Chapter Two

The next morning I woke up to the rain pounding on the tin roof. As usual. I closed my window for the first time in a very long time. I swallowed back the lump in my throat and put my sheets in the washer before hopping in the shower. Poopy was scratching and whimpering at the door, Charlie hadn't come home yet. Which really was very weird.

But he was fishing.

As I stepped out of the shower I heard a car door slam. Must be Charlie, I shrugged. Poopy ran down the stairs yipping as the front door opened and shut.

"I'll be down in just a minute Daddy! I hope you had a nice time with Billy!" I went to my room and put on black spandex shorts and a teal tank top before going downstairs to take Poopy outside for potty and then feed him.

I was certainly not expecting to see the faces of seven vampires standing in my kitchen. I blinked and rubbed my eyes as my heart ached at the sight. They weren't gone, even as I smeared my mascara and eyeliner trying to prove to myself they were a mirage and I was imagining it.

Taking a small step closer I started over to Jasper, touching his cold hard face, and tugging at his honey golden hair. He was smiling, trying not to laugh. I raised an eyebrow at the lifelike mirage.

"Well," Emmett exclaimed. "You've certainly changed." Rosalie hit him in the arm and turned back to me with a smile.

Poopy yipped at me, making me jump. "Poopystoops!" I hissed. "Quiet!" Alice was standing next to Jasper, grinning from ear to ear. I looked at her high-fashion clothing and shook my head with a smile. I touched her face and if possible her grin grew. I sighed and turned away, my smile degenerated.

"Okay Poopy I'm sorry. Mommy's hallucinating, wanna go outside and go potty?" I smiled at the wrinkly puppy, Poopy.

He yipped again.

"Bella," Carlisle or rather my minds sighting of Carlisle stepped forward. "You aren't hallucinating."

I raised an eyebrow as I felt my heart shatter yet again. "Oh yeah? Isn't that what a hallucination would say?"

Carlisle smiled, "Bella, we are not a hallucination."

"Ah-ha!" I exclaimed, pointing. "Now, you're repeating yourself! Hallucination! I think I need water. Maybe that's it, eh Doc?"

Poopy yipped again.

"Poopy!" I shushed. "Fine, let's go outside." I opened the door and took him outside. Alice followed behind me as I went outside, she handed me a bottle of water, "Thanks Hallucination of my ex-best friend."

"Bella I am your best friend!" She exclaimed as Poopy took a poopy by a nearby tree. "I am! I'm here!" She grabbed onto my arms with her small cold hands.

Poopystoops yet again began running away, only this time, into the woods. "Poopystoops!" I yelled as I ran after him. "Baby!" I called as I clapped and whistled for him to come. I really should get him a leash, I thought.

I ran into a wall, a cold wall, it felt like, but it was definitely not a wall, the person or, rather, vampire's arm wrapped around my waist before I could fall backwards. I looked up into the topaz eyes of a very familiar man. Edward. He was holding me in one arm and Poopy in the other. He stood me up straight and handed Poopy to me.

I thanked him, looking down at my puppy who licked my cheek. It hurt to even look at his perfect face. Especially since he was a hallucination.

"You're welcome," he murmured, I could tell he was looking down at me. His voice was beautiful and velvety. I wanted to hear him speak some more.

He walked me back home as Poopy nudged my throat with his nose. "So," Edward murmured. "You named your dog Poopy?"

"Poopystoops," I corrected. "But, yeah, Poopy for short."

He sounded like he was smiling as he said, "Why did you name him that?"

"He pooped on the front stoop when I brought him home for the first time," I explained with a small smile.

He chuckled lightly, his trademark laugh.

This was my chance, I realized, my one opportunity to say what I needed to. Even if he wasn't actually there, I stopped walking immediately. "Bella?" He asked in confusedly, and my heart shattered again.

"I don't care if you're not here. I-I need to say this. To your face. If this isn't you…and you are in my head… At least I'm saying it. I love you. I always loved you. Nothing's been the same without you. I miss you. After these torturous six months I want you. My love hasn't faltered for you once. I just hope you're happy. I'm not going to beg you to stay. I've been praying for you though, all the time," I told him. "Also, you may have thought that I could move on or forget or have a normal human life but no. That's never going to happen. I'm sorry but it's impossible."

"Oh, Bella, I swear, I love you. I never stopped. I left to protect you. Everything I told you, Bella… It. Was. A. Lie. And I am so sorry. Please say you'll forgive me," he murmured softly.

I sighed, "I wish this was real…"

"It is, it is. I'm here. I'm right here, I swear," he promised. He walked up to me, "I'm right here," he kissed my forehead.

My heart was like a bomb that kept exploding. Look the Cullen's! BOOM! They feel real! BOOM! They say they're here! BOOM! No, no, they can't be here, I'm hallucinating! BOOM! My beautiful hallucination said he loved me, always. BOOM!

I sighed to myself, "I have to get home and feed Poopy." So I turned and kept walking home. It didn't take long, I fed Poopy outside and he ate it quickly. He ran right inside afterwards and got some water of his dish.

Esme was making breakfast for me in the kitchen as Emmett and Jasper were sitting on my counter as Rose and Alice were whispering with Carlisle.

I heard Edward say something too fast for me to understand. My cell phone started ringing upstairs and I ran up the stairs and answered the phone, "Hello?"

"Hey Bells," Daddy murmured. "Billy and I decided to fish for a bit longer than normal. I'll see you in a day or two if that's okay?"

"Yeah that's fine Daddy, see you soon. Have fun," I smiled.

"Okay, bye Bella I'll talk to you tomorrow. Stay safe," he said.

I hung up and stumbled down the stairs slowly expecting them to be gone.

They weren't and Esme had put my breakfast on the table. A waffle and toast. It was absolutely fantastic. Delicious!

"Thanks Esme, if this is actually you…" I murmured.

She smiled, "You're welcome Bella."

"So little sis," Emmett called as he walked into the room. "Tell us what you've been doing." He picked me up and brought me into the kitchen to sit me on the counter.

I shrugged, "Not much. Got a dog, you know, that's about it."

"What about school?" Edward asked, standing next to me.

I shook my head, "It was okay. I got an A in every class."

"How's Mike?" Edward snarled his name, "And Angela? Your friends?"

I shrugged, "Who knows, we all stopped talking. Well I stopped talking to them and vice versa. But, Jacob was a good friend of mine for a while. But after Charlie found out about the motorcycles-"

"Motorcycles? What did you do with motorcycles?" Edward asked worriedly.

I shook my head, "I was bored. I had nothing to do or anyone to hang out with so," I shrugged. "I picked up two shit pieces of-"

"Bella language!" Esme chided.

I raised an eyebrow, "Well this hallucination is about right. Esme never did like when I said those words. Anyways, the two motorcycles Jacob rebuilt them and I got a concussion out of it after flying off the bike."

Emmett laughed his loud, booming laugh at that.

Then it all hit me, their smells, laughs, kisses, and feel.

They.

Were.

Here.

They were actually here!

I think they all realized at that moment that I realized that they had actually come back.

They were all beaming, and it mended my severely broken heart in an instant.

They're smiles brightened the room.

With one last stabbing pain in my chest I felt at all the pain I'd put friends and family through.

That was probably my only regret.

"Did you mean it?" I asked. "Edward did you mean it?"

"It was a lie, Bella, I'm so sorry. I always loved you… Always," he repeated. "Always. I will never leave you again. I promise, not unless you order me away."

I grinned widely, happily, it was perfect now.

He was beaming even wider now and leaned in to chastely kiss my lips. I only wanted him.

We may have lost six months but I think forever would make up for what were wasted.