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Its been so long since an update so heres a recap.

previously

She turned her face and pressed her lips against my throat.

"I'm so glad your back" she whispered to me and I held her tighter.

"So am I" I replied and I felt her smile against my neck.

As much as I didn't want to I had to talk to Alice, I had to know if Aro was planning anything.

I looked over to Alice and she still had a smile on her face but it was a charade.

She seemed to know what I wanted but she knew that now wasn't the time to discuss it.

'Later' she thought.

Later? That means that there is something to discuss. Has she seen something? Has Aro got something planned?

I pushed those worries away, for now all that mattered was Bella and the fact that I am finally with her. I wouldn't let Aro ruin this moment.

BPOV

After everyone welcomed Edward back home, I finally got some alone time with him. I took Edward up to the third floor and into the room I usually stayed in when I slept over at the Cullen's, apparently it was Edwards old bedroom when the Cullen's used to live in Forks.

Edward still hadn't let go of me, not that I was complaining. I literally think I would break down if Edward let me go, I know i'm being dramatic but being separated from the man you love for a whole year and then finally being reunited with I never did want him to stop holding me.

"You look gorgeous" Edward whispered in my ear as he sat with me on the bed. I hadn't made the bed, which wasn't like me at all. Making the bed was usually the first thing I did in the morning after I wake up but with the excitement of Edward returning home I abandoned the habit of making the bed.

I quickly glanced down at the dress that Alice had bought me, specially for today.

"Alice did a great job at picking out the dress" I commented and looked up to see Edward rolling his eyes with a smile on his face.

"Silly Bella, I wasn't talking about the dress." he touched the tip of my nose with his pointer finger.

"I was talking about you" he added as he looked into my eyes, my soul.

I blushed, which wasn't uncommon but nevertheless it was still embarrassing to be prone to blushing.

Edward lightly stroked my cheek.

"I missed that so much" he referred to my blushing and now it was my turn to roll my eyes which Edward didn't miss.

"Your insanely gorgeous, Isabella. Can you possibly not see that?" he asked exasperated.

I rolled my eyes again. "how can I be described as gorgeous when your right in front of me?" I said lightly. I didn't see myself as pretty but I suppose other people could but if I was with Edward people would immediately see my flaws and I would have no hope of being described as gorgeous, not when they had Edward to compare me to.

"I'm nothing compared to you" he told me as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

I laughed at impossible words he spoke.

"I think you got it in reverse" I told him and he rolled his eyes.

"What am I am going to do with you Isabella" he said in an amused tone and I laughed at him.

I watched him intently. The way his lips moved when he spoke my name and how it rolled off his tongue perfectly. The way his lips twitched trying to fight a smile at one of my ridiculous comments and how he rose his eyebrows in one fluid movement in times of doubt or scepticism.

I reached up to stroke his cheek, I had to make sure I wasn't dreaming. It was hard and freezing cold but as smooth as silk. I watched my hand as it stroked his cheek and when I looked back at Edward I saw that he was already looking at me, staring right into my eyes.

"I don't know how I even survived without you" I told him truthfully and he gave me a small smile.

"We don't have to worry about that any more Bella. I'm here and I will never leave you again." he told me and I sighed and leaned down to rest my head against his chest. He pulled us down so that we were lying down and it was much more comfortable.

Edward stroked my hair as my head still laid on his chest and I sighed in content and pure bliss.

"You promise?" I had no reason to doubt Edward but I wanted, no needed, to know that my insecurities were false and besides, I needed to hear his voice to remind me that I wasn't dreaming.

He sat up a bit and I moved my head to look at him and he took my face in his hands and looked straight into my eyes.

"Listen to me Isabella, nothing, I repeat nothing, will ever change the way I feel about you and when I say that I will never leave you, I mean it will all my heart. I don't think that even I could survive if I was deprived of you for any longer." he told me fiercely, his eyes on fire.

"I love you" I whispered. He smiled and pressed his lips against mine.

The kiss was short but yet filled with all the emotions in the world.

Happiness of our reunion.

Sadness of ever having to be apart in the first place.

Anger for being kept apart for so long.

Lust for never have feeling this way before.

But most of all love, the love was the strongest of them all and also the most reassuring.

Edward will never be taken from me again, neither him or I would allow it.

"I love you too" he whispered back as he laid us back down and I rested my head against his chest again. I couldn't hear his heart so I concentrated on his breathing.

I slipped, for the first time in so long, into a peaceful slumber.

EPOV

I let Bella sleep in my arms and when I noticed the goose bumps that had risen on her arms I pulled the blankets up and wrapped them around her fragile body.

She sighed unconsciously at my gesture and snuggled in closer to my side.

Nothing could compare to the happiness I felt at this moment. There was however the small nagging in the back of my head that I still needed to discuss Aro with the rest of my family, especially Alice.

"Edward?" it was easy now, even after being away for so long, to distinguish the mental voices of my family, mostly because the voices sounded remarkably similar to their actual voice.

I didn't want to leave Bella but I really did need to talk to Alice and by the sounds of it, she needed to talk to me too.

I swiftly but also gently and soundlessly slid off of the bed and took one last fleeting glance at Bella before I begrudgingly exited the room.

The whole family was in the dinning room, sitting at the table that we only used for family meetings.

It was unusually quiet, even the thoughts were either non existent or very scarce. This worried me a lot.

I turned to Alice first, knowing that she would hold most of the answers that I needed for my questions.

I decided to sum it all up in one question, it was easier than asking small questions and then having to add them all up at the end.

"What do you see?" if possible the room and the thoughts of those occupying it went even quieter and this worried me to no end.

Alice looked at me with almost pained eyes.

I could feel Jasper trying to lighten the tense mood but it yet to have an affect on me.

"Aro found out about Bella" Alice whispered.

Before I could even begin to ask Alice more, Rosalie's temper got the better of her.

"Edward how could you be so stupid?! You know what happens when humans find out about our existence, you should of just left her alone but now you have endangered us all and not to mention, condemned Bella!" she shouted at me not only vocally but mentally as well and I cringed at the truthfulness of her words.

"Rosalie, now is not the time" Carlisle said in his calm voice and Rosalie continued to scowl at me.

"How?" I asked Alice. I ran through the possible ways that Aro could of found out about Bella knowing what we were. Even after the attack in Volterra it was hard to determine that we were vampires, only those who were either superstitious or very observant would pick up on the fact that we were a myth that was in fact reality.

The question was more than that, how did Aro find out that I was still with Bella? How the hell did he know all this?

Alice looked troubled, she always looked that way when she didn't know the answer to a question and I let out a frustrated sigh as the hopes of my questions being answered vanished.

"I don't know" Alice answered anyway and I pinched the bridge of my nose.

"How long?" I muttered as I squeezed my eyes shut.

"Two days" Alice whispered her replied and I pinched the bridge of my nose harder hoping to take away the frustration.

"What do we do?" I asked.

"I don't know" this wasn't a good sign, especially when Alice was the one that answered my question.

So sorry for the delay and so sorry for the shortness.

School is driving me crazy but I have tried to prioritise myself a bit more so I can spend more time writing.

I really hope you like this chapter.

Sorry for the drama, I write better when the story is dramatic.

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