Parallax

Chapter 7

Bella recognized some of the music from Edward's playlist but there was one that she found quite unique. The song was soft, like a lullaby. It held such promise of love and joy, yet at the end, there was a hint of finality to the song, an ending that he didn't want to happen. She guessed that this was Edward's song to Bella.

She kept repeating the song over and over, trying to understand Edward more from his music. Why? Why does he think that loving Bella would not end well for them? Or was it only for him? Bella felt that there was something that she was missing.

Bella thought about the timeline. Since it was Bella who was Edward's mate in this timeline, which means Edward would have gone almost a hundred years without having someone at his side. Would that have really made a difference with his outlook in life? And not to mention, with Bella still human and him stuck forever at seventeen, was it a factor to how he view himself and his relationship with Bella? Did he think that that their relationship was something that he didn't deserve? Or something that's doomed to fail? She couldn't believe that.

Most vampires would have been thrilled to finally found their mate. Some would go live for a few hundred or a thousand years before even finding their other half. But no, Edward was not embracing it, he was condemning it instead and Bella was going to rectify that especially that it looked like, this Bella did not share Edward's sentiments about their love story.

Bella was not one to enjoy manipulating outcomes, she always leaves those to Alice but this was something that she couldn't just stand by and do nothing especially that she was inside the body of a Bella Swan that might potentially end up dead if she didn't intervene.

She felt the plane touching down and Bella was surprised that they have already arrived at their destination. She must really be too caught up in her own musings that she didn't realize they have already arrived.

When they were leaving the plane, Bella was back to worrying about who was going to meet them and she prayed that it was going to be anyone else from the family but of course, her prayers weren't answered because the moment that she turned towards the hallway were people were greeting the arriving passengers, Bella felt a sudden longing that she had never felt ever since she got transported to this body.

Her heart started to hammer loudly, she could almost hear it from inside her chest. Bella looked around the many faces in the crowd and her eyes zeroed in on the lone figure that was standing in the corner, leaning against the wall with his hands in the pockets of his pants. He was wearing a white long sleeved shirt that fully covered the many scars on his arms. Those scars that Bella could tell exactly how many and how he got it.

Bella's body moved in her own accord as her feet slowly brought her closer to where he was standing.

"Major... "Bella couldn't help the words from escaping her lips in a soft whisper and as if Jasper heard it, he looked up and turned towards her direction, his face lighting up, just the way that she remembers him.

Jasper stood up straight and took a step forward, arms to his side with his palms opened in a welcoming gesture. Bella chastised herself for not being able to move fast enough for him. She was already sidestepping people that were walking around her, eyes solely straight ahead towards Jaspers waiting arms but even before she can reach him, Jasper's eyes fell somewhere behind her and Bella felt like the world was trying to swallow her whole as Alice's small figure bounced ahead of her and towards Jaspers embrace.

Bella stopped mid stride. Shit. How could she forget? Why did she even consider that it was her that he was looking like that? Alice and Jasper were holding hands and they were staring into each other's eyes, a silent communication between lovers and Bella felt a pang of jealousy which she took a while before she could dismiss. She had no right to be jealous.