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I was sitting with Alice watching some reality show. Jasper, Carlisle and Esme were all out hunting. I wasn't really paying attention when I heard her scream.

"EMMETT I WILL NOT BE CONVINCED OTHERWISE." Alice and I looked at each other confused.

"Find out what she's thinking."

"Emmett can be such a jerk sometimes. I am sticking to my decision no matter this time."

"I think that she is going to leave." Right after I said this Edward came running down the stairs.

"Where is she?" he asked.

"Kitchen." I replied. He ran into the kitchen, Alice and I immediately got up and followed. There stood Rosalie wielding a pot and Emmett trying to calm her down. Edward was holding her shoulders and telling her to drop the pot. After a few minutes she dropped the pot and it clattered on the ground. Edward took his hands off her shoulders and Emmett walked up and hugged her.

"Rose please don't leave." Alice said and Rosalie looked at her.

"Yeah, we'll miss you too much." I replied.

"Why do you want to leave?" Edward asked.

"None of your business." She replied. I tried to read her mind but it was filled with I'm leaving and never coming back thoughts with no room for reasoning.

"Please Rose I don't want to leave." Emmett begged.

"So, don't. I'm leaving."

"You know I won't let you leave without me."

"Well, you can do what you want, I'm leaving." She said and left the kitchen. Emmett looked right at me.

"Can you……." He trailed off but I knew what he meant.

"No, she has the right to make her own decisions."

"I don't want to leave and I don't want to live without her." Emmett said and sat down in a chair and covered his face.

"Bella, can't you make an exception?" Emmett thought.

"No Emmett it wouldn't be fair to her." I looked at Edward.

"What should I do? It wouldn't be fair to Rose but I don't want Emmett to leave."

"I don't know."

"What would you do?"

"I would help out Emmett I suppose. It's probably not in Rosalie's best interest to leave. But, do what you think is right, love." Edward said, looking at me with sympathetic eyes. I turned to Alice who had stayed silent the whole time.

"Alice, can you see anything?"

"Only that she's leaving."

I groaned. Edward walked over and hugged me then stood beside me and held my hand.

"Just do what you can to be able to live with yourself."

"Alright" I thought and concentrated on Rosalie's mind. Then I thought:

"I can't abandon my family in their time of need."

"I think that you're saved Emmett."

"Really? Did you change her thoughts?"

"Well, yes-"

"BELLA!" Rosalie screamed.

"Great, I've been caught."

Edward chuckled. Rosalie came into the kitchen and stood right in front of me. Edward's hand tightened around mine.

"DON'T EVER CHANGE MY THOUGHTS AGAIN."

I flinched at her tone.

"Rosalie don't yell at Bella. I asked her to do it." Emmett said standing up and facing Rose.

"She was just trying to help." Edward defended pulling me slightly behind him out of habit and overprotection.

"Emmett I want to leave."

"Okay, I'm coming."

"Let's get going." Rose said and left with Emmett in tow.

"Wait!" Emmett screeched.

"What now?"

He came over and gave each one of us a hug and Edward a hair ruffle. "Say goodbye to Esme, Carlisle and Jasper for me."

"Bye Emmett we'll miss you." I said as he hugged me. "Come back and visit if you can."

"I will Bells."

"Bye everyone" Rosalie said as she pulled Emmett out of the room, leaving the kitchen feeling lonely and empty. Edward looked at me.

"Are you okay?"

"No. Do you think he'll come back?"

"I don't know."

"Just stop with the silent conversations." Alice almost yelled.

"Sorry Alice." I said and Edward nodded in agreement. Edward hugged me and then led me out into the living room. Alice followed us.

"When are Jasper, Carlisle and Esme going to be home?" I asked Alice.

"In about ten minutes." She said and I nodded. Edward took me over to the couch and he sat down. I sat on his lap and Alice sat beside us. I put my head on his chest and closed my eyes.

Ten minutes later Jasper, Carlisle and Esme walked through the door. "How are we going to tell them? What if they get mad? Is it our fault?"

"Calm down, Bella it'll be okay."

"Why is everyone feeling so somber?" Jasper asked.

"Jasper!" Alice said and danced over to meet him halfway.
"Hello, but I wasn't gone that long."

"Rosalie and Emmett left." She whispered, which was so unlike Alice.

"They did?"

"Yeah. I don't know why though."

"Emmett only left because Rose was going." Edward said.

"Oh"

"Yeah and she was blocking her thoughts the entire time." I chimed in.

"This isn't good." Carlisle said.

"Do you think they will come back?" I asked the room at large. Nobody spoke. I looked at Edward, hopefully.

"I don't know, love."

My face fell.

"It'll be okay though." He said as he kissed me on the lips.

"How do you know?"

"I just have a feeling."

"I love you."

"I love you too." He thought and kissed me on the lips.

Saturday

The rest of the week came and went and before I knew it, it was Saturday. There was still no sign of Rosalie and Emmett.

"How much more time Alice?"

"About an hour."

"Okay. I can do this." I told myself. Edward came down the stairs and appeared at my side.

"It's going to be okay."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive."

"You can't know that."

"Stop worrying." By then Alice had got so irritated that she left. I went to the couch and collapsed onto it. Edward followed and pulled me onto his lap. I put my arms around his neck and he put his hands on my waist.

"Do you think that Rose and Emmett are okay?"

"I'm sure they're fine, Bells."

"I wish I could have your confidence." I pouted.

He chuckled. We sat in silence for a little bit. I rested my head on his chest and just listened to his slow, rhythmic breathing. For a while, we just sat like that, holding each other.

"Do you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"His thoughts?" I sat up straight and listened.

"I wish it hadn't come to this." Jacob's voice, even familiar through his mind, said. My still heart leaped at the sound of his voice. I looked at Edward, quizzically. He shrugged in response. "If Bella had only chosen me this wouldn't have happened." I shuddered. What had I done this time? As I thought that Jacob came bursting through the door. Edward and I stood and Alice, Carlisle, Esme and Jasper came running out to join us.

"The Volturi. They killed Paul." I heard gasps erupt around me as Edward clutched my hand.