Disclaimer: Twilight in no way belongs to me. If it did, I'd be ridiculously famous and have an ass of money. I'd also be a well-recognized best-selling author, but I'm not, so. . .
AN: Hey guys! So, I decided to write another story! As you can see, this one is actually Twilight.
This is my second fic being published, my first being Of Cigarettes and Desire. That was a multi-chapter South Park fic, and since I liked writing that one so much, I figured I would try my hand at a longer one.
If there's ever anything you don't like for a specific reason, or if there are little things I could do to improve my writing, then feel free to let me know in a review or PM.
AN 2: Okay, so the idea came to me after reading a few Bella/Paul stories; some great, some good, and some cringe-worthy.
I was always upset because, while you don't see much of Paul in The Twilight Saga, I'd gotten kind of obsessed with the thought of he and Bella as a couple, which didn't surprise me because I always love a bad boy.
Now, these stories always seem to have a catch. They're either so bad and out of character that I can't read them, or they're good/great, but they never get finished. I hate reading incomplete stories because there's always the possibility that the author can simply abandon them.
So, I decided to write one myself. Hope you like it.
AN 3: It's been a while since I've read the series, so I will be taking some liberties here and there. I'll also be changing some characters a bit, nothing major (hopefully), just some minor tweaking. Also, I can't for the life of me remember when Jacob tells Bella about imprinting, so I'm just gonna say he did it around the time she found out he was a wolf. Also, I like the technology of today, so I might use some things and songs that weren't out when Eclipse came out.
Full Summary:
Imagine that Bella and Paul didn't meet in New Moon. It's the night of the newborn lesson and one glance changes everything.
"Well," he purred as he turned to face her fully, "Isn't this interesting?"
Bella couldn't speak.
She could barely breathe as his voice seemed to wrap around her like a blanket made of the softest fabric known to man.
What was happening?
What was he doing to her?
Why did her body suddenly yearn for him, like he was the only thing that would ever matter for the re-
Oh no.
Oh God no.
Chapter One: In a Moment. . .
The only thing worse than taking Calculus is failing Calculus, which is exactly what Bella was doing.
Student shows no signs of improvement throughout the term. She no longer attempts to complete at-home assignments, and seldom answers correctly on assignments completed during class. Student shows no signs of motivation or desire to successfully complete the course. This is a cause of great concern as the semester draws to a close.
She continued to read her student evaluation as she walked out of the building to the parking lot, though she found she couldn't really care less.
Math was nothing compared to all of the other things she had going on, what with all the vampires and werewolves and whatnot.
But noooo . . . forget about possible impending doom, I absolutely need to know how to graph a fucking polynomial. Wait, is that this semester or last semester? Whatever, it doesn't matter.
Still internally fuming, she almost failed to acknowledge Angela, who was waiting for her by her truck.
"Hey, Ange. What's going on?" Bella said while throwing her bag on the seat.
"Well, my mom's going out of town with the twins this weekend, and she didn't feel comfortable leaving me alone for that long, so I told her I'd ask someone to come over. I obviously wouldn't ask a guy, and most of the other girls are friends with Lauren and they gossip a lot, and you're the only one I could probably spend that much time with and not have it get weird," Angela said in a rush, face getting redder by the second.
Bella stared at her for a moment, a little impressed that she said all of that in a single breath.
"So you want me to come over this weekend?" she asked, just to be sure.
"If you wouldn't mind, yeah."
"Yeah, of course. It should be fun; we don't really do things outside of school these days."
Angela beamed, seemingly very relieved.
"Great! Kay, I'll let my mom know. I gotta get home to wait for the twins, but I'll talk to you tomorrow," she said while making her way to her car.
Bella simply nodded with a smile and got into her truck, making her way home.
**LR**
Somehow making her way downstairs without injury, Bella opened the front door, surprised at the person on the other side of it.
"Seth, what are you doing here? It's almost nine and it's a school night."
There, on Bella's porch at 8:47 on a Thursday night, was little Seth Clearwater. Well, he wasn't really so little anymore; he was taller than her now, and filling out all the time. However, the shy but determined look on his face was like looking at a little kid, but she decided not to mention that to him.
"Hey Bella. Um, can I come in?"
"Sure," Bella said, stepping back to let him in.
"Where's Edward? Is he here?"
"No, they went hunting so they'd be good at the meet-up," she answered slowly.
"Oh. Good. Good," he said absently.
He paced around for a minute, and he looked kind of nervous.
"Seth, what's up? What's going on?" Bella asked, confused and needing to know what was going on with him.
Seth drew himself up to his full height, set a weird face, and said, "I need to know what your intentions are with Jacob."
Bella's face went through so many changes in that moment.
Shock. Irritation. Amusement.
She settled on amusement.
"He's my best friend, so I guess my intentions are for him to stay my best friend. Maybe have friendly excursions sometimes, have some fun. I don't know what you want me to say, Seth," she said with a bemused smile.
Seth seemed to deflate, and Bella felt a little bad for him, but he was the one who made the decision to make this little trip.
"You know he's in love with you. Hell, everyone knows! He's not shy about it," he said, dropping down onto the couch.
Bella sighed and went to sit next to him, running a hand through her hair.
"I'm sorry Seth, I really am. I just don't feel that way about him. I love him, I really do; just not in that way, and I've told him this multiple times. He just won't accept it. He thinks things are gonna suddenly change, but they're not. I don't know how to explain it, but I know that we don't belong together, Seth."
He looked at her with defeat on his face, but acceptance seemed to share the space.
He put on a hand on her head and ruffled her hair, laughing when she tried to bat his hand away. He sighed and pulled her close.
"I guess I understand; you can't help who you love. I just don't really get the whole vampire thing, but to each their own, right?" he said with a chuckle.
Should I tell him? I mean, it's Seth, he's not gonna rub it in my face, and he's not gonna excessively celebrate.
"Actually, I'm thinking of breaking up with Edward."
He went still. So did she.
The words hung in the air, and the ramifications of what she just said started coming to mind, but it was too late. She'd already said them.
"Are you serious right now? Like, seriously serious?"
"Yes, I'm seriously serious," Bella said, smiling at the extremely teenage response.
"Why? I mean, not that I have a problem with this, or don't have a problem with it, but – "
Seth's start to a surely spastic line of questioning was interrupted by a strong knock at the door.
Bella got up to answer it, silently wondering why she was getting so many unexpected visitors tonight.
"She really didn't expect Sam Uley's imposing form at her door.
"Sam? What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to get Seth. He didn't get home after patrol and he has school tomorrow," he said in that no-nonsense voice of his.
Bella heard movement behind her, and turned to see that Seth had come up behind her. His head was down, but his eyes connected with hers, message being passed clearly.
This conversation isn't over.
Bella nodded, knowing this for certain.
He moved passed her and Sam, making his way into the trees after a jaunty wave to her that returned in the same manner.
To her surprise, Sam didn't immediately leave, instead sitting down on her stoop.
"Sit with me for a second, Bella. I want us to have a talk."
Puzzled, Bella did as he bade, settling down comfortably next to him.
"I heard your talk with Seth."
Bella was silent. Which part, she wanted to ask him.
"Are you honestly considering leaving Edward?"
This was Sam. He'd found her in the woods when she'd been lost and given up on life when her only reason for living suddenly up and left with a few callous words and no hope to go on.
He'd come to visit her almost every day when she was learning to live again, and was happy when Jacob came back into her life.
He'd been extremely upset when she'd run off to Italy to save Edward from killing himself, and their relationship had suffered greatly when she got back together with him. He couldn't understand how she could take him back after all that she'd been through because of him, but he still only had her wellbeing in mind.
For him to hear, from her own mouth no less, that she was thinking of leaving him must have been like a sign from Taha Aki himself.
Because he was Sam, and because of what he meant to her and she to him, she'd tell him the truth.
"Yeah. Yeah, I am."
AN: Here we are at the end! If anyone's even reading this, I really wanna know what you think, so if you could, just leave me a review!