Love At First Sight

Chapter Two

Claire

The next day, I waited for Jasper to show up. Morning turned into afternoon, and still there was no sign of him. 

Instead, there was a knock at the door. Isaiah stood on the porch. Something immediately felt wrong. 

"Can we go for a walk?" he asked quietly. I nodded and grabbed my coat. A few minutes later, Isaiah carried me on his back through the forest. 

The silence felt heavy. When we reached the meadow Jasper and I shared, Isaiah carefully set me down. "Isaiah," I said nervously. 

"Where is everyone? Where's Jasper?" He turned away from me. My stomach dropped. "Isaiah?" Slowly, he looked back at me. 

His eyes were glassy. "They're gone." I froze. "What?" "The Cullens. All of them." My heart stopped. "What are you talking about?" Isaiah swallowed.

"Edward convinced Carlisle it would be better if they left. That you and Bella deserved normal lives." The words barely registered. 

"No..." "Everyone argued against it," he continued softly. "But Carlisle made the final decision." I shook my head. 

"No. No, Jasper wouldn't leave." Isaiah looked away. My voice cracked. "Jasper wouldn't leave me." "He fought harder than anyone." 

The hope that had sparked inside me immediately died. "But he left already." The world tilted beneath my feet. My knees gave out. 

Isaiah caught me before I hit the ground and slowly lowered me into the grass. Tears blurred my vision. "No..." "He told me..." Isaiah paused. 

"He told me that if he saw you, he'd stay." A sob escaped me. "He knew if you asked him not to go, he wouldn't be able to leave." 

I grabbed fistfuls of Isaiah's shirt as tears streamed down my face. Everything hurt. My chest. My lungs. My heart. It felt like I couldn't breathe.

"We're not supposed to have contact with you or Bella," Isaiah whispered. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper.