Wedding Rehearsal
Disclaimer: Twilight and it's characters belong to Stephanie Meyer.
This story's plot belong to me..
Summary:
He was watching her for too long. She was convinced he had abandoned her. Her wedding was supposed to be the perfect getaway. He didn't think so.
Chapter one : I don't think so...
He always knew he had a dark side. People were often fascinated by his physical appearance and usually were forgiving when his temper was out of limits.
It was an advantage of being "too beautiful to even look at" as some female students had commented the first time he appeared in Forks high school. Their fascination lasted long after the day he finally left Forks.
For the new generation of students he had become a legend. Edward Cullen. Sex on legs, smart and heart breaker.
The victims were still referring to him as HE or HIM. And there were a lot of them. Students, young teachers, tutors, even one of the secretaries. But, one special citizen was immune to his charm.
The chief of police.
Forks was a very small town. Anyone who had a tendency to cause trouble was always on his list. The fact that the boy was one of Dr Carlisle's Cullen adopted kids had not prevented Charlie Swan from keeping his eyes on him.
In truth to be told Edward was not a bad person. Most of his tension was due to little tolerance in matters of justice and protecting his siblings.
The first week he had punched a student for making stupid comments about his "sisters". Both girls had suffered a lot while transferring from foster families to awful institutions and backwards.
Rose was so pretty, she had been attacked more than ten times, ending in hospitals more than six. The last was the worst.
Alice was special. She was talking about the future with confidence, like she knew things. When some of them had started becoming reality the kids were calling her " weirdo", little gipsy or witch. Her advanced sense of fashion had added a lot to their opinion about her.
But the main reason for their comments were their physical relation with his other adopted siblings.
Alice was with Jasper, a quiet boy from the South. He was the last adopted and still suffered from his bad past. Rose was with Emmet. His size was the one of a young bear. Deep inside, he was pure gold. His was not in school any more but had chosen to remain with the family. Edward was the first adopted. He was not paired up with someone. He didn't even date.
Although they were not physically related all five off them had a strong bond between them. Soon everybody in school had learned that nobody messed with the Cullens.
Edward's temper had got him in trouble several times. Some of his habits were also a "delicate matter" as the principal had called it when Carlisle had received a call from him three weeks after they had moved there from Chicago. He was caught smoking in the boy's toilet. There were others there doing the same thing but he was the only one who did not put his cigarette away when he was asked to by the invigilator teacher. He was expelled for a week.
After Emmet's graduation he and Jasper were always around their sisters. Nobody messed with the Cullens.
There was only one person except from his family that was a tender subject for Edward Cullen and that person was the most forbidden one to him by "Law". Isabella Swan, daughter of Charlie Swan, Chief of Police in Forks-Washington, and his classmate. She was an only child and had recently moved there from Phoenix, were she used to live with her mother.
Chief Swan could not hide his pride about his only child. He was forced to be separated from her for almost fifteen years. She was his little princess and everybody knew he had nothing more precious than her.
Isabella Swan had appeared one day in Forks High provoking immediately the male population by doing…absolutely nothing.
The first time Edward had heard about her was after the week he got expelled. The day he returned everybody was talking about Bella, the new student. Girls were just referring to her dad's occupation, her parent's divorce, and the fact that she had been transferred from Arizona. For the boys she was the shiny new toy, new flesh for their fags.
Edward was not impressed. He had been around since he was very young. Most of the students there had barely been outside from the state of Washington. They were fascinated with everything different.
Their meeting was totally unexpected. Despite his severe punishment, Edward had detention the first day he returned. Mr Smith was not fond of his criticism about Romeo and Juliet. In front of the whole class, he had accused Romeo being an "asshole", saying that he could just take her and go away instead of them taking both their lives, plus, who could be so in love at their ages. He was rewarded with one hour of detention after classes for a week and a five pages assignment about the book.
During his first detention hour he was alone in the class. The teacher responsible for him had to go several time to the toilet, probably due to food poisoning. The last time she had taken her personal things with her. He could not resist the temptation to have a smoke. He was not allowed to go out while expelled, except with the company of his parents, and smoking was not in their plans.
He was standing next to the open window when he heard someone entering. Just as he was ready to throw his sin outside, he noticed not the teacher but a girl he had never seen before, thoough he was sure he knew who she should be. The descriptions were accurate at some point but did not do her justice. From what he had heard, he expected a nice looking girl, but...she was something else.
She looked like those pieces of art that look simple at the first look. On a second look, you notice the little details. On a third look, you see the quality of work on them. And the process of discovery can last for years.
She looked inside, obviously searching for the missing teacher. When she spotted Edward she did not seemed surprised by the smoke. She asked him about the teacher but when he opened his mouth to answer he immediately shut it. The girl was next to him in seconds. She grabbed his cigarette and threw it out side the window while spraying the air around them with a refreshing product.
"What the hell..." he had just started to protest when the teacher, obviously in a terrible condition, passed through the door saying:
"Cullen dismissed, Miss Swan your application for changing your schedule went okay. You will have English with Mr Smith from now on. Please pass from the secretary to get your note for tomorrow. Cullen, I think you also have to deliver something there too."
Edward picked his already finished draft and looked at it.
"No," he murmured and tore it apart. "I haven't finished it yet."
The teacher was too tired to make a comment. "Ok, just finish it tomorrow", she said and left.
The girl was already heading towards the door when he gently grabbed her by her arm and forced her to look at him.
"You didn't have to do this," he said and passed through the door, leaving her speechless. Edward Cullen was not the "nice" boy and he did not need help.
During the last five years a lot had happened between them. He was missing the three of them.
Bella would never have imagined that the person who was knocking on her suite door, three hours before her wedding, would be the one no one would expect or want to see around her, especially on that day.
But, he was there, alive, looking at her like a hungry lion.
"Edward...wh..what are you doing here?" Bella said, still in shock.
"I am here for you," he answered, looking straight in her eyes.
"I'm getting married," she said with a more stable voice.
He took her hand, brought it to his mouth, and kissed the inside of her palm. Then slowly he took off her ring from her delicate finger and said:
"I don't think so Bella".
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