And now for the twist that nobody saw coming!!!!

Just a short intro, I'll save everything for after you've read this.

Inspirations are:

Beautiful Disaster – Kelly Clarkson

Complicated – Avril Lavigne

Fall For Anything – The Script

19 Turning Point – Vanessa Amorosi

When You're Gone – Avril Lavigne

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Disclaimers: I don't own Twilight, but I do own this story =)

Chapter Ten: Life, Love, Meaning… Back?

I sat up, nearly falling off the log.

Although, when I did sit up, I did fall off the log.

I never hit the ground. He caught me in his cold arms, whispering gently. "It's okay, Bella, I'm here now, Bella, I'm not leaving you, don't cry."

I didn't even realize I was crying. Did you cry in dreams? For this had to be a dream – he was here. This made me cry even more. I though I was over these dreams of him coming back. He'd left me completely, even from my dreams and thoughts, many months ago.

I stared up into his beautiful, stone face. My Adonis.

"Edward?" I said chokingly.

He made a shushing noise. "It's okay, I'm here now, God Bella, I am so sorry."

I smiled. At least this wasn't one of those dreams where he was disappearing on me. Those were the awful, heart-wrenching ones.

"Oh, Edward," I said. "It's you." I wondered how this dream would play out.

He sighed with relief, his intoxicating breath making me feel dizzy. That hadn't happened in a long time, certainly not in any dream.

Because you didn't notice smells in dreams.

This wasn't a dream.

This was real.

Edward was back.

Life, love, meaning… back?

"No!" I sat up abruptly, pulling myself out of his reach. "No!"

He stared at me with pleading eyes. "Bella, I am so sorry. I made a mistake. I could never leave you. You are my life. I love you."

I realized I was hyperventilating. "Edward, please, just stay away from me."

He nodded frantically. "I know I don't deserve your forgiveness, but we can work this out. I promise I'll never leave you again, and we can be happy again. Please, Bella?"

I stared at him in horror. This was worse than any dream.

I needed Jared.

"Jared!" I shouted as Edward approached me. "Jared!"

He made the same shushing noise. "Bella, it's okay, I won't hurt you. Bella-"

But then, he was knocked back into a tree nearly fifty metres back from me. I closed my eyes before he hit the tree, wincing as the tree broke.

When I opened my eyes, a brown wolf stood in front of me, teeth barred. A ferocious growl sounded from within its mouth.

"Jared," I whispered.

The wolf ran behind the nearest tree, and barely a second later, Jared emerged, wearing only his usual cut-off jeans.

"Bella!" He said, nearly in the same hysterical tone I was in. "Bella? Are you alright? Did he hurt you?"

I shook my head. "I'm okay."

Jared was barged out the way, and he went flying into the tree he'd unphased behind. It gave way on impact, slamming into the ground.

"Edward, no!" I screamed. I couldn't see either of them – they were moving too fast. There was a growling sound, followed by the awful ripping of clothing being torn apart – Jared must have phased.

"No, don't!" I screamed. "Don't hurt him!" I wasn't even sure who I was screaming to.

Several other blurred shapes flew past me, and there was more growling. The rest of the pack was here.

A hand grabbed my shoulder. I whirled around, fist ready.

"Whoa, easy there." Said my 'attacker' – Seth, the youngest werewolf. "Bella, we have to go!"

"No!" I said, panic-stricken. "You need to call the pack off!"

He shook his head, and grabbed my arm, pulling me back towards my house. "You can't be here, Bella. You don't need to see this!"

Another hand suddenly grabbed me. I think it was Leah. "Oi, Bella," she said loudly, her voice hard to hear over all the yelling and growling from all around. Everyone was moving so fast that I couldn't see anything – there was just blurred shapes.

"It's not safe, Bella," she yelled. "The pack will take care of the leech!"

"No!" I screamed again. "Don't kill him."

Then, the blurred shapes stopped, pausing for me to see them.

Paul and Jacob, unphased now, held Edward by each of his arms while Jared stepped forward, just a few metres in from of me. Sam and Embry were right beside him. I couldn't see his face, only Edward's. My beautiful Edward was motionless, though his face was stricken with fear. Fear for his life.

"No!" I charged forward, putting myself between Jared and Edward.

"Bella!" He said, his eyes wild with fear, for me more than anything. "Get away from the leech!"

I shook my head, clinging to him, even though he could have all to easily broken my hold. "Don't kill him, please."

He stared into my eyes. I could almost hear his thoughts. You don't want me to get rid of the 'person' that pretty much destroyed you emotionally?

But it was Edward that answered for me. "Yes, I believe she means that."

I'd forgotten about that little ability of his to read the minds of those around him.

Jared shot him a warning glance. "Shut it, leech."

Sam interceded at that. "Jared, get Bella out of here. Paul, Jacob, we'll take care of this one."

I shook my head. "You can't kill him, I won't let you!"

Jared's face questioned my reasons behind what I wanted from him. "You want me to let him go, even after all he did to you?"

I nodded.

Sam shook his head. "I would, but he fought back just then. I can't let him go now."

"Please?" I said quietly.

"Ahem," said Edward, bringing the focus back to him. "I wasn't here to cause trouble, and now that I see what has happened since my family left, I have no intention of taking Bella away from you, Jared."

Jared growled quietly. "Keep out of my head, leech."

He sighed exasperatedly. "And my family isn't coming back," he said, glancing meaningfully at Sam. "So there's no need to be worried. I just want to have a few minutes in private with Bella, and then I'll go."

Jared looked at me, pleadingly. Just tell him to go, he seemed to be saying, and we can be happy again. He left you, he didn't want you, but I do. Don't let him persuade you otherwise. That's what he's going to try to do.

I nodded. "It's okay with me," I said in a small voice.

Sam glanced swiftly at Jared, then nodded glumly to Jacob and Paul. They released their hold on Edward's pale arms.

Jared shot Edward the most angry, terrifying look I had ever seen. "Three minutes," he said, his voice drowned with venom. "And if you're still here after that, I will kill you. You got that, bloodsucker?"

Edward nodded, not hurtling any insults back at him.

The pack disappeared, back to my house, leaving me alone with Edward.

Yep, Edward's back!

Gasp! Shock Horror!

What will Bella do???

(dum dum dum!)

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