-1Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns my soul along with all the characters of twilight. I only own Lilly.
Over the next couple of days, Edward's health began to improve. His eyes slowly turned back to the light topaz I adored, and his skin was back to its usual paleness. My heart overjoyed at the fact that my Edward would soon be back to normal. The sickness didn't seem to effect Carlisle and Emmett as much as it had Edward, but one could still tell it was taking a toll on them.
I had begun to miss Edward and I's daily arguments, or debates. Call them what you will. Looking back, I'm quite sure that none of this would have happened if I had just left Edward alone when he asked me too. I should have known Billy would attempt to get back at him, even though he had no reason to. After all, Edward had never tried to do anything against my will.
"So you sailed away…" I looked down at Edward, who had his arms wrapped tightly around my waist. He had a small smile plastered on his face and his eyes were twinkling. It pleased me to see that he was finally in a good enough mood to speak. His screams had calmed down, and were now almost nonexistent. He was slowly returning to the Edward I fell in love with, the one I had given my life to. In a weird way, I was most happy about his eyes. I had missed them something terrible, those wonderful, trance-inducing, eyes.
"What is it love?"
"It's not so bad…" I realized he was singing to himself and let out a small giggle. He was too adorable for his own good. I turned around to kiss him, glad that he responded with a kiss of his own. Soon I was under him as he continued kissing me. For the first time in weeks, I felt the need to be his, pull at me. I wanted to be his, and only his. In the midst of this thought, I accidentally let out a sigh. Edward immediately looked at me, as I prepared myself for an interrogation.
"What is it, Bella? Did I do something wrong?" I smiled slightly at the thought that he could ever do anything wrong.
I shook my head in response, letting out a giggle as relief swept over his face. I leaned up and kissed him again, trying to control all the emotions I had been hiding for the duration of his illness. My Edward was back, he was back and as real as ever. To top it all off, he was mine.
"Excuse me, uh…Bella?" I let out a long sigh and looked up at Rosalie, who had this huge smile spread across her face. There was something else in her eyes, amusement I think. "You remember Lilly, right?" I scowled at the bimbo's name.
"Unfortunately, why in the hell did you bring up that slut?"
"Well, she's…" She stifled a giggle. "…Downstairs. She says she needs to see Edward. An emergency she says." Finally, Rosalie cannot contain her laughter any longer and collapses against the doorframe laughing. I stand up, straighten out my clothes and head downstairs. She's staring at a family photo of the Cullens, while twirling her red hair around her index finger. She was beautiful, there was no denying that…but there was also something quite different about her. Something had changed since the last time I had seen her.
"What the hell do you want Lilly?" There was no trace of politeness in my voice. I had thought that I had made it quite clear for her to stay away from Edward, but apparently I had been mistaken.
"No need to get Bitchy Isabella. I only came here to see how my boyfriend is doing. He hasn't been to school in almost three weeks." What had she just said? Did she say BOYFRIEND? I grimaced as another round of giggles escaped from Rosalie, who was standing in the hallway.
"What in the hell are you talking about Lilly?" I felt Alice standing next to me, her hand barely touching mine.
"Well, Lauren told me Edward was sick, and I figured I should stop by and see how my beloved is doing." A smirk spread across her face as she saw Emmett wrap his arms around me. Most likely to keep me under control, but if she kept it up, I'm not even sure Emmett could stop me.
"This isn't a smart idea Lillian Finch, but then again, when have you ever been smart?" I spun around to see Edward leaning against the stairwell. He looked as god-like as ever, with his hair just hanging in his face and his shirt completely unbuttoned. I was sure I felt faint for a moment.
Lilly's face brightened for a moment, and then flushed a deep red. "Oh Edward…you don't look very sick…"
"Because I'm not…just slightly worn out." He let out a deep growl as he pulled me towards him, pinning me to the wall. I kissed him deeply, fully aware of Lilly watching us. I let out a girly giggle as his hand slid up the front of my shirt.
"Edward?" Lilly shrieked. Edward turned around and smiled innocently, looking at her for a moment before returning his attention to me. "What are you doing with that…that…slut!" I felt the anger rise up in me as Edward pressed himself closer.
"Oh, you mean my girlfriend." With that, He picked me up by the thighs and wrapped my legs around him. We continued our round of passionate kissing as Lilly stormed out the front door. As soon as we heard the door confirm that she had indeed left, everyone in the house erupted into a fit of laughter.
"Bella, that was…wow." Edward stared at me for a moment with a look of excitement and confusion. I had never really been that physical with him before. He gently put me down as he turned to look at Rosalie. "Why did you let her in Rose?" She shrugged as Esme walked into the room. She didn't look too happy.
"At least now you don't have to worry about her."
A/N: Ok, sorry about the interruption. Sorry if that was too much fluff…(I know, who ever heard of too much fluff?) But there's a very good reason for it! I promise!
Two days later Alice ran into the living room and told us to turn on the television. As Jasper hit the on switch and turned it to the news, I felt myself collapse again Edward as the scenes flashed upon the screen. There was a man on the screen, trying his best not to cry. There was also a little girl next to him, holding a raggedy teddy bear and sobbing loudly.
"Yesterday evening, around six pm," The news reporter began, "Lillian Nicolette Finch hung herself from her bedroom ceiling fan. Her father, who had been away on a business trip, found her earlier this morning."
"I have no idea why she would do this"
I turned away from the screen, with invisible tears threatening to pour from my eyes. I had forced her to do this, I had forced her to take her own life.
"Don't think that Bella. It wasn't your fault…she was the one who decided to overreact and off herself." I felt myself smiling despite my emotions at Jasper's words. Maybe she WAS the one who decided to kill herself, but I'm sure Edward and I hadn't helped much. I should have just let Edward handle it…but then again…he hadn't tried to handle it before. I felt Edward hug me closer, pressing my face close to his chest. I breathed in his scent, and felt my body begin to shake for a moment before calming down. Indirectly, I had taken a human life.
"It's ok Bella, this would have happened either way…" This time it was Alice who spoke to me. "She had already decided to kill herself before the little display of affection…" I nodded my head, knowing that Alice wouldn't lie to me. But I still could not shake the thought that this was somehow my fault.
"Now the only thing we need to worry about…" Carlisle started. "Is what to do about her uncle." His face was serious as he stood in front of Edward and I.
"Who's her uncle?" Esme looked at him with concern.
"Billy Black." My eyes widened at what he had just said. I had been right. This had been my fault…and if I didn't stop it soon…another tragedy was sure to occur.
So you sailed away, into a grey sky morning. And now I'm here to stay, love can be so boring…nothing's quite the same now, I just say your name now. But it's not so bad…you're only the best ever I ever had. You don't want me there, you're just the best I ever had. (Best I ever had(grey sky morning)-vertical horizon)
A/N: Once again, sorry the chapters are so short. Way to much stuff. But! I do want to give credit to PeteStump for the ingenious way of killing Lilly. Oh, and the above song IS the song Edward was singing at the beginning. Cute eh?