"Bella- I…" he trailed off, shaking his head, both in anger and disappointment, both solely at himself.
"No. I shouldn't have made you. I should have been strong." This was all my fault; How could I do this to us? To him…
"No; I don't…blame you." he said wrapping his arms around me tenderly.
"Because I'm not a strong person?" I asked as my voice cracked.
"No. Because no one could have possibly been strong under the circumstances. After all you'd been through…" Edward trailed off.
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"Is this goodbye? For good?" I asked; My breathing was shallow, my heart was breaking, shattering into millions of pieces no one would ever be able to put together. They had ruined everything. They were the reason I was saying goodbye to him….
But at the same time, as much as I was mad at them, I was furious at Edward, and I didn't know why. I didn't know why I wanted to yell at him, now of all times. We had never had one fight…and now, when we only had so much time left…it seemed petty. But I was so angry! WHY?!
"I suppose it is." his voice cracked as he spoke, breaking my heart further. I wanted someone to catch the pieces; I wanted Edward to find them, and put them back together. I wanted him to try; I realized, that was why I was angry. How could he just give up on everything?! Give up on us?! How could he…
I wanted to yell some sense into him…I wanted to scream;
But, how do you yell at the man of you dreams, when your time together is running short? How do you do that, when you know your last few moments together should be happy ones?
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A/N: Please do review!! Otherwise you won't get chappie 23; this was to stimulate your reviewing senses!!