The Wrong Match
Disclaimer: Twilight is not mine, obviously. I just like to play with the characters :)
I just suddenly got the idea while I tried to sleep. I write this story just two hours ago because I failed to sleep.
Please read and please let me know what you think after that :)
I'll just shut up now and let you read. Hope you like it. Enjoy :)
Edward followed Bella's car after their date just made sure she made it home safely. He always worried about her in that truck. It was not as safe as Edward wanted for Bella's transportation.
They had been dated secretly for a few months now. It was started as innocent hang-out, but now it had been developed into a serious relationship. But secretly.
Bella was the one who asked to date secretly. Her dad, Charlie Swan, was the chief of police at their town. He really was an over-protective dad for his daughters. Bella just didn't want Edward had to get through a series of interrogation just for dating one of his daughter. Yet. It really happened once with Mike, Bella's sister's old boyfriend. Let's just say that Mike left their house with shaking feet after the interrogation. After that, Bella and her sister knew better than to bring their boyfriend home and meet their dad.
Bella so didn't want to let Edward experienced that interrogation.
Bella's sister, Angela, was 21 years old. She was two years older than Bella. She was old High School friend with Edward. They were in same grade and they had been in the same study group. It made Edward often came to The Swan's house along with his friends. That was what made Bella started to have crush on Edward.
Angela went to New York for college. She was majoring at Law and studied to become a lawyer. On the other hand, Bella went to University of Washington. She was majoring at English and studied to become a writer. From the facts, you can say that Bella was like her sister's backup. But, the sad thing was Angela didn't need backup.
Despite all of the competition between the sisters, they really loved and care for each other. Angela, being the older sister, always took care of Bella every time she needed to be taken care of. Bella, being the younger one, was always ready to cheer for her sister.
It was their summer vacation. They were home a couple of weeks. That was why Bella had to hide her relationship with Edward better than usual. They usually just dated like a normal couple, seeing the fact that they both went to UW.
That day, Angela just got news from their parents. She looked really happy when Bella got home after her date. Only, Angela didn't know that Bella just had a date. Angela waited for her sister at Bella's room. She really wanted to share her happy news with her sister immediately.
Bella, who just got home, was being dragged to the bed. She couldn't do anything besides starring at her older sister with a really confused expression.
"Okay, what is it? You look like you will burst any second now," Bella asked after she could find her voice again.
Angela smiled happily and look really giddy. Somehow Bella thought it was a little creepy seeing her sister, who usually very calm, looked like that. "Guess what mom and dad just told me," Angela said giddily.
Bella, still looked confused, just shook her head slowly. "Hmm.. they'll buy you a new car?" Bella guessed wildly.
Angela laughed out loud hearing her sister's suggestion. "No, silly," Angela said still giddily.
Bella just shrugged and shook her head, giving up. "Fine, what is it, then?"
Angela drew a deep breath before told her sister her news. "They arranged a marriage for me," she said quickly.
Bella's jaw dropped hearing this news. "What?" she screamed her question disbelievingly.
"They arranged a marriage for me," Angela repeated her news slowly this time.
"Yes, I already heard that part," Bella said with a frustrated tone. "Why the hell do you look happy then?" she said, couldn't understand her sister's reaction for that news.
"Why shouldn't I?" Angela said innocently.
"Do you mean that you agree with their plan?" Bella asked disbelievingly.
"Why can't I?" Angela said with confused expression.
"Angela, this is a 21st century. How can you agree with arranged marriage?" Bella asked again.
"Why shouldn't I? Mom and dad found a good match for me and I don't have anyone that I can call a boyfriend now. So why shouldn't I agree with them?"
"Whatever happened to freewill?" Bella asked desperately.
Angela laughed a little hearing Bella's rhetorical question. "Bella, please just be happy for me. I really need your support, you know," Angela said calmly.
Bella eyed Angela carefully. "You're really happy with this?" Bella asked. She didn't really believe her sister's reaction to this.
Angela smiled with a genuine smile. "Yes, I'm happy with this," she admitted.
"Really?" Bella asked again. "You're really truly happy with this? Not just because it's mom and dad's will. God knows, you will do anything that they asked you to do," Bella added.
That was true. Angela was always smart. That was why their parents want her to become a lawyer. So, Angela worked very hard to get into a law school and tried really hard to get a scholarship. On the other hand, Bella, being the younger one, were a little rebel. She just did what she wanted. Thank God, she didn't do anything that against the law. So, their parents just let her do that.
Angela nodded to answer Bella's question. "Yes, I'm really truly genuinely happy with the plan," she said, trying to convince Bella.
"How can you be happy with that?" Bella asked again.
Angela couldn't help herself and smiled widely. "I kinda had a crush on the guy that mom and dad arranged for me," she admitted shyly.
Bella shocked hearing this confession. "Really?" she asked, couldn't believe what she was hearing.
Angela nodded her head repeatedly.
"Who the hell is this guy? You never told me about any crush," Bella asked accusingly.
Angela smiled widely before answered that question. "It was kinda an old crush, you know. I went to high school with him. You should still remember him. He often came to this house back then," Angela said happily.
Suddenly, Bella felt her blood was drained from her face. She felt her heart stopped beating. She really had a bad feeling about this. "Who do you mean?" she asked slowly.
"It's Masen. You know, Edward Masen. Elizabeth Masen's son. You know she's friend with mom," Angela explained.
And all Bella's nightmares suddenly combined and happened all at once. She felt sick.
Bella couldn't sleep that night after her discussion with Angela. She just turned and turned in her bed. She wanted to cry, but she was just to tired to do that.
She ignored Edward's calls all night. She got a feeling that Edward also just knew about this news. She didn't want to face Edward yet.
When the sun rise, Bella didn't sleep even for a blink. Her cell phone that stopped ringing around 3 AM, started to ring again. She just looked at that thing coldly, seeing Edward's face on the screen.
After she had a shower, she finally decided to check her cell phone and read the texts from Edward.
Bella, why don't you answer the phone?
Love, please answer the phone.
Bella, did you get my messages? Why didn't you reply?
Bella, honey, please answer the phone. I'm going crazy now.
Love, please can't you at least send a text, just to let me know that you're still there with me.
Bella, we really need to talk. Please meet me at the meadow this morning. We really need to talk about this. I assumed you got the news as well, seeing you didn't want to answer my calls. But, please, talk to me. I really need you to be with me through all this. Love you.
Those were the texts that Edward sent started from last night till this morning. The last one came just a few minutes ago. The texts came with a few dozen missed calls from Edward.
Bella just sighed, starring at her cell phone.
Bella started to walk carefully through the path to the meadow. That was Edward's and her special place. Edward found that place when he was camping with his parents a few years ago. He shared it with Bella when they came home together after they started dating.
Bella saw Edward's car already park at the street before. So, she knew Edward was already there waiting for her.
She saw Edward pacing in the clearance that was their meadow after a few minutes' walk. It seemed like Edward heard her footsteps because he turned to face her instantly. He looked really relieved once he saw Bella.
He immediately ran toward her direction. He enveloped her in a hug once he was close enough to her to do that. He put his face at her hair immediately.
"God, you don't know how afraid I was when you didn't answer my calls," he whispered, still from his position at her hair.
He kissed her hair slowly before released her from the hug. He looked at her face with his hands still in her shoulders.
Bella, who stayed silent, just looked down and didn't want to look at his face.
Realization came to Edward. He suddenly felt panic, seeing Bella like that.
"Bella, please tell me that you'll be by my side through all of this shit," Edward asked hurriedly.
Bella didn't response for a while.
"Bella, please tell me that you'll fight this with me," Edward said again. "Please, Bella. Please tell me you'll fight for us. Tell me you'll fight for me," this time Edward practically begged her.
Bella didn't know how response to that. She really wanted to say yes and assured him that she would fight for them. But images of Angela's smiling face flashed through her mind. She couldn't just do what Edward asked her to do and forget about Angela's feeling.
She felt the tears in her eyes. Finally, she looked up to see Edward's face.
"I don't know what to do, Edward," she said with a sob.
Edward hugged her again tightly. "Why, Bella?" he whispered in her ear.
Bella just hugged him back tightly and didn't want to let go. She bowed down her head and just cried at his chest. At the end, she just made his T-shirt wet with her tears.
Edward released her once again and looked at her face. "Why don't you want to fight for us?" he asked once again.
"I want to. I really want to so badly. But.." a sob cut her sentence. After a few sobs, she continued. "I can't just forget Angela's feeling. She likes you, Edward."
"But I love you, Bella. I really love you. And I don't want anyone else," he said, emphasizing the 'really' part. "Don't you love me?" he asked desperately.
"Of course, I love you," Bella said with a sob. "But what about Angela? She..."
"She will get over it. I'm sure that she will be able to forget about me after we straighten out this shit," he said harshly.
"Please tell me that you'll fight for us," Edward continued softly this time. "Please promise me you'll do that for me," he begged again.
Looking Edward like that, all Bella could do was nodding her head before putting her face on his neck again. "I'll try to talk to Angela," she whispered softly.
"Hu-uh. We'll try to talk to them together," Edward said convincing her. And then Edward just hugged her again tightly. "I love you, Bella," he whispered again.
"I love you, too," Bella answered quietly.
A/N: So, what do you think?
I kinda have an idea to write a multi-chapter one for this story. But for now, I just made it one-shot.
So, please review and let me know what you really think.
Thanks for your time :)