Hey everyone here is the next chapter! Sorry it took me so long to update but I was snowed under a lot of studying! I also want to say sorry for the mistakes I probably make. I am trying not to and I check the chapters again and again. Try not to be too strict with me :(

Chapter 5

APOV

3 years later

Finally the day had come! We were going back to Forks after three years in California! I would come back to my old school and graduate with my best friends. I am not complaining thank god I hadn't had a hard time here but I love the place I grew up. It feels so good returning home after so long.

Carlisle, of course, was satisfied by his job in California but Esme couldn't stand that lifestyle for long so did I. At the beginning I was really exited with all these parties,fashion and glamorous schools but now I was sick and tired of all these. I'd really missed Bella and Jake and my old life in Forks. It sounds really weird but it's true.

So we packed everything in two weeks and here we were sitting in our seats waiting for the plane to take off. It was a sunny hot afternoon in California. In a few hours will be landing in a rainy and cold Seattle. I was sitting in the back row with my i-pod unable to sleep or do anything. I was just waiting. Esme and Carlisle were talking somewhere in the front and Edward was sleeping in the next seat.

Emmett and Ian had surprisingly been accepted in MIT and they had been studying here for two years now. They visited often and I have to say I really miss them and their funny jokes a lot. They had remained their old selves only a bit more mature and grown ups.

I hadn't told Bella we were going back. I wanted it to be a surprise for her. I called her yesterday morning to tell her that we will come back to visit soon but I didn't tell her when or why. I believe she is expecting us in a week or so. It would be a huge shock for her tomorrow when she'll find more people sitting in her lunch table.

The last time I saw her was a month ago when I'd gone to visit her. I spend one whole month in Forks with her during the summer. Charlie had bought especially for Bella a blue Mini Cooper when she got her driving license. It's the cutest car I've ever seen! Just perfect for her.

I spent the last three summers there with her and Jake and all my old friends and now finally I was going back to be with them every day! Oh God…we are seniors at last! Next year we will be at the university too. The past three years had passed really fast. So many things had happened, so many things had changed. And one of them was Bella herself. I knew for sure that Edward belonged to the past for her but it wasn't the same as the beginning. I still remember how devastated she'd been when we left. She had tried to hide it from me but I knew her too damn well and of course Ian had told me everything.

FLASHBACK

It was a couple of weeks after we had landed in California and I was decorating my new room. My phone started ringing and I saw a familiar number on the screen.

"Ian? How are you? What happened?"I was happy to hear from him but worried at the same time. why was he calling me?

"Hi Alice, I'm okay…you? How is everyone?" he said all cheerfully. I wasn't that stupid! If he wanted to know about us or needed someone to gossip he had Emmett.

"Ian get to the point. I know there is something you want to talk about. Spit it out."

"Okay guilty! It's just Bella…Alice she is a walking corpse! She doesn't speak or eat and I know that she doesn't sleep well. She is pretending that everything is fine but she can't cope with it. I am trying to understand, her best friend, her sister actually is miles away and her first big crush just turned her down. But that's too much Alice…she promised that she'll do her best to get over it and I knew she meant it but I can't see any change..I'm afraid she's not strong enough for this.. " he sounded desperate.

"Oh Ian I kind of expecting that…you have to be near her and help her, please… I talk to her every day but you know her, she is trying to make it easier for me and she is hiding all her emotions." I didn't know what to do. I was miles away!

"I am trying Alice but she is avoiding me!" he was yelling now.

"Hey Ian stop yelling at me I'm trying to help, remember?"

"Sorry but I want to see her smile again." He was sad now. Poor Ian…

"Okay Okay, I am giving you my word I will help her! I'll call her tomorrow and I'll force her to talk to me. She just needs to have all these out of her. I know she needs ME but she is so stubborn." She definitely needs to get over Edward but I didn't mention that.

"Okay thanks Alice…you're the best. I really hope she'll listen to you."

"I'll do my best I promise. Just don't push her 'kay?"

"Sure…bye Alice you're the best."

"Right…bye Ian."

I hang up the phone and I started writing an e-mail to Bella. I was telling her that I wanting to speak to her as soon as possible.

The next day I received a call for her similar to the last one. She was still trying to sound all happy and perfect. I wouldn't play her game for long.

"Bella just stop with the babbling okay? I am not interested about the weather and you know that. Tell me…how are you? How are you feeling? I know you are going through a tough time and it hurts me that you don't trust me. Just tell me the truth for once. I am here for you!" I was on verge of crying now. I was letting out all the depression I was trying to block all these days.

"Alice it's horrible please come back…I can't do this anymore I need you. Everything has changed… Angela and Rose and of course Jake are here for me but it's not the same. I can't open up to them..I talk to them everyday but I don't talk at the same time..do you understand?.. I love them too much but you are like my sister. And Edward…" her voice broke and I could hear her strong sobs. Of course she was missing Edward as well.

"I know…what makes you believe that it's easier for me Bella? I've already made some friends here but they can't compare to you. You must never forget that I am always here for you. You can tell me everything." We were crying together now.

"Oh Alice I'm so sorry I didn't tell you all those things earlier…I just wanted to make it easier for you there. I didn't want you to worry about me."she apologised and after a long pause she asked hesitantly "Is he alright? Has he already found a new girlfriend? I just want to know…I am curious."

"Oh Bella…please stop thinking about him. It's not easy,I know, but at least try! Please do it for me. I am not saying to hate him or forget him, he is your friend since so many years after all, but move on! Get over him! There are so many guys out there and you can find the one for you! Edward was just a crash not the only love of your life!We're barely in high school, those crushes come and go and in many years we'll laugh talking about them,you'll see."

"I know Alice but I can't…he is always on my mind. I close my eyes and I see his face. I think that I see him wherever I look..and then all the words he said before you leave come to my mind.. It is really hard. But I promise to you that I will try! Seriously Alice I owe it to myself and to you and to Ian. I know he is worried and I hate that. I have to think about him, his best friend is away too." She sounded better now. More reasonable I can say.

"Wow that's a strong new Bella! Are you sure you are feeling alright?" a minute ago we were crying with sobs and now I was making jokes and I could here her sweet laugh on the other side of the phone!

"Ha ha yes I'm fine! I can see clear now. I should have talk to you earlier. I'm sorry. I feel much better Alice. I will move on!" I could hear her more relieved and happy! And I was happy too.

END OF THE FLASHBACK

That day was the first and the last that I heard her like that. She had been definitely sad but I didn't expect her to be all cheery from one day to an other, she needed time. We were talking everyday on the phone for hours or we were sending e-mails on a daily basis. She was filling me in with all the attest news and gossips about Forks High and I was telling her about the life in California. I really missed her face and all the hours that we were spending together talking and laughing but at least I had her, she was still my best friend.

The first summer came and I went to visit her. Ian came to spend the holidays here with Emmett. They really had the best time of their lives with all these girls in bikinis walking everywhere. Edward of course stayed here as well. He had found a new girlfriend named Natalie and he was school president…again. He got used to the life here instantly!

I stayed three weeks at Forks and I could see that Bella was all happy and carefree. But there were times that I could tell she was still thinking of him. Edward was on her mind but it didn't hurt her as much as it did some months ago. She was working on it and I was happy for her.

The day she found out about Edward's new relationship I was scared that she would be hurt again. Fortunately she is stronger than I thought. A sign of sadness crossed her face and some tears filled her brown eyes. That lasted for seconds and then her face flashed with strong determination! All the tears were gone and she changed the subject by making jokes again.

The next winter passed more or less as the first one. And next summer arrived! What a big surprise was for all of us! Bella had a boyfriend! I couldn't believe it when she told me! I was screaming and dancing all over the place! Finally I thought Edward was past!

As soon as I arrived at Forks that summer I met him. David. He was a year older than us, tall blonde with blue eyes and sweet smile. It was obvious that he cared a lot for her but I couldn't say the same for her. They looked like friends except from a couple of hugs and pecks. I really wished that her behavior had nothing to do with Edward.

Unfortunately she broke up with him a month after I left. I never really understood why but I didn't force her for more information. After David Bella had other occasional boyfriends who didn't last long. She wasn't into long term relationships. While Bella was having her silent life in Forks Edward was having his crazy life in California. Every week he appeared with a different girlfriend not to mention he had turned into a party animal!And he was only sixteen! Esme was worried enough but she couldn't forbid him going out. Deep inside I believe that this was one of the reasons we left California.

The big surprise came a couple of days before I visit Forks for the third and last summer. Bella called and announced that she had a new boyfriend…again! Not even a month had passed since she broke up with the last one. She sounded like she was dancing up and down! That was a really big change! With all her last boyfriends she was sounding uninterested not to say bored. Now she was all excited!

When they came together to take me from the airport my jaw fell to the floor! Her new boyfriend was Adrian Crawford! Edward's best friend? Was she crazy? I thought she wanted to get over him not to crush on his best friend! After that big shock another one was there for me! Bella had changed so much! She had been a completely different person and I mean on the inside as well as on the outside!

Nothing was wrong with her of course but she was different. Her hair was longer, darker and she made them nicely curly. Moreover, she had put a natural make up on that made her eyes look bigger and her lips fuller! The Bella I used to know never cared enough about her appearance. She was beautiful of course but she didn't pay so much attention to her hair and make up and stuff like that. In addition to all these, her sense of fashion had been improved so much since the last time I saw her! She was wearing a pair of skinny jeans and a dark green sweater with a crème scarf around her neck! And on top of it all he was holding a brown big leather bag with matching shoes!

No Way! For years I'd been trying to make her dress like that and now all of a sudden she was dressed like a model! That outfit really fits her so I didn't question that change, something really unusual for me. Furthermore, her behavior was different. I mean she was the clumsy happy Bella I loved but she was glowing with confidence as she was walking holding hands with Adrian. She was more outgoing and social!

As soon as I got used to this new Bella I realized that I wouldn't changed her for anything! When I left for California she was deeply in love with Adrian, on cloud nine. And now I was returning home and I would be near her like I will always be.

While I was lost in my thoughts we finally made it to Seattle. Raindrops were hitting the plane windows as I had expected. I nudged Edward to wake him up.

"Hey, wake up, we're here. The flight is over Edward wake up!" I almost dropped him to the floor to make him wake up.

"Alright, alright I'm up!" told me while he was rubbing his eyes. He sat up, stretched his arms and we walked off the plane.

EPOV

Damn we had made it to Seattle. I really hated that awful weather, I want back the sunny days. All my family was extremely happy for the comeback, except me. Alice couldn't stop babbling about our school and old habits and of course Bella.

All these things I hated so much and trying to avoid. I already missed my friends and the parties I was leaving behind to get back my old boring life here in Forks. I was sitting on the back seat of our car unable to see outside because of the dark forest and the heavy rain. I closed my eyes and then it hit me! How I didn't think about it earlier? My old gang was still here of course! We were talking to the phone once in a while but I hadn't told them that I was returning today. The truth was that I wanted to see only one of them tonight. Adrian. I took my phone out and dialed his number. He didn't respond immediately.

"Hello?" I heard his familiar voice.

"Hey man! I'm back and I'm going home right now! What about you to come over and drive back to Seattle only the two of us? I will be bored to death here!" thankfully we hadn't sold our home here since Esme loved was a good think to know I was having my old huge room back.

"Really are you home man? Cool! But I can't now sorry I am home with my girlfriend and I'm kind…err…busy if you get me. But I'll see you tomorrow! Bye!" and he hang up to me! What a jerk! A girlfriend? Who was she? He'd never mentioned of a girlfriend. Never mind I was going to find out soon. And as I was laying back on the car seat I heard Alice screaming…

"Oh my God we are home!"

Oh nice…

This is the end of chapter 5 please review and tell me your ideas! In the next chepter there would be more Edward I promise! What do you think it might happen?

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