I'm glad that everyone liked that chapter, but I know that you all wanted to see how Edward was faring after all the news. Well, wishes granted! Here we go, from Edward's POV.

Also, thanks to everyone that reviewed! For the reviews, I tried to make this chapter super long, so it's my longest yet. Enjoy!

EPOV

I jumped a little as Alice waved a hand in front of my face.

"Hello?" she asked. "Anyone in there?" She giggled as she settled back in her chair.

I shook my head out a little and focused, for the first time in half an hour or so, on the two vampires sitting across from me on the green suede couch at Denali. Alice had a smile that was so big it looked like it was going to break her face, but Carmen looked a little worried.

"Are you alright, dear?" She asked, searching my face for an answer.

"Yes, Carmen, I'm fine, thank you. Actually, I think I need a bit of fresh air. Would you ladies mind excusing me? I think I'm going to walk back to the house." I stood up and headed for the door. "Thank you very much for having me, Carmen."

"It was a pleasure, Edward. You'll be here on Friday?" I nodded, and headed into the cool night air.

My mind was racing, emerging from the fog it had been under since we found out the truth.

'Bella is here, in Alaska. Bella didn't leave me for the mutt. Bella thought I'd left her.' I cringed a little at that, as I made my way into the park surrounding Denali. I relaxed a little as I was enveloped by the forest. Leaves crunched under my foot as I continued walking.

'God, Bella must have suffered. I can't believe she thought I'd left her again. And Tanya, that awful... awful... bitch. What a bitch.'

The more I thought about Bella, thought about the years since we were separated, the angrier I became at myself for not speaking to her when I had the chance, in her apartment. I stopped in the middle of the forest. An owl called a few meters behind me, and I heard a small mouse scamper through the underbrush. I was roughly an equal distance from the Cullen Alaska house and Bella's apartment. I could go to her now. It's not like she'd be asleep or anything.

I nodded and made my decision.

BPOV

I sat up in the bath to drain it and add more hot water. I'd been in there for over an hour, and didn't have any plans to get out soon.

While the bath was refilling, I grabbed a handful of rose petals that I kept near the tub and a bottle of bubble bath, and emptied both into the newly hot bath. I leaned back against the side of the tub and turned off the tap with my foot. I smiled at my talent as I settled back, my head on a towel so I wouldn't get a stiff neck.

I had done my hair up in a high bun so it wouldn't get wet, but with the steam rising from the water, sections had fallen down into wavy ringlets.

I laughed. It wasn't like anyone was going to see me tonight.

I closed my eyes and let the new hot water relax me. I hadn't really gotten around to thinking about the events of the last few hours. I kept getting distracted.

Mostly, Cindy called me twice, once to see if I was coming to work the next day and again to see if I'd be there on Friday. I said yes to both, but she kept chatting on about her sister and how glad she was that she did well with the class earlier today. I made random noises of agreement as she prattled on, and then said that I should probably get to sleep. She sighed but agreed, and said she'd see me the next day.

That was about ten minutes before I refilled the tub, and I knew that I really needed to start thinking about things.

My mind went first to Edward, and how unresponsive he was. He barely said anything at all when they were over. Had he found someone new? My heart lanced with pain with the thought, and I winced. I continued wondering about Edward for a long time, which led to me thinking about our time together in Forks. I hadn't let myself think about that since my change, and I'd forgotten how much I really, truly, missed Edward with all my heart.

I started thinking about our meadow, and how much fun we had together, how right everything felt.

Still, the happy memories were making me depressed, so I refocused on the deliciousness of my bath.

"Mmmmm," I sighed, smiling a little. I kept smiling until I heard a tiny cough from the doorway.

My eyes flew open, and I stood up, grabbed my towel, and whipped it around me with what was possibly the fastest vampire speed the world had seen.

"Edward!" I screeched. "What the hell!"

EPOV- A few minutes earlier

I growled a little as I walked away from the lobby, but not loud enough for the doorman to hear me. He was still watching me suspiciously, peering at me through the windows of the double glass doors. He followed my progress through the parking lot, as I thought he would. I immersed myself in the shadows of the forest that bordered the car park, and waited until he turned away from the window to begin my approach once more.

He hadn't let me in, saying that apartment owners had to come down and get their visitors past 10 PM.

That was alright though, because I had a backup plan.

All apartment buildings had fire escapes correct? I just had to make sure that I found the right one that would take me to Bella's flat.

It took me a couple of minutes, but I started climbing, certain that I'd found the right one. 'Apartment 4A, apartment 4A,' I repeated to myself as I ascended the many ladders. When I finally climbed to her floor, I expected the window to be locked, but it was actually wide open, and her curtains were blowing in the 

arctic breeze. I began planning to chastise her, because she would catch a cold, until I realized that she couldn't become ill anymore.

I shook my head a little as I stuck a leg through the window, silently. When I stood up in her bedroom, it was dark and empty. The only light was coming from down the hall. 'She must be watching TV in the living room or something,' I thought.

I padded to her bedroom doorway and slowly down the hall, trying to keep as quiet as I could. I didn't want to scare her or anything. I was just about to pass the door way to her bathroom when I realized it was open.

I then made the mistake of looking inside the bathroom, which contained a very naked and very wet Bella in the tub.

I could do nothing but stare for what seemed like ages. I then realized that I was being a perverted voyeur and decided I should let her know that I was here.

I coughed a little, and was immediately assaulted by a screech.

"Edward!" She yelled. "What the hell! What are you doing here?!"

She was standing in the tub with nothing but a tiny towel covering her.

I couldn't really think of a good answer to her question at that moment.

BPOV

I walked into the living room where Edward was waiting for me, and I was thankfully completely clothed again.

He was sitting in the exact same spot as he was when he was here earlier, except this time he wasn't staring into space but examining my stereo system from a distance.

"That have a nice sound?" He asked, turning to look at me when I entered the room.

I nodded absentmindedly, wondering why the hell he was focusing on the stereo system during a time like this.

I sat down across from him in my favourite armchair.

"I'm going to ask you one more time Edward. What the hell are you doing here? How did you jimmy the lock again?"

He looked a little sheepish. "I didn't come in through the door. Roger wouldn't let me up."

He stopped speaking. I waited, and then asked in exasperation: "Well, are you going to tell me how you got in?"

"Oh, right. Through the window, which was wide open by the way."

I nodded, "I like a little breeze to go through the flat. Now, are you going to tell me why you came here and watched me while I was taking a bath?"

I knew that if I could have blushed right then, I would have. What an awkward moment.

"I didn't come here to watch you have a bath, if that's what you're implying. I came to talk to you, but you were otherwise occupied," he said with a little smile.

I threw my hands up. "Well at least you're amused by this whole situation, but I most certainly am not."

"Oh come on Bella, you have to admit, it is kind of funny." He looked at me expectantly, but I just glared stonily back.

"Okay, fine, you don't think it's funny, I get it."

We both settled into silence for a moment. I took the time to examine Edward. Everything about him was the same, except for his eyes. His eyes looked... older, and wilder.

Still, he had that boyish air around him, leaning forward, with his elbows planted on his knees. I looked to his face again, to see him staring at mine.

I almost lost myself in his gaze when I was startled by my phone ringing.

Edward groaned, and I looked at him strangely as I stood up to walk to the phone. "Don't worry; it's probably just my teacher's aide, Cindy again."

He laughed. "No, it's definitely not Cindy." I looked at him as I picked up the phone.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Bella? Hey, it's Alice. Is Edward there?"

"Oh hey Alice," I said, shooting a glance at Edward again, who now had his head in his hands, "Yes, he's here. Would you like to talk to him?"

"Oh no, that's fine, I just needed to know where he was so I could find him and well, kill him."

"Couldn't you just see where he is all the time?"

"Not when he's with you Bella dearest, remember? But I didn't know if he was with you or being torn to pieces by a werewolf or something."

I laughed a little, "Well, he's alright, but was just a little rude, sneaking in my flat without telling me."

"That boy... Just tell him that I'm at the house now, would you please?"

"Right. I'll see you tomorrow Alice."

"Goodbye Bella!"

We both hung up, and I turned to look at Edward. "So Alice has gotten a lot more protective then?" I asked, smiling.

He looked up from his hands, surprised to see me smiling. "Well yeah, since..."

We both looked away from each other. I went to sit down across from him again.

"Bella," he began, "We need to talk. Where do we go from here? I-- I still... well, you know."

Actually, I didn't know at all. "What? You what?"

He looked pained. Nevertheless, he took a deep breath.

"Bella. I still love you, I never stopped. You were, are, and always will be my everything. If you don't feel the same way, just tell me, so I can leave you alone."

He looked at me pleadingly.

I was absolutely thunderstruck. I was about to pinch myself to see if I was dreaming, until I realized that I of course couldn't dream anymore.

Everything was so fast, whirling around me faster than I could keep up.

'Wait! He still loves me! Oh my god!'

My eyes whipped to his face. He wasn't lying. He still loved me. 'Oh my god.'

"Oh my god. I-- I-- I love you too Edward." I paused, to look at his face; he looked like he was slowly comprehending things also; his features moved from pain to complete ecstasy. He was about to say something, but I cut him off. "But I don't know if we can just go back to how things were. Let's take things easy, okay?"

He stood up quickly, and swept me into his arms, laughing. "Of course, anything you want!" He began swinging me in a circle, then set me down and turned to run to my bedroom.

"I've got to go talk to Alice, Bella!" He said over his shoulder, leaving me standing in a daze in my living room.

It was only seconds until he was standing in front of me again.

"I forgot something," he said softly, taking a step closer towards me, the breathless enthusiasm gone from his voice.

"Edward--" But I was cut off, with his lips pressed to mine. At first I was frozen, but then I went wild, throwing my arms around his neck and winding my fingers into his bronze hair.

He purred, and grabbed my legs, wrapping them around his waist.

He started walking again in the direction of the bedroom, but I was oblivious. I was so happy; everything felt so right now, like I was finally coming back into the light after 25 years in the darkness.

We were in my bedroom before I knew it, but Edward slowly dropped me on the bed, and pulled away. I groaned and looked at him with questions in my eyes. I was so ready for this!

He placed his hand on my face and smoothed out the frown in my brow. "Taking it slow, remember?" He whispered softly in my ear. And then he was gone, out the window.

'Wow.' I flopped back on the bed. 'What a day.'

SQUEAL! :) Everything is perfect and happy now, right? Edward and Bella are back together, everything is good. Oh no, oh no no no my devoted readers! You've got it wrong. Someone's coming to upset the perfect picture. Who could it be? And why are they coming?

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Oh, and kudos to bitten'n'smitten for totally predicting where the story was going to go. Well done! :)