Freckles

This chapter takes place the night after Bella goes to the Cullen's house to ask for their vote on her mortality. It's a bit more angst-y then I had planed but I still like it :)

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters I just like to play with them from time to time.

Bella had been sitting with her back up against the headboard staring at the window for the past 30 minutes, ever since she told Charlie she was coming up to bed. Even though she knew he would come, there was still a part of her that was scared she had dreamed it all up.

In the moment that it took her to blink he was there "Bella" he whispered as he came over to sit on the bed and pull her into his arms. She let out a breath she didn't know she was holding in and smiled.

"I missed you" She whispered into his shirt as she wrapped her arms around his stomach and took a deep breath taking in his sent.

He smiled down at her and kissed her forehead "I missed you too" he whispered with a smile

"What?" she asked looking with a smile when he didn't stop staring at her.

"I missed you so much" he said running his hand through her hair and brought it up to cup her face "I missed everything about you" He continued kissing her cheek "Your personality, your quiet mind, your blush, your smell, your beauty" he said kissing all over her face and neck "I even missed your freckles"

Bella laughed, she couldn't help it "You missed my freckles?" she asked giving him an odd look.

"It's true" He smiled "I love all your features, but there's something about your freckles that I just adore. For example this one here" He said kissing her just above her top lip "is my favorite, then there's this one" he said kissing the side of her chin and especially this one "He said kissing the top of her neck.

Bella closed her eyes and let out a long breath and tried to control her heart rate. Edward laughed and moved up to kiss her forehead. "I missed all of you even your scars, and I see you have some new ones" he said after a moment his voice taking on a sad tone.

"I guess that's what happens when I leave you to take care of yourself" he added quietly.

"Will you tell me what happened here?" he asked running his fingers along a faint pink line that started on her forehead and disappeared into her hair.

Bella took a deep breath "Ok don't get mad" she said looking up at him.

When he nodded in agreement she continued "You know how I told you I could hear your voice when I was doing something dangerous. When Jake and I were riding the bikes the first day, I got confused and didn't know which one the break was , I panicked and hit the foot break, which caused me to fly over the handle bars and hit my head on a rock"

Edward stayed quiet as he ran his fingers along the line then leaned forward to brush his lips against the spot "How many stitches?" he asked

"Seven" she answered quietly.

"And what about this one?" he asked moving his hand to the back of her head and ran his fingers over the place that she hit her head the second time. She didn't even bother asking how he knew it was back there.

"That would be the bikes again, I was getting it! That is until I lost control and hit a tree. The doctor was worried I would have a concussion Charlie had to wake me up every couple of hours"

"How did you explain it to Charlie?" He asked still lightly rubbing the back of her head.

"I told him that I tripped and fell, hit my head on a hammer in Jake's garage the first time and then smacked it on the ground the next time" she told him

"And he believed that?" Edward asked with one eyebrow raised.

"Well it's entirely possible" Bella smiled up at him.

"Yeah I guess it is" He smiled back "Any other injuries I should know about?" he asked.

"No I think that pretty much covers it" she told him "Well there were some scrapes and bruises from each fall but nothing permanent. None of the injuries every really seemed to matter, not compared to…" she started to say before she cut herself off and looked away.

"Not compared to what Bella?" He asked

"Compared to the hole in my chest" she answered quietly still not looking at him.

He closed his eyes for a moment then brought his hand up to her cheek and gently turned her face to look at him.

"I'm so sorry Bella" he said "I should have never let any of that happen to you, I will never forgive myself for the pain I have caused you, both physically and emotionally" he said running his fingers across her cheek.

"Don't." she told him her eyes snapping back to his

"Don't blame yourself. The injuries were nothing, don't be angry with yourself for not being here to protect me from myself. You did what you thought was best for me" she said reaching up to take his hand in hers.

"Yes but it wasn't" He told her.

"No it wasn't, but the important thing is that you are here now, that you came back to me, that you never for one moment stopped loving me. That's what's important to me. That's the only part that matters to me."

"But I hurt you. I can never take that back, those scars will run deeper than any cut or bruise you can come by" he said sadly.

"Yeah they would have" she said looking up at him. Moving her hand from his she placed them on either side of his face and said "If you hadn't come back to me then yes those scars would have continued to hurt forever. But you did and the moment I realized what happened, that you still loved me and that nothing could change that, I was better. The hole that was inside of me was gone you healed me" she smiled up at him and kissed his lips softly.

"There should never have needed to be any healing" he said "I will make it up to you" he vowed "How can I make it up to you?" he asked

"You can love me for the rest of eternity" she smiled up at him

"Done" he said leaning his forehead against hers

"That's all I need. That's all I will ever need" she told him before their lips met.

As the kiss came to an end Bella laid her head on his chest and wrapped her arms around his middle as he wrapped her up in his arms. They stayed there like that for hours, not talking but just content to just enjoy each others company.

AN2: I hope you enjoyed that, if you did dont forget to hit the review button at the bottom

Next chapter(and last)... Isle Esme! that will defiantly be A LOT more fun than the last 2 ;)