I sat down and waiting patiently for him to speak up, laying my head on his shoulder, reveling in the feel of how perfect we felt together.

“First, let me explain why I left.” he paused to make sure I was paying attention.

“I left because I thought it would be best for you. That I could handle being away from you if it meant saving you. I almost came back, a while ago, when I saw how unhappy you were, but then you began to hang out with Jacob and I saw that beautiful smile again.”

My jaw dropped involuntarily.

“You saw me, with Jake? You came back? You didn't tell me?” I was almost seething now, knowing he could've been here all along, except he left me here by myself, trying to fix a huge whole in my heart.

“Bella, you need to listen to my whole story. It's important you know everything.” he stopped again to make sure I wasn't going to blow up on him.

I sat back and fought the urge to roll my eyes.

“Okay. I didn't come back because I thought that when you were with Jacob, you didn't need me. That you were better off. I didn't like that he was a werewolf, but he brought back that smile I missed seeing during those few dark months. But then, Alice had a vision. Laurent was going to come back for you, to kill you. We had to stop him. The vision changed and I found you crying so I came back to check on you again.” he stopped as he saw the shock on my face and pain filled his eyes.

“I saw that he had found someone else. You were crying in your sleep. 'Don't leave me too Jake!' 'I can't handle this.' You would mumble that out, but you would also whisper a girl's name and 'be happy.' I knew you weren't and I was finally resolved on coming back, when I found out why Laurent was going to come back in the first place. He was going to come back for Victoria. Those deaths in the paper from Seattle? A vampire newborn army, run by Victoria. She was going to bring them here to kill you and your family as revenge. We stopped her though and that's why you heard about the fires.” he said, but stopped, seeing the tears in my eyes.