Broken

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EDWARD

"Don't do this Bella." I shouted as I watched her walk down the corridor. I started running after her.

"BELLA!" I screamed after her. She kept walking as if she couldn't hear me

"You can't run away from your life, Bella!" I yelled.

She stopped dead in her tracks, and turned around to face me, her eyes red, and glassy. She started walking towards me.

"You selfish son--"

"I'm the selfish one Bella? Me? You're the one who bribed me to get you pregnant just so you would work for me! You think that's not selfish? I said this before, and damn it, Bella. I'm going to say it again. You can't replace her."

Her head wobbled slightly as she caught her breath. "I didn't want to replace her."

"Bella---"

"Edward…just don''t try to make things better! Because you can't!"

She walked away. Just like that. I just stood there. All eyes on me. "Mr. Cullen?"

I turned around, and saw Susan holding out an envelope to me.

I grabbed it, and headed back to my office. I walked over to my desk, and pulled out the picture of Bella, Scarlett, and I. I knew that this was what she was shuffling for before. It was the one thing I held onto. I felt close to them.

I opened the top draw to the desk, and pulled out my wedding band. I slipped it onto my finger, and for the first time in a while, I cried.

BELLA

I sat on my sofa at home, with a glass of wine, and A video tape. It was the one of Scarlett's first bath. I was debating whether or not to play it, and I finally decided to put it into the player.

The video immediately started playing. The room filled with her baby noises, and Edward's soothing words to her. I was smiling at the camera, and bathing Scarlett.

"Ooh, baby, its okayy." I said as she began to fuss.

As the video went on, I watched every little detail. Like the small dimples in her cheeks. The way her nose formed tiny lines when she got upset. I got up from the couch, and pulled it out of the player, and threw it across the room.

I started screaming, and crying. I sat on the floor, and cradled myself.

I woke up in my bed, a place I was positive that I didn't lead myself to. I had a killer headache, and my wrist hurt.

I looked at it, and saw bandage wrap around it.

I got up out of bed, and went into the kitchen, and jerked when I saw Edward, slouched at my kitchen table.

"You could have killed yourself, Bella. Why would you do such a stupid thing?"

I remembered. I slit small cuts on my wrist the previous night.

"Because I don't have anything to live for anymore, Edward. I lost the two things that made me whole, and I just don't have anything left."

He looked up at me. I could see the pain in his eyes.

"Maybe if you would have stayed, and worked through it with me, I wouldn't have done this!" I shouted.

I could see the water drops on the table.

"Bella…don't blame this on me! It wasn't my fault she died! And if I could give anything to bring her back, I would!"

I just stood still. "But you cant bring her back! She's gone forever!"

"God damn it Bella! I FUCKING KNOW THAT!"

His harsh tone scared me a little, so I walked closer to him.

He held his head, tugging at his hair, like he was a mental patient.

I sat down at the table, and called his name. "Edward." I said softly.

I took his hand in mine. I never saw him like this. He was broken. And more depressed then he has ever been.

"Bella…I shouldn't have walked away. I'm sorry." He looked up at me.

I started crying, joining him. I paused, and looked at the golden band on his finger. I traced my fingers over it. His wedding band.

"Edward…why are you wearing that?" I questioned.

He looked at me. "I'm always going to love you Bella."

I suddenly felt like I couldn't breathe. "Please…take it off."

"No." He said simply. Shaking his head.

"Edward. Take the damn ring off!"

He shook his head. "No. I'm not taking it off."

"I need you to leave Edward. I have work to do."

He looked at me, and held his eyes there before standing up.

I watched as he brought his fingers up to his ring finger. I watched as he slowly took it off of his finger. With each glide, it felt like my heart was breaking. When he got it fully off, he walked over to me, and took my open hand. He placed the ring in my palm, and slowly curled me fingers closed.

My eyes stung as he leaned his forehead into mine.

And before I knew it, he was gone.

"Alice…can you---can you come over? Please?" I could barely speak. My throat was raspy, and dry from all the screaming, and crying I had done in the past hour since Edward left.

"Of course, Bella. I'll be right over." I hung up without saying goodbye.

Once Alice came, I felt drowsy, and I was excessively tired.

"Oh my god, Bella." She gasped as she ran over to me.

"Honey, what happened?" She looked at me frantically.

"Edward." Was all I could muster to say.

"Oh, Bella." She rocked me in her arms. I felt so drained. Like all the life I had in me was taken from me.

"I miss her so much, Alice." I whispered.

"I know sweetie. We all do. What happened was something that no one should ever have to experience. But she's with god now, honey. She's in a better place." She soothed.

"She didn't deserve to die. How could she have been so perfect, but so sick, Alice? Why did this have to happen to us?"

For the first time in a while, I thought about her. I mean, I thought about her every day, but since the whole conversation with Edward, it felt like she died all over again.

I slowly placed Edward's ring into Alice's hand.

"Bella---"

"He gave it back to me. Alice, I can't do this without him. I need him." I really did need him. I needed him like I needed air to breahe. Without him, I was like a cell without a nucleus. He was what got me through.

"I know honey. I also know that he feels the exact same way about you.

ALICE

The last time I saw Bella like this was at Scarlett's funeral. Never before in my life have I felt so helpless. Bella was breaking. Without Edward, she didn't know what to do with herself.

My brother didn't show his emotions.

"Bella. I think that you need to tell Edward all of this." I tried to think that maybe there was still hope for them, but after the devestation of loosing their child, it seemed next to impossible.

"You didn't know what it was like, Alice." She said, but it made no sense.

"What do you mean Bella?"

Bella started telling me what happened in the office.

EMMETT

"Edward…what the hell happened to you?" He looked like road kill.

Edward didn't say anything. He walked past me like I wasn't even there.

"Edward, man…I haven't seen you like this since…since Scarlett, man."

Edward looked at me, and he clung to me. I patted his back, trying to understand what the hell was going on.

"Bella." Edward said.

BELLA

A week passed since that day at the office. The past week was filled with nothing but sitting on the couch, drinking wine, and talking to Alice.

I haven't spoken to Edward. The other night I had a dream, that made me feel sick to my stomach.

I got a call from the army. The call that informed me that Edward was dying.

I was in the hospital, next to Edward's bedside. He was barely hanging on. He was gasping for breath. He was crying, and holding onto my hand. He didn't want to die. He wanted to live. To have a life with me. To have children, to get married. But that was impossible now. He was dying. Slowly, and painfully.

I was crying uncontrollably, I couldn't stop.

"Edward. Please…please don't leave me! Don't le--eave me!! I love you. You cant leave me. I cant live all by myself. I need you. Please Edward. Fight."

He was choking for air, gasping at whatever he could find. His voice was raspy, his eyes scared, and fluttering.

"Bella. Love, promise me. Th--at you--will never, forget us."

"Edward…fight for me. PLEASE! Edward…please don't leave me alone! PLEASE EDWARD! YOU CAN'T!"

"I love you Bella. A-alw--ay-sssssss."

His voice was dragging on. There was a loud pinging in my ear. I looked up to the hear monitor.

"EDWARD! NO! PLEASE! AHHA! NOO!!"

Nurses flooded in, rushing to Edward's side.

I was sitting outside the doors, in the hall. Crouched down the wall, my head in my hands, my knees up to my chest. They kicked me out.

The door creaked open.

"Ms. Swan?" She took off her scrub cap, and sighed heavily. My breath caught in my throat.

"Yes, that's me." I stood up to face her.

"Mr. Cullen…He…I'm sorry."

When I woke up from that dream, I felt smothered. I felt nauseus.

There was a quiet knock at the door. I sat up, and walked over to the door.

I didn't expect who I saw.

This is supposed to be very depressing right now, but the entire story WILL NOT be like this. In about 2 chapters, things will start to pull out of the depressing state.

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