AN: So sorry this took forever!! I am sad to write about Bella leaving and honestly couldn't get my head into it. Then I got busy. I hope this is what you all imagined. Thanks ~Laura~

"God damn, piece of shit, mother fucker!"

I tossed Bella's mattress across the room with the rest of her sheets and pillows just as Demetri came through the door.

"Woah! What are you doing? We have to go, like ten minutes ago."

His speech slowed as his eyes wandered across the trashed room.

"I lost the necklace Bella got me. It must have fallen off last night and now I can't fucking find it."

I ran a frantic hand through my hair and scanned the floor again. Where the hell could it be?

"I'm sorry James but you're going to have to look for it later. We have to go. Now."

He was right. I'd already sent Bella on to the limo so I could look without her knowing but I'd run out of time. All I could do was hope to God that she didn't notice it was missing. After her night mare the night before the last thing I wanted her to do was doubt my loyalty to her; and not wearing the most important thing she'd ever given me was bound to freak her out. Her nerves were already frayed, she'd broken down crying when Alec and Jane had come to say good-bye and it had took me at least fifteen minutes to calm her down.

After I'd finally gotten her to tell me about the dream and I reassured her with every bit of energy I could that there was no way in hell I could ever change my mind about being with her. There were no words to explain what her being my mate meant. It would be physically impossible for me to love another woman at this point. Once she'd calmed down and gone to the bathroom to get ready the first thing I did was reach up to hold my fucking necklace, just to find that it was fucking gone! No time left to look now though.

We ran through the halls and towards the waiting limos so we could take my baby to the air port and put her on a plane, then send her half way across the fucking world to live with a bunch of strange vampires. Fuck. This was so wrong.

I settled into the seat and Bella instantly snuggled up against me, placing one hand on my chest. Of course; because that was the one place I didn't want her to touch.

"Oh, I forgot."

Bella reached into her pocket and pulled out my necklace.

"This was under the pillow this morning. It must have fallen off last night."

"Thanks baby."

It felt like someone had lifted a fucking building off my shoulders at the sight of the shiny little pendant. I took the necklace from her and placed a quick kiss on the top of her head. It was probably better that I didn't tell her I'd torn her room apart looking for it. I'd have time to clean it up before she got home anyway.

The drive to the air port wasn't nearly long enough. Our limo sped through the dark streets and into Aro's private hanger before the sky even began to change colors. It was still ink black when we all began to board the small jet that would take us to Seattle, Washington. I ran a hand through Bella's hair, enjoying the way it shined in the moonlight. After decades of being on this Earth months were nothing to me anymore, so why did it feel like Bella was going to be gone for an eternity?

I followed her onto the small jet and found a seat next to the window. Bella and Sasha were having some last minute conversation about what would happen when we landed. I tuned it out because I didn't want to think about that shit. Bella dropped into the seat next to me after a few minutes and leaned into my shoulder.

Demetri and Felix sat across from us while Sasha and Laurent took up the rear. Our usual happy crowd was noticeably somber as we gained altitude.

"Do you want to switch places so you can see out the window?"

I'd already offered the seat to Bella three times but she kept refusing. She shook her head no again.

"I told you. There is nothing out there I want to see. Everything worth looking at is right here."

Tears made her brown eyes glisten and her chin scrunched up as she fought to hold them back.

"Aaww, baby. Don't cry."

I pulled her into my lap and kissed the tears that were sprinkling her cheeks. Bella took a deep breath and laughed at herself.

"Sorry, I can't help it. I just hate that I don't even know when I'll get to come back."

"I know me too. But I promise, as soon as Aro gives the orders my pale ass is going to be in Washington to pick you up; even if I have to swim there."

She smiled and closed her eyes, leaning her head on my shoulder. I was going to miss this shit so much. Just like the limo ride the flight was going way too fucking fast. The plane began its descent without Bella even noticing. Sasha gave me a sad smile, she obviously knew what I was thinking; our farewell would come entirely too soon.

"Bella, open your eyes. We've landed."

Bella shot up in my lap surprised to be on the ground.

"What?"

Her hair stuck to the side of her face and her eyes were wide and frantic.

"I said we've landed. It's time to go."

I kissed her forehead and smoothed out her hair, trying to make each moment last just a little longer.

"Oh, all right."

She slowly stood up and stretched her legs. We all filed out of the plane without saying much. I waited for Bella to say good-bye to everyone else first. I swear to shit Felix would have been bawling like a baby if he had any fucking tears in him. And of course Demetri tried to remind Bella of every fucking thing we tried to teach her during her training in the span of thirty seconds. Bella just smiled and gave him a hug. Even Laurent looked worried.

Fuck. The Cullen's were supposed to be peaceful, so why was everyone so fucking freaked out? Because we knew what it was like. No matter what your ideals are, the scent of blood can make you do crazy shit. All it would take was for one of those assholes to fall off the wagon and my girl would be dust.

I waited for everyone else to re-board the plane before scooping Bella up into my arms. Sasha had discretely found her way to the waiting town car so we could have our privacy.

"Let's go. Right now… Just run away."

Bella's forehead was pressed against mine and I closed my eyes while listening to her talk. I could just imagine the sad smile on her perfect lips.

"All right. Where should we go princess?"

I would play along with this for as long as I could, even though we both knew in a few moments she'd be getting in the car and driving away from me.

"How about Vegas? The people there supposedly stay up all night. We could lie in bed all day then party all night! No worrying about sparkles."

"And all the Showgirls I can eat right?"

Bella giggled and playful smacked my shoulder.

"Right…"

There was a long silence where I just listened to her breathing, slow a steady. How long would it be before I got to listen to it again? If I'd known that having a mate meant being in physical pain just from the thought of being apart, I never would have allowed myself to fall for Bella. Shit. Who am I kidding? There was no fighting this.

"I'll think about you every day, all day."

She was whispering now, the tears leaking out the edges of her closed eyes. Fuck, I wish I knew what to say to make her feel better…

"Especially in the shower."

I tried to joke but she didn't even giggle.

"I'll be thinking about you too baby."

"Promise me that things will go back to normal once I come home. Please. I need to know this isn't the end. That I have something to come home too, that my family will still be there…"

"I promise. They'll be even better. We'll be even better. No matter what happens, I will always be there Bella."

She kissed me softly; I could taste the salty tears on her lips.

"You have to go now."

"I know."

I gently set her down and placed my hands on both sides of her face.

"What if I look different when I come back? I'm going to age you know."

"You could come back as an eighty year old woman and I'd still love you just as much as I do now."

She snorted and raised an eye brow at me.

"Swear?"

"Cross my heart and hope to die."

I smirked down at her and dodged the hand she lifted to smack me.

"Seriously though; nothing could ever stop me loving you. Now go, before Sasha does something weird to me."

Bella turned to walk away and I smacked her butt one last time. Damn, I should have taken some naughty pictures of her before she left. My memory would never do that ass justice no matter how good it was.

She turned and waved one last time before disappearing into the dark car. I watched them pull out of the hanger and out into the foggy morning. If there was a God, even one who was so messed up as to make creatures who suck the life out of humans and live forever; I prayed to him to bring my Bella back to me safely.

AN: Well guys we're sorry to say that this is the last chapter of Fate or Chance but there will be an epilogue it might take us awhile but we will get it done for you!! Thank you so much to all our loyal readers who have stuck with us since the beginning! Put us on Author Alert if you like us; we might be writing a sequel to To Belong this fall! Don't forget to review! We still love hearing from all of you!!! ~quickbunny~