Some people might have been confused, so I'm just saying that this takes place after Twilight but before what would have been New Moon.
Ok. I know it's been an incredibly, terribly long time and I am really, really sorry. I'm really not sure what to say, besides that at the times I had time to write I had writers block and at the times I had ideas I didn't have time. I'm sooooooooooo sorry, though, and that was no excuse. I can't promise regular updates, but I can promise that I'll try harder.
Disclaimer:
Me: Edward! Say it!
Edward: No, if it wasn't for you Bella would still be talking to me!
Me: Please?
Edward: No!
Me: Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please!
Edward: Ahhh Fine! She doesn't own twilight or any of the characters (especially me!)! Are you happy now?
Me: Very, thanks.
Bella's POV
I would never think that such a short amount of time could be so painful. It had been less than twenty-four hours. Less than twenty-four hours without Edward. I'd gone that amount of time without seeing him before, but this time it was different. This time I knew he wasn't coming back, and the silence laughed in my face. The only thing that made a small part of me feel better was the fact that he was free now. Free from me and free to find some one else. He'll find some one better, I had whispered as I cried myself to sleep, where I only dreamt of him.
Edward's POV
As we walked into school, my family surrounded me. They knew I didn't need to be protected from the humans, but they weren't sure if I was ready to face them either. Whispered conversations were everywhere.
"I heard he broke up with her!"
"Yeah, he sent her a text message!"
I didn't care what they thought, however wrong their ideas were. I was numb- my Bella didn't want me. She wasn't even my Bella anymore. My mind was blank, Other than human and my family's thoughts that flitted by in my head, and I didn't listen to those. The only thoughts I wanted to here were from someone whose thoughts were off limits.
I sleepwalked through my morning classes, staring into space and thinking about absolutely nothing, plucking the answers to the teachers' questions out of their heads when I needed to. But I couldn't last through lunch or biology, where I would have to see her and admit to myself that she would no longer smile or laugh with me, that I would never run my fingers through her hair or hold her warm hand in my ice cold one- that I would never again feel her lips against mine. So I hid, choosing to sit and stare straight ahead as the rain pattered against the windows.
Now that I was alone, I started to sift through the thoughts from the school building that murmured in the back of my head. I brought them to my attention –throwing Rosalie's musings over her reflection and Emmet's plan to start another fight with Jasper back into the mush of voices and ignored the thought-screams Alice was directing at me. She had been trying to get my attention all day, but I refused to look through her head. I didn't want to see my future without Bella.
Then, I found the thoughts of someone who would most probably be talking to Bella now that Bella and I were no longer together- Mike Newton. Sure, he annoyed me, but it seemed the only way to get the facts straight without having to listen to Jessica's constant, flighty chatter. Maybe it was wrong to listen in on Bella's conversations. I knew that it was a violation of privacy and maybe a little obsessive, but I still felt protective of her. And I needed to make sure that she was safe and happy. And the only way to figure that out was through people's (specifically Mike Newton's) thoughts:
"How hot do I look today? Bella will definitely appreciate it. Sure, she looks a little down about Cullen, but she'll get over it. Especially when she really looks at me. Cullen- sure, he gets a lot of girls to like him with his look-at-me-I-have-pale-skin-and-colored-contacts-I'm-so-awesome thing going, but he's nothing compared to me. And when I ask Bella out, she'll definitely say yes."
I remembered why I never read Mike Newton's mind. That idiot bothered me so much that it took all my control not to break through the car's windshield. I knew that the only thing that would calm me down would be to get away from here, so I did the first thing that came to my mind. I started to walk, human speed, towards the forest. Alice would know where I was, and she would tell the rest of my family. I didn't care what anyone else thought. The second I got into the woods, I started running. I ran and ran and ran, eventually calming down a little bit, and made it back in time for last period.
I hope you guys enjoyed it, even if it's been a VERY long time (I am really sorry) have a great thanksgiving! :)
~Short'n'Sweet13