A/N: so i'm not sure where everyone was after the whole James incident. I just wrote what sounded ok. And yes, Blaine changes the story a lot.

The next day at lunch, Blaine was the only one at the Cullens' table.

"Where is everybody?" I asked, sitting down.

"Bella is still in the hospital in Arizona."

"What happened?"

"The tracker tricked her. Edward and Carlisle have been staying at the hospital, along with Bella's mom. Alice took Jasper shopping (he wasn't too thrilled when she said where), and Emmett and Rosalie are sightseeing before they come back."

"Okay. So what was with yesterday? You looked awful!" I said.

"I felt awful. I hadn't hunted for a while, and fighting James made my situation worse. I just wanted to see you once before I went to hunt."

He scooted closer and proceeded to tell me everything that happened.

I blanched when he told me what happened to Bella.

When he finished, I said, "I wouldn't want to be changed. Especially if it means dealing with someone like James," I shuddered as I mentioned his name. "And Bella is more than willing?"

"Yeah…" he said, "Would you…?—Never mind."

"What?"

"Nothing." I was very confused. "Just forget it," he said. Blaine went to throw away his prop lunch just before the bell rang.

"Blaine," I whispered. It was late, and I had a feeling he was feeling…blue. "I know you can hear me. What's up?"

He appeared in the middle of my room.

"You wouldn't be changed?" he asked. "Not for anything?"

"I—I don't—"

"Would you be changed for me?" There was a bit of a pause.

"Wait—why? When?"

"The Cullens—My family has to move at the beginning of next school year." He ran a hand through his curls.

"Why?"

"Carlisle is supposed to be turning thirty-six next year—he can barely pass for thirty-five! Rose, Emmett, and Jasper are 'going to college.' We're leaving to start over in September."

"What's this have to do with me?"

His answer came slowly. "…I was hoping we wouldn't have to leave you behind."

"But my mom—She… I'm all she has left. I can't just leave her."

"Okay…" Blaine said sadly. "That's all I need to know. See you tomorrow."
And he left.

If I could, I would've kicked myself for doing that to him.

Blaine's POV

"Dangit!" I exclaimed as I paced in my bedroom. "I shouldn't have even asked—And even when Alice told me what she would say!"

I smacked my forehead with my hand repeatedly. "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!"

"What's up?" I heard Edward say.

"You obviously know," I replied.

"Yes, but I heard it relieves stress to talk to someone about your problems."

"Yeah?" I said, obvious bitterness in my voice. "What if I don't want to talk?"

"I'll bring Jasper in here to relieve your stress for you."

"Whatever."

Jasper came in a moment later, and I immediately felt at peace. But it just made me more angry that they were trying to force me to calm down. I fought the feeling—and lost. I sank down to the floor and submitted to the peacefulness.

The next day went by so slowly. It took forever to be lunchtime.

"Hey, Blaine," Emile said when she came to the table. "Hey," I replied. "Look—I didn't mean to… I shouldn't have told you we were going to leave. I shouldn't have asked you to make that decision. Sorry."

"And I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings," she said. I didn't understand.

"You didn't hurt my feelings."

"Then why did you sound so… disappointed?"

"Alice told me what you would say, but I wanted to hear it myself. I thought that if I told you we're leaving, you might change your mind. I was wrong."

"So… you're not leaving?" Her face brightened. I didn't want it to darken again, but she had to know.

"Actually, we are. I didn't want to, but we have no other options. We're starting over somewhere else."

"Oh." Her smile disappeared. Then she tried to smile again, but it was only a facsimile of what usually lit up her face. "Well, at least we have until then." And she slipped her small hand into mine.

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