Apologies: I'm so sorry it has taken me so long to update! I changed my schedule so school was kind of hectic, and there was a little bit of drama for a few days, and the football season is starting to heat up, meaning so is the color guard season. I was at the Laundromat Saturday because our dryer broke, so I wrote the last four chapters there, and I have just been waiting for free time to put them up. They're short, though. There's not really much happening. Hope you like it! I know I do! And may I recommend to you all a wonderful story that my friend wrote on fictionpress called "Shadows" I think. It's so good! I'd tell you what it's about, but it's confusing. Good confusing. The kind that makes you want to keep reading. It's by MelAsh. Go read it! But before you do, read this!! :D

Chapter 9: Don't believe that it's better when you leave everything behind

Despite the lies that you're making

Your love is mine for the taking

My love is

Just waiting

To turn your tears to roses

You feel so lonely and ragged

You lay there broken and naked

My love is

Just waiting

To cover you in crimson roses

I'll be the one that's going to hold you

I'll be the one that you run to

My love is

A'burning

Consuming fire
No!

You'll never be alone

When darkness comes

I'll light the night with stars

Hear the whispers in the dark

No!

You'll never be alone

When darkness comes

You know I'm never far

Hear the whispers in the dark

"Whispers In The Dark" Skillet

I followed her around as she wandered Forks for the last time. To the meadow, the beach, and eventually back to the house, memories lacing their way through my thoughts. I watched forlornly as my family enjoyed each other's company. I laughed when they did, pretending I was part of the joke.

Eventually Bella left everyone and headed to the cottage. She wrote letters to everyone. I grimaced at the sadness behind each word. After she had laid them out on our bed she left.

I watched her go, knowing she would be with me soon enough.

The room began to fade around me when the door burst open. In a blur, Bella was at the bad, grabbing her pen and notebook again.

Edward,



I'm coming for you soon. Everyone noticed that I couldn't live without you, so they kind of…gave me permission to come with you. I was—I'm still a little bit confused, but the thought of seeing you puts me to such peace. I feel so warm. I can feel you when you're with me, and I want to escape the emptiness of your absence. I've thought about you. So much. I've thought of every moment with you, every time you told me you loved me, and every moment that I knew that I have always loved you. That hasn't changed. Not one bit. No distance or amount of time could ever make me love you any less than I ever have. Even though missing you is physically painful for me, I can't stop thinking about you. I want you back, Edward. I'll see you soon. I miss you. I love you more than anything else in the world.

Bella

She folded the letter on the pillow, kissing it and falling to the bed as she gripped her sides. I looked on in shock, the pain cutting off my breath as I collapsed to the bed as well. I brushed against her and both of our fits of pain ceased and we released ourselves in the warmth. I wrapped my arms around her and the disappearance of the hole was as sudden as it had been the first time. We sat like that, our eyes closed, enjoying each other's embrace forever, or so it seemed.

Eventually she opened her eyes and sighed as she walked out the door.

I stayed on the bed for a while, the ghost of her presence surrounding me. I clung to the warmth, holding off the pain. Finally the agony that I was fighting to suppress ripped its way through me. A cry of pain. Realizing it was me I curled into myself and shivered against the continuous stabs and twists. Tears fell from my face, leaving stains on the bed. I lay there in the same position until I could find the strength to pull myself up. I had to find Bella.

I dragged my feet to the door and clutched the door knob. I paused, my hand unmoving.

I turned and swept the room. The room I might never see again. I walked back to the bed, brushing my hand across in. I walked around the room, one arm holding my ribs in place. I winced against the throbs. I trailed my fingers along the walls, and entered the living room, touching every item, leading myself into Renesmee's room. I smiled slightly and left. I walked back to the bedroom and gazed at it again. I realized it didn't have the same meaning it once had. The person that held that meaning for me wasn't here. Her warmth was nowhere in this place anymore. It was just a house, and that was all that I saw it as as I left the house.

I walked throughout the forest absentmindedly. I didn't really pay much attention to where I was going. I had one goal.

The throbbing continued as I racked my brain, trying to decide where she might have gone.

I passed a couple walking along a trail, holding hands and smiling up at each other. They looked at each other the way that Jacob looked at Renesmee, the way Bella looked at me, as if they were seeing the sun for the first time.

A stab of pain. I looked away and continued on my undetermined course. At some point I ended up in Forks, watching people go about their normal activities, watching the cars drive by.

The town fell away to thick, and after a long walk on an empty road surrounded by trees, I saw a few buildings. A store and, a little while later, a red house.

I stopped as Renesmee came through the front door, Jacob in tow. She smiled brightly up at him. Her stature slackened and her smile turned to a grimace as she buried herself in Jacob's chest. He embraced her and kissed the top of her head. She was his age by now, so they ended up together. He closed his eyes and a tear slipped out.



"I'll miss her, too, Nessie." Jacob murmured. She buried herself deeper and choked sobs came from her. She looked up at him, wet tears sparkling on her cheeks. Just like the perpetual rain on mine.

"I love you, Jacob." She said.

"I love you, too." He replied. They kissed and I walked away.

I loved Renesmee and I missed her, but there was nothing I could do about that. She had Jacob. They would turn out alright.

As I walked I thought of Bella. My Bella. My love. Suddenly, I knew. I knew exactly where she was going. And so I followed.