edward was my boyfriend yet… I just told Chanel that the Cullens were good friends to me ever since I arrived to Olympia. And it was true. Although, I did tell her about my other friends at school.

As we parked the cars in the restaurant's parking lot, all the Cullens went to take a different table close to ours. Mike was happy to see us after all this time. He had heard that I was missing and was glad to see that I was alright. He personally escorted the both of us to our table and then, he did the same to the Cullens. He was friendly with anyone around him.

"I didn't know that you had so many good friends here in Olympia. You never mentioned any of them in the emails." She said as Mike brought us our usual drinks. He got for my mother a nice Red Caesar with celery in it and for me, a small orange juice as usual. "They seem really nice."

"They've been nothing but nice to me ever since I arrived. I really like them, especially Alice and Edward." I said before taking a sip of my juice.

"Alice seems very sweet. But your friend Edward…" Oh no… what was she going to say about him?

"What about him?"

"I think he likes you." She said as she stirred her drink a little. "He seems very protective of you."

I lowered my head almost in my drink and wondered how I was going to say this to her. It was a big revelation to her that I didn't want her to freak. "Yeah… about that… Um, I never told you this Mom but… Edward and I are kind of… a couple." I said before drinking most of my drink without taking pauses for air.

She chocked a little on her Red Caesar and looking at me with happiness in her eyes. "Honey, that's wonderful!" Whoa… what? I thought she would freak. I've never had a boyfriend before and now that I actually had one without mentioning it to my mother; I figured that she would flip out on me.

"It is?"

"Of course! I can't believe it! My baby's growing up so fast! When did this happen?" She asked as she put her now cold hand on my arm and was gazing at me happily. I guess I just made her day by telling her this.

"Well, you know that day when you came to Jeremy's funeral and you saw me with Edward and Alice?" I said as I brushed my hair a little.

"Yeah…"

"That night." I said as I stirred my drink. She put her hands to her mouth and she was on the verge of crying. Apparently, she was really happy for me. She never saw me this happy before in her whole life, and frankly, I was really lucky to have found Edward.

"Oh, baby! I'm so happy for you!" She said as she hugged me tightly. She was squeezing me so tight I think she was using all her strength to hug me.

"Mom… can't breathe…"

She stopped and had a tear fall down her face. "Sorry. I'm just so glad to see you this happy! I haven't seen you like this in so long." She said, almost sobbing. Mike came with our food and saw my mother almost crying.

"Chanel, you ok?" His strong friendly voice asked.

"Perfect…" She said. She was wiping the tears away as Mike set down our supper. He always knew what to get us. He didn't even need to come and take our orders.

"So Jules, you ready to sing for us?" Mike asked as he put his hand on my chair.

"Um… sure, why not?" I said as I got up and followed Mike to the stage.

"Same song as usual?" He asked as I walked up the stage with him by my side, getting everything ready for me.

"You know me so well." I said sarcastically.

"I should know… You come here at least once a month." Mike said as he left the stage and told the DJ to start the song. Like every year, I sing Bye Bye by Mariah Carey and my mom would be crying in the middle of the song. It would make her remember the moments that Justin was with her. I always shed at least one tear after the song. It was hard for me to sing now.

As I started the song, the Cullens all looked at me in confusion. I never told them that I had a little strand of a musician in me. It wasn't something that I liked to share with people. Jeremy always loved to see me play but it was hard for me to play now. Every single time I tried to play, it would only hurt emotionally. I started singing and my mother was so happy. Edward was looking at me with his dazzling smile and the others were swept away in my song. Everyone in the restaurant was now looking at me. I never did like to be the center of attention since the night of the talent show many years ago…

I liked to sing. I took just a few vocal lessons but not enough to say I could sing perfectly. I mostly took guitar lessons. As the song was ending, I was getting surprised. My mother never cried. Maybe the fact that I told her that Edward was my boyfriend changed something. I kept staring at the Cullen's table. Esme was cuddling into Carlisle and they looked happy. I guess they liked my singing. Rosalie had a huge smile on her face as she petted Emmett's arm. He just looked like he wanted to clap his hands and scream at me. Alice and Jasper were smiling at me adoringly. Although… it was Edward that caught me. He seemed sad. Even with a smile on, I could see through his mask. He looked sad. Maybe the song I chose wasn't such a good idea. I finished the song with my hand to my heart but I was still staring at him. Everyone clapped and Emmett—of course—cheered like there was no tomorrow. People started to wonder if he was nuts or something.

I got off the stage quickly and went towards my table. I was a little sad, now that I saw Edward's face out there. I never wanted anyone to feel sad because of this. But I could feel some calm rush into me. I bet Jasper was using his power on me. I was thankful for that. I needed something to calm me down a little. My mother was saying that she was proud of me and all that but I wasn't listening. I was more concentrated on Edward's reaction in the audience. I excused myself for a second to go to the washroom to get out of this.

As I went into the bathroom and looked myself in the mirror, I realized that my expression had changed. I was sad at first but now, I couldn't tell which emotion I felt. Sadness? Guilt? Happiness? I didn't know… I put some water in my face and put both hands on the sink. I heard the door open and saw Alice and Rosalie coming in the bathroom. I knew they just wanted to see me.

"Jules! I didn't know you could sing!" Alice said as she came to hug me. I just let her.

"You were incredible." Rosalie said.

"Thanks…" I said as I let her embrace me.

She stopped and went towards Rosalie. She knew something was definitely wrong by the sound of my voice. "What's wrong?" She asked.

"It's just… I saw Edward out there. He looked sad…" I said but surprisingly, it was Rosalie who came beside me and hugged me. She was really having a change of heart. She would never have done that if she was still ticked at me.

"My brother's just not used to hearing songs like that. It made him remember the past he would have wanted to forget. Remember that he lost his whole family because of what he is right now. I guess it's just hard for him, that's all." Rosalie explained as she put her arm around me.

"Don't worry Jules, you were great out there. You have a wonderful voice." Alice said.

"Thanks. Now, let's get back out there. I haven't had one thing to eat since lunch and my head is starting to hurt." I said as I put my hand to my forehead and walked out of the bathroom.

"Are you sure you're alright?" Alice asked. She knew that my concussion wasn't quite healed yet but my leg was getting much better. I could now walk on it without it hurting so much. "You should sit down and take some medicine. Your concussion still isn't healed."

"Don't worry Alice; I've got some Tylenol in my bag. I'll take some at the table." I assured her as we all walked out of the bathroom. They were so worried about me that it was getting a little on my nerves but I knew that they only did it out of love. All of them were starting to grow on me now…

I sat back down at my table and Edward came to sit beside me with his dazzling smile. It was still suffering but I knew I could comfort him later when my mother was gone. He kissed me on the cheek tenderly with his cold lips and his golden eyes were shining in the light. "You were wonderful love."

"Thanks…" I said as I kissed him on the lips. My mother didn't seem to mind. I guess she was just happy that I was happy.

Mike started to come towards us and he was a little worried. "Jules, I need a favour from you."

"What's up?" I said as I took my two Tylenols to calm everyone around me.

"Muse is playing tonight and their guitarist just injured his wrist bringing in the equipment. They need someone pronto. They called their replacement but he can't come until six. Can you cover for them for at least ten minutes?" He was now pleading me to play. I was glad to play the guitar.

"Um… I don't know—" I started but was interrupted by Mike's puppy dog look.

"Please Jules. I know I normally don't ask things like this from my friends but I don't want anything bad happening to this place because a band member's missing! Please Jules!" He begged.

I gave into his begging. Mike was my mom's best friend and I couldn't let him down when he needed someone the most. He never did with us and I'm not going to ruin a friendship, and his job. he "Sure…" I said as I lowered my head in defeat.

"Thanks. I owe you big time!" He said as he ran to tell the band. Muse was quite the big band. They had a couple of good songs but my favourite was Supermassive Black Hole. It was one of my top ten favourites. It had a good beat to it. There was also Knights of Cydonia that was good.

I started to get up and Edward went to his table. My mom grabbed my wrist and looked a little worried. "Are you sure you can do this Jules?" She knew exactly why I didn't like to play the guitar.

"I can play when it's not my own guitar Mom. It'll be fine." I said as I went towards the stage again and saw the band. Mike had at least one band per week come in to play and the critics found it was original. I found that it was a good chance to get some artists to come to a small town like this.

I met the band members and they told me that they would be playing two songs to let their replacement guitarist come here. They were very nice to me. I guess there were two reasons why Mike picked me. One, he's been my parents' friend since their wedding thirty years ago. Two, he knows that I'm pretty good at playing the guitar. The lead singer, guitarist and pianist Matthew Bellamy asked me which songs I knew and I was honest with them. I told them Supermassive Black Hole and Knights of Cydonia, my favourite songs. Matthew was going to let me play the guitar while Christopher and Dominic were going to do the other instruments. I was glad to be the one to play with them but I was starting to get nervous. I hadn't played the guitar in so long that I might be a little rusty.

They started to get ready and they gave me one of their guitars to play with. When everyone was paying attention to the band now, Mike introduced them and they started playing Supermassive Black Hole. I knew that song by heart and it wasn't hard to play. The guitar was first and I was starting to play the song perfectly. Edward was impressed. His expression changed from sad to content. I also saw the Cullens. They seemed impressed to what I was able to do, well music related I guess. Alice was jumping with joy. She seemed happy to see me play. Rosalie seemed happy too… That was surprising. She used to despise me. Now, she seems to like me. Esme seemed so happy. Emmett was like Alice, jumping like crazy in his seat. Carlisle was bobbing his head to the rhythm of the song and Jasper was trying to show a smile, although it was quite difficult for him. He still wasn't used to having me around. I guess my scent was still affecting him.

After the two songs, the guitarist finally showed up with his guitar. Matthew said thanks and told me to stick around after the show so that the band could sign the guitar I used. It wasn't necessary but he persisted on rewarding me for the incident. I gave into it and stayed after the show. Everyone was happy that I played and Chanel was crying her eyes out after Muse signed my guitar. It was really cool that I was able to keep a famous band's guitar. After all I did do them a favour by playing tonight, but it was mostly for Mike that I did it.

After I collected the case to the guitar, I went towards my mother and the Cullens. Chanel embraced me and cried on my shoulder. "I'm so happy for you Jules! I haven't seen you like this in so long!" She said between sobs and returned next to Esme. We took the cars and brought Chanel back to her hotel. Edward and I took the Mustang and went back to their house. The ride home was quiet until Edward broke the silence.

"You were amazing today." His angelic voice said as we entered the bumpy road to his residence.

I knew somehow that he was still upset about before. I never turned my head to look. I could tell from his voice that something was still wrong. "Thanks." I said softly. I knew that he could hear me even if I talked low.

"What's the matter?"

"I'm sorry. Rosalie told me about you… about your family… My song choice might not have been the best—" I started saying but Edward put his ice cold hand on mine, which made me stop in my track of thought. I never thought that his touch would affect me this much.

"You have nothing to apologize for. I should be apologizing to you. My emotions got the better of me. My memories came to me as you sang and I remembered more of my past than I would have liked. I hope you can forgive me." His voice seemed apologetic when it shouldn't. I never wanted him to feel bad. I was just keeping a family's tradition, although I would have liked to have Henry there… It was his son too!

"Of course I forgive you. You didn't even have to apologize." I said as we swerved into the entryway to his garage. "At least it's the weekend. I can finally relax. These past weeks have been insane." I said as Edward got out of the car and used his speed to open my door in a second. Man did I love that speed of his! It was very useful when you felt tired. And that's how I felt. Today had been a long day and I just wanted to get off my feet and relax next to Edward… Edward got my guitar out of the back seat and gave it to me as we went inside with everyone. They all congratulated me and I accepted them without any arguments. I was too tired for that. As we entered the house, everyone froze. I wondered what they were looking at so I turned my gaze to where they were looking and found myself stunned beyond words...

Oh. My. GOD!

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