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Recap:

"Edward, after all you've done to me, I don't know how I still love you. I've loved you since I first met you. Even though I didn't know then, I know deep inside that I knew you were going to make a big impact on my life. And you did. You were the only one who touched my heart in that special way. You were all that mattered to me. All I wanted to do was spend eternity by your side, but I guess... I guess that'll never happen. I don't know... how you could bear doing this to me. I wish that I never had to see that, but I did. You should've just told me and I would've understood." I bear my heart open for him. I spoke the truth to the raging wind as it blew my hair into my face. I started crying again. "It never made sense for you to love me. I hope that I didn't cause you or your family trouble. And so I guess this is goodbye. I love you…" I took the ring he had given me a few days ago, kissed it and set it on the spot where I said my final goodbye. He'll find it eventually, I told myself, before taking a last breath, and flinging myself off the cliff, waiting for the waters that would bring my fate.

Chapter Three:

Hurt and Healing

EPOV

"Damn it Rosalie! Look what you've done!" I unleashed my anger upon her as I got my boxers back on. I dashed madly down the stairs to find my Bella broken down in tears. I tried to comfort her, but she looked me full in the face, with rage and hurt, and slapped me.

"Get your hands off me!" she yelled.

"Bella, please listen to me," I pleaded pathetically. She yelled at me, miserably. I deserved this.

"Edward," she cried. "A week ago, you told me that you would love me forever."

"Bella, I do love you," I told her, and it was the truest statement ever. There was never any doubt when it came to my love for her. Her life keeps me going. Her heart keeps me fighting. Without her, there is nothing. The sky is clear, although there should be stars, points of light and reason. It was like a starless night without her. It was dark, and I stumbled even with my heightened senses. There was an obstruction between the light and my eyes. It was her. She is the center of my life—my existence, losing her felt like dying all over again.

"Then why?" she asked. "What did you promise to love me just until the day I die? Because I'll give you what you want." Before I could process what she just said, she took my keys, and was gone.

"NOOO!" I yelled throwing the Plasma TV on the floor, shattering it to shards of metal, glass, and plastic. I turned to Rosalie and let her have it. "You bitch, you whore!"

"Edward, GO!" Alice screamed. "She's going to jump off a cliff!" Without thinking, I was out the door and running at full speed. I called Bella's cell phone, no answer. I ran faster. That's when I heard her saying goodbye to Charlie and Renee.

"Edward," she whispered. I stopped dead in my tracks only a hundred meters from where she stood at the edge of the cliff. "Edward, after all you've done to me, I don't know how I still love you. I've loved you since I first met you. Even though I didn't know then, I know deep inside that I knew you were going to make a big impact on my life. And you did. You were the only one who touched my heart in that special way. You were all that mattered to me," my knees shook giving out, sending them into the ground. "All I wanted to do was spend eternity by your side, but I guess... I guess that'll never happen. I don't know... how you could bear doing this to me. I wish that I never had to see that, but I did. You should've just told me and I would've understood. It never made sense for you to love me." My love started crying. "I hope I didn't cause your or family any trouble. And so I guess this is goodbye, I love you." She bent down for a second, then hurled herself off the cliff.

"NOOO!!" I yelled after her. I ran with inhuman speed to the edge of the cliff and there on the edge was the ring I gave her. I picked it up and jumped head first into the water.

BPOV

Once I hit the water, I heard Edward scream. I smiled for the last time, before sinking to the bottom, not fighting anymore. My lungs burned for air, and my heart ached, yet I was finally content where I was. Goodbye, I thought. I love you. I closed my eyes, and gave up, surrendering to the darkness of the water.

EPOV

Oh no! I was Bella's fragile body settle to the bottom of the ocean floor. Her eyes closed, her face, her beautiful, remarkable face pale. This was all my fault. Her lips quivered one last time, and her faltered going silent. I swam faster toward her and cradled her almost lifeless body against my chest. I swam to shore, crying over her battered body. She gave up. She doesn't want to live anymore. Let her be. Real tears escaped my eyes, but I was too scared to realize—my Bella, dying. What would I do without her?

I gently set her body on the sand and started doing compressions. One, two, three, four, then blew a lung's worth of air into her mouth. No response, just the lifeless rise of her chest. "Come on Bella, don't give up," I sobbed before blowing another lungful of air into her mouth. "I love you, Bella. I'm sorry." I blew more air. She coughed up water, her eyes fluttered open.

She wiped the tears from my cheeks and eyes. "Edward," she whispered her voice hoarse. "How could you?" she moaned.

"I'm so sorry, Bella!" I cried hugging her battered body against mine. "I'm sorry for everything."

"Edward, I wanted to die…" she told me. "My life, it isn't worth it." Not worth it? Her life alone means the world to me. Without her, how could the world exist?

"Don't you ever say that," I scolded. "Your life means the world to me. Your life, it keeps me going. It keeps me going. When you're gone, out of my sight, it's just like a starless night. I stumbled. You are my life, Isabella." I bear my soul out to her, as she had done to me. I rarely let people into my heart, but Bella she wasn't just a person, she is my life. The only person I would want to spend eternity with. I kissed her forehead inhaling the scent of freesia and strawberries.

When I pulled away, she smiled up at me half-heartedly. "Edward, I love you…"

"I love you too, Bella," I whispered softly in her ear. "I love you so much." I couldn't afford to screw up anymore. I love her so much that I can't and I wont let anything or anyone hurt my beautiful angel. I have to protect her, even from my own stupid mistakes. "Come on, let's get you to Carlisle." I picked her up and hummed her lullaby. And she fell asleep in my arms instantly.

When I reached my family's home, Alice, Jasper, and Esme waited for me on the porch.

Sorry, Alive thought. I shouldn't have ever left you in the room with Rosalie.

We kicked her out, Esme informed me. She will not cause anymore grief in our family.

I nodded toward both of them. Jasper opened the door for me, and they all followed me in once I got Bella through the door. I laid Bella on the couch. Jasper came up to me then. "So, how's Bella doing?" he whispered.

"I was just in time," I explained quietly. "But I broke down when she was saying her goodbyes. When she jumped, I jumped in right after her. (A/N: Aww:)) When I finally found her, she had settled to the bottom. Her heart had already faltered and gone silent." The front door open and a happy Carlisle stepped in.

"I'm home," he smiled. He looked at all our solemn expressions, and his smiled faded instantly. "What's going on?" he asked confused. Alice explained everything. "Don't worry, we'll get through this like a family. Wait, where's Emmett?"

"He wanted to be left alone," Alice sighed. "He went to go weight lifting; even though I told him it wouldn't help his muscles one bit. He'll be back in thirty minutes or so."

"So how's Bella doing?" Carlisle asked.

"For about a minute, Bella's heart was silent, but somehow, I got it beating again," I said stroking Bella's forehead. She flinched at my touch the slightest, and then her eyelids fluttered open.

*****

BPOV

I felt something pound on my chest, something blew into my mouth, causing me to painfully cough up salt water. I open my eyes to see Edward working over me. He had found me. He cares. He was crying that isn't right. And death couldn't possibly be this painful. I gently raised my hand to wipe his eyes and cheeks. "Edward," I moaned. "How could you?" That was all I could say, my throat was raw from the salt water. I stared up at his golden brown eyes, and remembered all the great moments that we shared.

"Edward, I wanted to die…" I told him. His expression changed, he wasn't sorry or guilty anymore, he was...hurt. " I meant my life, it isn't worth it."

"Don't you ever say that. Your life means the world to me. Your life, it keeps me going. It keeps me going. When you're gone, out of my sight, it's just like a starless night. I stumble. You are my life, Isabella," he said sincerely pressing my lips to my forehead. That felt good. I wanted to kiss his lips, but I was tired. So I just smiled up at him half-heartedly.

"Edward, I love you…" What he did didn't matter to me anymore. The love shared between us could never be broken by action, time or distance. It just matters that we love each other and nothing can change that.

"I love you, too, Bella," he whispered into my ear. His cool breath tickled. My eyelids drooped a little. I couldn't mess up anymore. I can't be so reckless. "Come on, let's get you to Carlisle." He started humming a familiar melody, soft and sweet—my lullaby. The last thing I saw was Edward staring back at me with love in his eyes. Not guilt, not pity, just like he loved me. I hugged myself closer to him, as I was dragged into unconsciousness. I didn't want to close my eyes, I didn't want to fall asleep because for some reason, I felt that maybe when I woke up, he'd be gone again. I would be a zombie again. The pain and heartbreak would kill me this time. But that wasn't the case. When I closed my eyes, the whole day's events played like a rewind, like a nightmare. I tried to stay at present time, with Edward, but I couldn't help but sob at those painful avenues. In my painful slumber, I cringed to feel cold hands stroking my forehead and at this I opened my eyes.

"Bella, Bella, love are you awake?" Edward asked whispering softly. I reached up to stroke his cheek with my thumb.

"Hello."

"Oh, Bella, I'm so sorry," he sobbed, lowering his head to press his cold lips to my forehead. "She thought she could have everything," he explained with an agonized look on his beautiful face. "We were trying on our wedding attire, when Alice left the room to get Jasper and Emmett. That's when Rose," he sneered her name. "She spread her legs and offered me some…well you know. Then she started tugging on my boxers, so I locked her arms at her sides. And that's when you walked in. You don't know how much I wanted to explain, to tell you what really happened. To see you cry like that was the worst pain that I have ever felt." Although he kept talking and I heard everything he said, I wasn't really paying attention. Instead I stared at his beautiful face. The face I thought never cared. The face I thought I would never see again. God, I love him.

"And seeing you there on the ocean floor, not fighting for your life because of me, nearly killed me. Knowing that your heart was silent, and to never beat again made me want to end the world, because I can't imagine a world without you living in it." He kissed the tip of my nose and I seized his face in my hands and brought his lips to meet mine.

He then carried me up to his room without breaking the kiss. He wanted some privacy, I guess, so we could talk more. Instead of the black leather couch, there was a large bed with a canopy and black wrought iron roses running up the bed posts. It was beautiful. We lay down and talked for hours about just being with each other. The best parts and how much we are happy when we are together. He held in his arms, humming my lullaby when I said, "It hurt, Edward. It hurt so much thinking that I lost you to someone else." My tears betrayed me when they started navigating their way down my cheeks, leaving a warm wet trail. Edward wiped them away, staring into my eyes, with a look of love.

"Bella, do you remember anything I ever said?" He held my face so that I looked at him and nothing else. "Bella, when I said that I'd love you forever. I meant it. There's no doubt in that. Nothing and no one can change how I feel about you," he promised.

"I love you, Edward. More than anything in this world combined. You are the only person that it'll kill me to lose."

"I love you, too, Bella. 'Plus que ma proper vie', more than my own life. And I want to show you by giving you something no one else can ever have…" I raised my eyebrow. "…My virtue."

"You can't honestly that you're a virgin. You are beautiful."

"Bella, I've been waiting nearly 110 years for the right person, and I know you are the right one. The one I want to spend the rest of eternity with," he smiled, pulling out the engagement ring he gave me, slipping it onto my ring finger.

"Me too," I whispered, blushing crimson.

"You," he emphasized. "…Can't possibly be… You are beautiful beyond words. Boys practically swoon at the sight of you."

"Well I am, Edward. I've waited for someone like you to sweep me off my feet for 18 years. Not much, but It was a looong time," I laughed.

"BELLA!" Alice yelled outside the bedroom door. "Get out here this instant!" I reluctantly rolled out of the bed before Alice could come and drag me out herself.

"What Alice?!" I shouted rudely.

"I foresee that tonight is going to be a special night." Heat flooded my cheeks. "Could I interest… NO! I demand that you put this on." From behind her back she pulled a deep midnight blue, lacy nightgown.

"NO, Alice! You are not, I REPEAT, NOT making me put that on!"

"Am I not?" she asked innocently, raising her perfect eyebrow. "What if I told you that you were wearing this, and you had the best night of your life? Would you wear it then?"

"Are you sure that's what you saw?" I sighed.

"Positive, so…" I grabbed the lingerie from Alice's hand and she pushed me into her bathroom.

"How do I look?" I asked when I was done dressing.

She squealed. "Let Edward decide," she told me before shoving me back into his room.

My jaw dropped when I looked at Edward. He wore nothing other than black silky boxers. My eyes roamed his body, impressed that Edward was perfect all around, even though I expected it. His eyes seemed to pop out, as he took in my revealing outfit. The blood rushed up to burn my cheeks.

"Do you like?" I asked innocently, pirouetting to let him see every angle. A growl built in his chest as he walked over, placing his hands on my hips. "I love you, Edward," I whispered.

"I love you, too, Bella," he told me before continuing the best night of my life.

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