A/N: Bella's power in this is just that she has the whole shield thing that she has in Breaking Dawn. I was going to post sooner, but I was watching the Roast of Bob Saget on Comedy Central, hahaha. I couldn't have missed that, of course!

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight. Stephenie Meyer does.

Rather than allowing me to walk down the stairs, Emmett thought it would be better to just carry me. I rolled my eyes but didn't object.

Esme was on the couch with the spinner in her hands. Rosalie spread the mat on the floor before grinning at us. "Bella, have you ever played vampire twister before?" She seemed so excited.

I shook my head, which made her smile even wider. "You're gonna LOVE this. Seeing as you weren't the most graceful human, I'm going to assume that you were out of the game pretty quickly. Am I right?" I smiled sheepishly. "I figured," she continued with a laugh. "Well, as vampires, we're obviously way less likely to fall. Plus with our speed, the game's a lot more fun than it is for humans!"

We all laughed and began the game. "Right foot green!" As Esme said this, four feet shot out to random green spots.

"Right hand red!" Four hands now covered four red circles.

The game continued quickly, and even after an hour and a half, no one had fallen. There were arguments, but no fights. According to Carlisle, the lack of fighting was an accomplishment.

Rosalie's head was in my armpit (I was thankful that vampires couldn't sweat at this point), Emmett's leg was across my head, and Alice was a bridge supporting Rosalie's body. My arms were linked with Emmett's and my legs seemed to be braided with everyone else's.

Jasper's and Tanya's voices were heard throughout our game of Twister, but she seemed relatively calm at this point. Jasper was trying to tell her about vampires he thought she'd be compatible with, but she'd apparently met most of them before. I briefly wondered to myself if she'd slept with them, but pushed it out of my mind. I felt bad for being so rude to a stranger. Even if she was a bitch.

Tanya's voice caught our attention now though. "Edward!" Her voice rang out. Everyone on the Twister mat froze and stared at me. I stopped breathing.

"Get away from me Tanya," I heard him growl at her. His voice changed as soon as he heard everyone else's thoughts. "WHAT? No, she isn't. She couldn't be. No, no, no, no!"

I flinched a little bit. Could it really be that bad if I was alive? Rosalie rubbed my back, and Alice giggled. When I raised an eyebrow at her, she smiled innocently. Before I could ask what she'd seen, Edward was standing in the doorway.

He paused for only one second, then he was on his knees with his face in front of mine. Words failed him, and he only touched my face gently. "I'm so sorry Bella," he whispered.

I bit my lip. I wanted to throw myself at him, tell him that I understood and it was fine, and that I was so incredibly happy to be with him again.

"Well this is awkward." Leave it to Emmett to break the silence. We all looked at him, and remembered the uncomfortable positions we were in. Everyone laughed, even Tanya who was standing uneasily by the doorway.

My right hand stretched out towards Edward and he took it instantly. Still smiling, I pulled myself out of the Cullen-knot I had tangled myself into. We all laughed as Alice, Rosalie, and Emmett fell to the ground.

Rather than go into a different room away from the family, we merely stood in each others arms. With my head rested on his chest, I sobbed tearlessly with a huge grin on my face. That is, until Tanya thought she should intervene.

"Edward, aren't you happy to see me?" She pouted. "I come here hoping to see you, and you just want to spend time with her?"

Nodding, Edward said "Yes, I do just want to spend time with Bella."

Without as much as a second glimpse, Edward picked me up and brought me to his room. Even though he brought me up here for privacy, we both knew the rest of the family would still be listening to every word we said.

"How?" He asked me simply.

He was staring intently into my eyes and I wormed myself into his side. "How what?" I asked.

"How did you find me? How could you want to find me? How could you find it in your heart to forgive me?"

I smiled at him, and answered him with a question. "How could you be so crazy to think I wouldn't want to find you?"

"You're too good for me," he said. I shook my head, but he continued. "Bella, I need to explain everything to you. I saw and heard everything that's happened since you got here in Alice's mind…but I still don't understand. How could you still possibly love me after everything I've put you through?"

I didn't respond verbally. Instead, I let down my shield and opened my mind up to him. He gasped in shock at first, but I didn't stop. I played through all of my memories of when I first read his book. I let him see everything that went through my mind. This included memories of the pain that I'd felt when he left me, but he wouldn't be able to fully understand why I wanted to come back.

He flinched at the sight of what I looked like during those first few months of being without him. He let out a low growl when Laurent came after me…especially when I didn't object to him killing me. But then Edward saw my resolve to come and find him. He watched me go to hospital, after hospital, after hospital asking for Carlisle. He pulled me closer unconsciously the entire time I had my mind open to him.

I slowly became more and more tired, and had to close the connection.

"You're too good for me," he muttered and kissed the top of my head. I brought my mouth to meet his and disagreed with him before pressing my lips to his.