Yes a depressing topic today, and maybe just a little unrealistic. But it was difficult for me to imagine E&B actually getting divorced. But now, I really want to continue this… 500 words were not enough lol.

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Prompt: Binding Blurb: Write a blurb or a short entry—no more than 500 words on the given topic: Divorce

She couldn't believe this was happening, not to them. This sort of thing was supposed to for people who were no longer in love with each other, who couldn't wait to be rid of the other. Not her and Edward.

However, this was something long in the coming, after years of denial. The fights and the tension were too much, not only for them, but especially for Emily. No five-year-old should need to live in a house where her mother and father screamed at each other every single day, crying herself to sleep night after night, wondering why Mommy and Daddy hated each other so much. Too young to understand that sometimes two people can love each other very much, but cannot live together.

As she stepped into the courthouse, on the other side of the metal detectors, he stood waiting for her. In ten minutes, they would walk into the room that would dissolve everything they'd come to know for the last eight years. And she couldn't fight back the tears as she lifted the strap of her purse back over her shoulder and gazed at him as she cleared the security station. He held his arms out and she hurried over to him, wanting to feel his embrace around her one more time.

She clung to him tightly and felt his lips in her hair. They had tried everything; years of couple's therapy, moving to a new house, even quitting her job to spend more time with him and Emily. And nothing had worked, nothing had made a difference.

He pulled away from her and took her hand, her eyes lifting to meet his and she silently nodded her head and straightened her shoulders.

Standing in front of the judge only minutes later, with pens in hand, they signed their names to the dreaded document. The instant she finished, she threw the pen to the table, running out of the courtroom and into the hallway, collapsing onto the bench outside.

A moment later, he came through the doors after her, his heart breaking at the sight of the tears streaming down her face. He crouched down in front of her, cupping her cheek and brushed them away with his thumb. "Bella, it's going to be okay. We've talked about this."

"I can't do this, Edward. I really can't," she cried softly, shaking her head with her eyes downcast.

"Honey, nothing is going to change except for the fact that we're not married and…"

"I'm pregnant, Edward," she said, bringing her gaze to meet his and his face froze in shock.