A/N: Okay another kinda short one, I'm sorry. I seriously have problems trying to write long chapters haha! I wanna thank all of your for your nice reviews, they make me happy!

I don't own Twilight.... but I own this story so boo-yah! Lol jk

It had been twelve years since that fateful night that Edward had left his family, and he missed them more than they would ever know. Any time he would talk with Alice, he had to keep it short, because the pain was unbearable. He knew that his family was hurting just as bad. He had moved to Alaska with some family friends. They had the same vegetarian diet, they didn't always have to worry about the sunlight there, so it was much easier for him.

Alice and Jasper came to visit him once a few years back, which he was thankful for, he missed them terribly. When they had come, they smelled faintly of Bella. She would have been twelve at the time and Edward found himself trying to figure out what she would look like, and how she was handling living in a house full of vampires.

Flashback

"Edward! I'm so happy to see you!" Alice exclaimed, crushing him into a hug. Edward smiled and hugged back. Jasper hugged him too.

"We can't stay too long, we promised Esme we would be back soon," Jasper said. Edward nodded; he knew that this must have been hard for them.

"I'm just glad to see you guys," Edward said, genuinely smiling for the first time in 7 years. He smelled Bella's scent on them, and he desperately wanted to ask how she was doing, but he wouldn't. He made Alice promise to never mention Bella.

Jasper and Alice shared a look that didn't go unnoticed by Edward, but he couldn't hear their thoughts. They were blocking them from him. It worried him a little, but he trusted his family.

"I'm going to go say hello to Tanya and Irina," Alice said, dancing away toward the house, leaving Jasper and Edward outside.

"Subtle," Edward said laughing slightly, figuring that the look they shared was Jasper telling Alice he needed to talk to Edward alone. Jasper smiled at him.

"I thought so," He said.

"So how has everything been since I have left?" Edward asked. He knew how his family was, Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, and Emmett were all sad that he was gone, but they understood how he felt. He wasn't really asking about them, but he wouldn't say it out loud.

"She's fine. We told her what we were a while after you left, and of course she was a little confused. She was only scared for a short while, but her love for us was strong enough for her to not care. She's very bright, she understands a lot more than any of us have ever imagined. Everything works very smoothly. She and Rosalie even get along, to an extent," Jasper said. He knew all along what Edward wanted to know.

"That's really good. After that night, how was- did she-" Edward didn't know how to word his question. He wanted to know how Bella reacted to him leaving.

"We didn't tell her what really happened. We said that you had something that you needed to do and that we didn't think you would be able to return. It hurt her a lot. She couldn't sleep well for almost a year, and she was constantly waiting for you to come through the door. We would find her at the piano a lot, trying to play a little. Esme offered to get her lessons, but she refused. I would hear her crying at night, I would have to go in there and help her fall asleep. But after a while, she stopped asking about you, she was able to sleep, she was still sad, but she was trying to move passed it. She realized you weren't coming back," Jasper said. Edward felt terrible. He didn't realize it would have this effect on her.

"I didn't know it would hurt her that much," Edward said quietly, he had a distant look in his eyes.

"You were the one that found her. She saw you as the one that saved her because once she was old enough to understand what happened to her parents, she realized that if you hadn't came, something terrible could have happened to her. You may not have been able to see it, but you were everything to her," Jasper told him. There was no reason to sugar coat anything for Edward. Everyone wanted him to come home, and Jasper could feel that Edward wanted to come home more than anything. He was just too scared that he might do something that would hurt her.

"What's she like?" Edward found himself asking. Jasper's face softened a little.

"She's beautiful. She is extremely smart for a twelve year old, she's funny and witty. She is very mature for her age, but also stubborn as hell. And she is a complete klutz; she is constantly tripping over her own two feet. Its hilarious, but rather endearing," Jasper said, smiling. He was obviously remembering something, but Edward couldn't see it. Jasper was shielding it from him. They were getting good at keeping him from their thoughts.

"I'm glad everything seems to be working out," Edward said, turning so his brother couldn't see the agony written on his face. He wanted to come home so badly.

"Come home, we won't let anything happen to her, and you are strong. I know you will be able to handle this," Jasper said. He knew Edward could do this, even if Bella was Edward's singer, he knew Edward wouldn't let himself get out of hand again.

"I'm sorry, I can't." Edward replied.

Here he was 4 years from their visit, gathering his stuff, ready to return home. He had been gone too long, and he couldn't bear being away from his family anymore. He was scared to death of returning because of Bella. He didn't want to hurt her; he would do whatever it takes to make sure he wouldn't hurt her. If that meant not living with them, but near them it was fine. He would hunt every single day if that's what it took.

Tanya and Irina had also told him that he needed to go back, he was too depressed and it wasn't healthy. He would stay in his room for the most part; they would hear him playing the piano. When he first came to them, his music was angry, loud, and forced. Lately it had been painfully depressing. It was time that he went back; it would kill him if he didn't. He told them goodbye, and started off toward his family.

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