Edward PROV:

I'm such an ass. I thought to myself.

I had made her run, I had made her cry, and I had convinced her that I hated her and didn't want her friendship.

What a liar I am.

What would she have done, had I taken her into my arms and kissed the life from her?

Of course, had I known that she loved me, I would have done such a thing. I assured myself.

Why didn't I tell her my secret? I asked myself, not for the first time.

I opened the door to my Volvo, and was about to get in and drive after Bella when I realized that someone else was currently

in my seat. Oh God, give me the strength NOT to kill her.. I silently pleaded.

"What are you doing here, Alice?" I glared at her. "And how the hell did you get into my car?"

She looked up at me with an expression that was mixed between smugness and absolute anger.

"You jackass." She glared at me, her eyes turning very, very dark.

I sighed, backed away from the car.

She jumped out and started poking her finger in my chest.

"You made her leave town, you ass! She's hurt, confused, and you made her leave! MY BEST FRIEND!" She screamed at me, looking as if she wanted to murder me.

"What do you mean, she left?" Already, I knew that she was talking about Bella, and I felt a deep panic in knowing she may have left.

"I mean, she called me about twenty minutes ago, sobbing saying that she was sorry but she was leaving town for awhile. She told Charlie she needed some space with a girl, so shes going to go live with Renee for a while."

My heart sank.

What have I done?

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One Year Later; Bella PROV

I doubt he even looked through the picture albums. He has forgotten me, by now, probably.

Why was I such a fool? I asked myself, not for the first time, and never for the last.

I remembered the day that I had come back home, crying so hard and trying desperately to hold on to my slippery edge of control and sanity.

But finally, I could no longer grasp it.

I had fallen into a coma, if you will. I'd gone through everything, but it seemed so surreal.

I somehow got myself to stand up, and ran into my room and packed my bags.

Then I had called Charlie and told him that I needed some girl space with Renee, and that I wanted to stay with her for awhile to discuss these things.

Charlie, who could probably hear from the sound of my voice that I had been crying and probably was scared of me crying over the phone, had agreed to send me to Renee's.

I called Alice then, and told her I was leaving for awhile.

I had stayed with Renee for a year, but it didn't help.

Everything just got worse when I was at Renee's.

Lonely, hurt, broken.

I dreamed of Edward, day dreamed of him, even thought of him.

My usual stellar grades started dropping, I stopped sleeping.

I stopped eating as much, and soon it became clear to me that I needed to go back to Forks.

So, a year later, here I am.

He has forgotten you, I tried to convince myself, yet again.

I sighed and got up from the window, heading for the kitchen to go and get dinner started, when the door bell rang.

What the hell.. I thought, irritated.

I stalked to the door and opened it, not looking to see who it was standing on the porch stupidly leaning on the freakin' button and driving me out of my mind, and just stood there, shocked.

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