Chapter 5: Happiness

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As I came into the kitchen Esme greeted me happily. She was just finishing up a grilled cheese sandwich and popping it onto a plate for me. She set the plate down in front of me with a happy smile on her face.

"Thanks Esme," I told her with a smile of my own.

She kept smiling and waved it off as nothing. I finished it quickly then went and put my plate in the sink. I tried to wash it, but Esme was having none of it and told me to go and see what the boys were up to in the living room.

I walked into the room to find Emmett on the couch playing a video game. Jasper was sitting in the chair right next to him reading a thick book. Carlisle was standing by the big glass wall staring out at the raging storm. I walked over and stood next to him. I watched as the wind blew with ferocious power and the rain, pounding down, flooding the ground. I suddenly remembered Charlie was out fishing today. I looked at the clock and realized that he should have been starting back to town about a half an hour ago. Anxiety forced its way to the surface; it was so unsafe to drive in this weather.

"Bella what's wrong?" Jasper asked from across the room, obviously feeling my anxiety. He got up and flashed towards me. Carlisle and Emmett were both looking at me with similar worried expressions.

"Charlie went fishing today, but this weather…" I trailed off letting another loud clap of thunder speak for itself. All three of them seemed to relax at the same time, which confused me. Didn't they care about Charlie?

"Don't worry Bella, he called about 45 minutes ago and said that he was staying in a place up near the lake. The roads are completely flooded up there. He also didn't want you to drive in this weather so he asked if you could stay here until the weather cleared up." Carlisle said.

I let out a breath that I didn't know I had been holding in relief. Charlie was safe. Plus, that meant that I got to spend more time with the Cullen's. Maybe this bad weather wasn't so bad after all. Jasper and Emmett went back to what they were doing and Carlisle threw his arm over my shoulders, giving me a light squeeze, while turning back to face the window again.

"So did you have a nice nap?" Carlisle asked. I blushed and ducked my head down, hiding behind my hair, as I remembered that I had fallen asleep in his lap.

"Umm, ya I guess. Sorry about falling asleep on you." I said; my voice clearly full of embarrassment. He didn't seem to mind though because he just chuckled.

"It was really no bother. I'm glad you got some rest, you looked exhausted." I gave off a slight shiver as my mind went back to why I was so tired, remembering the horrendous dream from last night. Carlisle, seeming to sense my train of thought, pulled me a little bit closer to his side. The words he had said earlier echoed in my mind.

I swear on my life that we will never leave you again.

I'm sure that I will always be haunted by the things that I saw in Volterra, but now that I finally let myself believe that I would not be left behind again all of the memories suddenly seemed to become manageable.

Carlisle lifted his head up, looking toward the back door, which was all of the warning I had before I was wrapped in a new set I arms that I recognized instantly. Edward.

He pulled back just enough to crush his marble lips to mine with such intensity that I forgot about everything in the world except for me and him. I forgot about my nightmares and the hell I had gone through. I forgot about all the worries I had about becoming a vampire. Heck, I even forgot about the room full of vampires, one of them practically being my father figure.

There was just me and him for the immeasurable amount of time that we were crushed together. He broke the kiss first, remembering my need to breathe before I did.

"I missed you," he said, stating the obvious. It still made my heart jump with excitement when I heard it.

"I missed you too," I said, looking deep into the bright butterscotch eyes I had missed so very much.

Another loud clap of thunder sounded through the house, bringing me back to reality. I realized that Edward's clothes were soaking wet from the rain, and in his haste, he had in turn soaked my clothes as well. I didn't really mind aside from how cold it was coming off of his cold stone body.

Seeming to notice the same thing, he smiled sheepishly at me. "Sorry."

Alice, who I hadn't even noticed come in, quickly came to my rescue with a stack of dry clothes.

"Thanks Alice," I said, not even bothering to ask why she had an extra set of clothes that happened to be my size. I quickly stretched up on my tippy toes and gave Edward a quick kiss before going to change. When I came back I found everyone was in the living room sitting with each other's respective mates. All except for a now dry Edward who I quickly joined on one of the couches.

I felt so safe and happy sitting there surrounded by all of my vampires. I felt better in that moment than I had in months. I felt like everything in me was lighter and at peace with the past events that had plagued me.

More importantly I finally felt truly loved again by the one person that meant the most to me.

End.

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