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Chapter 15

Bella's POV

It was the worst ride home of my life! The tension inside the car was palpable. I should have chosen to ride the motorbike with Luke but I was hoping that riding with Kurt and Scott would make them calm down a little. Every few minutes Scott would look at me but Kurt kept the eyes on the road the whole damn time, not sparing a single glance at me! Did it sound so wrong what I had done? Would getting Edward back be the reason why I would lose my brothers?

It was the first time that going back home was not the best thing that could happen to me. After trips or work what always made me feel better was going back home. Going back to my brothers, to the family that I had built and that had been all that I had had until a day ago. The family that had not replaced the Cullens but that had helped during all these years. This time, though, I was scared of going back because I knew what was expecting me. I knew better than to hope that David would take the news as well as Luke. He wasn't as calm and collected as Luke and he wanted to protect me more than anything. He would see this as a mistake, he would side with Kurt and Scott and I had no idea how to make them understand that this was what would make me happy and that I didn't want to lose them in the process.

So, yes I was scared of going back home. I was scared of not being able to make them understand how important their support and acceptance was to me. During all these years they had been my rock, my shelter and I had tried to pay them back as well as I could. I didn't want to lose them. I wanted them to continue to be part of my family.

The sun was already rising when we passed the gates that granted access to our huge property and I only wished that Edward could be here with me. Obviously, I made sure that I kept my thoughts to myself, not allowing my brothers to read them. If bringing Edward here wasn't dangerous, I wouldn't have come without him. I wanted him by my side, comforting me, making me stronger, saying that everything would be okay and that we would get through this. I needed to feel his body close to mine, silently reassuring me and just letting me know he was with me. But leaving him in Forks had been the right thing to do. With my brother's actual state of mind it would have been deadly to let him come. No one could imagine how hard it was for me to turn my back on him and enter the Jeep. I would miss him more than ever during these next five days but the thought that after that we would be together and hopefully my relationship with my brothers wouldn't be damaged enough to the point that we could not get back to what it was, filled my heart with joy and love.

As we drove through the forest inside our property, making our way to the driveway, I got more and more nervous. I knew Luke would help me but the tension around us, which by now could be cut with a knife, made me doubt of the outcome of my impending conversation with my brothers. When my cell phone biped, I all but jumped out of the car.

"Jumpy, are we?" Kurt asked bitterly. I ignored him, not letting him know how much his comment had hurt me.

I opened the message:

Remember that no matter

how far away from each other we may be,

how lonely you may feel, I'm always with you, love.

I wish I could be there with you to hold you

and tell you that everything is going to be okay.

Just know that I love you and am waiting for you.

You're much stronger than you may think.

Love

Edward

He hadn't taken much time to use the number I had given him before I left and I was so happy he had. It was like if he had read my thoughts and knew just what I needed to hear. I replied quickly with a simple 'I love you! Call you back later.'. I smiled a little and absentmindedly caressed the ring that rested on my third finger, the symbol of my commitment to Edward.

I noticed Kurt was looking at me but when I stared back at him, he glued his eyes to the path that he knew by heart, accelerating. Immediately, his earlier comment came back to me. He had never behaved this way with me. Kurt and I had never been mad at each other before and I didn't know how to deal with this new situation. He had never looked or talked to me like he had this night. We had never been quiet more than five minutes when in the company of each other. And I missed him!

I tried to go back to the some of the moments we had spent together in the last few days. How much he had helped me with his simple vision of things, with the right joke or just with his funny and sweet personality. I carefully replayed in my head the days before our first meeting with Edward, remembering his face as he played with Jake's kids, as he pulled me up to dance around the bonfire the night we had spent at La Push, when I was trying to decide what to do about Edward's upcoming arrival and he offered to think with me, commenting that it was very tiring to think with me before he left, the way he had made me laugh with that just one sentence... I wanted to cry. This made me want to cry, to yell at him to stop the car and make him listen to me until he understood that I needed him to support me and helped me to convince Scott and David. I didn't want him to be mad at me, I needed him!

I stayed quiet though. So many years of hiding my feelings had to be worth for something after all. The past seventy years, I knew that seeing me suffer would make them suffer so I did my best to conceal my true sentiments. And now I was hiding them again, because I didn't want them to feel guilty for causing me pain. I didn't want them to accept my relationship with Edward because it would hurt me if they didn't. That would only cause much more damage in the future. It would be a badly solved problem between us. A strain in my relationship with them that would undoubtedly become a major issue in the long run because someday another disagreement between us would arise and they might throw that to my face, not to be mean but still... it would not end well. Not to mention the bad atmosphere it would bring to our lives.

This had to be solved now, worked out and explained so that nothing was left unsaid. I truly hoped that they would at least try and make an effort to accept the situation instead of being downright hardheaded like Kurt and Scott were being now. I could only expect that David was in a good mood and reasonable enough to be open to my explanations.

The car stopped in front of our massive mansion and after Scott and I took out the luggage, Kurt went to the garage. Had I been human, and I would probably be shaking with nervousness and anxiousness. Since I wasn't, there wasn't reason to even think about that.

When I said that our mansion is huge, I was not exaggerating. I had firmly opposed that Aro gave me this house but after knowing that there were humans living in here, such a big house would probably be good. After, when living with the Jones was practically as if we weren't from different 'species', all the room started to seem like a waste but now that there are three generations of the Jones family living here, we are twenty six altogether. Everybody has his/her own bedroom (the couples obviously sleep together) with a bathroom each and there are still about eight spare rooms. Not to mention that there are three libraries, two dinning-rooms, four living-rooms, two kitchens, a music room, a game room, seven studies, a room for the kids to play and another for them to study, and a few more. Before Italy the Volturi brothers and the first members of the guard had lived here and that was why the house was so big. If you're asking yourselves how in hell did the Jones kept this house clean and tidy before we arrived, don't ask me. I just know that when I entered here for the first time everything was impeccable and the only ones living here were Margaret Jones, Julian Jones and their three months old Albert Jones, that now is the oldest of the Jones' family.

It's kind of weird having someone that is like a grandfather to you but that you've know since he was a baby, it's something my brothers and I got used to though. Albert and Rosie are the sweetest persons you could ever know. They had four kids that eventually got married and had kids too: Lisa, the oldest, married Marc and had two daughters (Catherine and Amelia) and a son (John); Gus married Lila and had two boys (Chris and Samuel); Natalie married Justin and had two boys (Aaron and Rick) and a girl (Amy) and finally Laura that married Nick and had four girls (Diane, Ivy, Marianne and Sylvie).

We entered the house to find Catherine pacing on the foyer, with her back to us no doubt waiting for our arrival. She had her beautiful brown hair tied in a sloppy ponytail and was wearing Jeans and a green t-shirt. Scott greeted her with a sour expression and a small kiss in the forehead before walking to the great staircase that was right in front of us and go up to his room or his study. I must have looked bad because she came running to me, embracing me; her green eyes were full of worry and sympathy. When we went out together people thought we were sisters since we were so alike, even though the green of her eyes was duller than mine.

"Is it that bad?" She asked me, after Kurt entered the house yelling for David. Then she turned to his momentarily never letting go of me. "Dave is not at home Kurt. He had to go to the hospital for a small emergency with a patient of his." She said.

"Thanks Catz!" He replied with a grin. As soon as his eyes locked with mine though, his face hardened and he turned away stomping up the stairs.

"I guess that's your answer." I told her sobbing a little.

"Oh Bella! Are you sure this is really worth such a big fight with the guys?" Catherine was twenty and didn't call us aunt and uncles like her brothers and cousins still did. It was funny and strange to see the way the Jones addressed us changed as they got 'older' than me and my brothers.

"Of course it is Catherine!" I looked at her incredulously. "I love Edward and even though, the last thing I want is to be mad at my brothers or have them mad at me, I'm not going to give up on my happiness just because they decided to let their overprotective personalities take over them."

"I know you love Edward but he hurt you, he made your brother go through hell by putting you in that comatose state. You should have seen David... Actually is good that you didn't. Nobody should have. He was so worried Bella! Is it really that crazy that they are so against this relationship? I think that they have enough reasons to react like this! They are just trying to protect you!" I left my bag in the foyer and we went to the kitchen where Rosie was.

"Oh Miss Bella!" She put down cup she was holding and came to hug me. "We were so worried about you! Thank God you are well."

"I'm fine Rosie. You don't have to worry! Everything is good now!" I replied.

"What is it with your brother that didn't even come to greet me?" She asked.

"Yeah, Kurt and Scott are a bit upset because of some decisions I've made." She returned to making breakfast for the rest of the Jones' clan that should be coming down in a few and Catz and I returned to our talk. "Edward loves me as much as I love him! Before he was just confused and it was all too sudden for him. It was a shock! I can understand that he wasn't quite himself."

"Shocked or not he should not have treated you the way he did! He should have known better! He should have trusted you in spite of everything."

"Catherine..."

"I don't know him. I mean, I know all the stories you told me but since I haven't met him personally I can't have a true opinion of him. I believe that he loves you; I'm just trying to show you that your brother's reaction is not as insane as you think."

"I know but he makes me happy, so very happy! We were together last night and I can surely tell you that it were the happiest moments I've lived since the day I was kidnapped. Since the day that my dreams and happiness were stolen from me, I had never felt such intense feelings. I was content and blissful like I never was before." Catz was watching me as I did my best to make her understand just how good Edward had made me feel. "It's like he woke me from the stupor I'd been drowning in for the last eighty years."

"Ah Miss Bella!" Rosie intervened. I had asked her and Albert countless times to just call me Bella but they insisted on calling me Miss. "I've noticed something different about you when you walked in this kitchen a while ago. There's a light I had never seen before. Your eyes carry a lightness that had never showed during all the time that I've known you and I'm sure it's this young man that you talk so much about that has made all the difference. Now, I've heard about everything that happened a few days ago, and we were all very worried, but I know that you have you head in the right place and your heart in an even righter one so if you think that this is the right decision don't let everyone else fill you with doubts that will only trouble your good heart. It's good to listen to and understand all the points of view and different ways of looking at the same situation but don't let those shake the ground you stand on." Her wise words shot through my heart and registered in my brain. "You'll probably have a long way to go in what refers to Mister Kurt, Mister Scott and Mister David's acceptance but you have to believe that one day they will understand at least a part of what you are doing. Bear in your mind and your heart that none of your brothers has found such a deep and true love. They can't try to understand something that's unexplainable. Ask for their patience and let time show them that you made the right choice."

"I can't lose them Rosie." I whimpered.

"You won't lose them. They are angry, they'll break stuff and yell a lot but they won't let this ruin your relationship with them. Have you thought that maybe they are just afraid of losing you?" I promised to ponder in her words as I went to my room to have a shower. Catherine followed me.

"Grandma is right. When I was talking to you a while ago I didn't meant to imply that you made the wrong choice or anything like that. I was just trying to provide you some insight into your brother's opinion in hope that it will be useful when you're talking to them." She smiled lightly.

"I know Catz. And thank you very much, as always you are a great friend." I had a quick shower and sat in my bed drying my hair while Catherine picked some clothes for me. "He makes me so happy!" I exclaimed out of the blue just because I felt the need to say it aloud.

"It shows Bella! But don't forget that a relationship it's also about trust! As you know I actually know a lot about relationships and trust. Or lack of thereof." She sighed.

"I know that your last relationship didn't end very well but Edward is nothing like that Joseph guy! I trust him! When you find... actually you have already found someone you just are too scared to make a move and he's ..."

"Enough of that talk Bella!" Catherine was having trouble accepting that she was deeply in love with a vampire. A friend of mine that, unfortunately, wasn't really set on assuming his feelings for her either. They would look great together and Catherine was one of the Jones that I could actually see becoming a vampire and being great at it. We had actually talked about it sometimes and she wasn't too averse to the idea, for the right reasons of course. In my opinion her and Ian's obvious love for each other was a perfectly good reason, if they chose to act on their feelings that is. Being around vampires, her whole life she clearly knew what was involved. "Do you really? Trust him, I mean." She came out of the closet with a beautiful and simple blue strapless sundress.

"What do you mean exactly?" I questioned while putting the dress on and choosing to go barefoot.

"Have you told him about the time you spend with the Volturi?" I tensed, sensing the kind of subject she was trying to bring up. "Have you told him about the last seventy years? How you used your power on him? About the consequences that had for you?"

"We were only together for a few hours!"

"Do you plan on telling him as soon as you go back?"

"He's not ready to hear that! It's not that I don't trust him, I would put my life in his hands in less than a heartbeat, but neither of us is ready. I'm not ready to talk about that either. As you can imagine there are things that I prefer not to think about, especially not now."

"It's something to think about... how you would put your life in his hands but you don't trust him with your past... But let's end with this talk. I'm sure you know what you're doing. That dress looks so good on you." She stated. "Let's head down because my siblings and cousins are dying to see you. They've been worried too."

"They are on school's summer break. They'll probably sleep in."

"Like if you don't know them! They're probably already up. Let's go!" She grabbed my hand and started pulling me to the door when my cell phone rang. I went back and answered immediately after seeing that Edward was the one calling me.

"Edward!" I sighed.

"Love!" He breathed. "How are you? Is everything okay?"

"Everything is fine for now. David wasn't at home when we arrived a while ago but he's probably going to arrive soon." I informed him.

"You don't know how I wish I could be there with you! It would be well worth the risk of getting killed."

"Don't say that!" I admonished. Just the tough of his death made me wince and filled my heart with fear.

"I love you Bella. Come back soon, love."

"I promise. I love you too." I don't think I would ever get tired of hearing him saying that or that it would ever lose its meaning.

"Bye, love"

"Bye." When I slid the phone shut and sighed happily, Catherine was looking at me with a teasing look in her face.

"It's very good to see that 'Love is in the air'" She even sang the last part. "I'm really happy for you Bella! You deserve to be happy and if Edward is the one that can do that for you... I hope that our talk a while ago didn't give you the wrong impression... that I'm against this or something..." She sounded worried but I was quick to reassure her.

"Don't worry Catz! I really appreciated your help to evaluate my brothers' reaction." We both smiled and left the room, heading downstairs. As she said the kids had already woke and were in the kitchen having breakfast. They all yelled as the younger ones ran to me at the same time, clinging on my dress.

"Aunt Bella! You're back!" They exclaimed.

"Yeah, yeah. It's great to see you too kids; now, go back to your breakfast. I'm sure it's very yummy."

"Do you want to taste a little aunt Bella?" Four years-old Sylvie asked. She was the youngest of the Jones and still couldn't fully understand that we were vampires.

"Sweetie, have you forgotten that Bella's diet is a bit different than ours?" Laura, her mother, asked her.

"Oh, I forgot." She smiled and blushed a little as the older ones chuckled.

"It's fine sweetie." I kissed her cheek as she sat in her place again. I heard the front door open and David's unmistakable voice flew to me.

"Have my brothers and Bella returned already?" He asked to no one in particular, from the foyer. The anguish and longing in his voice were clear and uncommon in his voice. In spite of the fear that had suddenly assaulted and perturbed my perfect moment with the kids, I couldn't help but to answer the hidden plea in his voice. I left the kitchen and entered the foyer where he still was with his back to me.

"Yes. We arrived about an hour ago." I replied. He quickly turned around and ran to me at the sound of my voice. His arms encircled my waist as he held me close.

"Dear God, Bella! I was so scared for you! I'm so glad you're back home, safe and well!" I reached up and hugged him hard. Considering the bomb I was about to drop, it might be the last time I'd do it for some time.

"I'm great! You don't have to worry about anything! I'm absolutely perfect."

"There's something different about you. I don't think I ever saw you like this..." He'd noticed, I just didn't know what he was going to do when he found out about the reason. "What happened?"

"Let's go to your study upstairs. There's something we need to talk about." I asked him.

"Is everything okay?" He asked observing my serious face.

"I have hope that everything will be okay." I answered started walking up the stairs as he followed.

"Sure, cause that was not cryptic at all. Will you tell me what's going on, please?" He asked grabbing my arm and spinning me around to face him as we arrived at the second floor where his study was, right next to his room.

I opened the door only to find that Kurt and Scott were already inside the office. As soon as their eyes met mine they turned away, facing David instead.

"Okay! Is someone going to tell me what the hell is going on in here? Why are you two acting like that?" He asked them.

"So you haven't told him yet?" Kurt turned to me without looking in my eyes. This was awful! Every time he turned or looked away I felt like I lost a little bit more of him. Like if he was being pulled away from me and there was so little I could do to stop it.

"What is there to tell Bella? As far as you told me you arrived home an hour ago, how much can it happen in so little time that has you all acting so strangely?" His patience was wearing out and I wasn't going to push it anymore. It would only make things worse.

"Oh it was not after we arrived here that everything happened." Scott corrected him. David turned to him.

"What the hell happened −"

"Edward and I talked and I forgave him." I mumbled, interrupting him. Immediately his eyes returned to me, open wide with surprise and disbelief. "We're back together. I'll return to Forks in five days, maybe a week. It just depends on how fast I can get everything ready here so that I can work from there." I thought it was better to give him all the information all at once before he could interrupt me.

"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?" He yelled after a few minutes of silence. At that exact same time there was a knock on the door and Luke came in.

"I'm here! What did I miss?" He questioned. As if he hadn't just heard David yelling.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" David yelled again. He looked insane, completely out of himself. I was already expecting it though. He came closer to me, in big, furious steps looking like he was about to attack me. I knew he wouldn't. My brothers would never be capable of hurting me. Still, Luke placed himself in front of me.

"Come on now, David!" He admonished. "We're all civilized... vampires! Kurt already broke a couple of things at Forks, it was enough! Let discuss this as the family we are!"

"If only I would have put my hands on the bastard that's causing all this!" Kurt said with fury.

"There's nothing to discuss!" David looked at me over Luke's shoulder. "Don't think that I'm going to let you go back to that town! You're damn wrong if you think I will allow you to go back to that... that... murderer."

"What?" I whispered incredulous.

"HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN YOU KILLED! You could have stayed like that forever, Bella! I'm not going to let you go back to him! I'm not going to let him break your heart again! I'm not going to give him another chance to take you away from us!" He said with a firm and definitive voice.

"You won't allow me to go back? You're not my father David! You're my brother and I love you very much but you can't order me around! You can't forbid me to do what I want! And Edward is not a murderer! He had no idea that would happen!" I replied back furiously, pushing Luke away from me so that I could face David.

"This subject is not open to discussion, Bella!" I just couldn't handle it anymore. Why were they acting like this? Why were they abandoning me when I needed them? Shouldn't they support my decisions and want me to be happy? "You are not going−"

"STOP! I'm sick and tired of your attitude! Can't you see? Can't you see what you're doing to me? Yesterday, until I went back to Charlie's house, I was perfectly happy! I had everything I ever wanted and more! I finally felt complete again! Do you know what it's like living with a piece missing in your heart? What it's like lose the person you love the most? No you don't and you're not even trying to understand! I hope that you never have to really know how it's like; I hope you can never say you understand completely what it's like."

"Bella..." Luke started softly. But there was no stopping me now because I needed to know that at least I did everything I could to prevent this family from falling apart, that I had put all cards on the table.

"NO! You're all going to hear me till the end! Last night, when I forgave Edward, I became whole again! I felt blissful as I had never had before. Everything made sense again; I didn't felt lost and miserable anymore and for the first time in eighty years, there was no pain!" I cried tearlessly. "There was absolutely no pain. I can't remember the last time I felt like that. So please don't take that away from me! Don't make me chose between my family and the person I can't live without because I won't be able to. I just can't do it! I can't be happy without him, but I can't be happy without you either." I stopped a little to try to stop the sobs that racked through my body. "You're my brothers! You should be supporting my decisions, even if you don't agree completely. You shouldn't be so quick to judge Edward. Everybody makes mistakes and he's no exception! I made a mistake too when I chose to keep hiding the truth from him even when the danger was gone."

"It's okay Bella. Ssshhh! Calm down, please."Luke whispered holding me to his chest.

"I don't want you to accept my relationship with Edward, just because you're feeling guilty. That's not the reason why I'm doing this! I just want you to give him a chance to prove he can make me happy! I don't want to lose any of you. It hurts so much every time you look away from me, every time I see the disappointment and fury in your eyes. I don't want things to be like this. I know you think I'm making a mistake but I'm not. When you love someone as much as I love Edward, maybe you'll be able to understand why I've forgiven him. I know you just want to protect me but I would appreciate if you trusted a little more in my decisions and my judgment! I thought you just wanted me to be happy!"

"That's all we want, Bella!" Kurt sighed.

"I am happy with Edward. I had never felt as light and content as I did last night. I love him and he loves me too. I hope that if you can't understand or accept this, you'll at least not let it tear our family apart." And with that I walked out of the David's studio.

"Bella! Bella come back here!" Scott asked.

I needed to get some fresh hair. My eyes seemed to burn, with tears that I couldn't shed as I walked down the stairs and out of the house.

As I walked in the gardens that surrounded the house, I realized that I felt a bit lighter than I did before I talked to my brothers. At least everything was out now and I had done everything I could to show them how important this was to me, how important they were to me.

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