EPOV
"Dr. Westing, who is this other person you keep mentioning that you changed and was so much like me?" Bella asked, looking over to him. It has been about a week since her change and Max, Dr. Westing, and Leah were visiting.
I had to admit, I was curious too.
Dr. Westing looked nervous. "No one in particular." he said.
"You are nervous." Jasper said to him.
"Who was it? Do I know them?" Bella asked.
"Bella… it was J." he said, wincing.
She froze under my arm.
"What?" She gasped, turning to face him fully with disbelief on her face. She stood up and walked towards him. "Are you kidding me?" She demanded.
"No Bells… I am serious." She said.
"Why?" She asked. "Why didn't you tell me? He died four years ago. I have been empty without him. Parts of me are gone without him around." She had tears streaming down her face. A thunderstorm started outside.
"Bells, it's okay," Max started, but she whirled to him.
"You knew." she whispered. "You knew and you didn't tell me. You are my best friend. I trusted you, yet you didn't tell me." I was confused. Who was this J person and what was the big deal? Was he Bella's old boyfriend or something? Maybe she didn't want to be with me…
"Bells…" He started.
"No!" She yelled. "Don't. Don't bother. I guess this was his idea too. You know what, screw you. I hate you both." She said and ran out of the house. I got up to go after her, it was still storming outside and thunder and lightning were loud and close.
"Edward, let her go. She will come back soon. She has every right to be mad at us." Dr. Westing said, sighing.
Max nodded, miserably.
"Who is J?" Emmett asked, finally breaking the silence.
Max looked up. "Oh no. Bella told me not to tell you. She is already absolutely furious with me, I don't need to do anything else to make her even madder." he said.
We looked at Dr. Westing. "I was sworn to secrecy too. I cant tell you, she was desperate about not wanting you guys to know yet." he sighed.
A couple hours passed. Bella still didn't come back and the storm kept up.
"I am going to find her. She has been gone too long." I said, standing up.
Max looked at his watch. "Yeah, go. She is still probably upset, but you can help her and she is probably calm enough now." he said and sighed. I hope she forgives me for not telling her. He made me promise.
I got up and ran out the door. I couldn't find Bella's scent because of the rain, so I headed into the woods, desperate to find her.
I had been running for about two hours when I heard someone sobbing. I spun around, but I couldn't pinpoint it. I looked up, and there was my Bella, up in the trees and wet, crying. I swung myself up there to her. She had her head in her arms on her knees, but looked up as the branch shook a little.
"Edward." she hiccupped and started sobbing into my chest. I held her tight, rocking back and forth, not saying anything, just letting her get it all out. Finally, she stopped sobbing and the rain started to lighten up.
"Sorry." she whispered, wiping tears from her face. I furrowed my eyebrow. Vampires couldn't cry. Yet she had tears streaming down her face, and the storm started when she got upset and lightened up as she calmed down. We were going to have to look into that.
"There is nothing to be sorry for." I told her, kissing her lightly on the lips. "But who is J?" I asked, curiously.
She looked up at me. "His real name… his real name is Jason." She let out a little sob, "He was my twin brother. We did everything together, but his expiration date was before his fifteenth birthday, mine was my nineteenth birthday." she paused and took a deep breath. "He died. I had known he had wanted to be changed, but Dr. Westing told me he had changed his mind and had died. I was devastated. I blocked most of my memories of him from my mind. When someone would remind me of him, I would react like I just did. Max knew him, had grown up with the two of us. That is why I was so surprised that he didn't tell me. He knew what I had been through without him." She paused and looked out into the trees.
"What things?" I asked.
"Edward, we were a very very special set of twins. We could read each others mind sometimes. And I don't mean like guessing what the other was thinking, I mean literally read the others mind. Word for word. When he died, that was gone. I had nightmares about him every night until you came along," she looked up at me and attempted to smile. "I wasn't expecting him to say J. That was the last thing I was expecting. I still cant believe they didn't tell me." she said and stopped.
Wow, I cant even imagine what that would be like. I can see why she reacted the way she did. I picked her up bridal style and she yelped.
"What's wrong?" I asked, panicking.
"Sorry, I just wasn't expecting that." she said.
"Oh, okay." I said and started running.
"Edward, put me down!" she yelled.
"Why would I do that?" I asked her.
"Because I asked you to." she said.
"Nope. I am carrying you, get over it." I told her.
"Fine." she huffed and leaned into my chest. "I love you." She said, sighing.
"I love you too." I said. "What are you going to say to Max and Dr. Westing?" I asked.
She sighed. "I am not that mad at them anymore. But I am going to make them give me answers." she said.
"Okay. Max was really worried that you wouldn't forgive him." I said.
"He should know by know that I don't have a single bone in my body to hold a grudge." she said, rolling her eyes.
"I know from experience." I said, thinking of leaving her.
"Edward, don't go there. Not now. I forgave you. We are together now. We are getting married." she said and smiled brilliantly.
"And I can't wait for that." I said, smiling brightly at her.
"Me neither." She said.
We got back to the house and I put her down. "Thank you." she said and kissed me.
"Anytime." I said, and grinned at her. I grabbed her hand and squeezed as we went inside.
We stepped into the living room and everyone jumped up. Esme was the first one to us.
"I was so worried." She said, hugging us both individually. She looked Bella in the eyes. "Please don't do that again. You scared me so much." she said.
"Okay." Bella said, confused. I was confused too. What was wrong?
Alice came over and wrapped Bella in a tight hug. "Your future disappeared." she whispered, sounding scared. Bella and I looked at each other, wide eyes. "Alice, try seeing Bella's future now."
Alice concentrated. She snapped out of it fast though. "I cant see her at all." she said.
"Jazz, can you send Bella some emotion?" I asked. Bella looked at me questioningly.
Jazz did as I asked and furrowed his eyebrow. "Why arent you laughing?" He asked.
"There isn't anything funny." Bella said, glaring at him. "I am not in the mood to laugh." She said.
"You cant fight my emotions though." he said.
"I didn't even feel you sending me emotions." she said.
"Bella, I think you might be a shield of some sort." I said.
"Really? I have a power?" she asked.
"It seems that way." Carlisle replied.
"Cool." Emmett said.
"Hey Bells." Max said quietly. We all looked at Bella to see her reaction.
She sighed and walked over to him. He was almost a foot taller than her, so she had to look up to look in his eyes. "Why didn't you tell me?" She asked.
"You know how stubborn he is. He told Dr. Westing that he didn't want you to know. He revealed himself to me after I had been changed. Made me promise." he said, sighing. "I wanted to but…" he trailed off.
Bella wrapped her arms around him. "Don't worry, I know as well as anybody how stubborn he is. I am sorry for saying I hated you." she said. "Do you forgive me?"
He rolled his eyes. "As if you need to be forgiven." he said. "But if it makes you feel better, than sure. Of course I forgive you."
She pulled back and went to Dr. Westing. "I am sorry and I forgive you too." she said, looking up at him.
"Nothing to forgive, Bella. I am glad you are alright." he said, giving her a pointed look.
I couldn't read his thoughts clearly, so I didn't know what he was talking about. Bella seemed to though.
"I wouldn't do that!" she exclaimed.
He raised his eyebrows at her. "Really." she said. "I am happy. I promise." she said.
He nodded. "Okay." he kissed her head.
"Bells. Do you want to see him?" he asked. "To let him explain." he asked.
"Well I don't know. He didn't want me to know, so I assume he doesn't want to see me anyway." She said, angrily. Thunder boomed outside.
Max's head snapped up. "Did it just thunder?" he asked.
"I heard it." I said, "Why?"
"J's power is that the weather reflects his emotions. You don't think…" he trailed off looking at Bella.
"She might. We can test later." Dr. Westing said. "And to answer your question Bella, he wants to see you, but you should let him explain. I really don't understand his reasoning.
She sighed. "Okay. I will see him." she decided.
This story is almost done. I think there might be one or two more chapters and then an epilogue. I cant believe it! Thanks for all the reviews!