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You Promised Forever
A/N: This story was adopted from I-Have-A-Dark-Side. I will be revising some of the chapters before finishing it. We both hope that you enjoy the story! Read and Review!
Chapter 1: A Life So Long Ago
(Bella's POV)
Happy ever after's don't exist, all we can do is live every day like it's our last together, holding on to each other for as long as destiny allows it and when the time is right and when we have to let go, we will be able to knowing the time we spent together will never be forgotten and will always be cherished. ~ By I-Have-A-Dark-Side
The streets of New York at midnight were still bustling with life. It was so different than my old life, a life that I try not to think of anymore; a life so long ago.
In a couple of years, me and my life have changed so drastically. I'm not the naive teenager girl who got caught up in a supernatural world while fighting for love. I'm a 21 year old woman making my life in the big apple; the city that never sleeps. I'm not fighting to keep my Vampire or my Werewolf by my side. I'm living my life a human life.
Sure, I keep in contact with Leah with a phone call here or an email there, but we talk about light things, things that don't mean much; things that don't involve the supernatural or him or Jake.
My love life story is unlike any other, what with my first love being a vampire. My first kiss being with that vampire, and then my first heartbreak by that said vampire when he left me with nothing more than my memories and the crescent shaped bite mark from one of his kind on my wrist.
Then, my second love, a werewolf/shape-shifter, my best friend, my savior, and then my lover. My first timewas with that werewolf and my second heartbreak was from the very same werewolf as he imprinted; something I knew might happen, yet the feeling of worthlessness still washed over me regardless. The hole that he had so carefully fixed was ripped opened and the pain had consumed me. But I let him go, knowing that he could never truly be happy without her beside him. They were soul mates in its most basic form and who am I to stand in the way of true love?
So I may have very little experience with love, but the exposure that I've had to it is enough to tell me that love is cruel, unforgiving and never lasts. Well, not for me, anyway. I, Isabella Swan, am destined to be alone, despising love for as long as I live. This fact hurts me beyond belief, but I can't let myself continue to believe that there is someone out there who is destined for me. That there is someone who will love me for me and not leave me; someone who would love me with their whole heart rather than with just bits and pieces. I can't believe that there is a happily ever after out there for me, because when I don't find it - it will only hurt all the more.
I live with one of my best girlfriends and coworker in a small apartment overlooking the city. I work my butt off in a bar that supplies the area with regular sluts and sleazy men who do nothing but exploit them. I work my ass off every night, keep my head down and get my money, before I head home and relax with the latest movies or hang out and gossip with my roommate, Sasha.
The first couple of months, I was convinced that one day she would turn around and tell me that she was a witch, but, of course, it never happened. Sasha is fully human and I thank God for that every day since we've met.
I haven't had a date in months and haven't had sex longer than that. Don't get me wrong, there are always offers at 'Pins', the bar where I work, and there is always someone gagging for it, but I'm not like any of the girls there. Like Sasha, I'm there, because I have nowhere else to be and not because I want to act like a slut.
I do a good impression of one though, with the tight short-shorts and the lacy revealing tops that I wear along with the heavy makeup. I end up looking like every other hoe in that place, but when the last customer leaves, I'm back to me, the natural me.
My body has changed from the old me and I'm not the clumsy teenager anymore. I have curves in all of the right places - waist, bust, and hips - that Rose would even be envious of. My hair falls half way down my back in lush waves and thick curls. My features have become more feminine; my cheek bones are more pronounced and my chocolate eyes are lined with thicker eye lashes. One thing that I do love about working at 'Pins' is that they supply you with endless amounts of beauty products. My blush became more controllable, which is another God send. I imagine that if I met people from my old life on the street that they wouldn't even recognize me anymore. I find that both pleasing, yet sad at the same time.
I don't think that Charlie would even recognize me. We speak on the phone once in a while, but in the two years since I've left, I haven't even seen him once. I know that he's happy, though.
Before I left he got married to his deceased friend, Harry's, widow named Sue. We had both moved into the Clearwater house on the Reservation. This is another reason that Leah is like a blood sister to me; we spent many late nights awake together bonding over anything and everything.
Leah and Seth both accepted me and Charlie into their family with no problem what-so-ever and Seth soon bonded with Charlie more than any of us could have ever of imaged. Charlie finally had the son that he had always wanted, even if he won't admit it.
Seth went fishing with him on most weekends when he could. He started to open up as well, which was a big thing for him and soon enough, they were acting like farther and son, much to Sue's happiness. Leah was glad that Seth could finally have a farther/son relationship with someone again and I was just happy that Charlie was happy. It made it easier to leave him knowing he still had a family and people who care for him and even cook for him.
He said that he understood me leaving.
Having two children in the pack, he now knows about the whole werewolf thing and has accepted it in stride. He was told all about imprinting and what it meant, so when Jake imprinted, he knew what had happened when I ran through the door sobbing with Leah following after me with a pained, sad expression on her face. She could relate to me the most because of what happened with her, Sam and Emily.
I'm not mad at Jake, I never was. We had talked about what would happen if he did imprint and we decided that we would cross that bridge if we came to it. We made a sort-of promise to live each day together to the fullest and to be happy with however much time that we had together. Of course, Jake always said that he wasn't going to imprint and that he was too in love with me for it to happen. Foolishly, I believed him, but it was always in the back of my mind and every morning I would wake up and wonder if it would be my last with him.
So, when the day came, I was sitting with Pack and the imprints, munching on some food and laughing with friends. It didn't cross my mind that Jake would walk in with tears in his eyes and a tortured look on his face. His eyes were pleading for forgiveness.
Of course, as soon as I saw him, I knew; I knew that he had met her and that I no longer meant anything to him; that he could no longer love me the way he once did. He didn't say much, just two words, 'I'm sorry'. Having been through it themselves, Leah and Sam were the first to realize what had happened and Leah ran to me and held me while I sobbed. People caught on to what was going on fairly quickly and a number of emotions played on each and everyone's faces.
It wasn't like when the others imprinted. This time, no one congratulated him or 'man-hugged' him. Everyone just looked extremely sad, including Jake. That's when I realized that they should be congratulating him, asking about her and wanting to meet her. They should be happy for him and it wasn't fair to anyone that it was playing out the way that it was. She was going to be his everything and apart of all their lives. But they wouldn't, couldn't if I was there, so I did the one thing that I could do for the man that I loved so much. I unwrapped myself from Leah's arms and walked over to the still standing Jake. I kissed his cheek and said the only thing that I could say, 'Be happy, Jacob Black' and I ran.
That was the last time that I saw him; all of them, apart from Leah. I had to leave. I wanted him to be happy, but that doesn't mean I had to watch it. I gave him as much blessing as I could, because I wanted him to be filled with joy at a time that should be so magical and exciting for him. But that didn't mean that I wanted to. I just knew that it was the right thing to do for someone that you love.
Leah held me while I screamed in pain. It was so much worse than when Edward left me. At least with him I know deep down that he did it because he loved me; because he wanted a human life for me. But Jake didn't have any noble reasons. Any reason wouldn't have sufficed, because it still killed me. It still hurts, even now, but it's been better over the last two years. I've learned to deal with it and bury it somewhat, but it's always there, because if I'm honest with myself...
I've never truly let Jacob Black go.
A/N: So sad… anyway, this is chapter one! It was written by I-Have-A-Dark-Side and revised by me, Xo BellaItalia oX. I hope that everyone enjoyed it! Read and Review!
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