Amnesia
By: ForeverIsolated
A/N: All credit, all characters belong to Stephenie Meyer!!!
Hello Cullens
Edward Cullen
"Bella, we're home," I called, shaking her slightly. She wouldn't wake up, but mumbled out gibberish. I laughed and kissed her forehead. Her eyes started to flutter open immediately. Oh, how I missed those brown eyes of hers. She yawned and stretched, looking out the window. We were at my house, of course.
"W-whoa! I live here?" she said, awestruck by the size of our house. I pushed her forehead back with a finger. She turned around and stuck out her tongue at me.
"No, but now you do," I said, parking in the driveway.
Oh! I hear Edward's car!
As I helped Bella get out of the car, I whispered to her, "Get ready."
"Bella!!!" Alice sang running towards her, arms opened wide. She looked horrified and terrified at the same time as she spun her around numerous times. By the time Alice put her down, Bella swayed back and forth.
"Hello. Who are you?" she asked kindly. Alice looked like she was about to cry.
"That's Alice. She used to take you shopping at every store she could find," I explained matter-of-factly. I glanced at Bella to see her reaction. But what I saw, made my breath get caught in my throat. She was shivering, squeezing her eyes shut, and gasping for air.
"Alice…Alice…" she whispered. I wrapped my arms around her.
"Bella? Bella, can you hear me?" I asked, grasping her frail figure tightly. She cried out and fainted in my arms. "Bella!" I gasped. I tried shaking her numerous times but she wouldn't come through. I looked at Alice and she simply turned and walked inside the house. Sighing, I took Bella up to my room and placed her on the sofa.
"If only I could read your thoughts, Bella. I want to suffer with you," I whispered. She whimpered in her sleep, twisting and turning as much as her body would allow. I didn't like any of her movements at all. I wanted to take away all her pain, I wanted to take her sufferings for her, I wanted myself to be in her place instead of her. I keeped soothing her, humming the lullaby in her ear. I heard tearless sobbing coming from another room and knew it was Alice. She still hadn't gotten over the fact that Bella has amnesia. Alice was showing the agony both of us had within, because I was trying to keep calm about it.
Stupid foreign vampires! I should've seen this coming because if I had, Bella would still remember everything about us and herself and not suffering at this very moment!!! Dammit!
And I heard a crash, knowing Alice and flung something to the wall in sheer anger. It took me by surprise, really. Normally, Alice would just scream and yell at my face and now she's throwing tantrums like a child who didn't get what she wanted. It pained me to see Alice acting this way. It only hurted her dead heart more than ever. I stopped stroking her hair and took out a few music papers. I decided, if I couldn't show how I feel visibly, I might as well express it through music. And there I went, scribbling music notes on the paper. It took all night just to finish and it was around six in the morning when Bella started coming around. She stretched and rubbed her eyes, looking at me through one eye. I smiled and gave her a kiss on the lips. That seemed to wake her up. I laughed. She's exactly like my old Bella, amnesia or not.
"How long have I been out?" she asked. I thought for a moment.
"About thirteen hours. You had some kind of minor shock. Probably from Alice," I responded with a slight shrug. Her eyes narrowed.
"Probably taking me to shop somewhere in Port Angeles or somewhere like that soon. She hasn't changed a bit," she mumbled, but I caught what she said and held her shoulders immediately. She looked startled and stared into my eyes.
"You know Alice? But just yesterday you had no idea who she was or what relationship you had with her," I said, awestruck. I merely thought it would take her months, or possibly years, for her to retrieve her memories again. Thank goodness that wasn't the case right now. She tapped her head, staring at the wall in a daze. After a few seconds, she shrugged. I just embraced her again. I didn't care how foolish it was of me just now, but I can no longer part myself from the one girl I love. I looked at the clock on the wall and meant that we'd better get moving to summer school. I merely thought of dropping out. In fact, that's exactly what I'll do.
"Carlisle, please," I said into my cellphone. Bella looked at me quizically. I heard the phone being passed from one person to another.
"Yes, Edward?" Carlisle responded.
Did something happen to Bella? Goodness, I hope not.
"Bella's fine. Actually, I was wondering if you could drop me out of summer school," I requested. There was only a few seconds of silence.
"I don't see why not. You can skip," he said and hung up. I grinned and ruffled Bella's hair. Right when her stomach growled, a knock came from the door. Alice came in with a tray of food, putting the best smile she could, only it was crooked. It was so easy to tell she was pretending.
"I brought some food. Bella was starting to look hungry," she said, putting the tray down in front of Bella. She smiled at Alice.
"Thanks, Alice. How's shopping going without me? Actually, you didn't buy me anything when I was gone, did you?" she asked, flinching back towards me. Alice just stood there, eyes wide, mouth opened.
"Hey, you remember...You remember!!!" Alice cried, swinging her in every direction possible. Bella laughed and it ceased as her stomach growled more furiously than before. Alice set her down and Bella immediately started chomping down the food. Alice looked at me.
Does she remember anything else?
I shook my head. She was disappointed, and I admit I was, too. My thoughts were interrupted when Bella cleared her voice. I turned my full attention towards her and smiled.
"Yes, Bella?" I asked. She looked deep into my eyes before snapping out of the trance. I laughed quietly.
"What are we going to do for the rest of the day? Actually, the whole summer?" she asked. I thought for a moment.
Let's go where we normally go every summer.
"Fine idea, Alice. Bella, we go to a private island every summer. Would you care to join us this year?" I asked, sending a grateful glance towards Alice. Bella's eyes lit up. Oh, I missed those moments.
"Of course! There's nothing better to do anyways," she said. I tugged at her hand.
"What are we waiting for? Let's leave," I said. Her mouth opened in pure shock.
"So sudden?" she stuttered. Alice laughed gleefully and pulled her towards her room. I sighed and sank back down to the floor. How long will it be before Alice surrenders Bella back to me?
"Alice! I'm back!" Jasper called, coming in the house. I went out and smiled at Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett.
"You're not the only one," I said, motioning to his room. His mouth opened so sudden.
"No way," he said, looking back and forth from me to the room. I smirked.
"Way," I said. Jasper ran and smashed down the door. Bella was complaining about the bikini Alice was stuffing into her new luggage and was startled at Jasper's sudden appearance. I laughed from the sidelines. Bella's expression was priceless.
"Jasper?" she whispered. She walked up slowly to him and was about to touch his face when he stepped away from her. She let her hand fall back to her side. "Right. I forgot how much my blood sings to you," she laughed. His eyes just became the size of tennis balls.
"Hey! What's going on? Jas-" Emmett got cut off as he and Rosalie stepped into the room. Bella turned her head swiftly towards them. Was I hallucinating or was Rosalie's expression signifying relief that Bella was back again?
"Emmett...Rosalie," she mumbled. If my smile was big, it grew bigger. I can't believe Bella would actually retrieve her memories back in such a short amount of time. The couple ran and hugged her, making me stagger over my own two feet. And I'm a vampire. Since when did Rosalie ever pay attention to Bella's existance?
I'm glad she's back, Edward. Really, I am.
I chucked to myself. Rosalie was unexplainable when it comes down to her emotions. I sighed and went outside, sitting next to a tree trunk. Everything's going well, so why am I still uncomfortable? It's not like things can get worse from here. Well, Newton might be still drooling all over her, especially when her features might stand out more when I change her. I froze in an instant. I can't believe I just thought that, when my thoughts are normally about leaving Bella as a human and letting her live a normal human life. I buried my face between my knees.
I almost laughed at myself. It was ironic. The time when I was taking Bella back to her truck after our confessions in the meadow, I told to be in the same position I was currently in. Mostly because she wasn't used to the speed we vampires normally enjoyed traveling at. I almost jumped when I felt a gentle hand on my shoulder. I looked to my left and saw Bella with a sad expression, and it tore my dead heart.
"Bella? Bella, my dear, what's wrong?" I asked, touching her face. She flinched away and I immediately drew my hand back.
"Your hand's are cold," she stated flatly. I laughed.
"Have you forgotten the fact that we are vampires?" I asked. Her mouth formed a small 'O'. I pulled her down next to me. She looked at the river flowing nearby and turned those chocolate brown eyes to my topaz ones. I wish I could hear what she was thinking.
"What's going on?" I asked, lifting her chin. I could've sworn I saw tears forming in her eyes just then.
"I don't know. To me, it feels as if you regretted finding me, let alone meeting me in the first place," she whispered.
A/N: Happy holdiays, fellow readers!