AN-So…I've kinda fallen off the planet in case you couldn't tell. Some of you know I'm a pre-med student and so homework and school takes up most of my time. You all deserve another update though for being so awesome! I have the best readers! See you at the bottom!

EPOV

There it is. I heard it again. It's the most beautiful sound in the world! The voice of my beloved! Oh how I've missed her since the death of my heart. It's been extremely refreshing to be able to feel it completely whole once again.

When I first saw my Bella as an immortal in Volterra, it was shocking the abrupt comfort I felt just to be in her presence again! It seems like she's starting to forgive me again, but really with me not being able to see inside her head I won't know for sure until she tells me outright. I plan to pull her into my arms and bring forth the memory of prom where I never wanted to let her go, and where she just leaned against me while I spun us effortlessly around the room. I'm glad Esme made sure I knew how to dance well. It will come in handy while I woo and court her starting tonight. I thought that I'd be able to give her some space but every time I see her beautiful face, or smell her luscious scent, or hear her wind chime voice it just pulls me deeper in love with her. I want to tell her I love her with all my heart, that I'll never leave her-even if that means that I have to join the Volturi. I would do anything to get her back.

Ahhh that voice. I quickly walk in the direction of the music store; the clear place it's coming from, accompanied by her scent. She's singing. It's a sad song, but it's clearly about me and not about her father.

(From For the love of a daughter, Demi Lovato)

[this comes in on the second verse]

Oh
It's been five years
Since we've spoken last,
And you can't take back
What we never had
Oh, I can be manipulated
Only so many times
Before even I love you
Starts to sound like a lie

You have a hollowed out heart
But it's heavy in your chest
I try so hard to fight it
But it's hopeless,
Hopeless
You're hopeless

Oh father
Please father
I'd love to leave you alone
But I can't let you go
Oh father
Please father
Put the bottle down
For the love of a daughter

Don't you remember
I'm your baby girl
How could you push me out of your world
Lie to your flesh and your blood
Put your hands on the ones that you swore you loved
Don't you remember
I'm your baby girl
How could you throw me right out of your world
So young when the pain had begun

Now forever afraid of being loved

Oh father
Please father
I'd love to leave you alone
But I can't let you go
Oh father
Please father
Put the bottle down
For the love of a daughter
For the love of a daughter

My heart softly clenched at the both the thought that she was in pain because I was here and yet overjoyed that she didn't or rather couldn't let me go either. I really hope that tonight goes well and that we will be able to resurrect our love. After all, it never died for me.

BPOV

I missed him so much. But I can't let myself get attached again; that's what drove him to leave me in the first place. I long to tell him how much I love him, but now is not the time. I didn't leave him-he left me. Will he ever take me back? I wish I could be stronger and leave him alone like he did to me but I can't let him go. I will tell him I love him tonight, that I need him more than anything else in the world; that I feel whole when he's near me.

******That night at the Ball*******

EPOV

My jaw literally dropped when she entered the room. She looked so beautiful. He cobalt blue dress accented with the white of her shrug and shoes, as well as her pale, vampire skin. I wanted to mold my body to hers, crush my lips to hers and just love her with all my heart. She was breathtaking.

I almost jogged to where she was, I was so excited to hold her in my arms as we danced the night away into (hopefully) our future together, forever. Her topaz eyes met mine and I lost track of everything. The room, the guests, the music, how much time was passing; the only thing that mattered to me was that we were together as I offered my arm and led her to the dance floor.

BPOV

As I entered through the double doors the whole room seemed to turn and look at me. I was definitely the bell of the ball. Jane had made sure that I looked ravishing. She was almost like Alice once you got to know her. At least with how much energy she displays towards an event. Most people outside of her inner circle saw it as her malicious intent about to be wreaked on everyone present but she was just a girl, excited to dance.

Even though the whole room was looking at me, I only had eyes for one person. My love, my Edward. He was looking me up and down; a clear sign of checking me out. Dang, I was hot. I even curled my hair tonight.

His eyes became enthralled in mine and he let loose a breathtaking smile. He really was magnificent in his classic black tuxedo. Oh how I love him. My heart seems to swell at just the sight of him. He offered his arm and then led me to the middle of the dance floor. My world felt complete as he spun me around effortlessly leading us in a waltz. I'm so glad I learned how to dance once I realized I was no longer the clumsy human everyone had known me to be; I was now as graceful as a swan. It might have just been me but I started getting flashbacks to prom. I never wanted to let him go. I let my head rest on his shoulder as we gazed longingly into each other's eyes.

After a couple hours of dancing, vampires and humans alike were starting to call it a night. Mates carried the other off to their rooms for the night and humans went to their assigned beds. We hadn't invited the whole town, just the people Aro had working for him that would eventually either be disposed of or changed. I didn't know what Edward's plans were for the rest of the night, I didn't really care, I just wanted to be with him.

He started dancing us towards the secret doors that led to my garden. I guess they weren't as secret as I thought. We stopped dancing as we got outside even though we could still hear the music playing. We offered his arm again, and I took it as he led me to a bench in the middle of a circle of red roses.

"Isabella,"

"Wait. Please, call me Bella again. I miss that."

"Bella," he smiled my favorite crooked grin. And I actually smiled back, content to be with him for as long as he allowed. "I want you to know, no, I need you to know something." I couldn't think about anything, I had to remain in the moment so that if no, when he told me he didn't love me I wouldn't fall back into the bitch that many thought I was. It was all an act, a safe guard to my heart. It was started with the idea that if I didn't let anyone in, then no one could hurt me, but my heart had betrayed me, it had let people in: Jane, Aro, Marcus, Heidi…Edward. "Bella, I love you with all my heart and I want you to know that I only left you to try and allow you to have a normal, happy, human life. It killed my heart to leave you, to make you believe the horrendous lies I told you. I was no longer able to function without you; I couldn't even be around my family. I tried to track Victoria but I wasn't as invested in it as I should have been but I couldn't allow you to be in danger of her revenge. Unfortunately, when I didn't actively have her scent as a trail or couldn't see her or hear her thoughts I laid in the dirt and cried. I wasn't myself, I was a shell of the former Edward Cullen. Without you I had no reason to live. I planned on asking the Volturi to kill me as soon as you had died, but Carlisle and Esme wouldn't allow it. I was kept under their watchful eyes for the past two hundred years. I was only able to escape because Alice convinced them that if they allowed me to come here they would see me again and I would be happier. Truly, I am happier, but I don't know if I will see them any time soon because I promise, no, I vow to never leave your side again. Even if I have to join the Volturi. I Love You."

I was speechless. He loves me. My heart soared! He wouldn't leave me no matter what!

He started to become a little distanced and apprehensive and I noticed that I had yet to say anything to respond to his declaration. I was just so thrilled I forgot to respond.

"Edward, my beloved Edward. I wish every day that I was stronger for you, more interesting, that I could have been a vampire when you met me so that you never left me. I was hurt for a long time. A week ago, I still thought that you had gotten bored of me, that I was just a toy to you. The truth is though, I have never stopped loving you. I love you with all of my heart Edward. I've already talked to Aro. He said that he is sad to see me leave but that he wants me to be happy. He understands that for me to be truly happy, I must be with you. I'm prepared to leave as soon as I finish my mission tomorrow. He just wants us to come visit whenever we are able. We will always be welcome with the Volturi. I love you Edward."

I didn't register the time between when I finished speaking and when I felt his lips on mine. The kiss was better than anything I had ever felt. The electric zing that flowed between us when we touched enhanced my passion and joy at his words and him at my words. We would be together forever!

AN-So this is NOT the end. I see at least an epilogue. If you would like me to write a little more, maybe the mission, them leaving plus a wedding let me know in a review! I would love to hear anything that you have to say!

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Thanks for reading! ~Rachel