BPOV
I looked up to my 17 year old husband's eyes and admired him greatly, sure he looked like a boy but to me he was a handsome, sweet, wise, intelligent man.
I remembered when I went to his bedside table looking for a pencil but instead I found a bottle cap. It looked so familiar so I decided to confront him and ask him what a bottle cap was doing here.
He said "It belongs to you, the first time you sat at a table with me in high school you bought lemonade and I used it as a top."
"I remember!" I gasped he kept it all this time.
"Before when we weren't dating this is what reminded me of you, it was the only thing that helped me when I left you. It kept me going since I couldn't bear to look at pictures and that is why I keep it. It's my lucky charm." He said.
At the thought of this I hugged him tighter.
I remembered back to my transformation too. Those simple words that he confessed to me;
"Bella, I love you and although I should be saying this when your conscious and alert but I still can't bring myself to do that. I've tried plenty of times before but I just couldn't. So what I wanted to say is I love you and when I first looked into those chocolate brown eyes of yours I fell madly in love. Though I didn't know it then I do know now that I can bear to live without you.
I know you have had an unpleasant encounter with the Volturi but I have a slight respect for Marcus.
Since he lost the love of his life, his Bella, Didyme, he saw the way I felt when I thought I lost you. You see when I went to the Volturi that spring; Marcus was the one who comforted me. He came to where they kept me and listened patiently while I spoke of you and he shared his stories with me, except for Didyme's death. When I told him of my decision of dieing he told me not to. When I asked him why and very rudely actually, he said that he wished the same too but he is finally learning to cope. When I asked him why he didn't die he said Aro wouldn't let him.
This man couldn't die because he wasn't allowed to. He eventually convinced the Volturi to let me go and since I was mad I resulted to force. I planned to do something insane to make the Volturi to kill me. But now I'm thankful for that second chance. Otherwise I wouldn't have our child; I wouldn't have you with me for eternity.
That's the only thing I've ever been unable to say to you Bella. I hope you can hear this." I remembered that story so vividly and I don't know why but I wanted to ask him about it.
So I pulled him aside and told him about the story. He smiled and told me that it was all true and that he was glad that I had heard it. He leaned down to kiss me but then stiffened and weary look spread across his face almost distressed.