A/N: Welcome Back Everyone! I know that updates are not coming as fast as the others but I just need you to all bare with me! My computer at home has crashed so writing new chapters have been hectic! I promise to at least give you one chapter a week until I can get a new computer! THANK YOU to everyone that has R&R! You are all AWESOME!

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The next few days, I got tons of visits from the rest of the gang. They each visited me alone most of the times so that each would have time to sit with me and be able to reminisce and help me remember. The person that I most seemed to enjoy myself with was shockingly Edward. He visited me every single day while I was in the hospital and would spend hours talking with me. We talked about how we met, which I wasn't proud of. We talked about senior year, graduation, my trip and his trip to Italy, Allison, books, and just life in general. I found myself laughing for hours at a time and just enjoying his company. I wasn't in pain when he was around, I didn't have nightmares, and I didn't even think about the accident. There were times that I would be sad that I couldn't remember everything he was mentioning but he would just comfort me by saying, "Bella, when the time is right, you will remember. Some things will be amazing and other will be terrible but remember…that it was all in the past." I would wonder what he meant but it would comfort me nonetheless.

After about another week in that wretched place, I was finally given the okay to go back to Forks. Of course, I had to first set appointments up with the doctors in Forks. After getting everything in order, Charlie picked me up at the hospital and together we took the first flight out to Forks. I wondered about my things from my apartment in New York but, apparently, Esme had gotten everything packed and shipped back home. She was such a great help during my time at the hospital, I could not thank her enough for her kindness.

A couple of hours later, when we finally landed in the Port Angeles Airport, a light breeze wisped through, sending goosebumps up my arms and my hair flying around gently. I let out an audible sigh and closed my eyes as the wind blew through my hair. For the first time in what seemed like years, I felt right. I was home.

"Are you okay, honey?" Charlie asked placing his hand on my shoulder.

"More then okay Dad." I smiled and leaned down to pick up my bag.

"Don't you think about it." Charlie scolded as he grabbed my bag along with his.

"Dad, I am not an invalid. I can carry my own bag." I scolded him back as I reached over and grabbed my bag back from him.

"So stubborn..." He chuckled.

"I wonder where I get it from…" I smiled quirking my eyebrow at him.

"Touché" He laughed.

When we made it out of the terminal, I was about to ask Charlie how we were going to get home, when I noticed Esme waiting for us.

"Welcome Home, Bells." Esme smiled as she hugged me.

"Thanks, Esme." I hugged her back.

As we were walking towards the parking garage, Esme suddenly turned to both Charlie and I.

"So, I have a confession." She started looking at us as if she was a child confessing to a crime.

"What's that?" Charlie asked.

"I know that I told you I sold Renee's house but I kind of didn't mention something." She smiled at Charlie and me.

"What was that?" Charlie turned to look at her.

"I purchased the property. I just couldn't give up the house in which Bella held so many memories and well frankly, I want Bella to have it." She smiled at me and right then I knew that Esme would always be apart of me. I thanked God for sending me such a beautiful person to my life. But no matter how amazing she was, I was not about to accept such a gift as this.

"Esme…" I started to object.

"Don't you dare turn it down…I would be so offended." She warned.

"Esme, that is too much. As soon as I find a job, I can pay rent…Yes, I think that would be better. Please I can't accept it on those terms." I pleaded with her.

"Not going to happen. That is your home Bella and I want you to have it. Think of it as a gift to my daughter, because that is what you are. Edward has his apartment in New York and you, your house in Forks. I really want you to have it, Bella."

"Esme, I just can't." I tried again still not comfortable with her very expensive gift.

"How about we make a deal?" She offered.

"What's that?"

"Edward is going to be coming back home. How about if you allow him to have a room in the house? That will be the way you pay me back." She smiled at me.

Without even thinking twice, I agreed. I knew that Edward wasn't some stranger that I had just met and that he wasn't some lunatic so it wasn't a big deal. My father and friends trusted him so I would, too. Looking over at Charlie, my respond seemed to be the right one. He seemed okay with the idea of Edward staying in the same household as I and that was a lot to say for Charlie.

"Great, thank you, Bella." Esme added.

"No, thank you. I can't thank you enough for what you've done. Not just this but everything else. You have been such a great friend, and friend isn't even the right word because you are much more then that. You've also been so supportive with everything that has been going on. Thank you." I whispered as I looked over I noticed the tear slide down her face and leaned over to hug her.

"Thank you, Bella. I am just so happy to be apart of your life and to have met such a wonderful girl. I couldn't ask for a better daughter." She smiled at me.

"Okay, enough with the sappiness." Charlie teased. "Let's get Bella home." He smiled as he lugged the bags into the trunk of the car.

When we drove up to my house, my heart started aching as all the memories started flooding back. The days I spent on the porch with my mother talking about nothing and everything. All the times my mother told me how much she loved me and that she would always be proud of me no matter what. Then all the times that I had let her down. The times I left the house angry with her, spitting venomous remarks at her. There where so many of those times. How I wished that I had more time to show her how much I loved her. How, no matter what, I was proud to be her daughter.

"She is so proud of you, honey." Charlie whispered as he laid his hand on my shoulder.

"I wish I had the chance to tell her how proud I was to be her daughter." I whispered as I wiped away the tears that had fallen.

"I think she knows." Esme said coming up next to me.

I smiled at her and then wrapped my arm around hers as we made our way into the house. Once inside, I smiled over at Esme. Everything was still the same, just slightly cleaner.

"I could never change it." She smiled over at me.

"Thank you." I smiled back as I walked into the living room.

I spent the whole week before Edward was to arrive, just being driven around Forks. Each day, being back home, helped me really remember most of the things I had forgotten. It was on the fifth day of being back that I finally remembered when I first met Edward.

I was walking around with Esme when I came upon the park that was in my dream. Esme smiled as she stepped up to the edge of the hill and looked up at the sky.

"This is my favorite place in the world. I come here when I need to get away from the real world." She whispered.

I looked over at her strangely because I felt like I had heard that before and, like before, I got another flashback.

"I love coming here when I need to get away from the real world." I heard Edward's voice whispered. I could hear the sadness in them and felt the prick in my heart.

"It is the perfect place for it." I agreed and looked over at him. "Why did you show me this?" I asked sitting down next to him.

"You said I wouldn't let you in so I brought you here to my favorite place. Bella, I haven't played the piano in years since my father passed away and I'm not ready yet." He looked straight into my eyes and I could see that bringing his father up was painful for him.

"I'm sorry I didn't know that. I'm glad you brought me here though. It's lovely." I smiled at him and placed my hand on his.

I was watching my life play out in front of me as if I wasn't there but I felt every thing 'Dream' Bella was feeling. I remembered how I felt that day and I was feeling it, literally.

"It's ok. I haven't told anyone my real reason for not playing and they never wondered so when I saw how much it hurt you that I wouldn't share it with you I realized I had to tell you why. And I'm glad you love this place. How are you feeling?" he questioned and grabbed my hand.

When he did that, I felt the same sensation I felt at the hospital.

"Hurt. But honestly I was wondering why Jasper was with me. I treated him so bad and he didn't deserve it. I guess your friend is better for him." I sighed looking down.

"I don't understand, Bella. You have such a good heart but you hide it and are so bitter. Don't you ever wish that you were that little girl that you described to me the other day?" Edward looked over at me with sympathetic eyes.

Suddenly, I was back at the hilltop with Esme still staring straight ahead. I smiled as I recalled the rest of that conversation. I remembered what happened the night; everything from going to Jasper's house and discovering him with Alice to the bracelet that I had dreamed about at the hospital. I don't remember after the bracelet but I knew whatever it was that happened after that was what changed who I used to be. I knew that that was the point in which my life had turned. Edward was not only my friend but also my soul's savior. Strangely, I hoped and wished it was he who held me in his arms in my dream.

"This is his favorite place in the world." I whispered looking down at the grass.

"Who's?" Esme asked turning to me.

"Edward's. He said this was his world away from the real world. Just like you." I smiled over at her.

"How are you feeling, Bella?" She asked, I'm sure wondering how I remembered that.

"Honestly?" I asked wrapping my arms around my torso.

"Yes, darling. I know this must be overwhelming for you and I want to be able to try and help." She said placing her hand on my shoulder.

"I'm surprisingly happy with knowing that I'm not that Bella, I use to be. I'm happy knowing that the Bella I am now is much more content with life but…I'm scared." I whispered looking out towards the sky.

"What are you scared of honey?"

"Scared because I know I'm missing out on something important, something that I should remember. Something that has impacted my life and it's scary not knowing what that is. My mind is repressing it when my heart is trying to lead me toward it. It's so frustrating." I whispered as I wiped away the tears that had started to fall. "I feel like half of my soul is missing and nothing scares me more then that. What if I never remember, what if what it's repressing is something that I couldn't deal with before the incident. What if the accident was meant to erase that?"

"I'm sure that the accident was just that, an accident. Just give it a little bit of time, Bella. Soon enough, you will be able to fully heal and things will unfold. We're here for you through it all sweetie." Esme whispered back as she squeezed my shoulder gently. "Bella, you are an amazing girl and, yes, you are struggling right now but it won't last. Just give it some time, okay? Time heals all."

"I know you're tired of hearing it but, thank you." I smiled at her through the tears.

I prayed that soon enough I would remember the things that happened before the accident and find the other half of my soul that was missing.

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