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Chapter 2: Did You

You left me standing there
You didn't even care
You just walked away
I felt so scared
You never even looked back at me
So unaware of how cruel you could be
I was always there Did you ever care?

Falling down
Darkness surrounds me
I open my eyes
I bow my head and cry

Eve

In all honesty school has never meant much to me.

As long as I passed dad was usually happy.

But now things were different.

School, whether I liked it or not, had become my escape. It wasn't in terms of the social outlet, but rather the academics.

No, Eve Swan's social life died the second she started dating Jasper Hale.

Even with them gone no one comes up to us anymore. Maybe they're afraid of saying the wrong thing.

I highly doubt that though.

If anything they're terrified that we're going to snap at one of them, or worse yet do something crazy.

Which why the fuck would we do that? No satisfaction would come from causing harm to the student population of Forks high school.

I made it through my first four classes without too much difficulty. Being as most of the teachers here relied heavily on assigned seating I was stuck in the back row for most of my classes.

That was fine by me. I didn't like people watching me and every move I did or didn't make.

When it came time for PE though, that was a bitch.

I've always been pretty athletic, but high school physical education was something else.

More than anything it was a staring contest. The girls in my class glared at me with either envy or disgust every time I emerged in my required uniform of black sweats and white t-shirt.

Even though they were the smallest size they fit baggy, causing them to stare at me and talk behind my back.

Did these bitches not know anything? This was high school. Had they never experienced a broken heart before?

Since they left I've wanted nothing more than to stand in the middle of the gym, tear all my clothes away, and dare them to stare and say what they want.

God I so desperately wanted to dare them. I doubt they'd say anything to my face.

Girls talked a lot, but they hardly lived up to their venomous words.

"She is so skinny," one girl murmured as I walked by, her friend merely snickering as we all gathered for today's game.

We were playing the ever amazing indoor hockey.

As we started girls continued to talk and shoot me looks.

Fed up with their gawking, I decided to play a bit rougher with these girls. Every time they tried to block me, I slammed them in the ankles with the hockey stick with far more force than necessary.

Their cries of pain and complaints were music to my ears. Whiny bitches.

This lasted forty-five minutes until our gym teacher blew her whistle and ended my fun.

"Easy with the stick next time," she glared at me and I shrugged innocently as I made my way back to change into my clothes.

No one said anything when I walked by.

Serves them right, treating me like that.

They picked the wrong girl to mess with today.

**

After our fourth class Bella and I met halfway before walking to the cafeteria together.

That part of our routine hadn't changed all that much, the only difference being that it was just the two of us walking side by side instead of a large group.

I could tell my sister was exhausted before she even opened her mouth.

"I hate it here." She whispered, picking at her fingernails as we began walking to the cafeteria. It was too cold to sit outside so we were forced to the confines of that room.

"Why?" My guard was up instantly. "Did someone say something to you Bella?"

She shook her head. "They don't have to Eve. They just look at me." She threw me a glance. "How do you do it?"

I let out a low gush of air, blowing some of my hair out of my face. "I just ignore them."

"That doesn't work." She looked helpless as we reached the cafeteria, walking straight towards the long line of students and waited silently for our food.

Though neither Bella nor I ate a whole lot these days we still bought food. The last thing we needed were more rumors about the two of us.

We both grabbed sandwiches and water, making our way to our table.

Only it wasn't our table anymore. We sat on the complete opposite side of the room now, far away from where we used to sit with them.

Not like that mattered. The empty circle was plain as day if you looked straight ahead.

It, however, was one of our small attempts to forget.

It wasn't working out all that great.

I picked at the sandwich in front of me while I aimlessly flipped through the book we had started in English this morning.

We were starting Romeo and Juliet and would spend a good amount of the semester analyzing it.

Though I had read this book plenty of times growing up it had been awhile and I needed to brush up on everything.

Eyes scanning over the first scene, they remained fixated on only one line.

'A pair of star- crossed lovers take their life.'

I quite possibly read that line a good twenty times, not knowing whether to breakdown or break something.

As usual the anger and sadness came hand in hand whenever I thought about Jasper.

It never failed to work me up with. I, as discreetly as possible, inhaled deeply as I tried to calm the fear and anger coursing through my veins so as not to cause a scene.

"Eve?" I snapped out of my panic inducing trance and looked over at my sister. "They're staring again."

Turning slightly to the left, I saw that the group of our former friends was staring at us yet again.

In the large group I was able to spot Jessica, Lauren and Angela.

Though Angela wasn't staring, I couldn't help but feel anger towards her as well. She was just in the wrong spot at the wrong time.

"Fuckers," I shifted my gaze back to my sister "don't pay them any attention Bells." She nodded, but I knew she didn't really hear me.

She hasn't heard much in the past four months.

I tried to heed my own advice, but I've failed miserably.

I knew what they were all thinking, that group of girls across the room.

Hell, I was thinking the exact same thing. It's all I ever thought about.

They're all wondering just what in the hell happened back in September.

They're wondering how both Bella and I turned into shadows of our former selves in a matter of days.

I honestly wish I could tell them the truth. They'd never believe me though.

Bella and I were sworn to secrecy and, regardless of the fact that they left us, we'll most likely keep that secret until the day we die.

The events of that day are still clear, like they happened yesterday.

It's everything that happened after that I'm still trying to figure out.

There was ten minutes left in the lunch period.

Ten minutes and I was thrown right back to that afternoon four months ago in a matter of seconds.

It was two days after our eighteenth birthday.

While I had been thrilled over the fact that we were being throw a party, Bella hated the idea of it all. She was pissed that she was turning eighteen. A year older than her beloved Edward and she had been freaked out for weeks.

Though we were twins, Bella and I were almost the complete opposite of each other.

The details of the party were trivial now, a distant memory of a cause that led to a disastrous effect.

After that night, things had been a little bit strained and tense between everyone. Edward has skipped out on his 'watching Bella sleep' routine for a night. She was so restless that she came to sleep in my bed with me. I let her of course because I knew she was upset and had grown attached to someone being in the room with her.

I was upset too. I had witnessed the man I love try to attack my sister.

I was definitely torn at that party.

On the one hand I wanted to be with Bella, make sure she was okay. Then there was another part of me that wanted to be with Jasper, tell him that this wasn't his fault and that things were okay.

But everyone knew they weren't. Not by a fucking long shot.

For two days I didn't see Jasper.

For two days he didn't come to school and avoided my phone calls.

I knew something was up even before they came to the house.

Edward had been acting funny, not saying much when he sat with Bells and I at lunch.

It was odd, him being the only family member present at school but neither of us questioned it.

That should've been my first warning.

But no, I was stupid. I refused to believe that anything could be wrong when deep down I knew the shit was about to hit the fan.

**

Bella and I had only been home for about twenty minutes when they got to the house. I answered it, more than thrilled to see Jasper standing there staring right back at me. If Edward wasn't right next to him, I probably would've jumped him right there in my doorway.

Bella was downstairs in a second, her and Edward sharing this feeling with each other. They just knew when the other was around.

He quickly asked if she wanted to go for a walk with him, to which she agreed to right away.

I watched as my sister and the love of her life walked towards the back of the house where they would no doubt head out into the forest.

As I did though, I felt something pulling down on me. Something that slightly resembled panic and fear. Jasper of course picked up on it and tried to calm me down.

"She's going to be okay right?" I didn't know at the moment why I asked that, but I would soon come to find out that I had every right to ask it that day.

Jasper didn't say anything, but rather just led me inside the house with his hand on the small of my back like he was guiding a child. We walked into the living room, the two of us sitting on the couch.

It was silent for a moment.

"I missed you." I turned to face him better.

I gave him a smile, one he didn't fully return.

Even though I knew I shouldn't, I felt an intense wave of guilt wash over me as I wondered if I had done something to upset him.

Sensing that, he leaned forward and placed his hand against my cheek. Though cold, it always seemed to warm me. I leaned into his touch for a second, having missed it for two days.

Of course that probably sounded pathetic, but when you're so used to something it's hard to have it taken away for even a day.

Little did I know that this was only the beginning.

"You're so beautiful Eve." He dropped his hand, twining his fingers with mine.

"Why haven't you been here? Did I do something to upset you?"

He laughed lightly. "Of course not Eve, I just needed to" he paused "I needed to think."

"About?"

"Everything," he stated simply "everything that happened and everything that could happen."

"Jasper, what happened wasn't your fault and you know that. If someone 's trying to tell you different…." I was obviously implying Edward as the one who'd say something. I knew he loved my sister, but it was almost to the point of obsession.

He would stop at nothing to keep her safe.

Or so he said.

Jasper shook his head. "No one's told me anything. I've been thinking all on my own."

I waited for him to continue, but the next thing that came out of his mouth I wasn't prepared for at all.

"I'm leaving Evelyn."

I pushed aside the tight feeling in my chest as soon as he said it.

"Where are you going?" It wasn't uncommon for a member of the Cullen family to take off for a few days, but the tone in Jasper's voice told me this would be a longer trip.

"I'm not sure. I am leaving though. And I," He gauged my reaction "I'm not coming back."

I felt my entire body tense as soon as the words came out of his mouth. "Is this a joke?"

His eyebrows knit in confusion. "I assure you Eve, this is no joke. I'm leaving, the entire family is leaving."

I felt relief spread through my body for a moment. "So what are we telling my dad?"

Again he looked confused. "My family and I are leaving. You are…"

"A part of your family right? That's….that's what you told me remember? After what happened in Phoenix?" I hadn't thought much about that day, but I do remember Jasper telling me that I was part of his family and that I'd always be a part of it.

"Yes, I remember what I said. Things are different now. Everything's changed."

"What? No." I moved closer to him, grabbing his other hand. "Nothing's changed Jasper. What are you talking about?"

"This," he motioned to the two of us "it can go on anymore. We've been pretending for too long Eve, you know this cannot end well."

"Who's pretending? Don't you love me Jasper? Why do you want to leave me?"

He winced, clearly feeling my pain. "I don't want to, but I have to."

"Why! Why are you going to leave me?" I didn't understand it. This wasn't at all what I envisioned happening.

"Your life will be better without me."

I shook my head. "My life is nothing without you!" I was slowly reaching the point of hysterics.

"Eve," he began, but I cut him off. I crawled into his lap and kissed him.

I kissed him with everything I had. He hesitantly wrapped his arms around my waist as I tried to deepen the kiss. He let me do it for a few seconds, let me kiss him without any limitations.

It was short-lived and he pulled me away a few minutes later. I was breathing heavily and he was staring at me with darkened eyes.

I knew he was having a battle in his mind. He was battling his lies with the truth, trying to decide which route to go down.

And then he said it.

He said the four words that practically destroyed me.

"I don't want you."

I glared down into his eyes, but I saw nothing but a cold shadow of the man I loved.

"You don't mean that. We're meant to be Jasper, that's what you told me! You and I," I placed my hands on his face "we're good and we belong together! Don't you dare try and tell me otherwise."

"Eve," he pushed my hands away "I know this must be hard, but I honestly can't do this anymore with you. It's too dangerous….you don't belong with me."

"Then who do I belong with?"

He shrugged. "I don't know Eve, but I know that it's not with me. In time you'll find someone new, someone better who can live a long and healthy life with…"

"That's bullshit!" I moved off of him and paced around the living room. "You can't leave me Jasper! All that shit we went through…you can't leave me! I love you and I know you love me too!"

"I will always love you Eve, and that's why I must go."

"That makes no fucking sense Jasper! I knew what it was that I signed up for…I'm not stupid. I know that you would never hurt me, know you that love me too much for that to happen. So for you to say you're leaving because you're too dangerous and don't want me…I don't buy it! There must be another reason…." I paused, thinking of one very big reason. "Are you…is there someone else?"

I quickly thought to Alice, the only other single vampire in the family. I knew she and Jasper had a history together, but I couldn't see him leaving me for her.

At least I hoped he wouldn't.

He stood quickly, hands on my shoulders. "I would never cheat on you Eve, you know that."

Though he had eased one ounce of uncertainty there was still so much he wasn't telling me.

"Then what the fuck? Why in God's name are you trying to leave?"

"It's better this way Eve…if I leave now, it'll give you time to…" he stopped mid sentence.

"Time for what?"

"It'll give you time to forget me and move on, as though I never came into your life."

"Excuse me? You want me to just forget you? What the hell is your problem? Why are you doing this to me?"

"It's just the way things have to be. Know that I will always care and love you Evelyn…"

"Jasper, please don't this." I was trying to hold on, but I could sense this was a losing battle.

He had already made up his mind. I knew better than anyone that he was a rather stubborn person and knew he wasn't going to change his mind.

His hands moved up from my shoulders, up to my neck where he held them there for a moment or two. Leaning in, he brushed his lips against my pulse point and I felt him inhale sharply.

I slid my eyes shut, praying to God that he would slip and bite me. If he did, he'd have no choice but to stay with me.

He sensed my feelings of desperation, but he didn't move away.

"Bite me," I dared him, winding my hands into his hair and pushing him further against my neck "fucking do it Jasper."

This was my last resort, my final plea to get him to stay with me forever.

He growled, deep and feral, as his lips parted against my skin.

I stood there, eyes still shut and waiting for the intense burn I knew was right around the corner.

I knew I was playing on his weakness, his lack of self control when it came to human blood.

It was cruel, but damn it I didn't care. It was the only thing I could do to get him to stay with me.

After a few minutes all I felt was a brief swipe of his tongue across my neck before he pushed me roughly away from him.

"Why are you doing this to me?" He backed away, running his hands through his hair.

I narrowed my eyes. "You can't leave me." I tried to remain grounded and not let him sense my impending fear.

"And you think by offering me your soul would keep me here? Are you really that naïve Evelyn?"

I lifted a brow, not ready to back down. "You want it. Don't deny it."

"You'll never be one of us, Evelyn. No matter what, you do not belong in our world. And you don't belong with…"

"Don't you dare say it Jasper."

He didn't back down. "You don't belong with me." He enunciated the words slowly and clearly, as if I didn't understand him.

And then, as if it was nothing, he turned on his heel and headed towards the door.

"Please don't do this," I took a few steps towards him, each one heavier than the next "don't fucking do this to us. Don't break what he have. I love you."

He stopped, his hand on the door knob, and looked over his shoulder. "I will always love you Eve, but you'll never see me again. Please be safe and live a long and beautiful life."

I fought back my tears. "Please…"

He stopped me. "Goodbye Evelyn."

And then, in a blink of an eye, he was gone.

I stood for a mere five seconds before running outside.

There was no sight of him, his car long gone.

I knew going to his house would be pointless, he wouldn't be there.

Bella completely slipped my mind as I stormed back into the house and paced around the living room like some sort of caged animal.

All his words and actions hit me one after the other.

"Damn it!" I hissed, knocking down a row of picture frames that lined the mantle. They all shattered as they hit the ground, glass flying everywhere.

I repeated my actions with various other things in the living room until my vision was blurred by the hot tears streaming down my face.

I fell to my knees, in the midst of all the shattered glass, and buried my head in my hands.

The glass that poked me through my jeans was barely noticeable, but it gave me an idea.

Lowering my hands I grabbed a handful of shards in my hand and made a fist around it, squeezing tightly.

I could feel the glass pierce my skin, but I didn't stop.

A part of me, a sick part of me, thought that if I shed enough blood Jasper would come back. That he wouldn't be able to resist.

After thirty minutes of sitting in a pile of broken glass I realized he wasn't coming back.

I dropped the tiny pieces just as the front door open.

"Girls, are you…Eve?" I faintly heard my dad walking into the living room.

"Eve?" He called me again, "baby what's wrong?"

I looked up and his eyes doubled in size.

"He…he left me." I choked out, wiping some tears away with my blood stained hand.

If I looked like a crazy person, my father sure didn't say anything.

He fell beside me and took me in his arms, holding me tightly as I completely lost it again.

"Daddy he left me." I sobbed harder. "He fucking lied to me!"

"Shh, it's okay Eve." He rocked me gently.

"No!" I pushed against him. "It's not okay!"

He didn't let me go.

I fought him every second he held onto me, teetering between angry to completely heartbroken.

I didn't know how much time had passed, but as it started getting darker outside a grim realization hit me.

"Oh God Bella," I whimpered and looked up at my dad.

"What about Bells?"

"She…Edward...they went for a walk. God! Dad I think she's still out there…all alone!"

He was immediately up, taking me and placing me on the couch while he reached for his phone. He called someone, but I'm not sure who.

Ten minutes passed before there was a lot of commotion outside our house. Dad reluctantly left me so he could explain to all his volunteers that his daughter was missing.

I spent hours inside the living room, the flashing lights of the cruiser occasionally flashing across the walls.

I sat, my knees pulled up to my chest and just stared at everything around me.

My hand had somehow stopped bleeding and all I had left was a dull ache whenever I moved it, a fraction of the pain that was ripping through my body.

Just as I started drifting off and away from reality, there was a sudden outburst of voices.

"They found her!" Was the general consensus of the crowd.

Her?

Shit.

Bella!

I jumped up from the couch, shutting my eyes for a second as a massive headache clouded all thoughts and my vision.

I didn't think about the cold as I ran out in just my jeans and t-shirt, the cold September air blowing right through me.

People stared at me as I ran to where my dad was standing near the edge of the forest.

I'm sure I looked crazy with blood stains on my face and hand, but that didn't matter to me.

My appearance and sanity meant nothing the second I saw her.

Being carried by someone who looked awfully familiar I watched as he brought her closer, carrying her securely in his arms. Dad met him halfway, taking Bella into his own arms after thanking the mystery man.

"Bella," I whispered as I walked closer to them.

My heart dropped at the sight of her.

She was asleep, shivering and had leaves all over her.

Silently dad took her back into the house, me trailing right behind him.

He carried her into her room, laying her gently on her bed.

"Bells," he pushed some of her hair away "can you hear me?"

She didn't respond calmly.

Instead she sat up quickly, shrieking so loudly and painfully that our dad jumped back and away from the bed.

I knew then that this wasn't a dream.

Edward had left her too.

They were all gone now.

"Dad don't," I grabbed his hand when he attempted to talk to Bella "let me do it."

"Eve, but you're…"

I snapped. "Let me fucking take care of her!"

His eyes widened, but he didn't say anything. He nodded quietly, mumbling something about the heater and blankets.

I felt like a complete bitch for having yelled at him, but I knew he wouldn't be able to help Bella.

He didn't understand.

Quickly grabbing a change of clothes for my sister, I pulled the damp clothes off of her.

She didn't say anything, just watched me with glossy eyes.

When she was all dressed in dry, clean pajamas she curled up into a tiny ball on the edge of the bed and slowly began rocking herself.

"He's gone," she whispered "he didn't want me anymore."

The pain from earlier hit me harder than before as I listened to her.

"He didn't want me either baby," I scooted her over and crawled into the bed with her. She curled in closer to me and I gently stroked her hair.

"I thought they loved us?"

I had no answer for her. "Me too Bella."

"They lied."

I nodded "I know."

"What are we going to do now?"

I glanced up and stared out her window, the moon shining bright in the sky.

"I don't know, but we're going to get through this. I promise you Bella. I'll take care of you."

I felt her nod against me as the two of us drifted off, tears staining the pillows as darkness overtook us.

**

A pathetic whimper escaped my lips as I thought back to that night, images flashing before me like it was just yesterday.

"Eve?" Bella leaned forward and grabbed my hand. I turned, blinking back tears.

"You're thinking about that night aren't you?"

I didn't need to answer her. She already knew.

She gave it a gentle squeeze, her silent reassurance that it was okay.

Only it wasn't okay.

Four months had been long enough.

Bella and I didn't deserve this.

Just because they left us…it didn't mean we had to stop living.

Removing my hand I reached over into my bag and pulled out something.

"What are you going?"

"This needs to stop Bella," she eyed me as I opened my cell phone "we can't live like this anymore."

"And…and what are we going to do?" She blinked, confusion shining in her innocent eyes.

"Just trust me okay?"

She nodded as I scanned through the names in my phone, hoping to God that it was the same number.

I refused to let my sister be this walking zombie anymore.

I was tired of all these nightmares and pointless dreams of them ever coming back to us.

My only hope was that by doing do, this possibility would become a reality.

It just fucking had to.

Otherwise we were going to spend a very long time in the darkness, surrounded by pain and emptiness.

We needed light, a reason to live again.

And I knew just who to call.

In my mind, Eve wouldn't have let Jasper leave without putting up a good fight.

The details of that relationship will slowly come out to play as the story progresses.

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