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Tsurishi Arashi: I promised my best friend that we would write a fanfic together.
Elena: I happen to LOVE Twilight and Sherlock so I felt it would be a good combination. Plus, I was promised another story with Aurora later on.:D PLEASE REVIEW.
Warning: Story is AU.

The Red Bridge
Prolog:
Goodbye Edward

Promises are a very important thing and when someone you felt was supposed to be your soul mate breaks a promise it feels like the world is going to end. That is what happened to me and Edward and how I ended up in England trying to find my best friend Alice, who found herself abducted by someone who happens to be a good shot. The bullet through the window into the picture of myself with Alice. We're like sisters, so finding the kidnapping note was devastating.

It all started the last day of school before summer started, marking the end of my sophomore year. I was sitting outside on one of the benches wishing it wasn't so damn cold in Forks. I could feel a chill breeze on my skin as other students passed me by and I wondered when Edward would get out of class. Since it was cloudy, he shouldn't have been skipping class like he usually did. Of course, because he was a vampire I found myself not hearing when he approached.

"Bella... we need to talk."

I found myself glancing up, my cheeks ruddy red from the frosty cold. "What is it Edward?"

"I need to leave you. Being around me is dangerous."

As I clutched my coat closer to me, I found myself blinking a couple of times, before shaking my head. "Let me get this straight. You're breaking up with me?"

"It isn't that I want to." Edward glanced at the ground, his sculpted chin not moving at all. "You know my secret and you know that being with me will cause you to be in danger, great danger actually."

"Yeah... but I don't care." I shook my head at him, only to have him place a soft finger on my lips.

"But I do care." And then he was gone, leaving me to gape back at the entrance of the school, wondering why I had been so crass to sit out here freezing my butt off waiting for him to greet me outside of the school. He couldn't bother apologizing for that, but then the cold didn't affect him the way it affected me.

I found myself heading to my truck rather dejected, not expecting anyone to comfort me. Alice however smiled at me. I blinked a couple of times, realizing that she had been waiting for me. "Are you going to give me the same answer that Edward did?"

"That I can't be around you? I'm not a boy, so I can control my urges. Plus, I think he's lying." The girl stated, taking the keys from me. "And you don't need to be driving. You're upset that Edward... well, you know."

"Yeah, he's lying to myself. I can easily take care of myself anytime." I got into the truck and found myself glaring out the window. Alice turned on the heating right after she turned the truck on. Honestly, she had always been more considerate then Edward have. She then drove out of the parking lot and began to take me home. I glanced up into her face. "Is something wrong?"

"It's cold. Why don't we stop and get you something even if it is just a coffee, or a hot chocolate. It might cheer you up... or have the exact opposite effect."

"Why are you doing this for me?"

"Because your my best friend. I've never had a best friend before, so I like the fact that I am actually able to have one. It really isn't something the others would understand as they've had friends and they've never had problems with their gifts." Alice pulled into the parking lot of a cafe and we got out and walked into the place.

And that is when I saw it. It is a good way to describe your heart being broken for the second time that day. Edward was sitting in a booth, chatting away with Jessica, who was fawning over him and touching him. I bit my tongue to hold back yelling at him. I looked at Alice, with a pained look on my face, but she smiled as if she didn't know what was going on. The thought that crossed my mind was "friend my ass."

"I'll get you that drink."

"Alice... can I have the keys."

"You shouldn't be driving. You're upset." The female stated as she stayed in the line, pretending to be oblivious to everything that was going on.

I then thought to myself, "I'm even more upset about this."

I turned and began to walk out of the place, intending to walk home. The next thing I knew Alice was honking the horn in my truck and I opened the door and got in. "Alice, did you know that Edward was cheating on me?"

"It depends on what you mean by knowing. If you mean I've actually physically caught him cheating on you with Jessica, no. But if you mean I saw it then yes, I've known." Alice continued to drive me home. "I figured this was the best way to let you know what was really going on. If I showed you, you were more likely to believe it then if I simply told you."

"I guess that is what friends are for." I tilted my head and glanced out the window, not at all pleased that fact Edward had taken my hopes and love for the future and dashed them into the oblivion. Soul mates are supposed to belong to each other and no one else.

Alice suddenly pointed to the drinks. "I didn't get two drinks because I was going to drink one. I got two drinks because I knew you would storm out like that and you need more warmth then before."

"So, you saw how things would play out. I take it your other visions showed me not believing you?"

"I had a vision of what would happen if you didn't hear at all, or if I simply told you. The first ended up with you ending up married to him. The other ended up with various other bad ends." Alice piped up, before turning into my drive way.

"Well, it is official. I'm the one breaking up on him. It would be nice to simply get away from all of this."

"I can arrange that you know. We both can get away."

"Why would you want to get away?" I blinked a couple of times.

"The Cullen's is my family, but every so often we have to get away from each other. It isn't like human families where you grow up and can leave the house. They've agreed I can have a leave of absence for awhile. We can head to New York and get an apartment there. Plus, being around someone who is human feels more natural.