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Chapter 6: Too Late
"Bella. Bella wake up!" My mother shook me awake.
"I'm up, I'm up!" I said grumpily. "Oh my gosh! The Cullen's!" I bolted upright. We were parked in front of the house. It looked strangely empty. "Oh no." I said in disbelief. I got out of the car and walked slowly towards the house. Renee and Phil followed though they seemed uncomfortable.
I opened the front door (which was always unlocked) and called out. "Hello? Is anyone here? It's Bella!" There was no response. They had all left in the time that it had taken me to get here. It could only have been a few days at most. Right?
Or maybe they were on a hunting trip. But all of the furniture was covered in white cloths, at least what was left behind. The TV and the game units were gone from the front room. The piano was still there. Edward hadn't touched it since the day I died. I wandered through the house, looking for any sign as to where they had gone. I found nothing. Carlisle's cross and books were gone; all of the clothes were gone. The only room I had not yet checked was Edward's.
I slowly opened the door. The room had barely changed. The majority of Edward's CD's were still on the shelves. The black couch was still in one corner of the room. The couch where Edward had promised me he'd live on and the place where I had died. Most of the things were still in place, with minor things missing. Edward's stereo was gone, the few things that I had accidentally left in his room were gone, and pictures were gone.
They had left. How was I supposed to find them? I carefully searched the rooms but found no notes, and no hints to where they were going. Dang this was going to be hard. But maybe they had told Charlie where they were going! I turned back to Renee and Phil who had followed me silently through the house as I went through every room, remembering various memories as I looked for any clues.
"Can we go to Charlie's?" I asked softly. My hopes of being with Edward again had gone down the drain. Would I ever see my second family again? I followed my mother and Phil back out to the car as Renee drove us to Charlie's.
When we pulled up outside, Charlie's cruiser wasn't there. He was at work again. Ever since my death he had worked constantly, trying to escape the empty house. We walked up to the front door and I pulled out the spare key so that we wouldn't have to wait for Charlie to get home.
The house was a mess. That much was apparent as soon as I unlocked the door and opened it. Food containers were everywhere. While the Cullen's had still lived in town, Alice and Esme had been over
constantly cleaning and cooking for Charlie. He was too upset by my sudden death to do much of anything. Now he seemed to be lost without the people who had tried so hard to save me. My mother immediately set to cleaning up. Phil and I stood around for a moment. Phil then went into the family room to watch TV while he waited.
I went upstairs to my old room. The door was still partially opened like it had been when Edward had taken me to see Carlisle. The window was still opened slightly. Nobody had been in here since my death. I pushed the door open and the hinges protested from lack of use. I walked slowly into the room and looked around. It had been so long since I had been here.
My wandering gaze rested on the CD player that I had left on the end table. The CD that Edward had made for me should still be in it. I wandered over and plugged my headphones in. I then turned on the player and pressed play. The lullaby that I had longed to hear for so long came through the speakers. I nearly cried at the change 2 years had made.
2 years ago Edward and I had been happy and together. A year ago Edward stopped playing and I was taken from him. I was still able to watch over him though. And now we were both on Earth, but were separated from each other. Who knew how close we had come to seeing each other. A few days? A single day?
At this point, what did it matter? The fact was that he was gone, and I was here. I curled up on my old bed and left Edward's music playing. I soon fell asleep though I wasn't tired at all. This day was just too much.
AN: Soooooo…. What did u think? Good? Bad? I know a lot of u wanted the Cullen's to be there… but the chapter kinda wrote itself. I started it and just kept going. Please review! You guys have been awesome about it so far.