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"Who was my murderer? The Egyptian version of me I mean."

Edward grew serious and said simply, "An old friend of yours, and enemy of mine. Black. Jacob Black."

"Jacob Black." Bella repeated. The name was oddly familiar. She recalled Billy Black, her father's old friend. She used to go fishing with them and Billy's children before she put a stop to the Fork visits. Billy had three children. Two girls and a boy. Rebecca and Rachel were the girl's names. But what about the boy? What was his name?

"Jake!" Bella suddenly remembered. Edward stared at her blankly and blinked a couple of times to exaggerate his confusion. Bella rolled her eyes and explained, "I had an old friend named Jake Black a couple of years ago. But there is probably no similarity to that, right?"

Edward nodded and smiled. "Don't get yourself too worked up about this, Bella. That was many years ago and this Jacob Black is very dead and gone. Now there is nothing to come between us this time."

He pulled his arms around her and breathed deeply into her hair. Bella turned her body so she was facing him. The electrical current between them seemed shockingly powerful and forced them to draw closer to each other. She could feel his cool breath blow on her face as she became suddenly aware of her breathing and heartbeat. They both seemed so loud and blood rushed to her cheek, embarrassed by it. "Relax," he whispered and pulled in closer, closing the distance between them even more so. Their lips were centimeters apart when…

…the door burst open, threatening to break as a booming laugh entered the room. "Something smells good, Eddie! Wanna share?"

Bella jumped away from Edward, landing loudly on the ground. Edward's eyes grew furious as he attacked the intruder. "EMMET CULLEN! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU SO PAINFULLY, YOU WILL WISH YOU WERE NEVER A VAMPIRE!" Edward knocked Emmet to the ground and yelled again, "AND MY NAME IS NOT EDDIE!"

Emmet laughed again and rolled away from Edward's fists. He stood up and ran over to Bella, who was cowering on the ground. He pulled her up in a great bear hug and squeezed her. "Aw, Eddie! She's so funny! Look how clumsy she is! This is going to be so much fun! I remember how clumsy she was before she joined the family before. But that was nothing compared to this! All I had to do was open the door and WHAM! She's on the ground!"

Edward pinched the ridge of his nose and calmed said, "Emmet. Please. Leave."

Emmet's expression dropped dramatically. He dropped Bella carefully, stuck out his lower lips and resembled a lost puppy. "Leave? But Eddie…"

"MY NAME IS NOT EDDIE!"

"Okay! Sorry Mr. Edward Cullen. I shall never disrespect your name again, oh Great Superior of mine." Emmet exaggerated, but nonetheless whispered, "Eddie," under his breath.

Edward chased Emmet down the stairs and Bella was laughing uncontrollably by the time he came back up the stairs. Edward looked upset still so Bella jumped up and wrapped her arms around Edward. "Oh Eddie! Thank you so much for saving me from that monster!" She giggled.

Edward stared at Bella with wide eyes. He then glared at her, "You did not just call me that."

"Aw, now what will the vampire do about that?"

Edward bared his teeth evilly. "I vant to suck your blood!"

Bella giggled more and tried to escape from his stone grip. She pushed and pulled to try to get away from him until they ended up on the ground in laughter. He pulled Bella up on him so her head was lying softly on his marble chest. She couldn't help but shiver at the lack of sound of a silent heart beat. She slowly started to trace his arm that was wrapped around her, refusing for her to ever leave.

Bella sat up quickly and asked frantically, "Oh no, what time is it?"

Edward sat up with her and said unhappily, "5:57. I guess this means I have to return you now." He sighed, obviously upset about the idea until Bella reached up and pushed his hair back and placed her hand on his cold cheek.

"I will see you at school, Edward. Can you wait two hours for me?"

"I waited hundreds of years for you, my love. I will wait forever if I must. But would it be forward of me to request your permission to wait for you, in your room?"

Bella laughed and said, "If Charlie comes in, you can hide in my closet. But I'm only giving you permission because you're cute. No other reasons." Bella teased.

Edward smiled, "Fine by me." He swept her literally off her feet and whispered, "Remember to close your eyes this time, my dear." She nodded and shut her eyes tight. Wind blew her hair out of her face as he ran and seconds later, he stood in Bella's room.

He placed her softly in her bed and she opened her eyes slowly. She smiled and tried to hide a yawn. Edward laughed quietly and whispered, "Long day? My love, it hasn't even started. I apologize for keeping you from your sleep."

"Please don't worry about it. I had fun, Eddie!"

A frown replaced his smile, but quickly grew serious. His eyes grew very wide and he disappeared in a flash to her closet. Bella's door opened slowly and Charlie stood at the door.

Charlie saw that Bella was awake and opened the door to reveal his blood shot red eyes and blank expression. "Bella?" He croaked. "You are awake?"

"Yeah, Dad. What's wrong? What happened?"

"Charlie walked over to her bed and sat down uncomfortably. "Bella, sweetie, I, um, don't know how to tell you this. But, um, your grandmother, my mother, she passed away last night." Charlie exploded in tears and Bella wrapped her arms around her father.

Tears began to run down Bella's face as she held her sobbing father.

Bella POV

I held Charlie as he cried. His entire body shook from the tears. I did not realize that I too was crying until I tasted the salty tears. I barely hear myself as I whispered that everything is going to be okay. I couldn't believe that Grandma Dalva, my beloved grandmother, was gone. She just visited her only a couple of days ago in Martha's Vineyard. She was getting so much better than before. The cancer in her body was almost gone.

I was barely aware that Charlie was pushing me back into bed and pulling my blankets over me. I automatically curled into a ball to cry more. I heard the door close and I fell into the blackness of slumber quickly. A pair of cold arm wrapped around me silently and a cool breath whispered in my ear, "I am here."

This chapter is dedicated to my family's best friend. RIP 9-1-08. Thank you for always being there for us and, dare I say it, thanks for loving me. We will always miss you, but always have a place in our hearts. May you find peace and happiness wherever you are and never forget us. I love you.