Children of the Moon Chapter 38

AN: Meyer owns Twilight.

Don't hate me! I'm sorry, that was mean of me to write such a chapter!

So, Alex bailed. No explanation, gone in the middle of the night. Classic. Yeah. I'm mean. Buuuuuut we've already established that, so whatevs.

Was last chapter dramatic enough for you guys?

And now, Seth learns that Alex is gone. Forevah. ;(

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Song: Believe by Mumford & Sons

Seth P.O.V.

When Seth woke up, his arms were empty. It took a little moment to register why. Alex was gone. This had seemed to become some norm between him and Alex. Her leaving before he woke up, to train, or impale some vampire, or whatnot. He groggily rubbed his eyes, sitting up in the couch he'd previously been sleeping on, and a soft smile tugging at the corners of his lips when the memories of last night came back. He, Alex, Jake and Nessie had been up into the wee hours doing all kinds of mischief and crazy things, including Alex cooking up nineteen different sorts of comfort food, where he and Jake had eaten fifteen of the dishes, painting Alex' neighbors mailbox pink and dancing until everyone had fallen asleep out of complete exhaustion.

Seth ran one hand through his hair, ruffling it.

He rose from the sofa, gave one look over to Jake and Nessie to see if they were still asleep, and headed into the kitchen. If he was lucky, there might be some leftovers he could reheat in the micro(?). He had patrol soon, and if he was lucky, he could squeeze in some time for his girlfriend.

God, how he loved to say that.

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. He had patrol for five hours with Leah and Embry, and though nothing happened, he got a chance to catch up with his sister. She'd had another fight with her girlfriend, but they'd gotten through it after a day. Seth knew Leah and Kaia always bounced back from these things pretty quickly. He'd never met anyone who fought so much together, yet always seemed to work through everything no matter. And every time they got back together, they were even more in love than before.

Leah had convinced him into promising a double-date, and even though he acted reluctant, he knew his sister really seemed to like Alex, and he was sure Alex would bond like Kaia. They were the same headstrong type. Kaia was even into martial arts.

…

Seth knocked on Alex' front door, before he took a couple of steps back onto the black pavement. Fall was in full swing, and almost every leaf on every tree as far as his eyes could see were some kind of red, orange, brown or yellow. Today was another cloudy cold day, but the cold never bothered him, so he was still in a worn t-shirt and shorts.

The shapeshifter's eyes waited expectantly on the white-painted wooden door, knowing it would open any moment. In his hands, Seth held a single red rose, which he'd bought earlier that day on impulse. He knew it would make Alex happy, and that was all he wanted in the world.

As seconds turned to minutes, Seth grew restless. Where was she?

Gingerly, he took the few steps up to the door, and his hand rested on the doorknob a moment too long, the cold metal spreading a feeling of dread through him.

The door was unlocked, and for some reason, this didn't surprise him at all. It just added to the growing pit in his stomach. Something was wrong, he could feel it.

"Alex?" Silence. He took a couple more steps into the hall, closing the door behind him, before he called her name again. Still nothing. Seth walked into the kitchen, and found it untouched, still the same as when he left that morning. The livingroom was the same. He checked the backyard, because maybe she was meditating again, and he was just overreacting. But, as some part of him knew already, it was empty. So he made his way upstairs.

Checking every room, he was about to leave Alex' bedroom when his eyes fell on it.

A piece of paper, a vial.

Even before reading the note, he knew what'd happened.

He remembered that vial. Alex had said she would explain if he could catch her. And he did. But she didn't tell him. Instead she distracted him with a story. And he completely forgotten about it until now.

For what felt like hours, and maybe it was, since night had fallen and darkness had shrouded the world before he moved, Seth stood still. He couldn't seem to move, couldn't seem to make his leg carry him forward, couldn't make his arms reach for the note that would break his heart. He just stood there, staring at it, cursing it, blaming it for all that had happened, all that had made Alex want to desperately protect her heart. All that had broken her.

He had no idea why, but suddenly he jerked forward, took the first step to certainty. And then the next, and the next, until he crashed forward, catching the note between his fingers. The paper felt so thin and fragile in him hands, like it would crumble long before he ever got to read the words his imprint had left for him.

His hand were shaking, his vision was blurring, and he felt like throwing up when he read the words. Was this supposed to be enough? Was this supposed to condone her actions? How could she leave him. She'd promised to stay! She'd promised to try.

Defeat coursed through him.

Hadn't he been enough? Clearly not. He never even got the chance to try and help her heal. To try and get the light into her eyes back again. He knew, if he could do that, if he could light her eyes up again, nothing else would matter. He would have done it, the impossible. But now he would never get to try.

Ever.

Because she'd left, she'd given up. She'd taken the cowards way, leaving only two small words for him. Two words would never be enough.

'I'm Sorry'

That was all the note had to say. Bitterness and anger filled him.

I'm sorry.

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-IatST