IN YOUR HEART • EDWARD CULLEN

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"Aurora Green! Long time no see my friend!"

Aurora runs up to Sandy and hugs her tightly, Sandy loses her footing when they hug causing them to fall on the ground together. Thomas and Aaron laugh , Aurora quickly gets up and hugs the boys. "I missed you guys so much." Aurora smiles, "Come on, you must meet my family." Aurora says , showing them inside the Cullen household. "Hello Dr.Cullen , hello Mrs.Cullen." The trio says in unison , Esme smiles at them sticking out her small hand towards them. "Hello, thank you a lot for everything." "This is our way of saying 'thank you' for keeping our Aurora and Juliet safe ." Aaron says, Thomas and Sandy agreeing with his statement.

Carlisle leads them upstairs to introduce them to the family. "These are my daughters, Rosalie" he points to the beautiful blonde , "and this is Alice." He points to small pixie. Aaron, Sandy, and Thomas shake their hands giving them a bright smile.

"These are my sons, this is Emmett and Jasper" Esme points to the big man who was the size of a bear then she points to the blonde man who gave them a small smile. "And this is Edward." Edward smiles at the trio but his smile quickly fades once he saw Sandy's reaction. "It was nice meeting you all, I'm going to see my niece. " Sandy says leaving the house , Aurora trailing behind her. Leaving Thomas, and Aaron. Aurora felt bad for Edward, she felt embarrassed and awkward. Aaron chuckled at his wife, "What did I do?" Edward asked, flicking his golden eyes between Thomas and Aaron .

"You flew way too close to the sun."

***

Edward looks with concern as Carlisle finishes setting Bella's hand on a splint. Rosalie , on the couch, peruses several newspapers to see an update. Everyone was having a conversation about the newborns and Victoria , explaining the situation to the Deen's.

"Tryin' to walk and chew gum at the same time again Bella?" Emmett teases. "I punched a werewolf in the face." "Bad ass, you are gonna be one tough little newborn." "Tough enough to take you on." Bella says with confidence.

Rosalie slaps down the newspapers and abruptly walks out, throwing a fierce scowl Bella's way. Aurora calls after Rosalie but Edward turns to her telling her to leave her alone. Aurora slowly nods and turns her attention back on the conversation.

"Don't worry about it." Emmett reassured once he looked at Bella's face.

"Okay, any leads?" Edward asks , "No sign of an intruder but Victoria keeps making appearances." Aurora answers. "She's toying with us , she's trying to keep us distracted." Thomas says. "From Seattle?" "Or the intruders. Or something else." Sandy says , shaking her head in frustration.

"Alice and Aurora can keep track of her decisions but we need to track her on the ground."

Aurora glances at Bella, who can sense she feels ignored and heads out to the deck. "We've already covered the entire southern peninsula down to the Quinault." Jasper said , "We'll search the northwestern trails." Aaron answers , everyone nods their head in agreement.

***

"When we were five, they asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Our answers were things like astronaut, president, or in my case, princess.
When we were ten they asked again and we answered: rock star, cowboy, or in my case, gold medalist.
But now that we've grown up they want a serious answer. Well, how about this? who the hell knows?!
This isn't the time to make hard and fast decisions, it's the time to make mistakes. Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere chill. Fall in love... a lot. Major in philosophy 'cause there's no way to make a career out of that. Change your mind. Then change it again, because nothing is permanent.
So make as many mistakes as you can. That way, someday, when they ask again what we want to be... we won't have to guess. We'll know."

Bella walks down the stage to the school's principal, and shakes his hand while receiving her diploma. Out in the audience Charlie claps loudly, beaming with pride. Even Juliet and Aurora clapped with joy, they were proud of her accomplishments.

***

It's wall to wall with teenagers. Dancing, celebrating. Alice and Aurora has turn this place into a magical nightclub.

Bella enters, immediately overwhelmed by the crowd. She weaves through the crowd, she searches for Edward. She finally finds him , he's having an intense conversation with Aurora. Bella is immediately filled with anger and jealously but she hid it well. She heads towards them, but Jessica and Angela swoop in.

Jacob enters, calm and confident . Quil, Embry, and Paul flank him , looking intense, eyes darting around the room. Juliet and Bella head to their path. Juliet pulls Paul to the corner and kisses him longingly. She pulls away and kisses his neck slowly. She stops and looks at his brown eyes. "I didn't think you were gonna come." "I will always be here for you." Paul says, kissing her forehead. She opens her mouth to speak but closes it when she sees Aurora frozen on the stair case.

"I'll be back." "Why what's going on?" "Nothing, just wait here." Juliet orders, walking towards her mum. Paul shares a suspicious look with Jacob, Bella, Quil, and Embry as his mate pushes through the crowd. Bella follows Juliet quickly.

Juliet and Bella reach Aurora just as she comes out her vision, her face alarmed. "Mum, what did you see?" Juliet whispers , "I need Edward." She pleads, Bella feels her chest get heavy with jealously. Edward quickly comes to the rescue, looking at Aurora with concern. He cups her cheeks, looking into her eyes. "What's wrong Rory?"

"The decisions been made."

"What's going on? You're not going to Seattle?" Bella asks, only to be answered by Aurora shaking head.

"No, they're coming here."

Riley and Chase pass Bella's red blouse amongst the newborns. As they inhale , picking up her scent.

Aurora shakes her head from the vision. She didn't know what she should be scared about , the fact that Chase is now a vampire or the fact he was now coming after her family.