"What is that?" I asked.

"It's a 2008 SLR Mc Laren Roadster. I bought it about a month ago,"

"How much did it cost?" I asked, twirling a loose thread on my jacket.

"Oh, it was about $500,000," he answered reluctantly. I nodded. The Cullens really liked their fast cars.

He dropped the subject after that. He came around to my side and opened the door. It was warm for Forks, but the top was still up. Warm for Forks isn't very warm at all.

When he started the engine it hit me. "How did you get this?" I asked. He left the house without taking anything, including a car.

He frowned, obviously not wanting me to notice that he had shown up with a car. "I had to go back and get it."

"Did they let you in?"

"When I got there I could tell that someone was very, very angry. I opened the door and saw Edward breaking things left and right, including Emmett's new TV. He told me I had five minutes and then I was gone. I was done in three," he explained.

We were driving on the curving highway that led away from Forks and into the deeper parts of the forest.

"Did you know what he was angry about?" I asked. I expected his answer.

"I imagine it was you," he said simply. He turned to look at my face. I looked out the window into the green wall of trees that was speeding by.

It was quiet for a matter of minutes before I started the conversation again. "Are you okay?" I asked.

He was silent for what seemed like a very long time. Finally, he answered, "yes, I am okay. As much as I want to, I know that I can't blame either one of them. I've never heard of such a thing ever happening, but I know both of them well enough to know they aren't lying about their new level of attraction to each other. I just wish that it was a different pair of people that it happened to."

At least he'd come to terms with the fact that he and Alice were not meant to be.

"Do you ever see yourself being with someone in the same way again?"

"I certainly hope so. It was… different from my old lifestyle. I sort of enjoyed the family type of life, though. It was nice to be comfortable enough with people that you didn't have to watch your back all the time."

"I know what you mean," I replied. We both had a family that we belonged to, a family that we could trust with almost anything. We'd both lost it all in one single night.

It was quiet in the car again. It wasn't an awkward time, just peaceful.

It surprised me when he spoke.

"We're here," he said, turning off the car.

I looked out the window and gasped.