Disclaimer: If it's in Twilight/New Moon, it's not mine. Other ideas, mine.

Author's Note: I'm sorry I've been so zoned lately, everyone. It's taken me forever to update, because I was so hooked on my other story. My faithful readers, you should check out my other stories:

An Eternity

All The Little Pieces

Changes (Finished, but still good. An Eternity is the sequel.)

The Middle of Somewhere (Just finished it, but it's still good.)

Thank you

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Chapter Three

When you're gone

The pieces of my heart are missin' you

When you're gone

The face I came to know is missin' too.

The days were a slow drag. I lost track of time after awhile, not that it mattered or anything. Depression sank in and I lost Victoria's scent. I had followed her all the way up and into Texas before losing her, again.

Disgruntled and on the verge of giving up, I took a plane to check in with Carlisle and Esme in Canada. The plane ride was excruciatingly boring, save for the occasional thought amongst the passenger's. Some of them actually seemed entertaining, but then my mind would go to how I could never read her thoughts. I wished I could sleep, for time would have passed much more quickly in that circumstance.

Instead, I was forced to fake sleeping while the plane was making its way to Canada. The slow decent of the plane began and I peered out the window. It was dark out still and a glance to the clock told me it was nearly 2AM.

Grabbing my luggage, I slowly got off the plane and got my luggage soon after. Heading out of the terminal, I began walking. The house wasn't very far out of the city and I had no other way of getting there, with the exclusion of a taxi. I wasn't about to get one of those, though. That would require talking to someone and I wasn't about to do that, unless that someone was my family.

The walk along the city streets was terrorizing. So many people were out at this hour that I was surprised. When the house came into view, I slowly trudged up the steps, knowing everyone would be questioning me where I had been the past weeks.

Before I could open the door, however, Alice pulled it open and hugged me tightly.

"Umph. Alice, you're going to break me," I stated sarcastically before pulling away to look at my sister.

Alice glared at me and dragged me inside, slamming the door behind us,"HE'S HERE!" She shouted. The only reason she was shouting was because she was mad, even I could tell that. I searched her mind for something about why she was being this way, but she had blocked me out.

I was already frustrated and that didn't help. She was keeping something from me. Everyone was, because they were all thinking the most random things that were keeping me away from their minds.

Alice was thinking about dancing in the rain.

Emmett was thinking about how to beat some game on XBOX.

Jasper was thinking about a slip 'n slide.

Rose was thinking about a manicure she needed.

Carlisle was thinking about a patient.

Esme was thinking about how much she had missed me.

Everything was so random and the tension in the room was immense. I didn't have to be Jasper to know that. There was a secret and I was going to find out, somehow.

"What's going on?" I decided to start out bluntly and see if they would tell me.

Carlisle and Esme looked up and sighed,"Edward," Carlisle started and then pointed to a chair,"You might want to sit down."

I nodded before seating myself.

"Lately, the entire family has been worried about you, Edward. Leaving Bella," I winced as they said her name,"I mean, leaving her was your idea and you're not doing so great with it. We're wondering, do you want to go back? We have no problem leaving, again, because we all miss her as well."

"NO!" I shouted, jumping to my feet,"WE CANNOT GO BACK! IT'LL CAUSE TOO MANY PROBLEMS FOR HER! THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ANYMORE EXCEPT STAY. OUT. OF. HER. LIFE!" I was turning towards the stairs when I heard it.

Alice's weak voice,"I miss her, Edward. I know you do, too. You may not admit it, but I can see it when you talk about her. We can all see it. We want to go back, Edward. We wanted to stay in touch. I never go to say goodbye."

I whirled around to face my sister and shook my head. "We. Won't. Go. Back. I don't want her getting hurt! I'm protecting her from everything."

But, was I protecting her from myself?