Chapter One: Alone

Hues of pink and orange kissed the horizon as the sun rose; One silhouetted figure stood alone against it. As rain dripped down the petite figure her golden eyes searched the town of Forks. How could you?! she thought, anger radiating from her like wild fire as tears pranced along her furious eyes. Edward left Bella, and with him the rest of the Cullens followed; except for Alice, who would rather stand alone in the rain than abandon her best friend.

It had been hours since Edward left Bella in the middle of the woods and then for hours more Bella's brown eyes gazed dully at the cold, pale walls of her bedroom. She sat in a painful pregnant silence and the noise of her ragged breath seemed to cut through the room sharply. The only signs of life upon her face were the tears which glistened upon her cheeks, cheeks driven raw from hours of crying, as a frail hand pressed against her chest feeling the hollowness within her.

"You...don't...want me?" She whispered. His honey eyes stared painfully into hers, giving away no trace of emotion.

"No." He replied. Bella's heart had fallen into a painful, lurching, stop before heavily banging in agony as his words replayed over and over again in her head.

"Well, that changes things." she said awkwardly in the calmest voice she could manage. Time stood still and mentally she panicked, physically she just stood there staring blankly at him. At the last minute she begged for him to stay but her efforts had been fruitless. More tears joined as the scene replayed, yet again, in her head. Hours had passed since she was abandoned by true love and yet it felt like years had steadily passed while she just sat there.. drowning in her misery.

Alice sat in the tree outside of Bella's window. Her golden eyes glowed eerily through the night, face warped in despair. As she debated on a plan of action Bella fell asleep, giving Alice an excuse to slip gracefully into the room. She tucked the sleeping girl under her blankets and laid next to her on the bed. As Alice wrapped her arms around Bella she wished that she could make all the heartbreak go away. Hours went by, in a blink of an eye and not much longer the sun's rays caused Alice's skin to sparkle across Bella's face. Bella's sleeping face scrunched up as the light skimmed across her eyes and she buried her face further into Alice's chest to escape it. Alice sighed as she realized it was time to leave and as she leaned out of the window she vowed to come back, but Bella would want to be alone for a while, so until then She decided to go find Edward and give him a piece of her mind.

Bella nearly jumped out of her skin as she woke with a jolt and beathed heavily in alarm. Must have had one hell of a dream, she thought, too bad it's memory didn't linger. Tears rimmed her eyes as her hand ran lightly along the empty space next to her, the space Edward usually occupied every night and every morning that had passed. But that would never again happen. Her chest felt like it was breaking into pieces as she sobbed sharply at his memory. But this would not be the first nor the last time tears soaked her face. After this moment things would never be the same. Everything was changed. Bella was forever changed. So instead of greeting the new day she curled up into a ball wallowing in her fears and self pity. Where she would stay hopeless and alone for who knew how long.

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Bella pulled away and smacked her sharply, the sound echoed and bounced off the trees around them.

"I needed you!" Bella shouted, "I didn't need time alone, I needed you." Alice nodded and hung her head as she apologized. Bella didn't accept her apology just yet but wrapped her arms around Alice's small frame.

"I'm here now and that's what matters," she whispered.