Chapter 3: An Alarming Reunion
"Time is a river that flows endlessly
And a life is a whisper, a kiss in a dream
Shadows dance behind the firelight
And all the spirits of the night remind us:
We are not alone
Tomorrow: a sun soon rising
And yesterday is there beside us
And it's never far away
If you listen to the wind you can hear me again
Even when I'm gone you can still hear the song
High up in the trees as it moves through the leaves
Listen to the wind, there's no end to my…
Love is forever a circle unbroken
The seasons keep changing; it always remains
Spring will melt the snows of winter
And the summer gives us days of light
So long till autumn makes them fade
Remember the sound of laughter
We ran together through our meadow
Still we thought our hearts could break
If you listen to the wind, you can hear me again
Even when I'm gone you can still hear the song
High up in the trees as it moves through the leaves
Listen to the wind and I'll send you my love
Listen to the wind where the sky meets the land
I'm not really gone I've been here all along
High up in the trees in the sound of the leaves
Listen to the wind there's no end to my…
Time is a river that flows to the sea
And life is a whisper, a kiss in a dream."
In the middle the angel started singing softly and whispered the last phrase. I turned around slowly and could not believe my eyes. The angel stood there and just looked right back at me. Looking into those eyes, the eyes that had such depth to them, so much meaning, it left me breathless. For the eyes that I was looking into belonged to the one person I could never be mad at, all I could do is love at the very moment. She broke the silence first. "I told you I would never die, and that I would always be here, Edward. Why so shocked?" Her voice was more breathtaking when watching her speak, everything flowed so freely from within her.
"How…h-how is this possible?"
"Oh Edward, this is true love, not even death could separate us. My plan worked perfectly, and yes, I am a vampire. You see, my plan was to find you, but when I failed, I came across one who was like our kind, vegetarian, and he had this power, to take the life from someone, he tried it on me but he could only give me life. We immediately bonded and had a friendship. In the last years of my life, he noticed I never was truly happy, he finally asked why, so I told him of you,, and how I love you and can never truly be with you again because I have grown old and tired. He laughed at my little display and said, 'Isabella, I would give you what you needed to be happy again.' He is after all the one who saved me from Laurent and Victoria. So we came up with this plan. I was to be dead, then after the funeral, he was to give me my life back. When he gave it back, he only had enough energy to return me to my 23-year-old self, which I am not complaining him doing. After he had gone hunting he bit me, amazingly I felt no pain, only darkness. When I awoke he was gone. I found his remains about a mile off and smelt the werewolves. He gave his life for my happiness and I will never forget him." She sighed when she saw my expression of horror and remorse, "Edward my love, I have waited for you to return, to finally fulfill what he died for, my happiness, you Edward."
She waited for my response, but I was too shocked to form a reply. She had died for me, and came back to find me, to love me. I didn't deserve her just like I didn't 100 years ago. My angel, my perfect angel gave up her afterlife for me. I didn't notice I had stopped breathing. I looked back into my angel's eyes and found love, but underneath lay a huge amount of emotion, doubt, relief, pain, release, yearning, longing, passion. I know my eyes reflected the same but with more wonder than anything else. My angel was here! She wanted me. And oh, did I ever want her back. I get her for eternity and I will love her every minute of it.
She started to smile, "that is all I wanted to hear."
I got up and thought, can you read my mind?
She smiled and then I heard her in my head, you can hear me also.
Upon hearing her voice my body exploded with her essence. My angel, my Bella, oh how I have missed you.
"As have I, Edward. I have waited so long." And with that I held her in my arms and felt the electric shock of energy that was somehow increased from the absence. I inhaled and smelt the overpowering smell of freesia and sighed. My angel chuckled and I wondered aloud. "How did you open your mind to me earlier?"
Bella laughed and did it again. How long have you waited for this Edward? My power is to see a person's soul. It is a light that starts in the heart and flows around them and I am able to open the barrier of their mind and listen to their thoughts. I can also use their power or control them if I really wanted to. But I hate to do that. Ever wonder why I was so positive you had a soul? She looked into my eyes and stated. "I just knew it. I guess that is why I have this power, I know what it is like to die, though I can't tell you. I can't explain it. Even with my power, I can only give you little pictures. And they don't make since."
And with that we laid together on the bed just thinking, looking at each other, memorizing. All of a sudden she got up and ran to the pile of notes, and laughed at the mess I had made. She smiled then picked them up and put them on the bed quickly reorganizing them. Once they were organized, she put them back in the envelope except for the poem. I took it from her hand and read that last line again. "When did you complete this?"
"On the day that I died. It took me my whole life to complete it Edward." On the day that she died, I never get used to that phrase.
"Is that why the second to last line changed from the first?" it was at first endlessly, then it became limited. Why?
She looked a little ashamed, how could she look ashamed it was an easy question. "I wasn't positive that my plan would work so I wrote that for you to find like the rest of the letters, a remembrance to when I was dead."
I sighed, "I am glad it did work." And I was. I got to have my angel forever, a selfish act but it seems that she wanted it also, for that, I will be forever grateful.
We spent an immeasurable amount of time gazing at each other. I started tracing her features. My memory had done no justice to her, she was beautiful, Isabella. Her eyes shocked me they were not the topaz or burgundy that I would have thought they were. Her eyes glowed with the brown that they used to be, inside the brown was whispers of gold, and green. How in the world did her eyes turn green? They were the color of your eyes, love. I think that is the part of me that stayed, my eyes, you always loved them. Why did you like my eyes Edward? They are just brown.
I looked at her shocked, then responded, "Your eyes were – are the gateway to your mind and soul. I told you that I couldn't read your mind, but when I looked into your eyes, every emotion poured out. Looking in them for too long made me lose myself in them, in you."
With that she said, "Oh, but your eyes held the same affect for me, that is why I always forgot to breathe when I looked into your eyes." She looked into my eyes this time looking for something, I haven't a clue what but she didn't have to look hard to find it. When she did her breath caught and her mouth parted. I could feel the love and lust flowing out of me. When I gazed back into her eyes she held the same expression. Leaning in, I looked at her mouth, them back to her eyes and saw that her eyes were smoldering with love. Our lips touched, and I felt the impacted full blow. She deepened the kiss and my world was on fire. There was a burst of light then everything shone as the angel in my arms opened herself to me. I could feel everything she felt and she felt everything I felt.
We were one, with just one kiss. We both broke apart and clasped back on the bed breathing hard. I wrapped my arms around her and held her close, and she held me back softly crying. "Shh, my angel, what is wrong?"
Oh how I have missed you Edward. And I am not sad, this is unbelievable. I Love You.
I Love You too Isabella. I will never leave you again, I don't think I could even if I tried.
We sat there lying next to each other and calmed our nerves down. My phone suddenly started vibrating. I had forgotten how long I had been here. I answered it to find a very confused Alice on the opposite end.
"Where are you, you have disappeared and I want to know why." Alice was panicking. I wonder why she can't see me. I look at Bella, and she grins sheepishly, she knew why.
"Alice, I am at Bella's house and I don't know why you can't see me." I honestly didn't.
There was a silence that had me worried but then she spoke. "I know what happened to her Edward, and I am sorry, but you need to come home now, everyone is worried."
Oh, she didn't know Bella was alive. Well, this will be a pleasant surprise. "Sure Alice, I will be there in about 5 minutes."
A/N: sorry for the big cliff hanger! But it gets good, don't worry.
