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Revelations in the Parking Lot

Bella's POV

"Can we go some where private to talk, before I tell you?" asked Edward.

"Of course," I said tersely.

We opened the doors to the rental car and got in. He drove to a secluded and empty parking lot. He put the car into park and shut the ignition off. I looked at him patiently, waiting for him to speak.

"Before I tell you, I need you to promise me that you won't do anything to put yourself in danger," he began. He turned towards me and clasped both of my hands into his.

"I promise."

"I figured out the reason I've been having memories of my human life," he paused.

"And?" I asked; I wanted to hear more.

"You were right…I did lie to you about the drive-by-shooting," he admitted.

The tempo of my heart beat sped up. Why couldn't he just come right out and tell me? My body was engulfed in disappointment. I was disappointed, because he didn't trust me enough to tell me.

"Edward, please just tell me," I pleaded.

"I wish I could, Bella, I wish I could. It's so hard for me to wrap my head around this. Please just let me explain from the beginning." He loosened his grip on the steering wheel.

"All right," I agreed.

He returned his gaze back to the windshield and closed his eyes. "When Alice called earlier today, it was to tell me she had a vision," he paused, "she wouldn't tell me exactly what she saw; she only said that the whole family was in danger…you included and that I had to do whatever it took to get you out of the state."

Nausea washed through me.

"It's the pack, right?"

He shook his head.

I felt a tiny bit relieved. If it wasn't the pack then my only other guess was the Volturi, but why would they hurt the Cullens? Edward promised to change me. Were they worried about the size of the Cullen clan?

"It's not the Volturi either," Edward informed me before I could even ask.

"Well then who could it possibly be?"

He returned his gaze back to me.

"Wait you know, don't you?"

How dangerous could this mysterious stranger be if Edward was willing to take the risk of having me stay in Chicago with him? My first thought was that Alice was over reacting, but the thought left my mind as quickly as it came when I remembered she wasn't the type of person to over react.

"Yes," he answered shortly.

I silently urged for him to continue.

"You know I would never let anything happen to you, right?"

"Yes."

"The person that is so dangerous to us isn't a vampire, werewolf, or any other mythical creature…he's a human…a human that I once knew every well until my human memories faded."

His cryptic nature frustrated me.

"He has to be over a hundred then, do you think he'll recognize you if we by chance happen to run into him?"

He chose not to answer me; instead he pressed his lips against mine. He pulled away far too soon.

"He isn't over one hundred years old."

"Edward this doesn't make any sense. Just tell me already please."

He returned his gaze back to me and took a hold of my hand. "Bella, it's me, the person that's a peril to us all is my human counterpart."

I shook my head. That wasn't possible.

Edward's POV

For the next five minutes silence invaded the car. Bella's eyes never left mine. The expression on her face was impossible to read.

She let out a sigh. "Are you absolutely sure?"

"The color wasn't coming back into my human memories; I was hearing the thoughts of my past human self."

The look on her face was completely incredulous, if only I could read her thoughts; I'd be able to tell what she thought.

"Do I sound insane to you?" I asked fearfully.

"No. I just don't understand how it could be possible," she explained.

Well, the only theory that I could come up with was that a third party member is involved in this scheme, someone with the possibility to manipulate time…another vampire. If he possessed the possibility to manipulate time then, that would explain why Alice didn't see him.

I decided that it was best not to tell Bella my theory until I was able to get some insight from Carlisle. I still had many unanswered questions myself. In my eighty-eight years on this planet I have studied the many theories of time travel and all the dangers about slightest changes in the past.

Spanish Influenza.

"Edward, what's wrong?" Bella asked me concerned. She must have noticed my horrified expression.

I lost my parents to that horrific pandemic; I wasn't going to take any chance with my wife…the person I waited over one hundred years for.

"I know you're my equal partner in this relationship," Bella was about to speak up to say something, but I continued before she could, "but until I speak to him I would prefer for you not to see him."

"Are you embarrassed by me?" she asked as she wrung her hands.

I had many things to be embarrassed about, but my marriage to Bella Cullen was not one of them. No, I had my horrific past, my monstrous nature, my lack of heart beat, my inability to sleep or cry to be embarrassed about.

"I could never be embarrassed by you," I soothed her.

She lifted her head up to look at me. "Then why do you need to confront your human counterpart before I can meet him?"

"Think about it, Bella, depending on his age he might be fatally ill. I'm not taking any risks with you. I already lost to two people I love to that ailment, I won't sacrifice you to it," I confessed with a voice that dripped with determination and hurt.

She placed her hand on my shoulder. "I will keep my distance until you say it's safe, but I have one condition," I was about to interrupt her but she put finger up for me to allow her to continue, "I want to be in viewing distance when you are talking to him. Don't worry I can stay in the car with all the windows securely rolled up to keep me safe from any possible deadly viruses."

Her plan seemed like our best course of action. I didn't want to risk the possibilities of what could happen to her if she wasn't in my field of vision, especially not if my theory about a third party being involved was true.

"You promise me that you will stay in the Volvo until I come to get you, right?"

"Yes," she verified.

I shifted back into drive and headed towards the home I grew up in.

AN: Next chapter will include the meeting between the two Edwards. Just so you know this story takes place in 2006, which is the year Bella and Edward, got married. Bella was born on September 13, 1987 and she married Edward before she turned 19 which was in the year of 2006, so all the math should be correct.