Afterglow
Disclaimer: still not owning Twilight. That still belongs to Stephenie Meyer.
Chapter 2 News:
Jacob POV
I don't know how long I'd been running for. It seemed as though I'd run away years ago when in reality I'd only been gone for a few weeks. I knew I couldn't go back to LaPush. There were too many painful memories there. Right now I figured I was probably somewhere near Canada. I knew I was way past Washington D.C.
When Bella left, I could really imagine how she had felt when the bloodsucker went away. But I was there for her when she left. I had pulled her back together. But now no one was here to stitch me up. The only good thing was that I had found a way to block the others from my mind. All I had to do was block them. I had remembered what the leech had said about being able to block them, so he wouldn't have to listen to the voices, and I had decided to try it. To my delight it had worked.
Oh Bella, why did you leave me? I would have protected you just as well as the FILTHY, BLOOD-SUCKING, LEECH!!!
At that, when I thought of how he might kill her, my anger boiled up inside of me and I started to run again. I ran, even though I had nowhere to go.
A couple minutes later, I came across a sickly sweet scent that I was altogether too familiar with. One of the Cullen's was here.
I ran into them after I was done trying to figure out which way they had gone. It was the big one, Emmett, and the doctor, Carlisle.
When I saw them, I ran. I was afraid they would take me back to see Bella. I didn't want to see Bella with the evil bloodsucker. I knew I could outrun them, so that's what I did. And I didn't stop running.
Bella POV
"Oh, no," I said. I could feel the rush of despair creeping into me, then the numbness came, then blackness.
No, not Jacob! How could he run away? I hate myself. How can I be so heartless?
When I woke up, I was in the Cullens' living room. How did I get here? I wondered.
"Edward?" I murmured. "Are you there?"
"I'm here."
Then I started to cry, into Edwards shoulder while he held me tightly.
After a while I stopped. It did no good to cry.
"I'm ok now," I said. "Come on, let's go see Alice."
"You really want to go see Alice?"
"Yes."
"Ok then let's go."
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Alice POV
YAY!!! I'm doing Bella's wedding! I'm doing Bella's wedding!
I had decided to push the wedding date so that it was only one more week until the wedding. I decided it would be better for her to be changed sooner because of the Volturi. I had a vision that stated that they would be coming in two weeks to check on Bella and if she wasn't changed, things would end badly.
I had picked out bridesmaid dresses for Esme and Rosalie and a dress for me who was going to be the maid of honour. Emmett was going to be best man.
Then I heard a knock at my door. "Come in," I said, already knowing it was Jasper.
"Hey," he said.
"Hey."
He came up behind me as I was looking at matching jewellery for the dresses. Suddenly, he picked me up and cradled me in his arms, softly stroking my short, spiky hair. "What's up?" I asked. "You seem agitated."
"Carlisle and I were in Canada today, hunting, and we saw Jacob. He was in his wolf form and when he saw us, he bolted. We tried to catch up to him, but he was faster than us, and he got away. I wouldn't tell Bella or Edward this. Bella would fall apart and then Edward would get mad wishing he was there and it would take a long time to get them back to their happy selves. I just thought I should tell you that you might want to keep Bella occupied so that she doesn't dwell on Jacob."
"Okay. I trust you."
"Ok. Thanks. I gotta go. I promised Emmett I would go hunting with him. I love you."
"I love you too. I think I'll take Bella shopping..."
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Bella POV
(At the mall)
"Alice, do we really need all these things?" Alice had bought me everything from socks, to god knows what else.
"Well of course we do," she said as she held up a strappy pair of high heel stilettos that were way too trampy for Forks. "OOOhhhhhh! I love these!" she squealed as she looked at yet again another pair of impractical shoes.
"Alice, where will you ever wear these?" I asked.
"I don't know, but they're soooo cute!!!!"
I sighed. All of the sudden, Alice just had to take me shopping even though we had gone shopping the day before. This was all very strange. But, then, again maybe I was thinking too much of the situation. After all, Alice loved to shop.
"Can we go now?" I asked. "Fine, since you're making such a big deal out of it." Her petite features formed into a pout. "Nice try Alice but I won't fall for the 'guilty face',"
"Fine" she said. "Come on let's go."
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Bella POV (on the car ride home)
"Oh, Bella, there's something I have to tell you," Alice commented as she sped through the highways.
"What?" I asked.
"Well I pushed the date of your wedding to next week on Monday."
"WHAT??? I'm not ready!!" I screamed. Since today was Friday, Monday was only...
"Alice! That's only 3 days away!"
"Yeah? So what's the problem?"
"I'm not ready!!!!!!!!!! That's the problem!"
"Oh don't worry Bella. It'll all be fine. Don't worry"
I could tell there was something else bothering her. She was keeping something from me. I could always tell when she was keeping things from me. She was always too sweet and always had this special expression plastered on her face that kind of looked like she was trying really hard to act sweet, but always showed a hint of shadow.
"Alice, I know you're hiding something from me. What's going on?"
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Alice POV
She knew I was hiding something. But I decided to try to hide it from her even though I knew it was pointless.
"I don't know what you're talking about," I said innocently.
"Alice, don't pretend you don't know. You're hiding something from me."
"Fine. I had a vision that the Volturi would be coming a week early to see if you were still human and if you weren't, things would end badly. That's it."
Bella gulped in the seat beside me. I had kept out the part about Jacob, because I hadn't wanted to remind her of him.
By that time we had arrived back home.
Bella silently got out of her seat and walked through the front door where Edward was waiting.
I shouldn't have told her,I thought to myself.
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Bella POV (3 days later)
"Oh my god. I'm getting married today."
A/N: What did you think? I know it was kind of boring but I promise the next chapter will be more exciting. R&R please! Tell me if I should keep writing. Also if you have any ideas about what could happen next, you could put that in your review. Thanks. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!!!