Chapter One

" He's gone Bella." Alice whispered to me. I couldn't comprehend what she was talking about. Who was gone? I looked around the field. There were large piles of dead vampires burning.

We had finally defeated the newborn army, with nobody lost. Everybody was alive, breathing, and proud of the victory.

" Who?" I asked, thoroughly confused. Esme had come to get me, saying in a sad voice, that the fight was over, that I could come down to the field. They had captured Victoria, and had killed all of her minions. They had pardoned one young girl, Bree, she said her name was. She was a ravage, nasty looking girl. She wasn't ugly, no, she was dirty. Grimy and gross. She had bright red eyes that burned into my soul. She was hungry, and I was the only human in sight.

" Bella. Think about it. Who is the number one person you want to see?" I didn't even have to think about it.

" Edward?" I asked in an unsure, shaky voice. " Edward's gone? Gone where?" I didn't need to ask; I could see it written all over their faces. He was… gone.

" He died, Bella. The newborns, and Victoria… they were too much for him. He just took on too much…" She trailed off, her voice breaking. I stood there, too stunned to think. Gone. That's all that was in my head. He was gone. I felt my eyes cross and my head started to spin. I felt something shake me, nonstop. My whole body shook. The pain was unbelievable. It hurt.

" It hurts." I sobbed. My voice was high-pitched, too loud for even my ears, let alone the vampire's ears. I gripped at my chest, clinging onto my shirt, tearing at it, trying to get to my heart. I needed to hold it, just to hold it together. It was shattering. " God, Alice it hurts." I cried, my eyes released the tears and they flowed like a river. My body still shook, and only when I felt someone pull me roughly into a hug, did I note that it was my body convulsing. My sobs didn't just rock my body, oh no, they shook my whole being like an avalanche.

" I know Bella. It hurts me too." Someone, most likely Alice, called to me. I was too lost. I drifted off to a land where my mind looked for Edward. Looked for my love.

" You can't be here Bella." A voice said to me. It was clear whose it was.

" Edward." I called to him. I couldn't see him, but I knew he was there. I could feel him with me. " Don't leave me. I need too much."

" I'll never leave you Bella. I'll always be with you. But where I'm going, you can't go with me. You have to go back with our family and live life. Bella. For me, live life, and forget about me." His voice pleaded with me.

" No! Not with out you. I love you Edward, I can't forget about you. You're my own true love. I've tried before! I've tried to live without you, and it's not possible. Edward, please, just don't go." I cried out to him.

" Don't cry my love." This time his voice was behind me. I turned around and there was my Greek god. My love, my Edward. " I'm here. Always."

" Edward!" I cried and ran the rest of the way to him. I crashed into him, and for once he wasn't cold. He was warm, and his skin was soft. I looked into his eyes, and they too were different. Not the usual gold, or black they usually were. They were green.

" Are you- are you human?" I asked, my voice shook.

" Yes. I died and now I'm a human. How… peculiar." He mused darkly. " You have to go." He whispered soothingly to me. " They're waiting for you."

" I don't care. I've only EVER wanted you. I'm not leaving here." I said, determined. " I'd rather stay here with you then go back without you."

" No. I've said this before Bella. You have to live, for me. You've got to go back and live life. Go off to college, find a new love, get married, have many babies. Please, Bella, don't give up on life. I may not be there physically, but I'll always be here." He touched over my heart. I nodded my head and sobbed.

" Ok, Edward. I'll try, but I can't promise you anything." Edward nodded his head also, before sweeping down and capturing my lips. We kissed like we had never kissed before. It was a sin, and I loved it. We didn't pull apart for a long time, my lungs were practically dead when he did pull away.

" Good bye, my love." He whispered to me, and gave me one last kiss.

" NO! Edward!" I called after him, as that Heaven faded.

" NO! Edward!" I jolted awake, tears were still streaming down my face. I looked around the room I was in, the living room at the Cullens. Alice was sitting next to me on the couch. My head, it looks like, had been on her lap.

" What did you see Bella?" She asked anxiously. She seemed afraid of my answer.

" I saw… nothing." I lied. I didn't want her, or anyone else for that matter, to know that I had saw Edward one last time. It was extremely personal. It was the last time I would ever see him. It broke my heart to even think of those horrible words. Last time. I didn't want it to be the last time. It couldn't be the last time.

" You can tell me Bella." Alice said, trying to comfort me.

" No. I can't. It's none of your business Alice!" I yelled at her, and stood up swiftly. " What happened between Edward and I are personal! He's my love, and I'll never se him again! I'll never, ever see him, hear him, smell him… kiss him… touch him…" I trailed off. My head was spinning again, but this time, instead of me going unconscious, I just stood there, dizzy for a couple of moments.

" Are you done?" Alice asked me in a soft, gentle voice.

" …" My voice wouldn't work. And, strangely I didn't want it to work. If I couldn't talk then I'd never ruin my mental picture of Edward. I'd never forget the words he had said to me.

My eyes widened as I remembered his words. My weak human mind might forget them! I hurriedly, forgetting about Alice, rushed through the house, looking for a pad of paper, and a pen. When I tracked the items down I rushed to Edward's room, looked the door and sat on the ground. I looked at his room for a while before I scribbled down all the words he had ever said to me. The last words he said to me were the first on the paper. I never wanted to forget those ones. Those precious, precious last words.