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Epilogue
"Can I please go home now?" I asked Carlisle, sitting across from him. I was eating cereal, still taking it painstakingly slow so I wouldn't become ill again.
"Sorry, that's sort of up to Alice and Esme." Carlisle said, shrugging slightly.
"It's their master plan isn't it? To keep me hostage forever." I groaned, resting my head against the table. It had been nearly three days, no matter how much I loved being with Edward and his family, I was sort of tired of having to be dressed day to day by Alice.
"Maybe." Carlisle laughed, honestly laughed at my pout.
"Well, can I go outside with Edward?" I asked, looking out the window towards where Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, and Edward were playing soccer.
"I don't know...you could end up pushing it too far." Carlisle said, still slightly worried over any repercussions from the drugs Victoria had given me.
"Worse possibility is that I fall on my face," I said, shrugging slightly as we both smiled. "But I do that all the time anyway, so it's alright." I laughed, shrugging again.
"Well yes, you do fall a lot." Carlisle said, laughing as he stood up. "I've never seen a human quite so accident prone." He said, the confused look on his face making me crack up again.
"It's truly a gift, honestly." I said, trying to act haughty as I sat there.
"Okay maybe you can go out, but please, Bella, I am honestly begging you, don't fall or break anything or get any concussions, because, despite what you may think, today is my day off from the hospital." Carlisle laughed, following me out the door as I ran forward trying not to trip or fall on anything.
"Don't worry, Carlisle. I only want to watch, I know what Alice would do to me if I ruined her 'carefully' coordinated outfit." I laughed, walking down towards where they were playing. The simple black and white plaid top was very comfortable, matching with the plaid tennis shoes and the black skinny jeans.
"Bella, you can sit here." Carlisle said, showing me to a simple chair close to the grass.
"Fine." I groaned, sitting down and watching.
"Stop fretting, Alice will be back soon." Carlisle laughed, grabbing hold of a huge medical dictionary and heading back inside.
"Wait, aren't you going to stay here and watch?" I asked, frowning over at him.
"Not really, I'm more of a baseball person rather then soccer." He said, shrugging. "Remind Edward to show you how we play baseball, I don't think you've seen any of our games." He said, heading inside. I sat there, guessing it was a pretty good day, the sun wasn't out but it wasn't freezing cold. I continued watching the game, nodding off as Rosalie scored her fiftieth goal against Emmett.
"Bella?" Edward laughed, pressing a kiss to my cheek. "Is the game that boring?" He continued laughing, sitting beside me.
"No, I guess the medicine knocked me out." I whispered, yawning loudly. "How long was I asleep?" My cheeks flushing bright red as I realized that the soccer game was over.
"Not long, about ten minutes. I decided to wake you up before Emmett grabbed the permanent marker." Edward said, eyeing the inside of the house.
"Seriously?" I asked, turning an even darker shade of red.
"Yes, but I heard his thought before he could act." He laughed, both of us spotting Emmett as he tried to sneak forward.
"Emmett! Where did you put my eyeliner!!" Rosalie yelled from inside the house, leaning out the upperstory window. If it was at all possible, I had no doubt that Emmett would have been bright red.
"Dang it." He whispered, pulling the eyeliner from behind his back. "Foiled by my own wife." He groaned stepping back inside.
"Emmett I already saw what you were getting ready to do. You never would have had a chance." Edward laughed, helping me inside.
"That's what you think!" Emmett yelled, his laughter echoing throughout the entire house.
"Is Alice back yet?" I asked, walking beside him towards the stairs.
"Actually yeah, she just pulled into the garage with Esme." Edward said as Alice danced through the door, dropping her keys on the table.
"Finally, she's been gone for two and a half days." I groaned. Both Esme and Alice had left shortly after I had returned to their house, staying away for the several days that I had been here. The entire family had even been gone from school the past week, helping in the search for me. "No offense, but does this mean that I'm allowed to go home now?" I asked, whispering to Edward.
"Yes, but..." He started but stopped as Alice danced by, obviously excited. "Well, you'll see I guess." He groaned, glaring at his smiling sister.
"What do you mean?" I asked, peering up at him.
"I'm not allowed to say anything." He said, dragged backward by Alice.
"Come on, Bella. I'll drive you home." Alice smiled, dancing forward. She was obviously very excited over something and it sort of frightened me. "Come on." She said, grabbing her keys and yanking me along behind her.
"Alice, what did you do?" I asked, sitting down in the passenger seat of Carlisle's car.
"Nothing, silly." She laughed, scaring me more and more.
"Alice, I am honestly asking you as a friend...Is it possible that you have finally snapped? Because you know I'm here for you, whether it's drugs, alcohol, psychotic break." I said, staring out the window as she pulled away.
"You're funny, Bella." She laughed, speeding down the lane towards my home. I was slightly amazed with how quickly we got to my house, Carlisle's car was very good at speeding.
"Thanks Alice." I smiled, pushing open the door and stepping out.
"Don't forget your phone!" She called, making sure to hand me the brand new Iphone.
"Alice, I honestly don't need something this ridiculously expensive." I said, pushing the phone in my pocket. I was promising myself that I would only use it until I could get a job and pay for my own cellphone.
"Don't be a dork." She scoffed, laughing at me. "You'll need it anyway, Edward's number is 3, I'm 2, the hospital is 4-" She called, still going as I shut the door and walked off. "Bye Bella!" She yelled, driving off rapidly. I shook my head, managing to find my key and unlock the door. I couldn't make it any farther in then the doorway, to shocked to move. I simply stood in the doorway, pulling out the Iphone as it began to vibrate.
"Are you home?" Edward asked instantly, apparently finally allowed to tell me what exactly had happened.
"Did you see?" I managed to gasp out, finally stepping into the front room more fully.
"I managed to hear her slip right before she dragged you out, are you very angry? Because Esme had the best intentions, Alice sort of went overboard when it came to your room." He continued as I walked through the front room.
"I haven't been upstairs yet..." I said, running a hand along one of the couches.
"Oh, well, Surprise!" He said, managing to sound sheepish.
"Actually, I'm still in the front room sort of." I said, still standing in the middle of the front room, my hand on the couch.
"I'll be there soon, Esme is coming too." Edward said, the sound of his Volvo in the backround.
"Edward, don't upset Esme. I really love it, I'm just slightly overwhelmed." I said, finally looking at the entire room. Somehow, Esme and Alice had managed to completely change the front room to the way it had been before my parents had died. Although the furniture, paint, and everything was brand new, all the pictures and such that I had believed destroyed by Jessica, Lauren, and Victoria were there.
"How were they able to do this?" I asked, suddenly close to tears as I spotted a handmade quilt from my grandma.
"It was Esme's gift to you, upstairs is Alice's form of a gift." Edward laughed, Esme laughing beside him.
"Just come in when you get here, I'm going to look through the rest." I said, hanging up after a few more seconds. The front room now was bright, cream colored walls managing to work with the dark chocolate suede couches. I noticed the heavy draps that once covered the windows whenever Victoria and the rest were home were completely replaced, the new thick cream colored draps now pulled to show the outside.
I moved into the kitchen slowly, amazed by the new changes. The walls were a very pale yellow, matching perfectly with the black cabinets and appliances. The old table had been replaced, I steared clear of the new dark wood table, the four chairs tucked under matched perfectly. I saw several more pictures alining the walls, childhood pictures of me, my parents and wedding pictures for my parents. Every picture that had contained Victoria, Jessica, or Lauren had been torn out. The expensive china that had been left to me after my mother's death was tucked away in the cabinet.
"Bella?" Esme and Edward called, walking towards where I stood. "Are you alright?" Edward asked, standing by my side.
"I'm fine." I said, turning first to him, then Esme and smiling. "Thank you Esme. I honestly never believed I would see any of this again."
"I thought you finally deserved some kindness, after the hell you went through with those monsters." Esme said, slightly flustered.
"Thank you." I said again, smiling at her.
"Come on, I'll show you the upstairs...Alice may have gotten a little excited over getting to have free reign." Esme said, grabbing a hold of my hand and pulling me upstairs with her. I caught sight of the rooms that had belonged to Jessica and Lauren and smiled as I realized that they were completely empty, the walls now painted white. "You can do whatever you want with those rooms, we left that up to you." Esme smiled, letting go of my hand as we approached my bedroom.
"Is it completely crazy?" I asked, looking over at her.
"Depends on who's looking at it. I honestly believe that you will like it but..." She broke off, slightly pushing me into the bedroom.
"It doesn't seem too bad." I shrugged, looking around my now larger room.
"We expanded into Victoria's room, knocked out the wall that was right here," She said, signaling the far side. "And we connected your room to the bathroom through there." She pointed to a closed door on my right.
"This only took you two and a half days?" I asked, slightly astonished as I looked around the room completely. The carpet that used to cover the room had been torn out, replaced with a dark wood. "This is my mom's old carpet." I said, looking down at the beautiful dark purple floor rug. I noticed that it matched the very pretty cream colored walls. The beautiful black and deep purple swirl design on the roof matched the cover on my bed perfectly. "My dad bought me this right before he died...Victoria took it and gave it to Lauren." I frowned, touching the soft fabric.
"Everything we thought would have a deeper meaning for you was brought back in. The quilt we found within the house, along with everything else. The lamp, every single picture, the comforter we all found in a storage container." She said, smiling at me. "Of course, when Alice discovered that Victoria had destroyed all your clothes, she saw it as the perfect opportunity to go shopping." She pulled open my closet doors, able to walk into the larger closet.
"Oh lord, what did she do?" I groaned, slamming the doors closed. Esme laughed, walking with me back down the stairs.
"I tried to reason with her, knowing that you weren't the type to hyperventilate at the sight of a tag saying Versace or Gucci or even Prada." She shrugged, looking over at me as I paled.
"Oh no! She bought all that?" I asked, knowing that I would never be able to repay Alice.
"It was her gift to you." Edward said as we stopped in front of him.
"I love your sister, I really do, but I honestly believe that she has a problem and she needs to seek help." I said as Edward grabbed a hold of my hand softly.
"Trust me, we have all tried one way or another." Edward said, smiling.
"Carlisle and I even tried to take her credit cards away but of course she could see it!" Esme groaned, breaking out into laughter.
"Okay well we're going to pretend that I went insane, I tried everything on, hell I even passed out at the sight of all those clothes, just so Alice can have her excitement." I said, staring first at Edward and then towards Esme.
"Hey! Don't look at me, all I wanted was a piano to put in here so I could play for you, but Esme said no." He said, frowning jokingly at his mother.
"I thought you said you didn't know about it." I said, trying to hide the fact that his words had practically melted my insides.
"Uh...well," He groaned, grabbing a hold of his phone.
"Oh! You are such a liar!" I whispered, suddenly feeling dizzy.
"Are you alright?" Esme asked, trying to save her son from me finding out about anymore things he had hidden from me.
"I'm fine, just a tiny bit dizzy." I said, feeling better already.
"Edward? We should probably be going, Bella needs some sleep." Esme said, grabbing and hanging up Edward's phone. "I'll be outside." She said, smiling towards Edward and pressing a kiss to my cheek. She stepped outside, leaving us alone.
"Do you want me to come back later? Or are you mad?" He asked, frowning slightly.
"I'm not mad." I laughed, honestly laughed. "Of course I want you to come back! I might be asleep so you can probably just slip in." I said, yawning slightly. I hated this, ever since I had been sick I was tiring so much faster.
"Alright." He smiled, stepping closer. "Apparently we're not allowed to stay home any longer, so we have school tomorrow. Esme was wondering whether or not you would like to stay on independent study?" He asked, frowning slightly.
"No! I hated independent study." I said, knowing that Victoria had used it as a punishment.
"Alright, then try to get some sleep. And I'll be back shortly." He said, pressing a careful kiss to first my forehead then my lips. I stayed there for a minute, smiling goofishly as he finally left with an openly grinning Esme. As I made my way up towards my room, I finally decided that even with the psychotic shopping done by Alice, this was probably the happiest day of my life.
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