We sat there for a long time, discussing anything and everything. He revealed that his things-the pictures, the CD, everything-had been underneath the floorboards of my room the whole time. He told me about how he'd had a worse time with the leaving than I had-he hadn't even made an effort to fight it. "I just curled up in the corner and let the misery take over." He said. I didn't really believe that he'd had it nearly as bad as me, but I wasn't about to say that. Even a fleeting, almost cheating moment with Edward was still a moment with Edward.
I tried to stifle a yawn, but Edward knew me too well not to notice. "You're tired." He said. "Should I..." He gestured towards the window. I was horrified. "NO!" I whisper-shouted, a little too loudly. I hear Charlie's snores stutter in the next room, then they evened out again. "No." I said, more quietly. "Don't leave. Just...don't." I tried to hide how horrified I really was, how much I was worried that if he left now he wouldn't come back. He saw right through me anyways. "Bella." He said in a pained whisper. "I don't want to hurt you again. I won't leave unless you want me to." I sighed, leaning into his side. "I'll never want you to leave." I mumbled it softly, but I knew he heard it.
I woke up to another day. Just another day in Forks. Just another cold, grey, wet day in Forks. At least, that's what I was pretending for Charlie's sake. I couldn't let him think I'd seen Edward last night, spoke to him, woken up to see him sitting watching me. No, for Charlie I had to pretend it was just another day. Until I was at school, at least.
They were all there. Emmet and Rosalie and Edward and Jasper and...
"ALICE!" I shreiked. She ran up to me and we hugged. "Bella! It's so good to see you again! I have so much to talk to you about-" she eyed my outfit as if sizing it up. "we should go shopping!" I grabbed her arm-She was bouncing up and down and attracting too much attention. "Okay!" I said, laughing. "But let's talk about it some time I don't have somewhere to be." She looked around at the school in disgust, as if it had done her a personal wrong. "Lunch." she said. I nodded. "Okay. Lunch." She sighed, smiling broadly at me. "I missed you so much." She said. I nodded. "You have no idea."
I turned off my truck and turned to the rest of them. Jasper smiled and nodded cordually at me. Rosalie cracked half a smile. Emmet was beaming like a little kid. I saw all this in the a half a second it took Edward to be next to me. I put my arms around his neck and stared into his eyes. He kissed me. I kissed him back. It was bliss.
It started raining as I walked with Edward towards the school. I felt like I was high on something. I vaugly noticed that people were staring at me, but for once, the attention didn't bother me. I looked up and felt the rain. I smiled. It was like we were back at the beginning of everything.