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"I'm scared." I admitted. His hand reached out and cupped my cheek, I heard Jake growl of somewhere, and then the gasp as someone silenced him. I had completely forgotten about the packs presence.
Involuntarily I snapped back in confusion. Snapped back to reality. Why was in the woods already? I forgot when I had got here. Everyone looked so mad too.
Wow, Edward was standing right in front of me. Why was I crying?
"Edward…what are you doing here?" I asked confused.
"Bella…I…don't you remember what we were just talking about?" He asked.
"No, and I've said it a thousand times! My name is Riley!" I screamed and ran inside of the little cook out cabin the boys had rented in the woods.
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She forgot again? Was it a relapse? At least it seemed as though she recognized me. She hadn't forgotten that much, at least there was that.
"Riley, come on. Let's not let this ruin the cookout for everyone." Jacob said taking a step towards her to grab her hand, but he backed off when he heard me growl.
"Edward." She said crossly.
By now everyone was staring in our direction. Paul, Jared, Leah and Seth Clearwater, Emily Young, and Billy. Sam, Quil, Embry, and Jacob were already interested in the scene staring at us. It made me uncomfortable to be this close to dogs.
"Well, Riley, I'm sure everyone is concerned about you, let's go back." I didn't hesitate in reaching for her hand, nothing felt righter than her hand in mine, even if she didn't feel the same. My skin grazed hers, and in that moment I was in heaven, I was in heaven until she pulled away.
"No." She said. I tilted my head, confused by her words. She ran her hand through her beautiful brown hair, and looked away.
"What do you mean Riley?" I asked confused, then she took a step away from me, even if it wasn't my Bella, even if it was like someone else was there, to see her…my Bella, step towards the dogs, and away from me…I could have killed everyone in the vicinity.
"I can't…not tonight…not right now. I'm so confused!" The moaned pressing her fists to her temples. "Everyone keeps telling me I'm this one person who I'm not. I'm not her. I'm not Bella." She spoke the name as if it disgusted her. Putting venom behind it.
"What do you intend to do?" I asked knowing her answer before she said it, no I couldn't read her mind, I never could. But her actions were very revealing even now. She intended to stay with the mutts.
"I…I think…I'm going to…leave." She said the last word almost in wonder, like she couldn't believe it. Where was she going to go? Did she know what she was saying? Would she ever come back? A million emotions ran through me, fear, confusion, despair, hatred, anger, and then understanding, and love.
"Where?" I asked, my voice rasped over the word sounding like sandpaper.
"Somewhere I can think; where I can be alone." She said quietly, almost to herself. The thought of me Bella, alone, anywhere, sad and confused, made my chest hurt from all the love for her I couldn't express.
"Why, you can think alone in a quiet room back at the house!" I said fiercely unable to erase the memory of the human Bella curled and crying alone…and me unable to help her.
"Edward, from the person that I am now, I think you are very nice person…and I trust you to a point." She said eyeing me. I heard the snaps of branches as mutts began to move around a little, disconcerted now that it didn't look like there would be a fight. A certain annoying wolf didn't think he should leave though. "Only, something in me tells me that if I stat that I'll never get the answers that I'm looking for." She said casting her gaze down to the ground.
"Please…don't leave me…I just found you." I said desperately, but this was my Bella, even if she didn't know it, and Bella could be uncaringly stubborn.
"You think that I'm this person that I'm not, that I can't be Edward. You need to give me time to figure out who I am now." She said folding her arms over her chest.
"We can figure it out together." I cooed to her softly. She took one measured step backwards. It didn't go unnoticed…by anyone.
The packs eyes were on me instantly, making sure I wasn't going to hurt her or something.
"Don't." I pleaded as she took another step back.
"Good-Bye." Her voice carried over to me softly, slower than it should have, wrapping around me until I found myself wanting more of her voice, but when focus my eyes onto the spot she had just been standing in…she was gone.
"Bella…Riley, I don't care who you are anymore…just come back!" I screamed, but I knew she was gone.
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