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I'm so sorry that I didn't update last week, and I hate saying this, but real life has been kicking me lately, and I've been quite busy. So, I'm trying to wrap this story up and get started on a sequel. This will be the last chapter, and I'll start the sequel right away. (Meaning next Wednesday, as a new update.) But in order to do that, I'm going to need a review from everyone who reads this update, telling me if they'd be interested in a sequel. Yes or no, will suffice. Thank you all so much. You guys rock my Twilight socks!
"Good Morning." I yawned, rolling over to face the gorgeous man beside me
"It is now." He smirked, brushing a strand of hair out of my face and tucking it behind my ear
"That's really corny." I frowned
"But it is true." He whispered, kissing my lips lightly
"So, are you working today?" I asked, sitting up in bed, looking around for my glasses
"I have some paperwork and planning, but I don't have to go in to the hospital."
"I've got to get started on this sequel." I sighed, giving up and grabbing his glasses off of the night table instead
"It'll come to you, eventually." He smiled
"Oh, it did." I grinned, excited to tell him about the plot
"Really?"
"He's going to leave her."
"Leave her? But isn't it a romance novel?"
"What's more romantic than losing the one you love and giving up the world just to get them back?"
"Staying with that person?" he suggested
"You wouldn't get it." I huffed, getting out of bed and straightening the sheets before sauntering over to the closet
"You're wrong about that." He spoke, bringing me out of my debate of what to wear
"What do you mean?" I asked, choosing a loose fitting tanktop and a pair of skinny jeans
"You."
"Me?" I asked, sliding into the outfit I had chosen, and appearing back by him to sit on the edge of our bed
"I had you in my grasp all of my life, and I liked you. No, I was in love with you. But not once could I work up the courage to tell you how I felt. I was a coward, Bella. I couldn't admit, even to myself, that I really did like you. Alice pried, even my mother, but I told them all that they were wrong, that I thought of you as a sister, and nothing more. But there you were, available to me for all of those years. Sure, you dated other guys, but I knew that none of them pleased you the way that you wanted them to. You were never fully satisfied, and I had to hide that yearning to try to give you that satisfaction myself."
"And you have." I assured him, "You admitted your love to me, and now look at us. Together and happy. Living in our apartment together. What more could we ask for?"
"I know, and for that I'm more than glad, love. But I am telling you of how I had you within my reach, and then you were taken away from me."
"I still don't know what you mean, Edward. I never dated you when we were younger."
"True. But I did feel like you were mine. You see, whenever you went on a bad date, or didn't like someone who liked you back, you would come to my house and seek comfort and reassurance from Alice, who was more like your sister than your best friend."
"Okay…"
"But do you remember the times that she wasn't around?"
I thought about it for a moment, and had to smile at the memory that came up.
"Oh, Bella. What brings you here this evening, sweetheart?" Esme cooed, taking in my appearance at her door
"Is Alice here? I really need to talk to her."
"I don't think she is. I just got home though, so I may be mistaken. Why don't you take a look upstairs, dear?"
I gave her a nod and ran up the big marble staircase, pausing at Alice's room. I pushed open the door and stepped inside.
"Alice?" I called, hoping for her to be there, although I had a feeling that she wasn't
"She's not here." A voice spoke, startling me
"Oh, hey Edward."
"Hi." He smiled
"Do you know where she is?"
He glanced at his watch.
"At this time, probably in the back of Jasper's car." He laughed
A slow blush crept up on my already red cheeks.
"They were going to dinner and a movie." He explained
"Oh. Well, thank you, Edward." I mumbled, starting to leave
"Isabella?"
"Bella." I corrected him
"Bella." He smiled, "You look upset. Is everything alright?"
"Oh, I'm fine, but thank you."
"You're not the world's greatest liar you know."
"How did you know I was lying?" I asked, curious as to what may have tipped him off
"You couldn't keep eye contact with me, and you sounded nervous. I also know, because you look like I did last week when I got home from a really bad date."
"I did have a really bad date." I laughed, sitting down on Alice's bed next to him
"Need to talk about it?"
"It wasn't that bad." I sighed
"Your eyes are red. You've been crying."
"So?"
"No guy who messed up your evening is worth those tears. What happened?"
"His name is James."
"James Ford?"
"That'd be the one."
"So you dated an upper classmen. That'd explain it. Full of themselves, taking advantage of younger girls. It's ridiculous."
"Yeah. He tried to push me farther than I wanted. His hands were all over me. I just wanted to have a nice dinner with someone, and get to know them. If we were closer…
"You wouldn't have minded the physical part, if that mental, love was mutually felt, right?"
"Exactly. If only all guys could be as understanding as you."
"Bella, we were so close to being together, and then Jacob swooped in and took you away from me, and now, I have you again. But this time, I really have you. You're all mine, and it makes that love even bigger, even stronger. An unbreakable bond."
"So you're summing it up by saying that when you let go of the one you love, when you get back together, the love will become stronger?"
"Precisely."
"You may have just saved my novel." I laughed
Just then my cell phone rang.
"Pick it up so that you can get started on that best-selling novel of yours, so that we can spend some time together."
"Isabella Swan." I smirked
"Hey Bella, it's Rose, I need to talk to you about last night. Can you and Alice meet me at my apartment?"
"Yeah, sure. How was it? Did he not drool over that gorgeous dress, Ali picked out?"
"Bella, Emmett asked me to marry him."
"Oh my god, he did?"
"Yes."
"Well…
"What?"
"What did you say did you say yes?"
And there you have it. Bella had begun to write her sequel, and I'll be starting our sequel and have it up by next Wednesday. PLEASE REVIEW (:
