At Evenings Dusk

Leftovers

Huilen strut into the room with a tray of bowls filled with minestrone soup. The mouth-watering smell touched all the residents of the house as soon everyone had gathered into the dining room.

Gladly, I collected my plate and took my time inhaling the fumes of the delicious liquid before I dipped my side bread into it. Jacob sighed in satisfaction after his first bite.

I was so close to him I could hear him crunching the bread in his mouth. How could his crunching be so satisfactory? That's what worried me.

I was so indulged in Jacob. Too indulged. I just want to spend every second with him of every day and that could be too much for him. Maybe it is too much for him.

After our meal, everyone left the dining room, giving thanks to Huilen on their way out. The people that remained were Jacob, my parents and I.

"Let's talk about this," my mother ordered, taking a seat at the dining table.

Jacobs hand smoothly slid into mine beneath the table and I felt a wave of support melt over me.

"There's nothing to talk about because I'm not staying here." I stated, stroking his thumb with my index finger.

I didn't want to sound angry and almost disrespectful but it's what I wanted to say. What I needed to say.

"Slow down okay how do you suggest that we go back into everyone's lives after all this," she asked skeptical of my plan, my father trying to read her vermillion pupils with his golden ones.

"We move to a town on the outskirts of forks, I enroll at school there with a different name just for the sake of things and we don't tell Charlie we're back." I explained, quite quickly too. I had just planned all of it in the process of two seconds so it wasn't too bad.

"Well it's-" she tried to argue, although I wasn't wrong it could work.

"But the problem is-" she attempted once more.

"Edward?" She asked assertively, his opinion mattered too in this situation.

"I'll call Carlisle," he replied and my heart sank before he continued, "and some estate agency's."

Yes. Yes. Yes. Whatever was going on inside my head had dropped everything and was jumping for joy.

I was going to be with Jacob again. This time forever. Which is all I ask of him.

"I'll pack our clothes then," she suddenly had a change of mood.
Like magnets-he moves-she moves.
They worked in sync together to organise everything.

Me and Jacob spent the time packing my clothes. But there wasn't much packing done. We'd spent most of the hours talking.

A loud sigh escaped my lips as I collapsed onto the bed, my suitcase and toiletries packed. Considering I'd brought enough to spend at least two years here, it was a job well done. The room was clear and nearly as good as I'd found it.

"Let's go!" I yelled, excitement in my voice.

I rolled of the bed and followed Jacob out of the door. My eyes started to water as I saw Eli waiting for me at the bottom of the  stairs. I gave her the tighetest embrace and spun her around the room. She giggled and laughed like the child she was.

"I'm going to miss you 'Emesmee Cullen," she sobbed, wiping her tears with the edge of my shirt.

"Don't worry I'll be back-remember my promise." I whispered to her out of anyone's ear reach.

"I will, I'm counting on it." She whispered back locking her pinky in mine.

"Keep dreaming!" I yelled back to her as I packed my bags into the taxi.

I ran back into the house and grabbed the phone once the memory sparked my mind. My fingers violently punched the numbers in and I listened to it ring.

"I'm sorry I've got no service." I heard the voice I was searching for behind me.

"Iake!" I threw my arms around him, glad I'd get the chance to say goodbye properly.

He wrapped his around my waist tightly and spun me in a circle lifting my feet of the ground.

"I couldn't let my waving crescent  leave without saying goodbye," he chuckled laying a kiss on my cheek.

At this point I didn't protest to Iakes close touch because I knew it would be a while until I saw him again.

"Well I couldn't leave without saying goodbye to my sun!" I laughed back, playfully punching his shoulder.

I'm surprised I didn't injure my hand at his new found strength. Black stubbly hairs covered his chin and his untamed hair gave away he was going through a hard time. I tried to keep the conversation light but it failed when he said,

"Well I guess this is it." He sighed through gritted teeth.

My eyes stung with hurt. This was it. And I desperately wanted it not to be. If only there was a way.

"Please don't say that," I cried throwing my arms around him once more.

This hug was tight and warm. But it was god awfully painful. Because I knew that a while in our family was a long time.

"Goodbye my sunshine," I whispered into his ear, not letting go of our embrace even though my feet barely touched the ground.

"Goodbye my moon," he whispered back, the chords of his voice
breaking.

I unwrapped my arms from him and slowly made my way to the taxi. I'm still unsure of how many times I turned back to wave bye to Iake but it was a lot.

At last I was in the car and we were speeding away, leaving him on the outstretching road behind us. A tear shed down my face but I wiped it away quickly. He'll call me-I just know it.

When he's ready because I'm sure he's not feeling in the long phone conversation mood right now. And I would call Eli's home phone too. I would check to make sure everything's okay with her too.

The reason why I was so upset was the fact that they were my family too. And nothing hurt more than losing family.
We'd driven so far the horizon was but a speck in the distance now. But I could still hear it. I could hear it all.

The luring call of Brazilian sapphire waves and the laughter Iake and I carried in the fresh breeze. Our voices rode the White stallions of the wind still as when the car window opened I felt like I could hear our faint chuckles and jokes. Although it was all worth it because I still got back to Jacob in the end.

The airport checks were effortless and we were on our way home. Everyone was happy. Rosalie had called me to congratulate me on finding a way to make it work for me and Jacob and Alice informed me of a vision of hers.

It wasn't exactly great but it alerted me things were going to change for us very soon. We'd settled with the fact that we'd go back to Carlisle's. It was hidden enough and if everyone thought we had moved then they wouldn't expect the house to be of any use and there was rarely any robberies in forks so-it was ideal for the time-being.

Although everything was turning rather smoothly, I couldn't help but feel unwholesome. Iake had become a genuine part of me during my convalescence. I missed him already.

The fact that there would never be an us when it came to me and Iake hurt me. This is because I knew it hurt him.
My mind wandered elsewhere as the plane flew us back to where I belonged.

I couldn't help but think back to the day Jacob and I were on our way through the woods and someone was trailing us. Could it have been Felix or even Jane? But Alice would have seen him decide. So if it wasn't them then-we've got someone else on our tracks.