Goodbye For Now (Twilight Fan Fic)

Edward's Departure

Carlisle's POV

Everyone stares into the trees as we listen to Edward bolting towards his death.

"I can't believe he actually felt like that," Emmett frowns, and suddenly I'm incredibly angry.

"Why not?" I growl. "You knew exactly how he felt, and yet you just told him to stop being dramatic!"

"Don't blame this on us, Carlisle!" Rosalie yells, and just when I'm about to shout back at her, Esme speaks. Well, shouts.

"How can we not blame you lot?!" She shrieks. "Were you not listening to Edward?! He actually said 'You know its your fault I want to die'!"

All the kids look down in shame then, and we bolt back to the house.

Esme and I walk up to Edward's room and sit on the leather sofa. Edward hasn't let anyone in his room for a while, and now we know why. There are cracks down the walls where he has punched them, and there are knives coming from a cork board in the wall behind us. Esme sighs, "I knew my knives were disappearing."

The cream carpet that was in perfect condition when we moved in has worn down to the wooden floor underneath, probably from Edward pacing.

The kids come in the room after a minute, and they all gape at the walls and floor. "Wow," Jasper whispers. "Poor Edward. I can't believe we ignored him."

Pain and shame covers the kid's faces, and I groan. "I guess I ignored it too. I saw all the signs for depression and yet I didn't think it was possible for a vampire to be suicidal."

"Neither did we," Alice sobs.

Esme begins dry sobbing, and so do I. After a minute the kids go downstairs, leaving us alone. I hold Esme in my arms as she cries for Edward. Our first son; our first child; the first vampire I ever changed.

We look up the sound of someone running in the forest; the open window allowing us to hear them. Suddenly, Edward is standing in the window. Esme lets out a relieved sob, just as Edward's eyes widen at the sight of us, not expecting us to be there. As he lands his foot slips on the window ledge and he falls backwards out the window. I let out a small laugh as he jumps back in the window.

Esme has him in her arms immediately. "Thank God you're safe," She whispers.

Edward lets go of her after a minute and looks straight at me. There is something different about him but I can't fathom what.

"Carlisle..." Edward says slowly, addressing me. "I'm leaving."

I can actually feel the shock covering my face, but Edward's just stays blank. Suddenly the rest of the kids are crowding the doorway. "What?" Emmett almost growls.

Edward doesn't answer, but instead looks at Esme and nods, probably in answer to her thoughts. "Good luck sweetheart," Esme whispers.

Edward buries his head into Esme's shoulder and says, "Thanks mum." Knowing how much she loves to be called that.

Then he flies around the room, packing everything he needs into one small bag. It shocks us all how he has so little precious possessions. The moment the bag is on his back I pull him into a hug and murmur, "Be safe."

"Will do, dad." I can tell Edward is grinning slightly.

Then he says goodbye to his siblings. Rosalie surprised us all and Edward and Alice's exchange made us all dry sob.

Finally Edward turns towards his window. "Bye," He chokes out before leaving.

We all sink to the floor as we listen to Edward run away. After he is out of our hearing range, we all begin dry sobbing, begging in our minds for Edward to come back home, wondering if we are out of his mental hearing range.

After a while everyone calms down. "We should let him go, kids," Esme smiles slightly. "Edward's happy now, even if we had to say goodbye."