A/N: I don't own Twilight, the book, the characters, or the time between sunset and dusk.

If I did, you can be sure that this would have been the way New Moon went.

As it is, I didn't, so I'm sharing it with you on this site.

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From how we were sitting, I could see the door, but Alice couldn't, so while I froze in my tracks, she began her assault on my lips. After a second she noticed I wasn't reciprocating, and stopped, looking at me. Her gaze followed mine as her head turned, her eyes locking on Edward as well.

As soon as Alice's eyes found him, he took slow, controlled steps towards us. His eyes were locked to mine, and though they were golden, I could see fury boiling inside them. He had yet to say a word, but he didn't need to, his expression came across as a barrage of yelling voices in my head, the same way that they had before when I was pushing my limits, only these voices were angry, screaming things like 'How could you, Bella?' and 'With Alice? I leave and you turn into some sort of swing-both-ways slut?'

I cowered, shivering as he approached, my body reacting to the hostility in his eyes the same way it had when James had me cornered in the ballet studio. I wanted to run, but knew that it'd do me no good. As he got to me, however, his expression softened, and he leaned in, kissing my lips, then Alice's cheek. He dropped his bag, and turned around, slipping out the door with superhuman speed. Alice and I just sat there, shocked. After a moment of complete stillness, Alice spoke.

"I can't believe I didn't see him coming, I was so distracted, I….I…." Alice whispered, and slipped from the couch in a blur; a second later, I heard the door downstairs slam. I moved to the window and looked down, Rosalie's gaudy red sports car sitting in the driveway. Obviously, that had been what Edward had driven, and yet he left it behind when he disappeared. I heard Alice yell his name, her loud, yet still elegant voice muffled by the closed window and the distance she'd already put between us. She called out again, but between fading voice and no reply it didn't seem to be getting any response. I slipped out of the room and headed down to join her.

After five minutes outside, I gave up on the fact that he was close enough to hear, and slipped back into the house. A few minutes later, Alice returned, retrieving her phone from upstairs. She called Carlisle, putting it on speakerphone. We explained to him what had happened, and though he didn't seem to mind about the whole Alice and I thing, the part where Edward came in deeply troubled him.

"What did he say, exactly?" Carlisle asked, his voice wavering slightly. I winced, figuring what I was about to say was worse than any words would have been.

"He didn't say anything, he just walked up to Alice and I, kissed us both, dropped his bags and left. He didn't even take Rosalie's car when he left, he must've run off." I explained, biting at my tender lip. I may not want to be with Edward any longer, but I still loved him, and I didn't want him to do anything rash.

"I have his current number, I'll call him, see if I can get him to come back..." Carlisle offered. Figuring there was no other way to find him, we told him to do just that. I needed to talk to him, to explain. He obliged, and hung up, promising to call back if he got through. I cuddled into Alice on the living room couch, afraid for Edward, and for myself.

We waited for about an hour, just cuddling. There was almost no sound in the room, save for labored sighs ever now and then. When the phone rang, I had nearly drifted off to sleep again, my head against Alice's chest. I just about jumped off the couch trying to get to the phone. When I picked up, I was expecting Carlisle, but instead, it was Edward.

"Bella, how could you?" His voice rang in my ear, and a tear rolled down my cheek. Alice caught it, and wiped it from my face. I swallowed hard.

"Edward, I didn't mean to, it just happened. It doesn't mean what we had didn't mean something to me, it still does, and I still love you, I'm just not in love with you anymore. You left me, and Alice came back. Alice was the one who couldn't stay away, and I wasn't even with her. Now… I am." I replied, my words going from semi-confident to strained and weak.

I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself, and Alice took the phone, moving to the other room. As soon as she was out of sight, I broke down sobbing. I was wrong. His voice was much worse than no words at all; his voice was like a stab in the chest with every word, my heart aching now. I dug my fingers into the skin over my heart, the tears dripping off my jaw, the sobs slipping from my lips. I was curled into a fetal position on the couch, and didn't move again until Alice came back into the room.

"Bella, are you alright?" She asked, rushing to my side. She tried to right me, but even sitting up I was curled into a ball, knees to my chest, arms linked, head buried in my lap. Her cold hand slid around the back of my neck, and though it made me feel a little better, I didn't stop crying. The sobs slowed though. I tried to take a deep breath, but it stuck in my throat. Alice kissed the top of my head and cuddle into me. I started to relax even more. She spoke softly, telling me what went on.

"Edward said he's not coming home tonight. He's quite mad, and equally as sad. However, he's willing to come talk tomorrow morning. So for now, I think you need some sleep. C'mon Bella, we're going upstairs." She said, and I felt cold hands lift me from my position on the couch. I relaxed into her arms, my hands going around her neck as I cried into her shoulder. I barely felt anything as she made her way up the stairs and into her room, though I wasn't really paying attention.

The next thing I knew, she'd put me down, and was laying against me on her wide couch. I cuddle into her and closed my eyes. The last of my tears drained from my eyes, and into her shirt, and then I was asleep. My last thought before life faded into black was I hope to God that Alice knows I'm with her because I love her.

My sleep was a dreamless one. I awoke hours later to the sound of thunder.