April 2016-
Welcome to my short story! I've always loved the idea of being taken away by the guy you loved. This is a treasure to me. This is the updated version (not perfect). I've decided to keep the original after this because it does have some differences. Enjoy!
Marry Me, Not Him
I looked out the window of the hideous car Mike chose to take me to church. I didn't even want to Imagine him waiting for me at the altar. Thinking about it made me wanna puke.
How the heck was I in this car you say?
Well getting married was never in my expectations, but I wanted to forget him. Shortly after Edward and I ended Mike proposed and I stupidly accepted. Why did I do it? Maybe because I was stupid and a complete moron.
If I ever got married, I thought it would be different. I imagined that all my friends would be there supporting me and that I was going to sneak out the night before just to see him. The person waiting for me right next to the priest was supposed to be Edward Cullen.
I sighed and I felt my eyes tear up as I remembered Edward. I remembered his crooked smile, the sharp angles of his cheekbones, and his tousled bronze hair. I couldn't help but sniffle as I remembered his most beautiful features…his eyes. They were wide and soft like emeralds. Whenever he begged me for anything with those eyes I couldn't say no. But you did my subconscious told me.
I wept a bit as I thought of him. I started to search for Kleenex in this wacked out limousine, but I couldn't find any. Well this car is useless, I thought to myself.
I gave the view outside a glance, but… Tacoma? I had to squint because my vision was terrible at long distance.
Tacoma?
We were supposed to go to Seattle not Tacoma.
I shuffled a bit on my seat as I tried move toward the window of the limo driver, but of course the huge puffy dress that Mike's mom gave me wouldn't let me move. This dress didn't look like a wedding dress in fact it made me look like I was some sort of elephant. Hated it like his mom! I smirked to myself as remembered that she hated me too.
When I finally managed to reach the partition I pushed the button so the window would lower. At that moment I felt the car go at a faster speed and I started sliding from my seat.
"Excuse me sir I was supposed to go to Seattle not Olympia." I stated when the window was halfway down. My voice kind of cracked at the end. What'd you get yourself into Bella this must be sign. I thought to myself. I wacked my forehead as I began to feel an urge to run. Run Bella this is your best chance.
No… I agreed to this marriage, so now I had to face it and suck it up. Edward was going to be happy with someone else so I had to try start a life of my own.
The driver didn't turn around he just stared up ahead and kept his eyes on the road as I tried to tap him through the partition.
What was his problem? Couldn't he see that he was making it harder for me to go there. I was beginning to debate it, but I didn't want to waver because I agreed to this mess.
"Excuse me Sir!-," I raised my voice.
He turned around and I gasped in shock.
"Hello Bella." He grinned as he cocked his eyebrow cheekily.
"Edward." I managed to gasp. I just stared.
His endless green eyes were beautiful and I was dazzled. I couldn't say anything after that nothing came out. He pulled the car to a halt and turned around to stare at me too. This was such a nice feeling. I tried to read his expressions as he stared, but I couldn't understand. I sighed. He was so handsome.
He suddenly grinned mischievously and winked before he turned around as he turned on the ignition.
"Edward what the hell do you think you're doing!" I screamed when I snapped out of my daze.
I was mad, furious, shocked, and I couldn't explain the feeling in my stomach. It dominated the bad ones, was it butterflies?
He chuckled like he normally did. Like heck it wasn't a normal time it wasn't! I was supposed to be making my way to the altar by now.
"Edward drive me back or I'm going to be late for my wedding." I seethed and I emphasized wedding at the end.
Edward looked back quickly before focusing on the road ahead once more. His jaw flexed and his grip on the wheel tightened instantly. He was upset. Feel the burn Cullen!
"Edward take me back." I warned as calmly as I could.
"Nope." He started smiling again, but without humor. He looked frustrated as he grabbed the end of his bronze hair and continued to drive on.
"Edward you know this is kidnapping I can send you to jail for this." I said.
He stayed quiet and continued driving as if I didn't exist, so I continued.
"Edward please take me to my wedding or I'm going to be super late and I think Tanya might get mad because you kidnapped your ex-" I rambled on.
"I am not dating Tanya." He cut me off. "How many times do I have to tell you. Besides we never broke up, so I'm not kidnapping you I'm actually saving you." I felt my lips close with anger. "And you're not my ex!" He emphasized the ex-part and I realized this was a silly situation.
"You're wrong." I mumbled...and it just couldn't be true. What was he trying to accomplish by this?
"What?" He quirked his eyebrow as he looked slightly over his shoulder.
"Edward." I paused, "we broke up remember at the party you broke up with me because of Tanya."
"I didn't break up with you, Bella. Can't you understand that already."
"Yes, you did! You said that we weren't functioning!" I exclaimed. I could feel the heat rise on my face Edward had broken up with me I remembered it clearly.
"Bella we were fighting about your book! And then I said we weren't functioning because our "telepathy" that never seemed to fail us didn't come up then. We didn't have the same thought about your book so I was about to explain to you that we needed to talk more. But then you suddenly fled off before I could say anything else." He explained.
I felt tears well up in my eyes again. Was he serious? We fought over something like that? Was this real? Had my temper been our demise? Telepathy? Yes, I remembered it was weird, but we always seemed to have the same thoughts in reference to books. I used to think that it was because he was my soulmate.
What difference did it make though? I was going to get married. Edward was dating Tanya. He was going to marry her. She told me and she showed me the damn ring. It was my ring!
I felt bad about the situation. Edward had been calling endlessly and he was pleading forgiveness in each message he had left me. I had decided that I was going to give him another chance. As I was thinking about going over my doorbell rang. I tumbled down the stairs with excitement. Maybe it was Edward, I thought.
It wasn't him but her.
"Hi Tanya." I mumbled. She was tall, blonde, blue eyes and everything. I was intimidated by her and I certainly was not expecting her.
"Bella." She smiled as she looked around my apartment with curiosity.
"Come in. " I managed to say. She came in and started looking around more intensely. She looked curious until she saw the picture with Edward. Her expression changed. She tightened her lips together and a contemplative look crossed her face.
"So what brings your visit to my humble home?" I asked as I crossed my arms.
She sat down and then she looked at me quizzically. Did I have shit on my face or something?
"Well…" She began, "As you may know I just arrived. I'm like Edward's extended family, but we're not actually related."
I nodded my head so that she would continue. What was she getting at?
"Well, I found out that you're very important to Edward and I came to ask you for help." Her eyes looked pleading and I eagerly nodded my head. She was too pretty.
"Well." She hesitated, "Edward proposed and I just wanted to know more about him. When I saw him again after so many years I instantly fell in love and he did too, but I just don't know a lot about him. I haven't been with him since we were kids. So I wanted to know if you could speak to me about him. What he likes? What he likes to see? Anything really." I looked down at her left hand and there it was the ring I had just rejected a few days ago. Love at first sight? Bitch! Damn Tanya!
"Edward just stop take me back I'm getting married! Can't you stop and get on with your life!" Tears smeared my makeup. I was angry at him. How dare he take me when he ended it with me and was engaged. He was trying to stir shit up and make my life miserable because I cared. Asshole!
"Bella, I can't!" He hit the steering wheel and groaned in exasperation. My tears seemed to be hitting him hard because his eyes softened. My tears were working.
I was beginning to celebrate this small victory, but then he chuckled slightly before pushing a button next to his steering wheel. The partition was closing and I scrambled toward it to try to push it down before it closed.
"Edward don't do this I know you don't love me! Cut the crap and take me back!" he wasn't listening. When the window closed I was angry, but the realization that I had a good excuse now wasn't too bad. I wasn't getting married at this rate.
But still he kidnapped me. He made me break a promise and that was something I never did. It was something I prided myself in!
I started banging on the window hysterically and crying out profanities, not at all my style... okay who was I kidding that was how Edward and I met...
"Alice what the fuck do you think you're doing! Fuck that guy! Fuck this dang mall! Fuck this clothes! Fuck your pretty eyes! " I was angry at my little best friend. Not little because of age, but height. I was mad because she had abandoned me at the mall for a guy. Not only that nope that didn't cut it she had left me with Jessica. My enemy.
"Sorry Bella but I just-"
"Don't shit me Alice you left me with my worst enemy! Fuck your height!" I cut her off. People at the mall started to look at us and I started to blush. Crap, I thought to myself, I did it again. I lost my temper. I was about to apologize toward little Alice, but I heard someone laughing. I took my eyes away from her to search for that person. She looked around in bewilderment also.
There only a few feet away was the most amazing good looking guy on the planet grinning at me. I stared like a dork. He was handsome. No that word didn't cover it; he was beyond that. Alice started patting my arm in remorse and then I remembered where I was. I felt myself go cold before glaring at him.
"What the fuck are you looking at." I snarled. That only made him laugh harder.
It was also the same here. When I cussed out loud Edward laughed out loud. I instantly blushed tomato red. I was losing it again. Even though he couldn't see me acting crazy I felt as if he knew how I felt and what I was thinking. I looked down and there on the bottom of my dress was the remote and I clicked it to open the window.
The window came down and I started grinning. Why hadn't I thought about that earlier?
"Edward Cullen! I am ordering you to take me the fuck back! I don't care why the fuck you're doing this but I want out." Fuck him.
Edward turned around and cracked a smile. He stopped the car at the side of the road and stared at me with so much intensity goosebumps crossed my arms. I waited for him to say something and he just looked. He cocked his head and smiled.
"Now that's more of the Bella I know. I thought Mike had changed you. I was scared I wouldn't find you. Bella I missed you." He whispered the last part as he inched closer toward the partition until he was about five inches away. I looked at him questioningly.
His eyes were truthful and when I felt myself stare longer than usual his eyes softened. He reached out through the partition asking for my hands and I let him hold my hands in his.
The electrical current went through at once and I shivered a bit in response. I missed this and him too.
"Bella I want you. I want you back with me I don't care if you don't want to marry me, but please stay with me." He begged.
I sucked in air as I tried to form words in my head, but I couldn't.
He took my hands to his lips and he kissed each one of them softly. I felt heart my heart rate speed up. I wanted Edward who was I kidding. I wanted him and I didn't care if Tanya had him for her. He wanted me. The kidnapping proved it because this was crazy. A crazy move from him to make since he was the serious Edward Cullen. I was the crazy one and he was the sane one, this was out of character for him!
Edward saw the ring in my left hand he reached for it. I looked at him curiously. He didn't have a set expression on his face he just seemed to be examining it.
He pulled out the ring in silence and he threw it somewhere in the car.
"Edward?" I questioned. I was curious what was he gonna do?
"Was that too much he asked?" He touched my face slightly and I couldn't speak, so I just shook my head. I closed my eyes as his hands continued to cradle my face. This feeling, this emotion, it made me shake in pleasure.
"Bella love… open your eyes." He whispered against my lips.
I was scared to open them. I don't know why, but I couldn't.
"Bella please." He begged.
I opened them and stared at his eyes since he was close to me. He reached out inside his coat and pulled out a small box. A square box! Could it be…
"Bella marry me." He stated firmly as he opened the small velvet box revealing my ring.
"I thought you proposed to Tanya." I quickly said. This couldn't be happening. This had to be some fucked up joke.
"No. I never did she took it out and she went to your house and showed, correct." He said as he looked at me straight in the eyes.
"Yes." I found myself uttering.
He nodded his head slightly before continuing, "That wasn't me you have to believe me. She's gone now she told me everything and I am sorry I couldn't see it before. So I'm guilty for that, but I never broke up with you."
His breath blew across my face, his eyes were earnest, and I was dazzled.
"Marry Me." He said. Edward never broke eye contact and the dizziness started to take over.
"Marry me… not him." he said again.
I felt my head nod and a smile breaking across my lips, "yes, forever." I whispered.
"Forever." He agreed.
He slid the ring on my finger and I pulled him for slow and passionate kiss.