hi guys! so this is ot my first story here in fanfiction, i have two other stories on another account for personal reasons i felt the need to have two seperate ones maybe in the future i'll put all my stories together. so i don't usually write stories with bella i find it hard to write her character as she is not my favorite so if you're not into edward/bella then you might like this story of mine. i suggest following my community if you like edward/ oc stories it's called edward and someone that is not bella and it's created under the name airali which is my other account.
hope you guys enjoy this story and if you do give some feedback it always helps when i'm writing the next chapters.
enjoy!
preface
If I had known that on Saturday the first of May that I was about to meet the person that would send my life into a whirlwind of chaos, pain and never ending soap opera drama, I would have stayed as far away from that bar as possible. Heck I would have raised a restraining order against him; who cares if I didn't even know him. I just…I would have avoided meeting him at all costs. But the fact was that I didn't know I was going to meet him and I didn't know the trouble it would cost me.
Now that very same day my best friend had found out his fiancé had been cheating on him a week away from their wedding. After my unsuccessful attempts to get into his apartment and offer some sort consolation what was I to do? My life had not been at its best in that moment and that was without this whole new issue of my best friend into the equation. That bar was simply there offering an escape from everything I had been keeping in for the past month.
As I had entered the bar I could clearly imagine what my best friend Declan would have said if he had been here. "Remember what happened to your dad Desiree." But tonight there was no one here to reprimand me or make me realize how wrong I was in seeking freedom through alcohol. I was never the one that could be trusted with liberty when I was in low spirits, but I couldn't always have someone running after me and looking out for me and for that I was quite grateful.
And so wanting to simply forget all my troubles I slid into a stool and ordered my drink. For a Friday night the bar was awfully calm, I think I liked that. It wasn't long before a trio of men walked in and sat on the stool next to me chattering happily. Ignoring the conversation I pulled out a notebook and a pen, perhaps I could get and influx of ideas in a drunken state; it occurred to me how I'd never once thought of this. As the time passed on the men grew more intoxicated and increasingly loud.
Edward's P.O.V
I'd always wondered what I would have done if I'd had known that going to that bar would probably cause the biggest disaster in my life. It would have been a rather difficult decision because I felt like in either case I would lose something. But I do wish I would have handled things in a more responsible manner for I did destroy some lives' in that time including my own.
But I did not know how it would affect me, and I did not know how it would affect those I loved. I mean I was going to a bar with my brother and brother in law to celebrate the new addition to our family. Where was the harm in that? It was just as harmless as my wife Bella and my sister and sister in law having a sleepover at my house. They too were celebrating the news of Bella's pregnancy in their own special manner. There was absolutely nothing bad about what we were doing.
My memory of the event is not as clear as I wish it was, until then that little get together at the bar was nothing. But I do remember that I'd had very little to drink after all I was the designated driver. I remember talking to jasper and Emmett about how odd it was to think that I was going to be a dad.
Bella's pregnancy wasn't exactly planned out, sure we'd touched the subject but we'd never exactly made a decision. But it seemed only natural, after all she and I had been married since we were both twenty. That would mean we'd been married for four years, a baby only seemed fitting. It was a strange thought, a baby, but all the same I was beyond elated I was finally going to have a complete family. I could not be happier than ever.
I remember that after a while jasper began to feel sick. Emmett took him to the bathroom as I was not going to risk having him vomit in my car. I was left all alone; it was then that I noticed a small girl sitting on the stool next to me. She seemed real entranced in whatever she was writing.
"I hope my brothers didn't interrupt your train of thought," that's something along the lines of what I had said. I must admit that the only thing I remember about her appearance that first time I saw her was that she looked far too young to be in a bar. For all I knew she could have been some sixteen year old. I also took notice of the pretty little thing she was. If I recall correctly she seemed rather guarded and wary as she spoke to me in a deeply detached voice. When I asked her she said she had various jobs the only one that really stuck out to me was that she was an editor, mainly because I had long ago written a fictional story that in everyone's opinion deserved to make it to the bookstore shelves. She had offered to take a look and she handed me her card. That's as much as I remembered from that first meeting. I believe we left shortly after. I do think I considered giving her a call to have her read the manuscript. But I never gave the girl much thought.
In fact I did not even remember her name.
Desiree's P.O.V
I'd be lying if I said I remembered that first meeting. I did not even remember his name and I didn't much care. My story was progressing and I supposed in that moment it was all I could think of. As I had hoped the alcohol served its purpose and that night I felt better than I had been feeling the entire month.
But I could not for the life of me even remember that man's face. In fact it was like I had never been interrupted from my writing at all.
