Chapter 26

I looked at him confused, "Around two and a half months…why?" I asked confused.

He smiled lightly as I watched realization sparkle in his eyes, "I used to hum it to you when you were sleeping."

"You did?" I asked shocked.

"Yeah…if I couldn't sleep and you were asleep I'd hum it to you," he told me before he kissed the top of Carlie's head.

I was truly amazed by this man. He would hum to me when I was sleeping. I don't think I've ever heard of a man doing that before. But then most men aren't like Edward. I understood now why all the girls were crazy over him. I always thought it was because of his looks but it definitely went beyond that.

Edward Cullen was exactly what ever girl wanted. He was a perfect Mr. Right. This may sound selfish but…I understood why they chose him for me now. After everything bad I've been through…I've deserved to have something good and pure in my life. That was Edward. He was the first one good thing I had in my life.

I had Carlie now but true love wise he made my life worth living for. He made all the bad stuff seem small when I thought about how this perfect man loved me. After all these years of being with me, it finally made sense why he was given to someone with so much bad luck.

It's weird how I had this epiphany now after so many years. The one mystery I couldn't figure out was why he loved me. There wasn't anything very special about me. Other than the fact that I can see ghosts nothing about me is quite interesting. Why would someone so perfect love me?

Can love really be explained though? If someone asked me why I loved Edward would I really be able to find the words to why I love him? Would I be able to explain what it was that drew me to him? Nothing came to mind. I mean I fell in love with him when I was little and didn't even know what it meant. Was it just destiny?

Are we all destined to find that one person and spend the rest of our lives with them? Is that why I knew, deep down inside, that I would end up with Edward when I was younger?

"Penny for your thoughts?" Edward asked breaking me out of my epiphany.

"Huh?" I asked.

He smiled at me lightly, "What are you thinking so much about?" he asked.

I sighed and rested my chin on my folded hands on the piano, "Lots of things."

"Like?"

"You," I responded back automatically. Carlie was still playing a melody on the piano.

"What about me?" he asked.

"Just," I shook my head a bit, "I don't get it."

He looked at me confused, "Don't get what?"

"Why…?" I got too caught up in my thoughts to finish the sentence.

"Why what?" he asked getting more confused by the second.

"Why do you love me?" I finally let out.

He stayed quiet as he looked me straight in the eyes, "Where is this coming from?" he asked. He seemed upset for some reason.

I lifted my head and leaned against the piano a bit confused by his tone, "I don't know…I was just wondering," I replied back in a small voice as I looked down. "I'm sorry it was a stupid question," I said as I looked back up at him.

"It was stupid Bella. Why would you ask something like that?" he asked in a kind voice.

His mood swings were going haywire. He went from curious to upset to kind in less than two minutes. I shrugged and looked back down at my hands on the piano, "I don't see why you do that's all."

"It's kind of hard to explain but it's like my heart just calls out to you," he responded back in thought.

"Calls out to me," I repeated a bit confused.

"It's like it's telling me that only you are meant for me and that you are the only one that can make my heart whole. Make me whole," how did I get this wonderful man?!

I leaned away from the piano and walked over to the seat. I sat down next to him and smiled before I rested the side of my head on his shoulder. "You guys are so cute together!!"

Completely surprised by the voice I jumped up in fright and ended up falling back off the piano seat. I heard the loud thud as my head hit the floor. My ears rung and there was a painful throbbing coming from the back of my head.

"Mommy!" I could hear Carlie's voice echo in my ears.

I tightened my already closed eyes as the throbbing increased. I could feel someone moving my body around the piano seat, "Bella? Bella can you hear me?" Edward's voice echoed from my left.

I could feel someone touching my face, "Mommy, please open your eyes," I could hear the fear shaking in her voice.

I moved my hand up unsteady to touch my head before I slowly opened my eyes to meet a pair of brown ones. Everything was moving and my vision was blurry. I blinked rapidly as I touched my head, "Ouch."

I watched as Carlie turned around to look at someone before she moved aside, "Bella?" Edward was suddenly in my blurry line of vision. "How many fingers am I holding up?" he asked. I took my eyes off his face and found his fingers right above me. I blinked faster and tried to squint to see but everything was moving in my eyes.

"Four?" I asked.

"No its two," he said in concern. He lightly tucked one hand under my head and another one under my back. He slowly lifted me and rested the top half of my body against him. "You hit your head hard."

"Nah you think," I mumbled out sarcastically.

"What happened?" he asked.

I tried to think through the fuzz that was clouding my head as I tried to remember why I had fallen in the first place.

"Sorry…I didn't know you could see me again," I looked up to find an all too familiar face that I hadn't seen in two years.

"Melissa?" I asked as I squinted up at her.

"Yeah it's me! Oh my gawd! I've missed you so much!!" she exclaimed as she bounced a bit.

"Next time you decide to pop in give a heads up before my head hits the floor will ya?" I asked as I rubbed my forehead.

"Hi Melissa," my hand froze in place. Please tell me I did not just hear what I think I heard. I slowly brought my hand down and looked over at Carlie.

"Can you see Melissa princess?" Edward asked her in a bit of panic.

"Of course she can see me. She's been able to see me since she was smaller," she told us.

I looked over at Carlie and waited for an answer, "Melissa's my friend," she told us.

Oh great! My daughter has to carry on this stupid burden I have. "Oh no," I moaned out.

"What's wrong?" Edward asked rapidly, "Does something hurt?" he asked.

What kind of stupid question is that? "No…well yeah but that's not why I was complaining," I replied back as I rubbed the back of my head.

"Then why?" he asked.

"I'll tell you later. Carlie can you go get mommy the Advil bottle?" she knew what I was talking about.

"Okay," she said with a small smile before she got up and ran to the kitchen.

"Now are you going to tell me?" he asked.

"Carlie can see ghosts," I said with a sigh.

"And?" he asked confused.

"And? Hello! Do you think I want her to see this?" I motioned my hand toward Melissa although he couldn't see it.

"Hey!" she whined.

"You know what I mean Mel," I told her softly as I tried to sit up.

"No I don't know what you mean," she said as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"She's a little girl. You think I want her to see things like this?" I asked her as Edward pulled me back against him.

She sighed and dropped her arms, "I know. But there's nothing you can do about it though. She was born like that."

I sighed as I closed my eyes and moved my head to the side that way my face was nuzzled into Edward's neck, "Great I ruined her life already."

"You haven't ruined her life Bella. Maybe it'll go away when she gets older," he said as he wrapped his arms around me.

"And what if it doesn't?" I asked as I peered up at him from under my lashes.

A/N: Please Review!!