A/N: Check out the Prequel to this story, because you might actually get lost.
And I am putting the disclaimer in the first chapter. I do not, I repeat, I do not own Twilight or any songs used here!! But I do own the other added on new characters.
Chapter 1: 6 Years Later
EdwardPOV
Hey, where are you? Your family is already waiting except Jasper is also late & the band will be here soon... P x3
I flipped open my phone and read the message, Damn I knew I was late. Running out the house I locked the door and raced across the street. It would be faster to walk. Across the street from my new apartment in Seattle was a huge park, I just had to cut through and walk across town.
I've been living in Seattle for a week now, my family moved back from New York a year ago. And I decided it was time to come back to Washington plus my parents were still in Forks.
I took out my phone, deciding it was best to write a quick reply.
Be there soon, on the way... E.
Multitasking never used to be a problem for me, just today it seemed like maybe I should have watched where I was walking.
Umph, I landed on the grass, seriously I hate falling.
"Sowwy Mister," said a little voice that was reaching for the jump rope tangled around my legs.
I picked up my face out the grass and saw a pair of hazel green eyes. "No problem sweetie."
I sat up and reached towards the jump rope, untangling it from from my ankles for her. She was a pretty little girl, her curly auburn hair were in pigtails and she wore a purple sun dress.
"Here you go," I said handing her the rope.
"Thank you," she mumbled, her cheeks turning pink. She blushes just like someone else I used to know.
I watched her start to walk away when two other little boys approached her. They looked about her age, along with a taller man.
"Lily, don't wander off again," he scolded. "Your mom will kill me if something happened to you."
The older man looked very familiar, he had tan skin and was fairly tall from this distance.
I tried to follow them before my phone beeped again. New Message.
They're here and you guys aren't... P
I had temporally forgot about the kids and when I looked back up, they were gone.
I raced across the park and down the streets, eventually when I noticed the Starbucks on the corner, I knew I had arrived.
"Hey man," came a voice that appeared outside the coffee shop. It was Jasper, with coffee in hand.
"Come'on we're late," I said dragging him into the studio.
"Jazzy," chimed my pixie of a sister. They embraced in a tight hug. "We were waiting for you guys the band is starting."
Behind the glass, the band was setting up. From what I could see there were two girls and three guys.
"Hey Edward, Thank God you're here. You almost missed it," Paige said taking my hand and leading me towards the mixing board. "This is James," she said, introducing me to a tall blonde man with piercing blue eyes. "He's their manager."
"Edward," I stated, shaking his hand. He excused himself as his cell phone rang and walked out the studio.
"What band is this?" Jasper called out, coming up behind us. Jasper's the music reviewer for The Seattle Times.
"Deaf By 30," Paige answered, fiddling with some buttons.
"Uh?" Jasper gulped, dropping his coffee on the ground.
We all rushed to clean up the mess before the wires got wet, when the intro to a song started over the speakers.
We stood up and looked at the band, there was dirty blonde haired guy on drums, a blonde hair guy on bass, and a small red head on the keyboard. In front of the lead microphone was a guy with brown shaggy hair with a guitar and next to him was another short girl with blonde hair poking out her gray hoodie. She was hauntingly familiar, I felt that same tug on my heart as I used to long ago.
[Guy]
I almost got drunk at school at 14
Where I almost made out with the homecoming queen
Who almost went on to be miss Texas
But lost to a slut with much bigger breastes
I almost dropped out to move to LA
Where I was almost famous for almost a day
[Guy & Girl]
And I almost had you
But I guess that doesn't cut it
Almost loved you
I almost wished u would've loved me too
The blonde girl wasn't necessarily hiding her face, you just couldn't see it underneath her hoodie, that and she danced around the studio to the beat of the music.
[Guy]
I almost held up a grocery store
Where I almost did 5 years and then 7 more
Cuz I almost got popped for a fight with a thug
Cuz he almost made off with a bunch of the drugs
That I almost got hooked on cuz you ran away
And I wish I woulda had the nerve to ask you to stay
[Guy & Girl]
And I almost had you
But I guess that doesn't cut it
Almost had you
And I didn't even know it
You kept me guessing and now I'm destined
to spend my time missing you
I almost wish you would've loved me too
[Guy]
Here I go thinking about all the things I could've done
I'm gonna need a forklift cuz all the baggage weighs a ton
I know we had our problems I can't remember one
The way she moved around to the music could hypnotize you. You knew she was beautiful even if you couldn't see her face. As she rocked her head to the music, her blonde hair flew everywhere.
The music slowed down a bit as she leaned her forehead against the guys forehead. He was smiling down at her as she began to sing alone.
[Girl]
I almost forgot to say something else
And if I cant fit it in I'll keep it all to myself
I almost wrote a song about you today
But I tore it all up and then I threw it away
Her voice was so familiar, it kept me rooted in place as she sang. It reminded me of someone I heard before, but now I only hear it in my dreams. She hasn't been around for years, she's probably far away from Washington.
[Guy & Girl]
And I almost had you
But I guess that doesn't cut it
Almost had you
And I didn't even know it
You kept me guessing and now I'm destined
to spend my time missing you
And I almost had you
And I almost had you
Almost had you
I almost wish you would've loved me too
Wish you would've loved me too
The music slowed to a stop and the lead singers embraced in tight hug. Slowly they started turning off the equipment. The band was exactly the fresh new sound that Paige was looking for.
"Good work guys," Paige said, pressing down a red button. "Come on out."
"Kay," they all shouted in unison.
The door to the studio opened and next to me Jasper froze as still as a statue. The group was young, probably around our age.
"Guys meet Deaf By 30," Paige started the introductions. "Deaf By 30 meet -"
But the saggy haired lead singer interrupted, "Jazz?" He walked up towards us, and gave Jasper a pat on the back, and then noticed me standing next to him. "What's up man? I'm Dre," he said introducing himself.
He smiled, extending his left hand towards me which I shook. "Nice to meet you."
"Hey Iz, its Jasper."
"Jasper?" rung a voice, from behind the group, she threw off her hood and ran towards my brother, pulling him into a hug.
After a while the shock wore off and Jasper returned the hug. When they were finished she backed up and I was met by the eyes of a ghost.
We locked gazes and her smiling face turned into one of surprise or shock, I couldn't tell.
"Bella?" Alice asked, shocked. "Is it really you?"
She stumbled back and lost her footing in her heels. My first instinct was to reach out for her but another pair of arms beat me to it.
"Izzy, be careful." Dre said, placing her back on her two feet.
"Still can't walk straight Jingle Bells?" Jasper laughed.
It was Bella, it had been 6 long years since I had seen her chocolate brown eyes or her mahogany brown hair – well now blonde hair. Wait, blonde?
"Edward?" she mumbled, clearly taken by surprise. Well that makes two of us.
"Bella, it is you." Alice & Rose cheered as they ran into her arms. "I can't believe you're really here. Where have you been? Why did you leave? Where did you go? When did you join a band? What happened to your hair? Never mind it looks nice. Since when do you wear heels? Are those Jimmy Choos? We love your outfit. Bella we missed you."
By the end of their little rant, my head was spinning. How Rose and Alice were able to talk in unison, I would never know. Sometimes you would think they shared the same mind.
"H-Hi," Bella stuttered. "I don't think this is the time or place to answer these questions."
"Bells and Whistles," Emmett boomed, wrapping her in a giant bear hug.
"Izzy," the red head whispered quietly. "I think this is our cue to leave." And with that the whole band except Dre, walked back into the recording studio.
"Wait," Paige interrupted. "You guys know each other?"
"Well yeah," Alice bounced. "Bella's like my sister and Jasper's best friend."
"Yeah, how do you know them?" Bella asked Paige gesturing towards us.
Paige looked over towards us, "Well Ed-"
"Mommy!!!" shouted a voice. We turned to see a little boy running into the studio while being chased by another little boy.
"Alex stop chasing Tony," shouted a husky voice, coming up behind them.
Alex stopped mid-run, while Tony ran into Bella's waiting hid his head under the veil of her long blonde hair. Wait mommy?
The owner of the husky voice came up behind us, with the same small girl I had bumped into in the park earlier.
"Bells honey," he said, not looking at us and passing the little girl off to Dre. "Alex wouldn't stop bugging..." His sentence trailed off as he noticed us standing here, "Oh shit."
"Jacob Black?" I choked out.
He looked nervously between Bella and I, "Edward. Been a long time, eh."
Jacob bent down nervously and picked up Alex. In the process, the gold wedding band on his left hand shone. My gaze dropped instinctively to Bella's left hand, and on her left ring finger was a single solitary black diamond ring. Married? Engaged?
"Mommy?" Emmett asked breaking the awkward silence. "Bells when did you become a mom?"
"Almost 6 years ago," she answered automatically, and then appeared shocked by her automatic response.
"Hi," said Alex, from Jacob's arms. He looked a lot like Bella, same eyes, same brown hair, same face. "My name is Alexander Dale and I'm 5 years old," he stated, holding out 5 fingers.
"Wait Dale like," Rosalie trailed off, looking at Emmett.
"I was named after my Jakey and uncle Em," he said matter-a-factly. "I just never met my uncle Em, but I've seen pictures. Mama says he's big like a bear." Rosalie pulled Emmett towards the little boy. "Mama," he whispered quietly, leaning over to his mother. "Is that uncle Em?"
Bella nodded her head and Jacob offered Emmett to grab him, which he did.
"Bella, they are truly beautiful," Rosalie said slowly, playing with the little boys hands. "But who's their father?"
"Our daddy isn't around," came a soft voice from Bella's arms. We all turned to look at the little boy who spoke and when we saw him, he slowly brought his head up from under his mom's hair. There was audible gasp from everyone in my family, except Jasper.
"He looks like," Alice started.
But I finished, "Me." The small child had bronze hair and my emerald green eyes. He was my exact copy, he was exactly what I looked like when I was 5.
"My name is Anthony Whitlock," he whispered quietly. "Alex is my big brother."
"But how?" I asked, Bella.
She reached for the little girl with her free arm and also held her close to her chest, "This is Lillian Alice. They're triplets. They'll be 6 in December, Alex is the oldest, then Tony, and lastly Lily."
My world started to spin. Bella, my Bella – well she isn't mine anymore, was a mother to three very beautiful almost 6 year olds. Bella could possibly be married to Jacob Black.
Wait they'll be 6 in December, she's 24 now meaning she had them at 18. But she left only a few months before she turned 18 so she had to be pregnant at 17.
"Bella," I said angrily. "Why did you leave Forks 6 years ago?"
She looked between the faces of her children and mine, I had I feeling I knew the answer and that made me even more angry.
"I left because I got pregnant," she said quietly. "And you're their father."
I felt the ground move from under me, the room started to spin and the last thing I remember seeing was her face before everything went black.
This is the first chapter of Not The One - the sequel to A Twist of Fate
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