I stand and turn to the voice I hear; I look at Edward, he hasn't changed much in the past four years, his crazy bronze hair still stuck out everywhere, he was a little taller maybe 6'7 now, he looked muscular but not too much. It took everything not to run to him, but there was an anger too, no matter how much I had missed him and grieved for him, I hated him just as much and I didn't know which emotion was going to spill first.
"Baby girl, I can't believe you're here," he takes a step towards me,
"Don't… don't call me that" I am embarrassed by how small my voice sounds,
"Bella, please I know I have a lot to explain but please… I missed you," his soft voice is trying to draw me in, but I can't let it, I shake my head to clear it
"What Edward? Did you think you could come back after all this time and things would go back to the way they were?" I almost wanted to laugh, he was not as clever as I thought he was if he thought that,
"I know I have a lot of making up to do, but I did what I did to keep you safe, I've come back here for you!" he pleads with me.
"I can't do this Edward, not today" I try to walk past him, and he grabs my wrist,
"Bella please!" his grip was strong,
"I can't…E, please…" my voice going small again I feel his hand loosen, and I pull mine away, "Four years E, four whole years, you have no idea what I have been through" My heart ached I had relived it too much today
"I had no choice bab-Bella, please I can't tell you everything but know I had no choice!" his voice becomes angry
"No choice? We had everything planned! NYU, studying together!" my anger is boiling, I had held so much in "You didn't even say goodbye! You sent me a text! Two years and I get a TEXT!" my voice raises in the end,
"I know, but I had Alice keep an eye out for you, she told me everything I needed to know, I know you didn't go to college, I know you work at Jasper Whitlock's diner, I know you are still best friends with Rosalie Whitlock, you still live with your father." I almost scoff, Alice keeping track of me, and she didn't tell him the most important thing.
"Is that all Alice told you?" I know he doesn't know, Alice had told me earlier, but I needed to hear from him he didn't know
"Yeah, pretty much, Alice went to college in Chicago with me and Em and she would tell me every few months what you were up to, she said you two emailed" this time I did scoff,
"The first time I heard from any of you was today! I didn't know if you were alive or dead until today!" I screamed at him, he looked shocked, he genuinely believed Alice was talking to me. "Do you want the truth? Do you actually want to know what's happened the past 4 years?" My raised voice continuing, Edward just nods,
"Can you remember what I said to you the night you left? When you dropped me off?" I can feel the tears prick in my eyes, I don't know if I had the strength to tell him,
"You said you wanted to talk? Was it about NYU? Did you not want to go, is that why you stayed?" i shook my head,
"I needed to tell you something important, i… fuck I don't know if I can do this." the tears spill over then, for what feels like the 100th time today, I hadn't been this weak in a long time, four years to be exact.
"Spit it out Bella," I can sense his frustration, E had always had a temper, I could sense him tugging his hair without lifting my eyes from the ground,
"The day before you left, I got the news… no, I found out…" I hiccupped, "I was… I was p-pregnant" I blub out the teas falling freely then, I wanted my bed. I wanted today to be over.
"WHAT?!" Edward raged "Why in gods name did you not tell me? How could you keep this from me?!"
Anger seethed through my tears "I TRIED! I EMAILED ALICE, I TRIED TO TRACK YOU DOWN, I WANTED YOU TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR SON! YOU DISSAPEARED… you disappeared off the face of the earth" I poked him roughly in the chest he grabbed my wrist
"Take me to him, now! 4 fucking years Bella! Where is he? Let's go now!" he starts to pull me roughly, but I dug my feet in,
"He's right over here," I whisper pointing to the memorial for my son, Edward walks over, and I see his face change and he gently releases my wrist, and I take my chance to run… coward I know.
"BELLA!" I hear Edward roar, but I carry on running all the way to my truck and drive home tears streaming,
"Daddy!" I call as I enter the front door, my dad comes out, "He's back… and he knows!" my dad just envelopes me into his arms
"I know, it will be alright bells, I promise…"