THE CALLIE SWAN SAGA
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY STEPHANIE MEYER
ADOPTED AND ADAPTED BY REGALGIRL94
CO-ADOPTED AND CO-ADAPTED BY KAMEKOROX95
THE DARK BEFORE THE DAWN
PROLOGUE
The first thing Dad said when Edward and Bella told him that they were getting married was, "You're pregnant!"
Bella denied it of course. And Edward went through this whole speech about how he was going to take care of Bella and all that.
In the end, Dad smirked, "Okay, get married. But you have to tell you're mother. I'm not saying one word to Renee! That's all yours." And he busted out laughing. I joined him.
But of course Mom was fine with it. She was positively ecstatic. She had even said that she thought they decided to tie the knot back in April when Bella and Edward went to see her for a weekend.
Alice decided to plan the whole thing herself and pull it together as soon as possible. Bella didn't want to grow any older than Edward than she already was. But there was the matter of the guest list...
"Callie is your maid of honor, and Jacob will be her date, of course," Alice said moodily.
I rolled my eyes from the kitchen counter, taking a bite of my sandwich, "You have to get over the fact that my boyfriend's a werewolf." Ah, boyfriend. I always got chills when I said it out loud.
Jacob Black has been a friend of the family since we were born. His father, Billy Black, is my dad's best friend. He always had a small boy crush on Bella since we were little and it only strengthened after we moved in with my Dad. He even flirted with her when she started dating Edward. But at prom of mine and his sophomore year... we had a moment.
Anyway after the Cullens left for like six months or so, Jacob fell in love with Bella, and on some level she loved him too. I think she still does. But when Edward came back after Bella chose to save him, Jacob was devastated and came whining to me.
But when our eyes met... everything changed. The world around us shifted so it revolved just around each other. Jacob Black imprinted on me.
We both tried to fight the imprint for a while. I even told him to stay away from me. For his own protection. You see, there was this vampire, Victoria. She was bent to hell to kill me. And Bella. She built up a newborn army to come to Forks and kill all of us. Before Jake imprinted on me, I already cared for him. So when Victoria came after me once, she found that out when he tried to save me and she swore she'd hurt him. So that's why I told him to stay away from me.
But it only served to hurt both of us more than anything. It was physically painful to be away from each other for so long. He tried time and time again to get me to reconsider. My best friend, Embry, even told me that we should be together. Even Bella thought so.
When the newborns came and the big battle started, I was so worried about Jacob. And then when he got hurt, it felt like fire ignited within me and my heart cracked painfully when I saw him crumpled on the floor in agony. The whole left side of his body was shattered by a new born.
So I realized that I truly couldn't live without him. I was completely in love with him and I needed him to be happy. I told him that I loved him when he was injured. But I haven't said it since. He's said it plenty of times, and I always smile sincerely and say, "Me too." But the words were just really hard to force out.
But that didn't really matter. He knew I loved him and I knew. That was all that mattered.
We've been together since.
Alice pouted, "I know. But he'll totally throw off the ascetics. He's too tan."
Bella groaned, "I don't really care about ascetics, Alice. He's important."
Alice huffed, "Fine." She suddenly grinned, "But then you can't complain about the Alaska Clan coming to attend."
Bella suddenly frowned. She didn't like that at all.
There was a clan in Alaska that was particularly close to the Cullens. They were just about as big too. There were five of them; Tanya, Kate, Irina, Carmen, and Eleazar. But it wasn't really them that Bella had a problem with. It was Tanya.
Back in the day, way before either Bella or I were born, Tanya made a pass at Edward. He never reciprocated anything towards her but it still bothered Bella. She felt like she had to compete with some insanely beautiful vampire.
Bella sighed loudly and slowly, "Fine. No complaints."
I smirked. That would not hold out.
I drove my old blue jeep down the road to La Push to visit my... boyfriend. I smiled.
When I got there, it was, of course, raining. I pulled up my hood and got out of the car, running under the porch quickly before I knocked. Billy glared at me when I opened the door, "How many times do I have to remind you that you can just walk in? You don't have to knock. You have a key for crying out loud."
I defended myself, "That's for emergencies only," as I walked in and took off my raincoat to set in on a kitchen chair.
Billy shook his head, "You know I just said that 'cause you're Dad was listening."
I smirked. I did know that. "Where's Jake?"
Billy's smile faltered as he sighed, "He's in the living room. We just got the wedding invitation."
I frowned and walked into the living room to see Jacob hunched over a white piece of paper. His shoulders were racked with slight tremors from anger.
I sighed through my nose and came around the couch to sit besides him. I put my hand on his arm and the shaking stopped immediately. He whipped his head over to look at me. His lips lifted in a quick smile before they fell again as he looked away to set the invitation down on the red wood coffee table.
"You still love her," I guessed, secretly terrified of what his answer would be. But why else would he be so upset over her getting married? It was a deep problem of mine, thinking I wasn't as good as Bella in his eyes. I struggled immensely with it, especially before Jacob and I finally got together. I still struggled with it now.
But Jacob shook his head, and he looked sincere, "No. I don't. I promise, Callie." He looked back at the card for a second before he looked me in the eyes, "But I care about her like you care about Embry. Best friends." He sighed, "And it's hard to watch your best friend give their life up. She won't be human anymore."
I looked at him for a moment and frowned, "You think I don't know that? She's my sister. I don't want this for her anymore than you do." I looped my arm through his, "But it's what she wants. And if she's happy, then I am. And you should be too."
Jacob nodded seriously, practically burning a hole through the paper on the table, "You're right. It's just... it's a hard thing to swallow."
I laid my head on his shoulder, "I know, Jake." I gave a long sigh, "I know."
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