Gone

Edwards POV:

The pack has gone home where their families and imprints were waiting for them to come back in one piece. Paul wanted to walk Bella home but she wasn´t ready to leave yet.

She looked at me with tears glittering in her eyes "I´m so sorry Edward" she said, her voice breaking when she wanted to continue. I took her in my arms – Paul suppressed a growl – when she started sobbing.

"If I could do anything to bring him back I´ll do it" she offered. Paul in a desperate try to comfort her – and partly me too – said "That sounds as if he had died but hey he isn´t dead! He´ll come back!" He wasn´t convinced of his own words and repeated "I´m sure he´ll come back" this time more for himself than for us.

I couldn´t stand it any longer and pushed Bella away and in Paul's open arms. "Go home Bella, he´ll be fine" I said.

I turned around and headed inside the house, crossed the living room where my family discussed the sudden end of the conflict and locked the door behind me as soon I was in my room.

I was laying on Jakes side of the bed, inhaling his scent when my cellphone began to ring; the star wars melody told me it was Jake calling. I picked up the phone "Honey?" "I love it when you call me that" he answered and I cheered.

"I wanted to tell you that they gave me a nice little room here in Volterra – I was a little afraid they would lock me in a cage to study me like animals in the zoo."

I was puzzled He is already in Volterra? How long was I laying here?

"So, they treat you well?" I asked.

He sighed "Yeah they do – well I´m not allowed to leave my room but I guess that´s not a problem, I won´t go outside anyway. Aro's enthusiasm is a bit exhausting; he wanted me to show him how I phase again and again, but now I´m done for the rest of the day."

We chatted almost two hours about this and that when Jakes voice suddenly gets serious. "Darling, I meant what I´ve said! Please don´t do something reckless to get me out of here! I have a contract with Aro and I have to fulfill it!"

"If it is your wish, I´ll stay away from Volterra" I promised

Over month we phoned once or twice a day; sometimes for hours and on other times only for a few minutes.

I told him everything that happens in LaPush; Leah freaked out when she thought that she´s imprinted on a girl visiting her aunt in LaPush – she realized soon, that she only had shared Embrys thoughts and he was the one who has been imprinted. That was fun.

He chatted over the many people he met and the different kinds of gift they have, he said "Could you imagine a man who float a few inches over the ground – I don´t know what´s the use of this talent but it looked really cool." The most impressed he was on a woman which moved things without touching them.

I told him that Bella was pregnant with Paul's kid and that they are engaged now. Jake loved the idea that I wanted to support them until they earn enough money to care for themselves.

He told me about the friendship he had built with some of the vampires – I didn´t like the thought of him being friend with only one of them, but he has to know if he could trust them – mostly he spoke over Alec and Felix, but somehow he also started to like Aro.

I told him about Alice new car – a blue viper – what made him jealous because he wanted to drive such a car too.

He said that Aro wanted to make a pact with the shape shifters, that he wanted to live in peace and harmony with them and that he is searching for other tribes with similar abilities to join this contract.

Of course we both confessed our love on each call.

Someday I just told him about Sam's and Emily's wedding Jake become more and more silent during our conversation. He only gave short replies on what I said, and said nothing from his day like he usually did.

When Alice, who waited downstairs the whole time, called my name I wanted to end the chat with our traditional goodbye "Honey, Alice is waiting. I love you and I can´t wait to hold you in my arms again" Normally he answered "I´ll be there when you close your eyes" – I know corny but hey we were in love – but this time I heard him breathing hard when he said

"I love you more then everything and I hope you won´t hate me now but please Ed, don´t call again" he hang up.

I was puzzled, I didn´t understand what had happened. I dialed his number again but he didn´t put up the phone – no matter how often I tried. Every time I spoke a message on his mobile box told him how much I love him, that I need him, that I can´t life completely without him and tried everything to persuade him to call me back – he never did.

That was when I started to think about leaving my family, forgetting about my promise and get him out of whatever they are doing with him. I was sure it wasn´t his own idea to stop speaking with me – or at least I hoped so. But finally I decided that I can´t break my word and stayed in Forks.