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Chapter 17: Borderline

At midnight, we headed to the borderline. We went in three separate cars. Esme and Carlisle in the Mercedes. Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, and Jasper in the Jeep, and Edward and I in the Volvo, because we had come from our house.

As we left Alaska, I wanted the moon reflect off of the light blanket of snow. It glowed in the darkness, much like our skin. It was a beautiful scene to watch.

Edward's hand was entwined with mine, I looked over at him, and he turned to gaze at me too. Our eyes locked. His soft warm topaz pools watched me intensely, with much love and passion. My lips curled into the smile. He was so gorgeous in the moonlight, more beautiful than anything I'd ever seen before. His copper hair was messy again, but I didn't care. That was exactly the way I liked it.

He brought our entwined hands to his mouth, kissed my ring, then the back of my hand. I smirked and looked back out at the road. For the rest of the ride, I closed my eyes, cleared my head, and got as close to sleep as a vampire could.

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A while later, I felt Edward's lips at my ear. "We're here," he whispered. I slid my eyes open and his face was right there, inches from mine. I smiled and his lips were on mine softly, before pulling away and taking me out of the car.

We were in the woods, trees and trees surrounded us. It was black in here, faint moonlight shone through the trees. Our skin stuck out in the darkness, clear like a faint light. Edward wrapped his arm around my waist, and we went further into the woods. Soon, we saw a clearing ahead. When we stepped through, the pack and the rest of the Cullens were there.

There was more to the pack now, Quil, Leah, and Seth were there too. All had disappointment on their face when they saw me. They were my friends, once, and I had changed, completely forgetting about them.

We stepped up to join the rest of our family, and Sam began to speak. "As you know, we have a war on our hands. And we need to decide when and where to do this."

"You are positive there is no way to avoid this?" Carlisle asked, just to be sure. It was true, none of us really wanted to go to war with the wolves. Jacob spoke up now, his voice dripping with pure hatred.

"Of course not, leech!! Look what you've done to Bella!! You've taken away her soul, she's dead now! You broke the damn treaty, and are going to pay!" He roared loud and menacingly.

"Jacob!" I hissed.

"He's right Bella," a new voice agreed, I recognized it as Quil. "You have changed, you're not the same at all. You gave up everything you lose your soul. Think about all the people you hurt? Emily and Billy? All your friends think your dead. You're not the same anymore, war in mandatory. As far as we are concerned, you're dead to us." That stung. That burned me. Quil had always seemed so kind, he was a good friend. But he was right, I had given up everything I hadn't even said good-bye to Emily. I felt terrible. So I did one thing, I ran.

EPOV:

Bella took off running, fast. I knew she was hurt. I threw a death glare at the wolf that had spoken, then took off after her. I found her sitting on a rock, sobbing. I quickly wrapped my arms around her. "Oh, Bella!" I cried.

She turned and sobbed into my shirt, I held her tight against me, and kissed her head. I rubbed circles on her back, soothing her, "Shh," I coaxed, "it will be alright. It will be fine."

"B-but, he's right E-edward! I did l-leave without saying g-goodbye!! E-emily was always s-so nice to me, and I-I didn't even say g-goodbye to her!! I h-hurt so many people!!" She sobbed. I felt horrible now, I had taken away so much. It was all my fault. I had taken away her soul, everyone believed she was dead. And it was all my fault.

She looked at me with disbelief. "Edward!" she protested, "Don't even think that!! I was too persistent, it was all me. It's my own fault for not saying good-bye to!! You are not to blame for this, so, please, don't be so hard on yourself. It hurts me when you do that. Besides, I still have a soul, otherwise, I wouldn't be able to love you like I do."

I didn't want to hurt Bella, so I nodded, and brought my lips to hers. The kiss was gentle, and innocent, at first. Slowly, Bella's arms wrapped around my neck, and tangled into my hair, deepening our kiss. My hand twisted through her hand, while the other secured around her waist. She smiled against our kiss.

She unbuttoned my shirt, and ran her hands up my chest, I shivered. Her touch always effected me, even if I didn't show it. 'Edward, Bella, we are meeting tomorrow night at eleven thirty, we'll be fighting in the baseball field.' Carlisle's thoughts came to me. I nodded mentally, and continued to kiss my love.

I really had no idea how long I stayed like that, with her in my arms, her lips running against mine. But I pulled apart and said, "We should head home." She nodded, then we ran back to the car, hand in hand.