We tried to buy the rights of Edward and Jasper. But they are not for sale, where are the good things when you want them?

So...everything is the same. Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight. And Edward. And Jasper. Damn.

Bella POV

This couldn't be happening. Why was this happening? I tried to find something on his face, something that told me this was a joke. There was a question present in my mind and it wouldn't go away. I knew I had to ask.

"You don't want me?" I was whispering, yet my voice still broke. He looked straight into my eyes. His own eyes were serious, but dead. Their sharp contrast to what they usually were made me shiver.

"No." There was no hesitation in his reply.

"If this is about my soul, take it, I don't want it without you!" I finally found the strength to scream. I wanted to. I needed to scream, to let it out.

"This is not about you. You are just not good for me." Now he looked like he was fighting. No! Edward was not normally like this. This was not real.

"Not good enough?" I had to challenge him. I wanted to hear him say it. Then that way, I would know if it was the truth or not.

"Goodbye, Bella." He kissed my forehead softly. I closed my eyes as his cool lips made contact on my skin. And then he was gone. Edward was gone.

"What are you doing here?"

Confused, I opened my eyes. He was still here, and we weren't alone anymore. Jasper and Emmett were in front of him, blocking his way. Carlisle was next to him, he looked angry. It was strange, I could see the compassion on his face, but his eyes showed emotions I thought Carlisle couldn't have.

Esme was by Edward's side too, touching his arm. I was suddenly aware of a tiny cold hand holding mine. I looked at Alice feeling relieved. I thought I would never see her again. I looked around, trying to find the missing member of the family. She was standing further away from us, leaning against a tree. She obviously didn't want to be here, Rosalie never liked me.

Edward's angry voice brought me back from my confused state. "You can't stop me! I'm doing this for her, this is for her safety!" He looked at Carlisle, desperately trying to find someone to agree with him.

"I won't let you destroy this family. We need you just as much you need Bella." His voice was strong, stern, like a father scolding his child.

I was suddenly aware of the fact that someone was staring at me. I dragged my gaze away from Edward and Carlisle until my eyes found Jasper's. It was completely silent as we stared at each other. His expression was cautious as if he was trying to gauge something. His expression changed, and he visibly grimaced as he turned to look at Edward.

"JASPER! STOP!" Edward's pain filled scream finally broke me. The tears I fought so hard to keep at bay were now flowing freely. Whatever Jasper was thinking or doing, it was torturing Edward.

"Don't do this. You just felt her pain, her sadness. It's equal to yours. This is not worth it. You are suffering over nothing."

"She loves you, Edward. I don't have to be an empath to know that my little sister loves you." Emmett never moved from his blocking position, instead he moved closer to Edward as if Emmett was anticipating him to make a run for it.

"She'll learn to hate me," he stated coldly.

"She's your happiness, Edward. Allow yourself to be happy after all these years. This is about Bella, too." Esme touched Edward's face as she spoke, so that he would look at her instead of looking away.

I still couldn't understand why this was happening. He had said so many times that he loved me. I was his life, his reason to be alive. If that's what I am, he had said only a few days ago. And he had just denied every word he'd ever spoken in minutes. I couldn't believe him. I didn't believe him.

Alice held my hand tighter which made me concentrate on the scene before me once again. My eyes widened when I saw what was happening. Edward was now on his knees and was holding Este's hands and was begging her.

"Please, mom. Please, let me go, just this time. If she didn't hate me after what happened last march then she surely hates me now. I keep hurting her. I'm slowly destroying her. She deserves a man, not a monster. She deserves someone that gives her everything, not someone that takes it all away. Please! You have to understand. How can this be a good thing? How could I be a good thing? I'm her damnation, not her happiness."

Esme looked at Carlisle in desperation, we were all frozen now.

I dropped Alice's hand and slowly made my way over to Edward. My movements were stiff, but I kept moving. Esme pulled away from Edward and smiled at me. Carlisle stepped back too. Edward's eyes widened when he looked up at me as I came to stand in front of him. I could only imagine that he had forgotten I was still here. I didn't like the difference in the way we were positioned now. We were equal, despite our difference in species.

I lowered to my knees so I was at the same level as him. He dropped his head so that I couldn't see his eyes. I reached for one of his hands and placed it on my heart, then held it there. With my other hand I touched his face so that he would look up at me. And slowly he looked up at me and raised his free hand to hold my hand against his face.

"You lied," I stated, trying to keep a hold of my rampant emotions.

He nodded in response.

"I almost believed you, almost."

"I had to," he whispered.

"Edward, after all those times you told me you loved me. What had you so convinced I would believe you? I know you, Edward. I know are not like that, I know you wouldn't do that. And I refuse to believe I was a distraction."

"You are not, I promise. But please, please understand that you are better off without me. You deserve better. You deserve a real man, not this creature," he said as he signalled to himself. I could hear the self loathing in his words.

"You deserve a man who won't make it hard for you to get a job and have a career. The man you deserve should be able to give you children, a life. And those, Bella, are things I could never give you. Being with me stops them from ever happening. I take away any possibility!" He yelled the last part.

"You are my life." I said simply. It was the same thing he said the morning after our first day in our meadow.

"You say that now. But you won't say it if I slip up and bite you. You'll be lucky if you don't end up dying by my own hands. How amazing, your boyfriend is a constant death threat." His voice filled with disgust as he finished.

"That in itself is an excuse to hate me and I wouldn't blame you for it either. With me, you only have two destinies, either be murdered or be damned for eternity."

"No, please, Edward. I'll die without you, I know that now, I'll make sure of it. You want me to be human? Fine, I'll die! I would rather die than stay away from you. You love me, I love you. There is no logical reason why you're doing this. So don't do this. I beg you, Edward."

"You would die for a monster?" he asked, his tone was disbelieving. How could he not know the answer?

"Not a monster, Edward. I'd die for you! You are perfect in every aspect. I'm the one that doesn't deserve you. But I don't care, Edward, I don't! I might be a pathetic little human, but I truly do love you. We can't be apart. It will destroy us if we are. Do you really want to destroy us, Edward?"

It was silent as I finished, I didn't even make a noise as I waited for him to reply. I knew that if he said yes and insisted that he had to leave, then I wouldn't be able to stop him from leaving. I had poured my heart into my words. I had opened it for him, effectively giving him the access to destroy it completely. It was his decision. And he was once again holding my heart in the palm of his hand.

He looked around each of the faces of his family. I didn't dare look away from his face. It was as if I was scared that if I let him out of my sight, then he would disappear.

I didn't see her move. It was too quick for my eyes to follow. But I still heard her words as she spoke to him.

"Edward, I've seen what your absence will do to her," she told him in a solemn voice. And then, for the second time today, Edward cried out in agony. But this time, I assumed, it was because he was seeing something in Alice's thoughts.

Alice's eyes flickered to me and for the first time today, I saw a glimmer of hope within them. I tried not to let this hope take over my body, but it was a futile attempt. The hope travelled through my body quicker than the click of my fingers. Although I was still tense as Edward turned to look at me. I held my breath as he began to speak.

"I will not be the cause of your pain, Bella. I won't do that to you," he murmured as he took a step towards me, abridging the gap that had formed between us.

"You're staying," I sighed as a content smile formed on my face. "You're really staying with me."

The corners of his mouth turned upwards at my words. "I saw what it would do to you if I left," he stated simply.

I was about to say something more when Alice came to stand next to me as if to get my attention.

"Bella, you have to go back to Charlie soon. He will be wondering where you are," she informed me.

I nodded at her then turned back to Edward. "Will you come home with me?" I asked, not wanting to let him out of my sight. Even though he'd said he wouldn't leave, I still wasn't comfortable with us separating for the night.

Yet he still shook his head. "I can't. Me and my family need to talk," he replied as he turned to look pointedly at Carlisle.

I nodded stiffly. "Okay."

"I won't let him leave, Bella," Jasper exclaimed, obviously sensing my inner distress. I met his eye for a short moment and saw the sincerity shining in them. But I couldn't hold his gaze for much longer. I had to look away again.

Esme and Carlisle disappeared first. I could only assume that Rosalie left with them as I couldn't see her anywhere. I was expecting Emmett and Jasper to leave too, but it didn't take long for me to realise they were waiting for Edward. I doubted they would let him out of their sight.

"I will see you tomorrow," Edward told me as he leant forward and kissed me on the forehead, just like earlier. But this time, I was able to watch him disappear into the trees with Jasper and Emmett right beside him.

"Come on, Bella. Let's get you back to Charlie before he sends out a search party," Alice said with an amused lilt in her tone.

It didn't take very long to get back home. We really hadn't gone very far into the forest for our… chat. I shuddered as I thought about what it would have been like if the rest of the Cullen's hadn't of turned up.

Alice didn't stay long. She obviously wanted to go back to the house so that she could participate in the family chat.

"Is he going to stay?" I asked cautiously as I said goodbye to her at the door. I had wanted to ask her that for the last ten minutes. Only now did I build up enough courage to do so.

A grim smile formed on Alice's face as I finished. She had obviously seen me asking this question in one of her visions. When she didn't answer me I knew that she didn't know the answer to my question. Edward's future was still undecided.

"Get some sleep, Bella," she instructed, evading my question altogether. "Tomorrow will be a big day."

I wanted to ask her what was going to make tomorrow a big day, but she was gone before I could get another word out. I stared off into the darkness as I thought about what had just happened. It was one of those moments that I would have preferred it if she had just lied.

She told me to get some sleep. How the hell was I going to manage that now?

"You okay, Bells?" Charlie asked as I served him his dinner. "You look a little pale tonight. Are you coming down with something?"

"I'm just tired, that's all," I lied. I wasn't tired, far from it in fact. I was worried. Every fibre in my body was tainted by the feeling of dread I was experiencing. I needed to be with Edward, I didn't like the distance that was between us right now.

I even contemplated driving to the Cullen's house. But I knew that I had to wait till he came to me. I couldn't go walking in there whilst they were having their family discussion… about our relationship.

I sighed and made my way upstairs. I may as well keep up the pretence of going to sleep for Charlie's sake even though I knew I wasn't going to sleep a wink. I tried to read, but the books only seemed to remind me of my own situation and I quickly gave up.

I decided to turn out the lights when I heard Charlie making his way upstairs. He would be wondering why I hadn't gone to sleep when I'd told him earlier that I was tired. He would know I was lying straight away.

And so, as Charlie's snores echoed softly through the house, I continued to toss and turn in bed, getting more agitated as the minutes passed. I was about two minutes away from getting out of bed and calling the Cullen's house when I was overcome by a wave of calm. I sat up slowly as another stronger wave of calmness hit me.

I looked over at the window just in time to see it slide open slowly. I could only just make out the shape of his body as he climbed in through the window. "Bella," Jasper whispered as he took a step towards me.

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