ENTRY 2
DONT FORGET ME
If you asked Edward Anthony Masen Cullen if he thought he would ever be standing on the Quileute Reservation for any reason, he would have called you insane.
But, today he is.
Today. Valentine's Day.
Holding a small piece of paper.
Three words that every time he looks at it rips his dead heart out again.
Three words from the love of his life.
DONT FORGET ME
Words that will haunt him the rest of his days.
Looking at the cliff where she was last seen alive before she jumped into the Pacific Ocean and drowned this morning.
Or so her friend Jacob Black says.
Who did everything he could to save her.
Which, looking into his memories, he did everything that he could have.
Minus making her a vampire, which he can't do.
He was chasing Victoria with most of the pack.
When he realized she was at the cliffs, it was already too late.
She jumped, and sadly, he couldn't get to her in time.
So, today, they are burying my love.
And Edward will be buried with her.
Edward thinks of the years he spent waiting for his beautiful Bella.
The months that he had with her made his entire life worth living.
Holding her in his arms. The nights spent with her sleeping. Each sweet kiss they shared. Every single touch made him thankful to be alive and a man.
Edward sees every smile in his mind.
Until he let her go with the lies that he will never forgive himself for.
He smells the horrible smell of wolves before he can hear footsteps behind him.
The mental voice tells him that this one is Jacob. The others are the Alpha, Sam Uley, and a wolf named Paul Lahote.
I don't know if I could do this. As much as I hate him for breaking Bella's heart. He should live with it. Just like Paul does. Jacob thinks.
A vision of how Sam found Bella after Edward left enters his mind. How close to death she was. How much Paul had wanted to find and kill me
Paul's thoughts are of the imprint they shared. How it happened one of the times Charlie and Bella came to the Reservation for a bonfire. He saw her and he was bound to her. Now, he wants revenge and to die with her.
Jacob's right. I should live with it. But I am too selfish too.
I hope Paul kills me and buries my ashes with her.
Judging by Paul's thoughts, he wants to be buried with her.
She will be buried on the Reservation. As God-daughter of the Chief and an imprint of a wolf, she will be here.
Edward faces them and tries to be strong.
"Thank you. For allowing me to be here to watch her ceremony. It means more than you can know." It takes everything Edward has to not break down and destroy the world.
"Well, how I see it, there will be one less leach in the world once I'm done. So. What is waiting a few hours," Paul replies coldly.
Edward watched the ceremony. Jacob, Paul, and Sam leave and Jared, Brody, and Colin come to watch him.
She is given a Quileute ceremony and it is so sad that Edward has to watch it. He knows that his Love is in heaven. Where she belongs.
"May the Spirits keep our Bella close to them. May she help guide the tribe in love and faith," Chief Billy Black says to the small group present. Only those who know the secret are here. "As the imprint and mate of one of our protectors, Paul Lahote, she is full Quileute and as such will be buried within tribal lands. To be close to her people. Her imprinter. Her friends and family."
A sob can be heard. Sam's imprint Emily, who is pregnant, loved Bella like a sister. She needs to leave and Sam goes with her.
"Paul. Is there anything you want to say before she goes?" Chief Black says.
He goes up to her casket. A simple pine wooden box. Big enough for him to join her.
Edward can feel Paul's desire to live rapidly leave him.
"I will be with you soon. Forgive me, I can't be without you," Paul says, and he puts his hand on her cold face, then kisses it. Tears are shed and he tries to push them away.
"Since Sam is not here, Jacob, can you give our Isabella her blessing?" Chief Black says.
Jacob, dressed in his Warrior attire, walks towards the casket.
"This woman was my world. I would do anything to bring her back. But, the Spirits have other plans. May she be happy and dancing in heaven with Taha Aki. I love you, Bells." He places a kiss on her forehead and barely makes it to his friend, Embry. Who is also crying.
"Warriors. Come say goodbye," Chief Balck says.
Edward's phone rings at that moment, on vibrate. He knows it must be Alice. He never told her his intentions. She would try to stop them had she known.
Bella's casket is placed in the ground. A small amount of dirt covered her casket.
The wolves intended that they would most likely be burying one of their own soon, so they did not fill it too high.
After a time, people begin to leave the small Warriors Cemetery.
After Charlie leaves, Edward knows that it is time.
With Jared, Colin, and Brady following him, he walks to where his Bella lies.
They take her out so Edward can say goodbye.
The sun leaves and thunder flies.
"Goodbye, my Love. My heart. I pray I will see you soon." Edward kisses her forehead and cheek opposite of where Paul did. "I love you."
With one last look, Edward turns away from his Love.
Looking into the eyes of Bella's imprinter.
"Thank you, Paul." Paul nods.
Then Edward sees nothing.
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