AN: So here's the first chapter of 'Whatever happened to happy endings?'
I'd like to thank everyone who supported me while I was writing OUAT and who encouraged me to write its sequel.
This chapter is dedicated to WeepingWillow1494, whose review inspired me to write this and to Drish, who never fails to support and encourage me in everything I do.
Disclaimer: Ha-ha oh how I wished I could say I owned EDWARD CULLEN! Sadly, I do not; he belongs to both Bella and Stephenie Meyer.
Four years later…
Eleven years ago, my faith in fairy tales was restored when I met my Knight in shining armour, Edward Cullen. I truly believed that Edward's and my love was one that would last an eternity; these days however, I'm not so sure…
"Mummy!" an insistent voice shrieked, waking me from my reverie. Staring down at the big brown orbs of my little daughter, my heart filled with love and I once more allowed myself to daydream, this time about the day I gave birth.
Two years and three months ago…
"I HATE you Edward!" I screamed as another contraction hit me.
"This is all your fault!"
"I'm sorry love." Edward said stroking my hand, the hand that was currently crushing his other one. Today he was extra pale and looked quite tired. I almost felt sorry for yelling at him, but then another contraction hit. I screamed.
"Ok Bella, you're doing great. One more push and she'll be out." Doctor Reynolds said softly. With all the strength I had left, I pushed… suddenly a cry filled the room. Exhausted I fell back on the pillow and closed my eyes.
"Would you like to hold your daughter?" a voice asked.
"Yes, I said my eyes snapping open. She was placed on my chest and I was finally able to look at the little girl that had been creating havoc in my womb for the past 9 months. As I looked into her beautiful brown eyes, my heart suddenly swelled and in that moment I understood what everyone meant when they said a mother's love was a powerful thing.
"Mummy!"
"Sorry Baby." I said smiling down at my little Alyssa; she stood in front of me, her little hands on her hips and her mouth pouted.
"You not listen!" she scolded me.
"I am sorry little one." I said, stroking her hair, so like her fathers. Sighing, I blinked back my tears. For the past year, Edward and I had been having issues. It started small, Edward being the newest Resident as South Central Hospital, a job Edward and I had left our family behind to move to Seattle for, had been working long hours. I too had been preoccupied with caring for Lissy and starting my job as a teacher for first graders at the local elementary school. Soon though, the fact that we hardly saw one another meant that we slowly became strangers to each other. What little time we did spend together, we spent fighting. Once we had been so in love, now however, I feared what came next, for the only thing I saw in our future was divorce…
AN: Please review and let me know if you want me to continue!