A/N: This is something I've been mulling over these past few weeks and I've decided to try it out and see what happens. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I'm sure everyone knows that I don't own these characters (I wish.) But the plot and Anthony are mine. Yay! :D
I groaned as I wiped the sweat off my forehead. I just finished doing my rounds at the hospital and I was glad. It was around 11 at night and my son Anthony was in the Children's Wing being watched by some of the kind nurses who worked there.
It was hard raising a kid all on your own especially when they're special. I'm 28 years old and I had Anthony when I was 24. You may be thinking well where's the husband? Well there isn't a husband.
It all started when I was 23 and I had just graduated from College and me and a few friends were going out to celebrate. While at this club I met a guy who was about my age and very handsome. He was tall, handsome and mysterious with black hair and dark eyes. All I remember is that we had drinks and talked and before I know it I wake up in his bed in his hotel room naked.
He woke and we talked and exchanged numbers to stay in touch and I thought we were going to start a relationship. A month later I found out I was pregnant after throwing up my breakfast every morning for 2 weeks.
When I found this out I called him.
*Flashback*
"Hello?" He asked. I held my breath.
"Jacob?" I asked while wringing my hands. My heart was pounding and tears were welling in my eyes.
"Yes, may I ask whose calling?" He said and I swallowed my mouth suddenly dry.
"Hey this is Bella and I met you when you were here in Atlanta?" I said.
"Oh yeah I remember! Well what can I do for you Bella?" He sounded happy and carefree. I felt awful for even calling him. I don't even remember why I bothered in the first place.
"Well I don't really know how to tell you this…." I trailed off at the end because I was trembling now from fear.
"Tell me what?" He didn't sound so happy anymore.
"Well Jacob I'm….pregnant." I said and a tear rolled down my cheek as I swallowed.
Silence on the other end greeted me and I wanted him to say something, anything.
"Is it mine?" He asked quietly, all traces of happiness gone.
"Yes, it is." I said and I heard him groan.
"Well what do you want me to do? I have a wife at home and I can't exactly come down there and take care of it." He complained and I was shocked.
He hooked up with me knowing he had a wife? I was disgusted. I felt awful for his wife knowing I was the reason he cheated. I didn't want this man to have anything to do with my child.
"I don't want you to do anything. I just wanted you to know that he or she existed." I said, all fear gone and replaced by anger.
"Okay whatever. Nice talking to you." He said before hanging up while I sat there and cried.
*End Flashback*
I felt disgusted with myself for doing that to a poor woman. Jacob Black was a disgusting man who cheated all the time on his wife. I wanted nothing to do with him and I didn't want him involved with my son either.
It was hard raising him on my own since my mother died. I live in my father's old house since he died last year. Charlie had cancer and they caught it too late and he died about 5 months after they diagnosed him. Renee my mother had Breast Cancer and she died from it but she had battled with it for 3 years and finally lost the battle.
I lived in a tiny, broken down, 2 story house that barely worked. All the paint was peeling, the shutters and cabinets in the kitchen were off their hinges. We never got hot water and the air conditioning or heat didn't work. All I had were old appliances that hardly worked anymore.
The house was tiny to put it bluntly. All it had on the downstairs level was a kitchen and living room with a small dining room attached and a little hall leading to the stairs with a closet. Upstairs were the 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom.
All Anthony could fit in his bedroom was a twin bed, dresser, nightstand, and little train table. My room was plain with a bed, dresser, and nightstand.
I hardly made enough to support Anthony and I. It was hard paying bills and keeping food in the house and buying clothes for my ever growing son. Plus Anthony needed special schooling so I had to buy the latest textbooks and workbooks for him to use.
See my son isn't retarded or mentally stupid. He just has issues with speech and hearing speech. He can't understand language really well or speak it. He is way behind on speech for where he should be and when he does speak which is rare he sounds like a 2 year old speaking for the first time.
I can't send him to public school and I have to teach him myself since no one offers a special program for him. I've been working with him for over a year now and so far things haven't been going good. It breaks my heart thinking about how his disability will affect him in the future. One thing I know is that I will always love my son. It doesn't matter to me that he has a disability or anything but he will always be my son in my eyes.
I was currently driving home from a long shift at the hospital in Port Angeles and I was exhausted. Anthony was having a bad day and he was upset with me for not stopping and getting him McDonald's. It was storming terribly and the wind was howling and the rain was pounding. The lightning was blinding and the thunder was deafening. I could hardly see through my windshield in my old Chevy truck. I was trying to be careful on the roads since they were slick and there were many potholes and wildlife.
I had only lived here in Forks for a month and had eventually found my way around. I looked in the mirror at Anthony who was staring out the window at the rain. I wish he could be like normal children sometimes but I know that he won't. I feel awful for thinking that but sometimes I can't help it. Sometimes I can't help but wonder what it would be like if Anthony was actually normal.
I glanced back at him and then at the road and I screamed. A giant buck was in the road and when it saw me it froze, its eyes wide as saucers with fear. I slammed on the brakes and swerved the car and flew into the ramp on the side of the road. I shrieked as we flipped over it and tumbled down the hill. My windows and windshields shattered and glass flew everywhere.
My head banged against everything and all I could think about was Anthony. When we finally crashed into a tree at the bottom of the hill I coughed as the smoke from the engine filled my nose. I could hear the engine sizzling and groaning. I smelt blood and it was mine and I reached up and touched my forehead before croaking Anthony's name before I fell unconscious.
"Hello? Is anybody in there?"
"Hello! Ma'm can you hear me?"
A voice called out to me in the darkness but I didn't want to stir.
"Ma'm I need you to respond if you can hear my voice!" A panicked voice called to me. It sounded heavenly and I wondered if I was in heaven.
I started to become aware of my senses and surroundings. I registered I was laying on something hard and wet and cold. Water sprayed my face and an awful smell filled my nose. My head was throbbing and I groaned in pain.
"Ma'm I need you to respond to my voice!" The voice was still calling for me. It was a soft voice yet commanding as well. It was warm and silky like velvet and I wanted to curl up in it. I was slowly becoming more and more aware of what was going on.
I hear rain and howling wind. What was I doing before this? I racked my brains until it slowly came back. I was driving home from….from work! That's it! Someone was with me it was….Anthony. There was a deer and then I swerved and we crashed. We crashed! WE CRASHED!
My eyes flew open and I bolted upright, startling the person leaning over me. My eyes darted to what was left of the backseat to be greeted by an empty seat. Fear pitted in my stomach as I started to get up.
"Where is he?" I cried as I searched frantically for him around me.
"Where is who ma'm?" The man's smooth voice asked in confusion.
"Anthony! ANTHONY!" I shouted and the man looked taken aback.
I pushed him out of the way and stumbled of the open door. I slipped in the mud and tumbled to the ground. I sloshed in the mud while the rain stung my eyes. I stood and the man rushed to my side.
"I don't think you should be moving around right now. Take it easy I've called the whole team alright?" He said while taking my arm and trying to sit me down.
He obviously has never known what a mother feels like when her baby is all alone out there to fend for him. He never knew what it was like to be separated from her baby.
"No! I have to find Anthony! He's all alone!" I wailed as I tried to make it up the steep hill and slipped a couple of times.
"Who is Anthony?" The man asked and I looked up at him. He was tall and I couldn't see his face very well but his hair was very noticeable. It was vibrant, even in the night.
"Anthony is my son!" I cried and the man nodded. He immediately took my hand and dragged me to his truck and opened his door. He reached in and pulled out a radio.
"Forks 1 come in this Cullen here and I have a crash down on I-19 with a missing child alert." He said. (I don't know what they say!)
"Forks 1 copies and help is on the way! Report missing child." Was the static reply. My breathing was becoming more hitched and I felt like the world was spinning on its axis. I must've stumbled or something because I was falling backwards but a strong pair of arms wrapped around my waist and held me tight.
I was sat on the grass and had a blanket draped over my shoulders.
"Crash involves a woman around her late twenties and her son who she reports is missing. Send back up to help search. Kid took off somewhere in the woods." The man named Cullen replied.
I stood up and threw the blanket off my shoulders and stumbled forward. I cupped my hands around my mouth and took a deep breath.
"ANTHONY!" I screamed as loud as I could over the horrendous storm.
"ANTHONY!" Another hoarse yell came from me.
"ANTHONY!" I heard Cullen call and he called again and again until I realized something.
"Hey! I need to tell you something important!" I said and the man came to me.
"He won't answer you ok? He isn't retarded but he has language and speech development issues and he doesn't talk alright? So if you search you can call but he will never answer." I said as tears welled in my eyes.
"Don't worry we'll find Anthony." The man said sincerely and just then I heard sirens wailing as they rushed to the scene. All cars pulled up to see the action including news vans and local newspaper stations. The EMT's rushed to me and ordered me to sit down.
As I sat on the back of the ambulance with a blanket draped around my shivering form a burly, muscled man came to me with a tall man behind him.
"Hello Ms…..?" The burly man asked.
"Swan. Isabella Swan." I said and the man smiled. He was cute with his dimples and his curly brown hair and brown eyes. Behind him stood the most gorgeous man I've ever seen. He was tall and muscular but not like the curly haired man. He had emerald eyes that watched and observed every little detail. They were mesmerizing along with his unruly bronze hair.
His high cheekbones and chiseled features made him even more attractive.
"Hello Ms. Swan I'm Emmett Cullen and lead Detective for the Forks Police Department. I'm here to ask you some questions about you and your son." He said and I swallowed as a fresh batch of tears came.
"Please state your full name." Emmett said.
"Isabella Marie Swan & Anthony Dylan Swan." I said and Emmett scribbled this down.
"Alright ages and address." He said.
"28 & 4. 128 Brickmill Ln." I replied.
"Alright, date of births and places where you were born." He said.
"September 13th, 1982 & July 12th, 2006. I was born in Atlanta, Georgia and he was born in Atlanta, Georgia." I said.
"Alright your birth parents and his." Emmett mumbled.
"Charlie Jack Swan & Renee Emily Jackson Swan are my parents. His are Isabella Marie Swan & Jacob Kyle Black." I said making up Jacob's middle name.
This went on for another 10 minutes until he got to the vital parts.
"Alright can you tell me what Anthony looks like?" Emmett asked.
"Well he is about 3'5 with blackish-brown hair and hazel eyes. He was wearing a Spider Man T-shirt with some shorts and sneakers." I said and Emmett nodded.
"Can you tell me what happened here?" He asked and I nodded.
"I was driving home from work when a buck ran into the road and I swerved to avoid hitting it and I flipped over the ramp and then crashed into this tree. I was knocked unconscious and when I woke up to him trying to wake me I noticed my son was gone." I said while a tear rolled down my cheek.
"I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself. My name is Edward Cullen and I'm a firefighter here at Forks Fire Department." He said and I gave a nod.
"Will you find my son?" I begged Emmett who nodded.
"We'll try our best." He said.
A/N: Duh Duh Duh! Sort of a cliff hanger there huh? I would love to know what your input is for this story. Do you think I should continue or quit? It all depends on your reviews and support. :D So its up to you! My goal for this chapter if you guys like it is to get at least 5 reviews. If you don't like it then tell me and I'll give up on this story. Anyways, leave me something and tell me what you think about it. If you like this story than hopefully the next chapter will be up soon.