I seem to be having lots of inspiration lately. So I feel that this story won't go on that long, because I love what I came up with.

This chapter is dedicated to vampire-princess93 and all her friends. Thank you for reading!

Disclaimer: I don't own the character or anything that was in the Twilight Saga.

Five months later

Walking into the studio with Jeffrey, I grinned. I couldn't believe I had finally gotten this far. It was really amazing how far I had come from when I was human.

Thinking back of how clumsy and shy I was when I was human, I shuddered. If any of those traits had carried over when I was a vampire, things would have been bad.

Jeffrey smiled at me, and I grinned back. Lately, over the past month or so since the news, I had noticed that he seemed to come out of his shell more, as did I. It was amazing to me, and I kept trying to figure out what it meant. My thoughts were suddenly interrupted.

"Ah, Ms. Izzy. It is lovely to meet you." A very professional looking woman stood before us and my respect for her rose greatly. She had perfectly balanced looking amazing with being a strong woman in a business world.

"Pleasure," I replied, shaking her outstretched hand. She then gestured for us to follow her.

Jeffrey and I walked after her, careful to keep our pace slow enough to look normal. She led us to a small room of to the side which, she told me, was sound proofed so that we could warm up our voices.

(A/N- I am not going to explain the whole recording process, because it is very long.) When we exited again, we followed her into the main studio. The following process took several hours to complete, and even though we were not entirely done with the first song yet, we finished off for the day at around 4:00. Even as a vampire, I felt worn out.

"Well, that was interesting," laughed Jeffrey. We were now driving back to our hotel.

I nodded, smiling. Since the first one was one of our three duets, he was just as exhausted as I was.

Pulling up to the hotel, I parked. I got out and we walked into the lobby. We both (gracefully) collapsed on the couch, laughing.

I was still laughing when he turned to me and brushed the hair out of my face. My laughter caught in my throat, and I froze. If my heart had worked, it would have been pounding in my chest. Slowly he leaned forward. My head began throbbing, and I felt an amazing lifting feeling that I had never felt before. I closed my eyes and leaned forward, throwing all caution to the wind. Our lips touched for the slightest second, and if felt like a million tiny explosions sparkled all over my body. I smiled against his lips.

Suddenly a low growl was heard, lower than what a human could register. But I could hear it, and I knew who it was.

So did Jeffrey. He pulled away and stood up, tightly clasping his hand over mine. We turned to face my past together.

There stood Edward. His eyes were pitch black, and I could feel through my empathy power the waves of sheer unadulterated hate rolling towards Jeffrey.

Suddenly Jade and Tyler were there, standing besides us; a strong unbreakable determination in their eyes. They each grabbed one of our hands and we stood their together, undividable.

Edward never moved, but I could hear his thoughts falter slightly at the four vampire before him. But it strengthened again as he heard the approach of the rest of his coven.

Carlisle was the first to reach us, stopping at the sight of our face off. He was quickly joined by Esme.

Emmett and Rosalie were the next to arrive, soon followed by Alice and Jasper. I quickly tuned into everyone's thoughts.

Carlisle: How can I choose between my first son and my new found daughter? Esme's thoughts were much the same.

Emmett: I love both of them, but I believe Bella's in the right here. He did leave her and told her to move on. If she will now be happy with Jeffrey, then I'm good. But Edward would never forgive me if I join her side.

Rosalie: Believe me, Edward, I would join Bella's side if I could. I am just staying here because of Emmett. That thought made me smile.

Jasper: The emotions here are so overwhelming. However much I believe in Bella's side, I will not go against Alice. I'll wait until I know which side she believes in.

I didn't even have to look into Alice's thoughts. She immediately walked over to my side, and stood there firmly glaring at Edward. Jasper quickly joined her, along with Rose followed by Emmett.

Edward's expression was shocked, and his eyes slowly turned back to their original color. He slumped his shoulders as one by one everyone except Esme and Carlisle joined our side. I smiled reassuringly at the two of them, understanding their dilemma. I would never hold it against them.

Remorse slowly filled Edward's eyes, and even though I truly wanted to know what he was thinking, I could not bring myself to force upon him the very thing he could not stop foring upon everyone else.

"I-I apologize," Edward whispered, and then darted away.

Alice patted my back. I believed I could forgive Alice, in time. She flashed into a vision, and as she pulled out of it I could see the tears filling her eyes.

Rosalie and Emmet pulled me into a hug. Jasper gave me a reassuring smile, and Jade and Tyler wrapped their arms around each other. And Jeffrey….

Jeffrey squeezed my hand, and whispered "Thank you."

I looked up at him, confused. He shook his head while smiling, and then pulled me into his chest. "Thank you," he repeated, "for letting me see you. The real you."

I could feel the last of my walls, the ones that I had hidden behind and used as security blankets, finally crumble.

I began humming a new song.

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Edward and I talked the next day. I decided that Jeffrey shouldn't have to see that. The fact that he had offered to come help me said it all.

We sat on the balcony of my shared apartment, next to each other but not touching. For the first time in over two years I wore something other than all black. Rosalie said the green brought out the deep color of my eyes.

Edward took a deep breath. "Bella, I have to tell you something. Something about what I said when I left."

Before he could say more, I turned and put my right hand over his mouth. With the left, I clasped his hand in mine. He held onto it like he was drowning.

It was incredibly hard to say.

"I know," I whispered. His eyebrows shot up his forehead, and I slowly pulled back the that was covering his mouth.

"How?" he breathed. And so I told him what I had heard.

When I was finished, Edward shook his head, laughing a dead, humorless laugh. "TO think," he said, "that however long after I heard you had disappeared, and the very day after I heard that, you were not two yards from me."

Suddenly he grabbed both my hands, looking pleadingly into my eyes. "But then you know! You know I lied to you! You know I love you!" His eyes begged me to take him back, to return to the way things were, to the past.

Sighing, I looked at our hands. I gently pulled out of his grasp and curled his fingers back into his palms. His face sank, and the venom tears that would never fall pooled behind my eyes.

"Edward, I am a different person now. I love someone else. A lot. You will always have a place in my heart, as my first love, but I've moved on. You should too. You deserve happiness. And," I winked, becoming happy once again, "it may come sooner than you think."

He looked at me, confused, before he followed my eyes to where Corinne and B. were just getting home. His eyes widened at the sight of Corinne. They both had just come back from dance practice, and her black hair was pulled back in a tight bun. Her leotard with skirt left little to imagination, and her startled blue eyes lifted slowly to meet Edward's gaze. She blushed slightly, and B. giggled. Edward stood up slowly and made his way towards her, never taking his eyes from hers. When he stood before her, he glanced back at me, and I laughed and nodded. He stuck out his hand. "Hello, I'm Edward. Edward Cullen."

Thank you guys for reading! There will be one more chapter: the epilogue.