AN: 'Konstantine – Something Corporate.' If you have not listened to this song there is something majorly wrong. This song is life. I'd love to base an Edward/Bella story off this song :)

Haha, may I just say that I loved hearing all of your takes on what a frock was. It made me smile. And I'm still slightly miffed that all you lucky ducks in America get the big bowling balls. I was just in NY last summer; I should've gone bowling there while I had the chance! Anyway, if any of you are wondering how my concert went with my frock, it didn't. I gave up on the whole frock thing and wore my dress (that I got in NY last summer ;). I'm such a rebel it's insane. But in my opinion, I think it kind of looked like a frock so it was all cool. Sadly, my legs are so pale I'm pretty sure I blinded the whole audience with my…whiteness. It was a very emotional night. Our amazing violinist/Concert Master (I happen to call him Mr. Vibrato Man. Don't ask.) played the theme from Schindler's List and needless to say: I cried. That in itself is sad. But he's off to University and now our orchestra is going to suck even more! How sad. I should've learned his ways while I had the chance.

I truly feel bad about these updates happening only once a week but it won't be long until school is over for me! (You silly Americans! Don't you even say anything! You're all off school right now, aren't you? Aren't you!) I have this week and then next week is exams and then…done! Then I have all summer to write :) …and that's probably all I'll be doing this summer…Wow, this whole AN is just sadness on a stick!

And now, onto more sad business… Edward! Poor Edward. (If this chapter is too rushed, I'm sorry. I smooshed a lot into this chapter dealing with Edward. Is it just me or am I saying 'Edward' a lot? Heh.)

EPOV

Two weeks. Two more weeks passed and the day of Alice and Jasper's release came. I was being selfish but that wasn't anything new. Not only was it not fair that I was losing them but the fact that I was losing both of them in the same day stung deeply.

I was skeptical with their identical date of leave but I partially blamed it on my ever-growing paranoia, which wanted to blame it on that Dr. Reid. He, of course, would probably find great amusement out of my pain of losing two close people in my life. The rational side to me, however small at that point in time, knew that it was merely a coincidence. That, and I had the inkling that the doctors of PRC were becoming careless with whom they let out because it seemed that they were receiving more committed patients by the day.

Not that I didn't believe Alice and Jasper were ready to be let out. During my entire stay at PRC I had constantly wondered why exactly they were there; they were perfectly fine in my eyes.

Today was their day and I wasn't going to let my pathetic, depressing self get in the way of their happiness—I was making it sound like they were getting married. But I wouldn't put it passed them that that would be the next big event in their lives. Alice and Jasper had nothing to worry about when it came to living situations. It turned out that they lived close to one another, a little under an hour away from each other to be exact. The bitter side of me wondered why Bella and I couldn't have been that lucky. Bella—

No. I had a promise to keep to myself. Today I was going to be on my best behavior.

"Cheer up, Edward." Though the little sprite was making it very hard.

I turned with narrowed eyes to Alice who was wearing a content smile. "How can you possibly expect me to 'cheer up', Alice? You know I'm happy that you're officially over this but you can't expect me to be all bright-eyed and cheery about the situation."

"Sorry I said anything," she muttered after my miniature rant.

I closed my eyes for a moment and sighed, then opened them again. "I'm sorry, Alice."

Her whole demeanor brightened at my apology and she patted my cheek condescendingly. "S'okay." I swatted her hand away in irritation.

Jasper came into the room at this time, seemingly sensing my growing tension.

"Hey, Edward," he greeted.

"Jasper," I replied. He looked at me for a second with pitying eyes and then turned to Alice. I turned away subtly, not needing to see them looking at each other with their adoring, love-filled eyes.

"They're looking for you, Alice, it's time," Jasper said softly. I could tell Alice was trying to hide her excited squeal but a small one slipped out inevitably.

"All right," she said calmly to the best of her ability. "When are you…" she trailed off, looking at me from the corner of her eye.

I sighed, "It's fine, Alice, I'm not trying to stop you from being excited today. You should be and I understand."

She gave me a small smile and a quick hug. "I'll come back to say goodbye when I'm done talking to Juliet." I rolled my eyes at her name for her doctor. I hadn't gotten over that fact.

With that she danced out of the room to her doctor's office, leaving Jasper and myself in the common room to sit in uncomfortable silence.

"You'll be fine, Edward," Jasper finally said.

I scoffed, "Easy for you to say."

"I mean it. You've been putting everything you have into getting over your drug problem that I doubt they'll be keeping you here for much longer. A month tops."

I laughed a short, humourless laugh. "Yeah? And then what? I'll get to sulk and wallow in my depression in my own bed. Sounds fantastic," I said sarcastically.

The prospect of it had sounded ideal when I had thought about it weeks ago but I was coming to the conclusion that, in a twisted way, I didn't want to leave the Center. I was wishing in vain that somehow Bella would return to me. If I left, she would have no way of finding me. It was a pathetic hope even to me.

Jasper gave up reassuring me after that. He and I both knew it was a lost cause but I did try to be a little less gloomy in front of them.

"Jasper Whitlock?" A voice called from the doorway. Both of our heads turned to the new member to the room, who happened to be a nurse. "The doctor will see you shortly, please follow me to the waiting room."

After giving my shoulder a squeeze with his hand Jasper fluently stood up and followed the nurse out to the corridor, leaving me alone in the dim room. I would have to get used to this feeling. After today I would be alone for good here. It is not like I would be going out of my way to make friends. At least I wouldn't have to try and hide how distraught I was now.

Alice and Jasper came back to find me in the same room in the exact same position I was in when they had left me. The realization that they were actually leaving now came crashing through my comfortable numbness as I looked at their faces that held mixed emotions of happiness and sadness. I sickly noticed how it was an interesting contrast to see.

I stood up slowly—the first movement I made in what must have been over a half an hour.

"I guess this is it," I stated tonelessly. Tears sprung to Alice's eyes and she spontaneously (to me) grabbed me in a surprisingly strong hug.

"Goodbye, Edward. Wait! Give me your address for, you know, when you get out. We'll come visit. Here, take mine as well," she said quickly, flinging a piece of loose-leaf out from her back pocket and a pen. I didn't even begin to wonder where she got the pen. I scrawled my address on her piece of paper without putting up a fight—it was useless and I liked the idea of the two of them visiting me. She, in turn, ripped off a piece of that paper and gave me her address. "Good luck, Edward," she said dramatically, holding me by the shoulders at arm's length. "You won't need it, though."

"Thanks," I mumbled, a faint smile gracing my lips at her attempt to lighten the situation.

Jasper gave me another one of his famous shoulder squeezes and also wished me good luck and bid me farewell. He wasn't a man of many words and I didn't mind in the slightest.

I walked them to the exit of the building where Alice gathered me in one last hug. She put her mouth near my ear and whispered words of Alice Wisdom, "Don't dwell on anything for too long. Please remember: Everything will work out in the end."

When she let go, I nodded my head in agreement. Why fight it?

All too soon, Jasper and Alice were walking out the doors of Phoenix Rehabilitation Center leaving me, for the second time that day, alone to watch after them as they walked to their freedom.

I was alone.

Another four weeks were spent in countless hours of support groups and 'therapy sessions' with the doctor. In those four weeks my life had become to follow that boring routine. Class, support group, quality time with the doctor, more good times with the group, painfully disgusting suppers, bed, and then the next morning I would begin my routine over again. And I had come to accept it.

Yes, I was still yearning for my love, Bella, so much that I was sure it was driving me dangerously close to insanity, but there was that small hope, even after a month, that Bella would come back to Phoenix. It was my fuel to get better. I needed to be the old Edward I had been before I started taking heroine for her. Though, I knew I could be so much more than that Edward now. I had developed more confidence and depth to my emotions than I could have ever thought possible before coming to the Center.

And I was confident in saying that I no longer yearned for that particular drug. I had beaten it. The only drug I needed was Bella. I was addicted and I desperately needed my fix.

On that fourth week after Alice and Jasper's departure, it happened. A day I thought would have never came—and it was certainly beginning to look like it—arrived. My day to be let out of Phoenix Rehabilitation Center.

On that day I was even civil with Dr. Reid. Why not humour him? I'd never see him again. I listened intently as he rambled on about how well he thought I had done and in such a short amount of time, no less.

But as I sat in his office with his nauseating mint green walls and cheap, superficial pieces of art all I could think of was… Did Alice 'see' this happening when she predicted everything would fall into place? Was she even talking about Bella and I finding each other again or was she merely speaking of my release? My head was hurting from these thoughts and the possibilities surrounding this one sentence. That little pixie was going to be the death of me.

"Edward?" Esme called, snapping me out of my thoughts. She and Carlisle were both standing up in the office, as well as Dr. Reid. Had I really been that deep in thought? Esme's questioning eyes turned from me to that doctor to thank him.

"Thank you, Dr. Reid. We can't tell you how much we appreciate this."

"It was no trouble at all, Mrs. Cullen. Your son has shown immense determination to overcome his addiction. Edward," he addressed me, "I hope you continue to stay clean."

"Of course," I said. Thinking back on it now, I was quite embarrassed that I had ever even tried heroine. Now I was just ready to forget about it and move on—

What would happen when I leave? Bella wouldn't know where I was… But of course I was being ridiculous.

She's not coming back for you, Edward. She left you.

Even so, I wasn't about to give up on that small bit of hope. It was all I had.

"Welcome home, Edward," Esme said, giving me a motherly hug as soon as we walked in the door of the house.

"We're proud of you, son," Carlisle added.

"Thanks, Dad." Esme and Carlisle exchanged a look but I was too tired and beat to even ask.

I excused myself after that to retreat to my room. With a heavy sigh I slumped onto my bed. I was home. For good. I had wanted this since the first day I stepped foot in Phoenix Rehabilitation Center. Now? Now I wasn't so sure how I felt.

I needed Bella. She was the only person who could possibly bring me out of this depression and it looked like I would never be seeing her again. This was all too much to handle. When I had come to PRC, never would I have thought that I would be leaving with all this hanging over me. Or that I would fall in love.

A knock from my door brought me back to the present and my mother and father walked in. I didn't like the looks on their faces. It looked like they were anticipating a bomb to be set off, scared to make any sudden movements.

"Edward, we have some news," Carlisle began.

"Now Edward, please remember we have your best interest in mind," Esme interjected.

"What is it?" I asked, cutting to the chase. They were trying to break something to me easily and it was only annoying me further.

"I've gotten a job offer…" Carlisle said. I looked at him with a confused expression. Where was the problem in that? "Out of state." Oh. The colour drained from my face at those three words.

"What's wrong with your job here?" I asked desperately.

"Nothing, Edward, but they're offering my a position of head doctor. More importantly, I think this would be a good, fresh start for you," Carlisle reasoned.

I closed my eyes in frustration. I didn't want a fresh start, I wanted to stay here. I needed to stay here with the hope that Bella might come back. I knew it was a lost cause, though. Carlisle was making it seem like he already had this finalized. I only needed to know one thing.

"Where?" I croaked.

"Sorry?"

"Where are we moving to?" I whispered.

Carlisle hesitated for a moment until he spoke,

"Forks, Washington."

AN: Bum bum bum. Edward's free! But what shall happen now?? Reviews are appreciated; I'm loving you all with your generous reviews. 50 last chapter! :) I can tell you all right now that there definitely won't be another chapter until next weekend (I'm sorry!). This week, as I said, is my final week so I'll be having tests, essays, labs and what have you all week. Kill me now.