Moonlight

Summary-

Bella changed when Edward left her alone and broken in the woods. The rest of the Cullens refused to leave Bella in the state that she was in, which caused a change in the relationship between the Cullens and the Swans. How will everyone react when Bella finally realizes that one of the Cullens has always been there for her.

Chapter Three- Bella

I smiled sadly at Carlisle as Charlie helped me into the police cruiser, I didn't want to leave, I still felt that if I left then everything would turn out to be only a dream. That Carlisle and the other Cullens had left with Edward leaving me all alone. I don't know what I would do if that ever happened, I would most likely turn into a zombie of myself.

As Charlie shut the door, I saw Alice bound over towards me and I rolled the window down. "Don't worry, Bella, we'll see you tomorrow. And don't forget, we're all just a call away, if you need us we'll be there before you even hang up the phone." She said to me with a soft smile. I felt myself suddenly feeling lighter than I had been and looked over at Jasper.

"Thank you." I said and he tilted his head in response with a soft smile. I looked back at Alice and let her give me a small peck on the cheek before she back away from the cruiser, allowing Charlie to pull away.

It was quiet between us, but it wasn't uncomfortable, just a little tense. I could feel that Charlie was just as relieved that I was there with him, that I was safe, as I was that he was there, that the Cullens were still here. I looked over at him and saw the tears in his eyes, I saw how tight his grip was on the steering wheel. Without thinking, I reached over and rested my hand on his causing him to release a shaky breath and look at me.

"I was so scared, Bella." He whispered as he quickly pulled over and rested his head on his and my hand. "I was scared that I had lost you again, that I would never see you again." He looked at me and I teared up as I saw the tears rolling down his cheeks. I had never seen my father actually cry, tear up yes, but never cry. I let out a strangled sob and a second later I found myself in the loving arms of my father.

"Daddy." I whispered and clung to him like the scared little girl I felt I was. The tears began to spill out of my eyes, and I didn't try to stop them.

"I'm so sorry." I heard my father say.

"There's nothing for you to be sorry about, it's all my fault." I whispered and felt his hold on me tighten a little before he pulled away and grabbed my shoulders in a gentle yet firm grip as he looked into my eyes.

"This is not your fault, Bella, none of this was your fault. I should have tried harder to keep that boy from you, maybe then you wouldn't be hurt like this." My father said. What he said was true, if Edward had never come into my life then I wouldn't be hurting like this, but at the same time, if Edward had never come into my life I would never have met Carlisle or the others. I swallowed as I pulled my father into a tight hug as fear at the thought of never meeting the Cullens filled me.

After a moment, we pulled away and I smiled softly at my father as he gently whipped my tears away. "I love you." I whispered.

"I love you too." He whispered back before turning back to the steering wheel and pulled back onto the road. When we got back to the house I was a little shocked to see Jacob and his father, Billy, waiting for us, though I knew I shouldn't have been.

"Bella!" Jacob called when he caught sight of me. He ran over to the cruiser and opened the door for me as soon as it had stopped. "Oh God, Bella, when I heard that you were missing, I was so worried." He told me as he helped me out of the cruiser as I smiled at him. Jacob was such a good friend.

"I'm sorry for worrying you and everyone else." I said then swayed a little as a dizzy spell hit me.

"Are you alright?" Jacob asked worriedly as he caught me when my legs gave out.

"Bella!" I heard my father call, I looked over towards his voice to see him rushing around the cruiser, but my vision was going in and out. "We have to get her inside and in bed, her fever must be getting worse." I heard him say before everything went black.

~Moonlight~

I was standing in the woods with Edward again, he was talking to me, but I couldn't hear what he was saying. I didn't need to know what he was saying, I knew that he was telling me that him, Carlisle, and the rest of them were leaving. He left me in the woods, again, and I stumbled my way towards the house before falling to the ground.

I don't know how long I was on the ground in the dark before I heard them calling. But unlike last time, it wasn't Carlisle's voice I heard, it was other people. People I didn't know. And the fact that it wasn't Carlisle's voice calling me frightened me, did this mean that what Edward had said was true? Had Carlisle and the other's actually left me? Was I all alone?

I unwrapped my arms from around my legs and brought them to my face as my tears began to fall. That was when I heard the calling again, further away this time, and sometimes it sounded like people I knew, but never like Carlisle. I knew I should answer, but I couldn't make myself yell out, to let them know where I was. But I felt like If I did, then it would be admitting that Carlisle was gone and never coming back. I felt a pain in my chest, almost like someone was ripping out my heart, I wanted to scream, but my body would not listen. The pain slowly faded away until it was gone, taking everything with it, leaving me feeling numb.

Suddenly there was another sound startlingly close, it sounded almost like a kind of snuffling sound, an animal sound. Which wasn't surprising since I was laying in the middle of the woods. But this sounded big. And I wondered if I should feel scared. But all I felt was numb and hollow. The snuffling went away. I was trying to gather the strength to turn my head when I saw the light.

At first it was just a dim glow reflecting off the bushes in the distance. It grew brighter and brighter, illuminating a large space unlike the focused beam of a flashlight. The light broke through the closest brush, and I could see that it was a propane lantern, but that was all I could see, the brightness blinded me for a moment.

"Bella." The voice was deep and unfamiliar, but full of recognition. He wasn't calling my name to search, he was acknowledging that I was found. I had been found by someone other than Carlisle and that brought back the sharp pain to my chest, and I knew why Carlisle hadn't been the one to find me, wasn't here to be able to find me. I stared up at a dark face that I could now see above me. And it was confirmed that Carlisle was not the one to find me. "Have you been hurt?" I knew the words meant something, but I could only stare, bewildered. How could the meaning matter at this point? Carlisle and the rest of the Cullens were gone, nothing mattered anymore. "Bella, my name is Sam Uley." There was nothing familiar about his name. "Charlie sent me to look for you."

Charlie? That struck a chord, and I tried to pay more attention to what he was saying. Charlie mattered, if nothing else did, Charlie needed me. The tall man held out a hand. I gazed at it, not sure what I was supposed to do. His black eyes appraised me for a second, and then he shrugged. In a quick and supple notion, he pulled me up from the ground and into his arms. I hung there, limp, as he loped swiftly through the wet forest. I wanted to scream, to yell at him that he wasn't suppose to be the one to find me, that Carlisle was suppose to be the one to hold me like this. But my body wouldn't work as the pain in my chest became unbearable.

I suddenly woke up screaming, shooting up in my bed. I looked over to my door when it flew open and stared at my frightened father, tears streaming down my cheeks. "Bella? Whats wrong?" My father asked as he ran over to me.

"They're gone." I whispered as he took me in his arms.

"Who's gone?" He asked as he began to gently run his fingers through my hair.

"Carlisle and the rest of the Cullens. They've left me." I muttered clutching onto him.

"They haven't left you. They're still here. Would you like to call them?" He asked and I nodded weakly. He moved us around so that he could reach my cell phone that was on my nightstand. He quickly scrolled to a number before hitting the call button and handed the phone to me.

"Bella?" I heard the soft voice of Alice say.

"Alice." I breathed out in relief, she was still here.

"What's wrong? Is everything alright? Do you need us to come over?" She asked and I nodded before realizing that she wasn't actually there and therefore couldn't see me.

"Yes, please." I whispered needing them there. I needed to know that they were actually truly here, that Carlisle and the rest of them hadn't left me alone.

"Alright sweety, we'll be there as soon as we can. Esme, Emmett and Rosalie are hunting, and will be there as soon as they are done." Alice informed me.

"Please hurry." I whispered and tightened my grip on my father as I felt him shift, suddenly afraid he was about to get up and leave me alone. I felt his arm tighten around me, reassuring me that he wasn't going any where.

"We'll be there as soon as we can." Alice said before I heard her tell someone, most likely Jasper, to call Carlisle. I knew that they would need to take their cars and drive here so that my father wouldn't wonder how they had gotten there meaning that it would take longer for them to get here, but I wanted them here now. "Carlisle is there, sweety, you need to let Charlie go so that he can let Carlisle in." A second later I heard someone knocking on the door. And even though I knew it was Carlisle and that I needed to let my father go to open the door, I couldn't make myself let him go. The knocking became louder, more determined, and if I wasn't mistaken, more desperate.

"Bella, sweety, I have to get the door." Charlie whispered softly to me, and I realized I had dropped the phone to wrap both of my arms around my father's waist in an attempt to keep him from leaving me.

"No, you'll leave me too." I muttered closing my eyes and burring my head into his chest.

"I won't leave you." Charlie whispered, I felt him gently unwrap my arms from him, and before I could wrap my arms back around him, he moved out of my reach. I couldn't help the scream that had ripped from my mouth as I curled in on myself. I knew that my fear of everyone that I cared for would leave me was irrational, but I couldn't help it.

Edward had left, he had told me he loved me and that we would always be together, but that had not stopped him from leaving, what was stopping everyone else from leaving me? Nothing! There was nothing stopping them! If I was not holding them, then they would leave me. And I would be alone. I didn't want to be alone!

I closed my eyes and gripped my hair as I started to rock while I continued to scream. I couldn't stop screaming, even though my throat was hurting from my screaming, I couldn't stop. Not even when I felt Carlisle's arms wrap around me and pull me into a loving embrace. I continued to scream as he gently pressed my face into the crook of his neck as he begun to gently rocked us and run his fingers through my hair, trying to sooth me.

I heard his soothing words, calming me, allowing me to know that I was not alone. That he was there for me. That Charlie was there for me. That the rest of my family was there for me. It was only then that my body allowed me to stop screaming as I clung to him as if he were my life line, and he was. Carlisle was my life line, if he disappeared then there would be nothing left of me.

As my mind was gently lead back into cold unconsciousness, I felt him start to lay me back down. This caused me to start to panic. He was going to leave me. I would be alone again without my life line. I gripped his arm, I would not let leave me.

"No." I heard myself croak out and forced my eyes to open so that I could see him. He smiled softly at me before brushing my hair from my face. I felt a few tears escape my eyes and he gently brushed them away.

"Shh, Isabella, I am not leaving. I'll be right here when you wake tomorrow." He reassured me as I once again felt the grip of unconsciousness try to take me away from him.

"Promise you won't leave me?" I begged, not knowing how much longer I could fight the grip of unconsciousness.

"I promise. I will not leave you unless you tell me to leave you, and even then I will question you until I am sure you truly wish for me to leave." Carlisle whispered before placing a soft kiss on my forehead as I was pulled into unconsciousness.