I was going to continue this story for a few more chapters, but then came up with the perfect ending. Later on, in the future, I will probably create a story made up of outtakes from this one.
BPOV
7 years, 35 days.
I was driving down the highway in the pouring rain, fixated on the road ahead. Driving in weather this bad always made me nervous, and I already wasn't the best of drivers.
And suddenly….
The sickening crunching noise, the sudden impact, the crushing feeling, the blinding light, the smell of smoke and twisted metal, and then….nothing. Darkness and crippling pain. Then, a feeling of pure and total bliss. I felt weightless, like all the stress I had been harboring for seven years had suddenly been lifted from me. All that pain was just gone.
"Bella?" An eerily familiar voice was in my ear; I felt soft, cool grass beneath me. The air smelled incredible, a smell I knew perfectly but couldn't exactly place. "Bella, love, open your eyes." The voice spoke again, and now I felt a pair of lips, smooth as glass but still incredibly warm, travel from my ear down my neck. So I opened my eyes, shocked by what I saw and where I was.
Edward and I's meadow. The secluded, beautiful meadow we had often camped in. Everything was exactly the same, down to the man at my side.
"Edward." I breathed, studying his face for a moment before throwing myself on top of him and fiercely kissing him, planting my fingers in his hair and nearly breaking down into tears of pure joy and relief.
It was him. It was my Edward; he had come back to me.
He looked no different from the last time I had seen him; when he had left for that damn press junket in Las Vegas. His bronze hair was still mussed and his emerald eyes were still blazing beautifully; burning into mine. We eventually broke apart, and I ran my hand down his face, revisiting the familiar contours of his perfect features.
"What-how are you here?" I asked, moving so that I was straddling his lap. "How are you back?" Edward's smile dropped and he held my face in his hands, his expression serious and unreadable.
"Bella….where do you think we are?" He asked carefully, frowning now.
"What? We're….we're in our meadow." I laughed, but was extremely confused. Did he not remember?
"Yes, love. But do you remember what happened?" I frowned and shook my head. Edward took a deep breath and his lips traveled from my neck, up my jaw, and to my ear; softly planting butterfly kisses along the way. "You…you were in a car accident." He whispered. "You died on impact, seven years after I died. You were on your way home from Alice and Jasper's, and it was storming-" He broke off at my shocked expression and kissed the very tip of my nose. "You're, well, we're…." He looked me in the eye and whispered, "dead. We both died, Bella. And now, we're here together." I stared at him in the shock, the last moments of my life flooding back into my memory. Oh god. I did remember.
I had been visiting Alice and Jasper to see their new baby, and Emmet had offered me a ride home because he knew how much I hated driving in storms. But I had declined, because that would have made him late to meet Rosalie. So I had gotten in my car, gotten on the highway….and died.
"I'm dead." I stated, stunned.
"Yes." Edward whispered apologetically, skimming the skin of my cheek with his nose.
"And….you're dead." I whispered.
"Yes." Edward said again, his voice low.
"Then where are we?" I asked, looking around.
"I don't know, love. Heaven? The afterlife? I really have no clue." Edward murmured, looking around as well. "I don't….I don't know where I've been. I just opened my eyes and saw you lying here, alone. And I knew what had happened to you, but I-" I silenced him my pressing my lips to his, capturing our lips in a sweet, romantic kiss.
"I missed you." I whispered after our kiss was broken. "I missed you so much."
"I know, love. I've missed you so much as well." Edward answered, running his hands through my hair. "But, Bella, it doesn't matter anymore. Now, we're here together. For as long as we like…for ever and ever."
"For ever and ever and ever?" I asked teasingly.
"God I hope so." He groaned, and his lips met mine again. And everything was suddenly good again; I had the missing piece of my life here in my arms.
The End.
Please review and give me some suggestions for what you would like to see as outtakes. Chances are, I'll make them.
Xoxo- Melodyella aka Mellie
