Chapter 4
BPOV
Neither one of us moved. Just staring. I looked at his face. His body was pale, his jaw line stronger looking, his nose looked the same, his face was a little more perfect than I remember. The only difference were that his eyes were no longer the green I loved about him. They were golden like the other Cullens.
"Bella?" Alice asked me. She sounded distant to me. I was lost in 2 golden pools.
How could he be here? He was suppose to be dead.
"Edward?" I whispered. I couldn't take this. Not here, in front of everyone.
I jumped up, breaking our eye contact and ran out of the cafeteria. I went outside into the pouring rain. I ran behind the building and slid to the ground against the wall. I started to sob.
How was it possible he was here? He died. I watched myself as he was killed. I saw the knife puncture his chest. I smelled the rust and salt.
"Bella?" I heard my name called. It sounded like Edward's voice but different.
I looked up to see Edward come around the corner. He looked at me and jogged over to me. He sat down next to me.
I looked up at his perfectly sculptured face. I brought my hand up to touch his face just to see if this was real. His face was cold and hard, not warm like I remember.
"Am I dreaming?" I asked through the tears running down my face.
"No. I'm really here," he said, touching my face also.
I smiled a watery smile and threw my arms around his neck. He stiffened for a minute, but then relaxed and wrapped his arms around my waist. I hid my face in the crook of his neck, just like I use to do.
He kissed the top of my head and held me tighter. I still had tears streaming down my face.
"I love you," I whispered in his neck.
"I love you, too," he said into my hair.
"Why didn't you contact me?" I asked, looking up at him. He sighed.
"I changed," he said. Well, I could see that. His appearance has definitely changed.
"I should explain," he said. So he told me. Everything. I just sat and listened to his story. When he finished, he just stared at me, waiting. Probably for me to run off scared. But this was Edward. My best friend, my soul mate. I've known him all my life. I could never be scared.
"So you're a vampire?" I clarified. He nodded.
"I don't care," I stated. He looked at me like I was crazy. Maybe I was. Having a kid can make you lose your mind sometimes, because you're always worrying about whether they're safe or not.
"You don't care? Bella, I'm a monster," he said.
"No you're not. I don't care, Edward. I love you. I've known you my whole life and I don't care if you are a vampire or not. I wouldn't care is you had webbed feet and quacked like a duck. You're the same Edward I fell in love with and you always will be," I said. He sighed, then cracked a smile. The same crooked smile I always loved and would stop my heart in a minute. My heart went into double time.
"You always surprise me," he chuckled. He has no idea that he's in for a much bigger surprise. When I thought of that, I remembered that now he will get to meet Sophie. I smiled hugely.
He looked frustrated for a minute.
"What?" I asked.
"I can't read your mind," he said. I looked at him confused.
"Of course you can't," I said.
"No. I can read minds. It's a vampire thing. Alice can see the future and Jasper can feel other people's emotions. But I can read minds, except yours. And to think yours would be the only one I would ever want to read," he said.
"Oh," I said, taking in this new piece of information.
"So, tell me about my parents," he said. I smiled.
"They're good. They're getting better over your 'death', but they miss you a lot. I visit them a lot. They make me call them almost everyday," I said. He smiled.
"I miss them, too."
I noticed the time on my watch. I have to get home.
"Crap, I have to get home," I said jumping up. School had ended without either one of us noticing. We were too engrossed in our conversation to know what was going on around us.
"Okay. I guess you should get home," he said getting up as well.
"Charlie leaves as soon as I get home. You can come over if you like," I said.
I really wanted Edward to meet his daughter. He thought about it for a minute.
What if he doesn't want to meet her? I was suddenly nervous. What if he doesn't like her?
Edward smiled and nodded. He grabbed my hand and walked with me to my truck. I opened the door and turned to him. There were no other cars in the parking lot.
"How will you get home?" I asked looking around at the vacant parking lot.
"I have my ways. My kind can run fast," he said.
"I'll see you at five?" I asked.
"Five," he confirmed.
He kissed my forehead. I wish I could kiss him, because I haven't been able to kiss him in a little over a year, but maybe he wasn't ready for that yet.
He disappeared then. I looked around for any sign of him, but couldn't find any. I climbed in my truck and drove home with a smile on my face. I couldn't wait for five.