Chapter 4

EPOV

Today was perfect! Me and Bella just walked around together and talked and laughed we had so much fun.
I honestly believe that she is the one for me.
As we were walking around the streets we passed by a young boy who looked to be about the same age as me. He looked really familiar and i am sure that I have seen him somewhere before, but I m not sure.
He was of a good height and build with honey blonde hair and blue eyes.
But Bella was right if i did know him from somewhere it will come to me, but im still very frustrated.

I had just entered my street and was now walking up the driveway. I opened the front door and stepped inside. I heard my Mother talking to somebody but I wasn't sure to whom.
I walked into the kitchen and there sitting on a chair at our dinner table was my father, Edward Senior.
As soon as he saw me he stood up and walked over to me and gave me a big hug. I was so surprised to see him I couldn't move. He then stepped back from me and put his hands on my shoulders as if to get a better look at me.
"Ahhh, you have grown up so much my son. Your Mother has been telling me how much you have been helping her, I am so proud of you. You have become a fine young man!"
I finally snapped out of my daze. I was so happy to hear him say that to me, my Father was such a hard man to please and yet I made him happy. I had missed him so much. We didn't even know if he was alive, of course we hoped and prayed for him to be fine but we couldn't forget where he was. At war.
I quickly stepped forward and gave my Father a big hug. My Mother burst into tears, overwhelmed with joy. My Father hugged me back.
All too soon my Mother was in both mine and my Father's arms, sobbing her heart out.
I hadn't thought my day could get any better but somehow it had. I couldn't have asked for anything else in the world, I was so happy.

We all spent the rest of the day sitting down and talking. My Father told us about his time in the war and we told him about life at home. I told him all about Bella, and how her Father was at the war too. I asked him if he knew a Charlie Swan, and he said he did.
He had in fact become very close with him. Charlie and my Father fought in the same unit, he had come home today also. I couldn't believe it, Bella would be so happy. She missed her Father terribly as had I.

"Edward?" My Father called me snapping me out of my trance.
"Yes sir?" i asked him "I have some news for you!"
"Me?" i asked slightly shocked. Why would my Father have news for me?
"The army are recruiting new men for the war. As could be expected not everybody survived and we do need to maintain a certain number of people fighting for our country. Now i know how much you have always wanted to go over there and serve your country and now your time has come. I have put your name down and you leave tomorrow afternoon."
I was frozen. Was he joking? No he rarely jokes if ever. I had so many emotions running through me. Shock, fear, anger, excitement, happiness, joy and then again fear.
"But who will stay with Mother?" i asked. I was worried about her she couldn t stay home all alone.
"I will be. I have decided not to go back to war. I have served my time and protected my country now i must fulfill my duties as a husband and protect my wife as you have done so well, my son"
"And i leave tomorrow?" i asked "You must be at the airport at 12 sharp, my boy!"
I looked over at my Mother she looked frozen and she had tears in her eyes. She looked petrified. Absolutely terrified. The look on her face was heartbreaking. Then all of a sudden she was choking me with her hugs. She kept chanting in my ear how much she loved me and how much she will miss me, and how she couldn't have asked for a better son. She said she was so proud and that the girl who captured my heart would be so lucky. She also said that when my time has been served she will be waiting for me at the airport, and that everyone will know what a hero i am.
I was overwhelmed to say the very least. So much had just happened. I couldn t believe that tomorrow i would be on a plane crossing the country to fight my country.
I had no time left with my Bella. My time with her was all used up. Who was going to catch her when she tripped over her own feet, who was going to wipe away her tears and make her shed ones of pure joy and happiness? I knew it wouldn't be me. And when i come back, if i come back more than likely there will be someone else in my place to catch her and steal her heart and cause her happiness and joy. She will more than likely forget about me.
Just the thought of that broke me heart. I wanted to cry. But i probably won't live to see that day. I d more than likely be killed in the war.
So i guess everything was sorted now. The only thing left to do was to tell Bella, i had been dreading that the most. I wasn't looking forward to it. I wonder how she will take it.