I decided to stay behind at the house waiting for Edward. All I could do was watch as sheets were placed over our furniture. Alice packed all of my clothes and put them into Edward's car for me. Everyone had already left a couple of hours ago. It took a lot of convincing for me to leave with Edward. I felt that he really needed me at the moment.

It was around 4:00 pm when he showed up back at the house. All of my things were in his car so all we needed to do was leave.

It was only when Edward walked towards me did I realize how miserable he looked. His hair was disheveled in every direction. He wore a blank expression on his face. I knew he didn't want to show his emotions to me at the moment.

There were plenty of things that I wanted to say, but I decided that it wasn't the time or place to say them.

I stood up and walked towards him. "Hey. Are you ok?"

"Yea. Let's go before I change my mind." All I could do was nod. I got into the front seat as Edward drove away from our home. I looked at our house before it disappeared into the trees.

"How was she?" Edward kept his eyes on the road and sighed.

"Upset. I really hurt her. I know you are right about this being a bad idea, but I want her to live. To grow old and have a family even if that means not being with me. We wouldn't be able to have a family anyway." Oh yes you would. Though I know it will be traumatic for the both of them.

"I understand that you want her to live Edward. That's a valid point but I don't agree with this. You are just driving a wedge between to two of you. Leaving isn't going to solve anything. You break up with her, fine, it's stupid but fine. But leaving? How is this going to solve anything? Carlisle didn't want me to say this but your being stupid."

I stared at Edward. Waiting for him to say something. To say anything. Edward just stared at the road and didn't respond.

Fine. "Just so you know, I'm not leaving Bella." That got Edward's attention. He instantly pulled over onto the side of the road. We were just on the outskirts of Forks. I could hike it home from here. Edward put the car in park before turning to me. His golden eyes turned serious.

"What are you talking about?"

"What do you think? You can leave but I'm not."

"Then why did you get into the car in the first place?"

"I got into the car because I thought I would be able to change your mind. But I can clearly tell that that's not going to happen." Before he could say anything, I opened the car door and hopped out. I shut the door and walked towards our house. I didn't hear Edward get out of his car before I felt his hand on my shoulder.

"Sophie stop! You are being completely unreasonable." I turned around and stared at him.

"I'm being unreasonable?! I don't want to leave her behind. She needs someone. You are just going to cause her harm by leaving her."

"She's not alone. She has Charlie and her friends."

"She won't stay with them. She will push Charlie away and will stop talking to her friends. I know it and you do too."

Edward stood motionlessly. His face was unreadable to me. "She probably will at first, but she will get over it eventually. She will open up more and start spending more time with her friends. She will later graduate high school and go to a college somewhere. Probably somewhere in Florida. Soon, she will meet someone special and get married. She will be able to grow old with him and have a long and happy life with their children. She will be able to watch her grandchildren grow older. I will eventually just become a memory to her. She probably won't forget about me or us, but she will be thankful for that memory. Because us leaving meant her having this future of having a loving husband surrounded by their children. I can't give any of that to her Sophie. I want to grow old with her and to have children, but I can't. She deserves everything. It will be hard for her but it will get better as time goes on." I just stand outside of the car staring at him.

I never really realized that he wanted to grow older with Bella and for them to have children. He wants her to have a life where she has children and grandchildren. My viewpoint of him being selfish is starting to diminish. I'm not ok with him leaving. New Moon was my least favorite book of the series. When I first read the book, I thought Edward was being a selfish jerk. This explanation for why we need to leave makes more sense to me. He looked broken but he was trying to be strong.

We just stared at each other for a couple of minutes. He finally sighed. "Please Sophie, get back into the car. We need to head to Denali." I nod my head and walk back to the car. I buckle my seat belt in when Edward gets into the driver's seat. He pauses for a second before putting the car back into drive.

I looked out the window and could only watch as we left Forks. I hoped we would be back because I wanted to avoid the plot of New Moon. I didn't know how I would even be able to prevent Bella from jumping off of the cliff.

After some time I looked over at Edward. He was lost in his own mind. Just watching the road and driving in silence.

"So we are going to Denali?"

"I thought we could stop there for a bit before heading to Ithaca. Everyone except Carlisle and Esme will be there."

Ithaca, New York. The Cullens besides Edward go there during New Moon. Jasper becomes a philosophy student and Carlisle works nights at the hospital.

I look at Edward. "Your not coming to Ithaca with us are you."

"I'm sorry Sophie. I just want to be alone for now. I will take you up to Denali and then I'm leaving for a while."

"Please let me go with you Edward. I don't want you to be alone. I'm worried about you."

"I'll visit when I can. This is just something that I need at the moment." I knew there was nothing I could do that will change his mind.

All I could do was nod and say ok.

The rest of the drive remained in silence. I would try to talk to Edward here and there but there wasn't anything I could do to cheer him up.

We arrived to Denali the next day. It took us about 24 hours to get there. Once we arrived at the house, it was all I could do not to jump out of the car.

I got out of the car while Edward grabbed my things for me.

I walked up to the front door to be met with Rosalie. I smiled at her and gave her a hug.

She smiled at me but it didn't reach her eyes.

"What is it? Is something wrong?" Rosalie looked at Edward who's face went from shock to angry.

"Our cousins have two new members living with them."

Wait, two?

Laurent entered my mind. In the books, he comes to Denali to learn about feeding off of animals. I wasn't thrilled that he was here but we wouldn't be staying here long.

If Laurent was one of them, then who was the other one that was here?

I wanted a chapter to show how much leaving Bella is hurting Edward. Not a lot going on in this chapter but next chapter is getting a little bit more wild. Who do you think is the other person living with the Denali's? Until next time!