Chapter Four: Goodbyes

BPOV

"Bella!" Alice shrieked the minute she saw us walking up the drive. She ran at vampire speed towards me and pulled me into an insanely tight hug. I was thrilled that she care but god she was strong.

"Al-Alice…I need…to…breathe," I managed to get out.

"Oops," Alice apologised, a small smile gracing her lips. She danced backwards and Edward came and took hold of my hand. He faced me and tucked a strand of hair behind my ear. His hand lingered on my neck and then moved up to my cheek. His cool fingers made me shiver slightly. It was starting to get colder now the sun was disappearing. It had been one of the rare sunny days Forks had today but it still hadn't been warm enough for me to not notice his cold touch.

"Sorry," he apologised, pulling his hand away from my cheek but keeping the other holding mine. Alice sighed.

"Come on Bella, come say goodbye." Alice pulled at my other hand with a small pout on her face when Edward growled, refusing to let me go. I felt like the rope in a tug of war game.

"Edward," Alice moaned, "You've had her all day. Just let her come say goodbye to everyone. There's still a little while before we have to leave. We don't want to leave without saying goodbye to her."

Edward stiffened when he saw tears starting to form in my eyes at the mention of goodbye's and remembering that I would have to say goodbye to the rest of Cullen's as well.

Edward reluctantly released my hand but followed close behind Alice as she dragged me over to the rest of her family.

"Oh Bella," Esme threw herself at me, "Bella, dear. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry for making Edward leave you as soon as you found each other. I'm going to miss you terribly." She was hugging me tightly and stroking my hair, just like what a real mother would do. And I loved her in that way, I thought of her as my real mother. Not that I didn't love Renee but with her our relationship always seemed backwards, me being the responsible, parental figure and her the adventurous, gossiping teenager.

"Don't worry about it Esme, I'll be fine," I knew that she knew I was lying, I was a terrible liar, "It's only a month. Besides, it's not your fault you have to leave and I don't blame Jasper either," I smiled in his direction now that Esme had let me go, "I was just unlucky that it happened. I seem to attract these things, it happens all the time."

As soon as I said the words I instantly realised how they would take them, Oh yeah, don't worry about it. Vampires's go insane over my blood and attack me all the time; it's just a normal thing for me. No biggie.

I looked around to see amused grins on everybody's faces, Emmett's especially large.

"You know what I mean," I said, blushing enormously.

Emmett chuckled and scooped me up in a big bear hug and swung me round like I was a little kid. It probably felt like that to him.

"Ok, Emmett. You can put me down now," I said, laughing at him.

He laughed as well but still didn't release me.

"Oh, come on. This is really annoying Edward. You should see the look on his face now. He's so jealous of me touching you for so long." He paused, "I wonder…" He trailed of smiling cheekily at Edward.

Before I could comprehend what was happening, Emmett was on the floor and Edward had his arms out in front of him in a crouch as if to protect me. A growl escaped Edward's throat and Emmett pouted at him.

"No fair bro," he said miserably, getting of the floor, "She's the only way I can mess with you, it's the last time I get to see her for ages and your ruin the one chance I get at it with your stupid mind reading." He sulked as he walked back over to Rosalie. Just then I noticed the whole family had huge grins on their faces or biting their lips, trying to stop them from showing.

Edward straitened up and wrapped his arms around my waist before kissing me. It was only quick but I treasured it. I smiled at him as he pulled away and his crooked grin that I loved stretched across his angelic face. How I'd miss that face. Those eyes, that hair, those lips…

I leant in to kiss him again when somebody cleared their throat very loudly.

"Sorry to break this up but we really have to leave. Tanya and the others are expecting us tonight," It was Carlisle who had spoken and he looked at me with an apologetic smile.

Realisation struck me as I realised this would be the last time I saw them for a month. I clutched hold of Edward by the arms as forcefully as I could and looked around at his family. I was going to miss every one of them, even Rosalie who detested me. Edward released my grip on him and motioned towards his family. I was pounded on by Alice and Esme then. They were trying especially hard not to crush me and I appreciated their effort but they were still very strong. I hugged them back and tears escaped my eyes again. They released me and Carlisle came over.

"Goodbye Bella," he said, pulling me in for a quick hug, "I'll see you soon. Try not to end up in hospital while I'm gone." He smiled at me and stepped aside. Then Rosalie stepped forward hesitantly.

"Um…bye, Bella." She gave me a quick smile from where she was standing and then went and got into one of the two cars.

Jasper just stayed where he was standing next to Alice and gave me a smile.

"Goodbye Bella. I'm sorry for…um…last week." He looked down guiltily.

I just smiled at him and then was pulled into another great big bear hug by Emmett.

"I'm going to miss that blush of yours Bella," he said laughing, "Try not to do anything stupid or funny until I get back. I'd hate to miss it."

He let me down and I scowled at him. That just made him laugh even more as he walked over to get in the car by Rosalie, waving and smiling. I smiled after him and then froze, realising who I had to say goodbye to next. Everybody else gave me one small wave before walking over to the cars and getting in.

I turned to face Edward and he had a look so pained and frustrated on his face that it made me want to cry even more. He walked over to me and wiped the tears from my cheeks that had spilled over.

"Don't cry, love," he said in a soft voice. "We'll be together again soon." He sighed, "I'll miss you."

"I-I" I couldn't speak, choking on my sobs. I was ruining our last moment for a month. "I'll m-miss you t-too." I managed to choke out.

Even more pain shot across his face. "Bella, please stop crying. Angels shouldn't cry."

Angels? That was the second time he'd called me an angel this weekend.

"Please, love. I'll write to you everyday. Call you everyday. Time will pass so quickly you'll have no idea it's been a month."

He tried to comfort me and it worked a little. The tears stopped spilling and were clearing up so my vision wasn't blurry anymore.

"Ok," I said, my voice steady again.

He smiled at me but it didn't quite touch his eyes.

"I love you," he said and then he wrapped his arms round my waist and pulled me in for a kiss. My hands moved from my sides and wrapped around his neck. As usual, even under the current circumstances, I got carried away and my heart felt like it was going to swell and burst through my chest.

"I love you too," I said once he had pulled away, resting his forehead on mine. He smiled before kissing me quickly again.

"Just look at the heart on the bracelet I gave you and you'll remember me. It's cold, hard and glitters in the sun, just like me." He smiled and I returned it.

"I'll never take it off."

"Ok, just don't wear it in the shower," he joked.

Then he sighed and said, "Love you," before running over to one of the cars and jumping in. He rolled down the window and waved as they drove away, taking my heart with them.


Posted it but sorry it's quite late in the day, was busier than I expected.

So, there you have it. The Cullen's have gone. What do you think about this chapter? Abit longer than usual aswell.

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