Author's Note: Let me apologize ahead of time for the short chapter. I got four reviews in the first three days that this story was posted, so I decided I would write another chapter. And here it is.

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Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, or the lyrics to "Womanizer".

I was running.

It used to be an outlet for me, something I enjoyed. Now, with every step I took, I was reminded of Bella. How she used to cling to me, burying her head in my shoulder to prevent motion sickness. I longed to feel her warm arms holding me, her body wrapped around my cold frame. I wanted to hear her accelerated heartbeat as I flew through the forest.

But I felt nothing other than the wind as it rushed past. The only sounds I heard were those of the forest around me. That was the way I liked it, though. If I couldn't feel Bella, I didn't want to feel anything at all.

I was headed toward the house my family had been staying at for the past seven months. It wasn't home, it was merely a dwelling. Home was back in Forks, and that is where it would always be. Home was holding Bella in my arms, her sweet freesia scent torturing me. Oh, but what a sweet torture it was! Maybe I am a masochist. No matter how much pain I endured because of Bella's scent, I somehow couldn't stay away.

At least, that's how it used to be. I had managed to stay away for seven entire months, but just barely. Every day was killing me. I knew I couldn't die, but being away from Bella had me feeling closer to death than ever. The pain alone was enough to leave me almost unconscious, another impossible feat. This parting was causing me even more pain than Bella's blood.

If that's the case, why am I still not with her? If being near her but controlling myself was easier than being away, then why couldn't I just go back?

I knew the answer. I wasn't doing this because I couldn't control myself. I knew that I could, for the most part. Every time I touched her, every slow, torturous kiss, was living proof of that fact. I could control myself around Bella, but she needed more than that. She deserved more than that.

Bella deserved a real relationship. I didn't doubt that what we had was real, but she deserved a loving boyfriend who could give her everything she wanted. I couldn't do that for her. I couldn't give her any physical aspects of a relationship. It would have been too hard to control myself. She needed someone who didn't have to hold back. Who didn't have to worry about crushing her every time he touched her. Bella deserved someone she could be with for the remainder of her life, someone she could grow old with. I couldn't do that for her. She needed someone she could have children with.

What a sight Bella's children would be. They would be undoubtedly beautiful, just like her. Perhaps with deep, chocolate eyes and soft mahogany hair. I could see them in my mind's eye. But what was this? A child with blue eyes? Or maybe with dark skin and black hair. Traits that didn't belong to Bella. No, these traits were acquired from the children's father. Who would it be? Mike Newton? Jacob Black? The only thing I knew for certain was that it wouldn't be me. There would never be a child with bronze hair and dark brown eyes. Even if I had stayed, it would have been impossible. Bella was destined to bear the children of some other man.

A furious growl ripped from my chest at the thought of Bella with anyone other than me. I was meant to be with her, that much I knew for certain. But I couldn't damn her like that. She deserved a life. A life without fear, or vampires, or anything of the sort. A normal life. I couldn't give her any of that.

I heard the thoughts of my family seep into my mind. I was getting closer.

I hope he's in a better mood this time. Last time he checked in, he was so depressed. I've never seen Edward like that before. I'm so worried about him. Maybe leaving Forks wasn't the right thing…

That was just like Esme. She was constantly worrying about me. I told her that I was fine, but she saw right through it.

Dude, I can't beat these stupid aliens! I wonder if there's a cheat code I could use. Or I'll just ask Alice if she sees me beating these things. Damn it! No! I died again!

I think that "Emmett" is all that could be said about that.

Daddy-O, you got the swagger of a champion. Too bad for you, you just can't find the right companion. I guess when you've had one too many, makes it hard. It could be easy, who you are. That's just who you are baby…

It took me a moment to figure out who that was. No one in my family listened to music like that. I realized that it was Alice, and her mental singing of that song could only mean one thing:

She was hiding something from me.

A/N: I pinky swear that all of my other chapters will be longer than this, but I just wanted to get the first official chapter posted. The last one was just a prologue.

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