Once In A Blue Moon, That Girl There x
Summary: Alternative Universe. Alternative Breaking Dawn. Written before Breaking Dawn's publishing. Bella finally has made her choice, Edward. But there is no happy endings in real life. Marriage, family... and an attack that could cost Bella everything that she worked for and loved.
Rating: Teen
Stephenie Meyer owns any Twilight characters that may appear in this story. The remainder is my original work. Copyright 2008 by That Girl There x. No copying or reproduction of this work is permitted without my express written authorization.
Can you meet me halfway, right at the boarderline
That's where I'm gonna wait, for you
I'll be lookin out, night n'day
Took my heart to the limit, and this is where I'll stay
I can't go any further then this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
Meet Me Halfway- Black Eyed Peas
Chapter One
I glowered at the sky.
"I'll get you home." He brushed the tiny beads of water from my cheeks
"Rain's not the problem," I grumbled. "It just means that it's time to go do something that will be very unpleasant and possibly even highly dangerous."
His eyes widened in alarm.
"It's a good thing you're bulletproof." I sighed. "I'm going to need that ring. It's time to tell Charlie."
He laughed at the expression on my face. "Highly dangerous," he agreed. He laughed again and then reached into the pocket of his jeans. "But at least there's no need for a side trip."
He once again slid my ring into place on the third finger of my left hand.
Where it would stay- conceivably for the rest of eternity.
He really was waiting to force it on me at any moment of weakness, I thought as he pulled me onto his back to run back to my truck. Carrying it around in his pocket was a bit much. Obviously not as much as worrying so much about telling Charlie to the point of distracting myself. I even let Edward drive home, even though he never respected my truck's boundaries. I tried to think of what I was going to say to Charlie, knowing it was all going to come out as mush anyway. Before I even realised we were in Forks, Edward pulled up outside my house.
"We don't have to this now if you don't want to," he murmured in my ear as he reached out to take back my ring.
"No, no, we have to do this now, or else I'll never do it." I hopped out of the truck determined. Edward ran around quickly to be at my side, and he took my hand.
As we walked Edward was silent and I couldn't help but stare down at the object that was weighing down on my finger of the left hand. It was all because of what I had to tell Charlie that I was walking very slowly before entering the house, even though it was now raining heavily.
Despite Charlie's inability to cook and his lack of conversation for the most part, I knew I was going to miss him. But I was doing this because of that tall, marble- like, vampire next to me. As if he could read my thoughts, Edward looked down into my eyes, smiled crookedly and squeezed my fingers for a second.
As we entered the house Charlie was lying down on the couch in the living room. The television was glowing, and there was a game on.
"Hey kids," Charlie greeted us, not turning towards us as we entered.
"Hi dad!" I blurted out before running towards the kitchen. Edward followed me, rolling his eyes as he caught me trying to take deep breaths. I straightened myself up and brushed down my jeans, even though they were soaked and sticking to me. I strode purposely towards the living room.
"Dad, any chance you could turn off the game? I need to tell you something; we need to tell you something." I corrected myself, looking up at Edward.
Charlie shot Edward a dirty look as he got up to switch off the television. Edward grimaced slightly; I really didn't want to know what was going through Charlie's mind.
I tried to gather my thoughts on what to say, while Charlie settled himself back down on the couch.
"Well..." Charlie said, still glaring at Edward.
"Dad, I don't know how to say this, but I and Edward are... are... are..." I stuttered. I couldn't get it out.
"Are what? Bell" Charlie asked, a serious tone entering his voice.
I quickly glanced up at Edward's face, and he smiled at me encouragingly and squeezed my hand reassuringly.
"Are engaged," I finished quietly.
I kept looking at my knees. I didn't have the courage to look at him. He still hadn't said anything when I looked up. Edward's facial expression wasn't giving any indication of what Charlie was thinking.
"Charlie?" I raised my voice a little to get his attention. He gulped and looked at me.
"That's, that's, Renee is going to have a fit!" he finished. I flinched; I was avoiding thinking about Renee's reaction.
Suddenly Charlie stood up and walked straight out of the room without looking at either Edward or myself. The front door slammed and I spotted Charlie hopping into the cruiser and driving away.
"That wasn't as bad as I expected" Edward said finally.
"Are you insane? It wasn't that bad? He couldn't even look at me!" My voice grew higher as I tried to speak.
"He was just shocked; he didn't know how to react." Edward patted my knee.
"Are you sure? What if it was something worse?" I mumbled.
"Like what?" Edward asked, with a strange look on his face.
"Like... I don't know... disapproval?" I stumbled over my words, not able to meet his eyes.
"Hey," he said, cupping my chin into his hand so I couldn't help but look into his deep golden eyes. "Disapproval of what? You are doing what you want. Which is a lot better than what you plan on doing in a couple of months!" he chuckled.
"Can we not discuss that right now?" I pulled my chin out of his hand.
"Bella, relax. He can't stay mad at you forever, especially when he finds out it is Alice who is planning the wedding" he said, still chuckling.
"Ugh!" I groaned. "I still can't believe I gave into her."
"Don't worry, we'll keep it small," he promised.
"Ha, like she could keep anything small. You are coming over later, right?" I asked, sensing he was about to leave.
"Uh... not tonight... I think Charlie will want to talk to you eventually. I'm not sure I should be around for that, but I'll come over first thing tomorrow. We can go talk some sense into Alice."
"Fine," I grumbled.
"I love you" he whispered before kissing me, and then, like always; he was gone before I could say anything else.
Of course Edward was right; Charlie did want to talk to me. It took a lot longer than I expected. He came back nearly three hours later, while I was reheating his dinner for the second time. He still refused to look at me.
Sometimes it would be easier to read minds; I thought, as he ate his dinner, he took a lot more time than usual.
Not being able to take the tension in the room anymore, I left it and walked up to my bedroom. I started to pack some clothes in a bag slowly, not sure why, but at least it was something to do. After packing and repacking several bags, I finally heard a muffled knock on the door and Charlie let himself in.
"Bella?" he started.
"What is it dad?" I said tiredly, I really needed to relax and get some sleep.
"I'm not happy with your decision to get married so soon after graduating, especially to the boy who left you less than a year ago," he stated.
I flinched at the memory; Edward leaving me was not what I wanted to be reminded of.
"But I assume I cannot talk you out of it, so I'm supporting your decision, even if I think it is irresponsible," he continued.
I looked up at him, his words not even registering properly; I ran over and gave him a hug with tears running down my cheeks. Charlie, surprised at my reaction, slowly wrapped his arms around my back.
"Thank you so much for supporting us dad, I do really love him, more than you could ever imagine," I said slowly, still hugging him.
A/N: Yes this was up before. But I realised I had never put up the remaining chapters, so I had to track down the whole story on an old computer. I have decided to edit it and repost it. The first bit in Italics is from page 619 of Eclipse