1Disclaimer: I am not Stephenie Meyer. (Yeah, not that smart) All characters belong to her, except for the random few that I decide to put in there
I dedicate this story to my best friend. Suzie Ranger (thats her fanfic name, and I actually know her in real life)
Chapter One: (Bella POV)
I couldn't take it. He's gone. Its been 4 long and depressing months. At first, I refused to eat and never gotten more than 2 hours of sleep a night. Even in those two hours, my nightmares all consisted of the night that the love of my life, Edward, left me. I looked like a wreck, and I had lost touch with everyone of my "friends". Jessica and Lauren were the first to drop me. Angela couldn't take it anymore and just stopped talking to me. Mike Newton still followed me and continued to ask me out every chance he got. Even at work, he followed me around like a little puppy.
"Bella, please let me take you out to dinner" Mike begged.
I looked at him sheepishly. "Fine, just this once." I knew that I would regret this decision.
"Great, how about Friday, we can go to Port Angeles and see that new movie!"
I realized it was Thursday and groaned silently. I turned around and started stocking the shelves. Out of the corner of my eye I could see that Mike was doing some sort of victory dance. I laughed
Hours passed and I could still feel him staring at me. "Can I take off early?"
"Sure, anything for you" Mike said
I cringed at his words. I then clocked out and went out to my truck. The roar of the engine was deafening. I looked at the store and I saw him staring at me through the front window. "Stalker" I said under my breath and giggled a little. As I drove home, I couldn't help it, he popped into my head once more. I had refused to think about his name. The pain that he left me with was so overpowering. I had to pull over. It started to rain, "perfect" I thought. I sobbed uncontrollably and clutched my stomach. I don't know how long this lasted, but darkness had fallen. "Shit, I have to go cook for Charlie". I gathered up myself and wiped the tears off my face with the sleeve of my jacket. I started the truck again and drove home. When I pulled up the cruiser was gone and the lights in the house were off. I went inside and found a note from Charlie:
Bells,
Billy invited me over to watch the game with him. Pizza in the fridge. Don't wait up.
Love,
Dad
I sighed and went to the fridge. And sure enough, there was a plate of cheese pizza. I decided to eat it cold. I walked to the living room and plopped on the couch, I turned on the tv and started flipping through the channels. I stopped on a movie that seemed pretty good. It was The Notebook. I sat and watched the movie, eventually falling asleep. The next thing I knew, Charlie was carrying me up to my room, he tucked me in my bed and left. I sat up and looked at the clock, it was 11:00. I collapsed on my bed once more and waited for the horror that was my nightmares. I woke up in a daze and realized it was the day of my date with Mike.
I got up and started getting dressed for school. The day passed at a remarkable speed. The next thing I knew, it was 6:50, ten minutes until Mike would pick me up. I was wearing dark wash jeans and a red sweater. Charlie was working late that night. He was glad that I was finally getting out of the house.
Mike pulled up in his Suburban. I quickly ran out so he wouldn't have the chance to knock on the door. On the drive there, it was uncomfortably silent and Mike had given up hope on all small talk 5 minutes into the drive. We arrived at the movie theater and he payed for the tickets and some food. I didn't even bother looking what movie it was. He said it was something romantic
As soon as the movie started, there was a love scene. Mike put his arm around my shoulder. I was cringing most definitely. About halfway through the movie, his hand started getting lower and lower. "Great" I thought, he was trying to grope me. I shuddered at the thought and excused myself to the bathroom. I washed my face and reapplied my makeup. I thought to myself, "hey, I have some money, I could just take a cab or something."
I ran out the theater and as I was walking down the street my stomach started grumbling. I found the nearest restaurant and went it. I was shocked to find out that it was the same exact one that he had taken me to the last time I was here. I was fighting back tears when a waitress came up to me
"How many?" she asked.
"Just one" I replied.
She brought me to a small booth in the back and handed me a menu. I decided to order some shrimp alfredo and a coke. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw somebody approach me. It was the same waitress with my drink.
"Your food will be here in a minute, Miss." she said to me
"Thank you" I replied back to her
A few minutes later, my plate came and I attacked it. When I was done, I left the money on the table and walked out into the chilly air. I realized that I had left my jacket in Mike's vehicle. I started walking. It was then that I realized that I was lost again. I started walking down the deserted street. I heard footsteps behind me. I started walking faster and went around a corner. The footsteps behind me walked at a faster pace. The mysterious person behind me grabbed my shoulder and spun me around. He clapped his hand over my mouth, silencing the scream that was in my throat.