Chapter 30
BPOV
"We need to come up with a plan," Carlisle said. We were sitting around the dinner table in the Cullens' house. Edward and I had just told the family of our engagement and they were all excited for us. But then, they told me about the plan.
Charlie still didn't know about mine and Edward's relationship. It was too risky for him to know, because he would notice absolutely no difference between Edward Masen and Edward Cullen. It would raise too many questions. Renee didn't know either, and I knew she could never know because she would recognize Edward the second she laid eyes on him and run for the hills screaming there were ghosts following her. With all these facts laid down on the table, the wedding had to be a private wedding.
The problem was though, I couldn't just run off and get married, then return home to Charlie like nothing happened. If I wanted to join the Cullens in the immortal world, I needed an alibi on why I would never see or talk to my parents again. So that's where all this has led us to, at the dinner table they never used except for family meetings. This was the biggest family meeting they would probably have for a long time.
"We're going to have to fake her death. If we say she goes off to college, Renee will figure things out. She'll end up making a trip up to see Bella and won't find her. Then she'll hire someone to find her, which will lead into her discovery of vampires. Charlie will find out after that from Renee. Death is the only way to keep people from asking questions," Alice said sadly.
I took a deep breath. I knew this was going to be a possibility when I made my mind up that I wanted to be changed. I knew I would have to give up my friends and family, but it was all worth it for Edward.
"What about Sophie? They can't see her either," I said, holding my sleeping daughter close to me. I felt Edward squeeze my should lightly.
"We'll have to fake hers, too. If we didn't, she couldn't come with us," Esme said softly.
I held my daughter impossibly closer. There was no way I would give up my baby. But I hated the thought of her dieing, even if it was fake.
Edward noticed my tense body and turned to me.
"You don't have to go through with this, Bella," he said.
"No, I want to. I just don't like the thought of Sophie being dead, even if it is fake," I said truthfully.
"She's not going to harmed," Esme promised. I smiled at her, feeling a little better.
"So any ideas?" Carlisle asked the family.
"Animal attack?" Emmett suggested. We all turned to Alice who had her eyes closed, concentrating on the future.
"Charlie will catch on," she stated, keeping her eyes closed.
"Why not just an everyday accident, except fatal," I suggested, my voice low. I hated talking about my fake death.
"It can't be a regular car wreck," Alice said.
"What about if we run her car off into the ocean, make it look like she ran off a cliff on accident," Edward asked.
"No, there would be suspicion on why there are no bodies," Alice said.
"What about a car fire? She ran into something, a tree maybe, and she happened to have a leak so the car caught on fire. It happens a lot. We can get a piece of her hair and some clothes from both of them. No one will be driving out here in the middle of the night, so it won't be until morning until someone finds it. By then, it'll be too late to find any bodies," Rosalie suggested.
Alice was quiet for a minute, then opened her eyes and smiled.
"Perfect. That will do it," she said.
"Okay, it's settled. Now the question is, when do we put this plan into action?" Carlisle asked, directing his eyes towards Edward and me.
Edward and I locked eyes before we turned back to Carlisle.
"After graduation. It wouldn't make sense for us to leave right after the accident. People might get suspicious," Edward said.
"Sounds good," Carlisle agreed.
A month. I had a month left until I would have to tell my parents bye forever.
The next day, I was alone at Charlie's so I invited Edward to come over. It was a little cloudy but warm, rare for Forks.
Edward and I sat on the porch steps watching Sophie play out in the yard with her favorite ball. It was silent, the only sounds coming from Sophie who was giggling. After a few minutes, Edward broke the silence.
"Are you sure you're ready for this?" he asked.
I lifted my head off of his shoulder and looked up at him.
"Of course. I'm ready to spend forever with you," I said firmly.
He sighed.
"Just making sure," he mumbled.
I turned in his arms and grabbed his face in my hands.
"Edward Cullen, nothing is going to make me give up a forever with you. I went through so much pain when I thought you were gone forever. I'm never going to put myself through that again. If three days of pain allows an eternity to be by your side, I would take it a thousand times over," I said with so much passion lacing my voice.
He smiled at me and kissed me softly. After a few seconds, he pulled away and rested his forehead on mine.
"August thirteenth," he said randomly.
I pulled back confused.
"What?"
"August thirteenth. I want us to get married on that day."
He had a twinkle in his eyes.
"What that day?"
"Because five years ago on that day, I realized my feelings for you. It's when I knew I would never love anyone else."
I stared at him for a minute before smiling.
"August thirteenth it is," I said.
He smiled my crooked smile and kissed my cheek. I pulled his face towards mine, capturing his lips with mine. I felt a vibration in his pocket, but we both ignored it. When it went away and came back a second time, Edward pulled away.
I groaned. He chuckled at me, pulling out his phone.
"It's Alice," he said.
"She's most likely calling about the wedding. Now come back and kiss me," I said.
He chuckled again, but obliged. The phone stopped vibrating but a second later, it started up again for the third time. I groaned again.
"She what she wants," I said rolling my eyes.
He laughed and stood up, answering the phone. I turned to watch Edward walk through the open door and into the foyer of Charlie's house. He kept his back to me as he talked to Alice.
"Alice, what could possibly be happening that you just had to interrupt?" he asked teasingly.
I heard a fast chatter on the other side but couldn't understand a word that was said. I turned back to Sophie, trying to listen in on the conversation the best I could.
As Edward said, "Slow down, Alice. I can't understand what you're saying," I watched a horrible scene play out in front of my eyes. A scene that would forever be imprinted in my mind.
Sophie had bounced the ball a little too hard and it went to the street. Sophie, not knowing any better went to retrieve it right when a car was coming a little too fast.
"Sophie!" I yelled hysterically, but it was drowned out by the screeching of tires, then a loud 'thump' as her head hit the concrete.
I was running before her head hit the ground. The man in the car got out, completely shocked.
"I didn't see her! I'm so sorry! She came out of nowhere!" he tried to say.
I knelt down to my unconscious daughter, tears falling in waterfalls down my face.
"Don't move her," I heard a velvet voice say next to me. I turned to see Edward kneel down on the other side of Sophie. He started checking for a pulse, whispering brokenly, "Don't die on me, baby girl."
Then he turned to the man and screamed angrily, "Call 911!"
The man scrambled off, clearly intimidated, trying to call an ambulance.
"Edward," I whimpered.
He pulled me into his arms and held me as I cried.
"She's going to be alright. She's not going to die," he whispered.
I wondered if he was trying to convince himself more than he was trying to convince me.
The ambulance arrived minutes later, and quickly worked to load Sophie into the van. Edward and I rode in the back with her on the way to the hospital. Edward held me as I held Sophie's lifeless hand. The paramedics worked around her, trying to keep her alive.
When we arrived, Carlisle was waiting since Edward had called him on our way to the hospital.
"She's in good hands," was the last thing Carlisle told us before we had to stop. We couldn't go in any further.
Edward held me in his arms as I started breaking down again.
*hides behind rock as angry Team Sophie fans run past* Don't kill me! Just stay with me! I promise you'll like the outcome! But I can't give anything away! Sorry it took me so long to update! I was gone for a month and wasn't near any computers. I hope yall liked this chapter! It's getting closer to the ending :) Kinda happy and sad, isn't it? Bittersweet! It's been a year and a half since I first posted this story! Just stay with me and I promise yall will like the ending, possibly fall in love with it :) I have most of it written out especially-NOPE! Ya almost got me to give something away! Sorry, no can do! Patience young padiwan! (did i spell that right?) Yeah, that's right, I totally pulled a Star Wars on you! :) Anyways, hoped you enjoyed this! See ya next time! REVIEW! Please :)
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