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Princess Isabella's POV

It was almost time to leave my comforting sanctuary; My old room filled wit so many memories. Some bad, some good...and some just too painful to talk about. But before I got up to leave, I took one last farewell glance out my window. Looking out longingly, as always.

It was sunset by now. And at each and every sunset for the past 8 months, 2 weeks and three days, I couldn't help but think of a time when sunsets used to excite me; Used to fill my heart with hope and excitement and love...when it meant seeing Edward again; Even if it always ending in our bitter sweet goodbyes...

But now the sunset just reminded me of a whole other day that I didn't see Edward...and whole other day he didn't try to save me. It signified the end of another day in my horrible life; It let me know I survived another day (which was good or bad, depending on my mood). But worst of all, it meant that it was time to endure the torturous evenings, requiring me to...be with King Jacob.

"Goodnight, Edward." I said pressing my hand on the window. "I-I love you." I did this everynight; And everynight, it never failed to bring tears to my eyes as it stabbed relentlessly at my heart.

I finally got up to leave, walking slowly in an attempt to stall the evening's unpleaseant events.

"Hey Bella. Let's get this over with..." Alice said meeting me in the hallway. I was thankful that she wouldn't ask if I was ready or how my day was; I think she knew...

But despite how bad my day might have been, Alice always found a way to make me smile. I guess that's just what best friends do. And really, I only smiled when I was with Alice; Moments between me and my best friend were the only thing that made me sincerly and truely happy now.

"So, how's my niece or nephew?" I asked eagerly; I was very excited this whole thing. When I wasn't...moping, Alice and I were preparing for her baby. It consumed a lot of time and kept us both very busy.

"Everything is perfect." she said smiling happily as she absent mindedly rubbed her stomach; She had been doing that for a while now, whether she was aware of it or it was just subconcious. (I think it's her maternal instincts kicking in)

The rest of the walk down to dinner was silent; I don't really think there was much to talk about, but that wasn't different from any other day. But unfortuanately, we walked too fast and got to dinner...early. Something we tried to avoid at all costs.

Jacob sat in his usual seat, with the same emotionless face as always; I groaned to myself as Alice and I took our seats. Dinner was later served.

We ate in silence as always; But even I had to admit, it was too tense and uncomfortable. For a few days after the marriage, he really did try to mend our relationship, but by then it was too late; The damage was done.

I was both relieved and saddened when dinner was over; On one hand, I was relieved that I was free of this terrible tension, but...Alice and I would have to go our seperate ways and I would have to go to bed. In the bedroom that I shared with Jacob. I'd muhc rather just deal with the tension...

I got up and left, heading to my bedroom and hoping that I could avoid Jacob; Sometimes he'd catch up and I'd be forced to walk with him all the way upstairs. But tonight, I was lucky.

As soon as I was in the room, I took my nightgown into my bathroom (thank god we had seperate bathrooms!) and began changing. I took a good look at myself in the mirror; I was a mess. I mean, physically I looked just like I did before; Maybe a little paler, but other than that, the same. But my facial expression scared even me; If someone saw me and didn't know any better, they'd probably think I saw a ghost...but I only looked that way when I was with Jacob. Or anywhere near him...

My heart stopped as I heard the door open; Here comes the tension again...

Only this time, I knew it would be intensified. I stepped out of the bathroom, prepared now for what was to come. We didn't even acknowledge each other as he took his clothes and stepped into his bathroom and I stepped out of mine. I grabbed my brush of my nightstand and put my dress away.

I took my seat by the window and began brushing my hair, looking at the window like I did during the day. Everything was dark now and I knew that Edward would be getting ready for bed now too...with no one to hold in his arms.

Jacob came out and I put my brush down, pulled down the covers on my side of the bed and got in. He got in on his side and we blew out our candles. I didn't close my eyes yet; I wasn't really tired. Instead I looked out the window again, trying to picture Edward in my mind, getting into bed next to me, wrapping his arms around me.

But in my mind our bed was smaller, so we were closer to each other; That would much better if it were Edward and not Jacob. With Jacob, I had hoped that the bed was as big as possible, so that we didn't have to be anywhere close to each other; I had gotten my wish. This way, I could imagine we had seperate beds. On seperate planets, in seperate worlds.

When I finally fell asleep (which I did everynight) it was the best time of the day; Even better than being in my sanctuary. Because while I slept, I dreamed. And in my dreams, everything was much better. Edward was always there to have his arms around me, and he was always there to kiss and hug and love me...

And, just like before, in our meadow, we saved the kiss to last; But...that's always the part where I woke up.

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