"They're gone," he almost whispered. It took me a moment to let it sink in. I quickly grew panicked. Maybe what I had thought was right. Maybe something did happen to his family. "What happened? Is this because of me? Are they going to be okay? Please tell me they'll be okay!" I blurted out at top speed. I was almost shaking with panic as I waited for his response. "What?" He looked confused, but then he finally realized what I meant. "No. No, they're gone as in they're gone to Denali and they aren't coming back." I felt relief wash over me, but still had a feeling something much worse was coming. He continued, "I'm the only one still here, but I'm only here to say goodbye."

The words he had just spoken wouldn't seem to sink in. I refused to let them. Why would he leave me? Couldn't he stay with me? Or maybe he means to Charlie because he's taking me with him…but that just seemed to rise to a false hope,that my mind knew otherwise. I stood there speechless for a moment looking into his pale face trying to look for a hint of a smile as if this were a joke or just a nightmare, but all I saw was that same pained expression.

"Oh. Do we have to say goodbye to Charlie because of what happened? I'll go get my stuff ready real quick so we can be ready to leave." I started to walk back to the house when he grabbed my arm. He backtracked to where I had been standing. "No Bella, just I'm going. I can't stay with you. I'm bad for you." I felt a strange sense of déjà vu at those words. "I have to leave, now. I just came here to say my final goodbye to you." All at once, my emotions streamed out. I felt my heart shatter as tears began to stream down my cheeks. "Take me with you! Please! I can't do this Edward! Don't leave me! I love you! I need you! Please just say I can go with you!" His eyes grew dark as he pulled me up, when my knees had started to buckle from the lightheadedness I was started to get from crying and being unable to breathe. He turned stone still and looked at me with a dark expression as he said the words that I would never forget.