Empty Promises, Broken
Ch 5-Pain
Bella POV
It was amazing how I still melted when he said my name.
"Hello Edward." I replied.
"How are you?"
"You're kidding me right?" I asked surprised. "First, you leave and then you come back and you promise me that you'll never leave me again. You propose to me and five months, five frickin months before the wedding, you leave, again! How do you think I'm supposed to feel?" I was yelling at this point. Then he kissed me. This wasn't one of his careful kisses that I was so used to; this was one that expressed love, passion. Before I could give in I pulled back. Then I slapped him hard across the face.
"Ow, I heard him mutter "that actually hurt". He smiled.
"You don't even know the definition of hurt, you've never even felt a fraction of the hurt I've felt in my sixty eight short years of living." I was starting to break down. Those memories came back. Everything came back. The two times he left came back strongest.
"You wanna see pain?" I asked him. He simply nodded allowing me to continue. So I gathered up my thoughts and my pain and I combined two of my powers together. I was going to show him pain. I was going to make him feel what I went through both times he left. What I felt because of him. Then I let it all go, my thoughts and emotions.
He felt them both. Full force. His face was twisted into pain, remorse, and regret. The pain was enough to kill a human. Then he stopped. He opened his eyes. Agony, regret, and pain were clear in his eyes. His face was expressionless. He took a step towards me and I took one back. I turned and made a run for it. Luckily he didn't stop me. I ran all the way back to the Cullen's house. I went in and called my family.
"Jenny, Brett, Josh, Jordyn?" they all appeared before me.
"What happened?" Jenny asked looking all worried. The Cullens minus Edward appeared behind my family. I silently told Josh, Jenny, Brett, and Jordyn that I needed to leave and that I'll explain later. I went up to Alice.
"Thanks for inviting me Alice but I need to leave now. Is it okay if my family wanted to stay a little while longer?" I asked. She looked at me with sadness in her eyes. She knew what happened in the meadow. I kept my face emotionless.
"Sure, it's fine." She replied. I gave her a small apologetic smile. I stepped out and ran home. It felt like I was washing away all of tonight's activities away and leaving them in the trees behind me. I stopped when I got home. Of course it was the one Charlie live in he left it in my possession. After he had died. It was in his will. I stepped in and I turned the light on and saw an unwanted visitor sitting on the couch.