Author's Note:
This idea has been incessantly buzzing around in my mind for the past few days, and I figured the only way to make it go away was to write about it. I'm sorry to say I don't exactly know where this story may take me, this is my first time writing something other than poetry, so I'll try to do my best. Try and be gently with the newbie over here. Reviews are welcome, yes even the flamers, because I want to get better at this. Also, I REALLY need a beta for this story, I can't catch everything and no one I know is remotely interested in Twilight, so they won't help. So please, someone volunteer in the name of imagination and creativity! I don't want to go back to video games! Anyway enough about me and my wants. Onward towards my (hopefully) glorious creation!
Disclaimer:
Twilight and all its characters belong to Stephanie Meyer. I am in no way shape or form making any sort of profit from this. All original characters are my own should I choose to make any. Yada, yada, yada. I'm sure you know the drill. Here goes nothing!
Prologue
As I sat on the cliff's edge, not even the beauty of the scene before me could ease my apprehension as to what I was about to do. The waves crashed against the rocks below the cliff I was waiting upon. The sun refracted gently off the water, causing hints if rainbows to appear in the mist. The sky was clear and there was a breeze so light, it caressed the wisps of hair around my ear like the gentlest of whispers. I thought is was fitting that the most beautiful day I have seen since my stay in Forks would occur when I finally asked her to meet me so that I may finally tell her of my feelings. The woman I had loved the moment I set eyes on her. The woman, who though her touch was as cold as winter's first frost, set my body aflame. The woman, who had become my best friend, my confidante, the center of my world. Alice.
After all her family and myself struggled through, my kidnapping and subsequent biting, the rescue, Alice having to suck the venom from my veins herself so that I wouldn't die, so that I wouldn't have my choice taken from me, I felt that it was time.
After almost being taken from her without her knowing how I truly felt about her and seeing if there was a way she would feel the same, I knew I couldn't be a coward any longer. I had to take a chance.
I had decided to make this a last-minute decision so that she wouldn't have a vision of this. I needed to catch her unaware so that she may not be able to hide her true feelings. I needed to see everything raw and unguarded so that I could tell how she truly felt for me. If there was even the slightest chance she had considered me, had seen me as something as more than a friend at some point, then I would spend the rest of my days convincing her of my love and trying I find a way to be with her.
I had texted, "I need to speak with you alone," 5 minutes ago. When she immediately texted back asking where I was, I told her I was on a beach near the boundary line of the wolves' territory. I was hoping that such a close proximity to the shifters would further guarantee that Alice wouldn't see what had I decided. Now I just waited for the woman who had so effortlessly taken my heart to arrive.
"Bella?" I stood up, but didn't turn away from the scene in front of me; I was still trying to gather what little courage I had. "What's wrong? What did you need to talk to me about? It felt like something serious from your message it." I took a deep breath and finally faced her. She wore a concerned expression on her face. I felt a pang in my heart. It hurts me when I see Alice distressed; it hurts even more knowing I am the cause. "Don't worry Alice, there's nothing wrong. There's just something important I want to say that I've been meaning to tell you for a long time. I've just been afraid of how you might take it." I see something unfamiliar flash through her eyes, but she remains silent. I take another deep breath and decide that if I don't do it now, I never will be able to work up the courage to do so again.
"Alice, I love..." I stopped suddenly when I felt the pain in my chest increase and start to spread like wildfire. I looked down to see a little dart-like vial protruding from my chest as it finishes injecting me with a clear substance. I look up to see Alice's horror-stricken face. "Bella!" I hear her scream my name, though it sounds like rustling leaves over the rush of blood in my ears. I stumble back in pain. I know what was in that vial now. Only one thing can cause pain like this, something I felt before, something I didn't think I'd feel again unless Alice felt as I do, something that would either let me be with her forever or would cause me a very gruesome death. Someone had shot me with a dart full of venom, just enough to kill me, but not enough to complete the change. All of this flashes through my mind as I take another step and start to fall backwards off the cliff.
"BELLA NO!" Alice screams with what sounds like everything in her. But even with her vampire speed, she is not quick enough to stop my descent. The shock of what was happening before her eyes had her rooted to her spot for just a second too long to save me. The burning had somehow faded away, and all I felt was an empty sensation. I didn't even feel the impact when I connected with the water. The last thing I heard was the muted sound of my name, the whirl of the water around me, and the slowing thud of my heart.