Leaving Me
Edward's POV
Bella's going to say yes.
She's leaving.
She's me leaving me.
I don't know why I spent so long hating her, why I spent so long making fun of her, why I just took her company for granted.
I don't know why I'm letting her go.
It feels like someone is sitting on my chest; I can't help but feel like this is all my fault. Maybe if Emmett hadn't done that to her; maybe if I hadn't hated her for no good reason and given Emmett the impression it was okay to hurt her...
Maybe she wouldn't be leaving.
All I can do is stare at her as she piles everything stacked up onto her desk into one small cardboard box. She glances over at me and smiles wryly as she spots me watching her with my feet resting on my desk.
Yep, classic 'Batman'.
Something compels me to follow her as she staggers out the office for the last time, waving a goodbye to Alice and Jasper as she goes.
Hlaf way down the hall, however, she trips on thin air and her and the box come crashing down. I run and help her up before piling everything back into the box.
She kneels down next to me, and for one second our hands touch as we both try and grab the same thing. I let my hand linger on hers before pulling away.
"Bella..." I begin, handing her the box. She waits expectantly.
Tell her you'll miss her, you idiot! I scream at myself. Tell her you'll miss her!
"I'll be sad to see you go," I murmur.
Close enough.
She snorts. "Yeah right." Before walking down the hall.
"Robin!" I call after her. "I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what?" She asks, eyebrows raised.
"Sorry for... Nothing."
She scowls and walks away, out of my life.
Honestly, that wasn't how I intended it to come out. But what I said was the truth and I can't bring myself to lie to her anymore. But I also can't bring myself to regret a second I ever spent with her, even if they were misspent seconds.
But now that she's gone my life is definitely going to be... Well, lifeless.
How ironic.
Now I'm just going to have to deal with the fact that she literally just walked out of my life.
And its my fault.
Or at least Emmett's...
Emmett.