Author's Notes: sorry it's taken so long I got sidetracked with another story but here you go.

Passing Notes

Bella POV

I sat on the bed with the two little boxes in my hands. I placed one next to me and pulled the ribbon on the first one. I couldn't possibly make me feel any worse. I pulled the paper off and opened the tiny box.

Inside sat a ring. A very old ring and I knew instantly what it was. I opened and read the card attached.

Bella

This will always belong to you.

I will always be waiting if you change your mind.

All my love

Edward

I smiled softly. He really did love me, even if he was an idiot and left me. I tried not to think about him waiting for me and turned to the second box. I was unsure now whether I really did want to open it but I undid the ribbon anyway.

I blew out a deep breath and pulled the paper away. This box was slightly bigger than the last one. I opened it and found a note.

Bella

Although most of your future is blank,

Due to being around the dog, I have seen

some of it. We will meet again Bella.

Trust me, you have always been part

Of our family and will be always.

I've seen it.

Love Alice

I lifted the note from the box to find a necklace resting underneath it. A necklace with a pendant on...it was almost identical to Rosalie's....the Cullen's crest. She felt the tears sliding down her face before she realised she was crying.

I have to admit the now my mind was reeling with the thought of how much easier life would be if I could start over. If Carlisle could turn me and I could disappear. But I knew deep down that although part of me did want that...the other part of me wanted what I had with Jacob, my Jacob, my husband. I was ashamed of the part of me willing to give up on my marriage so easily.

I had made a commitment to Jacob and I did love him. So I waited. I waited but the next few days past and Jacob didn't come back.

A week passed...still no Jacob.

Another week passed...

And another...

Two months later

Jacob POV

I can't face her. I just can't. She's not my Bella anymore. It's like there's more than one Bella in her head. Jacob's Bella, Cullen's Bella, Charlie's Bella...different sides to her. Only Jacob's Bella was gone.

The pull to be with her wasn't so strong as it once was. How was that even possible? Imprinting was for life...an unbreakable bond. So how could it possibly be fading? I still loved her I had no question about that but I just didn't feel the same about her anymore.

Bella POV

I was beginning to give up altogether. Sam and the others would only tell me vague details of Jacob's whereabouts and what he was thinking...why he wouldn't come back. Then a letter arrived.

I recognised his handwriting straight away.

Bella

Sorry, you don't deserve this.

I can't I just

I'm confused. I do love you

Please believe that

I'll come home soon

I promise

Jacob

I sighed and dropped the letter on the side. I was sick of hearing nothing from the people I loved most save vague notes. I just wanted to cling to someone and cry. I was so alone.

I decided to take a walk, far away from the house and the memories it held. I wandered through the forest. The trees were calming to me. I wasn't planning it and to be honest if I had planned to I probably couldn't have found it but I found myself staring at a familiar house in the distance. So I headed towards it.

I had come here before. Too scared to get see it empty I hadn't gotten very close but today I had nothing to lose so I walked all the way to the front door.

It wasn't empty. It wasn't full either. There were basic bits of furniture but anything more personal had gone. The door was locked, although why I didn't think it would be I'll never know. I walked back to the stairs and walked around to the garage this wasn't locked. There were no cars inside. It was silent and empty. I spotted the door the other side that led to the house and headed towards it.

I found a note stuck to the door...a note to me.

Bella

If you ever need a place to stay

Please think of this as home

Esme and Carlisle

I smiled to myself and opened the door. Inside the house was indeed almost as it was when they were here. They were just missing the books and pictures, the things that made it home.

Despite that fact I found myself feeling more at home walking round the Cullen's empty house than I had done in my own house since I lost the babies. So I curled up on the living room sofa and went to sleep.

The sunlight woke me up. It poured in through the big glass windows lighting up the whole house. I sat up and looked around the room. It could do with a dust but other than that there was nothing out of place. I went to the kitchen to get a glass of water and found that the kitchen still had very pot, pan, glass and plate in it. I guess they didn't need the kitchen stuff so they just left it...

In the cupboards I even found loads of tinned food. Why on earth would they even have it here? I was grateful none the less and heated up a tin of beans to eat.

I thought back to the note that Esme left. It was as if she knew I would come hear...surely they didn't buy all that food just in case I came here....

After I'd silenced my stomach's protests I headed upstairs. I passed Carlisle's study and continued on towards his room. Edward's room. A room I had not seen in a very long time.

It was empty, or near enough. There was a cd player, but no cds, the couch and the wardrobe still had clothes in it. His books and cds and anything that would show that it was his room not any other person's was gone.

I felt a horribly familiar pain in my chest being stood there, so I had to get out. I continued down the hall to the other rooms. If it weren't for their decorating tastes I wouldn't have guessed whose rooms they were without riffling through their clothes. I decided to make myself at home in Alice and Jasper's old room.

It was actually really comforting to be here. Part of me didn't want to return home because of the memories that it held...ones that were far t recent. It was easier to deal with being here, with older more distant memories. As long as I stayed clear of Edward's old room it wasn't sad at all being here. In fact all I could remember were the happy memories.

I wondered if the Cullen's would ever return here...maybe a century in the future when no one would remember them. What would Folks be like in a hundred years time?

I wasn't sure I wanted to think about it.

I led on Alice's bed and let my mind drift to Jacob. I just wanted him to come home so I had someone that loved me. Did he really love me if he had run away not for a few days like he had said in his notes but for two months? He was my husband. He was supposed to be responsible and caring and instead he runs away.

We took vows to take care of each other for better or worse and in our worst time we were separated. Could our marriage really fail so easily? Did we even have a clue what we were getting into when we took those vows?

It had seemed so right and perfect, get married, have a baby, live together and so on. It had all gone so smoothly only to come crashing down around us. Fate must really be getting a kick out of this.

I just wanted to turn back the clock to before Jacob asked me to marry him, when life was carefree and easy and happy. Just me and my Jacob...

Author's Notes: sorry it's not longer and a bit boring but it's necessary filler and info that we need for the story.