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I was in my room unpacking the few things I had brought from New York. I liked my new room, Esme did a beautiful job of decorating it. Everything she chose was to my liking. I had just finished unpacking my books and grabbed another box that needed to be emptied. When I opened it, I noticed a smaller box inside, it was about the size of a shoe box and there was no label.
"Hmm, Alice must have packed this for me."
I sat down on the floor, set the box on the floor in front of me and took off the lid. I felt my heart tighten as I looked at the contents inside. It was the picture of Danny and me at the Rockefeller Center, the ring his parents had given me, the plane tickets to Paris, and the letter Danny had written me.
I took out the letter and I walked over to sit on the chair near the window. I took the letter out of the envelope and with a deep breath, started reading.
My Bella,
If your reading this then I am gone, I know you will grieve for me and you'll you cry but in the middle of your grief I want you to remember the good times we shared when I was here.
I am writing this letter because I have a few things I'd like you to know. I want you to know how much I love you, though words may not be enough to express my feelings. I never thought that I would ever meet someone as special as you. You are the most remarkable person I've ever met. You have the most beautiful soul, you're kind, caring, compassionate, and generous. There was never a second where you were not in my thoughts. You are the first thing I think of in the morning and the last thing at night.
You became an important part of my life and I have loved each and every moment I've shared with you. You have made me so happy, the happiest I've ever been. I don't remember how it was to live without you. I love everything about you, I love to hear you laugh, see you smile and watch you eat. You have a way about you. You are irresistible to me and I don't know how anyone could let you go. I hope that I never will have to.
Every day I fall more and more in love with you. I love you more today than I did yesterday and I'll love you more tomorrow than I do today. Thank you for the joy you have brought to my life. I will love you, with my whole heart you until the end of time. Thank you for letting me a part of your life.
Love always,
Danny
The tears were streaming down my cheeks by the time I was done reading. I pressed the letter against my heart and cried harder than I ever cried before.
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I slowly opened my eyes but I shut quickly when sunlight coming through the window hit my eyes. I slowly reopened them and looked at the clock on the nightstand 7:53. I hopped of the bed, stretched, and went into the bathroom. A few minutes later I opened the door to my room and bumped into something hard. I looked up to see Edward smiling down at me.
"Good morning, Bella."
"Hi." I said sheepishly. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm okay." I said. "Um…Thank you for putting me in bed.""Your welcome."
"Uh the house it quiet, where is everyone?"
"Carlisle is at the hospital with Esme, Alice went shopping, and the rest of us are going hunting. I wanted to let you know we were leaving. Will you be ok by yourself? I can stay if you want."
"No, I'm going to stay here and read a book for awhile and then I'm going to visit Charlie."
He just stood there, he wasn't going to leave easily.
"I'll be fine, don't worry, now go. I will see you guys later."
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EPOV
My phone rang and I pulled it out of my pocket. "What is it Alice?"
"Edward! Edward! Okay…" Alice's voice was shrieking on the other end. "so don't panic, okay. I don't know where Bella is, I can't see her. I swear I was watching her and she was fine, she was heading home but her future just suddenly disappeared. She must have made a last minute decision to do something else. I -"
I closed my phone and ran back to the house. I ran through the forest, pushing myself to run faster then ever. I needed to find Bella, make sure she was okay.
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BPOV
It was a nearly midnight when I pulled up to the house.
"Bella! Oh thank heavens!" Esme opened the door to the car and pulled me out.
"Bella." she said again, her arms were wrapped around me, her hands stroking my hair.
"Esme, I … I." I cried.
"Shh, your all wet, let's get you in the house." she whispered near my ear. She picked me up and ran me into the house. She set me down and hugged me again. Alice came over and covered me with a blanket.
Esme pulled away and gripped my cheeks in her hands. "You must never never wander off that way again, do you hear me Isabella Swan?" Esme said sternly, pulling back, looking into her eyes with motherly affection.
"I didn't mean too," I whispered. "I just went for a walk, I didn't realize I was gone that long." I felt bad, I hadn't meant to hurt her. "Where are the others?"
"There out looking for you."
"Looking for me?" Oh now I felt really bad, I started sobbing.
A hand came to rest on my shoulder and I looked up to see Carlisle looking at me. "We were worried about you. Alice couldn't see where you were or if you were okay." he said.
Esme rubbed my back gently, trying to calm me down. A minute later, the front door swung open and in an instant Edward was by my side. He wrapped his arms around me and nuzzled his head into my neck. His whole body was trembling as he held me. "Where were you?"
Tears where streaming down my cheeks. "I had dinner with Charlie and I was heading home. But then I decided to go for a walk, so I drove to La Push. Just needed some alone time to clear my head. I didn't mean to wander off so long, I didn't realize it was this late."
He pulled away from me and his hands framed my face, his thumbs caressed my eyelids gently, wiping away my tears.
"Bella, it's not like you to do something like this." I heard Carlisle say.
"I am so sorry. I didn't meant to worry anyone. I remember that I used to find La Push so peaceful and relaxing. I figured I'd go there, walk around and think."
Edward looked at me his face full of concern. "Are you okay?"
"Umm…" I sighed. "Honestly?"
Edward nodded.
"No, I'm a mess, I haven't been okay for awhile now."
Jasper walked over to me and looked me in the eye. "Are you sure your ready to do this?"
I nodded my head. "I need to do this, I thought about it and it might help me and I can't continue worrying everyone. I've been shutting everyone out and it's not fair."
"We better sit down then."
Jasper sat on the couch to the left of me and Edward sat down to the right of me. I looked at my hands, I didn't know where to begin. Jasper sent a wave of confidence my way. I looked at him and mouthed thank you.
"I…I have …this is going to be harder then I thought." I took a deep breath. "I have been feeling a lot of pain since the day I woke up in the hospital."
I got up, walked over to the window and looked out it. "And a lot of guilt. I keep thinking if I hadn't left then…." Tears began to fall down my face. "if I hadn't left then he would still be alive." I looked down and started sobbing.
Edward walked over and raised my face so he could look me straight in the eyes. "You have to stop blaming yourself for what happened. It is not your fault."
"Yes, it is. If I hadn't left…" I buried my face buried my face in his hard chest and continued to cry harder. "He'd still be alive."
I continued to cry into his chest as he stroked my hair. "You have got to stop feeling guilty about this Bella. You know this was not be your fault, Danny wouldn't want you to feel all this."
"Bella, dear, you did not kill Danny."
"That doesn't stop me from feeling the pain and the guilt that I feel. All I keep thinking is I left, he's dead, and it's my fault. No matter what anyone says. I still feel like it's my fault."
"There was nothing you could do about it. He died because that guy chose to drive under the influence."
"I know" I said angrily and busted into tears again. "Why does everyone keep telling me that?"
"So that you'll stop feeling guilt over something that was not your fault." Esme said.
"I feel broken. A piece from my heart is missing again, but this time it's different. It can never be filled again, because Danny is gone, he can never come back."
Edward picked me up gently, I buried my face somewhere around his neck and his shoulder, circling my arms around him and holding tight. He walked us over to the couch and down.
I felt hands rubbing up and down my back, a few seconds later, he began to sing my lullaby.
EPOV
Her body had relaxed comfortably into mine and she slept peacefully. "It's all right, Bella, I'm here for you. Everything will be okay, I promise."
Jasper sat down next to me. "Stop worrying. She's feeling better then she has been.""How bad was her pain?"
"When she woke up from the hospital, she was distraught. Since then there has been an excruciating amount of pain. At one point her pain was unbearable, if I was human it would have killed me."
Alice walked into the room and leaned against the doorway. "Edward, she's going to wake-up at six in the morning. You can talk to her then, oh and she'll be hungry, Rosalie will have breakfast for her."
Jasper got up and went to Alice. "Don't give her to much grief about wandering off, she feels bad enough about worrying everybody."
I looked at Bella, sleeping and nodded. I pull her closer to me and buried my nose in her hair.
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