A/N: Sorry for not updating in a while, but I wasn't home all day yesterday, and all week I had tons of homework and stuff...Sorry...so here's the next chapter!!
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Chapter 6 Frozen and Invisible
It had been an hour since he came, and he had never stepped out from his little spot that he had claimed when he first stepped into our meadow.
"Edward, I really do think you should go home, you're family is probably wondering where you are. It's been a day since you've seen them."
He didn't respond. I stopped time again; he would hate me for this, and carried him back to his house.
Carlisle and Esme were sitting on the couch; Esme had a worried look on her face. –Edward—that was all she was thinking, I couldn't read her thoughts because time had frozen, even thoughts, so only the word they were thinking at the time showed up in their thoughts.
I could see Rosalie with Emmett in their room through a crack in their door, and that was all I needed to see to know what they were doing. I didn't think about it, it wasn't pretty.
Alice and Jasper were in Alice's room sitting on her bed talking. Alice's door was wide open.
I found Edward's room, it was amazing; with golden carpet and walls and a large black sofa, and a whole wall of CD's.
I sat Edward on his black sofa, grabbed a piece of paper. I needed to write him a note of what happened and to not look for me.
Dear Edward,
I'm sorry for dropping you off, but Carlisle and Esme are worried about you. Tell them you went on a hunting trip, and you wanted to be alone. I know Esme will scold you like she always does, but it's the only excuse I could come up with. I will talk to Carlisle about it. I'm sorry. I love you so much that you won't understand how. Real quick, before you can get confused, I stopped time, that's it. You won't be able to follow my scent, so don't try. Please don't look for me. I need to think things through, and so do you. Okay? Bye Edward, I'll see you at school, someday.
Love,
You're friend,
Or whatever you want me to be called,
Isabella Marie Swan
I folded the note in half and placed it beside him so that he would notice it.
I ran downstairs, picked Carlisle up and ran outside. Time was on again, I would reverse it when I was done talking to Carlisle. We were in a secluded part of the woods; no one would find us there.
"Bella?" he asked, eyes finally focusing on me. I hadn't changed back into my human form yet, so I was as beautiful as ever.
"Carlisle, yes it's me. I need to talk to you."
"What is it Bella?"
"Edward knows who I am, he's thinks I hate him, but I love him. I don't know what else to do, but to not avoid him. The thing is though, I can't stand to be around him if he hates me, but I can't stand not to be around him. I need you to convince Edward with your thoughts that I love him, so he would see. I want you to think about me leaving, the reason I turned into you, and the words I've said to you throughout the years, on the phone or in person."
"Okay, Bella."
"Oh, and one last thing?" I asked.
"Yes?"
"When Edward caught me after Alice saw him disappear with me, he basically collapsed. The vampire overload thing. He was at my house for a few hours, and was with me too. I was the one trying to convince him that I still loved him; I even showed him the ring. I just wanted to tell you that, that the cover story, right now, is that he was on a hunting trip. I hope Alice saw that."
"She did, she was just wondering why his future disappeared in the first place."
"Okay, I think you need to go back home. Do you want me to rewind time so no one will know that you were gone?"
He nodded. I reversed time; Carlisle was right by my side. At the right moment I stopped it and sent Carlisle in.
"Goodbye Carlisle, I'll see you soon."
"You too Bella." He responded then walked into his house. As soon as he said he was okay I played time and climbed quietly up to Edward's room.
A few years ago I had also gained invisibility and no scent powers, it came in handy when I was hiding.
I turned those two powers on and climbed inside his room, paused time, so that if I made any noise, he wouldn't hear it, and sat in a dark corner of the room. I played time, once again.
"Bella? Bella? Where am I?" he said out loud, he soon took it all in.
"How'd I get here?" he asked again out loud.
He picked up the letter I wrote to him and after was done reading it he ripped it to shreds and stomped out the door.
I followed him. I accidently stepped on the wrong board and he turned to face me, sniffing the air.
"Is anyone there?" He asked.
He just shrugged after no answer and continued to walk downstairs.
"Carlisle, I need to speak with you." He demanded. Has he always been this rude?
"Sure Edward."
"Alone." He hissed at Esme. Poor girl, she was scared of Edward. Okay not scared, but ashamed of his temper. She ran quickly past me and left them alone.
"What is it Edward, it wasn't necessary to talk to Esme like that." Carlisle said, authority ringing in his voice.
"It was Carlisle. I wanted to tell you that I found Bella."
"Bella?" He gasped. Carlisle was an amazing actor; I knew he hadn't forgotten our conversation in the forest. "Where is she?"
"She's one of the students with us, she's in my grade and she shape-shifted into a girl named Jess."
"Jess? That's weird; I wonder why she would use a different name?" He said out loud, at that point I knew he was thinking about me. Edward's eyes were translucent, as if he was having a vision, but he was only listening really well.
"You talked to her? Just now?" He demanded. He was mad a Carlisle, and it was all my fault.
"Edward, calm down, she wanted me to remember all these things so that you know that she loves you. Yes I have talked to her, more than that once just a few minutes ago. I'm sorry Edward, she wanted you find someone else so that you would be happy and not hate her for making the decision to change you. Oh, by the way, the only reason she wanted to change you was because she wanted to be with you forever, but she couldn't stand the thought of watching you suffer when she thought it was all her fault. Edward, she still loves you, she always talks about you in emails, letters and on visits. Also, on the visits it was her choice if she wanted to see you or not. Most times she did. She would stop time, while I was still able to move, and go upstairs to go and give you a kiss, stroke your face or look at you. Sometimes she's there when you don't even know it. There is one power that only she and I know she has"—Carlisle was going to blow my cover—"She can turn invisible and hide her scent. It's as if she isn't even there. The only time you can tell is if there is a noise, she can't stop noise, but only from making it."
Edward's eyes were full of understanding, and love. So he knew I loved him now. I walked toward him. I knew this was a stupid idea.
I leaned over, kissed his cheek and said, "I love you." I did this all so quick that he couldn't react until I was at the other side of the room.
"Carlisle, did you just hear that?"
"Hear that, someone just kissed my cheek and said, 'I love you' in my ear."
Carlisle nodded, understanding, what was happening. He knew it was me, but didn't think or admit it.
"It sounded like…Bella?" Edward asked gently.
"Bella, are you there, if you're not I'm going to think I'm going crazing."
I giggled softly, but loud enough that it was a whisper to everyone else, a ghostly giggle.
Edward's head turned towards me, approaching swiftly and slowly, hoping I didn't leave.
"Bella, please tell me that's you and not some crazing person."
His arms were spread out in front of him, willing to grab something. Aiming for me to be exact.
His arms brushed against my shoulders once and that's when he stopped, and stuck his hand where his arm had touched.
"Bella is that you?" He asked quietly.
"If it is, I forgive you, I now understand why you did that. You did it because you thought you were a monster. Here's the thing, though. I've always thought of you as an angel sent from heaven to rescue me and to protect me. While I was human you were always my guardian angel, always."
"I broke my promise though." I said quietly. I was still invisible, but he knew it was me by the sound of my voice. "I said, one night when you were having a nightmare after you almost drowned in that river, that I wouldn't leave you. I would never leave you. I did though, I left."
He flinched, remembering as much as he could.
"So it is you."
I shook his head up and down so he could tell I was saying yes. He smiled.
I stopped time and carried him outside in the forest again. Then I started it again.
"I'm sorry, I had to find a better place to talk, this is better, more secluded and private." I said. I needed to put my invisibility and no scent shield down, but I couldn't, not until I knew it would be the right time.
"Bella, where are you? I can hear your voice, but I can't see or smell you. I need to see your face, please let your shield down." He commanded. He was not but a foot away from me. I stopped my shield, I felt better.
"Whoa." He jumped back, surprised about how close he was to me.
"I was never that far, even from the start." I said. It was true, I would always visit him at least once a week and he wouldn't know.
"Bella, I am sorry for acting the way I did. I know you love me and I love you. That 's the only explanation I can give for all the emotions Jasper was getting off of you, you keeping the ring, and Carlisle telling me that you still loved me. I can see now that it's the truth, and I feel terrible for not believing you in the first place." I placed a finger over his lips.
"You've always been like that, I had already expected it to be hard to convince you, but I didn't expect it to be this soon before I could convince you." I stroked his cheek and he leaned his big head into it. I smiled.
"I love you," that was all he said before he attacked my lips.
We sat there kissing for hours, we didn't go too far because we were both old fashioned and wanted to be married first.
"I think I should go," I said, "Your family is going to be worried."
"Why would they be? But you are right. Would you like to come with me?" He asked. I would be going to meet his family? Now? Again?
"Fine, but I'll need to see Carlisle first; I want to tell him what's going on."
"Okay, you put your invisibility thing on and I'll walk you to him."
He was in on my plan. I had shown him my plan, he soon found out I was in a coven with Rosalie and used to be best friends with her.
He explained to me that she wasn't a good sister since I had left.
We entered his house, my invisibility on. He left the door open a little longer the necessary so I had to tap him on the shoulder to tell him I was right beside him, not outside. He looked embarrassed.
We quickly ran to Carlisle's office.
"Carlisle?" Edward called.
"Come in Edward." He replied.
Edward entered and so did I.
"Bella's with me." Edward stated simply.
"Bella?"
"I'm right here Carlisle." I said right when I was getting rid of my invisibility.
"So you and Edward?" I nodded.
"Were back together, thank you so much Carlisle, but we have one more problem."
"What might that be?" he asked. Did he honestly not know?
"It's your family, they all think I don't love Edward and they hate me or hate me for doing that, whichever way you want to put that. I need you to help everyone else understand why I left. I know you explained it before, but I want you to help explain why I'm back."
"Then what's the plan?" He asked, obviously knowing I had a scheme in this, Edward had his arms around my waist, his body shaking from his laughter.
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