Hey guys!! I'm soooo excited to write this chapter... I know I was quite naughty last chapter wasn't I? Haha. Everyone was reviewing like, 'I wonder what Alice saw!' and 'I'm so confused!'

I was debating in school today whether to put a cliff hanger in it and cut the chapter in two... But I decided against it, because I'm not that evil! Haha. So you'll be pleased to know this chapter will be pretty long...

This chapter is the foundation for my story, the whole story... When I thought of the idea, this was the chapter I'd pictured and have been working towards throughout the journey.

Whenever I came on my laptop to write another chapter I would always want to write this one, just to get it off my chest... But I know from past experience that it's not a good idea. So the suspense has been building in me and I'm sure you too, and now it's here! All the answers, all the romance!

Enjoy! And I hope I shock you!!

I walked upstairs slowly, taking in the silent house like a drug.

So peaceful.

I smiled as I made my way to Bella's bedroom.

Our whole family had gone out on a 'date' to give us some time together. Bella had gone out hunting and would thankfully be back at anytime.

I opened her door and walked inside with the many bags she'd collected while on her shopping trip today with Alice.

Alice.

She had been avoiding me all day after her weird phone call last night. Her thoughts were worried and tense and when she'd noticed me trying to read them, she'd decided Bella needed a whole new wardrobe...

I walked over to the bed where Bella had told me to leave the bags. I set them down gently and looked around her room.

Something caught my eye.

I turned and saw the one bit of paper on Bella's bedside table.

My curiosity got the better of me and I walked over to look at it.

It was a list.

My brows furrowed as I lifted it and began to walk around the room.

I read down the list, and stopped in the middle of the room when I realised what it was.

It was the things Bella wanted to do.

Everyone of them had been crossed out.

Enrol in High School.

Find a permanent place to live.

Find a family.

There were only two that hadn't been crossed out.

Fall in love.

Find a mate.

My world came crashing down around me.

I tried to breathe as my throat closed over. I blinked at the page, as if it would make the horrible words disappear.

"What?" I asked aloud, waiting for the page to give me an answer. Preferably one I'd like to hear, like 'She just forgot to cross them out.'

But I couldn't deny what I saw in front of me...

Bella didn't love me...

My mind started running wild, having a debate with itself and suddenly my silent head was filled with chaos.

One side said of course she loved me, why would she act the way she does?

The other half said that the evidence proved wrong, she hadn't crossed it out, she obviously didn't love me...

That side won...

Deflated and heartbroken, I stood in the middle of Bella's bedroom, wondering what I would do next.

I would have to leave... She loved this family, she'd crossed it out on her list...

I would leave to make her happy.

"Edward?" Bella's voice came from the door.

I turned towards her, the beautiful and loving smile on her face almost giving me hope.

She must have seen it in my eyes, because her smile faded and she came over to me in one quick movement.

"Edward? What's wrong?" she asked gently.

She looked down at my shaking hands that held the piece of paper and she gasped lightly.

She glanced back up at me, "Edward, I-"

"Don't Bella..." I whispered, shaking my head, "I understand now..."

"Understand?" she asked, her voice lowering, "No Edward you don't..."

"Yes," I nodded, "I do Bella... You just don't love me... It's okay, honestly." I took in a ragged breath and handed her the paper, "It's fine."

"No..." she shook her head, my words making her silent.

"You don't need to try and explain Bella." I said, my courage increasing knowing that Bella's happiness would soon be with her. I put my hand on the side of her face, "Don't worry... I'll leave." Her eyes widened but she remained speechless, "You can be happy with your new family... You won't hear from me again, I promise... I'll let you be truly happy now."

I had to try to smile, even though my heart was breaking...

I began to turn around, but I stopped. I wouldn't leave her without telling her the words she needed to hear...

I looked back at her, my hand still on her cheek, "Even if you don't love me..." I took a deep breath, "I love you..." I whispered and her breath was let out in a deep sigh.

I bent down and kissed her forehead softly, "Goodbye Bella." I whispered, at least this time I got to say goodbye.

I turned, letting go of my love, and began to walk to the door.

I put my hand on the doorknob as I reached it and I looked at the floor, "I promise to love you forever. Every single day of forever..."

"Will you marry me?" Bella breathed suddenly.

My hand stilled, and I could've sworn that my heart began to beat again. My breathing stopped and my stomach tightened in shock.

I turned towards her quickly and she stood staring at me, her eyes wide with shock, love and – finally – recognition.

"Edward?" she whispered.

I watched in horror as she began to fall, her eyes closing over and her body going limp.

I ran forward and caught her body before it hit the floor.

"Bella?" I asked hurriedly, "Bella?!"

Her body was shaking gently, her breathing coming quickly and then slow and then quickly again.

I moved a piece of hair from her face, "Bella, love?" I asked, truly worried.

I didn't know what was happening to her. But I knew one thing for sure, she'd remembered me...

But now, she looked like she was... Dying.

I lay in the bed, my arms tight around her shaking body and my cheek against hers as I closed my eyes and prayed she would be okay.

She wasn't shaking as much now, just shocks now and then. But her breathing was becoming shallow and less often now.

I knew it was impossible for a vampire to die apart from the one traditional way, but I couldn't deny what was in front of me.

"It's going to be okay, Bella." I whispered for the hundredth time since I'd laid her on the bed.

Less than five minutes had passed since she'd whispered the rest of my sentence from 92 years ago, but it felt like five eternity's.

I took a deep breath and reached up to stroke her hair as another shock came through her.

I should've rang the others, but if this was Bella's last few minutes I wanted to spend them with her...

"I love you Bella." I whispered softly, "I truly do... I should've told you sooner... But I love you Bella."

I lay there in silence, getting no reply.

Suddenly something wet touched my cheek as it lay against Bella's. I raised my head slowly to look at her.

She was crying.

"Impossible..." I whispered.

Vampires couldn't cry...

I touched the tear gently as another ran down her cheek.

I brought it up my eyes for inspection and sure enough, it was a tear.

I looked back down at her.

Her eyes were still closed, but her body had stopped shaking and her breathing had stopped completely.

I watched her in silence and suddenly her eyes opened and in the same instant a million feelings flooded through me.

Happiness and relief were the first, my heart seemed to stutter in my chest even though it was still.

Love broke through every feature as I gazed down into her eyes.

"Edward." She whispered, her voice full of what I'd longed for – remembrance.

She jumped up from the bed suddenly and into my arms.

I hugged her tightly, my feelings from the list disappearing instantly.

"Bella." I whispered against her hair.

"Oh Edward!" she cried, she pulled back to look at me, her eyes full of shock, relief and tears...

"You r-remember?" I stuttered.

She nodded slowly as the tears streamed down her face, "Everything."

I closed my eyes and smiled gently. Her hand touched my cheek and I opened my eyes to look at her once more.

"Why didn't you tell me?" she asked softly.

"I wanted you to remember." I spoke, my voice broken, "I didn't want to have to tell you about the love we had, I wanted you to feel it yourself."

"I did... I do."

"You remember everything?" I asked hesitantly.

She smiled, "Yes..." she shook her head, "But it's not like I just watched it over and saw what happened..." she tried to explain, "It's as if a veil has been lifted... Like the fog as rolled away and made everything clear again... The memories were always there..." she whispered, she waited for a long moment, "I told you didn't I?" she asked suddenly.

"Told me what?"

"That I felt like I'd loved before... And you said nothing," she said gently and she touched my cheek, "But you knew I was talking about you..."

"Yes... It made me more determined to make you remember."

She smiled. "I remember everything Edward... Every thought, every feeling, every word, every touch, every moment of it..."

I smiled at her and laid my forehead against hers, "Finally..." I closed my eyes, "You don't know how long I've waited..."

"You must have thought I was dead?" she asked.

"Yes." I nodded, "Convinced... And then I saw you again, after 92 years." I laughed, "Impossible."

"But somehow possible..." she whispered, "Why weren't we together when we were changed?"

"The O'Kelly's changed us."

"The O'Kelly's?"

"A vampire couple determined on gaining power over The Volturi." I laughed, "They were changing anyone... Peter O'Kelly was a reader and when they changed us after the fire... You remember the fire?" I asked.

She nodded, "You saved me..."

I smiled, "Well, when we were changing he read for our powers. Seeing I was a mind reader they kept me... And because you were blocking him, they thought you were useless and they left you..."

She nodded slowly, "What happened to them?"

"Well I lived with them for about fifteen years... They taught me that good was evil, they tried to teach me... But I never believed. Instead I hunted at different times and took people that deserved to die... Murderers, rapists... I decided to leave them, they were evil... I found out about the animals and continued with that life for another year until I found Carlisle in the woods when I was hunting... The O'Kelly's however... After I left someone told The Volturi what they were planning and..." I shrugged carelessly, "They took care of them."

"They're dead." She stated simply and I nodded.

We sat in silence for a long moment and then I closed my eyes as my grip tightened on her.

"What's wrong?" she asked, worried.

"I feel like I'm going to wake up soon..." I whispered and she laughed gently, "I can't believe this is happening."

"Believe it." She said softly, "I remember and..." she trailed off.

"And?" I asked.

"And I love you Edward... I did when I was human, I did even when I couldn't remember you... And I do now... More than ever..."

I opened my eyes to look at her, the tears now stopped and a smile on her face.

"I love you too Bella." I whispered.

I pulled her close and we hugged each other tightly.

"That list." She whispered against my hair. I let out a breath, "No Edward." She said fiercely, "You don't understand... You wouldn't give me a chance to explain, all you talked about was leaving..."

"I wanted to make you happy..." I whispered.

"If you wanted to make me happy then you would know that I want you to stay..." she said emotionally, "I was going to cross it out tonight... I wanted to tell you I loved you first... I've kind of got OCD." She laughed, "I needed to know how you felt too..."

"You know how I feel. You always did." I said truthfully.

"Yes." She smiled, "When I met you in the woods... The look on your face," she giggled, "And then when you saw your ring on my finger..."

She pulled back from my grasp and we both looked down at my ring, "It surprised me that you still had it on..." I whispered.

"Something told me not to take it off..." she smiled.

I pulled her close again, unable to be away from her touch for very long, "I don't think I've ever been happier... Except from when I was human..." I smiled.

"That was because we had each other... And now we've got each other again." She said quietly.

We gazed into each other's eyes for a long moment, just like we had 92 years ago, except this time we both remembered our old life...

She leaned forward and we closed our eyes as our lips touched. Passion sparked between us, making up for lost time.

Her lips were demanding against mine, the story of our lives being told through the contact they made with each other.

I took in her scent as we kissed and I pulled her closer to me. She tangled her fingers in my hair and pushed me down on the bed.

We kissed for another immeasurable moment and then she pulled back, her eyes dancing with love, "At least this time I knock you down onto the bed, not stones..." she smiled gently, "I wonder if Nessie had a good life..." she whispered unexpectedly.

"A very good one."

"You looked her up?" she gasped.

"I went to check up on her about a month after we 'died'... She was heartbroken..."

"The one night she leaves us alone and that happens..." Bella whispered.

I nodded, "I kept checking up on her, making sure she was okay... About two years later she got married to Robert..."

"The gardener?!" Bella asked incredulously, "I knew she loved him but I never thought they would actually get married!"

I smiled, "She always had her eye on him when we were in the garden."

"I'm glad she was happy..." Bella whispered.

"She had two children." I added blissfully.

Bella's face lit up, "Really?"

I nodded, "She called them Bella and Edward..." I added silently.

"No!" she gasped, her face softened after a minute, "She truly did love us, didn't she?" she shook her head.

"Like we loved her..." I whispered.

We sat in silence for another long moment, reminiscing in memories of our Nessie.

Bella smiled suddenly, her mind at rest, and she bent down to kiss me again.

"Ugh." I groaned against her lips.

"What?" she asked, lifting her head.

"What do you think?" I smiled, "They're coming..." I said simply.

Surprisingly her face lit up, "Our family."

I nodded.

"What are they thinking?" she asked nervously.

I listened to their thoughts as they came closer within my range. They were at the beginning of the forest.

Their thoughts were... Speechless.

My brows furrowed, "They're wordless..." I smiled, "Or thoughtless..."

Bella giggled softly.

"Wait." I held up a finger. All their thoughts were speechless, and extremely happy. Especially one person's... I smiled at Bella as she waited expectantly, "Alice." Was all I said.

"!!!!!"

We sat up in the bed, both of us now hearing the feet as they ran through the forest.

I kept my arms around Bella and looked at the door waiting. I looked at Bella from the corner of my eye.

She was staring at me.

"What?" I laughed.

"I love you..." she whispered again, "Just like the first day."

I smiled and kissed her fiercely, "I love you too..."

We heard their footsteps coming closer and we both looked at the door.

It flew open with a gust of wind from their running.

Alice was the first to come through. She sped through the door, and began running around the room so fast she was a blur, even to me.

The rest of my family followed soon after and Alice finally stopped beside Bella's couch.

They all stared at Bella and I, massive smiles across their faces, everyone was silent for a long moment.

"Hi." Bella and I said together.

"Oh my God! I can't believe it!"

"I never thought this would happen!"

"I never thought it would happen so quickly!"

"Look how happy you two are!"

My whole family began talking in one big rush and Bella and I just looked at them, trying to take them all in.

Suddenly Bella placed her head on my shoulder as we watched our family talk. Everyone watched her innocent movement and stopped talking with the serenity of the moment.

"We are so happy for the both of you..." Esme whispered.

"Alice has been a wreck all night..." Carlisle smiled, "We were beginning to get worried... And then when she told us, we came as soon as possible..." he looked at the floor, "So you remember everything Bella?" he asked and I smiled, detective Cullen was coming out now.

Bella smiled and looked at me lovingly, "Yes." She said simply.

"Interesting... How?"

We both looked at each other and I spoke, "I said what I'd said to her when we were human and I'd asked her to marry me..."

Carlisle frowned, "I wonder how that did it?" he mused.

"I know why..." Bella smiled and we all looked at her, "Because they were the most important and special words I'd ever heard in my life... Hearing them again, brought it all back..."

Everyone let out a gentle breath and Esme gave a little 'aw'.

"Carlisle?" I called.

"Yes, Edward?" he responded quickly.

"Bella uh... I don't know how to say it..."

"Bella what?" Carlisle asked.

"Bella... Cried." I said hesitantly.

Everyone gasped.

Carlisle stepped forward, interest and eagerness deep in his eyes, "She cried?"

I nodded, "You see when I'd said those words to her, she'd finished my sentence... And then she sort of... Fainted and was shaking and she wasn't waking up... So I put her on the bed and lay with her... And then I felt her tears... I was wondering how it was possible?"

Carlisle stood for a long moment, his brows furrowed in concentration. Suddenly his face lightened and he smiled, "I know why."

"You do?" Everyone asked.

He nodded, "I think, the pain of losing you Edward, the regret of forgetting you, and the happiness of finding you again... Was just too much for vampirism to hold back..." he turned to Bella, "Your emotions were too strong."

Bella smiled and looked at me, "I told you I loved you..."

I looked at her for another long moment and suddenly Alice let out a massive sigh.

We all turned to look at her as she flung herself down on Bella's couch.

"What's wrong Alice?" I asked.

"Nothing... Absolutely nothing..." she smiled, closing her eyes.

"Alice?" I queried.

She opened her eyes to look at me, "You don't know how torturous this has been for me Edward."

"What do you mean?"

"22 years Edward." She said seriously, "22 years."

"22 years?" I gasped as the memory hit me, "22 years... You had that vision all those years ago? You knew what was going to happen?" I asked half annoyed, half astonished.

She smiled sarcastically, "And you don't know how it's been driving me crazy... Hiding my thoughts for 22 years is hell Edward."

"So why did you then? Why didn't you just tell me?"

She shook her head, "It doesn't work like that. The first vision I had was that Bella was alive. Then I got another and another... Like I said before, you can't take shortcuts... It messes everything up..."

"But you tried to take a shortcut... With the list..."

"Yes." She sighed, "Because it was getting on my last nerve."

"So you knew this was going to happen?" I asked once more.

She smiled, "Yes... And not only has it frustrated me, but it made me happy... Knowing that you would be happy, sooner or later..."

I smiled at her, my heart melting, "Thank you Alice..."

"Don't mention it... But you can buy me a new wardrobe." She added quickly, "22 years of plotting and sorting and figuring out times and dates!" she sighed and took a deep breath, "But that's all over now, and I can finally relax..." she sighed leaning back in the chair.

Her smile faded gently and she opened her eyes to look at me.

"What?" I asked, I tried to read her thoughts but she was hiding them, "You're hiding your thoughts Alice."

"Sorry!" she shook her head, "Habit..."

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"It seems I can't relax just yet... But I don't mind..." she smiled sweetly, "Fashion is involved."

Suddenly I saw her thoughts... I knew what she was talking about.

I smiled and looked around my family who were standing with confused expressions.

I turned towards Bella, "I know what she's talking about..." I confessed.

"What?" she asked.

"Isabella Marie Swan." She gasped, "I promise to love you forever. Every single day of forever. Will you marry me?"

She looked at me, happiness and love shining in her eyes, she threw her arms around my neck, "Yes Edward... Yes..." she whispered emotionally.

I smiled and hugged her back and we stayed like that for a long moment, just relaxing in each other's arms.

We let each other go and looked at our family.

Every single one of them... Had tears in their eyes...

I guess the emotion was too much for them too...

I looked back at Bella and was surprised to find my own vision was blurry... I was crying too....

Alice wiped her eyes gently, "Come on Rose, Esme," she coughed, removing the lump in her throat, "Bella... We have a wedding to arrange."

I smiled brightly as Bella got up from my arms. She bent down and kissed me softly, "I love you..." she whispered as her lips came away from mine.

She walked towards Alice, Rose and Esme who were waiting by the door and she left with them, to plan our wedding...

I really, really, really, hope you liked it!!

There is still another chapter to come and the epilogue, so we aren't finished yet, but Bella has finally remembered!! Yay!!

And i wasn't naughty!! I was gonna end it when she fainted, but i decided to be nice....

I hope you guys like it and please, please review!!