(A/N – (I don't own Twilight in any way. All credit goes to Stephanie Meyers). Set during New Moon.

She Jumped...

Esme P.O.V.

The house was extremely quiet. That worried me. Usually I'd hear Emmett arguing with Jasper over who won the last wrestling match or Alice and Rosalie discussing the latest fashion trends, but not today. Carlisle was working today so yes, it was eerily quiet.

I started getting anxious. My conscience wouldn't leave me alone. "Something's wrong. Terribly wrong. You know this isn't normal behaviour. Find out what's happened!" I made my way downstairs into the living room. Alice was silently sobbing into Jasper's shoulder, Emmett looked distant, Rosalie looked – well - angry and Japer looked pained.

Suddenly Alice spoke "Please Bella come up. Come up! No! Jasper I ca-can't s-see her!" She started to violently shake again.

"Alice Darlin', you don't know for certain. You've been wrong before."

YES JAPER, I KNOW I'VE BEEN WRONG BEFORE. BUT HOW MANY TIMES HAVE IBEEN WRONG BEFORE? TWICE! Alice Exploded. Never before had I seen Alice like this.

Suddenly my body was overcome by a wave of calmness. Alice visibly relaxed and so did everyone else, but the tension was still there. Every minute it was rising.

Nobody had even acknowledged that I was in the room. They seemed to be avoiding me. Why?

"Alice talk to me. Someone. What's happened?" They all turned their heads in my direction. No-one was willing to speak.

"What's happened to Bella?" Dear Bella, I couldn't imagine the amount of pain she must be going through right now. With all of us leaving. It was Edward's fault. I loved him yes, but we didn't want to leave. Jasper felt as though it was his fault. He didn't mean it, Edward just thought he had proved himself right. We were monsters. Bloodthirsty monsters. Of course that isn't true but Edward's awkward. All ways has been, all ways will be. Nearly a whole year had passed and the hole still remains. The missing piece of the puzzle, of our family. Bella. Edward gone. We haven't seen him since he left her. I miss them every day. My daughter and my Son. They should be here, but they're not. I want them back. I want my family back. I want to mend that hole.

"Esme you don't want to know..." Emmett broke my train of thought.

"Know what?" I was growing desperate. "Please just tell me! Is Bella OK?"

"Mum" Alice started. She paused, as if to think of how to phrase the next sentence. "Mum, Bella she, she..." Another broken sob shook her small frame.

"Jumped". Rose finished for her.

"What, what do you mean?" Confusion thick in my voice.

Mum, Bella jumped off a cliff. I looked at Emmett. He had to be joking. I was wrong. His face was deadly serious.

"What? Why?" I barely choked the last words out. She had so much to live for. She was young. Only 18, she had a future!

Suddenly I was transported back into my past. I was stood on that cliff looking down upon the angry, merciless sea. I had nothing to live for. No reasons to go on. I was dead inside. The one person my world revolved around was dead. The gravitational pull wasn't there anymore.

Bella had lost the one thing that kept her standing. She'd lost her other half. What has Edward done? He's destroyed her and now he's destroying himself, over one stupid mistake.

I felt my knees crumble beneath me.

"Esme! Mum!" Panicked cries came from around the room. There was only one voice I wanted to hear.

"Esme?" There it was.

"Carlisle." His arms locked around my waist in a vice, and he pulled me to my feet.

"Emmett why did you do that?" Jasper sighed. I was making this so difficult for him.

"No, it's ok Emmett, I would've found out sooner or later." His eyes were full of sorrow.

"I'm so sorry Mum".

"Esme? Are you OK?" Carlisle his voice full of concern.

"No. Oh Carlisle, there's only one reason why she would do this." My sobs stopped me. "Ca-Carlisle. I can't lose another child! She w-was so y-young. She d-didn't deserve this."

He was rubbing my back in a circular motion, trying so hard to calm me, but even with Jasper's help I was still in hysterics.

"Darling, I'm so sorry." He didn't understand, Jasper was the only one who I could relate to. He knew my pain.

"She's lost him! The one person who meant the whole world. She's lost him and now, now..." More sobs violated my body, I was jerking, violently, showing my grief the only way I could. I wasn't alone though, Alice's sobs joined mine. "She's lost the only thing to live for. Edward. She couldn't go on!"

"Esme, I hate seeing you like this, please."

"Please what Carlisle? The memories hurt so much. To know this has happened again... With Bella. She had so much opportunity and now..."

"I know." Was all he had to say.

"what are we going to tell Edward?" Rosalie voiced what everyone was thinking.

"You can't tell him. It would destroy him." Alice was right.

"NO Rose! You are not going to do it! I swear I will not be held responsible for my actions. I will NOT lose both a brother and a sister. DO YOU HEAR ME?" Alice's eyes were hard.

"He has the right to know."

"No, he doesn't. It's better this way. For him and for us. We can't lose them both!"

"He'll find out when he comes back. How are we going to explain why Bella isn't here? In Forks?"

"We can say she went back to Jacksonville. He doesn't need the truth. Tell him she moved on. That's what he wanted. Wasn't it? Keep your thoughts to yourself."

"What. Forever? Eternity? Rose snorted.

It went into a two sided conversation between Rosalie and Alice. I zoned out. I couldn't listen to anymore.

Losing any child is difficult, but losing two is devastating. I just hope to God Edward doesn't find out. I need him, just as he will need us.

Carlisle picked me up and carried me in his arms up to our room. Our safe haven. Just him and me, together, alone. He placed me on our bed and crushed me into his chest. My breathing evened and the shaking stopped. Not only was Carlisle my Husband. He was my everything. Without him I would be nothing. Without Bella, Edward is nothing. Love is strong. You never know how strongly it will influence your life, choices and decisions. Love is a powerful thing. Never underestimate it.

A/N – If you have time, please review. It turned out more depressing than I hoped it would, but oh well. Hope you like it