Chapter One: Happily Never After

Edward got down on one knee. "Bella, will you marry me?"

"Edward I love you and you know it. Why do I have to marry you to prove it? You know what people will think, and my mom has a very strong opinion about marrying at a young age. Can't we just skip the marriage thing." I said trying once again to change Edward's mind.

"Bella I told you I wanted to marry you before sex and definitely before you become a vampire." Edward said persistently.

I started laughing. "Gotcha, I was just being difficult, of course I'll marry you. And I'll even let Alice have the reins, she can plan the whole thing, but I get to check the guest list before invitations are sent out."

Three Months Later

"Edward when I talked to you on the phone, you sounded weird, what's going on?" I said confused and a little nervous.

"Bella I was wrong, you're not my soul mate, the wedding's off, I'm sorry." Edward said with a hard expressionless face.

My heart broke in half. "Edward, what are you talking about?" I started crying. "I love you." I was crying so hard I started hyperventilating, and then fear kicked in. "And what about the Volturi, they said if I didn't become vampire, they would kill me."

"Bella we won't let them hurt you. We figured you could go stay with Jacob, the Volturi wouldn't look for you there. Bella, I have to go, Alice is going to take care of telling all your friends the wedding's off, but she thought you'd want to tell Charlie and Renee. And she'd rather you tell Jacob. Goodbye, Bella."

Once I was sure I done crying, I climbed into the car Edward had given me and drove home. I felt so numb, I decided to shower. But not even a hot shower could chase away the cold shock of what had just happened. Charlie came home while I was still in the shower and the phone rang. I heard Charlie answer it.

"Hello? Hold on a sec." He said to whoever was on the other line. "Bella, you home?" He sounded so tired, him and mom had been working so hard for my wedding I didn't want to tell them that I was no longer engaged.

"Yeah, I'll be right down." I tried to sound cheerful as I quickly dried myself off and put on my sweats and a tank top.

"Hey, Bella here." I said praying Edward had changed his mind and was calling to plead temporary insanity and apologize and beg me to take him back.

"Bella, it's Jacob." He sounded like he had news that he wasn't excited about telling me. But he was doing it for me.

"Oh, hey Jacob, I was going to call you later, what's up?"

"You go first." He said. I really didn't want to tell him my horrible news yet. So I said…

"No, you, I insist." What can I say I hate breaking bad news to people.

"Okay, I was wondering if I could bring a date to the wedding. Because you see I imprinted."

"Oh, wow that's great Jacob. Of course you can bring her to the wedding. I'll let Alice know. Is that all you wanted, because I gotta go and hang out with Alice. You know wedding stuff." I could feel the tears starting to fall again and I didn't want to let Jacob know now.

"Yeah, that's all I wanted. See you at the wedding."

After I hung up, I ran upstairs and wrote a note to Charlie, my tears staining the notebook paper.

Dad,

I love you. I never meant to hurt

you, but Edward called off the wedding

and Jacob has a new girlfriend so there's

nothing left in Forks or anywhere for me. Tell

mom I loved her and nothing is her fault or

yours, and don't blame Edward either.

Love Always and Forever,

Isabella Swan-Cullen

I left the note near the coffee pot so Charlie wouldn't miss it.