Chapter 3

When I finally got out of class I wasn't surprised to find a pixie waiting for me at my locker.

"Bella!!" she called from down the hall.

"Its Izzy." I mumbled again to myself as I shoved my books into my locker and grabbed my bag.

"Bella! Everyone is waiting outside come on!" She said walking towards me and pulling me outside. Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper were gathered around Rosalie's M3, when they saw me coming huge smiles played across their faces. The blonde girl and Edward were no where to be seen.

"Bella!" Emmett's booming voice called. He got up from the car and walked over to me and enveloped me in one of his great big bear hugs.

"Hey Bella! We missed you so much." Jasper said giving me a hug, after Emmett put me down. And then there was Rosalie… "Bella!" she called. "It is so good to see you again" she said while pulling me into a tight hug. I have never seen Rosalie act this way around me before. She pulled back and looked at me. I was staring back at her confused. "What?" she asked sounding almost as confused as I was.

"Why the change in heart?" I said casually, not wanting to seem rude.

"What do you mean?" She asked cocking her head to one side.

"Well, Rose you never use to like me too much, and now you seem… almost happy to see me." I said sheepishly, looking down at my shoes.
Her bell like laugh echoed in my ears. "Bella you're so silly! Of coarse I am happy to see you; ever since we left our family wasn't the same. It was like you took apart of us with you!" she said smiling.

"So you guys don't….hate me?" I asked seeming confused. Beside me Emmett burst out in laughter. Alice looked at me incredulously. "Bella why would you think we would hate you?"

"Because you left" I said still looking at my shoes.
The laughter stopped and nobody said anything, I finally looked up and Jasper broke the silence. "That was Edward who left. Not us." His name sent a spasm of pain throughout my body. Jasper must have felt it because I felt waves of calmness washing over me.

"Thanks" I mumbled.

I turned around to see Dylan, Shane and Mitchell standing beside my car giving me dirty looks.

"Sorry guys but I need to go. I will see you tomorrow!" I said over my shoulder as I turned away.

"Bye Izzy!" Alice called after me. I smiled and unlocked my car.

The next day my siblings and I drove to school in silence. We hadn't really talk much since we came to Forks, but they all knew I was never one for socializing.

I was still pretty excited to see Rose, Emmett, Jasper and Alice at school today, even though I wouldn't admit it. I was still curious to where Edward was, or who that blonde girl was…maybe I will ask Alice today.

x

I was walking down the hall on my way to biology.
The day had passed uneventful like usual and I forgot to ask Alice about Edward and that blonde haired girl. They both weren't at the lunch table which made me curious.

I walked into the biology room and froze.
Time itself felt like it stood still for a mere minute.

Because sitting at those 2 empty seats was an angel, the same angel I remembered sitting there all those years before, but instead of the young, innocent 18 year old girl with brown hair who I was used to see sitting there in a memory, sat a blonde haired girl, the blonde haired girl. The angel beside her had his arm around her shoulder holding her close. A mirror image of what use to be.

My breath caught in my throat and I tried my hardest to pass them without being noticed. I tried to stay as far away from them as possible as I made my way to my seat. Unthinkingly I passed an open window at the side of the class, which sent my scent whirling through the air.

I froze.

His head popped up and he looked straight at me.
A million emotions flickered across his face so fast I wasn't able to tell what they were. I quickly unfroze and sat down in my seat, with his eyes still glued to me. He was completely shocked, I could tell that much. I looked down at my books and I could still feel him staring at me.
I flipped my hair over my shoulder and hid my face from him.

x

Biology was the slowest class of my existence.

I could feel his eyes on me the whole time. The pain had stopped only a little bit, but every time I accidentally glanced his way it sent a shrill of pain throughout my body. He was so much the same, so beautiful. He was truly an angel. When the class finally ended I tried my best to get out of there as fast as possible. I left the classroom and ran at human pace down the hall to my locker. Alice was there leaning against the wall waiting for me.

"Who is she?" I asked my voice cracking twice as I shoved my books in my locker and grabbed my jacket and my bag.
I could tell she knew exactly who I was talking about, and it pained her to tell me.

"That's Emily. She has been with us for about 2 years now." She said looking at me through pained eyes. If I was able to cry, I would be swimming in tears. I believed that all those years ago he took my heart with him. Well now it felt like he had found it, dusted it off and decided to rip it apart. Alice and I walked outside to where Rose and Emmett were standing beside the Jeep.

I glanced over my shoulder back to the doors where Edward and his replacement walked towards us. I turned my head around to face the other Cullen's and closed my eyes. They knew how hard this was for me.

"Bella" he breathed my name, as I turned around to look at him.I smiled a fake smile and gave him a quick hand shake.

"Hello Edward" I said politely. The looks in his eyes were pained and he could see that my smile was forced.

"Bella" he said my name once more in a heart broken voice. I pretended to ignore him and I turned towards the blonde girl Emily.

"Hello I'm Izzy James" I said sticking out my hand as a form of politeness.
She hesitantly grabbed my hand shook it. My eyes roamed down towards our hands. Her long pale fingers were wrapped into my hand, and on her third finger of her left hand sat the most beautiful ring I could ever remember seeing.

Isabella Swan?

It was a golden band with many tiny sparkling diamonds completing the amazing piece of jewellery.

I promise I will love you forever.

But it wasn't just the ring, it was what it symbolized. And this Emily didn't have any idea; she didn't know the story behind it. How the beauty fell in love with the beast, the immortal and the mortal, the lion and the lamb…

Every single day of forever…

That was my ring.

He was my Edward. He promised me forever. But he moved on. He moved on, and I had stayed the same for 68 years wishing somehow we would be together again. I always thought in a vain hope that we were meant to be; now I see I was wrong.

Will you marry me?

My face crumpled into despair, and I took Emily's hand and looked at it closely.

"Elizabeth Masen" I mumbled. Of course she heard.

"Oh yes! How did you know? Edward and I are getting married in a month! Isn't that exciting!?" Her eyes twinkled with happiness and relief. I dropped her hand and she let it fall to Edwards's chest. "Yes, it is." I said only barley above a whisper.

"I'm very happy for you." I said looking at her as my voice cracked twice. "Both of you" I said shifting my gaze to Edward, his face looked just as pained as my probably did, but this pain of his was probably not for the same reason, he probably thinks I'm pitiful. Oh poor Bella…

"Bella" he whispered and tried to reach out for me, but I turned away and ran, that being the only thing I knew to do. "I'm sorry" I whispered, and flew off into the black forest.

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