While You Loved Me
Author's Note: I am going to be completely honest with you guys, I am having trouble thinking of things to add to this to make it a bit more different from the Notebook. I already have a few things brewing, it's just how to word it that's got me but I'll figure it out eventually….please bear with me on that. Until then, let's see how things go between Edward and Bella. The past part will be kind of short, but I am doing something different this time and adding a present tense to this chapter. ENJOY!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, I just enjoy playing with it.
Chapter 11
Junior's POV
Bella took a deep breath before walking into the hotel room where her fiancée was waiting. She wasn't sure what she was going to say to him but she knew she needed to tell him the truth one way or another. Edward saw Bella outside the window, hesitation written all over her face, and opened the door to the hotel room.
"Isabella, love, why are you standing out here?" Edward asked, taking her hand in his and guiding her inside.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't expecting you is all." Bella said, half telling the truth.
"I'm sorry, love." Edward said with a crooked smile "When you didn't call me yesterday or today, I began to get a little worried."
"I…I was busy." She stammered.
"Isabella, what's wrong?" Edward asked, sensing her hesitation to talk.
"Edward, I have something to tell you and if you don't want to be with me anymore I understand." She said, trying to get the courage to tell him the truth about her weekend with Emmett.
"Whatever it is, love, you can tell me. We can work through it." He replied, taking her hand.
"I don't know if you will feel the same after I tell you." Bella replied letting go of his hand.
"I'll love you no matter what." He replied.
"Even if I made love to another man?" she asked and Edward gasped, taken aback by her confession.
"Is that what you are trying to tell me, love?" he asked and she nodded, tears streaming down her face.
"Edward…I'm so sorry. When I came here, I had no intention of being unfaithful to you." Bella sobbed "But when I saw Emmett…it all came flooding back."
"Emmett? As in first love Emmett?" Edward asked, running a hand through his already messy hair angrily. Bella sobbed harder seeing the look of hurt and anger written all over Edward's face and the fact that she put it there.
"Edward…" Bella started but Edward put a hand up to shush her. He stood up from where he was sitting on the bed and paced the room, still running a hand through his hair.
Edward was silent for a while, pacing the length of the hotel room after Bella's confession. He stopped by the window and didn't turn to face her. Bella sobbed harder, wondering what he was going to do or say.
"Well there are three things I can do with this information. I can shoot him. I can kick his teeth in." Edward said before turning to look at her "Or I can leave you. Now I don't like either of those options because none of them get me you."
"Edward, no words can express how deeply sorry I am." Bella continued to sob.
"I know this. And despite what happened this weekend while you are here, I still love you." Edward said with a sigh "I know it's crazy but I do. But I want to know, Isabella, what do YOU want?"
"I-I don't know anymore." Bella sobbed, putting her head down.
"What do you mean, Isabella? Talk to me, love." Edward said taking a seat beside her on the bed.
"I mean when I am with Emmett I feel like one person" Bella sobbed "And when I'm with you, I feel like a completely different person."
"I understand, love." He said with a sigh.
"Y-You do?" she stammered, looking up at him.
"Yes, I do." Edward said "Isabella, it's normal to not forget your first love."
"Edward…I'm sorry." Bella sobbed again but he put a finger to her lips silencing her.
"Like I said, love, it's normal to remember your first love…"he said "But I want you all to myself. I don't want to have to convince my fiancé that she should be with me."
"You don't have to, Edward." Bella said "I KNOW I should be with you."
Bella leaned in and kissed Edward with all the love for him that she could muster, tears streaming down her face.
Present Day (Still Junior's POV)
"And they lived happily ever after." I said with a smile, not wanting to give Bella the ending because this was normally the part where she remembered who she chose.
"Well?" Bella said.
"Well what?" I asked with a small smile.
"Who did she chose?" Bella asked and I was silent for a minute just grinning at her.
"I don't know, Bella, who DID you chose?" I asked with an even bigger grin.
"What? How should I know? I…wait a minute…"she whispered to herself, realization hitting her "I remember now. It was US! It was us!" she said, a big smile forming on her face as I leaned over the table and took her hand in mine. I couldn't be more happy in that moment.
Flashback to what Bella's remembering (3rd person POV)
Bella shows up at Pinhook plantation and drops her bags on the ground beside her car. Emmett sees Bella and grins from ear to ear. He jumps off of the porch and heads toward her, Bella meets him half way and kisses him passionately.
Present Day (Junior's POV)
"Oh Emmett!" Bella said standing up, I stood to pull her in my arms. "I'm so sorry I forgot you, that I forgot us."
"It's all right sweetheart, I knew you'd come back to me eventually." I whispered in her ear. I leaned down and kissed her lightly on the lips.
"You never gave up on me either." She said, sobbing softly into my chest.
"Bells, how could I?" I asked "You are the love of my life, my sweetheart, and where ever you are is my home."
"I'm glad that I wrote in that notebook now. I knew you'd never let me forget." Bella said.
"Never in a million years, honey." I said flashing her my dimpled grin "Hey, I've brought an old friend with me." I added pressing play on the little radio sitting by the table. The song we danced to at our wedding began floating through the tiny speakers. "Will you dance with me?"
"I'd love to." She said.
We stood there, in each other's arms, swaying to the music. It felt great to have her in my arms again, even if it wouldn't last much longer. I was preparing myself for when that moment came.
"How are the children?" she asked.
"They are great, they miss you. They were here the other day." I said.
"How much longer do I have before I forget?" Bella asked.
"I'm not sure, sweetheart. This is the longest you've remembered so far." I said kissing her lightly on the lips "Just know that I will not stop trying to bring you back to me."
"Will you do me a favor?" she asked.
"Anything my love" I replied.
"Will you tell the children that I love them? Will you tell them that they were always my greatest accomplishments?" she asked.
"I will, sweetheart." I said.
"Next time, will you read to me about what happened AFTER I chose you? Maybe so I can remember the children more? What it was like when they were born?" she asked.
"Whatever you would like, my love." I said kissing her again.
"You know what we should do, Em? We should just run away together." She said getting a mischievous grin on her face "We could just blow this joint and never look back."
"I'd love that, sweetheart." I said pulling her close.
"Wait a minute, sweetheart? Who are you?" Bella said starting to panic, and I knew that reality was sitting in no matter how hard it hurt.
"Bella, I'm Emmett and you are Bella. I'm your husband." I said "I love you."
"I don't love you. I don't even know you! Why are you touching me?" Bella panicked. "Get away from me. NURSE! NURSE!"
The nurse, and an orderly, rushed in and injected something into Bella to make her calm down and I fell back into the corner sobbing. I had lost her again, and quite possibly for the last time.
Author's Note: Let me know what you think. I know this one was kind of confusing but the other chapters shouldn't be like that. I am doing something different for the next few chapters that aren't really with the original story because it's around this time in the story where Emmett would be heading to ICU but I decided to postpone that until after one more "I Remember" session, sound good? Sounds good!