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WARNING! This chapter contains naughty touching.
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Chapter 3 – "Once Upon A Time Bella Swan Was Happy"
"Okay, okay," Leah held her wine glass in the air. "I want to make a toast to Bella. The best friend, sister and now roommate a girl could ever have, to Bella!"
"To Bella!" both Sam and Jacob said at the same time.
It was right after their high school graduation that Bella and her step-sister decided it was time to move out of their parents' house. It wasn't easy spending time with your boyfriend when your little brother or one of your parents was always around. So the two girls found an affordable apartment and left home for the first time.
It was scary and exciting. The first night in their new home Leah decided that they should have a dinner party, just Bella and Jacob and Leah and her boyfriend, Sam.
They ate a three course meal, drank several bottles of wine and when it started to get late Leah led Sam into her room and a nervous Bella led Jacob into hers. It was the first time Bella ever had a boy sleepover.
They both climbed into bed where Jacob began to kiss Bella. First her lips, then her neck and while he was doing this, his hands slid their way up her leg and under her skirt. It was when he got to her underwear that Bella put a stop to his explorations.
"What is the problem?" Jacob rolled onto his back and away from Bella.
The sounds of Sam and Leah christening the new apartment weren't helping things. They had been having sex since the tenth grade. It was something that Bella had been jealous of, not the act itself, but the fact that Leah was brave enough to give herself that way to someone. Bella remembered how she had Leah tell her what it was like. She just laughed at Bella telling her that the way she talked about sex made her sound like a religious nut. That sex wasn't that big of a deal because Sam and she were going to get married someday. He was the one.
Jacob Black was the one for Bella. She truly believed that, but still, "I'm just not ready yet Jake."
"Well why don't you give me a call when you are ready," Jake stood up from the bed and grabbed the pants he had discarded when he thought he was going to get lucky.
Bella jumped up from the bed, "Please don't be mad Jacob. I'm sorry."
The pants were tossed back on the floor as Jacob got back into the bed with Bella. "I just don't get what your hang ups with sex are? I mean you know that I love you right?"
"I know," Bella sighed. "I love you too."
Hearing the fear in her voice, Jacob told her that it was okay, he could wait for her to be ready. He gave her a kiss and got comfortable so that he could go to sleep.
Bella lay in the darkness with Jake's warm arm draped across her body. Even though he said it was okay, she couldn't help but feel guilty. She wanted to make him happy, but wasn't able to go all the way. So Bella decided that night to try easing some of Jacob's tension a different way.
"Jake," she whispered, "Are you awake?"
"Yes."
"I want to try something."
Bella moved so that she was kneeling next to Jacob's waist. She had never done this before, but had read enough Cosmos, went to one of those sex toy parties when her friend Jessica had her bachelorette party and had even gotten a few tips from Leah that she was confident in what she was about to do.
Trying to keep her hand from trembling, she reached to pull down Jake's boxer shorts. She was about to see him fully naked for the first time when he stopped her by grabbing her wrists.
"Bella?"
"I want to."
Jacob released her hands and once again she began to free him from his underwear. Without taking the time to think it over and wimp out, Bella took him in her hand and began to stroke him up and down. The soft groans of pleasure that escaped from his throat told Bella that she was doing something right. She knew that the end was near because of the way his breathing became laboured and by the way he covered her hand with his so that she wouldn't get too messy when he finished.
When it was done Jacob ran to the bathroom only to return minutes later with a wet towel for Bella to clean her hands with. Once all the evidence of what was done had been cleaned Jacob pulled Bella into his arms and whispered that he loved her and would wait forever if that was what she wanted.
Late the next morning after Jake and Sam left Bella wandered into the kitchen where Leah was waiting for her with a cup of tea and a sly grin.
"So care to share what you and Jacob were up to last night?"
"We were trying to ignore you and Sam," she said sarcastically.
"Thin walls work both ways you know. Are you telling me that you did not give him your V card?"
"Well my hand did," Bella took a sip of tea and told Leah everything.
"Ah, my little sis is all grown up. I'm so proud," she said as she pretended to wipe a tear from her eye.
"That's it!" Bella blushed as she laid her mug in the sink. "I'm going to work. I'll be home by five."
Before she got out the door Leah reminded Bella that her cousin Emily was coming to town and that they'd be having dinner later in the week.
One day while working a double shift at the diner Bella got a frantic phone call from Leah. She was sobbing so hard that it was difficult to understand the words. After convincing Leah to calm down Bella was told the Sam had broken up with Leah. Bella's own eyes filled with tears as her sister kept asking what she did wrong. There weren't any answers that would ease Leah's pain. The only thing that would do that was time.
For a short time Bella felt bad having Jacob stay overnight. She didn't want to rub her relationship in Leah's face, but Leah assured her it was fine, that having him around made her feel better. Jake would joke that they were the new "Three's Company". He was Jack, Leah was Chrissy and Bella was Janet. When Jake said that Charlie could play the role of Mr. Furley Leah burst out laughing and her pain seemed to lessen.
Things started to get normal again. Leah was slowly coming out of her depression and Jacob had become more affectionate and was easing off on the pressure he was putting on Bella to have sex. There was a scare the day that Leah found out that Sam was now dating her cousin Emily. But there was no emotional meltdown like Bella expected. Leah told Bella that as long as she had her and Jake's support then she'd get through it.
It was on a Sunday after work Bella's world crumbled around her. She had rushed home to get ready to go out to dinner with Jake only to find Leah crying once again.
"This isn't happening," Leah rocked back and forth in her chair clutching a tiny plastic stick in her hand. "I'm not a home wrecker. Oh god Bella, I am so sorry. You have to believe I never meant for it to happen." Leah no doubt thought Bella would have been disappointed that she had allowed Sam back into her bed even though he was with Emily.
The stick in her hand was a pregnancy test that she had taken that had come back positive. Leah refused to look Bella in the eye as she did her best to comfort her sister. Bella was at a loss, silently cursing Sam Uley for putting Leah in this situation. She was about to call Sue when Jacob showed up for their date.
"What's going on?" he asked seeing the state Leah was in. Leah ran into the bathroom and locked the door.
"Jesus, everything is such a fucking mess Jake," Bella wrapped her arms around him in the hopes that his hug would make her feel better. "She's pregnant."
Bella felt his entire frame tense around her then slowly move away, "What did you just say?"
"Leah took one of those pee stick tests and she's going to have a baby."
The colour drained from his face as he grabbed handfuls of his hair, "Fuck, fuck, fuck!"
"Jake what is it?"
"I am so sorry Bella," he said repeating the very words Leah had cried only minutes earlier. "Please you have to believe me. Fuck!" He began pacing the room.
The world seemed to slow around Bella as Jacob continued. "She had just found out about Sam and Emily and you were working late so I came over to check on her. We didn't mean for it to happen."
Even though she didn't want to ask because she somehow knew the answer would destroy everything Bella asked, "What happened?"
"She was drinking and offered me some. After a few shots she started to cry saying that no one would want her because she was ugly and pathetic. I was just trying to make her feel better and we started to kiss and one thing lead to another. Jesus Bella if I could take it back I would."
Something warm tickled Bella's face and when she touched her cheek she realised that she was crying. Her boyfriend had sex with her sister and now they were having a baby.
Bella had had a plan for her future. When the time was right, she and Jacob would get married and have a baby of their own. They would be a family. That dream was murdered.
When Jacob reached out to pull Bella back into his arms she lashed out and slapped him hard across the face. She really wanted to punch him but didn't want to end up hurting herself more than she already was.
"Don't you ever touch me again you lying son of a bitch!"
"Bella we can get through this. I love you. Don't throw everything we had away just because I made a mistake."
"It's over Jake," Bella cried. "We're over."
"You don't mean that Bella. You'll get over this and we'll be okay again."
"Are you honestly expecting me to get over the fact that you were screwing Leah behind my back and knocked her up?" Bella was screaming. She had never been in so much pain. "I have to go. I can't be here anymore."
"Please don't leave me," Jacob voice hitched, his eyes swimming with unshed tears. "We can't be over. I love you."
The memory of the first time he said those word floated through Bella's mind. She had been so happy that day and couldn't wait to tell her best friend. That was a lifetime ago.
"I'll come back later for my stuff. Don't be here when I do." Bella grabbed her coat and was about to leave when Jacob asked a very important question.
"What are you going to tell Charlie?"
Charlie would be destroyed by Jacob betrayal. Jacob was his golden boy. Her father was grooming him to be the next chief of police and was just waiting for the day he asked for permission to ask Bella to marry him. Charlie Swan was a tough man, but the truth would break him. Bella couldn't even think about how it would affect the family. Sides would be chosen and things would get said that couldn't be taken back. Bella did not want to be the reason her family fell apart.
"Don't worry Jake, I won't tell him. But you two might want to think of something because people will figure shit out soon enough."
Those were her parting word to Jacob as she left the apartment and went out into the cold.
A month later Jacob and Leah announced that they were engaged and expecting. It tore Bella's insides to pieces when Charlie let it slip after a couple of beers that if she hadn't been foolish and broken Jake's heart then it could have been her getting married. But she bit her tongue, suffering in silence. She chose to go visit her mother instead of attending the wedding. When asked, she just told people that her mother was having so health issues.
Little Harry Black was born three months after his parents got married. He was the best of both his parents. He had his father's soft and loving eyes and his mother's sweet smile and dark hair. He was made up of the two people Bella had loved the most in the world and it was because of this she couldn't bear to look at the innocent baby.
Even after everything he had put her threw, Jacob had the gall to show up at the diner day after day for his coffee and acted as though he was the wronged party. After all, Bella had broken up with him for no good reason.
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Alice stared at Bella, her mouth hanging open at a loss for words.
"And that's my story," Bella forced a laugh and rewarded herself a cookie for having told the story without breaking down.
"That son of a whore!" Alice's outburst caused Bella to choke on her reward. "How you haven't gone on a shooting rampage is a testament to what a saint you are. Saint Izzie."
The door to the cafe opened as Edward walked in. He seemed unsure whether it was safe to return yet, but once he saw the two girls smiling he knew it was okay.
"Your truck should be up and running in a couple of hours. Rose just about had a heart attack when she saw the thing. Did you know that your vehicle is a classic?"
"Yes, if by classic you mean older than dirt," Bella couldn't help but smirk. "Oh by the way, your ginger snaps are delicious."
"Oh there not called ginger snaps," Alice said with a sly grin.
"Alice," Edward warned.
"They are called Eddie Snaps," there was an evil sort of glee in her voice as she spoke.
"Alice shut up."
Bella had to take the bait, "Why are they called that?"
"You see when Edward was a little boy our mother would make him these cookie whenever he got upset." Alice slowly rose from the chair, "cause when Edward was little he would get teased at school for one reason and one reason only."
Edward gave her a warning look as he tried to back away, but his sister was faster. She snatched his fitted cap from his head revealing a head of hair that reminded Bella of a metallic sea of fire caught in a wild storm.
"Edward is a ginger!" Alice crowed with delight as she waved the hat in the air.
Bella couldn't stop herself from laughing as she watched Edward chase Alice around trying to get his hat back. They were all so caught up in the fun that they didn't notice the petit blond that had come in until she cleared her throat.
The fun stopped then as Edward took back his hat and put back on his head, hiding his secret shame.
"Hey babe," the woman said moving closer to Edward, but at the same time kept her predatory gaze on Bella. "What's going on?"
"Hey Tanya," Edward gave the girl an awkward kiss on the cheek. "This is Bella. Bella this is Tanya...my girlfriend."
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Oh dear, just when Bella starts to smile again, in walks her nemesis. Well while I go and write chapter 4 why don't you all go have yourselves an Eddie snap? LOL. I've posted a recipe on my profile page. I've decided to try and give my chapter titles. I've seen others FF do it and thought it might be fun.
I've also decided to recommend a fan fic every once and a while. It's kind of a pay it forward thing seeing as how they are passed along to me. My first rec is called "Hit By Destiny" by "ocdmess". Story summary: Bella wants to die, and almost gets her wish fulfilled when she gets hit by a shiny Volvo. She is left with serious injuries, and the only thing keeping her from dying is the person who hit her. All Human, Rated M for language, dark themes & violence. This is a great FF. It gets very messed up at times and it takes a while to like the Edward character.
