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Chapter 7

Edward's Point of View

I saw her that night at that ridiculous concert, where she should not have been outside alone. She was still so beautiful. And her scent was still so painfully amazing.

Oh, Bella. I shouldn't have ever left. I missed her so much. But she didn't deserve an eternity of me. She deserved so much more.

I thought of all of this as I was lying on the couch in my room. My arms were behind my head and I was staring aimlessly at the ceiling. I sighed as I thought of Bella again. I wish she was still mine. But at least she still wasn't with the dog anymore. She was better off alone than with Jacob, the mutt. She could have gotten so hurt, spending her time with him. But then I thought of earlier this morning and I laughed out loud. She looked so furious when she found me in her room. And then she pushed me out the window! She never used to be so violent. But maybe she's changed. Just the thought of that breaks my heart. I still want her to be my Bella. I hate the fact that I can't say she's mine anymore.

But then I heard a sound that completely distracted me from my selfish thoughts. I heard her truck driving down the driveway. It wasn't exactly difficult to hear, a human probably could have heard the monstrous roar of that antique vehicle.

I anxiously waited for her to approach the house. That truck was so slow. After waiting what felt like an eternity, I heard her pull up right in front of the house. I got off the couch and childishly peered out the window. I saw her get out of her truck and walk up the porch to knock on the door. Esme answered and I saw them hug. Bella looked like she genuinely missed Esme. They then entered the house and Bella had the awkward reunion with Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper.

My door opened and I nearly jumped out of my skin. It was Alice, poking her head in the door. She grinned devilishly as if she knew she had caught me spying on Bella. But hey, it's Alice, I'm pretty sure she knew exactly what I was doing, i.e. stalking Bella.

I was embarrassed, even though it wasn't quite logical. This was Alice, for crying out loud. Alice who had practically set Bella and I up, for lack of a better phrase.

Alice came into my room. "Hey, Edward. You'll never guess who's here!"

"Go away." I grumbled. I really didn't need her gloating.

"Make me" She replied, sticking her tongue out at me.

I rolled my eyes. "Bye, Alice." I said, kicking her out of my room. She took the hint and left. I left my door open and heard her going down the stairs.

I heard Alice's delightedly girlish shriek of 'Bella!' There was then a moment of awkward silence. Extremely curious, I quietly creeped into the hallway and looked down the stairs.

Alice and Bella were hugging. Now I felt twice as horrible. Bella missed us. Well, all of us except for me. And probably Rosalie too, I thought with a smile.

I then heard Alice bringing Bella upstairs and I frantically rushed back to my room. Alice would obviously have heard me, but Bella wouldn't have known I had been eavesdropping.

Alice dragged Bella into her and Jasper's room and they sat down.

I felt like a commentator from ESPN giving the play-by-play.

Alice: "How are you? And don't lie to me. I can pretty much see your answer in your face."

Bella: "Okay, how'd you know I was going to lie?"

Alice: "I know you. Now, talk to me!"

Bella: "I'm…managing."

Alice: "Not very well. Actually, I take that back. You are managing extraordinarily well for a human."

Bella: "Why are you saying all this to me? They can hear us downstairs and you know it. So please don't bother denying it."

Alice: "Bella." She laughed. "This room is soundproofed. Obviously, I wouldn't bother bringing you up here if they could still hear us."

Bella: "Oh."

While that was true, I could still read Alice's mind, therefore seeing and hearing their conversation. I felt so accomplished, beating Alice.

Alice: "Yep. So I'm guessing that you came here for a reason….?"

Bella: "Yeah. I need to talk to Edward."

Alice: She laughed again. "That's what I figured. Come on." She stood up, walked over to the door, and opened it. "Good luck," Alice hugged her again and then pushed her out into the hallway.

~End of Commentary~

It was utterly pathetic how I was doing everything in my power to be with Bella. I was listening to her conversations by stalking my sister's mind!

I don't think I had ever felt as human as I did when Bella walked down the hallway to my bedroom door. Vampires were supposed to be superior to humans and not be scared of anything. But I was honestly scared of this human girl who was less than five feet away from me, a wooden door separating us. She had the power to completely destroy me. My life was all for Bella. She was my only reason anymore and I had left her. Left her.

Bella sighed and timidly knocked on my door. I sighed and then opened my door. There was Bella, as beautiful as ever, here to see me.

"Hello." I said to her. As hard as I tried not to, I ended up smiling at her.

"Hello" She replied.

This was going to be horribly awkward. Even if I could have read her mind, I knew how weird she thought this was going to be. It was written all over her face.

We just stood there for a moment, staring at each other.

~BPOV~

I had to do this. I had to get it over with. I had to confront Edward and demand to know what his problem was. Why was he stalking me? Why was even back in Forks? Why? Why? Why? My list of questions was endless as he opened the door.

"Hello." Edward said to me, smiling.

"Hello," I repeated, not really sure what else to say.

It was, without a doubt, the most awkward moment of my entire life – that moment spent with Edward and I staring at each other. Neither of us didn't really know what to do. Neither of us had ever had a conversation with someone we had broken up with. Scratch that – we hadn't ever broken up with some one. We were both equally inexperienced, so that made it even worse.

"So do you want to come in?" Edward asked me. He motioned into his room.

"Um….yeah. Sure. That'd be great." I said back, sounding like a total moron.

I walked into his room and looked around. Nothing had changed. It looked exactly as it had the last time I had been in here. I looked out the window for a minute and stared out at the rain. I heard Edward come to the window too and look out with me.

"I don't know what to say" he said.

I turned and faced him. "Neither do I." I replied. I might as well be honest. But……."But I do want to know why you're here, and why you've kind of been stalking me the past few days."

He chuckled. "Stalking? That's a strong accusation."

"Well, stalking is a serious crime." I said, looking him straight in the eye.

"Touché." He told me with a smile.

I sighed. He wasn't making this any easier for me,

"Edward!" I exclaimed. "I don't know what's going on, and I want things completely straightened out before I leave here today." Just being near him again made me feel so alive. I had forgotten what it felt like to be so happy. It was madness that the simplicity of Edward's presence created this insane ecstasy.

"I know what I want." He said.

"Oh yeah, really?" I sarcastically asked.

"Yeah." He took a step closer to me. He looked directly at me and I looked back at him. He leaned in closer to me slowly, checking if this was okay, And being the imbecile I am, I didn't stop him. I was the one who leaned in more and kissed him. I put my arms around him and held on when he pulled away. He put his arms around me and hugged me back, There were no words to describe just how much I missed him. He was such a vital part of my life. I literally needed him to survive. Without him, I wasn't whole. But without Jacob, I wasn't whole either. I sighed and pulled away from Edward. We both looked at each other. Golden eyes to brown ones. Lovely.

"I'm in a pickle here. You know that right?" I asked Edward.

"Yes. I know. But at the moment, I don't really care." He replied seriously.

"Good. At the moment, I don't either." I said back, looking up and smiling at him. He held his arms out and I accepted the hug, I really needed it and it was even better given to me from Edward.

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