Once again, most, if not all, the dialogue used has been taken from New Moon between pages 66 and 73. I do not own this, as well as the fact that I don't own Twilight.

EPOV

I looked up at her pleading face, "Bella, I don't want you to come with me." The words tore through me. I had never wanted it to come to this. I watched her face take in the new information. She was silent for a few moments, moments that felt like days.

"You… don't… want me?" The way she said the words didn't seem right. I had to make her believe I was telling the truth.

"No." It was a sharp, fierce answer.

Bella just stared into my eyes, which I knew were a mask, a barrier that was hiding everything. How lifeless they must look. I couldn't bear to look at her properly, to read her expression or see the emotion on her face.

"Well, that changes things." What? Didn't she grasp what I had just said? She was so calm and…understanding.

I had to look away at the sudden hurt I felt. Could she give up on us that easily? And then came more lies. More meaningless words made up into false sentences that sounded so untrue as I spoke them. But speak them I did.

"Of course, I'll always love you… in a way. But what happened the other night made me realize that it's time for a change." I guess it wasn't all lies, I mean it's true that the other night did make me see sense. "Because I'm…tired of pretending to be something I'm not, Bella. I am not human." I looked at her, showing my gold, inhuman eyes forcefully, to try to make her understand what I was letting my mouth say. "I've let this go on much too long, and I'm sorry for that." My apology didn't sound sincere in the slightest, just another part of this deceitful speech.

"Don't." If I were human I would have barely heard her, but if I were human I would not have to be doing this. I looked at Bella and suddenly felt such sadness sweep over me but I quickly covered it up by putting on the emotionless mask and made my eyes go as distant as I possibly could, it was so swift she didn't even notice.

"Don't do this," she completed the statement she had started, but her voice was so quiet and unconvincing like she didn't believe in it herself.

"You're no good for me Bella." My selfish reply made me inwardly hate myself. How could I do that to her, make her feel like she was undeserving. My Bella. But she wasn't mine. She never would be. I was the one who didn't deserve her.

Her mouth opened as if to say something but she closed it again before any words were spoken. Consequently making me remember how her mind was closed off from me; how I had never, and would never, know her concealed thoughts.

"If… that's what you want." I nodded, it was the only answer I could give at that moment as she accepted the fact that this was the end.

I remembered the promise I had wanted her to make me. A final parting gift, so to speak. "I would like to ask one favour, though, if that's not too much."Of course it's too much you self-centred bastard, anything she does for you is too much. Bella's eyes were questioning for a moment, and I realized how much I loved her when she looked like that. I instantaneously composed my face as the vacant expression I had been hiding behind slipped.

"Anything," she assured. Her voice made my cold heart warm and I could not pull my eyes away from hers that were staring so intently.

I let my emotion out into the words I spoke to her, "Don't do anything reckless or stupid. Do you understand what I'm saying?" I willed her to see my concern and to do as I asked. I could not bear it if anything happened to her, especially if it was of her own accord. She nodded silently as I had done before. I made the serene features return to my face. "I'm thinking of Charlie, of course. He needs you." This was no lie, Charlie did need her, but it was not the real reason for my anxiety over her. "Take care of yourself -for him." I added at the end, reinforcing my message.

She nodded and whispered, almost inaudibly, "I will." I then told her my part of the bargain. The part that would be most hardest for me but hopefully make this whole thing easier on Bella. This part I had rehearsed. "And I'll make you a promise in return. I promise that this will be the last time you'll see me. I won't come back. I won't put you through anything like this again. You can go on with your life without anymore interference from me. It will be as if I'd never existed." Bella looked faint and distant. Her eyes looked far away as if she wasn't focusing on anything in particular.

It was coming to the end. The end of the time I would ever have with Bella. I tried to make things easier for her. "Don't worry. You're human- your memory is no more than a sieve. Time heals all wounds for your kind." But mainly I was just trying to convince myself.

"And your memories?" she responded, not seeming to able to speak properly. No, don't think about me Bella.

"Well," I didn't know how to answer. I couldn't keep lying to her. "I won't forget," I started truthfully. I could never forget. "But my kind… we're very easily distracted." I smiled at her to trying to cover the hideous thing I had just said. Nothing would ever distract me from Bella, I knew she would be in every thought I ever had.

"That's everything, I suppose. We won't bother you again," I said whilst taking a small step back; the first of many to come, away from Bella.

"Alice isn't coming back." I had said 'we' without thinking, but I suppose I would have had to tell her anyway. It was just me now, and once I left she would not see any of us again.

"No. They're all gone. I stayed behind to tell you goodbye."

"Alice is gone?" It seemed as though she couldn't believe it. Whereas before her voice was breaking, it was now blunt. In the last few moments her body had looked like it was lifeless and her frail structure seemed as if it was about to crumble. What had I done to her? She'll be fine. A couple of weeks to adjust and she will be back to her normal self.

"She wanted to say goodbye, but I convinced her that a clean break would be better for you." Her beautiful eyes appeared to think this over. Oh how I love those beautiful eyes.

"Goodbye Bella." I said my farewell quietly and calmly. I was sure she would have something to say, I needed to hear her just once more.

"Wait!" It sounded as if it was the only word she could manage. No Bella, I'm leaving, please don't beg. Her arms stretched forward towards me and I had to respond by seizing her tiny wrists and holding them down. I could not go, though, without a final kiss I knew at that moment. So I slowly bent my head down to hers, breathing in her glorious scent for the final time and ever so gently had my lips make contact with her beautiful forehead. It was only brief because I knew if it lasted any longer then I would get carried away, and all the hurt both Bella and I had gone through today would be for nothing.

"Take care of yourself." I spoke my last words to Bella, tearing my stone heart and then ran as fast as I could through the forest trying to make the agony stop.

Yes, this is where I'm ending. Thank you for reading, I hope you liked it. Oh, and please review. x