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Reunions
(B POV)
I couldn't believe I was staring in the eyes of my once lost angel. He looked just as magnificent as I had remembered. His hair still held the reddish brown that drove me crazy. Even now all I wanted was to run to him and bury my hands deep into his mess of hair.
Even with his eyes darker they still held the golden sparkle in them that always was able to take all my fears away. Yet I could easily read so many emotions shining in them. Curiosity, pain, suffering, recognition, longing, love and guilt. Why my angel, why?
I couldn't help but be drawn in by them and I just simply couldn't take my eyes off the god before me. It was if the so many different questions and worries in my head had disappeared in that one moment. I couldn't ignore the hole that kept ripping apart in my chest.
You left me so long ago and yet you still hold the love and adoration in your eyes like older days. Was it me? Could I just be imagining those emotions? It didn't make sense to me what so ever. I guess I would be figuring out in the next few moments however.
But it didn't make sense to me. He didn't love me, right? Why do I have to be tortured so by the magnificence that stood before me? Why couldn't we just go back t the way it was before and have him wrap his arms around me and make my pain and loneliness go away.
I had a few options to consider at the moment, and the one I seemed to be leading towards the most was to run. Run away and hide away in my house till the end of time. I couldn't do that though. I couldn't cower away from them and show weakness. I had to be strong and confront them as they want to do.
I broke my contact from him and I glanced at all the others. Their faces all held the same emotions as my Edward but their main emotion was shock. But that was to be expected.
By now I should have been an older age and not look like I had decades ago. It was obvious they could tell what I was, just like them. But it seemed their main question would be how?
By now I approached their table and was standing only mere feet from the people I once considered my family. I hesitated as to what I should do and how to start off the conversation after the past forty some odd years.
Luckily for me though, Alice was the first one to break the silence along with Emmett. They both jumped with and ran over to me giving me the biggest bear hug I had received in the longest time. I easily returned it with as much strength they used on me showing them that I couldn't be broken easily anymore.
"Oh my god Bella, is that really you? How have you been over these past years? We missed you so much. I never thought this was going to happen after… well you know," Alice looked as if she could cry at the moment.
Her eyes welled up with tears that could never pour over. So I beat her to it and I cried hard then I ever imagined was possible.
"Hey there Bella, look at how much you've grown up. I can't believe it's you who I'm looking at," Emmett said with a loss of words.
It was funny to see him at a loss of words because he never seemed to be the type to not know what to say. I just smiled and laughed and cried. Our whole exchange probably looked crazy and insane to the bystanders but to us it was incredible.
They let me out of their embraces and I stared at the rest of them all. By now Esme was standing with Carlisle and they approached me quickly and told me how much they had missed me and how we have to all get together. Jasper and Rosalie also came up to me and I was surprised to get a huge hug from Rosalie. She wrapped her arms around me and I could feel her shaking.
It was unimaginable and I never thought her of all people would be happy to see me. As everyone stepped back and gave me room, I watched as my angel approached me and I could see the tears behind his eyes.
He seemed unsure of how to handle the situation so he touched my shoulder in a comforting gesture. The moment his hand touched my naked shoulder I felt a flame go up in the spot he touched. I lost it and I pulled myself into him.
He took that as my ok and so he pulled me so close to his chest. His arms encased me into one of the most intimate embraces that I had missed. I don't know how long we just stood there holding each other but when we finally broke apart I saw the whole family staring at our exchange with happiness.
I realized I had yet to say anything but I just didn't know what to say. I looked up at my Edward as he gazed down at me and I whispered to him.
"I missed you so much, my love…"
He stared into my eyes and for the first time his family heard him speak in over forty years he whispered back to me.
"I love you, Bella."
My eyes welled up and I couldn't believe the words that rolled off of his tongue so quickly. I felt as though I was floating and I couldn't stop the emotions coursing trough my body. But also in that moment, I realized my clothing choice, or lack of.
I knew he had seen my in a bathing suit before but now my body was way more developed then it had been those long years ago. I ignored it however and I noticed the family scoot over and made room for me to join their table. I gracefully took my seat and it just so happened that spot was next to Edward.
I looked up to him and said "We need to talk later," he nodded his head and we all sat there for a few moments enjoying the silence. Carlisle was the one to break it though this time.
"So Bella, how did all of this come about?"
I just looked t them all and I knew my story would hurt them all if they knew how I was turned.
"I'll have to explain it all later when we are away from everyone. But I can tell you about what my life was like afterwards."
"That would be wonderful sweets. Where are you staying? You are welcome to stay with us in our home if you would like? Not to put pressure on you but if it is a long story then you are able to stay with us tonight if you would like," Esme explained to me almost unsure if it was bad of her to offer.
I contemplated it for a while and I knew I would be tired after today and wouldn't want to drive back home. On top of that, after a talk with Edward I may just be too emotionally exhausted to go home.
"I would love that. I can stay for tonight and we can go form there in the morning. Plus I will be exhausted way later so I will need to crash for a few hours."
They looked at me with confusion and I could tell in that moment hey all drank in my appearance completely.
At that moment my favorite bar tender, Ben, came over to our table with a pen and pad and he glanced at all the newcomers who I shared a table with.
Ben is a middle aged man who did have a look of attraction to him. He stood at 5 feet 9 inches and he was a much built man but not overly built. He wore his brown hair in a wild and messy fashion and it fell over his eyes. His wore hard features and his nose came to a point which fit his face perfectly. His eyes we a dark brown that almost seemed black and it would be obvious that other women his age would see him as gorgeous.
His eyes came to rest on me and he spoke up. "Hey there darling, what can I do for my favorite costumer today? Would you like the usual?"
"Hey Benny, yea the usual would be great. I am so starved from my long day at the beach. But can you also throw in a bottle of Corona with my order?"
"Yes ma'am. So it'll be a double cheeseburger with bacon, French fries, potato skins, mozzarella sticks, fried clams and the Corona?"
"Yup, sounds good to me." I said and whenever I made that order I surprised him by finishing off every last bit of it.
"I know I say this every time but man! I have never seen a women your size able to pack away all of that food. So is there anything your friends would like to add to the order?"
"Like I told you before, I have a FAST metabolism," I looked to my family and they had all just decided to order waters. They didn't want to look conspicuous in front of Ben.
After Ben had left our table, they all looked at me with a look that could be seen as 'what's up with all the food' and so I figured that now was the time to explain to them.
"Ok, well you're all probably wondering about my appearance and how my human abilities are still in contact with me. The only reason I can figure out is because of the way I was changed. To start off I guess I will tell you all of the gifts I received during my change. First off, I look like a human, obviously, but I can still eat food, drink, sleep, and have the affects humans receive. I don't HAVE to do all those things to survive but, however, it can just enjoy them whenever I want.
There is also the other gift I had received in my change. I can project images from my mind into others minds and I can see the past of the person I touch. But I've learned to control it so I only see their pasts if I want to. It comes in handy at times but that's pretty much all of the things I'm able to do. With of course the vampire tributes like the speed, strength, agility and all that fun stuff," I explained to them.
"Well that does explain quite a lot. So what have you been up to all of these years?" Carlisle asked, pondering the explanation I had given them.
An idea popped into my head, and I figured I would try it out. "Well, it's hard to explain but I can show you the events up until I got changed. Just open your minds and I'll let the images pass to all of your heads."
They all agreed but Edward seemed to be shaky about seeing the way he left me. I took his hand and made him look me in the eyes to show him that everything was ok and then we broke contact as I closed my eyes and concentrated on the images I wanted to give them.
It started out right after Edward left me in the forest and I was a mess. I played a live movie picture of Charlie and the other man finding me in the woods and how distraught I looked. The mud was caked to my body and tears streaming down my face.
Then I quickly flashed to other scenes of me mopping around the house like a zombie and I showed then just how much their leaving affected me. Then I thought of how Charlie made me go and hang out at La Push ad how I met Jacob.
The entire Cullen family seemed to have an air of unease as I showed myself hanging with the La Push pack and images of my crazy stunts I pulled. It was easy to tell they were werewolves and just to classify that I showed flashed of me and Jake walking the beach, him in his wolf shape and mine in my human.
One of the moments did however slip through and because I left my mind dwell on my past with Jake. It was the time Jake had first told me he was in love with me, and me telling him I only saw him as my best friend.
Another memory that I just felt the need to throw out there was the motorcycles me and Jake put together and how well we had tested them out. Especially the time where I took it out on my own and landed myself in the hospital the day I lost control of it.
Then, my days of cliff diving with Jake appeared. The exhilaration I had felt as I plunged myself off the cliff and into the waters. My hair whipping in the wind as my body sliced through the air as I dove.
I quickly flashed out of that memory and I kept flashing little bits and events that happened up until the night of my change. As I approached I quickly closed my mind and released the Cullen's from the memories of my past.
Silence followed afterwards and I could tell they were all tense and deep in thought. We didn't get much more silence though because Ben came walking over with my huge order of food. He placed in the middle of the table and handed me my Corona.
He must have sensed or tenseness so he didn't stay long to chat he just took off to work more behind the bar. I was not going to let the mood ruin my meal though. By the time I had my bacon cheeseburger finished Edward broke the silence.
"Why did you risk all of that while you were human? You could have killed yourself!"
"To be truthfully honest with you right now, that was the point. Edward after you left there wasn't any meanings left for me to live. I had NOTHING left to live for. I was an empty shell and I just didn't care what happened anymore. Though, when Charlie figured out about my motorcycle incidents he nearly kicked my ass. But Jake was able to calm him to only ground me until graduation," I laughed at that memory.
Edward just stared at me in the eyes and I knew he didn't find much humor in my story. His arms wrapped around my waist and in that very moment, I knew the two of us would not be able to just be friends. We both wanted more and so I knew we would end up together after we patched up the situation.
I glanced at the clock and noticed it was already 1:30 so I had called Ben back over and asked to get my food wrapped so I could eat it at my house.
"Bella, when id you want to leave? I have clothes you can borrow so you wont have to stop at your house for them." Alice said happy that I was going to spend the night with them all.
"Well we can leave now if you want but can we stay for just one more dance?" I had asked the family as I looked towards Edward. A slow song had started faintly in the background and I wanted to dance with him for the first time in forty some odd years.
Alice nodded her head and Carlisle and Esme decided they would start home and Rosalie and Emmett would ride back with them, leaving Jasper and Alice behind with them. They had also decided they would share a dance on the floor before we left.
Considering the beat of the song it was a rock song but of course we all made the statement by taking it as a slow dance song.
Despite the lies that you're making
Your love is mine for the taking
My
love is just waiting
To turn your tears to
roses
Despite the lies that you're making
Your love is mine for the taking
My love is
just waiting
To turn your tears to roses
I will be the one that's gonna hold you
I will be the one that you run to
My love is a
burning, consuming fire
Edward took my hand and we made our way through all the people towards the center of the dance floor. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he wrapped himself around my waist. His hands tickled the bare skin of my body and his touch engulfed my entire body in a flame that I didn't want to put out.
I stared up into his face and he stared back down into mine. He let his hand travel further up my bare back until he was caressing the curve of my back. I moved my hand free and used my fingertips to run over all of his features. His face leaned into my hand and I couldn't help myself in that one moment, as our faces leaned closer together, lost in the moment and song.
No, you'll never be alone
When darkness comes I'll
light the night with stars
Hear my whispers in the dark
No,
you'll never be alone
When darkness comes you know I'm never far
Hear the
whispers in the dark
Whispers in the dark
You
feel so lonely and ragged
You lay there broken and naked
My
love is just waiting
To clothe you in crimson roses
I will be the one
that's gonna find you
I will be the one that's gonna guide you
My love is a burning,
consuming fire
In that instant our lips met it was pure bliss to us both. Never had I thought I would be able to give into all my feelings in the first night we were reunited but I guess our love proved me wrong. I felt his arms tighten as hard as they could around my body and for the first time in a very long time I had felt complete. I had my world cradled in my arms and this time, no matter what, I refused to give him up.
My love, my angel, my god, had finally returned to me and we would live out our lives together time the end of time. My lips became fiercer in our kiss and I let my hands run up into his hair and I pulled him closer to me. I felt his tongue rub against my bottom lip begging for entrance and I knew this would be one of the most passionate kisses we were ever able to share without restraints.
No, you'll never be alone
When
darkness comes I'll light the night with stars
Hear
my whispers in the dark
No, you'll never be
alone
When darkness comes you know I'm never far
Hear
the whispers in the dark
No, you'll never be
alone
When darkness comes I'll light the night with stars
Hear the whispers in the dark
No, you'll never be
alone
When darkness comes you know I'm never far
Hear the
whispers in the dark
Whispers in the dark
Whispers in the dark
Whispers in the dark
We broke apart and I gently laid my head onto his shoulder and held him as tight as I could as the song came to an end. Slowly we pulled apart and reluctantly headed back to the table hand in hand. Alice greeted us with Jasper and they seemed to enjoy their dance as much as we had.
Alice gave us the biggest smile I've seen on her all night and I knew it was because of me and Edward. Having us both find happiness once again in our dark lives.
There were still so many things I had to tell Edward and a lot of it I didn't know how I was going to do. One of the major topics I needed to tell him was the fact that I no longer held my innocence. I had wanted him to take my innocence so long ago and I still wished I still held it but I lost it to David on one of my bad nights, and I knew there was no point sulking about the past and I had to move on with my future.
Together we all decided that Alice and Jasper would take the car they came over to the club with and Edward would ride with me in my car as we followed Alice's car back to their house. I felt good about spending my night with my family once again and I wondered how often I was going to have sleep overs now that I was reunited with the love of my life.
We all slid into our cars and I took off at full speed after Alice's car on the highway as Edward held my hand and wrapped his arms around me.
A/N- So how was that?! I worked on this chapter all day so I hoped you all enjoyed it. I couldn't help but put Bella and Edward back together in this chapter because they belong together, lol. In the upcoming chapter though, Bella's going to have to explain EVERYTHING that went on after her change and what it all came about. So stay tuned and I hope you are enjoying it so far. Also, the song I used in this chapter is Whispers in the Dark by Skillet, and it is a very good song might I add.