"Did you get all of the memories back?" Edward asked.
"No." I said with a hint of sadness.
"What don't you remember?" He asked.
"Edward all I got back was the meadow." I said. "That's all I got."
"We talked about my human life in the meadow…" Edward recalled bit bummed. "When you knew I was dying of Spanish flu, I thought you received more than just the meadow."
"I remember how we met…" I said. "Some kid was about to crash into me…" I said.
"That's not exactly how we met." Edward frowned as he crouched down to play with Mac.
"I'm confused… I thought that's how we like started talking about vampires."
"Do you remember why you came to Forks?" He asked.
"Jacob told me I came because my mother remarried and I wanted to let her spend more time with her new husband."
"He tells you this? You don't remember Renee?" He asked.
"If she were in a crowd I wouldn't be able to pick her out of a crowd." I said.
Edward's face became saddened with the news. "You talked so highly of her." He said. "She was you're idol, you were her everything."
"Jacob says I raised my mother not the other way around."
Edward chuckled. "You were always the more responsible one in the family, Renee is as you put it once, 'hair brained' and doesn't think things logically." I wish I remembered my mother. She sounds like a wonderful woman.
"Do you remember my family?" He asked.
"Yes, but I don't remember their stories." I said with regret.
"That's okay." He chuckled.
"Will I get to see them again?" I asked.
"Of course." Edward nodded.
We continued to walk into the forest that bordered the Gilbert property. "What about high school was I happy or was I one of those depressed people that were labeled a freak?"
Edward chuckled, "You were always a freak." I frowned at him. "But you were my freak." He shoved his hands deep in his pockets.
I smiled at him, "I was happy wasn't I?"
"I'd like to think you were." Edward sighed looking up to the overcast sky. Mac barked at a squirrel that was passing through and then calmed down after a while. "One thing is for sure, you were always a dog person." He smiled.
"I tend to think I was considering my best friend is one." I smiled.
"Ah yes the oh so famous Jacob." Edward sighed.
"What do you have against Jacob?" I asked.
"He's a werewolf, and a young one to add to the matter, he is dangerous." Edward said.
I took offense to that; Jacob has never hurt me in any way, shape or form. "Jacob saved my life when you couldn't Edward, I don't think you are in any position to judge him." I said stern. I looked to him with a very serious look on my face.
"You're right, I don't give him much credit for the good he has done…" Edward apologized. "I'm sorry, that was rude of me."
I nodded and Edward took my hand and asked me if I felt that. I wasn't sure what he met. All I felt was the spark that was there whenever he touched me. "What am I supposed to be feeling?" I asked.
"Do you ever get that feeling in your unbeating heart that tells you that you love someone?"
"Oh that feeling…" I muttered I got that feeling all the time. "Yeah I get it; I get it whenever I'm with Alec, or if I were to think about the possibility that I was happy with you."
Edward gave me a small smile. "Do you feel it now?" He asked as his face got closer to mine. If my heart could it would be beating out of my chest.
"Yes." I whispered and Mac sat down and tension on the leash was at ease as was Edward's lips on mine. His lips were soft against mine and in that very moment I remembered our first kiss it was in my truck when we were coming back from the meadow. My lips parted just the way I remembered they did during our first kiss and I breathed in his intoxicating scent.
"Just like the first time…" He said as he pulled away.
"I remember it…" I whispered. "I remember our first kiss in my truck."
He chuckled. "I remember that old piece of crap…" Edward said.
"Hey watch it; I could beat you up with that old piece of crap." I said with a smile. I remembered him dissing my ride at the closer time to his leaving.
"Do you still have it?" He asked.
I nodded. "I keep it at Charlie's so he has a ride to go places when he isn't working."
Edward nodded, "Still close with Charlie?"
"Yeah, I remembered him luckily…" I said.
"How is he?" Edward asked.
"He's doing great. A little after I was changed he had a heart attack, it was a close one, and he almost died from it. Doctor Snow said that he needed to take the vegan route just for a few months, he could only have about 8 ounces of steak per month." I said.
"Wow, Charlie and steak is like men and fire." Edward said shocked.
"It was tough for him; Jacob was there with his dad Billy to overlook the situation while I was 'away in New York for College'. I just saw him about a month ago for the weekend, he is skinny, and close to an old man six pack." I said. "He has about 12 ounces of steak a month now, more chicken in there and lots of veggies." I said. "He looks great even if the gray has taken over."
"He sounds amazingly healthy, I'm happy for him, Charlie was always very protective of you when it came to me. If I ever had a daughter as great as you I would know exactly where Charlie was coming from."
I smiled at him and Mac barked at another squirrel. "So you attended New York huh?" Edward asked.
"It's my cover story, to Charlie I am attending university in New York, where in actuality I am a student at NYU for art and design online."
"That's great, sticking to the cover story as much as possible." Edward said.
Edward and I continued to talk and walk, catch up, try to solve the puzzle in my mind. He was a good genuine guy; I liked him… a lot.
Amy got over the whole thing with Edward by the time Edward left, which was today. I was taking him to the airport while Shawn took Mac to the vet.
"So off to Alaska…" I sighed as I played with the button on his shirt.
He chuckled. "Yeah, I've got to get my punishment out of the way for ditching my family in Korea to join the Volturi." He said.
"I'm sorry." I said.
"Nothing to be sorry for, I will call you when I can." Edward said. I nodded. "Bella, I'd like to give us another try and we can't do that until you make your mind up about Alec." He said.
"I know, just be patient with me please. I'm still trying to take it all in that I've gotten the chance to know how I was when I was human from someone that isn't Jake." I said. "I've waited too long for you Edward for you to rush me."
"I promise I will try not to." Edward said as they called his last call flight. His lips met mine and he walked into the plane and I watched his plane take off. Now I was left with a decision, who did I love more?
