Parallax

Chapter 10

It took a while before he could respond.

"Her... your humanity..."

Bella sighed.

"But isn't your love worth fighting for more than anything else?"

"Not in the expense of her humanity."

"I already told you what I will become in the future and I can tell you now... I don't have any regrets."

"But Bella... she may not want the same thing as you." Bella got triggered at his words. She did not just experience Bella's pain to be told that she didn't know how her counterpart feels.

Bella stood up. "Do you think she doesn't want this?" She gestured to everyone around the room who fell silent and did not dare interrupt the two. "A family?" she gestured to him. "You?"

Bella pointed to her chest. "I am inside her body." She reminded him. "Edward, all that pain that I experienced earlier? That was your Bella sharing all of her memories to me..."

His eyes almost grew in disbelief. "All that suffering, I've never experienced that kind of pain before and I don't ever want to feel that way... again. That was all her... she was sharing all her memories... everything that she felt for you so don't tell me that she may not want the same thing as I do.

I may not be the Isabella Swan that you know and love but I am still Isabella Swan. I am a version of her and in any reality, I know what I want and what I need. I may have a different mate but my love for him is as strong as her love for you" the last part, her voice turned softer, wanting him to understand that she only wanted what's best for this Bella.

"I can't let her want this... I can't be this selfish and just allow her soul to be damned just so I can get my happy ending..."

"You're not being selfish if that's what she wants as well and if it's the only way for her to be with you..."

"She doesn't know what she's asking for..."

"Will you stop that?!" Bella glared at him and her irritation started to grow because of his stubbornness.

"Stop dismissing what she wants because of her humanity, our humanity! Stop trying to decide what's best for her because you're only making it worse!

Isn't she your mate?" Bella paused and allowed him to answer but he merely nodded.

"Then treat her as one! She is meant to be your equal regardless if she is human or not so stop deciding for her and respect her decision because at the end of day, you also want to be with her!"

"Not like this!" Edward started to protest.

"Oh, for God's sake Edward!" Bella finally had it and raised her voice, waiving her hand in annoyance.

"Don't give me the crap about you damning her soul again! I've already been there. I'm already a vampire in the future and I don't see myself blaming Jasper for making me one of you. And no offense to Jasper but between you and him, he has a much darker past as a vampire. If there was someone here who would be afraid of tainting my humanity, it would be him but Jasper trusted me enough to know what I'm getting myself into and accepted our mating bond.

And besides, do you really think Bella cares about that? She... We...don't share your ideals and beliefs about your soul... All she ever really wanted was to be with you, with whatever life you can give her, she'll accept it. It's not a sacrifice when it's both your happiness at stake"

She took a deep breath to calm herself down. She can't believe that she was so invested in this Bella's life but how could she not? If it was her, she was not going to give up easily as well. If Jasper had this dilemma when they were together, she was sure that she would do anything to be with him. Their love was worth fighting for. And the Bella that Edward loves was not here to make her case so she had to fight for it on her behalf.