This is a "what if" story. What if Bree didn't fall in love with Diego? What if she didn't have to go to battle to find him? What if she could have followed Fred and lived?
Ok. So this is set right before Riley has the newborns leave for battle. Bree and Diego still have their adventure but she doesn't fall in love with him. I never really like the Bree/Diego thing. Everything else up to this point is the same.
Italicized parts are from The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner I wanted the words in the beginning to be right so they are from Stephanie Meyer's book, I do not own them. I also don't own any of the characters, plot, etc.
P.S. This is my first fanfiction and I know I am not the best writer, so please read and review! I will take them all to heart!
"Riley wont be able to think of me for about twenty minutes or so," Fred told me, his voice casual and familiar, like we'd had a million conversations in the past. "I've been gauging the time. Even a good distance away, he'll feel sick if he tries to remember me."
"Really? That's cool." I'd known he was talented, but I didn't realize how amazing that was until now. I'd been so focused on trying to figure out what was going to happen, I hadn't noticed much about Fred. Now that I think about it, he was pretty amazing. And unbelievably handsome. Not that we all weren't; he was just something more.
I couldn't think about that now. Now I had to focus. We can't go fight. I'm positive that would be a bad idea. Riley lied. She lied. And the dark cloaks….I don't even want to think about them.
I turned my attention back to Fred who was smiling. "I've been practicing, keeping track of the effects. I can make myself totally invisible now. No one can look at me if I don't want them to."
"I've noticed," I said, then paused and guessed, "You're not going?"
Fred shook his head. "Of course not. It's obvious we're not being told what we need to know. I'm not going to be Riley's pawn."
So Fred knew too. "There was A LOT we were not being told. Riley lied about more than just the sun thing. There is more than one set of enemies."
"I'm not surprised," Fred said. "And I'm out. I'm going to explore on my own, see the world. Or I was going on my own, but then I thought maybe you might want to come, too. You'd be pretty safe with me. No one will be able to follow us"
Wow. It took me a second to process that. Fred cared. I was kind of surprised that he cared so much, and extremely happy to find that he did. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. We had grown to be friends and I had really wanted to talk to him about leaving. I wanted him to be safe. I didn't know why I was so happy that he asked, happy that he wanted me to be with him. My stomach started doing little flips. I just let that go.
But, I couldn't just leave. What about Diego? I have been so worried since he didn't come back with Riley. He and Fred are the only friends I have. I've been having this feeling I couldn't shake, just knowing something bad has happened, despite Riley's story. But I've shied away from those thoughts. Not wanting to really think them through. But, now it hit me.
Diego was dead. He had to be.
I had noticed the change in Riley, noticed his now cold and hardened face. Something happened to him. Now I knew what it was. She had killed Diego. He had helped her do it. All this clicked together, and I instinctively knew I was right.
We had to get out of here. Fred and me needed to get somewhere safe. I don't know where we would go, but we would go somewhere and we would be safe. I always felt safe with Fred. I knew he would take care of me. The way he did before with the others.
As soon as I thought that, I realized I wanted to go with Fred. And he wanted me to go with him. The thought made me strangely excited and happy.
"Really?" I asked, smiling.
"Really." He said, smiling back. It was a beautiful smile. There was just something about Fred. The look in his eye… I don't know what it was, but looking into his eyes now, I felt something change. All of a sudden, I knew I would follow him anywhere. I would do anything for him. So suddenly, I'm not really sure what happened, I knew, with every fiber of my being, I loved him.
I just stood there, with a stupid looking smile on my face, just staring at him. He smiled back though. And there was this look in his eyes. A look that said maybe there was a chance that he might like me too.
That was probably just wishful thinking though. I sighed despairingly.
He held out his hand, and I took it. We ran through the forest as far away from the battle as possible. With out looking back.
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