Just a short Chapter :) Oh, btw the first chapter was inspired by and based heavily on the song One Step Closer by Short Stack. This one is inspired by Dallas Greene's (from Alexisonfire) song Comin' Home.
She felt as if she'd been gone forever. Maybe it was a bad decision to ever leave. Though it was never hers to make, it was a terrible decision.
Well I've been down to Georgia,
I've seen the streets in the west,
She didn't want to leave Jacob. She was only 5, yet she knew she loved him. She wanted to be around him. She wanted to feel his presence. It'd been much too long since they'd seen each other.
I've driven down the 90,
Oh hell, I've seen America's best.
Usually, Bella had let it go; left it behind her. Because, after all, Jacob was just another friend. But she couldn't help but think that she abandoned him. In his time of need, she left and didn't come back.
I've been through the Rockies,
I've seen Saskatoon
And she'd never found the courage to go speak to him when she visited Charlie in Forks. She was so afraid of what he would say. What if he'd forgotten who she was? He was only four, so it was likely that he would've. She knew that Charlie had remained close friends with Billy, Jacob's father. So now that she lived with her dad, she'd have to find a way to get along with this kid. And if he'd forgotten all about her, she was unsure whether or not the relationship could be renewed.
I've driven down the Highway 1,
Just hopin' that I'd see you soon.
She'd been to places all over America with her mother Renee, and Renee's new husband Phil because of his career as a Minor League Baseball-er. Bella had had the chance to stay at the hotel with Renee and Phil for a period of time ranging from a weekend, to a month in the training period. In those times, she'd had the chance to meet the sons, daughters, nieces, nephews, godsons and goddaughters of all the other men in the Minor Baseball League. She formed friendships with each of them, yet none was as strong as the one she had with Jacob.
'cause I'm coming home.
The only good thing about moving to Forks, besides not having to travel anywhere with Phil and Renee anymore, was that Jacob would be there…
Well I've seen a palace in London,
I've seen a castle in Wales,
Jacob was the only thing on her mind as she arrived into Seattle Airport.
But I'd rather wake up beside you,
And on the one hour ride home to Forks in Charlie's cop car, he was right back in her mind again.
And breathe that old familiar smell.
But the thought of Jacob wasn't making her smile; if anything, it was making her sadder. She wasn't speaking to Charlie, and so he thought it was his fault she wasn't speaking, and looked as if she was about to start crying.
"So… Your hair looks longer…" Charlie stated, trying to start conversation.
Bella barely heard him though, consumed in the thought of Jacob.
"Bells?"
"Hmm?"
"Your hair… it uh, looks longer."
"Oh. Yeah. I've been growing it out…" She mumbled.
"Oh okay."
The conversation died then as they turned into the street where Charlie, and now Bella, lived. Charlie sighed, then pulled the car up into the driveway.
Bella looked down at her linked hands, then back up to her father.
"Can… When are you seeing Billy next?" She asked softly.
"There's a Major League game on Wednesday night, so he said he might come down and watch it on the flat screen."
I know that we're taking chances
"Oh okay, cool."
You told me life was a risk.
Charlie was oblivious to the real reason as to why she asked, and so he peacefully got out of the car and took Bella's bags inside the house.
I have just one last question;
She'd take the chance by talking to Jacob. She wanted to be friends with him again.
Will it be my heart,
Or will it be his?
Or maybe they could be more than that…
Bella wasn't exactly sure of what she wanted, but she knew she wanted Jacob.