Welcome to the final chapter of Legacy! I have considered writing an epilogue, but it's going to take me a while. Remember, all my chapters were prewritten. All I had to do was change some names and some scenarios to Twilight-fy it, but I never wrote an epilogue.

Honestly, I haven't considered writing a sequel to Legacy because I have no ideas whatsoever. Who knows, maybe I will in the future.

Reminder, no beta. My mistakes.

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Chapter 21

My eyes opened to the bright lights streaming in from the slightly opened windows. Beside me, Edward stirred, his eyes opening slowly. When he noticed my eyes were also opened, he pulled his arm from around me and sat up. He moved away from me, clearly avoiding my eye.

Around us, the others were stirring.

"That was awesome," Alice said slowly from the couch in front of me.

I sat up and looked around me: We were arranged exactly like we were before I fell asleep. Alice was still seated beside Rosalie, her mouth slightly open.

"What?" I asked her, concerned.

"We just fell asleep. Like not five seconds ago," she answered. Her face was full of confusion and awe. "I couldn't see what was going to happen."

"It felt like it was hours." I closed my eyes and rested my head back against the couch. In my mind, I saw Edward's face right before we left my dream. He was detached. He didn't look me in my eye. Something was wrong. But I didn't want to mention it to him so I could make it worse. I didn't understand why he was so angry with me, when I was following the plan. He knew the kisses James and I shared were just for show, to make him believe I was truly on his side. It worried me to think Edward would actually believe I would actually want to kiss or touch anyone that wasn't him.

"What did you do with James?" I asked him, my eyes closed.

I was unfortunately unsurprised to hear Emmett answer for him.

"We erased his memory."
"What?" I snapped my eyes open.

"Not all of it," Jasper said. "Let's say you go to New York, meet him on the street, he won't remember who you are. It's like you never existed to him."

"Oh," I said, relieved.

But this worked, I guess. James Carter wouldn't know about our powers, where I was, who I am. And that was a good thing. He wouldn't come after me ever again.

"Thank you," I started, the weight of their protection pressing down on me. "You guys don't know how much it means to me that you helped me."

"Bella," Rosalie said, "You're family. We don't let family down." She smiled at me and I smiled back, appreciating her words. Coming from Rosalie, it meant a lot, especially considering how cold she was to me when we first met.

"Yeah," Jasper said from across the table. "We wouldn't have let you do this on your own. But now, it's time for a really long nap." He stood up and gestured to the others to join him. "You coming, Edward?"

I looked at him, hoping he'd stay.

"Yeah, yeah." He stood without a second glance my way. I held myself back, feeling my throat tighten.

I stood with them and walked them to the door, Alice at my side. I assumed she sensed something was wrong when she grabbed my hand as we walked. At the door, we parted with kisses on cheeks and the promise of seeing each other the next day.

I was disappointed, but not surprised, when Edward kissed my forehead with an air of indifference. Once they were gone, I closed the door softly.

As I lay in bed that night, my mind went over the last few hours, wondering where I went wrong. I did everything as planned; everything was on key. But why was Edward so mad at me, if mad was what he was?

I stayed up, thinking. I thought about what the next day would bring me. I thought about how Edward would be towards me. I thought about the way he avoided looking at me when he left, they way he snatched his arm away from me when we woke up.

I wanted to reach out to him mentally, but I was afraid. I was afraid that he would avoid my thoughts as he avoided my eyes. I wouldn't be able to take the rejection.

I fell asleep full of haunting thoughts. When I woke up in the morning, I turned over on my back and stared up at the ceiling, not looking forward to getting out of bed.

After a few minutes, my alarm clock went off, signaling the time to get up. Today was Tuesday. Since we all skipped yesterday's classes because of the circumstances, we would have to go today no matter what. School would be a small distraction from the earlier events.

But school will also be full of Edward and his indifference.

I got up and shut the annoying alarm off. Once the loud buzzing was muted, I headed over to the bathroom to get ready. I put on my uniform with my usual pair of tights and a pair of red ballerina flats, grabbed my red trench coat, and headed out the door.

Emmett was waiting for me, his bag slung over his shoulder.

"Morning, B," he said. He swiftly kissed my cheek and gave me a sad smile.

He led the way out the door and to his car and I greeted Rosalie who was sitting in the passenger seat. We drove off in silence and once we arrived at the front of the school, I thanked him for the ride and headed inside the building alone.

As I walked inside the door, I thought about the inevitable confrontation at our lockers and decided to avoid it. Instead of walking straight towards the hallway where our lockers were located, I veered off to the left and found myself in an empty classroom. I placed my things on a nearby desk and walked towards the windows in the rear of the classroom.

Outside, more people were arriving, walking through the lightly falling snow. There were girls travelling in packs through the trees in their bright-colored coats and boys on skateboards. Everyone was just fine while my world was slowly falling apart.

The first period bell rang and I jumped out of my stupor and walked out the door grabbing my bag and my jacket from the desk. I quickly walked towards my locker, making sure none of the guys were standing around waiting. When the coast was clear, I opened my locker, sticking my jacket in and taking the books I needed for my first class.

"Hey," I heard from behind me. Startled, I whipped around and found myself face to face with Alice.

"Hi," I answered, catching my breath. I turned back to my locker and shut it, picking up my bag from where I dropped it. I walked down the hallway, Alice right beside me.

"Are you avoiding all of us or just Edward?" she asked, beside me.

"I don't know, Al," I sighed. "I don't know."

Together, we entered our class and walked to the back where our seats were. I kept my eyes low and didn't notice until I sat down that I took my usual seat next to Edward.

I was too afraid to glance up at his face. I held my head up with my hand, turning away from him. It felt awkward; he was sitting so close to me and we weren't touching, yet I could still feel the sudden waves of electricity I felt when he was near.

I sat back in my seat and sighed heavily. I was confused as to whether I should say something to him or wait and let him say something to me. It was hard; we've never really had any sort of argument before. This was a first for us. I didn't even know if this was a true argument.

If I felt those electric feelings, I knew he did too.

I finally took my chances and glanced up at his face. He was staring straight ahead. I guess he felt my eyes on him and he turned his face towards mine. His golden eyes softened as he noticed the distress in my face and he reached his hand out across the desk we shared.

I held his fingers lightly in mine, turning away, not convinced of his affections.

We spent the rest of the class like that, his hand in mine, but without any relief. When the bell rang for our next class, Edward released my hand and stood, gathering his books and mine. I walked quietly beside him to our next class and sat down in my seat in a daze.

He wasn't ignoring me anymore, yet hadn't spoken two words to me. I didn't know what to think anymore so I just went along for the rest of the day. When fifth period came along, I put away my things in my locker with the boys and Alice and Rosalie took their usual trip to the restroom before class. We all walked inside our room and as usual, waited for the girls to come back.

When they arrived, we were all sitting around the table, not speaking. Alice was on her phone, Jasper had his head down on the table, Rosalie was slowly shifting through the pages of the Book of Spells, and Edward and I were just sitting there, our faces turned away from each other. Emmett sat down in his usual seat and waited for one of us to say something.

"This is a little pathetic, people," he said, finally. "I don't even know why you guys aren't talking." He looked and me and Edward. "You can't even tell me you are because I've watched both of you all day."

"Yeah," Jasper added, "you two need to fix this quick or you're not leaving."

"Excuse me?" I asked, incredulous.

"I agree," said Alice, her head still on her phone. "You guys are totally bringing me down today."

"We're leaving. You and you" Emmett said pointing to us, "are staying in this room until all the love comes back. Understand?" He didn't wait for an answer and stood, motioning for the others to follow him. Once they shut the door, I heard a soft "click" as one of them locked it.

"Hey!" I said, standing. "You can't lock us in here." I walked to the door, jiggled the doorknob and pounded my fist on the wood, aware that the door didn't even have a lock. There was no answer on the other side. I gave up on the door and walked around to the seat opposite Edward. I didn't even think to use my powers to open the door, but I doubt it would work to unlock a door, I wasn't Rosalie. I sat down and crossed my arms over my chest. Edward's face hadn't changed through the whole ordeal and he sat still, looking like the perfect Adonis as usual.

"Now what?" I asked Edward. He let out a long sigh, as if he was holding his breath.

"I don't know," he finally said, after a few minutes. His voice sounded raspy, as if he hadn't spoken to anyone.

"I'm sorry," I told him, "but I don't even know what I did wrong to fix this, but I'm sorry. You have to tell me how to fix this, Edward!" I didn't mean the last part to come out so loud, but I couldn't take it back, my voice heavy with the tears that slowly started down my face. I stared into his surprised face and waited for him to answer.

When he didn't, I felt my face heat up with frustration and my eyes started to slowly blur with more tears. "Edward!"

"Bella, I don't know!" he answered, his face reddening with anger. "I don't know what to tell you because I keep imagining you with him. I don't know how I'm supposed to feel when I see my girlfriend, the one I love, the one I'm supposed to spend the rest of my life with, my soul mate kissing somebody else."

"I did whatever I had to do, Edward. You know that! Did you really think I wanted to kiss him? Did you seriously think I wanted him to even touch me?" I said, my anger building.

"Well, you sure had a strange way of showing it." He stood, sticking his hands inside his pockets and pacing in front of the table.

"What was I supposed to do?" I asked.

"I don't know." He sat back down on his seat opposite me, seeming exhausted by our argument.

"I love you, Edward, can't you see?" I said, holding my pain inside.

"I love you, too. I always will," he answered softly as my tears continued to flow.

"So then why won't you look at me?" I couldn't hold back my sob any longer.

He looked up from his hands and his stone face came apart, leaving behind an expression I knew well. "Don't cry," he whispered. "Come here."

I got up and walked around to stand in front of him. He pulled my body towards him and sat me on his lap. With his thumb, he wiped away my falling tears.

"I'm sorry," I told him. I grabbed his hand from my face and held it in both of mine.

"I'm sorry, too. I was stupid. I know you didn't do anything wrong. I was just so jealous. I couldn't handle it." Edward covered my hand with his free one and raised them to his lips and kissed my fingers.

"Are we okay now?" I asked him.

Releasing me, he cradled my face in his hands and pulling me into him, he kissed me with even more enthusiasm than our first kiss.

"Does that answer your question?" he asked, smiling, bringing his forehead to mine.

"I don't know, maybe another will satisfy me," I joked.

He laughed and kissed me again while I strung my fingers through his hair.

"Okay, kids, that's enough." We separated our lips as Emmett opened the door and the rest of our friends laughed behind him.

"So I guess love is in the air again," Rosalie said, coming up behind them.

"It is," Emmett answered her, kissing her lightly on her lips.

She smiled widely while Edward and I got up and led the group out of the room. We grabbed our things from our lockers, and got ready to leave. Putting my coat on was made difficult, seeing as Edward refused to let go of my hand, but I wasn't complaining.

As we reached Edward's car, he held the passenger door open for me and walked around to the driver's side. Once inside, he picked up my hand and kissed my palm.

"Forever," he said, his eyes bright.

"Forever and ever," I agreed, smiling.

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