(Bella POV)

As Normal as It Gets Here:

Carlisle walked back into the room holding everything needed to properly bandage up Edward's arm. He set everything down and slipped the sleeve on Edward's arm.

"Did he fall asleep," he asked.

"Yeah, just now."

"What caused you to come back to this time?"
"I don't know. It was Edward's birthday but he wasn't aging since he was a vampire on that day. He was looking at an old picture of him with Victoria since they used to date. I walked in and we started talking and he put his hand on the picture and I put my hand on his and we were sucked into it, like it was a portal."

"What did he say about the picture?"

"He said that he wondered what it would be like if I were there in his time, well, now."

"That's it. He wanted to know so both of you were brought back to here," Carlisle explained.

"Here's the thing. If I can put the scattered pieces of the puzzle together, even after the puzzle was done wrong, the future will still be aligned and both you and he will not remember any of this, me in this time period."

He smiled and then continued to wrap Edward's arm. When he finished, we took him home to his mother; his father worked. When we arrived there, I woke Edward up.

"Edward, when your mother asks what happened to your arm, you cannot say, a vampire dropped me in a cave. Don't say anything. I will tell her what happened. Now, what happened is that you tripped over books and landed on your arm, okay," I asked him.

"That's a lie."
"But no one can know about the existence of vampires. You aren't supposed to know but you entrust me in the future so I decided to entrust you."

"Fine, I'll lie."

We walked to his door. After we knocked, Elizabeth Mason came to the door. I looked at her face. It was beautiful; a light bronze, a little bit lighter than Edward's would be in the future, emerald green eyes, kind of like a cat, and everything else was evenly proportioned. She had a longer pixie cut and she was very elegant and graceful. Then I remembered Edward gave me the hand-me-downs from her. I looked at her wrist and along a charm bracelet was the heart he had given me. The one that was hard, cold, silent, like his heart, and that threw rainbows in the sunlight. It was still beautiful. Everything described Edward. I looked at her finger and my ring was there. The ring Edward gave me for our engagement. The one that was given to Elizabeth Mason from Edward Mason Senior.

"Oh my god, what happened," she exclaimed. She had a high voice. She reminded me of someone. More like two someones; a combination of Esme and Alice. Esme's brown hair, her perfectly proportioned face, and her elegantness. Alice's catlike eyes, her pixie cut, and her gracefulness.

"He tripped over books in the hallway and landed on his arm," I informed Elizabeth. I took a quick peek over at Edward who looked guilty; he was perfect, even as a human.

"Whose books," she asked. Uh-oh. I didn't think about that. We were all silent for a moment.

"Whose books," she repeated.

"Mark's," I blurted.

"You mean the Mark who is one of Edward's best friends?"

"…Yes," I said hesitant.

"Why would Mark put his books in my Edward's path?"

"He didn't. His books were on the ground and Edward didn't see them. He tripped over them and then landed on his arm."

"Alright, Edward. Come inside and relax. As for you two, thank you for taking care of him, Dr. Cullen. And you are," she asked me.

"Bella. I'm Dr. Cullen's adopted daughter."

Edward walked inside and waved with his non-broken arm. Then he disappeared up the stairs.

"Well, it was nice meeting you, Bella. I'd better get inside and take care of Edward and his arm."

I smiled. I asked her to tell him that I'd see him tomorrow. She said she would and then Carlisle and I turned to walk back to the house.

"Bella, I don't understand you. How did you resist drinking his blood entirely out of his body when you were taking the venom out of his bloodstream," Carlisle asked.

"I love him. He will do it for me in the future without killing me. I can't kill him. If I do, I'm done. I will die in the future, not because of him but because I would not have met him, married him, and been changed by him. He is everything to me. I just want to end this and get back to my Edward where I can live life happily with him forever. I know that sounds kind of cheesy, like happily ever after, but it does happen. At least it did with me. And with Alice and Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett, and with you soon too."

"Just a few questions. Who are Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett? And also, I will live happily ever after?"

"You'll find out about the four of them soon enough. And yes, you will live happily ever after with a beautiful, sweet, and perfect woman," I informed him.

"What's her name so I can be aware when I meet her?"
"I cannot tell you that. It will alter our futures," I said and he frowned.

He finally let it go. When we got back to the house, I just sat down and read a book.

The next day, I went to school. It was a normal day, well, as normal as it would get in this world. Edward was at school but everyone was signing his cast. I was able sign it with a heart around my name but it had to be pretty small. Edward looked fairly upset by that.

"What's wrong, Edward," I asked him.

"I was hoping you would sign the biggest of all," he said.

"There was not enough space. But at least I was able to put my heart on your sleeve," I said and he looked down at my signature. He smiled, definitely happier.

"My father had to stay home from work today," Edward said out of the blue.

"Why?"

"He's sick. My mother thinks that it is Spanish Influenza because she heard about it around town. Did you know it is becoming an epidemic?"

"Yeah, I did. And I'm so sorry that he's sick. How are you and your mother?"
"Well, we're alright, at least for now. I am hoping that my father will get better and that my mother and I stay healthy."

For the rest of the day, I kept silent because of my knowledge on the subject. I knew for sure that if I squealed, he would blame me when he ended up in the hospital bed.