The rain had become progressively harder through-out the night. As I stood under the shelter of the overhang of the Mac's Milk. My eyes hadn't stopped scanning the vacant street looking – no, searching for him.

Abruptly my eyes stopped on a single figure that was darker than the rest. I squinted my eyes and tried to focus on his angular, almost stone-like features. The forceful rain and rapid wind blowing in my face made it hard to keep my eyes locked on his statue-like posture.

But finally, involuntarily, I quickly blinked.

In that spilt second he was gone. I should have known, I should have seen it coming. Of course he couldn't and wouldn't stay forever. Yet, I still felt sad. But it was a different kind of sad. There were no words to express what was happening to me. There was no feeling and there was no thought.

The rain hit my face but I didn't care enough to wipe it away. The rain in Forks was inevitable, same with this emptiness that his presences had left inside me.

I glanced away from the spot where he had been only moments ago. I looked into the window of the variety store and saw that Jacob Black was still talking to the girl behind the counter. I looked out into the dark and rainy night and then back at Jacob. I finally took a deep breath and simply walked away.

I was walking away from my problems and walked away from all my worries. I was walking away from Jacob, from Charlie, from Renee, everyone in Forks and I was mostly walking away from... E-Edward. His name stuck in my throat and left me cold and broken. Like I was falling into pieces, like Edward had left me all over again.

I knew it wouldn't be long until Jacob realized that I was gone. The thought of it only caused me to walk faster. I couldn't bear to face him right now.

Then suddenly I heard it. I heard the voice I'd been waiting for. It was that voice, the one that made my knees go weak and my mind go blank except for thoughts of him.

"Go back to him Bella. This is for the best. This is the way it should be."

"No." I said to him, speaking to the air rather than an actual body

I rolled my eyes and continued walking. It didn't matter what Edward wanted I wasn't planning on stopping anytime soon.

"Bella?!" I could hear Jacob calling behind me. The sound of his voice pulled me back to my new life, my life without Edward. I almost stopped and then remembered that I needed to escape.

"Bella!" I heard it again and this time I didn't react to it. Instead I slipped into a quiet side street that most people would pass by without a second thought. I hoped that Jacob would be one of those people.

Finally I was far enough down the street that I could no longer see the lights of downtown Forks. This suited me just fine. I felt comfortable in the dark.

"Bella you can't do this to yourself. You need to let go. I'm no good for you."

"You're the only thing that's good for me" I spoke back to my personal hallucination. When he spoke again I stopped walking all together, too weak to move.

"I need you to forget about me." He said. His voice was cool and soft. Yet, although I couldn't see him I could picture his eyes, so full of pain and anguish.

I stood there, so frozen that I wasn't sure if I was still breathing or not. I stood there waiting, Waiting for those two words that I didn't want to hear. But then he said them.

"Goodbye Bella." he said in the most formal manner.

I braced myself for silence. I braced myself for the silence that would control my life. But before I could prepare for it I felt Edward's cool lips against mine. For a split second I froze. In that moment my world turned upside down. In that instant my old life with Edward and my new life with Jacob collided and I found myself lost in between.

Then, before I could even react he was gone.

"Goodbye Bella." His final words echoed in my mind as I sank back into my darkness.