Title: In Due time

Chapter four: departure

Disclaimer: I don't own twilight, however I do own crystal and scarlet thank you R&R

X DEPARTURE X

"Wow, Bella you clean up good!" Emmett complimented. I blushed and muttered a thank you. He smiled and stood, then motioned with his hand to turn around. I turned all the way around then looked at him, he had a smirk plastered on his face. Suddenly Alice's cell rang to the song AFI's 'Miss Murder' I smiled as she flipped the phone open.

"Hello, this is Alice cullen, how can I help you?" she asked smiling.

"Slap Emmett up side the head and put Bella on the phone please." came a low voice. Alice smiled and as she walked over she slapped Emmett hard on the head. "What the heck was that for?" he asked frowning at Alice as she handed me the phone.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Hey, what are you doing?" came Edwards soft velvet like voice.

"Nuttin, just getting some things done here and you?" I asked smiling as I talked.

"Waiting for my girlfriend, sister, and brother to get here." he replied.

"Where is here?" I asked teasing.

"My house." he sighed.

"Well be there shortly but for now, I love you bye." with out waiting for him to say any thing back I hung up and gave Alice her cell phone back. I sighed and headed up stairs to finish packing. I sat on my bad and was thinking about how to tell Jake bye, when my cell phone started blasting 'Animal' by Nickel Back, I smiled shaking my head and answered.

"Yes, puppy dear?" I asked.

"Hey, I was wondering if I could talk to you, a problem just came up." he said.

"What kind of problem?" I asked a little worried.

"A I-need-to-see-you-before-you-go problem." he said.

"Uh huh. So when do you plan on doing that?" I asked.

"By kidnapping you at exactly eight o clock tonight." he replied.

"And how long exactly do you plan on keeping me?" I asked.

"An Half hour." he said, I sighed and then smiled.

"Alright but I have to leave just after ok?"

"Yeah." he said.

"Alright. Bye." with that I hung up and put my phone back in my back pocket. To day was the day that I was to leave to my mothers house, it was both a sad and happy day. Sad because I was being forced to leave the cullens for four -months and happy because I was going to go help my mom give birth to my half sibling. I sighed and stood up pulling the last of my luggage out of my room for the next four months. I placed the last piece of luggage into the passenger side seat then closed the door after locking it. If you asked me what the hardest things in my life that I've had to do, id answer 1) lie to charlie to escape him being hurt by James and 2) leaving both him, the cullens and Jake tonight. I hated to do it but I had to. I turned to Alice as she walked out of my house. "Your riding with us, you cant take that old thing looking like that to the house around Edward, or he will never let you out." Alice said climbing into the drivers side seat, Emmett had gotten in the back so that put me in the front. I sighed and climbed in. The ride from my place to theirs was silent, and as soon as we were in seeing distance of the house Emmett had climbed out and had the door shut, then had taken off ahead saying something about rose, one could only imagine. We pulled to a stop in front of the house and Alice had gotten out of the car, instructing me to wait until she came to get me. She walked up to jasper and hugged then kissed him. I loved her car you could see out, but the people (or vampires / shape shifters) out side couldn't see in, no matter how hard they tried. After a few minutes Alice nodded to me telling me to go ahead and get out. I smirked and got out and walked over to Edward and put my finger on his chest as I smirked. He didn't recognize me because I was wearing sunglasses and something totally un-Bella like with my hand on my hip and then he did the unexpected. "Um, who are you?" he asked eyebrow raised

"AAWW I'm hurt Eddie dear." I pouted as I raised my sunglasses resting them on the top of my head. My own eyebrow risen. The look on his face when I moved the sunglasses was priceless, he looked like a fish out of water with his mouth opening and closing. "Gee thanks, I love your opinion on my new outfit." I said sarcastically. I shook my head and turned to talk to Alice. "Well you were right, but I didn't think that he would be so stunned." I told her, my right arm wrapped around my stomach my right hand resting on my left hip and my left hand pointing at Edward over my shoulder. I felt two strong arms wrap around my waist and hot breath on my neck then Edwards husky voice whispering in my ear. "Bella, why do you have to be so tempting?" he asked, I giggled and Emmett's booming laughter sounded with Alice's giggling. Emmett probably had something dirty on his mind but I'm not so sure bout Alice.

"Then shall I remove temptation, to make it easier on you?" I asked stepping out of his loose hold and turning to look at him, an eyebrow risen and a smile on my lips. In an instant I was wrapped up un his arms with a firmer grip this time. Hot breath played on the crook of my neck as he breathed in my scent and shook his head no. "I thought not but, I don't want to tempt you, that would be just cruel and wrong" I said playing with a lock of his hair. He growled playfully into my ear I let out a fake shiver. "Is that a threat, Mr. Cullen?" I asked playing with him a little. "Bella, please don't tempt him any further, and you, Edward, get a hold of your self." jasper said with a smirk at the end.

"Alright, Edward, time to come back to the real world, darling." I said to Edward and laughed a little at his pout as I yet again was able to slip out of his grip.

"Why must you do that?" he asked sounding rather disappointed.

"Do what ?" I asked honestly curious as to what he was talking about.

"Slip out of my grip, then walk away? I wanted to hold you." he said looking crest fallen. I giggled.

"You mean you no longer want to hold me?" I asked.

"Yeah I do, but you won't hold still." he responded.

"Yeah, but you said you wanted as in past tense. So you don't want to hold me any more, other wise you would have used present tense." I said throwing his words right back at him, trying to confuse him.

"No." he shook his head

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"Then you don't want to." I said, eyebrow raised.

"no." he said.

"Then you do want to hold me?" I asked.

"No- I, I mean yes." he said. Starting to sound irritated.

"Will you make up your mind?" I asked him

"Will you stop confusing me?" he asked.

"It's not nice to answer a question with a question." I scolded him.

"It's not nice to confuse your vampire boyfriend." he scolded right back. I laughed and hugged him. He had a good sense of humor.

"I love you." I said, my voice muffled by his chest. There was a soft rumble in his chest as he laughed a little.

"I love you, too." he said. This time when he hugged me I didn't move out of his grip. I hugged him as best I could and breathed in his sent because this would be the last time I would see him for the next four to five months. I sighed, I would miss him deeply. I looked up at him and smiled.

"So do you like my new out fit?" I asked him. He only nodded and leaned down to plant a soft kiss on my lips. I smiled into the kiss and before I had enough time to deepen the kiss he had ended it. Suddenly he picked me up and within what seemed like a second we were in our special spot. He set me down on a stump of a tree that had been cut down. He leaned forward and I leaned backwards, my hands fisted in his shirt and his hands resting on the tree trunk as he leaned into the deep kiss that was currently starting to be the beginnings of a French kiss. My back arched and he pressed down on my body as we lay down on the tree trunk. After a moment he rolled off of me and settled for just wrapping his arms around my waist as I played with his hair. I sighed we'd have to get up soon anyway.

"Edward, we cant do this right now." I said.

"Why, any other time and you cant wait to go." he said sounding irritated.

" I know, but I have to go. I need to get some stuff done, and besides we have all night together." I said and with in the next second we were right back in front of the house. I sighed, this was gonna be a long day.