Disclaimer: Yeah, so I used to own Twilight, but then I sold it to some woman Stephanie Meyer. What can I say, I needed fifteen bucks!
Summary: Its been five years since Edward left Bella, and now Bella is living in New York as a student at NYU and is dating Jacob. Bella has nearly given up on the hope that Edward will come back to get her, so she has let him fade into her past. Meanwhile, Edward has just left South America, and is searching for Bella. Will he find her? What will she do? And more importantly, will they get back together?
This is my first Twilight story, so it probably isn't going to be spectacular, but it will be okay. Oh just so you know this is like New Moon, except Edward didn't come back for Bella. Enjoy!
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Bella's P.O.V.
" Bella, I'm not going anywhere. I'll be here as long as you need me. I swear."
" Bella I love you"
" I'll never leave you alone again."
A noisy alarm clock interrupted my dream. I groggily shut of the alarm and looked at the time. 7:45. It was time to get up. My roommate Rachel yanked off the covers on her bed.
" There is a magic that happens once a day. Off with the covers and in with the day!"
Rachel sang her legendary morning wake-up song while she stripped my poor bed of the blankets, pillows, sheets, and other various comfort items. I groaned." Rachel! Shut up! I was getting up until you disturbed my inner peace!"
Rachel rolled her eyes. " Get over it. C'mon its time for breakfast. I got your favorite Poptarts waiting in the kitchen." I opened my eyes and stared at my roommate. Rachel was 5'5, extremely thin, and extremely hyper. She often reminded me of Alice Cullen. Rachel rolled her big blue eyes as I slowly got out of bed, and slid on my slippers.
Rachel dragged me into the kitchen, and sat me down at the buffet. Rachel's long honey blond hair was in a perfect ponytail, and she was wearing a colorful pink sundress with my white flip flops.
" Hey aren't those my shoes?" I managed to croak as Rachel brought me my plate of Poptarts and a cup of coffee. Rachel nodded as she sat down across from me.
"Yup. And I'm wearing them because they are the only thing that matches my outfit. Now what should we do with you today..." Rachel trailed off as she thought of what to dress up on me. I groaned.
"Rachel Nixon! I am not letting you dress me up today! Remember what happened yesterday?! You forgot about the curling iron in your hand, and my hair was all frizzy! Plus I hate scrubbing off all that eyeliner you put on me!" Rachel sighed.
"But Bella your so fun to dress up! Its like your my own personal Barbie or something! Ok how about this. You take a shower, I curl your hair, then put it in a pony tail like mine, then you wear what I choose! It won't be so bad! And plus if you don't let me do it now, then when Aubrey comes over later today she is going to insist on doing it. And you know how she gets." I groaned for the third time in the last 15 minutes, as I reluctantly surrendered and trudged to the shower. After my shower, I changed into my sweatpants and hoodie while Rachel came bouncing over, and escorted me over to her bed.
"Ok so you have really beautiful pale skin, so I'm going to give you something really natural. Just how you like it!" Rachel explained as she put the curlers in my blow-dried hair. Rachel showed me the outfit I was to be wearing today. Low-rise skinny jeans, and tight blue tank top, and blue flip flops. It seemed moderately conservative compared to the usual revealing skin-tight clothing she made me wear. To my dismay the jeans were very low and the shirt was very tight, which meant that basically half of my stomach was showing, along with my protruding hip bones.
" Rachel." I warned. " This is exposing way to much skin for my taste. As usual." Rachel rolled her eyes.
" Bella why not? You have a flat stomach, amazing legs, and a kick-ass butt. But nobody can see your amazing figure if you are always hiding under those baggy clothes you wear! Please wear it! For me?" Rachel put on her cute pouty face I couldn't stand.
" Fine! But only because I have nothing better to wear." I snapped. Rachel smiled and took out the curlers. After my hair and makeup was done, she insisted on spraying me with the floral perfume she bought me for my birthday last year.
There was a loud bang on the door and I jumped. Aubrey was here. Aubrey stormed in the dorm looking like the aftermath of a hurricane. Her shoulder-length red hair was not its usual glossy self, her big green eyes were lacking the usual sparkle, her puffy lips were chapped and set in an angry pout, and her slim body was dressed in baggy jeans and a long tee-shirt.
" Aubrey ! Whats wrong?!" Rachel said as she rushed to her side. Aubrey's voice was dry and crackly.
" Ben dumped me for Lauren Simpson! And he didn't even tell me about either! I found them making out on his couch last night. On my birthday!" Aubrey sobbed as Rachel rubbed her back. I stifled a giggle. Thats why she is so distraught?! A boy?! How pathetic. But since Aubrey was one of my friends, I figured I might as well comfort her as well.
" Its alright Aubrey. Lauren isn't even that pretty." I said while I sat down next to her and patted her back. She cried even harder. Rachel glared at me. We all knew that Lauren Simpson was a rich, beautiful bitch, but I guess stating the obvious was probably not going to help.
After 20 minutes of endless salt water, and endless snotty tissues on our floor, Aubrey returned to her dorm in peace.
"God! My ass hurts from sitting so long on that freaking couch!" I muttered under my breath as I stood up and stretched.
"Tell me about it. Hey doesn't your AP English class start in like five minutes?" Rachel said as she took a sip of her Diet Coke. I gasped.
"Shit! I'm going to be late!" I ran into our bedroom, grabbed my textbook, and stuffed it into my shoulder bag. Rachel sat at the counter and watched in amusement as I scrambled to get my shoes on popped a piece of Orbit gum in my mouth.
"Bye Rach! I'll see you in Physics." I yelled as I rushed down the corridor.
I sprinted out of the building, and ran ( more like tripped) all the way across campus until I reached the building my class was in. Of course I made it just as the professor walked in the classroom. He glared at me as I sat down at the back of the room.
" Today we are going to talk about the importance of literature in English..." Professor McGowan droned as my mind drifted off elsewhere. As usual I dreamed of Edward, and all of the promises he used to feed me back in high school.
" I love you Bella."
"I'll never leave you. I swear."
" I can't live without you Bella. You are the reason I live."
All of those stupid commitments. It was all bullshit. He never really loved me, he just said he did to pass the time. And if he couldn't live without me, then why hasn't he come back for me yet? Five years later! I still couldn't believe how stupid I had been back then. Saying that I couldn't bear life without him. That I loved him, that I needed him. All of that stuff I said. It meant something to me, but obviously nothing to him.
" I just don't want you anymore."
I still replay his last words to me in my head. He didn't want me?! Then why the hell was he around me all the time?! Why was he wasting his time with me?! He thought it was a game didn't he?! That he would make me fall for him, and then just leave. I wouldn't be surprised if he was doing the same thing to some other poor innocent girl at this very moment. Dazzling her with my favorite crooked smile. Saying the same rehearsed lines that he had said to me to some other girl who was unlucky enough to cross paths with him. I couldn't believe him. I had actually fallen for his games, and his lies. But not anymore. If I ever see Edward again, which I hope I won't, I will give him a piece of my mind. A really big piece of my mind. To bad he can't read my mind. I was pulled out of my thoughts by Jacob tapping my shoulder. I looked over at him.
" Are you Ok?" he asked quietly. I looked down at my hands. They were balled up into tiny fists, and I was squeezing the page that my book was opened to so hard that it was ripping. I blushed slightly.
" Yeah I'm fine." I responded in a monotone, still angry just after thinking about Edward.
After class Jacob slid his arm around me.
"Whats up babe? You looked pretty pissed in class back there." I tried to smile.
"Yeah It was nothing. Just thinking about someone that I would rather forget." Jacob glared.
"Talking 'bout that goddamn bloodsucker?! I don't blame you for being pissed. I swear next time I see him I'm gonna pound his bloodsucking little ass." Jacob was squeezing me so tight that I had to smack him to let go of me. He smiled bashfully.
"Sorry. So, um, hey you wanna come get something to eat with me and Embry? You can invite Rachel if you want." He looked down at me and smiled. Rachel and Embry were dating, and every time they saw each other they started making out. I sighed.
"Yeah I'm kinda hungry. But lets sit in between Embry and Rachel. You know how they get around each other." Jacob laughed.
When we arrived at the pizza place that we always went to, we saw that Embry was waiting for us, thank god, alone. I gave Embry a hug as I sat down.
" Hey Bells! Whats up? Wheres Rachel?" Embry asked with over the top enthusiasm. Me and Jacob exchanged and eyeroll.
"She is coming. But to prevent any make out sessions at the table. I'm sitting in between you guys." I said as I sat down next to him. He groaned but didn't object. Rachel arrived ten minutes later, and smiled when she saw Embry.
"Bella! Move! I wanna sit next to my Embry!" Rachel said the second she saw our table. I rolled my eyes and stood so she could scoot in the both, then sat down next to her. They instantly started kissing. Me and Jacob rolled our eyes.
" So have you talked to Charlie or Renee lately? I heard that Charlie got married to that one lady who lived down the street from you. What was her name? Was it Mary...? Margaret...?" Jacob said. I smiled wearily.
"Mary Watson. She is actually a really good match for Charlie. She is a good cook, she convinced him to move out of that crappy house and move into the cutest little cottage outside Seattle, and she is and amazing musician. I heard her play the violin one time. I was blown away. Plus she is really pretty, so Charlie can be proud of himself for scoring a gorgeous woman." I said as I chomped down on the tip of my cheese pizza. Jacob smiled.
"Billy told me he looks great. Didn't she convince him to lose like 40 pounds at the gym, and he actually did it? I was like, wow. Charlie has always had a pot-belly so I never really noticed it until I saw that picture of him my dad sent me." Jacob finished off the crust of his second piece of pizza.
Embry surprisingly actually stopped making out with Rachel for a minute to get some pizza and wolf it down. I rolled my eyes.
" Oh god! Jake did I tell you that Renee had her baby a couple days ago?! Its a baby boy. Sander John Phillips. He is really fat, but Phil and Renee are happy." I said excitedly as I pulled out my phone and showed Jacob the picture of Sander my mom sent me. Jacob laughed.
"He is a fat baby! He looks just like you used to when you were his age!" Jacob laughed, and I kicked him under the table.
"Shut up." I retorted. Rachel turned to us.
"Bella fat? Yeah right! Thats a sight I'll never see. Look at her! She is like a walking toothpick with a big mouth!" Jake and Embry burst out laughing. I rolled my eyes and smacked Rachel.
"What did I tell you about making comments about my weight?! I told you that I have a super high metabolism! And you are one to talk Rach. Look at yourself!" Everyone laughed as Rachel smacked her butt.
"At least I have an ass." Embry leaned forward.
"Yes you do. And a very nice one at that." I rolled my eyes as they returned to their spit exchange. I glanced at the clock on the wall above the store window. Something out the window caught my eye. I saw a quick flash of a familiar bronze. I froze. Was it... Edward?! Jake must have noticed how pale my face had colored, for he touched my hand and looked at me curiously.
"Bella! Bella Swan! Are you listening to me?!" I heard Rachel's hoarse voice ask. I looked over and saw that Rachel's naturally tanned face was looking at me expectantly. I nodded mutely as she continued droning on to Jake and Embry about Ben and Mackenzie's break-up. I was trying to focus on Rachel, but I kept seeing his pale face in my mind smiling that infamous crooked smile. I needed some air.
"Hey guys do you mind if I step outside for a minute? I'm feeling kinda sweaty." I said while standing up. Rachel and Embry barely even acknowledged what I was saying, but nodded anyway. Jake looked at me worriedly.
"Bella? Are you feeling alright? Do you want me to take your temperature? You look kinda pale." He stood up and followed me outside. I was engulfed in the warm spring air as I stepped outside the shop.
"Yeah I'll be fine, I just need some fresh air. You can go back inside." I replied while sitting down on a nearby bench. Jake looked at me unconvinced.
"Are you sure your not gonna pass out? Because I'll take you back to my dorm for the rest of the day and we can rest..." Jake smirked mysteriously while he said the last part. I knew what he was implying, and as tempting as it sounded, I rejected the offer.
"Nah, you still have to go to classes and you have that huge biology exam tomorrow so you shouldn't skip class today. " I noticed that his face fell as he faced my rejection. I felt bad so I added, " But later after biology... I'm free." Jake grinned and winked at me.
"Later it is. I'll take you up on that Sawn! You better not ditch!" Jake called as he went back inside and joined Embry and Rachel. I rolled my eyes and sighed.
I walked back to my dorm and kicked of my shoes. I changed into short shorts, and a tank top, then turned on the TV. Somehow I kept feeling that I really did see Edward today. Maybe I'm just crazy.
Yayy! First chapter! Wow that was pretty long for me! I hope that your liking my story as much as I am. Next chapter is Edward's P.O.V. !
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