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Chapter Eleven
Reincarnated
"You know," I snarled at Alice as I glared at her through her mirror. "I never did agree to going anywhere with your brother."
Alice let out a beautiful laugh but it only caused me to glare more. Who did she think she was? Dolling me up and just assuming that I'd go anywhere with Edward. They both were completely insane!
"Oh calm down," Alice warned. I crossed my arms and rolled my eyes. No way was a midget going to intimidate me! (A/N: Yeah that was a bit harsh but I always wanted Bella to call Alice a midget even though I love her too death! YAY FOR SHORT PEOPLE!)
Through the mirror, Alice glared at me as she pulled my hair harder than usual. I had definitely pissed her off somehow. "Look," I said, "You should really be acting a little bit happier."
"And why is that?"
"Well, first of all, I'm allowing you to torture me. I barely even put up a fight!"
A smile slowly began to reappear on Alice's lips. "Yeah…"
"And," I said, putting enough emphasis on it that it would catch anyone's attention. "I suppose…" I was definitely going to regret this decision. "I suppose I'll agree – but I'm not saying I'll enjoy myself – I'll agree to go out with Edward."
"Oh, Bella!" Alice cried, throwing her arms around me in excitement. "I knew you'd say yes! Edward will be so happy!"
I laughed and couldn't help but be happy with Alice even if we were both happy for two completely different reasons. Edward had broken my heart one two many times and while I wasn't all for forgiving him, I wanted him to know what he had lost.
"Alice…?"
"Yes, Bella?"
"Work your magic."
My hair had been pulled, twisted this way and that… but I was glad to be home.
I loved Alice, probably even more now then I did then. Until they showed up and until my memories returned, I had never really realized how lonely this life had been. It was nice to have my other family back even if it included Edward.
Sighing, I plopped myself down on my bed. My eyes were heavy and my whole body felt tired all of a sudden. I felt like I could sleep this entire lifetime away and eventually, I gave in to slumber.
I was on First Beach, watching. An older version of me was surrounded by most of the La Push pack, my parents and a few friends from Forks High School. My hair was done in curls and I wore a loose but fitting white gown.
Edward and the other Cullens were no where around. That saddened me. Most of my dreams had been of the Cullens or Jacob.
I took a seat in the back and watched the scene. I let out a quiet gasp, knowing that no one would hear me anyway.
My stomach felt immediately sick. I looked beautiful, like Alice had made me her subject but that wasn't the reason I felt sick. I was witnessing my wedding day and it wasn't to Edward. It was to Brian Thompson, a werewolf who didn't even look like Edward.
Brian wasn't ugly or anything. He was rather attractive, one of the more attractive La Push men. His hair was tied back in a low ponytail and his skin was a beautiful russet color, like the rest of them. But when he looked at me -- or the former me I should say -- his dark brown eyes twinkled with nothing but love.
Was this how my life would turn out this time around? A life without Edward? If I gave Edward another chance, would it all be for nothing? That thought depressed me.
The Cullens –No, Edward -- had broken my heart one too many times. Alice and the others though… even if they hadn't been around, I kept in contact. That much I remember.
I glanced around and noticed that the usual, unsettling fog was beginning to come in. Before I could blink, the setting had changed.
I was no longer seated in back watching a wedding. It didn't even look like I was in the same time frame that I had been in.
The buildings looked old and there were very few cars about. Everything looked so old actually but there was no way I was in Forks. This place was too big to be Forks, Washington.
Someone nearby had dropped their newspaper on the street and I hurried to pick it up.
As I bent down, it was then that I realized what I was wearing. I was in an old-fashioned style dress and my hair hung in ringlets. My outfit had never changed before.
This dream was getting weirder by the second…
Sighing, I glanced down at the paper and my eyes widened in shock.
Chicago. 1918.
Edward would be around then. Unless… unless he had already passed?
"Isabella!" I heard someone call for me. I quickly turned around and was met with a gentle looking older man who had to be at least fifty. He looked completely concerned and out of breath as he approached. "Isabella! You must come quickly."
I looked at him in confusion. "Mister Bennett. What's wrong?" I asked. How did I even know his name? I had never even been to Chicago, let alone in the early 1900s!
"It's the Masen's," he breathed. "They've fallen ill with the Spanish Influenza."
So Edward wasn't dead yet but it didn't take the pain from my chest. Who knew how long they all had left…
"Edward's asking for you," Bennett replied. "Doctor Cullen has sent me to fetch you."
Carlisle was here too… that's right. I immediately remembered everything about Edward's story as I followed Mister Bennett to the large old looking hospital in the distance. His mother, Elizabeth, had been the one to plead with Carlisle to save her son but how come it seemed like there was more to it?
"Here we are," Bennett's voice rang through my ears. I looked around. I had been so entranced in my mind that I hadn't even realized that we were already in the hospital and standing outside of a room.
I nodded to him and walked inside. Edward and Elizabeth lay side by side, both fighting for their lives. It was then that I knew that I was going to die of the Spanish Flu too. Oh well. No chance in going back.
"Edward?" I whispered as I made my way in between the two beds. He gave me no response. I sighed and stared back and forth between mother and son. Their skin was tinted blue as they breathed heavily.
Tears began to build up in my eyes at the sight. "Bella…" a woman's voice said. I turned my gaze from Edward and Elizabeth lay there, staring up at me with sick and weary eyes. "You shouldn't be here…" She coughed uncontrollably and I suddenly felt extremely helpless.
"Mister Bennett said that Edward was asking for me," I replied. I took a gentle seat on Elizabeth's bed. Edward definitely looked like her with the bronze hair and green eyes. Both looked completely beautiful, even for a human.
Weakly, Elizabeth reached forward and patted my hand. Her hand was extremely hot. Probably from the fever. "Take care of him for me, Bella," she said. "He needs you when I'm gone. You'll be all each other has left."
Tears streamed down my face at the thought. If Edward were to survive this epidemic, then he would have been an orphan. But me? I was already an orphan? How had my parents died anyway?
"I'll do my best to take care of him for you, Missus Masen," I replied quietly just as Elizabeth fell into a deep sleep.
I sighed and watched Elizabeth sleep. It hurt too much to look at Edward but I felt safe as I gazed at his mother, even though she was on her death bed.
"Isabella?"
"Isabellllllaaaaaaaaa…." A voice rang throughout my ears. It was beautiful in everyway. "Isabella, time to wake up."
I groaned, still tired before lifting my head and glancing at my clock.
6:30… AM?!
I sat up in my bed quickly and glanced around my room. Edward was in my rocking chair laughing hysterically. "Not funny," I grumbled as I glared.
"What were you dreaming about?" Edward asked. He flashed a crooked grin at me and my heart felt like it had just sunk to my stomach. How the hell did I ever manage to live without him?
I sighed, not moving from my seat. If I didn't tell him, he'd probably just end up in the bathroom with me or worse… sick Alice after me.
"Edward," I hesitantly began. "Do you ever think that maybe… well, that maybe we were destined to be together even if that doesn't mean forever?"
