A/N – First of all I want to thank all my reviewers for sticking with me on this story. Thank you for waiting patiently till I had a kick up the bum to get writing again. This chapter is setting up for what I hope will be a few more chapters of good fiction if you all want me to continue. Thank you all again for your support and reviews – Yippee! And I hope you enjoy!

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Chapter four - A time for Goodbye

Time had no existence in their world. Kim and Edward had played their 'game' as Edward learnt the skills that were embedded in his body, mind and heart. It had been not a huge love making session, but something that had had a deeper meaning to both of them. Kim found she couldn't wipe off the smile on her angelic face and Edward had grown in confidence to ask her to play this new game again….and again. Finally when the sun was creeping up and the birds came out of the maze like garden, Edward was greeted with an award winning smile as Kim woke up from the short hours they had been sleeping. Apart from love making, the pair had talk about themselves, Edward sharing his knowledge of his past creator and Kim telling Edward about her high school and her easy younger years.

He didn't say anything but stared, like he always did. Kim wasn't expecting any words and so kissed him with a light peck and smiled again but her smile diminished as she noticed the light starting to float in the open windows and onto the dusty floor.

"Morning." Kim muttered to herself and her smile stayed at bay.

Edward looked at her with worry and then sadness as he comprehended her words.

"If I'm not back…." Kim's voice faltered and she sighed before finishing her sentence quietly. "They'll look for me….they'll find you."

Edward sat up, his blades curled up in a protective position. "Police?" He asked himself and turned to Kim.

Kim looked at Edward and his eyes read a thousand things.

What many people didn't understand about Edward was the fact his eyes compensated for actions and voice. He didn't need to speak many words because of his eyes, they held all his emotion and understanding and right now, Kim knew he knew what was coming and that he understood.

"I know this is wrong." He stated sadly and Kim huffed before she spoke but noticed Edward wanted to carry on speaking.

"Kim, I love you." He simply stated with sadness.

Kim froze. It was what every woman and man wanted to hear for their respective partners, but to Kim, it was different. It was like a thousand daggers had stabbed her heart, yet it was the most touching and beautiful thing she'd heard in her life.

Fighting the tears was impossible because Edward's 'I love you' was etched with goodbye and the worst thing was, she knew it too.

Her mind wanted to rebel, it could work, him and her, it would be alright. They could be happy together, they didn't need the world. Then Kim thought hard. But I do.

It was a selfish thing to say but it was true. How on earth was she to believe that she'd lock herself in an old mansion with Edward trying to hide from the world and pretend she was living by herself? It just wasn't believable.

Edward seemed to sense her sadness and wanting to touch her face, he lifted a blade slightly up but dropped it in frustration. He blinked and then nuzzled her with his face like a cat.

Kim blinked out of her thoughts and smiled rubbing her cheek against his.

"I know you have to leave."

"I don't want to." Kim stated sadly.

"I don't want you to go either but you can't stay here."

Kim heard it in his voice. Even Edward registered that it wouldn't work with them. He wasn't accepted anymore but at least could be safe and well, locked away. It was impossible to think Kim should be either banished with him in his not so beautiful home or have the risk of him exposed if she tried to visit him.

"Maybe I want stay?" Kim replied a little stubborn and Edward smiled in amusement.

"You wouldn't be able to survive Kim, I lived up here all my life and got by, but you need to eat and live, me? I don't."

A worried look appeared on Kim's face and her eyes read 'don't say that that!'

After a second she broke down in tears, trying to make her sobs lady-like, yet giving in and almost hollering.

It broke Edward's heart to hear Kim like this, but there was no other option about the situation. It was impossible. Kim needed to be back home, needed her family. He'd find a way to let her know he'd be alright, to let her know how the time spent with her was the reason he knew why he was created, he'd let her dance for him and he'd give her his snow so she'd remember him in their own secret way.

Edward kissed Kim's temple and she looked through blurry eyes up at him.

"I'll never forget you." Edward whispered.

"I love you so much." Kim sniffed and with a very hesitant glance to her sprawled clothes she stood up and dressed, finding it painful to coup herself up in her now not so white dress, finding it acting like a barrier between hers and Edwards love. It meant she was on her way home, away from Edward for God knows how long.

It had been too painful for Edward to watch her leave. The water works for Kim had reappeared and she had bolted out the building as if fire had spread through the wall, not daring to look back to see Edward who had emerged from the attic to a broken window on a lower floor.

Edward sighed and a single tear slipped from his eye. He stood motionless for the best part of the day.

The walk through the neighbourhood had been strange. Kim was waiting for all the prying eyes of their 'friendly' neighbours to greet her. Luckily it really must have been early as only the birds noticed her and a sleepy ginger cat on its doorstep, waiting to be let in. Kim walked up the middle of the road in a daze, feeling that if a car came dashing round the corner she wouldn't care, what did she have to live for now anyway? The one man who her heart had crumbled for was the one person who it was impossible to have a relationship with. To everyone, it was a dead man she had just slept with.

Kim's thoughts turned to their love making session and a smile did creep on her face. She felt lucky it was only the ginger cat who stared in her direction as she must have had the goofiest smile on her face. She was reliving every detail as best she could, revelling in the fact she could feel what she and Edward had done. Her body was a little achy and her womanhood still throbbed slightly. His scent and kisses still had lingered on her body and it a state of bliss Kim wrapped her arms around herself knowing that what she had incurred was the most heart-breaking and romantic thing she'd ever had in her short life.

By the time she came to her house; the Christmas lights still on, a few bulbs blown, Kim was greeted with an unlocked front door and Peg snoozing on the sofa; her red dress crumpled, her high-heels and make up still on. Closing the door softly, it was enough for Peg to flutter her eyes open. When Kim noticed this she stood waiting for her mum to wake.

Peg blinked and whipped her head to the front door quickly, her eyes widened when she saw her daughter and she sprang up to her.

"Oh dear, goodness, Kim your alright, I thought, oh I don't know, oh goodness!"

Kim let herself be hugged by her mum and that bond between mum and daughter flared as Kim broke down in tears with her mum, both for different reasons.

After a couple of minutes Peg had switched the kettle on and noticed her daughter's appearance and not just her tear stained face.

"Honey? What happened, where have you been?" Peg wasn't trying to pry in a harsh way, but the absence of her daughter all night and morning had been worrying. A million things had occurred in her mind. What is she'd ran away, what if Jim has taken her away in sheer rage, what if Edward flipped and took it out on her daughter?

"Do you want to talk?" Peg asked a little wearily.

"Mom, he's dead." Kim muttered softly, the horrible feeling of telling a lie to one of the few people she trusted. She knew her mum could probably keep the information of Edward's fake death quiet, but with such neighbours flitting about, it would only be a matter of time before they pried the information from Peg and found out Edward was alive and then there was the possibility of revenge.

Peg sighed and blinked slowly. Suddenly starring at the carpet like it was a good thing.

The background noise of her daughter's tears didn't help and Peg found herself blinking a tear away.

"I'll get us a cup of tea." She spoke somberly.

Peg rose and a sob echoed from her trembling lips.

Kim heard her mums quiet sobs from the kitchen and sank into the sofa, awaiting to tell the lie of Edward's death in a little more detail, the pain of having to try and make herself believe it too, burning through her.