Next Chapter (EDWARD!)

"Bella"

The room had gone silent, Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, and Emmet had come downstairs to watch, every pair of eyes, even those of my most recent family, were set intently on me.

"Edward." I sighed, a big, chest-heaving sigh, for some reason I felt weightless, like I had left by body behind and there was just me and Edward's voice.

"Oh Bella" Pain was etched in each syllable, if I hadn't know better I would have thought he hurting as much as I was.

I sniffed, technically vampires can't cry, but hey- I had already defied one law of vampire physics today, who knows what else was possible?

He doesn't want you.

I gulped, "Edward I..." can't finish this sentence apparently.

I wanted to tell him to go- not to bother himself with me, to be happy...But I just couldn't.

Maybe now, now that I was a vampire, he'd want me.

But he had said he wanted me when I was human- I wanted that Edward.

Not the one that had left me that night in September, the one that had caused me to wake up screaming every night of my human life. I wanted the Edward who had loved me.

I tried to be mad at him, after I was changed, I really put some effort into it, for leaving me, for not protecting me, for letting me suffer. But how could I be mad at someone so perfect? I didn't deserve him, simple as that, but I couldn't be mad at him, and I couldn't move on.

"Where are you?" he asked.

I sank back into the love seat someone had conveniently pushed behind me, "With your family." I manged to answer.

"I'm coming."

It was like the pain tugging at my heart just evaporated, like I had never felt it to start with (sorry that's a bit like the New Moon line).

He was coming.

I just sat there holding the phone to my chest, rising and falling with each gulp of air. I clung to it as if at any moment it would disappear, the evidence, the proof that I had heard his voice.

I imagined myself explaining this to a police officer, "Heres the proof!" I yelled to my imaginary police officer, "He called! Here's the phone!"

"Bella..." started Margaret slowly, I had told her a little bit about Edward, just that he had broken my heart as a human, I never went into details, too much to bear. "Was that Edward?"

I nodded.

"So, he's a...Vampire?" asked William.

Again, I nodded.

"And these are?" he asked gesturing to the Cullens spread out around the living room- Alice and Jasper were sitting on the couch, Alice lying against his chest looking content and happy, Emmet was practically bouncing off the walls with excitement, he was happy his brother was coming home I guess.

Esme looked like if she would cry tears of joy if she could, I honestly didn't see what the big deal was, according to Jasper he came home once a month.

Just then Alice's eyes glazed over and just as quickly she snapped out of it, if I had still been human I might have missed it.

"He'll be here soon." she said.

"How soon?" asked Emmet pushing the curtains aside to peep out the window.
"A minute- and he's coming through the back door."

Ever since my re-birth as a vampire my heart had been still- but now it didn't exactly feel non-beating sort of non-existent.

I felt each second tick by, shudders ran down my spine sending my arms shaking .

And then, "Bella."

I turned at the sound of his voice saying my name- not over the phone, but in person, so much more amazing if that's at all possible- and was completely blown away.

The images I had kept stored in my mind did not do him justice, I mean, how could I hope to capture the perfect disarray of his copperish hair? Or the effortlessly strait line of his nose, the angular cheekbones, the impeccable jaw line? And his eyes, large pools of swirling liquid topaz framed by long, dark lashes.

He took my breath away.

We just stood there and stared at each other, everything, and I do mean everything, seemed to fall away, except for him.

Finally I couldn't take it any longer, "Edward!" I ran at him with all my force and speed- I half expected to knock him over.

But his cool, strong arms wrapped around my waist, catching me as always.

What the did next really threw me.

He took my face in his hands and leaned down to kiss me.

It was like I was human again, his cool lips pressed against mine crushing together passionately, it was like I could taste the sweet reunion on his lips, the longing, the wanting... I forgot to breathe, and no- I didn't need to breath anymore, but there was just something about the kiss that left me breathless.

He pulled away, all too fast for my taste, and smiled, a sweet, sad smile.

"Oh Bella"

Hey guys, okay so here's the deal- I don't really know what to do next...should I do a Edward POV? I don't know where to go from here, so review review review and tell me your ideas- k? thanx :-)