Reunion
Rapping on the door, I heard two voices quiet.
"Hello again Bella. Come in."
"Thank you Carlisle."
"I'd like you to meet my wife Esme."
"It's nice to meet you Mrs Cullen. You look beautiful."
"It's nice to meet you too Bella and its Esme. I assure you, you are more beautiful than me."
"Thank you Esme. You have a wonderful home."
"Thank you Bella. Is there anyone with you?"
I hugged the photo album to me as tears clouded my eyes.
"I'm alone."
"I'm sorry Bella. Let's sit down. The others will be home in a few minutes. Edward is going on a quick hunt first though."
I cringed as she said Edward. This Edward may be coming home but mine never will.
"What's wrong Bella?"
"It doesn't matter."
"Are you sure Bella?"
"Yeah. I'll be fine. Can I just have a minute?"
"Of course Bella."
I ran out of the house and to the first layer of trees. I kneeled down on the forest floor as my heart clenched. It had been 96 years since I had seen my Edward and at five o'clock I would have officially been separated from my fiancé for 96 whole years. I heard a car pull into the drive and climbed into the tree listening to them speak.
"Come on guys. She'll be here soon."
"I don't see why you are so keen to meet her Alice, she's just another vampire."
"She will be my best friend and she is called Bella."
"Alice can you not be friends with her?"
"Why Jasper?"
"It doesn't matter."
"Come on Jasper, you got to tell us why you get all depressed at times. There has to be a reason why."
"Not now Emmett. Can we just go inside?"
They all went into the house not noticing me in the tree. I heard them greet Esme and sit around the living room.
"Alice, could you go and see if Bella's alright?"
"She's here?"
"She arrived at three but went into the trees. She seemed sad."
"I'll go find her."
"Thank you Alice."
I heard Alice's approach and jumped down from the tree, landing lightly on my feet.
"Are you alright Bella?"
"Yes, thank you Alice. I'm sorry for leaving. I needed a moment to myself."
"That's okay Bella. What's wrong?"
"It doesn't matter."
"Okay Bella, but you know you can talk to me or Esme if you want to."
"I'll be fine thank you Alice."
"Do you want to come and meet the others?"
"Okay. I'll have to meet them eventually anyway."
"They won't bite."
I followed her to the front door and into the house.
"Guys this is Bella."
I was looking at the ground when I heard a familiar voice.
"Bella?"
I looked up to see a young man looking at me incredulously.
"Jasper?"
Running into his arms, he wrapped me up in his arms.
"Is it really you Bella?"
"It's me Jazz. You're here. You're really here."
"I missed you Bella. I missed you so much."
I buried my head into his neck, embracing him.
"I love you Jazz."
"I love you too Bella. I love you too."
We stood in each other's arms until a voice broke us apart.
"Who are you? Jasper, who is she?"
"Alice calm down. This is Bella."
"And who is Bella? How do you know each other?"
"Bella's my sister."
I pulled myself closer to him. After all these years, he still thought of me as a sister. I let a small sob rip from my throat.
"You have a sister?"
"Yes. I'm sorry Bella. I never should have left."
"I was so scared Jazz. You weren't there to help. The dreams Jazz, they were so real. You were always there to help me Jazz. They got worse Jazz. They got so much worse."
"Did they ever come true?"
"All of them. I had to watch them over and over again Jazz. I'm so sorry Jazz."
"Why are you sorry Bella? You did nothing wrong."
"I saw what happened during the war. I saw you in the trenches."
"My God. It's okay Bella. It's all over. I'm safe. We're all safe."
"Bella. What are you talking about?"
I pulled away from Jazz to see a sad Alice standing at the side and the rest of the family watching us.
"When I was younger, I'd have these dreams, well nightmares, of something that would involve my family. They all came true in a way. All though some factors changed."
"What sort of things changed?"
"Um. I'd have different dreams of Jasper dying in different ways. Sometimes he'd grow old and die peacefully but most he'd die during the war."
"I'm sorry Bella."
"It's okay Alice. I was used to it. I'd had them since I was four."
"What happened to our mother and father Bella?"
"That's a difficult story."
"What happened?"
"Father left mother."
"Why would he do that?"
"He blamed her for everything. For you going to war. For me going missing."
"When were you changed?"
"The end of 1919."
"Who changed you?"
"I don't know."
"Jasper, as happy as I am that you have found your sister, why don't we sit down and you can tell us about her."
We all sat down, Jasper holding onto my hand.
"Edward will be home in three, two, one."
"Bella, turn around."
I slowly turned my head to see a tall, slightly muscular figure with messy bronze hair, standing in the doorway, grasping the handle. It snapped of the door as I stood up, not aware of anything going on around me.
"Bella?"
"Edward?"
"Bella."
I walked into his arms not believing what I was seeing.
"Is that really you Bella?"
I pulled the two chains from my neck so he could see them. His eyes flickered to the tags before flickering back to my eyes.
"Bella."
His lips crashed to mine, as he pulled me to him.
"I love you Bella."
"I love you so much Edward. I missed you."
"I missed you too Bella. More than you can imagine."
"I don't think so."
I pulled his lips back to mine my hands going to his hair.
"Don't ever leave me again."
"I won't Bella. I promise I won't."
"I think I missed something. Since when were you too together?"
"Come here Jasper."
He came over to us as I wrapped one arm around his neck.
"We were engaged."
"You were what!?"
"Bella and I were to be married in March 1918."
"I never knew you were so close. I'm happy for you."
"We aren't engaged any more really. I don't think it counts after so long."
"But you kept the ring. I'd consider us engaged still Bella."
"Where's your ring?"
"Right here."
He pulled the ring from his pocket and held it up to me. I took mine of the silver chain holding it up to him. He took mine, whilst I took his.
"This belongs here."
He slid it onto my finger and kissed the back of my hand.
"And this belongs here."
I slid his onto his finger and brought his lips back to mine.
"I love you Bella."
"I love you Edward. I love you Jasper."