.A/N: See? I can update fast lol.

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So here's a little fluff for you. Enjoy

Recap:

He had his brows furrowed, "unknown desire?" he asked.

I shrugged.

Carlisle rubbed his forehead and sighed, "a riddle indeed"

8. Without you noticing

If you see my girl
Just tell her I miss her smile
Tell her I'm counting the minutes
Gonna see her in a little while
I know when she
Holds on to me
She's the one thing that I could never live without
And tell her I love her

EPOV

I sat there thinking about that strange riddle. I couldn't seem to figure out any part. It was very confusing.

In the dark you may have walked

In the dark you may have liven

Never seen a bright side

Always in the dark side

This could mean his past. That he was kidnapped, never seen his family, became a vampire….etc. All that could be that stanza. But what did the rest mean?

Nothing.

"I'm sorry Bella but I have to leave now" Carlisle apologized, standing up. "I will come back later?" It came out as a question. He was asking for her reassurance, that it wouldn't displease her to come back.

She smiled, "Please" She told him softly. He nodded, gave her hand a little squeeze and then unengaged his hand from hers.

"It was a pleasure meeting you Damien" Carlisle said with a polite smile.

Damien returned the smile, "No, believe me the pleasure was all mine. It was nice to meet a member of Bella's ……family"

Carlisle smiled and after giving Bella a kind smile, he departed.

Bella leaned her head back on the headboard and sighed, "I didn't realize how much I missed Carlisle. It feels good to have him back" She whispered and closed her eyes.

I felt my lips smile a little. She looked so relaxed. I'd have to thank Carlisle for being so kind to her.

Damien took the end of a lock of her hair and twirled it gently around his finger, "you look tired" he noted softly.

And he was right. She did look a little worn out.

"Mhmm" she sighed.

"I'll let you rest then. C'mon, I'll help you" He said as he slid his arms under the cover and carried her a little. When her head was over the pillow he laid her back on the bed. He covered her again with the blanket that had been pushed a little and started to tuck it around her.

Her eyes opened a little, "Thank you Damien. You're always so kind to me" She murmured softly.

He smiled, "It comes with the job description of being an older and…ahem…wiser brother" faking a cough.

She chuckled softly, "still. Thank you"

He touched her face, "anytime. Now, sleep. I'll go turn off the lights"

She lifted her hand from under the cover and held it out to him. Palm up. He extended his arm to reach the bedside and grabbed her cell phone and gave it to her. She fumbled with it, clicking on a lot of buttons till she smiled.

I was confused. What was she doing with her cell phone? And what made her smile? And why was it a sad smile?

With a last click my questions were erased. She put the cell on the pillow beside her and closed her eyes with a sigh. Erupting from the cell was the most familiar melody. Her lullaby. The one I had composed for her. She must've found the CD.

She still slept on my lullaby. She didn't hate me enough to resent the small piece of music. She still loved me. But how? How? After all I did, how could she still…….?

"I thought I heard something out here" I heard Damien's voice interrupt my thoughts, pulling me out of my haze. My head snapped to find him staring at me coldly, with his arms folded.

I stared at him for a moment, not knowing what to think or say. Should I be mad at him? But why? He's done nothing but be kind to Bella. Should I thank him? He wouldn't understand. So I settled for an easy introduction.

"Hello Damien, I'm…"

"I know. You're him." He said coldly and leaned his head in Bella's direction to indicate that he knew who I was, "It was easy enough to guess. Who else would be too guilty to come meet her" He glared at me.

I shifted my gaze to the branch that was in front of me and whispered, "you do not understand"

In a second he was in front of me. Sitting on a branch and glowering at me. "Oh I see, I do not understand." He said sarcastically, "How much I've wanted to meet you. To inflict as much pain on you as you had inflicted on her. How could you do this to her? Have you no heart? Have you no feelings?" he shouted at me but kept his voice low enough as not to awake Bella.

I closed my eyes and welcomed the pain of his words. I deserved it. I gritted my teeth as I felt every word he said slapping me, slamming into my heart causing it to break more than it already has been. "I'm sorry" I found myself whispering. It was a silent apology for Bella. For the wind to carry for her sleeping ears.

"Oh now you feel guilty, moron?" he snapped. I didn't shout back at him. I wanted him to make me suffer.

"Open your eyes while I'm talking to you?" He shouted and I obeyed. Finally having someone to blame me. I didn't want comfort, I wanted to suffer. And that was what he was offering.

"I want an answer now before I rip you into pieces. Why?" He said through gritted teeth.

I knew what he was talking about. Why did I hurt her? Why did I end both of our happiness? Why did I end our unendable love?

I stared right into his burning eyes and whispered, "Because I love her" and my voice cracked. His eyes widened. He was taken aback. Probably not the answer he had expected.

"Excuse me? You've never loved her. If you did you wouldn't have done this to her" He argued, but I could see the confusion in his eyes. Read it in his mind.

His voice cracked. That answer was sincere. But…What does that mean?.

"I'll tell you what it means. Did Bella ever tell you what happened before I …left?" I whispered. He stared at me and then cautiously shook his head.

I sighed and stared at Bella's sleeping form, "Bella's always been at in danger with me. Her blood calls to me more than any other. Plus the fact that I am a vampire. She shouldn't be……in love with someone like me. I do not deserve her" I mumbled.

He certainly doesn't. I heard him say in his mind. Even though he tried to hide it.

I sighed, "On her birthday, my family and I made her a small celebration between ourselves. When it was time to open her present, she gave herself a paper cut and there was blood……" I winced as I remembered what happened.

He gasped, "You didn't"

"No, no, I didn't attack her. But I do have a brother, it's hard for him to control himself sometimes. He tried to attack her but we stopped him. Bella had an injury in her arm because I pushed her away and sent her right into the glass table. So you see?" I said and turned to look at him, "that only solidified the fact that Bella is always in danger with me. I told myself that if I loved her I had to protect her. Even from myself" My dropped and I stared at my hands.

We were both silent for a moment. I heard him as he tried to figure out what he thought of me.

Then what? You just left? He asked with his thoughts.

"I was able to convince…or rather lie to myself and say that I was doing what was best for her by hurting her. When I told her I was leaving she, of course, wouldn't let me go alone. I had no other choice, I had to make her believe that I didn't love her anymore. I thought it would make her move on faster" I sighed and looked at her again, "Apparently I was mistaken"

You got that right.

"So you see, that I do love her. And I do miss her, very dearly. But I am not brave enough to go face her" I said desperately.

I heard his mental struggle and waited for him to tell me how much of a coward I was. But I was surprised to find otherwise, "She doesn't resent you" he whispered.

I stared at him wordlessly. He sighed.

"Look it won't be easy for her to see you again. You can't just waltz back into her life like that. It's going to be hard. But……" He sighed again, "I can see that you care for her so……I'll help"

I gaped at him, "you…what?"

"I'll help" he shrugged, "I don't want her to be in anymore pain and you are the cure, plus believe it or not I don't like seeing you in pain either. I'm not usually this pathetic…or wait…I am" He chuckled.

And I chuckled too, involuntary, and shook my head. "But…" I started then trailed off, not sure that wanted an answer.

"Yes?"

I took a deep breath and rushed the words in one breath, "Aren't you……together?"

He laughed, "Me and Bella? No way." He said shaking his head.

"But you two look so…." I didn't know how describe it.

"Close? Yeah, we are. Very. But it's not love." He sighed, "What's between me and Bella is a little more than friendship but not love. It's more like need. Do not get me wrong. I do love her but not in your way, more like my little sister. You don't need to worry" He assured me. I smiled as relief flooded through me.

"Thank you Damien. You really are kind" I told him sincerely.

"As I said, comes with the job description." He chuckled and I laughed a little.

I stared at Bella in her sleep, oh how I missed holding her in my arms as she slept peacefully. My arms felt so empty now that she's not here. I sighed.

"Hey, where're you going?" Damien asked and I didn't realize I was leaning towards her window. I snapped myself back against the branch.

"Nowhere" I sighed.

Damien looked at me then at Bella. Then back at me. "You really do miss her, don't you?" he whispered.

"More than you could ever imagine" I whispered as I closed my eyes.

He was silent for a moment till he said, "come with me"

My eyes snapped open and I saw him jumping back into Bella's room. "No, I can't…" I started even though my resolve was crumbling already.

"Oh just come. But quietly" he said. I stared at him for a moment, desperately, I wanted nothing than to go, but I was scared.

"Come" he urged.

I took a deep breath and jumped into her room. I filled my lunged with her sweet scent of freesia. I missed it.

I stared at her and ached to go touch her, embrace her, tell her that I loved her.

"Go" Damien said nodding towards the bed, "just don't wake her" I saw what he meant in his mind.

I gulped, I shouldn't do it, but I couldn't find it in my to prevent myself so I slowly went to her bed. Every step closer made every cell in my body awake. I started to feel the heat of her body and it revived my heart. I looked back at Damien and he nodded in encouragement as he sat on a chair and folded his arms.

I slowly sat beside her on the bed, and carefully……………..wrapped my arms around her!!!!!! The feeling that coursed in me as I embraced her again was too much to be described. She didn't seem to notice the difference in temperature, but she did sigh and murmur, "Edward" I held her tighter and stroked her hair. I was so happy, too happy. It couldn't have been normal for anyone to feel so much joy by just holding the love of their life. But I did feel that way, and I felt complete again. I felt my eyes fill with tears that would never fall as I looked over at Damien and whispered, "Thank you"

He smiled, "I'll be right outside" he whispered and jumped out of the window.

I kept stroking her hair, feeling my heard filling my chest. It would burst out of my chest if it were possible. And because I really wanted to, because I couldn't help it, because she was Bella and I was Edward, and because it was one of the things that I really missed, I leaned in and whispered in her ear,

"I love you" and I kissed her sweet, soft hair.

She turned a bit in her sleep till her face was nuzzled in my chest, just like before. And I swear I almost felt my heart beat again.

"Edward" she mumbled sleepily again. I smiled so wide that it should have hurt my face.

I carefully reached for her cell and turned it off, so that I could start humming for her, just like before. With her sleeping in my arms, murmuring my name, I couldn't have ever felt more joyful.

A/N: So? What do you think? Was it worth your time? And what do you think of Damien now??? Don't forget to see the trailer I made for this story, the link is on my profile.

Rosalie123456: lol Thank you. But you did, even if you didn't mean it. What do you think of this chappy, though? I think I messed it up.

Thank you guys for reading,

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Mai