Broken Promises and Romance

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I'll Be By: Edwin McCain

Chapter 36: Waking Up Alone

EPOV

I turned around in the bed and noticed something different. The spot beside of me was cold, flat and empty. It couldn't have been a dream last night. I knew that it was all real. It just had to be. I shot up looking around and noticed her dress laying on my desk. My heart beat picked back up and I wondered where she was. I got up and noticed a note on the nightstand addressed to me.

Edward,

I'm sorry that I'm not here when you wake up. I needed to go and do something on my own. I hope that you can understand that. I love you.

Love,

Bella

What did she have to do that I couldn't go with her? I hoped that everything was alright. I wished that I could have felt her get up and get out of bed. I would have made sure she was alright before she left. I put on a t-shirt before heading downstairs.

As I made it down that stairs I could smell the breakfast that mom was cooking. So I headed into the kitchen to find her busy as the stove cooking away.

"Hey mom," I said as I came up behind her and made her jump.

"Damn it Edward," she said smacking my arm. "What are you trying to do? Scare me to death."

"No," I said laughing. "I just wanted to say good morning."

"You seem happy this morning," she said taking biscuits out of the oven.

"I am," I told her leaning up against the counter. "I haven't felt like this in a long time."

"That's wonderful," she said going back to the stove. "Does Bella have anything to do with this?"

"Yes," I said smiling just thinking about her. "She has everything to do with it."

"Where is Bella this morning," she asked pulling the skillet of gravy off the stove.

"I don't know," I answered her. "I got up and found a note. She said that she had to go somewhere and do something on her own. I was wondering if you knew where she would go?"

"Sorry honey," she said as she poured the gray into a bowl. "I don't know exactly where she would go."

Where would Bella go? Mom usually knows everything, but she doesn't for once. Just then Emmett came into the kitchen after his run.

"Why was B's truck up at the cemetery," he said grabbing a water out of the fridge.

"Her parents," I said when it hit me. Why wouldn't I think of that.

"I should've known," mom answered when she realized where she went. "She always goes up there when she comes down for a visit."

I turned around starting to leave the kitchen. I needed sometime to think. The only place I knew where to go would be to the music room.

"Aren't you going to eat," she asked.

"Yes," I answered. "I want to wait for Bella when she comes in."

I left the kitchen and headed upstairs to the music room. I couldn't get Bella out of my thoughts. I had no idea what she was going through. I knew that I would need to be here for when she came back.

I sat down on the piano bench and started playing her song. I don't know how long I had been playing but I jumped when I felt someone's arms around me.

"Hey," I heard her say laughing laying her head on my shoulder.

"Hey," I said laughing when the shock wore off.

"I'm sorry about this morning," she said letting go of me.

"Love," I said grabbing her hand and pulling her back to me. "You have nothing to apologize for. I would never be mad at you for going to see your parents."

"How did you know," she ask me. I pulled her down to my lap kissing her forehead.

"Emmett saw your truck at the cemetery when he went running," I answered her looking into her eyes I could tell that she had been crying. "Are you okay?"

"I'm better now," she said snuggling close to me. "When do you have to fly back to New York?"

"Tomorrow," I answered her. I hated the fact that I would be leaving her so soon. We finally got together and we were both happy.

"I wish that you didn't have to go," she whispered looking down. "I just got you back."

"I know," I said placing my hand on her chin lifting it up to look into her eyes. "I will miss you so much. I love you Bells."

"I love you too," she said. "We can get through this together. I know that we can."

"I agree with you," I replied with a smile. "Why don't we go eat before we leave for Seattle."

Nodding her head we got up from the piano bench and headed for the kitchen. The next twenty-four hours were going to emotional. I am going to try and enjoy every minute of it with the love of my life.

BPOV

When I pulled up the Cullen's house I was greeted with the sweet sounds of a piano playing. I followed the sound into the music room. I avoided this room when I started coming back to the house because it reminded me of him. This was his room and I couldn't face that.

Opening the door I could see that his back was to me as he played. I walked up to him being really quiet. I wrapped my arms around his waist causing him to jump. When he jumped I couldn't help but to start laughing.

"Hey," I said laughing laying my head on his shoulder.

"Hey," he said laughing as well when the shock wore off.

"I'm sorry about this morning," I said letting go of him.

"Love," he said grabbing my hand and pulling me back to him. "You have nothing to apologize for. I would never be mad at you for going to see your parents."

"How did you know," I ask him. How would he know that I went to the cemetery? He pulled me down to his lap kissing my forehead.

"Emmett saw your truck at the cemetery when he went running," he answered me looking into my eyes he could probably tell that I had been crying. "Are you okay?"

"I'm better now," I said snuggling close to him. "When do you have to fly back to New York?"

"Tomorrow," he answered me. I had to know when he was leaving so that I could prepare myself for the goodbye. I just hated that fact that it was soon, especially with what happened last night. We finally got together and we were both happy.

"I wish that you didn't have to go," I whispered looking down. "I just got you back."

"I know," he said placing his hand on my chin lifting it up so I could look into his eyes. "I will miss you so much. I love you Bells."

"I love you too," I said trying not to cry. "We can get through this together. I know that we can."

"I agree with you," he replied with a smile. "Why don't we go eat before we leave for Seattle."

Nodding my head we got up from the piano bench and headed for the kitchen. The next twenty-four hours were going to emotional. I am going to try and enjoy every minute of it with the love of my life.

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