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The Truth

Epilogue

"For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it."

(BPOV)

My hands were sweating and my heart was beating fast with anticipation. I had never thought that I would be going to this college. Never in my dreams that I had thought that someday would I be going to Harvard. If not for Edward and for the better quality of education, I wouldn't be going here. During the summer break, he had somehow persuaded me to go here, we had a deal. If I pass the entrance exam, I would be going no matter what, and if I fail, he would let me choose where I want to go. Unfortunately, I passed. And I am not proud to say that Elizabeth would be paying half of my expenses, letting me study in the academy was already too much.

I haven't seen Edward since Christmas break and that left me so anxious. That Christmas, everything changed. Our family was finally backed to normal again. It was just at that time, Elizabeth and I talked. The thing that we really lack was conversation, and also, it was the thing that fixed our relationship. I had my second mother again.

(Flashback/Last Christmas)

"Are you done placing the gifts under the tree?" I asked Edward after placing mine's under the tree.

Instead of him, answering, it was another voice that I heard. I didn't know that Edward had already left to his room.

"Bella, can we…talk?" Elizabeth asked.

It was the first time after almost a year that she had asked me to talk to her. It was not that we don't talk, we talk, but you could barely call it a 'talk'. All we talk about was the weather, the latest news and school, and we often do it awkwardly. We were both trying to fix what was damaged, but we were not doing it the right way, maybe this talk could make everything better.

"Sure," I answered nicely.

We both sat on the couch and then we faced each other. I could feel the awkwardness in the atmosphere again. I know this would be hard, but we really have to do this. We should have done this a long time ago.

"I just want to talk about you and Edward," she said straightforwardly.

"I know."

"I just want to say that…I'm okay with you and Edward dating. I understand now that no matter what I do, you two will still be together, because you love each other. I know how it feels to be in love and not being able to be with the person that you love. Just please, take things slowly, I know how young people—"

"We do take things slowly. We won't do anything that we are not ready at," I cut her off, laughing a bit.

"Thank God. I'm really so sorry with the way that I acted with you these days. It's just that it was really hard to accept your relationship with Edward," she said. "You know you two were supposed to be brother-sister, but you ended up being in love. I should have known that this thing could happen. It's not that I don't want you to be together, it's just kinda funny." She laughed softly.

"I know. We both know that. We tried to stay away from each other, but each time that we do that, it just draws us to be closer. The more we stay away from each other, the more we miss each other, the more we realize how we love each other."

We talked for almost two hours. Our conversation flowed nicely and we even discovered things that we didn't know about each other. She also told me some things about Elaine. She said that they found her already, but looks like she was living fine that's why they didn't bother her anymore. I know that it hurt her to stay away from her daughter, but she had to. She didn't know what other things Elaine could do.

It had been so long since I had opened up like this to someone. Yeah, I have my dad, I have my friends, but it was still different when you talk to someone who could truly understand you, someone who was like your mother.

(End of Flashback)

I held my suitcase tightly and then I searched for Edward in the sea of people. At this time, the airport was filled with students from summer vacation. There were families, friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, waiting for their loved ones. It was almost impossible to find Edward with so much people around, but I still spotted those emerald eyes.

My legs felt wobbly, but I still tried to walk faster. I was filled with excitement and anxiety. I had missed him so much. I didn't realize that I was already running. He still hadn't seen me.

"Edward!" I called.

He turned and then he looked at me. I saw his eyes brightened up and then he smiled crookedly. When I saw him smile at me, the aftereffects of my five hours in the plane seem to fade away. He ran to me and then he crashed me in a hug. My suitcase was forgotten on the floor. I wrapped my arms around him and I hugged him back tightly. He placed small kisses on my cheek, and then he pulled away.

Not caring if there were so many people around, I pulled him to me and I kissed him feverishly. It's funny, we hadn't said anything yet to each other, yet here we were making out in the middle of an airport jam packed with people.

"I missed you," I said when I pulled away.

"Me too…oh God, I love you," he said dotingly.

"I love you too." I smiled, blushing.

I know that starting from this moment, everything would change. We would be together, but I know that problems couldn't be avoided. Never in my life that I imagine that I would love someone as much as I love him. I think the best decision that I had made in my life was to love him and not caring about the consequences of it. Yeah, it's the truth.

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