A/N Sooo lol I was bored today and figured, in honor of New Moon coming up tomorrow night I would write a quick one shot. Now i haven't written any kind of fanfiction literally in years. And not only that, but I've never finished one. So... this might be completely dumb. Its probably dumb anyway! Lol. But the thought of it came to me a while ago so... enjoy?


There was nothing left.

To do that is. Bella sat motionless at her kitchen table, staring vacantly at the wall. A cup of coffee rested in between her hands, but it had already gone cold. The house was silent, except for the sound of her slow, steady breathing and the annoying tick tock of the clock that hung on the kitchen wall.

It was a Saturday afternoon. Charlie had left around six o'clock in the morning to go fishing with Billy. She'd heard him leave, as she had not been able to sleep all night. Again. Normally, she would be at work, however the Newtons had decided to close the store for the weekend and take a mini family vacation.

Attempting to distract herself, Bella had done every bit of cleaning that she could think of. She had washed the floors, cleaned the windows, done all of the dishes (even the unused, dusty china). She had disinfected the bathroom from top to bottom. She'd cleaned out the refrigerator and made a list of things she would need for the next time she made a trip to the grocery store. Dusted the framed pictures on the wall in the living room. Every stitch of fabric, including the bed sheets, curtains and couch coverings, had been put through the wash, ironed and folded or put away accordingly.

She'd even gone so far as sweeping the leaves off of the sidewalk and walkway to the house.

All of her assignments for classes had been finished. The book report that was due next month was typed up and ready to go, sitting on her desk.

Bella wracked her brain for something else to distract her and keep her mind from drifting to Ed-

Frustrated, she stood up so quickly the chair behind her clattered to the floor. She almost stumbled backwards but caught herself by holding onto the table. Carefully, she stepped away and was able to pick up the chair and place it back in it's proper, upright position.

Slowly she walked around the house, searching for something to clean, something to do. Pulling her books out from under her bed crossed her mind for only a moment before she realized that there was no way she could read any of her old books without thinking of him.

Reaching the living room, she let herself fall onto the sofa. Her eyes wandered around the room, finally falling on a fishing book that was sitting on the coffee table.

Bella let out an emotionless chuckle.

She knew that if she read a book about fishing, she would surely fall asleep. With sleep came nightmares, and that's what she'd been trying not to do. She'd been living off of coffee and energy drinks for weeks. Anything to avoid watching him leave her again, hearing him say that she wasn't good enough…

She quickly grabbed the remote control sitting on top of the fishing book and turned on the television.

Having never really been a fan of television growing up, she didn't really know what to put on. She knew she was looking for something mind numbing, something that would take her mind off of everything but wasn't serious in any way.

She stumbled onto a channel called Cartoon Network and let the remote fall from her hand to the couch beside her.

Cartoons must be safe.

On the screen, a young girl with long blond pig tails bounced happily down the sidewalk. Bella watched absentmindedly as the girls face broke out into a huge smile and she ran to meet handsome boy with jet black hair. Handsome for a cartoon… Bella admitted to herself. "Darien!" The girl practically shrieked, throwing herself into his arms and squeezing him.

The show flashed to something of a dream sequence of the girl disappearing from him, and quickly went back to the scene on the street. A look of pain crossed Darien's face before he hardened his expression and pushed the girl away from him.

Confused, she asked him what was wrong, what she had done.

Bella's vision began to blur and she realized quickly that she was about to cry. She knew that she could easily reach down and change the channel, or turn the television off completely. But for some reason, she just couldn't bring herself to do it. She stared, transfixed, and watched the scene play out as if history was repeating itself…

"Serena, it's over, we're though." He said through clenched teeth.

The poor girl, Serena, looked stricken. She held her fist curled up and against her heart. Her eyes teared, just as Bella's had. "I'm sorry, I didn't realize that you were having a bad day."

Darien almost growled. "It's not that Serena… I just don't love you anymore. " With that, he pushed past her and walked away. Serena fell to her knees and stared numbly at the sidewalk.

Pain, so fierce, ripped a new hole right through Bella. She moaned and curled herself up into a ball on the couch, not caring that her sneakers were on the newly clean sofa. How could it be, that watching only a few minutes of a cartoon would bring everything back this much? How was that possible?

The show continued, but it continued without her. She wasn't in the living room anymore, she was back in those woods. It wasn't Darien's voice that she heard, it was Edward's, telling her that she wasn't good enough. That he didn't want his past to dictate his future. That he didn't love her anymore.

She was shaking and feeling more lost than anything, when the Darien's voice broke through the haze. "Oh Serena… I love you…" He cried softly.

Bella's head snapped up. Had the characters reconciled already?

No…

Darien was standing on a rooftop overlooking the city. Tears streamed down his face.

Bella sat up, confused. Why would he be talking to himself about how much he loved her, if he left her?

He hung his head low, allowing the tears to fall from his face and onto the rooftop. "I can't stand to be the one to hurt you. I must protect you!" he said fiercely. "And if not being with you is the only way to let you live, then so be it!"

Bella's tears dried instantly. She leaned towards the television, almost off the couch, and listened to the rest of his monologue.

She ground her teeth together to keep from screaming. She finally got it. Edward had never stopped loving her. He'd done what he had basically threatened to do from the beginning. He stayed as long as it was best for her.

"Why that stupid, self sacrificing, idiot of a vampire-" Her words were cut off by the ringing of the doorbell.

Still angry, she leapt off the couch and marched towards the front door. It had better be an emergency, she thought, anything less and she might just take the anger she felt towards Edward and place it on them.

Bella yanked the door open and started in shock at her visitor.

"Wha-" It wasn't just the fact that it was Alice Cullen standing, at her door that made her speechless. It was the fact that she was dressed in the most ridiculous outfit…costume… that she'd ever seen. With the most ridiculous wig that she'd ever seen.

Although Alice was bouncing from foot to foot in contained excitement, Bella couldn't figure out why they were at the same eye level. She glanced down and noticed the platform knee-high boots that the silly vampire was wearing. Bella's eyes traveled up and took in the most indecently short skirt that she'd ever seen, paired with what looked like a one piece swim suit. A huge bow rested in the center of her chest. The wig she was wearing reached past her knees and was a dark green color.

"Bella!" Alice finally burst and rushed forward and enveloped her in a hug.

It took a few moments for Bella's brain to catch up, but she finally wrapped her arms around Alice in return. "Alice, what are you doing here? And… it's not Halloween…" She trailed off, confused.

Alice giggled and squeezed her once before letting her go. "Don't you get it?? I'm Sailor Pluto!" She looked proud of herself. "Seer of the future! Keeper of the time gate!?" She used air quotes as she spoke.

It only caused Bella to become more confused.

Alice dropped her hands to her hips. "You know… Sailor Moon… the show you were just watching that helped you figure out what my stubborn asshole of a brother did? Awesome show from the 1980's and early 90's?"

For the first time in a long time, Bella let out a genuine laugh. "Alice, I was born in 87. I don't remember shows from then."

Alice scowled. "ANYWAY you baby… it's a person from the show. Forget it I guess you don't get the joke. You will one day though." She sighed and pushed her way past Bella into the house. "Thanks for inviting me in!" She huffed, plopping herself on the couch and propping her silly boots onto the coffee table.

Bella followed her and sat next to her. "You don't need to be invited, that's a myth."

Alice grinned, in a good mood again. "Do you know how expensive it is to get a show that has been off the air for almost fifteen years, to play on repeat for a month, on a major network? Hmmm? I knew you would stumble on it eventually Bella but jeez…"

Speechless for the second time in minutes, Bella stared, stunned at her friend. "You didn't…"

"Oh yes I most certainly did! It was about time you figured it out, and while I wasn't directly allowed to do it, I did know the perfect way to push you in the right direction." She grinned. "So what do you say…do you want to come with me and knock some sense into my knucklehead brother?"

"Ab-so-freakin-lutly."