Hunted (A Twilight Fanfic)

Chapter 28

     Chloe pushed the front door open and stepped out. “He’s sleeping,” she said, answering their unspoken question.

     “Are you really leaving?” Seth asked, he seemed almost afraid of the answer.

     “Yes.”

      “We’ll miss you, Chloe. You made everything seem brighter here.” Sam sighed. “Visit, soon.”

     Chloe forced a smile. “I’ll try too.” She hugged Leah then looked at Seth. “Take care of him, please.”

      “I will,” he promised.

     “He wont remember you saying good bye,” Leah said. “You leaving like this, its not fair to him, to any of us.”

     “I’m sorry.” Chloe said.

     “Can you give me a lift back to Forks?” Edward asked, breaking the silence and giving her a way to leave.

     “Yeah, sure.” She smiled sadly. “Bye, I’ll miss all of you, so much.” She heard Edward open the passenger door and she closed her door but she didn’t look at him.

　 “Why are you really leaving?” Edward asked twenty minutes later as they entered Forks.

     “I don’t belong here.” She glanced over at him. “I think we both know that.”

     “Bella will miss you.”

     “She wont even notice I’m gone. She’ll be to busy planning her wedding.”

     He sighed, “Jake told you. Bella wanted to. She wants you to be in the wedding.”

     Chloe rolled her eyes. “Bella doesn’t always get what she wants and she wants me gone just as much as you do.”

     “Chloe, we don’t want you gone, we just don’t want Alice to be hurt.”

     Chloe skidded to a stop in front of Bella’s. “Alice?” She stared at him for moment, he didn’t know who she was, what she was. “Alice wont get hurt, at least not by me.”

     “Thank you.”

     “Yeah, sure.” She turned the car off and pushed her door open. “I have to get my stuff.”

     “Are you going to say goodbye to him?” Edward asked quietly as Bella walked out of the house.

     Chloe glanced at him as she got out. “No, its better that way.”

     “How’s Jake? Is he going to be ok?” Bella asked, no, more like demanded.

     Chloe slammed her door. “He’ll be ok.” She walked past Bella towards the house. “Congrats by the way, I’m sure your dad is so proud.” She knew it was mean to say but she didn’t care. Jake almost died and Bella was getting married. She could hear Bella run up at the steps after her but she didn’t stop. She grabbed her suitcase out of the closet, filling it as fast as she could.

     “Chloe.” She heard Bella walk in but she didn’t look up. “Chloe, look at me.” Bella ordered. “What’s going on?”

     “Do you even care that Jake almost died?” Chloe demanded as she jerked her suitcase closed. “You get engaged and he almost dies.”

     “Of course I care, I tried to stop him. Edward told him about us, he went crazy. I tried everything I could.” Her voice cracked. “I even kissed him and he still wouldn’t listen.”

     “You kissed him?” Chloe pushed past her. “How could you? I mean, seriously, I can’t even look at you right now.”

     “I thought you didn’t like him,” Bella said she followed Chloe downstairs.