CHAPTER 12

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Edward drove me home that night; the car ride was quiet. Once again I was caught up in my own thoughts.

I thought it was kind of surprising that I was taking the whole 'returning to the past' situation, relatively well.

Maybe it was because I hadn't grasped reality yet to really believe this was actually happening.

I was staring out the passenger side window with my head on the glass watching the trees pass in a blur. I forgot how fast Edward drove.

Every couple of seconds I could see as his grip tighten on the steering wheel, I could tell he wanted to say something to me but we arrived in Charlie's driveway with silence still clung to the air.

"Well I guess I'll see you later then," I said awkwardly as I quickly un-did my seat belt and grabbed the door handle but before I could get out of the car his velvety voice interrupted me.

"Bella, I need you to tell me what is wrong, right this second." I turned backed to face him and something surprised me about his normally serious face. Instead his eyes were like ice and his face looked worn-out.

He was scared too.

I made an instant decision and before thinking about it, I slowly put my hand overtop of his feeling his cool marble skin under mine.

It was pretty Ironic because I could still feel that electric zap that shook through me like it used to when I was touching him, or even just around him.

"Nothing is wrong." I tried to make the lie sound convincing as I gently leaned over and pressed my lips to his stone cold cheek.

Zap.

"Goodnight Edward" I said leaving the car. I walked to the front door and watched him drive away before I searched my pockets for my keys. I somehow knew he wouldn't be staying the night.

When the door swung open I could see a dark figure standing in front of me and I squinted to see who it was before the figured flicked the light on.

"Bella?" Charlie squinted too.

Another wave of emotion crashed over me, and I could nearly feel the tears coming to my eyes. Seeing my dad for the first time in 68 years and I stood there shocked.

"Bella? Why are you just standing there? What are ya' doing?" He asked looking around the room protectively, in case something was wrong.

I laughed and finally moved, but when I did I ran forward nearly tripping over my own feet and threw my arms around his neck and put my head into his chest.

"Hi, Daddy." I said closing my eyes to savour the moment, He smelled of coffee and smoke like he always used to.

I could tell he was a little surprised about my display of affection and also my choice of words; I hadn't called him daddy since I was a little girl.

He slowly wrapped his arms around me too and patted my head timidly.

"Hello, Bella." Even thought I didn't want to, I let go of him and he smiled at me and I returned the gesture.

I suddenly gasped. "Oh I'm sorry Dad, I forgot all about dinner do you want me to-"

He cut me of there with the smile still playing on his face, making his eyes crinkle at the sides. "Its okay Hun, I ordered a pizza."

"Oh, Ok." I said as I started walking up the stairs. "Well I'm going to go to bed." I said pretending to yawn; truth was I was too uptight to fall asleep.

"Oh Bella?" Charlie called from the bottom of the stairs; I kept walking when I answered "Yes?" Charlie hesitated for a moment but then kept speaking.

"Jacob called."

And then I stopped.

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I picked up the phone and dialled the phone number that was always plastered in the back of my head, it was too familiar.

I dialled it without difficulty or hesitation and held the phone up to my ear.

It rang three times, until someone picked up.

"Hello?" And old familiar voice answered, the voice was full of wisdom and kindness.

"Hi Billy, its Bella is Jacob there?" I asked, playing with a small strand of my hair.

"Uhm, no he isn't here right now Bella, I'm sorry I think he might have gone out with Sam and Embry and them." He replied slowly.

"Oh Okay, thanks Billy." I said before hanging up. I sighed and threw myself down on the bed. I really needed to speak to Jacob. Maybe he could help me through this whole thing.

Without even bothering to get changed I turned the light off and tried to keep my eyes closed.

Forgetting how tired I actually was I found myself slowly slipping into unconsciousness.

While my eyes were closed spiralling images flashed through my head and I could not decipher what they entailed.

Edward stood still looking at me with pleading eyes, and even at this moment, even though the world was about to end I was still blown away by his beauty.

His hair that was gently tossing in the wind and his green eyes that were piercing into mine,

"Hurry Bella." A familiar voice echoed from the distance, and then a small figure approached, her soulless eyes not even giving a second glance to Edward would stood there helplessly. She made my blood boil under my skin and my fists clench at my sides.

"Hurry Bella." Emily repeated. I tried to walk forward towards Edward, the wind was blowing too hard and I finally turned my head to get a look at where we were.

The trees and beach were farther in the distance, and the rock under my feet was solid and dirty.

At that moment everything came to view, like someone had shined a light over everything and I could see where Edward was now standing, on the very edge of the cliff.

"You're Running out of time Bella," Emily's voice was carried like a whisper in the wind.

There was a clap of thunder just over my head as freezing rain soaked us to the core.

I could hear the waves crashing against the rocks below and I gave one more step towards Edward, but Emily beat me to him.

"You're out of time Bella," And she placed one firm hand on his chest and pushed him.

I watched as his beautiful green eyes flew open in shock and he slowly fell backward into nothing but air.

I shot up in bed screaming his name. The tears poured lazily down my cheeks as my eyes became more focused to the dark room around me. I was still in my bed with the legs of my jeans riding up my shin. I turned on the small light beside my bed and sat there shocked for a moment.

I breathed deeply, constanly reminding myself that it was only a dream. I stood up from the bed and began to unbuckle my belt when I noticed something outside my window.

I froze and re-did my belt buckle and walked towards the window sill.

The dark figure outside was standing on my front lawn. I looked over to the red digital numbers on my alarm clock; it was 12:13am.

Then there was a tap on the window, and another and another. Someone was throwing pebbles at my window.

I looked back outside to see the figure still standing there waving long arms over their head. I used all my strength to open the window, and it took longer the necessary but it did open.

"Who are you?" I called into the blackness; the person stopped waving their hands over their head.

"It's Jacob!" The figure called back and I immediately smiled.

"Ah! Ok, One sec!" I called before throwing on a sweater and dashing out of my room as quietly as possible. Luckily Charlie had heard nothing. I tiptoed down the stairs and unlocked the front door where the overgrown teenager stood with a goofy smile plastered on his face. I smiled back and swung my arms around his neck and stood on my tip toes, stretching as far as I could.

"Oh Jacob," I sighed into his chest; he laughed and buried his face in my hair.

"Hey Bells," I pulled away and looked at him quizzically.

"What are you doing here at 12:30 in the morning?" His smile fell.

"Oh, hah, yeah um well I tried calling you today and you never called me back so I wanted to make sure everything was ok." He said timidly, I laughed.

"Okay well," I said shoving my hands into my pockets; it was really cold in Forks at night. "You woke me up, now I won't be able to sleep, so what do you want to do?" I asked, he looked hopeful.

"We could go down to my place, I think my dad stayed at the Clearwater's house tonight since I was out, we could make some hot chocolate and watch a movie or something." He said rocking back on his heels, it sounded extremely tempting.

"Ok," I smiled; I just had to remember to be home before Charlie woke up. We jumped into Jacobs rabbit that was parked by the curb and begun to drive towards the reserve.

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