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BPOV
Three months later (One whole year since she had last seen Edward.)
I awoke with a loud yawn emitting form my mouth and I was embarrassed as I realized that everyone in the house would be able to hear it.
I had spent the night at the Cullen's house because today is the day, the day that I have been living for, the day I having been awaiting to arrive for the last year, the last twelve months, these last horrible three hundred and sixty five days, is finally here.
I bounced out of bed and threw the door open not even bothering to change out of my pyjamas.
"Alice!" I yelled as I flew down the stairs not even caring if I fell. Today the only thing that mattered was my reunion with Edward.
Alice was at the bottom of the stairs and Emmett was standing beside her with a huge grin on his face.
"A little eager are we?" he asked in his deep humorous voice. I only laughed and I didn't even bother walking down the last three steps instead I just flung myself at Emmett and he caught me in a bone crushing hug which I eagerly returned.
"He's coming home" I said happily as Emmett swung me around and Alice laughed at me. For the first time in so long I was actually laughing freely along with her.
"He's coming home, he's coming home, he's coming home!" I repeated as Emmett kept swinging me around when he finally set me down I realized that the rest of the Cullen's had joined us.
I ran over to where Esme and Carlisle were standing and engulfed Esme in a huge that could have rivalled Emmett's.
"He's coming home Esme" I whispered in her ear in an excited tone and she laughed at my enthusiasm, which could easy beat Alices usual hypoactivity.
I released Esme from my hug and she held me at arms length and she smiled at me.
"I'm so happy for you Bella" she said softly but it held so much emotion that it caused me to start to cry. She pulled me back into a hug.
"Thankyou so much Esme, I love you" I said in a soft voice and Esme was now shaking with silent and tearless sobs. I hugged her even tighter.
"I'm so lucky to have had you, I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't of had you" I said quietly and she held me at arms length and looked me in the eyes.
"I don't know what I would have done if I didn't have you Bella, my daughter" again I couldn't hold back my tears.
"Thankyou" I whispered and I felt a hand on my shoulder but it wasn't Esme's because she was still holding my forearms with both her hands, I turned to see Carlisle smiling at me with his hand on my shoulder.
I smiled back at him and quickly engulfed him in a hug, I heard him chuckle as he embraced me back.
"I'm so proud of you Bella" he said as he pulled away from the hug.
"Edward couldn't of found someone better" he said proudly and I pulled him back into a grateful hug.
"And I couldn't of found a better father" I whispered back to him and I pulled back to make sure it was ok that I referred to him as a father to me, of course I hadn't forgotten Charlie, no one could replace him but Carlisle was a second father to me and I wanted to know if it was ok with him if I thought of him in that way.
"And I couldn't of found a better daughter" he answered back and kissed me on the forehead.
Today was turning out to be a very emotional day and I hadn't even been awake for a hour yet.
"And I think I speak for the rest of us when I say we couldn't of found a better sister" I was surprised to see that it was Jasper that said it, I was conflicted whether to go up and hug him or not but Emmett spoke before I had a chance to even react.
"Except for Edward that is, cause you know it would be kind of weird if he thought of you as a sister" he said in his teasing voice again and Alice went up and smacked his arm.
"Must you always ruin the moment?" she asked in the same teasing tone that Emmett had just used and it made me laugh.
"I was just putting it out there" he pouted and rubbed his arm where Alice had just slapped him, it made me laugh even more because I knew that Alice hadn't actually hurt him and that he was just putting on a show.
While everyone was laughing at Emmett Alice skipped over to me.
"Lets get you ready" she said in a high pitch excited voice.
"Ready?" I asked her.
"You have to look absolutely beautiful when Edward arrives today and we haven't got much time left" she told me.
"how long till he gets here?" I asked excitedly.
"twelve hours" what? that's twelve hours too long.
"Alice we have plenty of time, in fact it really shouldn't take that long for him to get here, Italy is only about six or seven hours away!" I said in a depressed tone. I didn't want to wait twelve hours to see Edward but I guess if I can wait one whole year, half a day wouldn't kill me.
"No we don't! if anything we are running short on time! We have so much to do! Besides Edward got delayed so that's why he is going to take longer than normal" she said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Delayed?" I asked her, why today of all days must the flights be running late. Why?!
"Yes delayed, he doesn't know that your not living in Phoenix anymore remember?" she said in an amused tone.
"Oh" was my brilliant response.
Then she started mumbling about shopping for a brand new outfit and then doing my hair and makeup and what not.
Normally I would argue about the whole shopping thing because Alice insisted on paying for everything and I hated it when people spend money on me but today I wanted to look my best so I let her drag me upstairs to pick an outfit out to get dressed in until we find the perfect one for my reunion with Edward.
Surprisingly when I reached the room Rosalie was sitting on Alices bed and she actually smiled at me when I entered the room. I shyly returned her smile.
"I will be right back" Alice said as she left the room and closed the door behind her.
"So, you must be excited for today?" Rosalie said and I wondered if Alice left so that we could talk, I couldn't imagine why Rosalie would want to talk to me though because I always got the feeling that she didn't like me and her actions towards me didn't contradict that.
"Extremely" I answered back unable to contain my excitement. She laughed at the ridiculously huge grin that was now occupying my face and gestured for me to sit down next to her.
I made my way over to the edge of the bed and sat next to her.
She let out a deep breath as if she was preparing herself for something.
"I guess I kind of owe you an apology, Bella" she said in a soft voice as she looked down at the floor.
I was shocked into silence, she was actually apologising to me and even more shocking was that she was actually talking civilly to me!
She looked up, probably wondering why I hadn't responded.
She let out a small but guilty laugh as she took in my confused expression.
"You don't have to look so shocked Bella, I am capable of being civil its just that it was hard for me to accept that you….." she thought for a second before continuing. "I was being stupid, I resented you for putting my family in danger, actually truth be told I was actually jealous of you" jealous? There is no reason in the world why Rosalie should be jealous of me.
"Jealous?" my voice broke in that single word.
"My family were so willing to give up their lives in order to protect you, they rushed to your aid when or even if you didn't need help and I guess I was jealous of the fact that they would do that for you, a insignificant human." the last remark stung a bit but I didn't expect Rosalie to be kind to me.
"My family loves you Bella, Edward loves you" she added.
"But you don't" it wasn't a question, it was simple fact.
"Sorry about that" she said timidly.
"Why?" I whispered out.
"You put them in danger Bella and I know that it was unintentional but you're the reason that Edward has been away from us and you're the reason why we have now to fear the Volturi even more than before." Rosalie put it painfully simple and I couldn't deny that what she said was one hundred per cent truthful.
"I didn't mean for that" I said softly as I looked down at the floor.
"I know you didn't Bella but it doesn't change anything" I looked up at her to see that her expression was blank, absolutely clear of emotion, I looked back down ashamedly.
"I'm sorry" I didn't know what else to say.
"No Bella i'm sorry" I looked up in surprise, she was sorry?
Rosalie let out a sigh and looked at the floor.
"You might of cause havoc amongst my family Bella but you have also made them more happy then I have ever seen them before and i'm sorry for treating you like as if you weren't a part of this family because I know now that you will always be a part of this family whether I want you to be or not." she said but I got the feeling that she still didn't like me.
"But you don't want me to be a part of this family" again it wasn't a question it was a statement.
" I'm sorry Bella" she said again.
"It doesn't matter, you are family no matter how I feel and i'm grateful for you for making my family, our family happy" she added more sincerely.
"Thankyou Rosalie" I said and she smiled at me.
"Now I believe there is a certain someone that you have to get ready for?" she said teasingly to lighten the mood. Almost immediately my enthusiasm returned once I realized that I was only hours away from seeing Edward.
Alice bounded into the room and went straight towards me and grabbed my hand and pulled me up. I laughed at her eagerness however it was no match for mine.
After pulling out at least thirty different outfits my impatience got the better of me.
"Alice, come on i'm only going to get changed again once we go shopping" I whined and she sighed in frustration. She came out of her closet which was the size of my room, maybe even bigger and threw some clothes at me.
I rolled my eyes and made my way to the bathroom to get changed. I was a little shocked at the clothes that Alice had given me, they were inappropriate at the least but I shook it off reminding myself that I would be getting changed again before I see Edward. I tied my hair up in a simple pony tail and brushed my teeth, I suppose we would, I mean I would be getting breakfast when we went out.
I exited the bathroom and saw an awaiting Alice with her hands on her hips and tapping her foot impatiently.
"Finally, I thought you would never come out" she huffed in frustration. She grabbed me by the hand and basically ran me down to her car and threw me in.
For once I was actually excited to go shopping with Alice but that was only because I was shopping to look good, no great for Edward.
EPOV
"Edward, please reconsider! You fit in so well here and you can have everything you want if you stay" Aro begged.
I smiled, he had no chance of convincing me to stay. I had waited for this day for far too long and I would never stay when the alternative is much better. Bella. The woman I love, the woman that has made me feel these almost impossible feelings. I have waited far too long that just the thought of staying here a second longer nearly drove me to insanity.
"Aro, we talked about this." he was still holding onto the idea that I would stay.
"Yes but I was hoping you would come to your senses before this moment" he added an irritated sigh at the end of his remark.
"I have served my time here and now I want to leave" I said almost impatiently, I really wanted to leave, I already had so much time to spend on the plane that it would be torture so I didn't want to waste any time talking or arguing with Aro.
"Please respect my decision to leave" I added.
"fine but please do feel free to visit anytime Edward" he said in a polite tone. He was letting this go too easily and his thoughts were of something widely off topic however I didn't have time to dwell on his odd behaviour, he was letting me go and I wanted to see Bella.
I didn't shake his hand, I simply smile and offered my thanks before fleeing the god forbidden place. I was unable to hold in my excitement as I ran at vampire speed towards a car parked not far from me.
I didn't have time to feel sorry for the person whom car I was stealing instead I drove away as fast as possible, eager to get away from this city and to the nearest airport. The drive was quick, much to my pleasure and filled with sweet thought of my Bella, my sweet, beautiful, innocent, brave, stubborn, gorgeous Bella.
I parked the car in the middle of the airport car park and didn't even car if it was legal or not I was just focusing on keeping on my speed as human as possible but it was turning out harder than I thought as I jogged into the airport and straight up to the service desk.
"One ticket to Phoenix Arizona please" I said in a rushed tone.
The service woman was silent as she went through here computer.
"Umm when would you like the ticket for?" she asked in what she thought was a seductive tone.
'hmm I hope he's not leaving straight away, I could certainly accommodate him for a while' I shuddered at the vulgar thoughts that her mind was conjuring up.
"Straight away, when's the next flight?" I asked her impatiently.
"Umm" she typed in some more information then looked up at me with a fake smile on her face.
"The next flight is in two hours but i'm afraid there are only first class tickets left" she said and flipped her hair over one shoulder trying to expose more skin.
"That's fine" I said and handed her a gold credit card.
She seemed shocked for a while but then she actually did her job and gave me a ticket.
I sat in a plastic chair as I waited for my flight to board. My leg was unconsciously bouncing up and down as I waited impatiently for the announcement that would have me finally leaving this place and on my way to my sweet Bella.
"Hi" I looked up to see a woman around the age of twenty three looking down at me.
I nodded my head in response and she smiled.
"Is this seat taken" she pointed to the seat next to me. Was she kidding? There were hundreds of unoccupied seats and she had to chose to sit next to me.
I contemplated being rude and telling her to go away but it wasn't in my nature so I just shook my head and answered.
"Not at all" her smiled brightened at that and she took her seat and she didn't even bother to adjust her skirt when it rid up as she sat down.
'Maybe if I give him a preview he will want to see the whole show' she thought and I was repulsed, I didn't even want to see the opening credits.
"I'm Cassandra" she purred and held her hand out for me to shake.
Again not wanting to be rude I took her hand and shook it.
"Aren't you going to tell me your name?" she flirted, it wasn't doing her any good.
"Edward" I answered simply.
"Well Edward, are you from around here?" what kind of question is that to ask to a person at an airport?
'Please say yes, please say yes, please say yes' she chanted in her head.
I decided to get rid of her.
"No, i'm actually on my way back home to my girlfriend" I said.
'Girlfriend? Hmm well I wont tell if you don't' she thought and I shuddered again at the vulgar thoughts that her mind had created.
"Oh, and where exactly is home?" she said dismissing the comment about a girlfriend.
"America" I didn't want to encourage the conversation so I kept my responses limited.
"I love Americans" she said in what was supposed to be a seductive voice, I mentally rolled my eyes at her.
"You would like my girlfriend then, she is truly wonderful" I wanted to press the matter of my girlfriend so she would leave me alone but she just wasn't getting it.
"Really? I hear that Italian woman are better than American woman" she said and I raised my eyebrows at the fact that she was Italian and she didn't even hold one tenth, no one hundredth of the attraction that had towards Bella. Not that Italian women weren't beautiful but I love Bella and it didn't matter what nationality she was it would always be that way.
"No, I prefer American women" I answered simply.
"Well you never know, there might be someone special right in front of you and you were just missing her" she battered her eyelashes and I fought the urge to run.
"No" my answer didn't really make sense but she didn't seem to notice.
"Is she really that good?" she asked almost disgusted.
'No American can be better than me!' she thought and I felt like laughing at her.
"Even better" I answered with a slight smile on my face that was always present when I talked or thought about Bella.
"Do you love her?" She asked and I looked at her in shock. She didn't know me so what right did she have to ask that question?
"Excuse me?" I asked as if I didn't hear her but I heard her loud and clear.
"Do you love her?" she said more slowly as if I was mentally challenged.
"More than anything" my feelings were more stronger than that but she didn't need to know that.
"She's a lucky girl" I liked this women when she wasn't throwing herself at me so I gave her a smile in return.
"No" I said "i'm the lucky man" I added and my smile widened.
"Flight 362 to Phoenix Arizona America boarding now" the voice over the louder speaker said in a strong Italian accent and I quickly jumped to my feet.
"It was nice meeting you Cassandra but my flight is about to board" I said as I held out my hand for her to shake. She took my hand lightly and whished me luck with my girlfriend and I walked away after giving her one last smile.
She was a nice woman when she wasn't trying to seduce me.
I boarded the plane without any dilemmas and sat down in my seat waiting for the plane to take off. With several hours ahead of me I allowed my mind to wander, which probably wasn't a good idea.
I was worried why Aro had let me go so easily and why his thought were down a completely different track when he was bidding me farewell, it was like he was hiding something from me.
Aro was a tactful man and I know that he would never let me go so easily without a second motive but I had no idea what that motive was. I had no idea if he was planning something or if he was truly genuine about letting me go. I know the latter excuse was false beyond reason, a year with Aro has taught me that I could never trust him, he was to scheming and that was proven when he let Bella go and then sent Demetri after her to kill her.
I clenched my teeth at the memory of betrayal and at the chance of ever being betrayed again. I would have to ask Alice to keep a close eye on Aro.
I tried to push Aro out of my thoughts for the remainder of the flight and surprisingly it wasn't that difficult to do because of the excitement surging through me at the thought of seeing Bella again.
"We are now landing so please secure your seatbelts and we apologise for any turbulence you may experience" the voice over the speaker said and although I didn't need it I fastened my seat belt anyway.
I was basically bouncing in excitement when the plane finally landed and was the first to get off the plane.
After I was passed through security I quickly made my way over to the pay phone and dialled Carlisles number.
It rang twice when I heard Carlisle pick up.
"Dr Cullen speaking" he stated and I almost sighed in rejoice at the sound of his voice, I had been deprived of my family for too long.
"Carlisle" I sighed out.
"Edward" he exclaimed and I smiled at the sound of relief in his voice.
"Where are you?" he asked me.
"Phoenix airport, I just landed, what is Bella's address?" I asked and Carlisle didn't respond straight away and I started to get worried.
"I'm sorry Edward but we had no way of contacting you" Carlisle finally replied. What did that mean? had something happened to Bella?
"What do you mean Carlisle?" I asked frantically and he seemed to pick up on my worried tone.
"Everything is fine Edward" he reassure me and I immediately relaxed "It's just, i'm sorry that this is going to cause some delay" he said and I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.
"Delay?" I asked him.
"Bella moved to Forks to live with her father" he said and I sighed in relief, she was ok.
"I suppose I will hire a car and drive down there then" I said and then smiled at the thought of seeing Bella. Sure it would mean a delay but as long as she was ok then everything is fine.
Carlisle whished me luck and I made my way over to the rental cars desk and rented out a car. I was beyond grateful for my family staying with Bella.
It has been a while since I have been to Forks and it seemed like the perfect place for me to reunite with Bella.
So sorry that I have to stop there but I want Edwards and Bella's reunion to be a chapter of its own. I liked that this chapter is much happier than the usual ones and I really hope you like it to.
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