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Chapter 5 : The truth

BPOV

"Listen, I know that you guys don't really want me here so, we'll be out of here soon. You won't see me again. I won't intrude anymore." I turned to leave when I felt a hand on my shoulder stopping me. I looked up…

I looked up and saw Edward's hand on my shoulder, holding me back. I know I could have easily gotten out of the hold, being a vampire now, but I was lost in shock that he would stop me.

"No one said that we didn't want you here." His velvet voice filled my ears. But what he said wasn't true. Because they didn't have to say it. I knew that they didn't want me here.

"Yes someone did, you did. Fifty years ago. I asked you if you wanted me… and you said… no." I tried to take the pain out of my voice. It didn't work. I felt the hole in my chest throb harder, I wanted to cry, I didn't want to be torn apart again. But, here I was, breaking in his grip. I looked down. I didn't want him to see the pain in my eyes. I didn't want him to know that I still was in love with him. It would only make him feel bad and feel like he had to act like he at least liked me as a friend.

I finally looked back up. To my surprise what I saw in his eyes was sadness and pain. I had expected annoyance and aggravation. That didn't make sense.

"Bella, we have to talk," he said.

"Why?"

"You got the chance to explain. Now it's my turn."

EPOV

"Listen, I know that you guys don't really want me here so, we'll be out of here soon. You won't see me again. I won't intrude anymore." She turned to leave. Edward! Stop her! Don't let her 

leave! I heard Alice scream at me in her mind. I ran over and put my hand on her shoulder to stop her. She looked up, shocked. How could we not want her? Why would she even think that?

"No one said that we didn't want you here" I said. I can't believe she'd find us, then try and leave. That's when it hit me.

"Yes someone did, you did. Fifty years ago. I asked you if you wanted me… and you said… no." I could hear the pain in her voice. Of course. She thought I still didn't want her. Now it would be the time to explain. She looked up at me. I hoped she couldn't see the pain in my eyes.

"Bella, we have to talk"

"Why?" she asked. I guess I couldn't blame her. She obviously didn't want anything to do with me. But I wasn't going to let her leave without hearing why I had to do what I did.

"You got the chance to explain. Now it's my turn." I led her upstairs to my room. I knew that everyone would be able to hear us anyway, but I hoped that at least the illusion of privacy would help. For one of the first times in almost two centuries I felt nervous. What if she still didn't want me? I guess I could understand that. What if she couldn't even be friends with me? That would be unbearable. We reached my room and I closed the door. I sighed as I tried to explain my stupid decision.

BPOV

He led me upstairs to his room. I knew that everyone would be able to hear us. But I was grateful that he took us away. This way no one but him would see my breakdown when he told me to go away again. I walked in and sat on his couch. He closed the door and came over to me. He sighed as he started to talk.

"Bella, I can't believe what I've done. Remember your 18th birthday? It was exactly what I had been fearing. You were in danger because of what I am. Jasper could have killed you. I wanted you to have a normal human life. And as much as I wanted to be in it with you, I knew that with me in it, it would never, ever be normal. You would be in constant danger. So I decided that I had to take myself out of your life and make it seem like I didn't want you. For you to move on. I knew you could forget me, even though I would never forget you. I would never be able to move on. But you could, that's what I meant for you to do. But, according to your story, you didn't. And me being away put you in even more danger! I had no idea that Laurent would come back, or Victoria!" he put his face in his hands.

"But, you said you didn't love me anymore. You didn't want me. That I wasn't good for you. Well, I always knew I wasn't good enough for you. Even now. I know I'm still not good enough." I said after a few moments of silence.

"Bella, for me not to love you, not to need you, not to want you… is the biggest lie I've ever told. I still don't get how you could believe me so quickly. I mean, I told you that I love you about a million times. How could you be so… absurd to think that! How in the world could I ever not love you. I'm so sorry. I lied to keep you safe, and you weren't safe. I lied to protect 

you, and you weren't protected. I lied for you to move on, and you didn't move on. I lied for you to have a normal human life, and you didn't, you were changed which ended that normal life I wanted for you to have. I am so sorry. All I can do is ask for your forgiveness, which I know I don't deserve." He finished and started pacing around the room I looked up at him. This was insane, he didn't want me. Why would he ever want me in the first place? I couldn't wrap my head around it.



"Bella, I love you, I have always loved you, I always will love you and need you. When I left you, my world had absolutely no meaning. I was completely useless. I never left the house, I only hunted when it would be hazardous to be around humans. Even then I'd settle for the forest in the backyard. And I hated it. No one approached me in any school I went to, ever. People approached my family but never me. I thought you were dead, and it almost killed me. The only thing keeping me from trying to hurt myself was knowing that if I did, you wouldn't ever forgive me. And it was my idea to go to your funeral." He stopped pacing and looked at me

"Bella I need you in my life. I want you in my life. Please, please forgive me." He said with sadness in his eyes. I wanted to believe him.

"But, it never made sense for you to want me, for you to love me. We've always been so off balance. You being perfect, and me being, well me. I don't understand how you can want me, ever," I said completely confused.

"Bella, Bella, being you is exactly why we are so off balance. I don't deserve you. You're so amazing and pure and everything that's good in my world. You are the reason I exist. I don't know how to prove that to you." Then it hit me. The look in his eyes. The shock when he first saw me, his looking down when I told my story. How he looked up when I said Victoria's name. How he was the one who stopped me from leaving their lives forever. The pain in his eyes when I told him he didn't want me. He did want me. And he wanted to protect me, wanted it so much more than me. Because he cared. Because he… loves me. And then, I felt whole, a feeling I hadn't had in more than 50 years.

"I know how you can prove it to me." I said. I got up and walked over to him and kissed him. He kissed me back with more passion than ever, because he didn't need to be careful now. My hand got tangled in my hair and his in mine, he picked me up and brought me to the couch. He never broke the kiss. Before long we were both gasping for air, though we didn't need it.

"I love you," he whispered in my ear.

"I love you and you're forgiven," I said breathless, and he continued to kiss me.

"Yeah Edward! FINALLY! HE'S GETTING SOMETHING! ALMOST 200 YEARS WITHOUT ANYTHING HAS GOT TO BUILD UP! GO EDWARD AND BELLA!" we heard Emmett yell from downstairs. I giggled. I looked at Edward

"They were all listening?" I asked.



"Bella, love. Of course they were listening, it's like you don't know them at all!" Edward said with a smile. I lightly kissed him again before getting up and going downstairs. As we walked down the stairs we heard Emmett again,

"Awww! Come on Bella! You haven't seen each other in 50 years!" I giggled again. We walked into a room full of people smiling.

Yay! They're back together! Ahha. Okay don't worry there's more, I'm kind of coming up with the plot on my own. Feel free to leave any ideas you might have because I'm completely stuck with what I'm gonna do!