The Spotlight is On!

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A/N: Hey guys. I'm sick as a dog, and I was away for Thanksgiving with family, so that's why I haven't been updating much lately. But I'm ok now, so read on!

Thanks to my beta, Demelza Llivell, who I've been hounding over for these next two chapters. (Love you!)

Disclaimer: I don't own anything Twilight.

Previously...

The crowd cheered and clapped, and I saw a few girls crying and leaning against their friends and boyfriends' shoulders. I looked to Edward, and he kissed the top of my head.

BPOV

- Friday, July 3, 2007 -

The next day, my sisters and I finished packing for our move to Seattle.

The house was bare, except for the kitchen, which still had some food left in the fridge for the next two days. While I was packing up the rest of the patio, a thought occurred to me.

Today was the anniversary of our parents' death.

I gasped, completely stunned that I had forgotten. I guessed that, with everything going on with me and Edward, I had forgotten. I ran back inside, calling my sisters.

"What? What's wrong?" they both asked.

"We forgot our parents' anniversary!" I cried.

"No," Alice took out her iPhone and started scrolling through her calendar, "their wedding anniversary isn't for another...month." Her smile fell as she realized the date. "Oh, the fourth anniversary, right?"

I nodded sadly.

Rose came over and gave me a hug, which I returned, laying my head on her shoulder. "Would you like to go see them? You know, for the last time for a while?"

"Yeah," I smiled sadly.

We all got in the car, called the boys to tell them where we'd be in case they wanted to come, bought a big bouquet of white roses, and drove to Forks Cemetery.

When we got there, the boys were in front of the gates of the cemetery. We gave them hugs and kisses (only Rose and Alice did anyway) and walked to our parents' graves.

There was a chill in the air, even though the weather was nice and sunny.

"Should we give you give you girls a moment to yourselves?" Jasper asked quietly.

"Yes," Alice and Rose answered, not taking their eyes off of the gravesites.

"No," I said but changed my mind. "Yes, I don't know." I frowned, frustrated tears pricking at my eyes.

"We'll give you a minute," Edward said, hugging me, and the boys stood off to the side.

We girls sat down on the cool grass, putting the bouquet of white roses in the middle of both graves.

"Who wants to start first?" Rose asked us.

Alice and I stayed quiet and looked to Rose, wanting her to start it off.

"Okay," she sighed, "I guess I'll start. Um, hi, Mom and Dad. It's us, again. I'm sorry we haven't been here in a while; a lot of stuff has happened since we last talked. Little Miss Kelly Clarkson over here," she smiled, hugging me, "got signed to a record label with Edward."

"Kelly Clarkson, that's funny." I laughed a bit.

"And, uh," Rose continued, "we're leaving tomorrow, all three of us. We're moving to Seattle to support her and Edward and their band. So, um, you might not hear from us for a while." She trailed off then, and I turned to see the tears in her eyes. "I miss you guys so, so much. So much that it hurts! I'm trying so hard to pick up from where you both left off, but it sometimes get to me how much I need your help. Why'd you have to leave? Why'd you have to die and leave us here? Why'd that stupid drunk driver see you guys coming and hit you both?" By the time she trailed off, she sobbed into her hands.

Alice and I were crying silently, listening to our sister cry and let everything out. We both held her close and just sobbed together for a while. I looked behind my shoulder and saw Edward rubbing his eyes, trying to hide his tears. Em and Jasper's eyes were red with tears. Em walked over to us, and Rose hugged him tightly, crying on his shoulder. Edward and Jasper sat next to Alice and me and hugged us, too.

After a while, Rose calmed down again and asked who wanted to say something next. I went next, telling Mom and Dad how much we loved and missed them. I cried when I confessed how scared I was to move from a new city, and Edward held me close, reassuring me that all would be okay.

Alice didn't want to say anything that we had already said, so she just said she loved and missed them. Jasper held her hand as silent tears fell down her cheeks.

It started getting dark at around seven at night, so we gave our parents the white rose bouquet and left the cemetery, feeling depressed. We went to the guys' house to hang out, but we just felt too upset to do anything. We girls ended up sleeping over until the next morning.

- Saturday, July 4, 2007 -

The next morning, we girls went back to our house to pack the rest of our stuff in silence.

We didn't say anything because, if we did, we'd bring up what happened the day before.

When we were all set, we took a last look at the place we called home for the last twenty years and sighed sadly.

I held onto Rose and Alice's hands and asked them, "Together?"

They both smiled and squeezed each of my hands and said, "Together."

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