"We have come to talk to you about Selena and Eric." Alice said.
"This isn't going to end well." I thought to myself.
Selena's POV
"What about Selena and Eric?" Victor asked obviously upset.
"It's about their relationship." Edward said.
"Why do you all feel the need to discuss my relationship?" I asked angrily.
"Eric is a Breed." Carlisle said giving me a glare.
"So what!?" I yelled.
"We don't know if he will turn human or vampire!" Edward yelled at me.
"Whoa, dad. There is no reason to yell at her!" Eric yelled at his father.
"Don't you raise you voice to me, Eric Anthony Cullen!" Edward bellowed.
"Right now I am ashamed to be called a Cullen. Look at the way you are all reacting to me having a girlfriend. Personally, I am very happy to have a girlfriend that is a vampire! I don't have to hide myself from her!" Eric shouted.
"Eric, come with me." Edward said calmly.
"Alright." he replied following his father.
When they thought they were out of earshot, they began talking.
"She is no good for you, Eric." Edward said darkly.
"Why not?" Eric asked him.
"She isn't what she seems!" Edward hissed at him.
"What do you mean by that?" Eric hissed back at him.
"She isn't your lifemate. She lied!" Edward hissed lowly.
"What!?" Eric gasped.
"I told you she was no good." Edward said pride in his voice.
"You're lying!" Eric yelled.
"I am not!" Edward insisted.
"Then that means I have to leave." Eric said sadly.
"Yes. You have to come back to Portland with you mother and I." Edward said.
At that moment, I started to cry. I left the house. I got into my Camaro and peeled out of the driveway and out of the state. I drove for hours. When I finally gathered my bearings, I noticed that I was on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I pulled over and got out of my car; I looked over the side and sat on the guardrail. It was hours before I moved again. I looked up at the sky and noticed the sunrise. I despised it now. It reminded me too much of him. I would not say his name again.
I opened my phone and sent him a text, the last one I would ever send him.
"Eric" I typed, "I know you may not believe me, but I love you. You are my lifemate. I know you take your fathers word but just listen to me. I hope that you can see it in your heart, to talk to me. I know that your probably back in Oregon now, but call me if you want to. I love you with all my heart and soul, Selena Marie Donovan."
"I looked at my car and got up. I walked over to the driver side door and opened it, climbing in I put on a Seether cd and flipped to 'Broken', a song featuring Amy Lee. As the song started so did the tears.
A melancholy guitar intro followed by a sad male vocal. I sang along all the way through, all the while choking on how well it described this situation.
Seether(Verse 1)I wanted you to know That I love the way you laughI wanna hold you high and steal your pain …awayI keep your photographAnd I know it serves me wellI wanna hold you high and steal your painSeether & Amy Lee(Chorus 1)cause I'm broken when I'm lonesomeAnd I don't feel right when you're gone awaySeether(Bridge)You've gone awayYou don't feel me here...anymoreAmy Lee(Verse 2)The worst is over now And we can breathe againI wanna hold you high, you steal my pain awayThere's so much left to learnAnd no one left to fightI wanna hold you high and steal your painSeether & Amy Lee(Chorus 2)cause I'm broken when I'm open And I don't feel like I am strong enoughcause I'm broken when I'm lonesomeAnd I don't feel right when you're gone awaySeether & Amy Lee(Chorus 2)cause I'm broken when I'm open And I don't feel like I am strong enoughcause I'm broken when I'm lonesomeAnd I don't feel right when you're gone awaySeether & Amy Lee(Chorus 1)cause I'm broken when I'm lonesomeAnd I don't feel right when you're gone Seether...awaySeether and Amy Lee(Bridge)You're gone awayYou don't feel me here...anymore
As the song ended, I heard my phone ring. I looked at it and saw Eric's name on the Caller ID. I flipped open the phone as I turned the radio off.
"Hello?" I sniffled.
"Selena?" Eric asked.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"I want to talk to you." he replied.
"Why? You already left for Portland with you snake of a Father." I said venomously.
"You heard that conversation?" he asked appalled.
"Yes. You weren't quite out of my hearing range." I said.
"I forgot that you had better hearing than most vampires." he said jokingly.
"This isn't a joke, Cullen." I said.
"Since when did you call me 'Cullen'." he asked.
"Since now, dumbass. What do you want?" I lowly.
"I was replying to the text you sent." he said.
"I can't believe you would believe your father, Eric. After everything Talon and Victor told you. I've never told anyone about my daughter. My siblings don't even know that I had a daughter or that I almost died during a raid. I told you things that only Victor and I knew! I didn't even get mad at you for being in my Private Study!" I screamed.
"What do you expect, Selena? Do you expect me to believe you, a person I've known for three days, or my father, a person I've known for seventeen years?" Eric yelled back.
He really didn't care. My lifemate didn't want me. I was alone in this. Forever.
"No, Eric, You believe who want to believe. You won't heat from me again. I'm sorry for the trouble I've brought into your life. I hope all goes well for you." I said and shut my phone.
I went home that night and saw my family sitting in the living room, no Cullen's in sight. I walked in and sat down on the floor and pulled my knees into my chest, resting my chin on them. I looked at the rest of my family. I couldn't stop the tears that trickled out of the corners of my eyes. I looked at Victor, pleading him with my eyes to tell me that everything would be alright.
"Selena, I am so sorry." Talon said first, coming to hug me.
"It isn't your fault, Talon." I said hugging him back.
"I'm sorry, too, Lena." Ronan said getting up of the couch to hug me.
"Thanks, Ro." I said.
I sat there with my two burly brothers crying for, who knows how long. I fell into the Dark Sleep, curled between Talon and Ronan. I fell into a dreamless dark.