Summary: Their love was written in the stars. From day one, Edward Cullen and Bella Swan were destined to be together. But, what if their love never happened? What if she never fell for Edward and they remained strangers. He was just the boy who sat next to her in biology class. Instead, she fell for the innocent, adorable Jacob Black. She and Jacob were inseparable. Seeing them apart only meant terrible things. Until one day, Jacob told Bella abruptly that he was leaving, sending her into a spiraling down fall of depression. This depression soon droves all close to her away and she is once again, alone. But, then, one regular day, Edward speaks to her in class and everything inside her changes. The pain Jacob left her with finally begins to ease up and something inside her completely changes, leaving her wondering whether or not the feelings she feels for Edward are true. It doesn't take long for her to realize that she truly does love Edward but she can't shake the feelings she once felt for Jacob. But then, Jacob suddenly comes back and Bella is torn between the two and she learns things about the two of them that she never thought she would learn. Who will she choose and will the choice leave her without her life?
I sat in my house, waiting and waiting for the little Rabbit to pull into my driveway and for the beautiful, black-eyed boy to climb out and take me into his arms. But, he never showed and it wasn't until I was left with only 20 minutes before school started that I finally left the house.
Normally, Jacob would show up to my house before he went to school to tell me good morning and give me a tight hug, maybe a kiss. Normal guys would just call but Jacob had told me he didn't want to be a normal guy. That was one of the many reasons that I loved him.
School seemed to drag on. All day I kept wondering what had caused Jacob to not even show up at my house that morning and whether or not I had made him mad in some sort of way. For him to not show up meant something was wrong. He hadn't forgotten to come to my house since we first started dating. It was a good thing that I had read Wuthering Heights multiple times because I hadn't even been paying attention when Mr. Banner called on me to answer a question on the book.
"Bella, are you alright?" Angela asked me at lunch as I sat picking aimlessly at the apple on my plate. I had skipped breakfast so I hungry but I couldn't bring myself to eat.
"What? Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just a little tired," I lied, faking my best smile but I could tell that she wasn't convinced. She stared at me sadly. "Really, I'm fine. I'm not hungry and I'm tired and I'm just ready for this day to be over." Well, at least the last part was true. I stood up, smiled and threw away all the uneaten food and thankfully made my way to the last period of the day.
Slow was an understatement compared to how long it took for Biology to be over. Edward, who was the one who normally sat next to me, was absent so I had the table to myself. I just wanted to spread my arms over the table and close my eyes. I was so relieved when the bell finally rang.
I rushed out to my car and didn't waste any time as I pulled out of the parking lot. I needed to drive by Jacob's house on the reservation to see if he was actually there.
The normally 15 minute drive seemed to last 30 minutes and I came to find that he wasn't even home when I reached his house. So, I sighed and just drove home. Charlie wouldn't be home for a little while so I decided to cook dinner. It wasn't anything extravagant. It was just spaghetti since I hadn't made it in a while.
I took my time cooking the sauce, calling Jacob and getting no answer every few minutes. I cooked the pasta, cooked the garlic bread and put things together just as Charlie was getting home.
"Hey, Bells," Charlie greeted me, hanging up his jacket on the rack. "Something smells good. What's for dinner?"
"Spaghetti and garlic bread," I told him lamely, setting a steaming plate in front of him. I grabbed a plate and sat down at the small table across from him. "Have you talked to Billy today?"
"Yeah," he looked up at me like I had just asked him the question in a foreign language. "Why?"
"Well I haven't talked to Jacob today and it was really weird for him to not stop by before school this morning. I was just wondering if something was wrong because nobody was home when I stopped by. Is everything alright?"
"Yeah," he said. "I'm sure everything is fine. Why don't you try calling him again?"
"I think I will after dinner."
I ate as quickly as possible. I was so eager to call Jake and just hear his beautiful voice and to learn that I was over reacting about everything and I was just being the over protective girl friend. But, a part of me told me that was not was going to happen at all.
"Hello?" Billy answered coldly on the other line. I breathed a quick sigh of relief.
"Billy, its Bella. Is Jake there?" I asked quickly.
"No," he said quickly.
"Oh. Where is he?"
"Out."
"Do you know when he'll be back?"
"No. Don't call here anymore."
Before I could say anything, the line went dead and I was left standing in a state of shock. Billy had never been so cold to me. Something was definitely up and I would get to the bottom of it. For the second time of the day, I threw on my coat and drove through the pouring rain to his house.
I sat for what seemed like only a moment before I saw Billy stare at me coldly through the window. It was then that I decided that sitting in the rain in front of his house wouldn't do a thing so I turned around and drove home.
I threw off my wet coat and trudged sadly up the steps. The day had been long and treacherous and I was so ready for it to be over and ready for the uneasiness to disappear. But, something told me that it was just beginning.
"Homework time," I muttered, sitting down at my desk. As my computer slowly came alive, I noticed a note sticking out of one of my books on the desk. Seeing as how I hadn't put the note there myself, I snatched it out and unfolded it.
It was Jacob's messy handwriting that made my heart fall into my stomach.
Bella, we can't be together anymore. Don't call my house anymore because I won't answer and don't come looking for me because you won't find me. I'm sorry I had to write this on a note but it was the only safe way to end it.
Jacob.
Surprisingly, I started laughing even though deep down inside myself, I knew all too well that it wasn't a joke. After my laughter stopped, I stood still in a state of shock. I couldn't cry, I couldn't do anything. All I could do was stand and take in what had just happened to me. A part of me had just been ripped out from inside my body and it was like the blood was spreading all over my body, creating a gaping hole inside me.
"He's gone," I muttered, standing frozen, unable to believe that the love of my life had left me with nothing but a note. It was official that everything in my life at that point was over.
Life; over
Love: gone.