This takes place in New Moon after Bella jumps and Jacob picks up the phone.

Disclaimer: The characters are not mine. They're Stephenie Meyer's. This story is mine though. Enjoy!

Chapter 1

Edward's POV

"Hello?"

I was silent. I didn't know what to say to that. Who was this picking up the phone in my Bella's house? She wasn't my Bella any more; I had to keep reminding myself that. I left to do what was best for her. I left.

"Jake! Give me the phone!" I could hear Bella yell.

My un-beating heart felt like it stopped. She was home, with this Jake. Jacob Black? I shook my head. She wouldn't. She must've moved on. That was great, right? If so, why did my chest feel like it was going to explode?

"They're not answering anyway." Jake said to Bella, I could hear him toss the phone over to her.

"Hello?" My angel's voice filled up the phone. It filled me with joy. She was alright. She was perfect. She sounded happy.

Should I answer? If I said hello, she would know it was me. Then there would have been no point to me leaving her. If I hang up now, she can continue her life with Jake, whoever he was. Then I would have left for a reason. That would mean that she could live a human life and not miss anything that I could not give her.

Was I strong enough not to respond to her? She was so close, yet so far. I could hear her breathe into the phone. Boy did I miss hearing her breathe, hearing her heartbeat, hearing her voice…

"Hello? Is anyone there?"

Her perfect voice just made me miss her more. I can't believe it has only been 8 months. It has felt like centuries that I have been away from her.

"Bells, just hang up. There's nobody there."

Ugh, him. I have no idea who he was, but he was bothering me already… So many miles away. But if he makes her happy, then who am I to blame? I told her that I didn't want her anymore. I lied to her.

"You're probably right Jake." The phone shuffled near her chin. "If you don't respond in 5 seconds, I'm going to hang up the phone… 5… 4… 3… 2…"

"Bella." There I said it. The past 8 months just went down the drain. All the pain and suffering I caused myself. The day that I lied to her came to the front of my mind. Seeing my Bella like that. My un-beating heart started to ache.

"Edward…?" Bella whispered. I could hear her perfectly as if she was standing next to me.

"Hang up the phone Bella." I could hear him talk to her. I already didn't like him. He bothered me.

"Edward, is that you?" She whispered again. How I longed to be there with her. She sounded as beautiful and wonderful as always.

"Hang up the phone, Bells. Do you remember what he has done to you? Do you remember what pain he's caused?" My chest tensed at the thought of causing my angel pain.

I could hear the phone drop onto the linoleum floor of the kitchen and there was a scuffle to pick it up. "Jake, don't you dare hang up that phone. Give me the phone right now." I could hear her fists pound softly.

"Give me the phone, mongrel." I could hear my sister's voice in the background. What was Alice doing there?

I could hear Jake as he argued with Alice.

"Why? Why should I? Are you insane? Did you see how much pain he caused her? Of course not, ALL of you LEFT. He left her crying in the forest. ALL BY HERSELF. She was left alone. She chased after him and couldn't find him. He left her to die in the forest. If Charlie did not go out and send rescue teams, we never would have found her. She would've died out there!"

I winced. My poor Bella, I did this to her.

"What about after we found her?"

"Jake, don't do this!" I could hear Bella yell.

"She was in a comatose state forever. It took months for me to get her back! You cannot tell me that talking to him and then him disappearing again will not faze her!"

It felt like a slap in the face. How was I supposed to know that this was going to happen? She was supposed to be okay after I left. She was supposed to move on.

"Edward." My sister got onto the phone.

"Alice? What are you doing there? I thought I told you not to look into her future. I thought I told you not to go back."

"I know I promised, but I had to check it out. I had to make sure that she was okay. I had to make sure that Charlie was going to be okay, if she wasn't."

My mind staring reeling back to the phone call I had with my other sister.

"Edward, she's gone."

"I thought –…"

"Alice had a vision. She's gone. She's dead, Edward."

All of a sudden I was brought back into the present.

"Edward…Edward…?" Alice was trying to get my attention.

"Can I talk to Bella?" I just had to talk to her one last time. I needed to make sure that she was okay and then I would walk out of her life forever; if that was what she wanted. If she wanted me to stay this time, I will. Just hearing her, I couldn't live without her. I couldn't spend the rest of my life without her. I couldn't spend the rest of eternity thinking about her and not having her with me.

"Edward…" I could hear her as she sighed my name into her phone.

"Hi Bella." I didn't know what else to say to her. I couldn't make myself form any other words to just see if she still had feelings for me.

"It really is you. I thought I was imagining it." She sounded so wonderful to hear, it was really great to hear her speak to me. I thought she never would after I had spoken to her like that.

I knew I had to come back to her. I never stopped loving her. How could I have? She was the reason for my existence.

"It's really great to hear your voice." She had no idea how great it felt. It felt like my reason for existence just came back.

"What… How… Where are – No, how are you?" She asked.

I smiled at the thought that she wanted to know so many things about me.

"I'm doing better now…" Now that I heard your voice, I wanted to add. I didn't want to scare her away. I didn't want to do anything else to harm her.

"Are you coming- …"

The phone was snatched away from her. "Are you coming back leech?" Jake sneered over the phone. Leech? Did Bella tell him about us? Mongrel, the term that Alice used flashed into my head. Werewolf. Out of all people she could become friends with. It had to be a werewolf. I shook my head, Bella and her attraction to trouble. Another thought came to my mind. Black. It had to be Jacob Black, grandson of Ephraim Black.

"Jake, give me the phone back!" I could hear her pummel her fists into him.

"I asked, are you coming back? Bells and I are doing fine without you." A million things flashed into my head. What if she was with him? What if they were together? Did she love him? He obviously loved her, with how he was being so protective over her.

"Give the phone back to Bella." I demanded.

-click-

Damn dog, hung up on me. I needed to get out there as soon as I could.