Chapter 11

Unexpected

When we got home from school Edward planned to go hunting with Carlisle for a while so they could talk. The rest of us decided to go hunting too and I was really thirsty at this point. Edward and Carlisle quickly left after we got home and we were planning on leaving soon too.

I went up to my room and sat down for a minute. I really hoped that Edward wouldn't leave…again. He just came back; he can't just leave, not now. It was so frustrating; at this point I wish I could read minds. Especially, Edward's mind right now. Everything seemed like it was falling apart. Ever since Bella came to school.

"Ugh," I groaned.

No, I wasn't going to hate her because of this. Yes, it was her fault, but she didn't know.

"Why do things have to be so complicated," I said to myself.

I guess I should just let things fall into place right now. I shouldn't wait around for things to happen. I should just let things be.

I got up and walked down the stairs slowly. Alice seemed to be waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs. She had a smile on her face.

"Are we leaving?" I asked.

"Yes, but I think you should know that Edward isn't leaving again. He's decided it's better to stay here," when she said this I didn't want to believe her, but I knew that her visions were always right and the only way they would change was if Edward changed his mind.

I half smiled.

"That's a relief," I said.

She nodded her head.

"Come on, let's go hunting the others can catch up with us later," she pulled me by my arm and led me towards the forest.

When she let go we both ran to the spot where we usually found a herd or two. I could smell the blood and hear the pulse. I recognized this it was elk, as usual. No surprise there.

I followed Alice and knew we were getting closer because the smell got better and better. I didn't stop running this time I just leaped in the air. I took one down and feasted on the rest until I was no longer thirsty.

Alice and I decided to walk back instead of running so we could have time to talk.

"I'm just curious, how did you and William meet, if you don't mind me asking," she looked at me and waited for a response.

I smiled.

"I don't mind," I said.

She sat down on stone and I did the same.

"There was this party at my house once. All of my parents' business partners and family friends were coming. These parties usually consisted of me being bored and sitting in the living room all night. But this was different."

Alice listened carefully.

"So my parents were trying to get me together with this man named Robert. He was ok, but I didn't like him more than a friend and I think that I was leading him on."

I cowered at those words.

"I attempted to tell my parents that I wasn't into him, but they wouldn't listen they said I would gradually like him more and more. So at this party there was a boy there and I kept catching him looking at me constantly. It made me smile when I caught him staring."

Alice kept her eyes on me, which made it seem like she was interested in the story.

"So he came up to me and asked if I wanted to dance with him. I agreed and it was the best time I've ever had with anyone. He twirled me around and we talked about everything. It felt just perfect and I didn't want it to end."

I smiled as the memories came back to me.

"We immediately knew that both of us were meant for each other. But there was still Robert. He didn't like that I spent all my time with William when he was supposed to be my boyfriend through his eyes. I really never considered him my boyfriend though, but my parents made me go out with him. And there really was no way I could refuse because they would basically threaten to throw me out because he was supposedly the son of some big client of theirs or something.

"So William and I snuck out all the time and nobody ever found out about it. It was actually thrilling to know that at any given moment you could get caught. So one thing lead to another and William asked me to marry him once and I agreed. Even though we were young we knew that we belonged together and I really couldn't see myself with anyone else either. We decided to run together and just forget about everything and start a whole new life, but somehow Robert found out and…well now I'm here."

She smiled and hugged me.

"Thank you for trusting me enough to tell me that," she said.

"I'm glad that I told you."

We got up from where we were sitting and headed back to the house. Finally being able to remember that story made me feel better about everything.

Once we reached the house it seemed like everyone else was waiting for us to get home. Edward was still here thankfully so that meant that he wasn't leaving…yet. He still looked a little worried. I sat down on the couch next to him.

"You ok?" I said.

He didn't look up, "I'll be fine."

"Just think this through," I tried to not sound selfish because I did want him to stay, but it was still his decision.

"I'm not leaving today or tomorrow, but maybe in a couple of days I will, to keep her safe," it hurt to hear those words come out of his mouth.

I shook my head.

"I don't get you."

He chuckled, "No one usually does."

"No what I don't get is that when I first became a vampire and had to go to school you told me I couldn't give up when I came so far and I couldn't just run away, but now you're going to give up and run off. It doesn't make sense to me how you can say one thing and do something totally different," the words hurt to say, but they were true.

He hesitated to respond.

"Just think about what you're doing," I walked out of the living room and went up the stairs and into my room, slamming the door behind me.

This was another time where I wanted to just cry, but was unable to. Why does it seem like every time I get close to someone they just leave me.

There was knocking on the door. I was resistant to getting up, but I didn't feel like being stubborn either. I opened the door and Edward came into the room quickly, not leaving me any time to slam the door in his face.

"So when are you leaving?" I asked.

He was silent for a moment.

"You need to understand why I'm leaving before I can tell you when."

"Well I don't understand so I guess this is goodbye," I grabbed his arm and tried to get him out of my room, only leading him a couple of inches until I finally gave up.

"If you're going to leave then just do it now and get it over with!" I screamed.

He shook his head.

"Why can't you just stay, stay for me…you're the only one that gets me and I don't want to be alone. I don't care if I'm being selfish either."

I went towards the window and crossed my arms over my chest.

"I'm sorry-"

"Just go," I said.

Then I heard him leave the room and closed my eyes, waiting for the next day to come.

***

I decided to ride with Emmett and Rosalie today because I really didn't feel like seeing Edward at all today. It just made me mad that he could just leave without giving any thought as to who he was leaving behind. Edward's Volvo was already parked in his parking spot and Jasper and Alice were talking to each other while Edward was staring at you know who. I got out of the car and grabbed my books. Then I walked over to where Alice and Jasper were standing, not paying any attention to Edward.

"Have you seen anything yet?" I asked.

She looked confused.

"I keep seeing different things, his future keeps shifting around," I looked over at him.

He kept his eyes on Bella as she reached down to check her snow chains on the rear end of her car.

"No," Alice gasped.

I stared at her face, and then heard a screeching noise, immediately turning my head to see that Edward was no longer next to me. Tyler Crowley's van was now skidding right towards Bella. My eyes widened as I knew what Edward was doing.

You idiot! I thought.

I slightly saw Edward launch himself between the van and Bella. I saw him grab her waist and yank her out of the way of danger. When the van screeched towards them I realized that everyone was out in the parking lot now as the van suddenly halted to a stop only inches away from Bella's truck.

I tried to close my eyes, but couldn't because I was still in shock. What was he thinking? How could he do that? I turned my head to see Jasper, Alice, Rosalie, and Emmett in the same state of shock that I was in.

"Bella!" Jessica shouted.

"Call 911!" someone else said.

I saw Edward scale her truck and run off. I decided to go run after him so he wouldn't do something that he would regret, although this made it seem like it was too late to save him from regret. I quickly ran after him, not paying attention to the crowd of people that surrounded the van now. I knew that my other brothers and sisters weren't happy with Edward and what he let happened, but for some reason I wasn't angry. I knew that Edward made the right decision because if he didn't save her than she would get hurt or even worse…she would be dead.

"Edward!" I shouted.

I could hear his footsteps as he headed in the forest.

"Edward stop!" I shouted again.

I finally managed to catch up to him.

He didn't look at me.

"You and I both know that that was the right thing to do," I said.

He turned around.

"We're all in danger now," he muttered.

"You don't know that."

"Yes I do, she's not going to keep quiet about this and I wouldn't blame you for being even more mad at me than you were before," I walked closer to him.

"I am not mad at you for this I understand why you did it," I said.

"Then tell me why," he replied.

I hesitated.

"Because you care about her."

He sat down on the ground and I did the same. I could tell by his silence that I was right. There was no other possible explanation for why he did what he did.

"We should probably go to the hospital and talk to Carlisle about how to handle this now," I stood up and held out my hand to help him get up. He didn't accept it at first.

"Unless you'd like to be a coward and hang around here," I smiled wittingly.

He chuckled and finally took my hand.

"Well at least you know one person who's not mad at you, I'm not sure about everyone else though," I said.

He sighed.

"I'm sure Alice isn't mad though," I tried to cheer him up a little bit.

"Yeah, but I bet Rosalie's ready to rip my head off," I had to admit that he was probably right.

"You can take her."

He laughed and we ran towards the hospital.

***

I sat in the waiting room and looked at all of the people who were here from school. This was ridiculous my father was Dr. Carlisle Cullen I shouldn't be stuck in a waiting room!

I quickly got up and went to the front desk.

"Is Dr. Cullen here?" I asked, knowing that he would be here.

"Walk through those doors and take a left you should find him in that hallway."

"Thank you," I gently smiled and headed down the hallway. I wanted to know what was going on, I think I deserved to know. I quickly found Carlisle, Edward, and Rosalie. Of course Rosalie was yelling her head off at Edward. He walked away from her.

"Hey," I shouted.

He turned around and grinned a little.

"Aren't you supposed to be waiting?" he asked.

"Good luck, I know you can do this without telling her everything."

I heard someone's footsteps coming towards us. I turned my head.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?"

Bella was waiting for my response. I just gently smiled and walked away.

I have faith in you, I thought.

I looked back one more time, and then I took one deep breath hoping that he would be able to do this despite of what everyone else was saying to him.