Chapter Four: Waiting and Telling

(Edward's POV)

I sighed. It seemed as though I had been in this position just recently. Sitting, and staring at a wall. Thinking about Bella. But, I never stopped thinking of her anyway.

I remembered the last time we were apart. It was when I had run from her. I had called Alice, and then gone to Forks.

Flashback

I went to our old house first. But she wasn't there. Her scent didn't linger in the woods. It was there, ever so slightly, tickling my nose, but she was nowhere near. I searched every where but the land the pack of werewolves guarded.

Finally, I gave up and left. I was so tired; I was in so much pain from driving her away, that I didn't know what to do. So I called Jasper. And told him everything. And then he told me that Bella was there, in England, with my family. I was so happy, that I left for it immediately.

My thoughts were interrupted by a tentative knock on the door.

I looked up, and it was Alexis.

"Where's Bella?" She asked softly. I sighed, and wondered how Bella knew the girl would ask for her.

"She's in Forks." I answered. I expected confusion, even though Bella had said that she would understand.

"Oh, I see." She said. "Um, in that case…um…never mind." She said, turning to leave.

"What is it?" I asked softly.

She turned to me, and she was starting to fade out. "Can you tell me your story?" She asked quickly. She was almost completely gone now.

"My story?" I asked. She nodded. I laughed and said, "Sure. Come, sit." I said. She nodded and came to sit next to me on the couch. She was slowly becoming visible again.

"You want to hear my story, hm?" I asked. She nodded eagerly.

"Yes. Bella told me hers…and I, I wrote it down…I got Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Jasper, Rose, and Emmet to tell their stories. I wrote them all down." She said.

"Why?" I asked, truly curious.

She shrugged. "Because Bella told me that human memories fade, even though her's haven't. So I figured that they should be saved, shouldn't they? So I wrote down your family's stories. I just need one more, and it's done." She said.

I nodded. "That's a good idea." I said. She smiled. "Okay. Well, I was born in 1903. I led a good life, I guess. Until the Spanish influenza came around. It killed my father, and my mother. And it almost killed me. But Carlisle was a doctor in the hospital where I was dying, and he saved me, because my mother asked him to. Shortly after that he changed Rosalie, and then Esme. And then Emmet was changed by Rose, and Alice and Jasper wandered in." I said.

She looked at me doubtfully. "That's it?" She asked. She sounded disappointed.

"I'm afraid so. I can't really remember much. Memories do fade." I said. She sighed.

"Okay…tell me about when you first met Bella." She said, her eyes alight with eagerness.

I laughed. "She's told you her version, hasn't she?" I asked. Ale nodded.

"Yes. But I want to hear yours." I smiled at her enthusiasm.

"All right. But it's not a good story. Not until the end." I said. She shrugged.

"So. Neither is mine. Go on." She said. I laughed.

"Well, I first met her when she first came to school. A girl next to her thought my name, and I looked up. Then I was startled because I couldn't' hear a single thought coming from Bella. And, I was also startled by how beautiful she was.

"She was in one of my classes, in the beginning, and had to sit next to me. I thought that was wonderful. I got to sit next to the new, beautiful girl. But, then I smelled her. Her blood was too sweet for me. I almost attacked her right there.

"But I restrained myself. She cowered from me, as most humans would do to a hungry vampire. And by the time the class ended, I was sure I was going insane from her smell.

"I tried to change my class, but she showed up in the same building, and again I had to leave. That night, I left. I ended up in Alaska. Then, I decided I wouldn't let her drive me out.

"I ha to hunt more often, or else I would fall prey to the siren song of her blood and kill her. But I didn't kill her, as you can see. I actually saved her, a few times.

"Once was when a van almost ran her over in the parking lot. And then she almost got killed and raped by three men in a dark alley." I paused as Alexis shuddered.

"I found her fascinating after that. She was just so….danger prone. I found I couldn't stay away from her. And then she discovered what I was, and she wasn't afraid. Or she was, and hid it very well. And then the most wonderful and dangerous thing happened. We fell in love. Or we realized we were in love.

"I loved her so much. It felt as if she had made me human again. My dead heart thrilled every time I kissed her. And I knew that we would be together forever. How else was I to be happy? And I saw that I made her happy, too." I stopped again.

"Why did you leave then?" She asked softly.

I sighed. "Jasper nearly attacked her. I couldn't stand it then, how much it hurt me to put her in danger by just being there with her. So I told her the darkest of lies. That I didn't love her anymore. And she believed me. And then I left. It was awful though. The pain grew too intense for me. I went back to see her. And I found her family mourning for her death.

"I wanted to die then. To join her if I could, or just not be alone. I was going to ask other vampires to kill me. But then Alice brought me to her. And I ran from the new Bella. Even though she's the same. Just less breakable. And, well, we got back together, ad here we are." I said, finishing.

She smiled. "Thank you Edward. Your memories won't be forgotten." She whispered, and then she was gone. I assumed she had left to write down my story. I smiled and then I sighed, looking at the clock, and again thinking of Bella.

As I always did.

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