Chapter 4

(His Past)

Silent Forever.

As I followed Alice upstairs, I couldn't help but replay the events before that. I couldn't believe that I had acted this way in front Edward.

I couldn't form any coherent thoughts when I was next to him. I turned my back to see if he was still by door, and I caught him staring at me.

I became very self conscious and I felt a blush crawl up my cheeks. There was no denying that he was absolutely gorgeous. He had very defined cheekbones and messy bronze hair. Realizing that I had been staring at him way to long, I turned away and followed Alice up to her room.

I took my sweet time as I walked up the stairs, because I really didn't want to embarrass myself and fall on the stairs. Alice was practically gliding up the stairs and dragging me along. I had to pull back, because I was afraid that I would trip over my feet at this speed.

Finally we arrived at the top of the stair case. I looked around and I was shocked. I instantly felt like I was in one of those Martha Stewart magazines. The second floor looked amazing. Although I saw a little bit of the first floor of Alice's house, I thought that it was magnificent. The second floor of the house was modern and chic. If Martha Stewart was right here at this moment, she would have been very proud.

I could definitely see that Alice's parents had money. Although, Charlie told me that Dr. Cullen was a surgeon, I didn't think that they had this much money. I suddenly felt out of place, but I didn't dwell on it much.

Ok Bella, here is my room. Alice signed. She opened the door and presented her room just like Vanna White. I immediately started laughing because I thought that it was funny the way that she presenting her room.

Let Vanna White deal with the presenting stuff. I joked.

She immediately broke out into a smile and pulled me into her room.

What I saw next wasn't exactly surprising. The whole room was decorated in one color… Pink. Everything that I saw in her room was pink. Even though the whole room was pink, it was very tastefully done.

Her room wasn't in an obnoxious hot pink color, but it contained different shades of pink. The color of the walls was very light and modern.

The room was also very modern, just like the whole entire house. In the middle of the room stood a gigantic bed which seemed to have thousands of pillows. One the whole, the room was very pretty but very ostentatious. It was a typical Alice room, I thought.

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Alice and I were sitting in her room looking at magazines. She was on her bed flipping through a new issue of Cosmopolitan, while I was laying on her couch, of course pink, reading a new issue of Seventeen magazine.

I truly don't understand what the big deal with all these magazines is. The articles that they contain are not very interesting, and all the fashion that they show are not that affordable.

As I was pondering this, Alice nudged me with her hand.

Hey, what happened today with Edward down stairs? She signed.

Um, nothing why? I quickly signed. I was suddenly engrossed by the magazine that was in front of me.

Seriously, what happened? Edward is never really talks to anyone outside of our family. She signed, her eyes suddenly confused.

Where do you think I could buy this handbag right there? I signed, pointing to a random handbag from the magazine.

Stop changing the subject, Bella. And that handbag is a Louis Vitton original. It costs about 2,700 dollars if you are interested. She signed, eyeing me.

Oh. I immediately closed the magazine.

Why are you so curious anyway? I asked.

Edward is not very verbose with other people that are not his family. I mean, yeah he does talk to people, but he doesn't really try to make friends with them. She signed rapidly.

Again, I had to keep close attention to her hands, in order to keep up with her signing.

Alice, what does this have to do with me? I didn't really talk to him that much other than saying a greeting. I pointed out.

You had to see the way that he was looking at you. She signed.

I didn't like this at all. I was the center of attention right now, and that is not a place that I'd like to be in. I felt myself blushing, and I saw Alice also smiling at me.

I'm going to tell you something now, which you can't tell anyone else. You can no tell this to anyone at school, because this is really personal. Okay? Alice asked.

I just nodded. I had no clue what she was about to tell me, but I had a feeling that it was about Edward.

Well you know how I told you that we were all adopted? She said.

Yeah, why? I signed wearily.

Well, Emmett and I were adopted at a really early age and we are biological siblings. Rose and Jasper are also biological siblings, and were adopted a few years later after that. Edward is really Esme's, my mom, nephew. Esme had adopted Edward a couple of years ago and he still didn't adjust quit well. He is very quite and he keeps to himself.

I kept on wondering what happened to Edward's mom, in order for Esme to adopt him like this.

I'm guessing that Alice saw my perplexed expression, when she stopped signing.

I am thinking, that you are wondering what happened to Edward's parents right?

Again, I felt myself blush for being so obvious. I nodded again, and she nodded back with a knowing smile, and continued telling the story.

Well, Edward's mom's name was Elizabeth. I remember meeting her when I was really young, but other than that I don't really know that much about her. Anyway, apparently they were a very close family with her husband.

So one day they were going out somewhere, and it was raining pretty hard. I really don't know all the details, but in the end, a truck hit their car. Apparently there was also ice on the roads, and the truck ran straight into Edward's car.

Elizabeth and Edward Sr. were immediately taken to a hospital, but they didn't make it. Edward was left unharmed except for a few bruises and cuts, but other than that, he was fine.

Esme was the only family that he had left and Esme wanted to adopt him so that he could join our family. Edward was of course very thankful, but he still misses his mom. This is why I was so shocked when I saw him actually talking to you. He is always very quite and keeps to himself a lot.

I think that this whole incident caused this, but I really don't know.

After hearing this I was shocked. I couldn't imagine losing my family like that.

Although Renee was not with me currently, I still missed her but I knew that I will always see her again.

Hearing about what Edward has gone through, made me realize how lucky I am to actually have parents that are still with me.

Wow. This is much unexpected. I signed back.

I really don't know what to say now that I know what he has gone through. I added.

The last thing you want to do is act different towards him. Believe me Bella when I say this, he does not need any sympathy. He had enough of that his whole entire life.

I'm pretty sure he knows that I told you already. She signed.

How does he know that? I asked curiously.

Because he knows that I have a big mouth and a tendency to spill a lot of secrets. She signed and then smiled widely.

I just thought that you should know that. She signed.

Thanks for trusting me enough to tell me. I said. As I signed this, I happened to glance at Alice's clock and I already saw that it was nine o'clock.

I immediately jumped up from the couch, and started gathering my things from her room. Alice, I really need to go home. I promised Charlie that I wouldn't be out too late, and it is a school night today. I signed.

Wow, I completely didn't notice that time at all. Here let me help you. Alice started helping me gather my things, and we headed downstairs. The first floor was deserted and no one was in site.

I looked around to find my coat, but I couldn't find it.

Alice, could you please tell me where my coat is? I signed.

Oh, yeah. I put it in the closet over there. Here let me get it for you. I followed Alice to the closet and I quickly saw a movement out of the corner of my eye. Next to the closet was a big open room. All the walls were made out of glass, and this room faced the back yard which was the forest.

This room had hard room flooring, and right in the middle of the room stood a large black grand piano. I saw Edward sitting behind the piano and moving his fingers over the keys. I could see his whole body, move slowly and I realized that he was playing a song with a lot of emotion.

I couldn't hear what he was playing. I knew that he was probably playing and incredibly beautiful piece, but I couldn't hear it. This mad me mad. I felt so weak, compared to other people out there.

I felt tears in my eyes, and I quickly took my coat, signed a quick greeting towards Alice, and then I drove home.

A/N:

I know that I haven't updated this story in such along time, but I actually have a good excuse for that. First of all I had midterms this week, so I didn't have any time what so ever between studying and everything else. I just want to thank everyone that has been reviewing this story so far, and all you guys rock!

I want to dedicate this chapter to Lisa!

I don't know if you realized or not, but the room in which Edward was playing the piano in, was modeled after your piano room. I was just imagining Edward sitting there and playing.

Chandra: I took the bio midterm and it was really hard. I know that the open ended are different but we are taking the same multiple choice, and it was really hard. I didn't have a sufficient amount of time left, so yeah. Did you have the Algebra 2 exam yet? I'm having it on Tuesday.

ANYWAY, thank you so much for reviewing, and expect a new chapter every Friday or Saturday because midterms are almost over.

-Jess