Chapter 25 – Goodbye and Farewell

"Goodbyes may seem like forever but sometimes when someone says goodbye they only mean farewell." - Unknown

Isabella paced the house as she waited for Logan to come back; Andie was sitting in a chair watching her nervously.

'Seriously, Isabella, just tell me what's worrying thou?' Andie complained.

'No, we have to wait for Logan,' Isabella said firmly and since Andie listened to her most of the time, she said no more.

Isabella didn't want to repeat this more than once so, though she felt bad, she was going to make Andie wait the five minutes before Logan got back from work.

Patience, however, wasn't something Andie, like Alec, was good at - Isabella scolded herself for the comparison; she had to stop it - so as soon as they heard Logan's footsteps she jumped up and ran out to meet him. They didn't kiss like they usually did but Isabella heard Logan exclamation of shock and the sound of speeding footsteps and knew that Andie had grabbed his arm and just pulled him inside - Isabella prayed they at least did it at human speed.

'Izzy, what's wrong?' Logan asked as soon as they entered back into her view and he got a good look at his sister's face.

'I … I need to go,' she answered him awkwardly and she could see he was about to ask why but she couldn't tell him the truth. 'I want to go, thou are going to be fine. Thou doesn't need me anymore, Logan.'

They both stared at her for what felt like hours and Isabella shrugged at them, shaking her head, 'please don't argue with me.'

Andie was the first to speak.

'Izzy, please stay, I don't want thou to leave, thou's my sister.'

Feeling bad Isabella shook her head. She couldn't stay there anymore, she put on a brave face for Logan but the romantic actions between the two of them pulled painfully on her heart. Neither Andie or Logan needed her to help with the animal diet anymore, they were fine, they could do it by themselves and they had each other. Besides, as much as Isabella loved them both, she couldn't be around the romantic love anymore. It was just too painful.

'Izzy,' it was all Logan said but Isabella could hear the pain in his voice just in her name.

'Logan, please, just let me go.'

Logan sighed as he debated it. Isabella was stubborn but she was a terrible liar, he knew she wasn't telling the truth about why she wanted to leave but he also knew better than to try and get it out of her. He also knew that when she set her mind to something there was no point trying to stop her but he loved her and the idea of her not being was him and Andie hurt him. She had saved him from himself and he could never thank her more for being entranced by the colour of her husband's eyes in Florida.

'I love thou, Izzy,' he told her and felt a pang of hurt when her face burst into a wide, grateful smile but her happiness wiped it away, he would do anything to make the two women in that room happy. 'Be careful, okay. Thank thou so much.'

'I love thou too, Logan,' Isabella told him, her smile turning tearful. 'I'm going to miss thou. Thou too, Andie, thou is amazing but thou two are going to be fine on thy own.

'Goodbye, I'm sure we'll see each other again.'

'We better,' Andie told her, speeding to her side at vampire speed and hugging her.

Logan waiting until his wife had moved and spun Isabella round in a circle, 'promise me thy will be careful.'

'I promise,' Isabella kissed his cheek and, after blowing Andie a final kiss, gabbed a backpack that she had packed earlier of her most valuable possessions and disappeared.