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Daylight's Coming
Chapter 3: An Escape Plan Failed
I had not slept all night I was continuing my plan. I would always love Edward, but I would love him in the way I thought I had loved Jacob. Jacob was the one. The day was nearly at the crack of dawn, and I had to be ready to flee without anybody noticing, which would be very difficult when vampires never sleep. I knew Edward would not see me though, a bride and groom were never to see each other till the event of the wedding actually, took place.
I had grown so fond of this family - of the Cullens. I could not bear to leave them all behind, but what was I to do? Jacob and the pack hated them, they were born enemies. I had to choose one over the other, and this had to be the right choice.
I got my bag, which I had packed during the night with the few clothes I had brought over, and threw comfortably over by shoulders. Wait a second, I thought. I could climb out the window, it wasn't to far down. I had jumped off a cliff once, I think that jumping out a window will not be as bad. I threw my bag out the window first and watched hit the ground with no more than a small thump. As I began put my right leg over the window perch, I stopped midway. Maybe I should write them a letter, I thought, perhaps I should - just to explain a bit.
Dear Cullens,
In the past week, I have realized something that I believe will change a lot. Since the visit of my good friend Jacob Black, I believe that I have fallen in love with him, in the way I thought I was with Edward. I love all of you and you have all been so wonderfully good to me and I hate to leave, but I must. I have to, I have to stop Jacob, I have to do something. Edward, I am sorry, this probably the most selfish thing I have ever done, but I want you to know that I will always love you. I will love you, but I need to be with Jacob. It's the way things have to be.
Goodbye,
Bella
A tear drop ran down my face and onto the letter. It splattered on one word…Edward. I knew that I had to leave now, before I became any more emotional. I left the letter on top of the bed, neatly folded, and jumped out the window quickly. Thump! It was a lot louder than I would have wanted. I felt that this stirred somebody in the house. I jumped out a bit too quickly as well. I had injured the arm that I had in a brace only over a month ago. This was not good. To my surprise when I looked up, I found Edward to be staring down at me.
"Now, what is my bride doing on the dirty ground? And why was a letter saying a most awful goodbye doing on her bed?"
"I-I-" he cut me off, which was good. I had nothing to say.
His eyes looked down at me solemnly, and he kneeled down before me. "Why? Why, Bella? I knew - I thought you loved me. I was thought everything was going just swell. I-I can't even think why or even how this could happen."
I remained silent. I knew that something like this was going to happen. I knew I couldn't get away with it. I sighed. I just really wasn't meant to be with Jacob was I. I was crazy, absolutely crazy. I could and never would be with Jacob. He had imprinted and that was that. There was nothing I could do about it. I knew what it was I needed now, I needed a break. A break from all of this, a break from everybody just to be alone. I put my head down to Edward's lap and began to sob. At the moment, I really needed a good cry. I was imagining things the whole time that week. Edward. Edward. He was mine, not Jacob. How could I be so stupid.
"Edward, Edward, I'm…sorry," I said between sniffles and sobs. "I saw Jacob and…I don't know…I thought, I thought…I love you Edward…how was I so stupid?" I looked up at him now and my eyes were the ones solemn now. I tried desperately to stop crying, nothing worked
"Bella. My Bella Notte. I love you. I think you just need to stop worrying so much. You do that to often. I'm not mad."
"How are you not mad? I was just about to run off and be with Jacob." What I just said had disgusted me now. I could never do that. What on this dear planet was I thinking? "I'm so, so sorry."
"I know. I know," he said petting my hair as he so often did.
"I-I still want to go on with the wedding," I said, and this caught Edward off guard.
"You do?" he said a very surprised look in his beautiful golden eyes.
"Yes. I-I've been such a hassle for you, I'm terribly sorry. Besides, my mother is coming all the way from Florida, can't make her disappointed," I said trying hard to amuse him, at least it worked.
He laughed his beautiful, musical voiced laugh. "Oh, Bella I do love you. I wouldn't want you to do this just to please everyone else. We could postpone for a few days if it'll make you feel better."
"No let's do it now, like we were supposed to. I hurt my though, what are we going to do about that?" I said. I knew he was going to say to bring me to Carlisle, but what was I going to say? I couldn't tell him I was going to run off. What was I going to do?
"We should take you to Carlisle," he said, just as I had expected. "We'll just tell him we were taking a stroll, and when we were going to go back upstairs you fell. Sounds fairly plausible, don't you think?" he finished with a smile.
"Only because I'm so clumsy," I said in an upset voice. He laughed, and helped me to my feet. His icy, cold, familiar lips reached down to mine and we kissed for what seemed like an eternity.
"I'm sorry," I said again, when his lips parted from mine.
"Don't be," he said. Then he leaned over and whispered something in my ear. "Tonight, after the wedding, we will have ourselves a beautiful Bella Notte."
I looked up at Edward, my Edward. Again, as I had been so many times - too many times. I was dazzled.
Indeed, the wedding did pass and it was wonderful, except for the fact that my arm was in a cast. Everybody was there, except my best friend, Jacob. I think it was for the best; if he had been there things may not have turned out as they did. There was a reception as we planned and as soon as it ended Edward and I got ready to go have a Bella Notte. It was our first night as husband and wife. The following day we would be getting ready for our honey moon in Europe, however at the moment we were having our Bella Notte.
"How are you enjoying yourself?" he asked me with a smile on his face.
I looked up from my bowl of pasta. I smiled back at him and he reached out for my hand, and I placed mine in his. "Wonderfully," I said.
"Wonderful," he said, and kissed me wonderfully from across the table.
As you probably know Stephenie Meyer has a playlist that goes along with each of her novels. So I also will be putting a song to go along with each chapter I write as I write it.
Chapter 3: Bella Notte - George Givot
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