Bella woke up the next morning and she was confused, Edward was not next to her, she still had her eyes closed but she couldn't feel his cold arms around her
" Edward?" Bella asked
There was no answer
She opened her eyes and gasped, she was in her own room
Bella sat up
" Wow... I'm back" Bella whispered
She got out of bed and noticed she was wearing the same pajamas she was wearing when she went to bed that night before she went to the past
She checked her cell phone and noticed it was the day after the night she went to the past
" So time didn't go on with out us" Bella whispered
Then she noticed a note written in Edward's handwriting saying that he was out hunting and will be back later that day
" Hunting? Now? After we just got back from the past?" Bella asked to nobody, " Well... his eyes were getting kind of dark before we were sent to the past... great now I'm talking to myself"
Bella took a few deep breaths to calm down and started thinking rationally, " What if it was all a dream? A very... vivid and... long dream? That's the only thing that makes sense... Edward and I just finished watching Titanic and I fell asleep and dreamed that we were on the Titanic as the two main characters of the movie... we saved the little boy from drowning because I thought that is what should have happened... we went to visit Edward's parents because I knew he was 11 in that time... and I dreamed about his parents because Edward told me about his parents and his life before the Influenza... Yes... it has to be a dream"
Bella smiled after she came to that conclusion and started getting ready for the day
" Good morning Dad" Bella said coming down into the kitchen
" Good morning Bells" Charlie said reading the newspaper, " What are your plans on this rare sunny day?"
Bella shrugged, what she wanted to do was go to the Cullens and see Edward and tell him about her dream, what she had to do was wait until Edward's scheduled time since she's grounded for going to Italy to save her love's life... and for that motorcycle thing which she doesn't want to remember because that was Jacob's fault and she doesn't want to think about him
" I'll probably go read outside or something, enjoy the sun while it lasts you know" Bella said
Charlie nodded, " Have fun"
Bella went upstairs and grabbed her book then went back downstairs, and headed outside to read in the sun, she thought about if she wasn't grounded, she and Edward would be in their meadow right now, she would be telling him of her dream, he would smile and tell her how much he loved her
Of course, the sun didn't stay that long, Bella got a couple good sun hours in, but by 2:00 the clouds started coming in
Bella groaned that the sun went away, but was happy because that meant that the Cullens could come over... well Alice could since Charlie wasn't mad at Alice... she wasn't even going to ask if Edward could come over before his scheduled time
Bella took out her cellphone and text Alice to see if she wanted to come over, for all she knew, the Cullens were done hunting
Alice called Bella instead of texting her
" Yes we are done hunting, why don't I pick you up and you can come over here?" Alice asked
" Um, because I'm grounded remember?" Bella asked
" Not for long you're not" Alice said
" What do you mean?" Bella asked confused
" You'll see" Alice said and it sounded like she was smiling, " By the time I get to your house, you will be ungrounded"
With that Alice hung up
Bella looked at her cell phone and she looked very confused
She picked up her things and headed inside
" Bells, may I speak with you for a minute?" Charlie asked from the living room
" Sure dad, just let me put my things away" Bella said
Charlie nodded
After she put her things away Bella headed towards the living room, " What's up?"
" I've been thinking" Charlie started
" Uh-oh that's never a good sign" Bella teased
Charlie rolled his eyes at his daughter, " No really I'm serious"
Bella nodded, " Ok"
" You have been really good lately, you've been following my rules about not going out with Edward, and Edward's been following my rules as well" Charlie started
Bella nodded, " Why wouldn't we follow your rules?"
" Because you're teenagers, usually teenagers will fight their parents when they're grounded, sneak out of the house etc..." Charlie started, " Now I don't want you to get any ideas"
" I'm done with all of that, no more running away" Bella said
" Good... since you've been really good about your punishment, and it's been... what a few weeks now?" Charlie asked
Bella nodded
" I know you've been trying to get a hold of Jake... and I want you to keep trying... I also want you to get out of the house and go see your friends... Bella you're ungrounded" Charlie said
Bella smiled, " Thank you Dad"
" But that doesn't mean spend all of your time with the Cullens, I want you to spend time with your other friends too... like that Newton boy, or Jessica and Angela" Charlie said
Bella nodded, " Of course Dad, I will"
" Now it's Saturday, and I know where you want to spend your time, so go call the Cullens and ask them if you can come over" Charlie said
Before Bella could say anything the doorbell rang
Charlie walked over to the door and opened it and Alice was standing there with a smile on her face, " Surprise, may I take Bella to our house for the afternoon?"
" Wow Alice, what perfect timing" Charlie said with a smile