AN- Hi everyone! Ok, so this is a song based fic that was going to be a one shot, but I swear, as soon as I started writing it, it took on a mind of its own. I am smiling as I write this because it is completely unraveling in my head. I can't wait to share it with you! The story is very light and fluffy, nothing too heavy. I am warning you now: the background is very loosely explained. I wanted the focus to be more on Bella and Jacob. It came to me while listening to the song "Do You Remember" by Jay Sean. The lyrics are interspersed through out, and set the mood for each section of this little slice of Bella/Jacob heaven. Reviews=love! (I am completely not against POSITIVE reviews!!!!)
Disclaimer- Duh. I wish I owned Jacob…le sigh…
…And so she ran as fast as she could. Away from the Cullens, away from Charlie, away from Jacob, away from Forks…she knew it was the only thing to do. The Volturi knew she had NOT been changed and they would have come for her. They would come for all of them .It was her decision and her burden to bear when she had looked into Edward's golden eyes and realized, this was not what she wanted. When she had flinched at his cold touch against her face and said no to everything he had offered, everything she had wanted so bad, realizing in that very moment that what she wanted was a world where she could live, breath, and FEEL. Bella wanted the thump-thump of a heart racing under the palm of her hand, feel the steady rise and fall of a warm chest…feel the reckless emotion of someone who loved her with no caution.
Bella wanted Jacob.
But she ran. She ran before he knew, she ran before Edward found out she was planning to run, she ran before she could hurt Charlie with another one of her lies. She ran for Edward, for the Cullens, for Charlie…she ran for Jacob…
They never found her, but Alice kept her updated thru emails. Bella never answered, but was satisfied in knowing her running had saved them.
The email came one day that the Volturi had decided to let Bella live, Aro still considered her an all too fascinating and curious creature to destroy. He knew someday there paths would cross again and had decided to let her be, focusing on other important issues for the time. Alice had then written how the Cullen's had moved on from Forks…and that Edward had moved on as well. Bella felt a weight off her shoulders the day she read that email, justified for all her running, free from the guilt of leaving Edward, finally knowing his years of life and wisdom made him understand and move on…Bella finally responded, thanked Alice and promised to reconnect with the family she so loved.
…And here she was four years later. She found herself no longer running, instead standing still in front of the house that belonged to the sun that had brightened her life…Jacob Black…and as she stood there, she remembered…