Quil
Now Quil wanted to see Edward. I sigh heavily as we drive out of La Push. Quil could be a rational person when he wanted to be, but around vampires he wasn't always rational. This worried me a little.
"Promise me you two won't fight," I say.
"I promise not to start a fight, but I can't promise we won't," says Quil. I sigh heavily.
"That's what I was afraid you'd say," I say.
"So what's he like?" asks Quil.
"He's…perfect. He has manners, he's a gentleman, he cares about me…he doesn't care about what I am," I say.
"What was wrong with Jacob?" demands Quil.
"He's more like a brother. I just don't think I could date a member of the pack. It wouldn't feel right," I say.
"Jacob loves you though," says Quil.
"He didn't imprint on me. If I let myself love him and he imprinted I'd be just like Leah," I say. Quil shudders.
"One Leah is enough," says Quil.
"Leah has a broken heart. It's going to take time to heal, but it's not going to work if Sam's always there. Especially since he tends to give her the cold shoulder," I say.
"Well if she wasn't such a bitch Sam wouldn't have to ignore her," says Quil.
"I'm sorry to say that I agree with you, but Sam could at least try to talk to her about it in private," I say. Quil grins and punches my shoulder.
"So if I meet Edward and decide he's good enough for you, will you come home?" asks Quil.
"It's not that simple," I say, sadly.
"Why not?" demands Quil.
"Because Sam doesn't agree with it and two members of the pack aren't going to change his mind," I say.
"What if we are able to change his mind?" asks Quil.
"Then I will happily join the pack again," I say. Soon we arrive at the house and find Edward waiting on the front porch. When I pull up he walks over to the truck and looks at Quil.
"Edward, this is Quil-Quil, this is Edward," I say.
"I thought they were twins," says Edward.
"They are," I say.
"I got the good looks and Embry got…"
"The brain," I finish with a giggle. Edward chuckles and opens my door for me and helps me out. "Thank you." Quil gets out and walks around the truck to Edward. He appeared to be sizing him up. I scowl at Quil who gives me an apologetic look.
"Rosalie and Jasper are the same," says Edward. Bella giggles and stands next to Edward who wraps his arm around her waist.
"I came to talk to you," says Quil.
"I figured as much," says Edward.
"Why should I let you be with my baby sister?" asks Quil.
"That's a very good question," says Edward. He looks down at me and smiles. "Bella, I think Alice wanted to pick out your clothes for school tomorrow."
"Is that supposed to get rid of me?" I ask.
"Whatever you have to say to me you can say in front of Bella," says Quil.
"I love Bella with everything I am. I honestly don't know what she sees in me, but when I look at her I see the most beautiful person in the whole world. There aren't words to describe my feelings for her. I would give anything to keep her safe," says Edward.
"What if keeping her safe meant having to leave her for good?" asks Quil.
"I wouldn't hesitate," says Edward.
"Her pack needs her," says Quil.
"I never intended to take her away from you," says Edward.
"Well you did," says Quil coldly. I knew in that instant that Quil was hurting worse than he let on.
"Quil?" I whisper. Quil looks at me and grins.
"I'm alright Bells," says Quil with a nervous laugh.
"You know I love you and I never meant to hurt you," says Bella.
"Why did you choose him then?" demands Quil.
"I guess I wanted someone who could never…go away," I whisper sadly. Quil sighs heavily and pulls me into his arms.
"Mom and dad would want you to be happy," says Quil.
"I am," I insist.
"I know. I saw the cookies," says Quil.
"I was happy that Edward finally got to meet my family. You and Embry are more than just brothers to me. I wanted to be able to share that with him," I say. Quil smiles before looking at Edward with a serious expression.
"If you ever hurt her I won't hesitate to kill you where you stand," growls Quil.
"I wouldn't want it any other way," says Edward, solemnly. Quil begins to walk past the truck.
"What are you doing?" I ask.
"I'll see you soon squirt, I gotta take Claire home. I also wanna try to talk some sense into Sam about your relationship with Edward. Take care," says Quil. And then he was gone and I was standing next to Edward.
"Why don't we go inside," suggests Edward. I follow him inside.
"What do you think of my brothers?" I ask.
"They're both very different and yet the same in the sense that they love you very much," says Edward.
"We were all we had for four years," I say.
"You're their baby sister," says Edward.
"I wouldn't have it any other way," I say. Edward smiles crookedly making my heart flutter.
"Would you like to go upstairs? We have homework after all," says Edward. I nod and follow him up to his room. Soon we were both situated on the floor. "I want to ask you something."
"Shoot," I say as I open my psychology book and begin reading.
"Embry was thinking about how you blame yourself for their death," says Edward. My eyes widen and I shudder.
"That's not a question," I whisper.
"Why?" asks Edward.
"I had an argument with them…" I whisper.
Flashback
"I hate you!" I scream at my mom who had just announced that she couldn't make it to my play.
"Enough Bella," demands my dad. "We can't make it and we're sorry. It's only this one time."
"I got a role! I get to be one of the leads and you won't go see it!" I scream as tears of anger stream down my face.
"We're sorry," says my mom. I stomp off to my room angry. I had ignored them the whole next day. That night after the play Quil and Embry find me and take me to the hospital.
"What's going on?" I ask.
"Mom and dad got in an accident," says Quil.
"How? Why?" I ask. I couldn't get my mind around it. My parents couldn't be dead. They were supposed to live forever.
"They were driving to the play and the roads were wet. The car rolled off of the road and killed dad instantly. Things don't look so good for mom," says Quil sadly. We get to the hospital and wait all night for the doctor to tell us what was going on.
Finally the doctor walks over to us with a look of regret on his face.
"I'm sorry to have to tell you kids this, but your mother passed away at 4:35 this morning. We did everything we could."
The funeral was wet and rainy. I could hear our friends, neighbors, and family members whispering about us.
"Poor things."
"Who's going to look after them now?"
"I heard…" I tuned them all out. At night I would cry myself to sleep. Quil and Embry were both eighteen so they could take care of me legally.
End Flashback
By the time I was done telling Edward my story I was crying.
"They died coming to see me in the play after I screamed at them the day before! Don't you see? I didn't deserve parents lie them. They didn't deserve death," I sob. Edward wraps his arms around me and tries to comfort me.
"It's not your fault," says Edward. "It could have happened to anybody."
"But it happened to them," I whimper.
"Yes," says Edward.
"Do you ever miss your parents?" I ask.
"I don't really remember them well enough to miss, but yes," says Edward. I sniffle before wiping my nose on my sleeve and looking up at Edward. Edward wipes my tears away and kisses my forehead. "Thank you. I know that had to be hard for you."
"Quil and Embry got over it a long time ago, but I don't think I ever will. The last thing I told my mom was that I hated her. I should have begged the doctor to let me go see her. Let me tall my mom I loved her one last time. I had the chance! I didn't take it though. That's my biggest regret," I whisper.
End Chapter
A/N: Thank you for reading chapter 12. This story is getting kinda long on me. I'm getting towards the end though. At this time I don't have an estimate for you, but I will eventually. Thanks for the awesome reviews and I hope to get more! Sayonara for now!