Stormy Hearts

A Twilight Series Fanfiction

Angela

I stumbled away from the bonfire towards the secluded La Push Beach. Tears gathered in my eyes, blinding me, tracing down my cheek, soaking into the sand beneath me. The weather was turning wild. The sea crashed against the rocks and shattered into rolling foam. The wind ripped and tore and screamed at the steel-gray sky. I was so alone. I sat on the beach and cried. I had thought Ben… loved me. I had been so wrong. How could he do this to me? How could he kiss Lauren, right in front of me, in front of everyone? In that cruel firelight, I had lost my boyfriend and a friend in one single moment. What had I done to deserve this? I gazed out at the summer storm and wished that the cool rain showers could wash away my pain and grief.

Jacob

A gale was breaking on the beach, and I decided to go out to watch it. I could see some teenagers from Forks partying in the woods, gathered around a large bonfire. The fire cracked and fizzed and rose to the restless sky. I loved the feeling of rain on my skin- it made me feel as free as I could when I was in human form. When I was a wolf, the whole world felt like a storm- nothing but wind and energy. It helped me escape from the pain and the loneliness that so often haunted me these days, now that Bella had disappeared from my life. I missed her so much, it ripped me up sometimes. "Why wasn't I enough for her?" I asked myself. "Why did fate and that bloodsucker have to destroy my happiness so thoroughly?" And yet, as much as I needed and loved her, I had not imprinted on her. She was not my soul mate, as much as I wish she were.

As I made my way down to the sand, I saw a slight human form huddled at the water's edge. Her light brown hair was tangling in the wind, and she was looking out at the horizon. As I approached her, I thought I could hear her crying softly, but it could have been the tumultuous waves. When I came closer, she turned and met my gaze.

Everything changed.

There was no storm, no rain, no wind, no sound, as if the universe had realized, as I had, that it now meant nothing to me, and this girl meant everything.

Her soft brown eyes were mesmerizing- I could have looked into them until dawn- but they were marred by tears that I had to wipe away. The next thing I knew, I was sitting with my arm around her shoulder in comfort, trying to heal her broken heart.

Angela

As I watched the sky, I heard someone walking towards me. I turned to see who it was, and a Quileute boy with flashing dark eyes was staring at me. We were locked in each other's gaze for what seemed like hours, and then the stranger suddenly approached me and held me in his arms as I continued to cry.

Warmth radiated from him as he pulled me close and I could no longer feel the cool rain or shivering wind. I turned my tearstained face towards his and saw the strong and warring emotions that his features betrayed- concern to the point of anguish, happiness to the point of delirium.

"I'm Jake," he said, and the sound was low, rough, and sweet at the same time.

"Angela" I whispered, my voice shaking slightly from crying and confusion.

His feverishly hot fingers reached towards me tentatively and then stroked my cheek, gently drying my tears. "Angela…" he sighed so softly, that I might have been imagining it, it might have been the wind. Then I heard roaring laughter coming from the edge of the forest, and we both turned to see my 'friends' stumble into the car and drive away. The storm had broken up the party, and they had all left without me. I had been forgotten, thrown away, and I felt a new surge of sobs building in my chest.

Jacob

As she stared at my face, nearer than it really should have been, since we were basically strangers, (although we would not remain that way for long, if I had anything to do with it), I again gazed deep into her sweet eyes. The sadness in them caused me more pain than I had ever known before, yet her closeness and the sensation of my arms around her, felt so undeniably right that I couldn't help but feel joy. I decided that it was time to introduce myself.

"I'm Jake," I said quietly

"Angela" she murmured in reply, and I felt my heart beat dizzily. Her voice was unimaginably lovely.

There was so much I wanted to say to her. I wanted to explain how she made me feel, as if such a thing could be expressed in mere words. I wanted to confess to her what I was and the wolf-magic that let me know, immediately, who I was meant to spend my life with- her. But I didn't want to cause her fear, not now, not in the state she was in. I didn't want to overwhelm her, and I also knew deep in my soul, that if she rejected my love, I would… die. So instead of lying my heart at her feet, for her to accept or trample upon, I breathed her precious name "Angela…" My angel. I softly wiped away her last remaining tears, my pulse quickening when I touched her cheek.

I heard laughter from farther inland, and her eyes flickered to the group of silly teenagers who piled into a car and sped away. I looked back at Angela and saw that she was about to start sobbing again.

Instinctively, I pulled her closer to me and whispered in her ear.

"Shh, Angela, shh, it's okay, everything's going to be okay, don't cry, I'll take care of you, I'll keep you safe, shh, I won't let anyone hurt you." I meant every word that I said.

She soon quieted and I absentmindedly stroked her soft hair.

"Please, Angela, can you tell me what's wrong? Please." I said. I needed to know before I went insane. Whoever had caused this grief would have to deal with me.

"It's nothing…. Just… we were all at this bonfire…my boyfriend Ben… he….he…he kissed her…my friend Lauren….and…. I couldn't stay there… I… " She pressed her face into my shoulder to cry

The sadness in her voice broke my heart. I was so angry. How could this Ben creature harm her like this? And how could he throw away such a precious angel? How ironic- She was broken because she felt unloved, but she had never been more loved than she was now that I knew her. I gently lifted her head from my chest and looked into her eyes. She had to know how truly amazing she was.

"He was an idiot, Angela," I said, forcefully.

"What? Why?" she asked

"Because he let you go."

Angela

I felt abandoned and unwanted. Ben had chosen another girl over me, and let me run away from the terrible party without a second glance. He just didn't care, now that he had what, who he wanted. My friends had left me as well- they had forgotten all about me and my heartbreak.

The one person who had not deserted me was this stranger, Jake. Even as I continued my crying, he held me ever closer to him and murmured to me words of calm and comfort that kept me from total despair. My tears eventually faded from my cheek, and I felt him running his hands through my hair. It felt nice, the way he was so gentle and warm. I was slightly dazed by all the attention he was giving me.

"Please, Angela, can you tell me what's wrong? Please." he asked me. The intense curiosity in his tone confused me. Why would he care what had happened to me?

"It's nothing…" I began, but the look in his eyes told me he disagreed. I felt very self-conscious and silly. He had a mature way about him and I was afraid that he would dismiss my heartbreak as petty teenage drama.

"Just… we were at this bonfire… my boyfriend Ben… he…he…he kissed her…my friend Lauren…and…I couldn't stay there…I…" I pressed my face against his warm chest and tried to calm myself. I felt ridiculous- I was crying all over him; I was probably scaring him away. I remembered the time my puppy died, I had been sobbing when Ben had come over. He had looked uncomfortable and said "Maybe I should go home… It freaks me out when girls cry… "

But that was obviously not this stranger's response. He put his hand on my face and lifted it towards him, so we could see each other.

"He was an idiot, Angela," he said, his black eyes shining with conviction.

"What? Why?" I asked, confused.

He whispered, "Because he let you go."

Suddenly the storm I had been watching break around me seemed to enter into my body.

My heart was filled with the pounding waves.

The wind in my chest sighed with longing.

His intense gaze seemed to drench me in warm rain.

Electricity rushed in my veins, shocking me in more ways than one.