The Best Man

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Chapter 12

BPOV

I saw him turn around and look at me. We didn't speak to each other for a few minutes, but it felt like forever.

"You came to the airport," he finally said breaking the silence.

"Yes," I told him both of us keeping our distance still.

"Why," he asked with pleading in his eye.

"I needed to talk to you," I told him.

"I thought that you said everything that you needed to say at the reception," he told me.

"Can't I ever ask you a question," I told him getting real pissed. "That's all I was doing was asking you a simple question."

"But I thought," he said. But I cut him off before he could say anything else.

"You thought wrong," I told him. I walked away from him towards the swing to sit down. When I got there I noticed a rose sitting there, picking it up I smiled without him seeing me do it. "Why?"

"Why what," he asked still facing the opposite direction as me.

"Tonight," I said watching him turn around to face me.

"I talked to mom a couple of days ago and she told me that you came to the airport to talk to me," he said looking at me. "After I hung up the phone I started to get everything together so that I could home again. I had Alice get you to come over tonight so that I could surprise you."

"You still haven't answered my question completely," I responded. I am going to get Alice the next time I talked to her. This is the second time that she had hid something from me, and it wasn't like her.

"I love you," he said looking at me, and then he turned to face the opposite direction. "I wanted you to know that and that I never stopped loving you. For the past eight years I have regretted walking out that front door away from you. I know that I screwed everything up between us and I will understand if you don't feel that way about me anymore."

I just sat there on the swing listening to him. Before I knew it, he was pacing back and forth across the meadow. I couldn't let him keep pacing like this for much longer. I took a deep breath before speaking knowing that it was time for my decision to be known.

"If you ever," I started to say looking at him. "If you ever take off like that again. I swear Edward I won't forgive you next time."

"Say some-," he started to say before it hit him. "What?"

"You heard me," I told him standing up and closing the distance between us. "I won't forgive you next time."

"Next time," he said still processing what I said.

"Edward," I said. We were still an arm's length away, and he was still in shock. "Could you please say something?"

"I love you, Bella," he said closing the distance between us. He scooped me up into his arms and spun me around.

"I love you too," I told him when he finally put me down.

When he put me down I looked into his green eyes and melted this time. I was with the person that I loved. The person that owned my heart, and I was going to follow my heart this time. He leaned down and placed his forehead on mine. I felt his hands cup my face before I felt his lips on mine. They were soft and this kiss reminded me of our kisses before. I wrapped by arms around his neck welcoming the kiss before he pulled away.

"That dress is perfect on you," he said out of nowhere.

"Alice picked it out for me to wear tonight," I told him as he smiled.

"She didn't buy," he told me as I put the puzzle pieces together.

"What do you mean," I told him still puzzled.

"Before I left New York I picked the dress up," he said smiling.

"I've missed you," I told him still in his embrace.

"I know how you feel," he responded. "That picture was the only thing that got me through the days sometimes."

"Coming here sometimes did it for me," I told him.

"Never again," he started to say. "I will make it up to you."

"I don't care as long as you're here with me," I told him.

"I love you Bella Swan," he said looking into my eyes.

"As I love you," I told him.

I knew that we had been through so much. The truth of the matter could be that it could only make us stronger.

EPOV

I turned around and looked at her. We didn't speak to each other for a few minutes, but it felt like forever.

"You came to the airport," I finally said breaking the silence.

"Yes," she told me both of us keeping our distance still.

"Why," I asked with pleading with my eyes.

"I needed to talk to you," she told me.

"I thought that you said everything that you needed to say at the reception," I told her.

"Can't I ever ask you a question," she told me I could tell that she was getting real pissed. I was the dumb ass that took her question as her answer. "That's all I was doing was asking you a simple question."

"But I thought," I said. But she cut me off before I could say anything else.

"You thought wrong," she told me. She walked away from me towards the swing to sit down. When she got there I knew that she would see the rose sitting there for her. "Why?"

"Why what," I asked still facing the opposite direction as her. I wasn't ready to face her.

"Tonight," she said as I turned around to face her.

"I talked to mom a couple of days ago and she told me that you came to the airport to talk to me," I said looking at her. I knew that she needed to her the truth and this time I wouldn't hide anything. "After I hung up the phone I started to get everything together so that I could home again. I had Alice get you to come over tonight so that I could surprise you."

"You still haven't answered my question completely," she responded. I had no idea what she wanted to know. The only thing that I could come up with would be what I said the other night here.

"I love you," I said looking at her, and then I turned to face the opposite direction. I was afraid that if I looked at her then it wouldn't come out right. "I wanted you to know that and that I never stopped loving you. For the past eight years I have regretted walking out that front door away from you. I know that I screwed everything up between us and I will understand if you don't feel that way about me anymore."

I just stood there watching her on the swing listening to me. Before I knew it, I was pacing back and forth across the meadow. I just wanted her to say something

"If you ever," she started to say looking at me. I didn't care what she said I needed to know her decision. "If you ever take off like that again. I swear Edward I won't forgive you next time."

"Say some-," I started to say before it hit me. "What?"

"You heard me," she told me standing up and closing the distance between us. "I won't forgive you next time."

"Next time," I said still processing what she said. She had made her decision and I couldn't believe it. She was giving me another chance and I wouldn't let her regret it.

"Edward," she said. We were still an arm's length away, and I was still in shock. "Could you please say something?"

"I love you, Bella," I said closing the distance between us. I scooped her up into my arms and spun her around.

"I love you too," she told me when I finally put her down.

When I put her down I looked into her chocolate brown eyes and melted this time. I was with the person that I loved. The person that owned my heart, and I was going to follow my heart this time. I leaned down and placed my forehead on hers. I cupped my hands around her face before I lowered my lips onto hers.. They were soft and this kiss reminded me of our kisses before. She wrapped her arms around my neck welcoming the kiss before I pulled away.

"That dress is perfect on you," I said out of nowhere. I wanted to see how she would react if she knew that I bought it

"Alice picked it out for me to wear tonight," she told me and I smiled.

"She didn't buy," I told her as she tried putting the puzzle together.

"What do you mean," she said still looking puzzled.

"Before I left New York I picked the dress up," I said smiling.

"I've missed you," she told me still in my embrace.

"I know how you feel," I responded. "That picture was the only thing that got me through the days sometimes."

"Coming here sometimes did it for me," she told me.

"Never again," I started to say. "I will make it up to you."

"I don't care as long as you're here with me," she told me.

"I love you Bella Swan," I said looking into her eyes.

"As I love you," she told me.

I knew that we had been through so much. The truth of the matter could be that it could only make us stronger. I would never regret becoming Eric's best man for this reason. It brought me home to my family. More importantly it brought me back to my Bella and gave me a second chance.

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