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Chapter 10

The Day of the Reunion

10 months of hell. This had been the worst time in my 109 years. My life had been going great. I actually had a reason for living for the first time but then I had made the worst decision of my life; I decided to leave my soul mate. After a few short hours, I already wanted to return to her but my stubbornness prevented me from going back to her, to my love. I had spent the last few months of my existence in the worst emotional turmoil I had ever experienced.

At first, I tried to occupy myself. I went on hunts with different members of my family to try and waste some time. Yes, I was well satiated but far from happy. All my family spoke comforting words to me but their thoughts were consumed with the one person I was trying desperately to forget.

The nighttimes were the worst. I was left alone whilst everyone else stayed in their bedrooms with their mates. I had never felt more alone. I refused to play the piano to distract myself, it held too many memories. Night after night passed with me sat in my room in complete silence.

I remembered every touch she gave me that made my skin tingle, every smile she gave me and every time she made me feel alive. I remembered how her scent burnt my throat but came to love the fact that she was still human. Her face occupied my every thought.

My family were treading on egg shells around me. They guarded their everyday, mundane thoughts in case they made me crack. I heard them all worrying how I had changed in a such a short time. Their thoughts were pitying and sorrowful and it just made me feel worse. I was dragging everyone else down with me.

When we left Forks, we went to stay with our cousins in Alaska. They held even less interest for me than before. All those females held none of my attention. When Carlisle and Esme saw that I was not improving, they made the decision for us all to move to a new place. They chose a small town near to Juneau and chose a large property on the outskirts of the town. I would never consider it being my home.

Alice and Jasper left as soon as the accident happened and returned when we moved to Juneau. It surprised me that only two days had passed since the day I had left her. Jasper wouldn't look me in the eye and skulked around the corners of the room, guilt emanating from him. Alice took me on a hunt and tried to cheer me up. We were halfway through, I had just found a mountain lion, when a vision played through Alice's mind. Bella was sat on her bed in her room, bawling her eyes out and whimpering my name. She looked so ill and tortured I screamed out in terror. Alice came down from her vision and I saw my eyes through her mind, they had gone pitch black and she was scared of me, possibly for the first time ever.

"Alice, promise me you won't look for her. We have to play no part in her life, I promised her that so promise me this! Never look for her again." She nodded, looking very sad as another vision passed.

"You're leaving?" If she could cry she would be at this time. In a few days she had lost her favourite sister and now her favourite brother would also be going.

"Yes, it seems so. I can't stay here any longer. I'm bringing everyone down with me."

"But where will you go?" Her mind flashed to Bella and I growled.

"I don't know yet. I'll just see where I end up. If you need me, I'll have my phone."

I took off running without giving her a chance to say goodbye. Running no longer held the freedom and amusement it once did.

I felt the air temperature the further south I ran and I soon arrived in Mexico. Not wanting to stay in the south, given its history, I headed down to Brazil. I had never been here before and hoped that I would find some distraction. I starved myself but the hallucinations came when I was thirsty. Bella mocked me by giggling then running off into the depths of the rainforest, running so fast I couldn't keep up.

I found solace in the emptiness of the rainforest. There were no people so no thoughts that I could overhear. I spoke to my family once a week, but after several months I only spoke to Carlisle and Esme. My siblings had either left or just refused to speak to me anymore. Emmett and Rosalie went on a twelfth honeymoon to Africa when things got too tense for them at the house. Jasper was refusing to hunt, he didn't want to hurt anything anymore even if it would be to sustain himself. Alice at first had distanced herself from him, becoming very withdrawn as she blocked every vision that came her way. She had become a former shadow of herself. She had recently come to sit across from him and just sitting facing him. They had stayed that way for months, frozen in the form of a statue.

Carlisle and Esme tried to keep it all together. They continued as best they could, but even being thousands of miles away I could hear the distress in their voices. 6 months after the move to Juneau, they moved again to a small town in the middle of Montana. They begged me to come visit, they missed me terribly. I must admit that I missed them all too.

In mid-June, I had had enough, it was bad being around my family but it was even worse being on my own. Esme phoned me up one night and begged me to come home. She had somehow remained the most positive out of everyone in the current state of affairs. She wanted the whole family together for Independence Day. I almost laughed, almost. Trust Esme to want to get together for an all American festival, where families traditionally had a feast. I told her I would come back; I missed them all too much to stay away much longer.

As soon as I put the phone down I headed north, eager to return to my family. I had almost forgotten about her but as I ran closer and closer to the state of Washington, her face appeared in my mind once again. Of course our family would never truly be reunited. She had probably already moved on to a human boy. He would be better for her than me, that's for sure.

I slowed to a jog as I ran through the Lola National Forest in Idaho, knowing that I was only a few miles from my family's new home. Esme had given me rough directions and I picked up on their scents as I got closer to the property.

I was about 50 miles away when I felt the presence of other vampires closing in on my position. I scaled up a nearby tree and waited for their arrival. I watched as my brother and sister came running out through the trees coming to a stop just under the tree I was perched in.

They looked awful. I couldn't believe how timid Alice looked, she had always been one of the most enthusiastic people I had ever met and now she looked really weak. She was being carried by Jasper who looked like he hadn't hunted in months. I dropped out of the tree and fell a few feet in front of where they were stood.

I was happy to see them but their thoughts echoed the pain I had left them with. Jasper's thoughts were a series of growls and Alice's were a gentle whispering. She climbed off his back and ran up to me wrapping her hands around my waist and squeezing with all her might, refusing to let go. I held my hand out to Jasper and shook his hand. I could tell he still felt immensely blameworthy in all this. He thought it was his fault that our family had effectively been destroyed.

I felt pieces of my heart slowly come back together as the three of us stood there communicating with unspoken words. Alice glanced up at me from my waist and it was good to see that she had some light in there again. I gave her a grin and she gave me a smile back.

Jasper looked relieved. I hadn't realised that all the sadness in the house would be channelled through him. He threw me some grateful vibes for the happiness I was radiating. It was the first possible feelings he had felt in a while.

After our reunion we started jogging back to the house, talking about what I had been doing for the last few months. We had been running for a few minutes when I felt something collide with me and I found myself face down in the dirt. Whatever it was had me pinned well and truly. I fought it off and stood up ready for attack. I crouched into a defensive stance but found out my family was giggling around me. Emmett was absolutely killing himself with laughter and Rosalie even cracked a smile.

"Don't you ever leave again." He picked me up in an enormous bear hug, with the manly pats to the back of course.

"I don't plan on it." I agreed with him. I walked over to Rosalie who wrapped her arms around my neck and began sobbing lightly on my shoulders. I comforted her gently as we all stood there in silence for a while until Alice spoke up.

"Come on guys, let's get back. Carlisle and Esme are looking forward to having the whole family together again." She gained the bounce in her step again as she darted off into the forest. We all followed after her for several miles until we found Carlisle and Esme on the edge of the forest with their arms wrapped around each other.

Alice slowed to a walk as she approached them slowly. Esme turned round to her and shushed her gently. She waved us all forward to where they were standing and gave me an enormous grin, before turning back around to face the house.

I am so glad to see you again, she thought. Now listen, she said aloud as we all tried to pay attention to whatever it was. From inside the house, we could hear the piano playing softly. I was dumbstruck, who had broken into our house and started playing my piano. Not even my family were allowed to touch it without permission. I listened again as I tried to recognise the tune that they were playing. I would not be happy if someone was playing baa baa black sheep or something on a grand piano. The intruder must have a death wish if they ever did that. The notes seemed familiar to me and as I put together the tune I heard gasps from every member of my family as we all recognised the familiar notes that formed Bella's lullaby. They turned to face me questioningly.

"Edward, son, did you ever write that down?" Carlisle whispered to me.

"No, I had no need to. You know that." Why was he asking me? He was probably trying to figure out who it was that was playing.

"Ok just checking." He gave me a small smile and went back to listening to the pianist in the house.

A peace settled over my family as we listened to the song. It was played impeccably. There was not one note out of place and the timing was perfect. Whoever this was knew the lullaby very well. There was only one other person who knew this and it was her. But there was no way that she could have found this place. She was in Forks for god's sake, safe and sound with her new boyfriend.

The piano played out its last few notes as the house fell silent. Without thinking I sprinted up the lawn and into the house determined to find the trespasser. My family were on my heels as we stormed the house from different angles so whoever it was would have no chance of escape.

Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper and Alice all went in through the windows on the different sides of the house, cutting off any escape through the bedrooms. I went in through the front door, Carlisle in through the back and Esme in through the kitchen.

"Edward!" Esme and Alice called in unison to me. Both sounded ever so slightly panicked at whatever it was had been found. I didn't know who to go to first. I stepped in each direction as I weighed up the options.

"Edward, come here!" Alice called again and my mind was made up. I ran up the stairs 3 at a time as I chased the sound of her voice coming from the end bedroom. My four siblings were stood frozen in the room staring at the wall that held all my CDs.

"Well what's the problem?" I was getting impatient now. What was wrong with my CDs?

"There on the shelf." Alice whispered, shocked by this occurrence.

"Well, yes, where else would they be?"

"Edward, you don't understand. They were all in boxes when we left. No one has dared touch them since you left."

I scanned the minds of my family as Carlisle and Esme came into the room and sure enough, no one had organised my CDs. I could tell as I looked closer as there were organised perfectly. Whenever my family put the away for me they always put their own touch on my system.

No one in the family knew me well enough to be able to do this. Who exactly had broken in?

I felt Esme's hand on my shoulder and I turned around to face her. Her face looked worried, maybe even a little scared.

"What's happened, Esme?" This was getting weirder and weirder.

"Follow me, there's something else." Her mind was blank as she led me by the hand down the stairs and into the kitchen. My whole family was on alert after an intruder decided to turn up at exactly the same time that everyone was out. The house hadn't been left unoccupied in weeks, yet whoever it was turned up in the one hour that no one was in.

There was a collective gasp as we saw that the whole of the kitchen worktop had been covered in flour. If nothing else, Esme kept an immaculately clean house. There is no way that she would have left the kitchen in this state. She beckoned me closer to the worktop where I saw a few words etched into the flour.

Thank you.

I fell to the floor as I would recognise that handwriting anyway. She had been here and now she was gone. Silent sobs wracked through me as I realised that I had probably missed the one chance to ever see her again. Esme sat down next to me on the floor and wrapped her arms around me, trying to comfort me in my distraught state. Her thoughts remained a blank state to me, she was desperately attempting to hide something. I just looked her straight in the eye until she cracked. I was bombarded then with images of Esme writing a letter to her, then the bank card, then the bank statements and finally the flight to Anchorage. She was worried as there was no return as of yet.

"I'm sorry, Edward, I just couldn't leave without helping her." She murmured to me. I could not bring myself to hate Esme, so the sobs shook me again.

Carlisle, in deep distress of his eldest son acting like this, decided that some sort of action was needed.

"Ok, does anyone have a plan of action?"

Each member glanced at each other, unsure of how to proceed. They were all, including Rosalie, stunned that our former daughter, sister and lover had found our new home and yet didn't directly contact any of us. I saw a plan start to form in Jasper's head, always the strategist, but he was scared as to whether I would agree to his plan. He still felt guilty about the birthday party.

"Go on, Jasper. I think it would work." I looked him straight in the eye and conveyed my forgiveness. Any heated feelings at the moment would not help any of us. He nodded at me.

"Ok first of all. Has anyone experienced anything recently that they can't explain, it might help us in finding out who it was." He was not convinced it was Bella. Carlisle spoke up next.

"As I was finished my shift at the hospital, I felt a presence but felt nothing more of it. When I reached the house here, all the hairs on the back of my next stood up as if I was being watched. Esme reassured me that it was probably a spirit of some sort who had come to thank me for the help they received."

"Spirit? What like a ghost?" Emmett mocked him but he had a tone of fear in his voice.

"Yes Emmett, well if vampires exist, who is to say that ghost and other myths do not exist too." Carlisle let him down gently. He believed in an afterlife unlike the rest of us.

Emmett paled, if it were possible, and ran upstairs to collect a small vial of something.

"Emmett what the hell is that?" Jasper raised an eyebrow at him.

"It's holy water. I'm not having any ghosts come near me or my Rosie." He was convinced that it would protect him. Jasper burst out laughing and soon all of us were laughing along with him.

"If holy water doesn't work against vampires, then why would it work against ghosts?" Carlisle had managed to stop laughing long enough to force a sentence out. Emmett looked a bit dejected but still cradled his vial tight to his chest.

"Ok, so we need to split up," Jasper carried on with his plan. "Carlisle, Esme, you head into town and see if you can pick anything up. The rest of us are unknown in town so it would be best if you two go down. Rosalie, Emmett, you two head west, see if you can find anything out there. Alice and I will head east to try and pick up any trace. Edward you stay here, just in case," he couldn't bring himself to say Bella, "whoever it is returns. Everyone clear on the plan?"

Nods where exchanged around the group. This was the most excitement any of us had had in a long time. I didn't want to be alone after all this time, now that I was back with my family, I didn't want to leave again.

"How about we all meet up again in an hour? Oh and Jasper, you should really hunt." I tried not to convey the rejection I felt being left alone once again. Esme, sensing my sadness, came over and kissed me on the forehead before running out of the front door and into Carlisle's Mercedes.

Everyone had left for their designated mission so I wandered the building that had become my family's new home. I walked over to my now uncovered piano but couldn't bring myself to sit down and play it. A vital part of me was still missing. I went into the kitchen and stared for a while at the flour on the worktop. I committed the writing to memory before cleaning it up. I wandered upstairs stopping at each of my family's rooms breathing in their scents. I hadn't realised how much I missed them until they were gone.

I entered what was meant to be my bedroom, or at least the room that contained all my belongings and began to sort through what remained. I turned on the CD player to add a kind of distraction whilst I rearranged my possessions.

Clair de Lune played softly through my speakers. This had been our song. I stood as still as a statue as I remembered the first time we had heard this song play. It had been the day I realised that she was the one for me.

I reminisced for a while longer before heading back downstairs when my hour was up. I heard my family filter back into the house and assemble in the dining room. I left the song on loop, relieved that I could hear music again.

My family had all sat in their seats leaving me a space between Esme and Alice. They both smiled at me as I sat down in between them. When everyone was reassembled the family meeting began.

"So what did everyone find?" Carlisle started the meeting off, as the patriarch of the family it was always his words that either started or ended each discussion. He gestured for Emmett to speak on behalf of him and his wife.

"We found nothing. Well, nearly nothing. About 100 miles from here was an unknown footprint but that could have belonged to anyone. We found no scents out of the ordinary at all." I could tell even without reading his thoughts that he was looking forward to have a faceoff with our intruder. He was almost disappointed that he had missed out on a chance to 'defend' himself.

"Ok thank you Emmett, Rosalie. How about you two?" He turned to face Alice and Jasper. This time Alice spoke up.

"We found nothing either. Not even a footprint. It's very strange that there is no scent don't you think?" Alice was distant as she tried to focus on whether she had had any vision about the intruder. She came up blank again and again.

"Well Esme and I found nothing either. There was Mrs. Wilcox who was muttering to herself about nice young people but she has been doing that quite often recently, the poor dear."

We all sat silent for a minute listening to the song upstairs end. Whilst we listened, I thought about the last 24 hours. I thought about whether there was anything less noticeable different with the house. I remembered nothing. I breathed deeply and took in the scents of my family once again. Wait, scent. There was a complete absence of other scents in this house. Only the seven of us.

"Did anyone smell another scent in this house? I remember nothing, absolutely nothing." I couldn't believe I hadn't thought of it before, even a mouse or a spider leaves a sign on the house. All their thoughts went over every move they made today and everyone drew up a blank. No one had smelt anything.

"You don't think it could be a spirit?" Esme said, although I don't think she was talking to anyone in particular.

I refused to believe it. I knew Bella had been here today, but there was no explanation as to why we couldn't sense her. I needed to know she was ok, I wouldn't be able to carry on if something had happened to her.

"Alice, I need you to do me a favour. I need you to break the one promise that you made. Look for Bella. I need to know that she is ok. Please." I took her hand in mine and pushed all my feelings of desperation towards her.

"I can't Edward, I'm not even sure my visions are working right anymore. I haven't practiced in so long..." I felt guilty at asking her to suppress her ability, it was almost impossible to do and yet she had done it for me, because I asked her.

"Please, Alice. I need to know."

She closed her eyes as she let the visions of the last few months flow through her once again. I watched attentively as I saw each member of my family appear in her mind. Suddenly everything went blank.

"Edward, she's gone. I can't see her. What's wrong with me?"

I shut down as I realised what this meant. I heard my family calling around me as I shut down once again. I felt my body forming once again into the statuesque form as my family tried to shake me from my stillness. I managed to block all the calls from them out and was contented when silence fell over the room. Not only were they not speaking but their thoughts had also disappeared. As I slipped into a level of unconsciousness, I remember the last few words that had been by my family.

Five words stuck out from the rest.

All our futures are gone.

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