Sorry everyone, I lied. This chapter isn't going to include Bella and Edward's conversation but I had started to write it and it still needed more of a transition leading up to it so I wanted to leave you guys with this shorter transition chapter... But the next chapter will for sure have their conversation in it! I'd be more excited but I'm still torn about how it's gonna go!
Thank you all for your amazingly positive reviews! Again, this is my first time writing fanfiction so it's just such great validation to get such wonderful feedback from you all!
BPOV
Driving home from La Push became almost impossible with the tears streaming down my face and sobs racking my entire body. Jacob had taken it better than I had thought, saying that he didn't expect much else and was glad that he had tried everything he could to make me choose him. No, Jacob was fine. It was me who wasn't. I could no longer lie to myself, I loved Jacob. But I needed Edward. Edward, who was avoiding me. Edward, who I hadn't seen in days. Edward, who I hadn't had a normal conversation with in so long. This knowledge only worsened the pain and driving became even more difficult. When I knew I could go no longer without endangering myself and everyone else on the road, I pulled to the shoulder and sobbed into the steering wheel, willing myself to stop crying.
I wasn't sure how much time had passed that I sat there. After what felt like hours, the tears finally stopped. As my breathing returned to normal, my thoughts became clearer. Edward. He didn't deserve my crying over Jacob, especially things were so rotten between us. Things couldn't stay this way. I needed to fix things—right now. I put my truck in drive and headed towards the Cullens' house.
EPOV
I did not move after Alice left my room. I sat, buried in thoughts of Jacob and Bella together and hopes of Bella and I together. I began to notice words coming from my mouth without my permission. Well, only one word. "Bella… Bella… Bella," I sobbed over and over. In my agony, I barely noticed Alice's re-entrance into my room.
"Edward?" she tried to pull me from my trance. "Edward, Bella left La Push. She's on her way over here. She's be arriving in about fifteen minutes."
Bella. Here. I could barely put together the words in my head and make sense of them. Was I ready to face her? Ironically, in that moment, Alice seemed able to read my mind. "You love her, Edward. She loves you. You will be able to work this out." And in that moment, I finally believed her words. I was ready to face Bella. Yes, I had felt betrayed by her actions but our relationship was stronger than anything that might have happened between her and Jacob. It was time that we worked things out.