I hope you guys like this story!
I know I've been slack with my other ones, and…. This is why!
Love you all. This chapter is for Kimmo, most of them will be rofl.
She makes me write it all! She said this sounds amazing when I told
her about it at school, so take her word for it! I cried while
writing it FYI
(:
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"Goodbye Mum, I'll miss you every second of every day, and I will always shed tears for the times with you that have been stolen away from me. I'll always be your little girl Mummy; tripping over and hurting myself, laughing when you got angry with me; but most of all, I'll always have a heart full of love to give, I just really don't know where I'm going to give it" I whimpered. I stood down from the podium and sat in the front row of the church. I felt hollow; everything in my life was crumbling. I always thought that my Mummy would live forever; that she would protect me after Daddy died; but here I am, agonized and orphaned.
The ceremony finished and we headed back to my Aunt
May's summer house for the wake. My Mum had died here while we were
vacationing last week. We were supposed to stay the whole summer, but
only three weeks in and she drowned at the beach. How was I supposed
to carry on? I was only 16 and I didn't have any parents.
"I
think you did wonderfully Bells" Aunt May smiled as I stood at her
kitchen sink, staring at the beach through the window.
"I don't
know what I'm going to do" I whispered and tears strolled down my
face as I remembered finding my mother's blue body lying on the
beach.
"No matter what you do, I'll always be here to help
you along the way" she whispered and kissed my head before walking
out to join the other guests.
"Bewwa?" I heard a small voice
whisper and I turned to see my little brother Zach peeking through
the kitchen door.
"Hey Zach, how are you" I sniffled, wiping
my stray tears away.
"I'm okay. When's Mummy coming home?"
he whispered innocently and my heart broke again. I'd told him that
Mummy had gone to heaven, but he still thought she was going to come
home. How do you tell a five year old that he'll never see his
parents again?
"Mummy isn't coming home Zachy" I whispered
and a tear strolled down his cheek. His bottom lip jutted out and
trembled.
"But I want her to," he whimpered and tears
strolled down his cheeks.
"I know Zach, so do I" I sobbed and
dropped to the floor to hug him. He rushed into my arms and sobbed
into the crook of my neck.
"I love you Bewwa" he whimpered
and I closed my eyes, which let a few more tears escape. I hugged
Zach closer to me and sniffled.
"I love you too Zach. Promise
me something?" I asked and he pulled away to look at me.
"Ok"
he whispered and I smiled a sad smile.
"Don't ever forget
Mummy and Daddy okay?" I whispered and he nodded vigorously.
"Bella, Zach, are you both in
here?" Uncle Tom asked from behind the kitchen door.
"Yes
Uncle Tom" I whispered and he entered the room quietly.
"How
are you kids?" he whispered sadly and my lips began to tremble once
again.
"We've had better days Uncle Tom" I sobbed and then
broke into a full round of hysterics. Uncle Tom threw his arms around
Zach and I; and he rocked us back and forward.
"It's okay
Kids, I'm here. I'll help you through this" he whispered. It
was extremely hard to sit in the same room as Uncle Tom sometimes;
the reason being that he was our Dad's identical twin
brother.
"Daddy's not coming home either is he?" Zach
whispered and I shook my head solemnly. Zach and I had a wonderful
life until about three months ago. Our dad was diagnosed into
terminal Hodgkin's Lymphoma; which is type of Leukemia and within
weeks, he'd died. It was quick and luckily he didn't feel any
pain; but he'd left us here and so had Mum, but I couldn't let
that get to me.
"I'll go get your things" Uncle Tom
whispered. We had to return to our house this afternoon and I wasn't
ready to face it. I hadn't prepared myself to enter our empty home
and I knew it would be nothing less than heartbreaking.
"Thanks
Uncle Tom" I whimpered and helped Zach to his feet. Uncle Tom
disappeared behind the double doors and returned ten minutes later.
"The car is all packed" he whispered gravely and I nodded
numbly.
The drive back to Phoenix was an
uneventful one. I spent most of the time sleeping away my sorrows and
when I woke up, I saw the house that now held nothing but sadness for
me.
"Zach wake up" I whispered, nudging him awake. His eyes
fluttered open and he stared at the house.
"Do we have to go
in?" he whispered. He turned to me for my answer and I nodded at
him.
"It's our only physical memory of Mummy and Daddy" I
whimpered and he nodded helplessly. How could God put a five year old
kid in so much pain? How could he put our family through this? I
hadn't even recovered from Dad yet and now I don't have my Mum
either.
"Okay, let's go" he mumbled and got out of the car.
He ran to the door and opened it.
"Zach hang on, come and get
your things" I called and he called out of the house looking sadder
then he had when he went in.
"What's the matter Zach?" I
asked urgently.
"Mummy's not in the kitchen making brownies"
he whimpered and then he burst into tears.
"I know Zach I know"
I whimpered, picking Zach up and cradling his shaking frame in my
arms. He threw his arms around my neck and sobbed into my shoulder.
"Promise you won't leave me Bewwa" he whispered and I
sniffled painfully.
"I promise Zach" I promised and knew that
one day, I would break that promise.
Our first week here had to be the
hardest. Each night Zach woke up screaming for our parents and all I
could do was comfort him while crying. I think Aunt May and Uncle Tom
were getting worried about him. They lived with us now, in the guest
room. I slept in my parents' bed for the first few nights, because
I needed to feel their presence. When I woke up to Mum's cell phone
ringing, my heart split in two.
"Hello?" I whimpered.
"Renee, thank god I caught you. I'm sorry for the late hour.
I was wondering, what did Sam do with the Lambridge case files?" A
chatty, executive voice babbled.
"I'm sorry this isn't
Renee, this is Bella; her daughter" I whimpered and the voice
abruptly stopped.
"Oh, can you please put Renee on?" the
voice asked and I let out a cry of pain.
"No, I'm sorry. My
Mum died last week" I whispered once I'd composed myself, but the
words cut like a serrated knife.
"Oh, well, never mind then"
the voice said sadly and hung up. I cried myself back to sleep that
night and when I woke up, I put on some of my mother's clothes;
they still smelled like her. After that I put on her perfume and some
earrings Dad had gotten her.
"Bewwa, what are you doing?" I
heard Zach whisper from the doorway. My head whipped over to him and
I broke down on the floor in a crumpled, broken heap.
"Aunty
May!" Zach screeched as he rushed out of the bedroom. Aunt May
rushed in about two minutes later and saw me shaking with hysteria on
the floor.
"Oh Bella" she whispered sadly and came to hug me.
"Aunt May, I-I-I w-w-want them b-b-back" I sobbed into her
chest and she stroked my hair back.
"I know sweety, Shh" she
whispered soothingly and soon I fell asleep with my head on her lap.
"I know you can do this" Aunt
May said confidently. It was my first day back at school since Mum
had died and I wasn't sure if I could go through with it.
"I
don't know if I can" I whispered and looked at my feet. Aunt May
put one hand on each of my shoulders and forced me to look her in the
eye.
"You listen to me Isabella Marie Swan, you can do this.
Your mother would be so proud at how strong you've been so far"
she whispered and her voice cracked at the end.
"I haven't
been that strong. I dressed up in her clothes, put on her perfume and
jewelry; I don't think that resembled bravery" I mumbled and a
tear slid down my cheek.
"No, that represents mourning" she
sighed.
"I miss them" I whispered and she nodded.
"I do
too Honey. Now come on or you'll be late" she said and the bus
doors opened. Wow, creepy timing. I hugged her goodbye and then
stepped onto the bus. I sat right up the back and plugged my
earphones into my ears.
"… and she closed her eyes, found
relief in a knife…" I sang sadly and when I looked up I noticed
all eyes were on me.
"You want to take a picture?" I snapped
and stomped off the bus once it'd stopped.
"Bella" I heard
a familiar voice sigh. I turned to see Alice and Rosalie, my best
friends walking towards me. My eyes instantly pricked and I broke
down into tears.
"I'm s-s-sorry" I whimpered as Alice
embraced me.
"Nonsense Bella" she said sternly and pulled
back so Rosalie could hug me.
"I know what you're going
through, so if you need anything, I'm there" Rose whispered. It
was true; both her parents had died at the same time in a car
accident three years ago. Her eyes were grave and her face was full
of sadness when she pulled back to look at me.
"Hey, thanks. How
have you guys been?' I whispered, trying to divert all the
attention from myself.
"Rose and I have new boyfriends!"
Alice cheered and I smiled at her enthusiasm. My cheeks hurt; I
hadn't smiled in a while.
"Really?" I whispered
incredulously.
Alice and Rose both nodded and then two boys
walked over to where we were standing.
"Speak of the devils"
Alice began and I giggled silently.
"And the devils shall
appear" Rose finished and I snickered a little louder.
"Hey
Rosie" the big boy said. He was huge, like, he reminded me
of the incredible hulk; only he wasn't green. But somehow, reminded
me of a giant teddy bear.
"Emmett, this is Bella" Rosalie
smiled at him and his eyes were full of knowledge.
"Ah, Bella
Swan. Nice to finally meet you" he chuckled and took me into a bone
crushing hug.
"Can't… breath!" I said breathlessly. When
I looked at Rose, she had one arm across her stomach and the other
covering her face. It was highly amusing. I laughed and then it cut
off into a sob.
"Emmett, we need to talk to Bella. I'll see
you later okay?" Rose whispered and kissed his cheek. She took me
by the arm and I heard Alice say goodbye to the blonde boy. I caught
that his name was Jasper.
"What happened back there babe?"
Rose whispered caringly and I sniffled.
"It feels wrong to
laugh" I whimpered. She and Alice both took me into a large bear
hug and soon we were all heading to our classes.
As I sat in
biology, I felt dizzy. I swayed in my seat and then fainted onto the
floor. Good thing that the desk next to me had always been empty.
"Isabella, can you open your eyes for me?" I heard the nurse
whisper. I tried to obey, and soon my eyes fluttered open.
"W-w-what
happened?" I whispered and I saw Rose breathe a sigh of relief.
"You fainted in biology sweetheart" the nurse said tenderly.
I nodded and tried to get up from the bed, but when I did, my head
spun again.
"Careful Isabella. You've been under a lot of
stress lately, that's why you fainted" the nurse cautioned and I
saw that Alice had been crying.
"What's wrong Alice?" I
whispered and she sobbed brokenly.
"You were so pale, I thought
I'd lost you" she whimpered and I waved her over.
"I won't
leave as long as I can prevent that. Do you hear me Alice?" I said
urgently and she nodded. When I looked around at the greater picture,
I saw that Emmett and Jasper were in the room also.
Do you think
Edward might…?" Jasper trailed off when he saw that I was looking
at him.
"Definitely" Emmett smiled.
"Who's Edward?"
I asked curiously and they stiffened.
"He's our other
brother. He's touring with his band at the moment, so he won't be
at school for a few weeks. I nodded, confused. Why did they bring him
up if he wasn't even here?
"Why did you talk about him just
then?" I whispered and Jasper nudged Emmett with his elbow.
"I…
uh… I mean we… um, hey did you know that Edward's performing at
a concert here next week?" Emmett stammered and I chuckled.
"Yeah,
I'm sure that's what you said" I laughed and had that same
guilty feeling again. I clutched my stomach and my laughter turned to
sorrow once again.
"You should all come" Jasper whispered and
he came over to me.
"I lost my parents last year, both of them,
I know what you're going through, but believe me, a night out is
fun" Jasper whispered into my ear and I nodded weakly.
"Sounds
good" I mumbled incoherently.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't
little miss Bella Swan?" I heard a familiar voice chuckled and I
turned to see my best friend guy friend walking in my direction.
"Jacob, hey" I breathed as he pulled me into his embrace.
Tears had already been sliding down my cheeks, but I wanted them to
stop, so I shut my eyes and took a deep, unsteady breath.
"I've
missed you like crazy" he whispered into my hair and I snuffled my
face closer to his chest.
"Believe me, I have missed you too"
I whimpered with a broken voice.
"My dad sends his regards by
the way" he sighed and let go of me.
"No, please, hold me
just for a little longer" I objected weakly. He nodded and held me
tighter, engulfing me with his friendship.
"It's time for
class now, do you want me to walk you?" he whispered and I nodded.
"Yes please Jake" I mumbled and he let go of me, but not
completely. He wrapped his arm around my waste and walked with my
curled into his side. When we stopped at my classroom, he kissed my
forehead.
"I really did miss you honey" he mumbled and walked
away.
The rest of the day past in a blur,
I just wanted to get home and curl up in my parents bed, but Alice
had other plans.
"You're staying at my house tonight!" she
squealed and I reluctantly obliged.
"Welcome back here Bella"
Alice's mum Mary smiled as soon as the three of us walked through
the door.
"Thanks Mrs. Brandon" I smiled.
"You're
welcome. Rosalie, Alice, I'm shocked. No Jasper and Emmett today?"
Mrs. Brandon chuckled and Alice and Rose looked down at their feet.
"They don't come every day Mum" Alice wined and her Mum
chuckled.
"Oh, no, 24/7 is hardly enough time" she joked,
rolling her eyes and then she walked back into the kitchen.
"Bella,
did you want some brownies?" she called form the kitchen and my
heart broke in two.
My Mummy used to make me brownies…
