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Last time...

"It's nice to meet you Carlisle" I said, then fainted.

CPOV

It has almost been three years since my family made the worst decision of our existence and left one of our own behind. Bella, Not a day goes by that I don't think of her and wonder what she is doing, if she is happy, and if she is she safe?

The daughter that I abandoned, I shall never forgive myself for allowing it. At first, when we left Edward told Alice not to look for her future, to leave her be, but soon Edward got so depressed that I feared he might be the first Vampire to actually die of a broken heart, and I asked Alice to find Bella's future.

When she couldn't find a future for Bella, something Alice had never had a problem with before, we all got scared and thought the worst; thankfully Edward had been out hunting with Emmett, so he couldn't read our minds, otherwise I don't know what would have happened. I had to know, and so I went back to Forks telling my family I was speaking at some medical conference in Tacoma. When I arrived I went straight to Bella's house, it was Saturday and nobody was home, but it smelled like she was still living here. I waited until evening up at our house and when it got late I snuck into the hospital and checked on Bella's medical File. Bella had been seeing a councillor, apparently she had been in a comatose state for about 3 days after we had left, the doctor's file said they suggested that Charlie have her admitted. Charlie of course hadn't and after a few months Bella started seeing a counsellor. My poor daughter, what we all put her through. Everything in me told me that I should go to her house and take her with me but she deserved to be allowed to move on now that she has started to try too.

I went back home and called a family meeting. I told Edward that I had just come back from Forks and how she had looked, and I told him I had went because after I asked Alice to check Bella's future she hadn't been able to find one.

Edward had been furious, but I think it was more the fact that he knew he was making the wrong decision, and also that he was jealous that I got to see her when he didn't.

Esme was sad all the time now, and I would often find her holding the set of photos we had of Bella. One of Bella and Edward before junior Prom, Bella in a blue dress. A bunch from the only summer we had spent with her, and finally the few that had been taken at the beginning of that dreaded birthday party.

Alice was just as bad as Edward; she stopped shopping, stopped planning parties and occasions. She blamed herself for everything. If she hadn't insisted on that stupid frivolous party none of this would have happened in her eyes, But that just wasn't true, It was Bella she would have found a way to cut herself eventually and truth be told Edward needed to see the light and want to change her. Never in a million years did I think he would leave her like he did.

Jasper we rarely saw anymore. He of course put everything on himself. It had been everything I could do, to convince Jasper to stay in the family directly after the incident. He said he was weak and an abomination, that we would be better off without him. I told him he was wrong and that he would break Esme's heart if he left, that we had already lost a daughter and a sister we couldn't lose a son and brother too. He eventually agreed to stay but now spends most of his time on extended hunting trips. He and Alice are strained right now since he can feel her pain and blames himself for causing it, and she hates herself for making him feel her pain.

Rosalie was her usual self, declaring it was for the best, now Bella could have a normal life like she deserved. Emmett resented her for her attitude and how she had alaways been mean to Bella, he was no longer his bubbly self full of pranks and jokes. Emmet just as Alice was morning the loss of a sister he truly loved.

We were living on the east coast and nothing seemed to be working when I got the offer to work as a professor at Western Washington University. We had all figured that Bella would have left forks for somewhere warm as soon as she could have, probably going to Florida or back to phoenix for University. Edward wasn't happy when I told him of our planned move but I told him we had done things his way long enough, and that he was coming with us, no arguments. We were going to find a way to be a family again. Since we were close to forks we decided we wouldn't be able to plan settling there for too long so the kids where all going to attend university. Edward fought me on going to school as well, but I told him that I had already enrolled him in a Bachelor of Science Program and that he was going. I told him to act his age, his true age that is, and live with his choices. If he was going to make us live with his choices he would have to do so as well. It was even harder on Esme when he locked himself in his room and refused to hunt.

By August 10th we had found a lovely home on the outskirts of Seattle secluded enough for us to have some privacy. Esme did the bare necessities in cleaning the place up and decorating, but she just didn't find the joy in it that she once had and it broke my heart even more to see.

The rest of my children took the move in stride, and truly did try to start living again.

A week before the semester officially began I was paired up with a fellow biology professor to 'Shadow' him and learn the ropes. According to the University I was 27 and this was my first teaching post. So it was Mandatory that I have someone ' more experienced' show me around and help me adjust.

They set me up with a nice young man named William, He was a great guy and I liked him immediately. He was easy going and patient and just a genuinely nice guy. He was friendly but I also got the feeling that he was measuring me up for the first couple days, and finally on the 3rd day he started to open up more and I knew I had won his trust. It surprised me that he was so distant at first, we usually drew people in, it was all part of that Vampire ability to attract pray, but what every the reason I had not had that effect on him. We talked about random things at first and after he had accepted me, he told me about his month long trip to Britain he had just taken with his girlfriend, and we talked about our favourite places in the UK. He was hesitant when I asked about his girlfriend, and I found it odd because he would light up at the same time like he was so happy he could barely contain himself yet didn't want to share it with me. I passed it off that he must have just like to keep things Private; but I was wrong, because on the last day I had to 'shadow him' he really started to open up, and told me how they had been dating for almost three years and how he was planning to propose the following weekend. He told me how he had been nervous at first about asking her father for permission yet everything had gone smoothly. Apparently they had stayed for a month with her father after they had returned from the UK and they had really managed to bond during that time.

When I had asked how they had met he just smiled and said it was a story for another day, and he looked nervous. Who knows maybe it was someplace embarrassing.

The following week I started work officially and was teaching 5 classes all of which were first year classes and Edward was in one of them. I hung out with Will in between classes and it was nice having a friend at work. For the first time in a long time I felt young, and it felt natural to have a guy friend to talk to, someone outside the family. It made me feel more human every day. That Thursday when we met at 3:00 after our classes were finished he looked completely frazzled. I walked into his office to him running around saying, "Shit, I can't find it, I can't find it" over and over again.

"What's the matter Will?" I asked smiling, " You lose some papers already?"

He looked up at me and tried to smile, " Hey man, No I wish! You know how I said I was popping the question this weekend?"

"Yes" I said confused

"Well we live together right, so when I bought the ring I didn't want to hide it at home in case she found it, so I hid it here at my office, but now I can't seem to find it." He said tossing some more papers around.

I looked around the mess trying to see anything that looked like a ring box, and my eyes fell upon a bag hidden behind some books on his top shelf. " Is that it there on the top shelf?" I asked pointing

"Oh, Thank-you so much, I guess I only did a good job at hiding it from myself aye, it took you all of what 5 seconds to locate it." He said laughing

"I was just lucky, why did you hide it in here anyways, couldn't you have just left it in your top drawer or something?" I asked

A slight reddening started on his ears, nothing a human would notice but I could, "Yea well, umm.. Well sometimes she surprises me at work." He said with a slight smile touching his lips.

"Aww, yes I see" I said smiling back, It had been ages since Esme had done something like that. "I'll have to suggest that to my wife for sometime in the future."

We talked for a bit longer before he had to leave for the day, and I had one more class to teach. I wished him luck and said I would see him next week.

The weekend went by fast and it was nice having my weekends at home with Esme, something I had never been able to do when I worked as a doctor. I told her about Will and how he was proposing to his girlfriends this weekend. It was odd that I didn't even know her name, nor how old she was or what she did for a living.

Monday came quickly and when I was walking across the quad to my morning class I passed Will heading for his class.

"How did it go?" I asked needlessly, you could barely see the man's face his smile was so big.

"She said yes, It was perfect." He said joyously," Why don't you come by my office round two and we'll talk?"

"Sure thing, see you at 2" I replied walking away again towards my class. My classes went by fast and in no time I found myself letting the kids go, I got stuck behind talking to 2 first year girls, rambling on about something that wasn't even Biology related.

When I finely got out of the lab I realized I was running late for meeting Will and hurried my pace up as much as I could without looking out of place. I had, had my head in the clouds because I hadn't even stopped to register the noises I was hearing before walking into Wills office apologising as I went for being late.

Then my eyes moved to the desk, there sitting on the desk back to me,was what I assumed to be Will's Fiancé, Dressed up, or shall I say dressed down, in a catholic school girls outfit complete with thigh highs and pigtails. The skit that wouldn't have covered her underwear had she been wearing any pushed up her hips so that she sat bared on the desk with Will between her legs. I took a deep breath and started apologising for interrupting telling Will I would come by later, and It wasn't until I was through the door leaving his office that the smell register with me, It smelled like Bella, Lilacs, Freesias and Strawberries. I started to walk away slowly thinking it was impossible the she be here, when I heard some shuffling and murmurs and then Will came out a tad dishevelled but put together still.

"Carlisle wait, I'm so sorry about that, Bella surprised me and I forgot all about the time and meeting with you and well I forgot to lock the door." He explained but I didn't care about his sex life, except did he just say Bella?

" Bella?" I asked

"Yes, oh shit, Bella is my Fiancé, I guess I never told you her name did I." He said, " Look please come back I would like you to meet her, I think you two will get along great, who knows maybe she and your wife have stuff in common as well."

" Are you sure, I don't want to interrupt, I can come back later and you can , umm, finish."

Will laughed and shook his head, "Na, It's fine, come meet her now, It will give me an excuse for me to get her back into it when we get home anyways" he said smiling.

We walked back to his door and he knocked lightly, " Bella honey, you all good?" he asked before entering. It couldn't be our Bella it just couldn't be.

A muffled " Yes Will' came back and he opened the door.

There, sitting on the little couch Will had in his office, sat Bella clutching her long cashmere trench coat tightly around her. Her head in her hands looking down towards her lap trying to hide her blush that I could feel radiating off of her. She had pulled the pigtails out and instead, her hair flew out loose around her.

"Carlisle, I'd like you to meet my Fiancé Bella, Bella this is the man I was telling you about that I was showing the ropes to before school, Carlisle" Will said pleasantly, totally oblivious to what was happening right before his eyes.

She looked up and I locked eyes with her. Sure enough, It was those same beautiful chocolate eyes that looked back at me, My daughter sat in front of me, I finally had her back, Except I didn't, she was engaged to Will, living with him, they had been dating for 3 years.

But it can't be, Bella had said once that she didn't believe in marriage and she's going to marry Will. But no matter what flew into my head I knew it was her and that this was going to be interesting.

"It's nice to meet you Carlisle" She said, and then she fainted.

A/N: Hope you liked it! There is a poll on my profile asking who you want Bella to end up with, I would love it if you voted. I'll be slowing the story line up from here on out trying to get into the story more and hopefully have some drama play out!

Please Review it helpd motivate me to skip homework and work on the story instead:)