Author's Note: Honestly, this chapter is so short, it's ridiculous. Yes, even I think that. But still, enjoy the updates.

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Chapter 33

Edward's Point of View

I watched from afar as my siblings and friends said their goodbyes to Bella. She was finally leaving Forks to go to Florida. We might not even see each other again.

And yet, why wasn't I saying goodbye? I wanted to tell her I loved her for the last time…before she left.

"Don't go, Bella!" Alice wailed, crying like a toddler. She pranced around like she needed to go to the bathroom while holding Bella's hands. "Don't go!"

Bella was laughing, though it was halfhearted. "Seriously, Alice. I need to go. My flight's in five hours. I need to leave now."

Alice wailed harder at that, and Rosalie began insisting on accompanying her to the airport again. They had been at this for about an hour now, and quite frankly, while it was amusing, it was also getting exhausting.

"Wait here," Emmett said again, for the millionth time. "I'll go get Edward."

At his words, I flattened myself on the staircase wall, not wanting to get caught eavesdropping.

Bella stopped him. "I told you. He's not going to come."

"I can make him. If you can just let me go-"

"Stay where you are, Emmett," she said. "We've already said our goodbyes to each other, remember?"

Jasper sounded glum. "When are you coming back?"

Bella sighed. "I don't know."

"Will you call?" Alice pleaded.

"Good luck, you guys," Bella said, purposely avoiding the question. "Have fun with school. Take care, okay?"

"Bella!" Alice complained.

Just then, a horn honked from the front of our house, which meant that Charlie was getting tired of waiting in his car.

Bella smiled. "That's my cue. I really have to go now. Alice, let go."

"NO!"

"Emmett?" she asked, shooting him a pleading look.

As much as he hated to, Emmett sighed deeply and moved to rip our sister away from her. Alice didn't let him do it quietly. She was actually off the ground while he held her, kicking and screaming, trying to scratch him. But Emmett had experience with our sister, and carefully avoided her sharp nails.

Rosalie sniffled. "Be safe. Don't get into trouble. And good luck."

Bella turned and left through the front doors. She wasn't even crying, like Alice and Rose were, and she walked quickly to her car. She didn't even look back and wave again as Charlie drove them out of sight.

Slowly, I sank to down so that I was sitting on a step. I buried my head in my hands, trying to suppress the misery and pain I felt inside. I was on the verge of tears.

"Stupid idiot," Emmett mumbled. "He didn't even say goodbye."

"I'm going to kill him!" Alice shrieked. "Let me go!" A thud meant that Emmett had dropped her to the ground. She didn't seem to care. "I'm going to kill him for not stopping her and-"

She stopped dead in front of the staircase when she saw me in my still position. "What the-"

There were hurried footsteps, and the others joined her.

"Edward!" Emmett said, sounding confused. "Were you there the entire time?"

"Oh, you idiot!" Alice cried, rushing toward me and sitting next to me. She began punching and slapping my arm as hard as she could as she lectured me, "I can't believe you let her go like that! You're going to regret it!"

Finally, she began crying again. She sounded just as helpless as I felt, and she flung her tiny arms around me as she tried to comfort me as best as she could. Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper just stood there, all out of energy and sighing.

It was over. She was gone.

I'd never thought about the fact that she could leave Forks. It had been stupid, thinking that she would always be next to me.

Now, she was gone, and I knew that she wouldn't return again.

Not to the place that hurt her the most.


AN: IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ! So…as you know, two stories have been finished within a short while of each other. I'm left with four, and while most of you think that it's still too much for me to handle, like most of you have pointed out, I feel really…crazy. I feel like I have to do something or I feel really weird.

So I have a couple of story ideas that I've been working on when I had free time or had an inspiration. I'm talking about, like, six ideas here, all a bit different. But I have one or two that I really think is going to be good, and I want to try sharing it with you. I probably won't have much time anymore to update my stories, so posting up a new story is a really bad idea, but I just can't resist it. What do you think? You think I should do another story to replace my finished ones or what? Leave me reviews on what you think!