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Chapter 5

Age 10

Edward and Bella were sitting on her bed reading Harry Potter together. They took it in turns to read a chapter while the other laid back and listened to the reader's voice as it read about magic and adventure.

"I wish I was a wizard" Edward said as he shut the book.

"Mhmm" Bella agreed closing her eyes and resting her head against Edwards shoulder.

They lay like that for awhile, entangled together on her bed, both of them slowly drifting off to sleep.

They were awoken by the ringing of the telephone. They were about to shut their eyes again when they heard Bella's father's raised voice.

Edward looked at Bella in confusion and they both made their way downstairs.

They saw Bella's father hang up the phone and lower his head into his hands. His shoulders were shaking slightly and Bella felt her heart begin to pound.

"Dad?" she whispered softly.

He looked up at her, his eyes slightly red.

He cleared his throat and seemed to think for a moment as though he didn't know what to say.

"Uh Edward, I need to speak to Bella. Would you please go home?"

Edward nodded and looked at Bella whose face was stricken. As Edward squeezed her hand and turned to leave she realised she didn't want him to leave. She knew something bad had happened and that she wanted him here with her.

On the bike ride home, Edward fretted over what had just happened. It was sure to be something bad and it killed him that Bella might be in pain.

His suspicions were proven correct when he arrived home to find his mother in tears and his father comforting her.

"What happened?" he asked his heart beginning to pound harder.

His father looked at him with pain filled eyes "It's Renee"

His father proceeded to tell him of the car accident that had claimed Bella's mother's life.

That night Edward could not fall asleep. He had to know that Bella was alright because if she wasn't okay it was impossible for him to be.

He crept out of his house and quietly got on his bicycle. The ride to Bella's house was eerily quiet and he imagined monsters jumping out at him from the shadows.

He realised, once he had arrived, that he couldn't just go through the front door. The only option was to go through her bedroom window. So for the first time, but most certainly not the last, he climbed the tree beside the window and then crawled through her window into her room.

The figure in the bed was shaking slightly and it broke his heart when he realised Bella was sobbing into her pillow. She was so loud she hadn't even heard him enter through her window.

"Bella" he whispered beside her and she jumped slightly in surprise.

Once she realised who it was she didn't ask anything like what was he doing there. Because she knew, he was here for her just as he would always be. She just reached out with her arms and pulled him onto the bed with her.

She laid her head on his chest and he wrapped his arms around her and held her while she cried.

Two days later was the funeral for her mother. When Bella walked out of the church, holding her fathers hand and with tears streaming down her face Edward took her other hand and handed her a beautiful yellow flower. Later he said it reminded him of her and from then on whenever he saw a yellow flower he would think of her.

Present-Age 20

Bella's POV

I didn't remember much of the rest of the night after seeing Edward. Somehow Alice and the others had gotten me back to the room. The next morning I had a throbbing headache and swore to never drink again.

The weekend passed by quickly. I was dreading Monday and not just because of seeing Edward. Monday was August 13th the day I dreaded every year.

The anniversary of my mother's death.

The day had become considerably harder in the past three years with Edward not being there.

I woke up on Monday morning and wished I could stay in bed all day. I didn't want to face the world. After making an emotional call to my father, well as emotional as we could get, I got dressed and headed off to class.

When I walked into class I was about to head to my normal seat but I found myself looking over to where Edward usually sat and my legs just started walking over to that end of the room. I felt compelled to be near him, especially today. I walked up the steps to a couple of rows above his usual seat and sat down. I watched the door and waited for him to walk in. Would he remember what today was?

I took in a deep breath when he entered the room. I saw him glance over to the other side of the room and a weird expression passed over his face. Was he looking for me?

He turned back and walked towards his seat. Our eyes met for a moment and I saw many expressions pass over his face surprise, understanding and was that sorrow?

He sat down in his seat and I could feel my eyes boring a hole in the back of his head.

The class passed by in a blur, all I could concentrate on was the back of his bronze head. I noticed that at times his shoulders would stiffen and his head would turn slightly, as though it was involuntary, as though he wanted to sneak a glance over his shoulder.

I was startled when the people around me began getting to their feet and walking towards the door. Class was over and I'd barely noticed.

I gathered up my books and was shocked when Edward was still sitting in his seat. He was speaking to some guy who was in the class. He seemed tense as though he wanted to leave. He must think I'll attack him again. Well he was wrong. Especially today.

I walked down the stairs trying with all my strength not to look at him as I passed. But I was concentrating too hard on that and not hard enough on where I was going. So of course I slipped, landing on my butt and sliding down two steps. As I was falling I could have sworn I saw Edwards arm shoot out as though to catch me but he pulled back at the last second. So I fell to the floor.

I felt my face heat up as I heard many people around me snickering quietly. I got to my feet as fast as I could and walked quickly out the door.

I blinked back tears as I walked to lunch. He really didn't care about me. The Edward I had once known would have never let me fall like that. Not when he could have prevented it.

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Alice could tell I was upset so she decided she should take me to get my hair and nails done. I told her that was probably not going to make me feel any better but she begged me and gave me her puppy dog eyes. I tried to refuse them but just like last time I couldn't resist. And so, I got my hair trimmed and styled and my nails painted and polished.

It actually was quite relaxing though I would never admit it to Alice.

After our beauty treatments she asked me if I wanted to go out to dinner with Jasper, Rose and Emmett but I didn't think I could handle all the happy couples, so I said no.

So instead, I bought some noddles and planned on reading a good book until I fell asleep. I walked back to my room in the dark and when I looked up at the door my heart stopped.

There, pinned to the wall, was a single yellow flower.

Maybe he really did still care.

AN: Sorry its a bit short but i wanted to post it before i had to go to work....anyway please review!