Edward's POV:

I pulled up to the small house on the inside lines of La Push quickly, trying not to change my mind. I stepped out of my Volvo and Alice's scent hit my nose. She wasn't here anymore though, her scent was fading.

I knocked quietly at the door and they boy-Mason answered the door.

"Is your mother here?" I asked quietly, waiting as he nodded and disappeared into another room. He came back with Bella's hand in his and a little girl hiding behind her leg. I smiled politely

"Edward?" she gasped, stepping backwards.

"Hello, Bella." I murmured.

"Um…Mason, will you take Sarah to her room to play for a little while?" she asked. She waited until Mason nodded before kissing his forehead and sending them off into the house she turned back to face me.

"What are you doing here, Edward? I thought you guys left." her tone accusing.

"We came back for a little bit. Can I come in?" I asked. Bella nodded and turned on her heel into a kitchen. She made herself a tea in silence before leading me into the sitting room so we could talk.

"So," I began. "You're happy." I noted.

"Yes. For the most part," she clarified.

"For the most part." I repeated, sighing. She had a good life here and I had no business in ruining it.

"How's your family?" I asked.

"Edward, stop with the small talk. Just ask what you came here for because I know you didn't come for small talk," she rested her hand against her growing baby belly.

I sighed and dropped my pretense.

"Sorry. It just hit me hard when I saw you. It's been ten years and I've missed you so much, Bella. Can you forgive me for leaving you?" I asked, placing a hand on hers.

"I'm not leaving Jacob and my family, if that's what you're asking. Yes, I can forgive you, but, you're going to have to accept us as friends. I'm sorry, Edward, but I'm happy where I am. You left me," she reminded me. "And I found my only way of happiness with you gone." she told me. I felt a stab of pain inside of me, but I knew that this was all I could ask for. This was my fault after all.

"Thank you," I muttered as I hugged her. She hugged me back momentarily before wincing slightly.

"What-?" I asked as she rubbed a spot on her belly.

"It kicked," she smiled. I worried a little there. Weren't kicks supposed to be small, painless bumps? "He's strong," she tried to soothe the worried look on my face over.

"Mom," the boy came over to us. She looked at him. "Sarah's crying, and I don't know why. Nothing happened," she told her.

"She's probably tired," Bella stood up. "I'll be right back." she walked into the room with a screaming little girl in it.

"What's wrong?" I hear Bella ask.

"Aah!" she screams.

"Sarah, calm down. Calm down. It's okay. I promise. What's wrong?" she asks again.

Sarah stops screaming. "I want daddy to be home," Sarah sobs.

"Do you want to see daddy for a little bit today?" Bella asks.

I hear no response, I guess she nods.

"Okay, come with me. I'll call him and well go to see daddy, okay?" Bella walks out of the room with a crying little girl in her arms. Sarah hiccups as Bella picks up the phone and dials a number.

"Jake?" she pauses. "Hi, Sarah misses you. Can she come over there with you for the day?" she pauses, listening to Jacobs response. "Okay, see you in a few." she hangs up.

"Edward, I'll be back in five. I'm bringing Sarah to Jake, okay?" she asks.

"Alright, I'll be here." I smile as she walks out the door with Sarah and Mason.

The next five minutes pass slowly. I hear the car pull back into the garage and listen as she comes back in. Bella and Mason appear and Mason disappears into what I guess to be his room. I hear a computer whirr to life.

"So," Bella asks nervously, trying to get my attention away from Mason.

"Sarah and this baby are obviously Jacobs," I begin. She swallows. "But Mason doesn't look a thing like either of you." I suddenly think back to her eighteenth birthday that had forever ruined my life. I had blocked out those painful memories, but now they came flooding back to me in a sudden rush. I thought then of the love we shared before the party. Shit. Was he mine? He couldn't be. I wasn't human. That wasn't possible, I don't have that kind of potential. My mind was racing.

"Well," Bella shifted nervously. I raised my eyebrows, motioning her to continue. "He is mine," she stalled a little bit.

"And?" I nudged her further.

"He's yours," she whispered, dropping her head into her hands.

"Why did you never tell me?" I ask, trying to make her look at me.

"Because you left. You never made any contact with me. I didn't know how to contact you." she told me. I felt guilty for ignoring her for ten years. I knew she had spoken to Alice through emails, but Bella had thought that they'd all bounced back. Little did she know, Alice actually got them. I'd never thought to read them. I guess soon would probably be a good idea.

"What's his full name?" I wondered aloud.

"Mason Anthony Black. I never added Cullen because looking at him would pull my heat, saying it would be worse," she whispered. I nodded, understanding.

"I'm sorry," I whispered again.

"It was ten years ago, Edward. There's nothing that either of us can do about it now." she told me.

We talked about her life since I'd left, and then we talked about mine. Before I knew it, it was five o'clock and she had to go get Sarah.

"I'll be going anyways. I need to get back to my family./ can I see him again?" I asked.

"After I tell Mason about you, I'll let him decide whether or not he wants to see you."

"That sounds fair." I agreed.

"I guess I'll see you around then," Bella stood up. I held my arms open and gave her a good-bye hug. As she pulled away, I felt a slight kick come from her stomach. Her baby. I smiled. "I'll call you if he wants to get to know you." she said as she turned to go get Mason so she could pick up her daughter from the man who ruined my already ruined life.