Everyone can stop crying now. REJOICE!! Chapter four is finally here!!! Okay so maybe it really hasn't been that long, especially if you are just tuning un and you've read the last three chapters straight through. Since your finally here, THANK YOU FOR READING!!! I'm sorry that my chapters haven't been very long, I know I've been promising that they would be but…they just turn out kind of small. Hopefully everyone is okay with that. Sometimes smaller is better. However, I really am working on making them longer. It would give me more self satisfaction.

Edward: *chuckles* Your babbling.

emogirlS1: I know, but that's what makes me fun!!

Edward: That is true. So what is going to happen in this next chapter?

emogirlS2: Tisk, tisk, tisk Edward. Do you really think I would tell you that with my loyal (I love you guys!) readers right here to read. That would ruin all the fun!!

Edward: Not even for me? *unleashes his golden, perfect eye power*

emogirlS2: *stares blankly* ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!! HURRY!! ON TO THE DISCLAIMER!!!!!!!

Disclaimer- I do not own Twilight or any of its characters, Stephenie dose.

Chapter Four

BPOV

When I woke up the sun was shining in through the large window and I sat up, stretching my arms above my head. I made sure to pull the covers completely off me before I rolled off the bed. I walked over to the desk on the left side of the room to look in the mirror that was sitting on it. I was still wearing my clothes from yesterday and briefly wondered what Edward had thought of my 'Bite me' t-shirt.

My hair was a mess but my face seemed to look better. My skin didn't look as pale and the bruise marks around my eyes had faded dramatically. I made my hair as presentable as possible before walking quietly out of the room.

I was in the middle of a long hall way that had various doors on both sides. There was a set of stairs to my left going upwards and a set to my right going downwards. I turned to my left and made my way down that staircase. Carlisle, Alice, and Emmett were all in the living room talking amongst one another. They all stopped and looked up at me once I reached the bottom floor. I blushed, looked down at the floor and shifted awkwardly. Emmett was the first to react; he scooped me up into his arms and swung me around. "I missed you so much Bella!!" He hollered, placing me back on the ground. "I missed you too, Emmett." His large grin was absolutely contagious and I found myself grinning form ear to ear.

Alice was the next to greet me. She danced her way to me and threw her arms around me. "It's so good to see you Bella!! We have to go on a girl's night out soon, you know, to catch up!" I rolled my eyes at her, wrapping my arms around her tiny waist. "Of course, Alice." She kissed my cheek before stepping back.

"How are you feeling Bella?" Carlisle asked.

"Fine."

"That's good. I think Esme is in the kitchen making you something to eat. It's okay, she wanted too." He said, silencing my protests before I spoke them.

I walked out of the large room and made my way to the kitchen. Esme had the kitchen T.V. on following the directions of the chef on the food network channel. She turned when she heard me approach.

"Bella, it's so good to see you. I hope you're hungry. You've been asleep for a very long time." She smiled lovingly at me, turning back around to finish making my breakfast.

I pulled up a stool and turned my gaze out the kitchen window to watch the sheeting rain. I was so happy that the Cullen's had returned, and it didn't look like they planned to leave anytime soon. But I couldn't shake the fear that they would. What if something happened again? What if Jasper tried to come at me again? Would he leave just as quickly as he had before? If he did, I don't think I would be able to hold myself together. Not again.

I shook my head and looked back at Esme. They wouldn't leave me again. Edward had said that it was the worst mistake of his entire life. Although I should be more stubborn about him coming back, I couldn't. He told me that he still loved me, and had never stopped loving me. Knowing that all the things he said to me that day were all lies, brought back such happiness that I felt like it was going to bubble over onto the floor. I realized then that I hadn't seen Edward since I got up. Panic ripped though me on its own accord and I stood up off my stool, looking into the living room and around the house as far as I could see. He wasn't there.

"He's here somewhere." Esme's voiced startled me and I swerved around to meet her gaze. I blushed, looking down at the tiled floor. Had my panic been that obvious?

"I think he's upstairs in his study, third floor first door on your right. I'll call him when your food is ready." She gave me a huge and pushed me out of the room.

I walked up the two flights of stairs and stopped in font of the door that Esme had described to me. I knocked quietly. "Come in." His velvet voice rang from the other side of the door.

I hesitated for a moment before pushing the door open and closing it behind me. The room was large like most of the rooms in the house. The floor and walls were made of matching wood. On the walls to the right and left of the door were bookshelves that went all the way to the ceiling. It was largest collection of books that I had ever seen outside of a library. Of course, there was a large window across from the door. Edward was occupying the mahogany desk that sat in front of the window. I saw his nostrils flare a little as I neared him and I immediately stopped. I had forgotten how appealing I had smelt to him. His personal brand of heroine he had once described it.

EPOV

I was in my study reading when there was a quiet knock on the door. "Come in." I called, not looking up from my readings.

The door opened and closed quietly, there was a pause, and then whoever walked in made their way closer to me. I still hadn't looked up, then the sent hit my like a ton of bricks, the only scent that sent my throat ablaze. The scent that I would recognize anywhere. My nose flared a little as I took a breath of air, inhaling her perfect scent.

She must have noticed that I caught her scent because she stopped farther away from me than necessary. I closed my book, stood, and went around the desk to take her hand in mine. I raised it to my lips and kissed the back of her hand lovingly, locking eyes with her. She gasped at the contact and I couldn't help pulling her into my arms. It was like she fit to every curve of my body, and I hers. Her warm body sent a shiver down my spine. I wrapped my stone arms around her thin waist as she wrapped hers around mine. I rested my face in her hair, inhaling again.

"Hello." She said sweetly.

I smiled. "Good morning, love."

She looked up at me with her big brown eyes and smiled. I pulled away a little cupping her cheek. "Did you sleep well?"

"Yes. Your bed is very comfortable. But, you didn't have to do that for me. I would have been fine sleeping on the couch or something."

"I would never make you sleep on the couch Bella, and I'm sorry that I wasn't there when you woke up. When I checked on you earlier you were sleeping like the dead. I thought you were going to sleep for quite some time."

"What time is it?" She asked, looking around the room for a clock.

"It's a little past noon."

"Wow. I did sleep for a long time. Oh, gosh!" she screatched, pulling away from me. "I really need to get home now. Charlie is going to kill me!"

I chuckled, turning her back around to face me. "I told you last night that everything is taken care of. Alice went and talked to Charlie for you."

"He must have been really surprised to have seen Alice after so long." She muttered under her breath.

I stiffened. "Yes, he was. He asked a lot of questions before he would let her go. She said that he was very…unhappy that we returned. Well, that I was back, I should say."

"He'll get over it." She spat out bitterly. She was silent again. After a few minutes of silence I was about ask her what was wrong but she looked up at me to speak.

"Edward, can you answer a few more questions for me?"

I sighed before nodding and pulling her out of the office. I didn't really want to talk about my stupid decision to leave, but I knew that she had the right to know everything she wanted to. I lead her back down a flight of stairs and down the hall to my room. I opened the door for her and followed her inside.

She went to sit on the black couch in the middle of the room and I sat down next to her. Taking a deep breath, I asked, "What more do you want to know?"

BPOV

"Where did you guys actually go? One of the doctors at the hospital said that Carlisle said that he was offered a job in Las Angeles. I knew guys couldn't actually go there."

"Your right, we didn't go there. We went to Italy. Well, my family went to Italy anyway." I cocked my head to the side in confusion. "You didn't go?"

He shook his head. "It was very hard to be around them. Being able to hear their thoughts was like torture. They hated that they had to move away because of me. Especially Alice. She had the hardest time coping. She made sure to remind me that she thought I was wrong verbally and mentally every time I was home. So I spent a majority of the time away from my family. I never went anywhere special. Just places to keep me distracted. I checked in once a month, for Esme. Esme and Carlisle were very worried about me. I wasn't me. I knew that, but it was very hard to play off like I wasn't miserable. I fought the urge to go back to you every minute of everyday. The only thing that kept me away was thinking that you were safe." His eyes narrowed a fraction when he looked at me.

"What?" I asked.

"Shortly after I left my family again, I got a call from Alice. She was panicked. She said that she had just had a vision of you being attacked by Laurent. We had 24 hours to get to you. We were all on a plane within the hour. When we made it to Forks I took off after you. I'm faster than the rest of them so I was there first. After we brought you here, I knew that I wouldn't be able to leave you again. That was out of the question. At least, if you would take me back."

I was very quiet for a few minutes. My heart was beating out of control and I tried desperately to calm it. Knowing that Edward had wanted to come back to me the whole time made butterflies in my stomach. He had only stayed away to protect me. I rolled my eyes before throwing my head back and laughing. Leave it to Edward to go to extreme measures to protect me.

Edward's brow frowned in confusion as he leaned closer to me. "What's so funny?"

"It's just that you always go through such extreme measures to protect me. I should have known that it would be something like that. I guess I was just so hurt that I didn't even stop to think that maybe you had a good reason to thinking you should leave. I believed every word you had said to me that day, but, I never really let myself think about it. I kept myself busy every minute of every day, never letting my mind wander. Of course, despite wanting it, my mind wandered to you anyway. Especially my dreams. They brought me back to the time when you did love me, and I enjoyed them, until I woke up."

Pain flashed across his face at my words and he took my hand. "Waking up was…hard. While you were gone, it felt like I had a giant whole in my chest. I missed you so much." My voice broke as I looked down at our laced fingers. He squeezed my hand gently before pulling me onto his lap. I laid my head against his cool chest and sighed. "I'm never leaving you again Bella. Not so long as you want me here." He spoke quietly, kissing the top of my head.

"I'll always want you here."