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Emmett paced nervously. His stomach was tight and for the first time since he was changed he felt sick, physically sick. He kept seeing her in his head, their Bella. Lying cold and dead at the bottom of a cliff her blush faded and her heart no longer calling out to them all. Carlisle sat next to Alice; Esme had long since fled to her room unable to come to terms with what had happened to Bella and Jasper had followed, his guilt overcoming him. Alice sat cradled in Carlisle's arms seeking comfort from her father. Even Rose was devastated, her beautiful face contorted.
As Alice looked up at Carlisle who was in visible pain she realised something "Charlie." She muttered. Three pairs of eyes turned to her, Rosalie and Emmett had identical looks of confusion awash on their features Carlisle however looked startled.
"He's all alone." Carlisle explained. "He's just lost his daughter and he's going to have to deal with it without anyone. Bella was his life."
Emmett's grief returned as he thought of the lonely old man. "We can't let him deal with it alone Carlisle, we can't. Bella loved him so much, we need to do something, help him somehow. We owe her that."
Carlisle nodded thinking it over when Alice spoke. "I'll go." Again three pairs of eyes turned to her. "Please," she took a breath "Charlie always liked me and I need to say goodbye to her Carlisle, I want to be surrounded by her things, her smell, her life. I need to see what her life was like, what she's been doing. I need to see what we did to her."
Carlisle nodded and tightened his grip on her and Emmett's knees went weak and he sank down next to his father who extended an arm to him. "I know it hurts," he said solemnly "But we need to be strong. Alice you need to get going. They'll be a ticket waiting for you at the airport," Alice nodded her thoughts already on Charlie, Carlisle turned to his son. "Emmett you need to help Esme and Jasper. With Alice gone Jasper may not be able to cope and as for Edward," Carlisle said as Alice buried he face in his side, "Edward is going to need us all so much. He's going to blame himself, and everyone else. I'm not sure how he'll come out the other end of this but we're a family and trust me I know exactly how painful it is-" his voice cracked "but Bella loved us and she would not have wanted us to destroy our family we must stay strong and together."
Alice gave her father one last hug before gathering all her strength and head towards the door. Jasper was waiting outside.
Emmett slowly stood as well leaving the room in a trance at the last moment turning to his father and wife, "I need to go hunting." Carlisle nodded well aware that if Emmett did not quench the thirst that Bella's loss had enflamed the consequences would be dire. He ran from the house, throwing himself into his sprint.
Hours past and Carlisle slowly stood too placing a hand on his daughter's shoulder he left in search of his wife who today had lost her second child and whom he knew feared the loss of a third.
Rosalie sat where she had been all day, alone with her thoughts as one by one her family had left her not feeling her grief was equal to their own. She let out a silent sob for the girl who had taken so much from her but given so much to those she loved and to Rose herself, the silly little human that would have been her sister one day, Rose knew and she felt the pain as if it had been Alice or Edward or Jasper that had been the sibling cruelly torn from the world. A new hatred burned deep within her as she looked at the empty room, feeling lonelier than she ever had done.
And then the ringing of the house phone broke her from her painful musings.
Guess whom that is calling? : D. Please review, I know this was originally a one-shot but I decided that I wanted to show more of the Cullen's reactions to Bella's 'death'. Comments, suggestions, idea's, constructive criticism or just some randomness all welcome!