Hey! I've written a couple stories like this before but they were on a different account or a deleted them, oops! First one I've sat down to write in a looooong time.
typical A/N being that i have zero rights to the Twilight story I've just pinched the characters for a little while. :)
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1Edward
The day after my birthday felt like the calm before the storm, I pulled into the school car park in my beat up red truck my hand throbbing under the dressing where the stitches held the cuts together. The first thing that set me on edge was that none of the Cullen's vehicles were here, not even Edward's Volvo; it was normal for some of the siblings to skip school to go on hunting trips but they usually tried to keep up appearances by a couple of them attending when others didn't.
I hadn't told anyone it was my birthday yesterday so when Angela and Jessica had balloons waiting for me at my locker I flushed red and tried my best to shush them before the out of tune happy birthday song started.
"How did you know?" I asked after thanking them awkwardly.
"Your Dad can't keep anything quiet, you're lucky the rest of our year isn't here serenading you!" Jessica said, always with a hint of jealousy. Classic Jess, classic Charlie.
"So tell us, how'd last night go? Oh my God what happened to you hand?" Angela's eyes bugged out of her head when she saw my hand.
"It was nothing I slipped and cut my hand, Carlisle was there so he stitched it up." I shrugged as if it was nothing, leaving out the part about me almost becoming vampire chow.
"Well how was the rest of the party? Did Edward get you something amazing? Where is it?" Jessica asked with both enthusiasm and jealousy.
"Oh uh, the party was fine we just had dinner; my hand kind of cut the festivities short though." I shrugged wanting to change the subject, Jessica looked thrilled that I hadn't received anything from Edward.
The bell rang, signaling class starting saving me from more awkward conversation with Jessica but Angela and I had the same class first up, English. We walked in a comfortable silence, neither needing to make mindless chatter to fill the air both giving the other a smile as we took our seats on opposite sides of the room.
I spent the rest of the school day wishing and hoping that Edward, Emmett, Alice or even Rosalie of all people would walk through the door and save me from the everyday teenager. Mike had managed to ask me out twice more before the final bell rang dismissing us and I couldn't get out of there fast enough, someone had taken it upon themselves to pop the balloons that stood by my locker first thing this morning which resulted in them laying in a crumpled heap in front of it instead; they kind of mirrored my soul right now, crumpled on the floor in the corner. Not seeing Edward at school had left me feeling on edge, things had been tense when we parted ways the night before but he wouldn't just up and leave on a hunting trip would he? I'd like the think not.
My questions were answered when I pulled back into Charlie's driveway, the truck crunching over the gravel as it came to a halt. I hadn't turned the engine off before Edward was stood there holding the door open for me.
"Hi," I greeted him not wanting to give away how his lack of presence had affected me today.
"Afternoon, Bella." He greeted somewhat coldly, his eyes were a vibrant amber which meant he'd been out feeding.
"Jessica and Angela bought me balloons today." I told him, taking his hand as I climbed down from the truck.
"That was nice of them," he released my hand and carried my bag inside for me, but things still felt off.
"Did you want to go for a walk through the woods?" He asked once my bag was on the counter.
"Through the woods?" He nodded.
"Isn't it dangerous for clumsy people to go trudging through the woods?" I laughed away my awkwardness.
"We won't go far, c'mon." He motioned for me to follow him out the back door. "Charlie will be home soon, you might want to leave him a note." He suggested.
"I thought we weren't going far?" I asked as a scribbled a note to Charlie leaving it on top of my bag.
"We're not, but he worked early this morning."
We walked for five or so minutes in an awkward silence, my hand throbbed as a rude reminder of what had happened the night before. Edward looked down at it as if he could feel it throbbing too.
"Did you all go hunting today?" I asked breaking the silence.
"Yeah, the rest of us met up with Jasper and Alice after last night." He answered as awkwardly as the silence had felt.
"Oh." I had nothing else to say.
"Look Bella, we're leaving." He said pulling my hand so I turned to look at him, stopping mid step.
"Oh. Where are we going?" I asked confused, he knew I had school.
"Not you, Bella. We're leaving." He stated again, firmer.
"We?" I could feel my frown growing deeper as I processed his words. "You're leaving me." He nodded.
"Do you not want me?" I felt my face fall and his hardened.
"We're leaving." He repeated for the third time.
"Well, I'll come with you!" I pleaded.
"You can't Bella, it's not safe for you."
"Edward, walking out the front door is dangerous for me. Please, Edward you make my life safer!"
"Last night would never have happened if I hadn't brought you to the house, Bella." He frowned, not looking me in the eye.
"You don't want me." I repeated again. "Am I not good enough for you Edward?" I felt the tears as they started to pool.
"No." Was his only response, I felt the world around me start to crumple.
"Please, Edward you can't do this!" The tears started to fall down my face, so I let them.
"You'll be better off with out me Bella, you'll be fine." He was so cold, as if he didn't care at all.
"Better off? You've got to be kidding me!" I must have been yelling loud enough for the entire town to hear me.
"Fine. You can't come with us because you're human Bella; you can't stay with us because you aren't like us. You're not good enough, it's not worth it." He spat in a way I'd never seen him speak, I took an involuntary step backwards.
You're not good enough, not worth it. The words repeated in my head as I struggled to find the words to respond.
"We're leaving Bella, don't try and follow us; not that you could anyway." He spat the last words as if they were venomous and just like that he turned and walked further into the woods, away from me, and everything we had.
Ignoring his instructions not to follow, I stumbled through the leaves, mud and branches; vision blurred by the tears flooding my face, hands numb from the cold it wasn't long before it started to poor with rain. Soaked to the bone I had no sense of direction and the further I walked the deeper into the woods I stumbled, between my body tremors and the tears it was impossible to think, to find a way out; the path was rapidly being washed away by the rain as it fell harder. I tripped, falling face down into a mud puddle; I lurched backward as the cold mud hit my face any strength I'd had at the beginning of the day was gone. What was the point after all, I wasn't worth it.
So I stayed there soaking wet and numb to the core wishing for death.
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There we have the first chapter! Pretty basic but give it time, I promise it'll be good! :)
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