~Chapter 3~

Coming home

I was taking my last walk down the halls of Juilliard, the place I had worked so hard to get into and now I was trying so hard to escape.

I was saying goodbye to all my students.

Giving them all my cell phone number, if they ever needed help, to feel free to call me.

I'd finally trusted Alice with my secret and swore her to secrecy from Emmett, because he couldn't keep a secret, especially when it came to Bella, he thought of her as his other sister and was still mad at me for leaving her all those years ago. And he reminded me every time he could.

I arrived back at my condo, Alice was done packing everything and the movers were there.

"You ready? It's a long ride big brother." Alice beamed.

"Ready", I took a deep breath and smiled at Alice.

We got into my car and called my parents, telling them we were leaving and we'd see them in a few days.

Alice and I were going to make a few stops and just have some bonding time on the way back, since it had been a while.

"I think Jasper is going to propose at Christmas" she sprang on me.

"What? Does dad know? Has he asked dad?" Edward was surprised.

"Well come on Edward it's been 8 years, I think it should have been done by now, but I love him so it's never mattered" she sighed.

"But…" I encouraged her.

"But, when Emmett and Rosalie beat us to the alter, I was kinda upset. And they want to start a family, I'm really jealous. I hope he does!" she sighed again.

"I understand what you mean sis, I kick myself everyday for not coming back sooner, to win Bella over" I said, sadly.

"I'm going to win her back though, she'll see I'm here for good and she'll want me!" I said confidently.

"Well, someone is sure of himself." Alice sprang.

"Yes, I am. That's why this all has to be a surprise, I want to go back to Forks, like I don't know she's still there and we'll bump into each other, hopefully without Jake and there will be sparks again" I was smiling.

"Yeah, you'll bump into her alright" Alice mumbled.

"What? I'll what?" I struggled to hear her last words.

"Oh, just thinking to myself." Alice replied.

We drove for about 8 more hours, before we called it a night, found a nice hotel to stay in.

I checked my e-mail and Esme had sent me a picture of the most adorable home they'd picked out for me.

She had it all refurbished and updated, it was on a hill only a few miles from them.

The house screamed Bella, I knew Esme hoped for the best, as did I.

We ordered room service that night, both of us to tired to go anywhere and Alice in need of talking to Jasper.

After she hung up with Jasper, her phone rang again "Damn, he just hung up, is he that horny" I joked.

She shot me a look and mouthed "Bella' to me. I know I turned white!

"Bella, hey, what's up? Whoa, slow down, what happened?" Alice was frantic.

My blood was boiling. Something wrong with my Bella, I was pacing in front of Alice and she kept throwing stuff at me.

"How can he be such an insensitive jerk? He didn't help at all? Oh! My, Bella, why do you stay?

You don't need that shit! I can think of a million others who'd treat you better!" Alice said shooting me a look and a thumbs up.

"No, I'm sorry I'm not in town right now, I had to come to NY to meet a designer for a new line I'm designing, guess what it's going to be called? You'll never guess… Bella, it's going to be urban chic!, Oh, never mind, I'll show you the pictures later." Alice was beaming.

"No, I'll be back in Forks before the weekend, you can come over to dinner with the family and take you mind off that jerk." Alice said.

I was shaking my head no!!!

I'm suppose to 'bump' into her, damn it Alice!!!

"Are you O.K., though? What about your Volvo? Is it totaled? Shit! That sucks, you loved that car. Well, you'll have to get another one. Newer" Alice chirped.

"O.K., have a good night, call me if you need me. Love ya Bells!" Alice sang.

"What? What happened?" I was screaming.

"She was in an accident, some idiot was looking on a blind curb and she landed in a ditch, totaling her Volvo, one just like you had. Jake said he was glad the damn car was totaled, now there was nothing left to remind her of you." Alice grumbled.

"What an ass!!! That was really cold!!!" I replied through clenched teeth.

"Yeah, he didn't even come get her from the E.R., Carlisle brought her home, thankfully just a fractured wrist and some stitches from the shattered glass." Alice winced.

"O.K. so why did you invite her to dinner this weekend?" I grumbled.

"Well, you haven't told Emmett yet, so you can't be at dinner, so therefore I invited her! You'll survive!" Alice smiled at me.

"True, Emmett would embarrass me at first chance!" I replied.

"Well, we'll finish driving all the way through tomorrow., You need to get there and take care of her, plant some good things about me in her head. Get her to remember the good times. Tell her about my life in New York, everything and how I never stopped talking about her the last time you were here." I pleaded.

"O.K.,O.K., you're covered, just shut up and lets get some sleep, it's a long ride home!" Alice snapped.

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