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Katie dragged the last of her shit up to the spare bedroom. I couldn't believe she was actually moving in here. She had finished unpacking a few days ago after my party and these were just like her bedspread and such. I laid back on the couch, reading a magazine that she had brought. The phone rang and I picked it up.

"Speak." I said, quoting RENT just for the hell of it.

"….Alex?"

I shot up. I clutched the receiver to my ear and furrowed my brows.

"Edward?" I asked, confused as to why he was calling me.

"I need to talk to you—" BEEP. "Hold on—I have a beep."

"Don't pick it--!"

"Hello?" I asked, switching lines. It was Bella, and she was crying.

"Bells, what's wrong?" I asked, concerned immediately.

"Edward--!" sob, sob, sniffle, breath. "Edward—broke up---with me!" huge sobs. I sighed and calmed her down. I told her everything was going to be ok and to hold on. I flashed over, and I heard fingers tapping on something.

"Edward?"
"It was Bella, wasn't it?"

"Yes."

"I want you to know the truth."

"What?"

"I need to tell you, and only you. You are the only one who would understand."

"I feel special." I said sarcastically. He growled and I rolled my eyes. "I'm listening."

"I can't be with her anymore. Someone else came into the picture and she…she just…grr…" he said, struggling for the right word. It was what was most human about him….so I heard.

"Who came in?" I asked. "What's so bad about it?"

"Well, she—the girl--- smells so unbelievably good…and her and Bella together…the thirst just gets worse and worse…When they are around, I cannot think, I cannot breathe…and they are good friends so I cannot just get the other girl to leave."

"You lost me Cullen."

"I cannot be near them both, and I cannot tear them apart, so it makes sense to remove myself from the position I was in."

"For…a while, right?"

"No….forever."

I sat upright in a flash and almost screamed into the phone, but my voice came out much softer than I had hoped for.

"She'll die…" and as I said it, KT came down the stairs. She raised and eyebrow at me and started looking for something. Paper and something to write with.

"Please. Don't be absurd Alexandra. Bella won't go and off herself just because—"

"Maybe not physically, not yet. But her pain will intensify and…Edward, it's cruel. How can you so that to her?" I asked, shaking my head. I looked over at KT who was holding up a piece of paper with a note in sharpie on it.

'Who's suicidal now?'

I put my hand over the receiver, though it was pretty pointless. Vampiric hearing was phenomenal.

"My friend Bella. She was the quiet brunette at my party. This is her ex on the phone…" and I put it back to my ear. I saw her writing again when I began speaking again.

"You can't do this. Not to her, not to Bella. Please, Edward---you know you are killing her…"

"I have….I have no choice." He said sighing on his end of the phone. "I have to go. I have to pack—"

"You're leaving?" I asked. He sighed and spoke again.

"No. I'm getting Bella's things and dropping them off at Charlie's."

"Oh." I said. It was the only thing I could say. I couldn't form a coherent sentence in this state of mind.

"I have to go, but we still have more to talk about."

"Call later then." I said, tearing up KT's note without even reading it this time. She narrowed her eyes at me and walked away.

"…I'll be by later."

"What—" dial tone. "What do you mean." I finished to the dial tone.

"Who was that?" KT asked as she heated up some of my dad's linguini and sauce in the microwave.

"Edward. He's Bella's, the girl at my party, he is her ex."

"Oh….is he cute?" she asked, taking the plate out of the microwave. She giggled, and I shook my head. I took out my digital camera and showed her the pictures from the Cullen thrown birthday party. She gasped, grabbed my camera and walked away staring at it.

"Oh my God…He.Is.A.GOD!" she exclaimed, her eyes wide. I rolled my eyes and took some of her linguini.

"I guess."

"You guess?" she asked, her hand going to her hip. "Did you lose some brain cells whist you were here or something? Open your eyes, Alex! And He's free territory…" she hinted.

"Who is?" Chass asked as she dropped her bag in my doorframe. I screamed and attacked her with a hug. She laughed and hugged me back. My two best friends—here?! I couldn't believe it. We all took her things up to the guest room. Maybe life here wouldn't suck that bad.

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