Breaking Swan: The End of Bella
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Disclaimer: All characters © Stephenie Meyer and her publishing company, etc. I'm not stealing them!
Synopsis:
In homage to the release of Breaking Dawn, I thought it'd be fun to write a serious, yet not, fanfiction about what happens when Bella discovers that her future (what will happen between her and Edward/Jacob, how it will be like to turn into a vampire, what she's getting for Christmas the next year...) is available in this new book, Breaking Dawn, that this crazy woman Stephenie Meyer wrote! What's going on? Is she being stalked? Follow Bella in her quest to obtain Breaking Dawn (when it's not even out yet..), through her crazy travels all over Seattle, where she visits the Apple Store, Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, etc. Will she finally get the book and find out her future? Or will she have to wait until August 2nd like the rest of us?
Breaking Swan: The End of Bella
A Fanfiction © 2008 Ivana Wong
Chapter Four: The Quest for le Internets
Bella Swan, the luckiest person on Earth, right? No, not at all. My computer breaks down, I go get a new one, and to my great pleasure, I just happen to have no signal in the middle of Seattle. At this point, most people would give up. But I can't do that…I don't want Breaking Dawn for my own selfish reasons. I need to book for the greater good- and most importantly, Edward needs it to find out if the truth about vampires has been released to the public. He and the rest of my almost-family's lives are in danger if it's been released.
Actually, it's all my fault! If the book weren't about me, nobody would know that the Cullens were vampires. No one would know that I'm in love with a mass bear-murderer and his family. Not to mention, there are probably Barnes and Noble Express's in an Italian airport somewhere, which means that this Breaking Dawn book must be available in Italy, which means that the Volturi might read it!! What have I done?!
I suddenly look at Edward with a new fear in my eyes. The Volturi. How stupid could I get? I forgot that he mentioned them earlier. Scared as I was that Ms. Meyer was a stalker of mine, I had developed an odd fondness for her. A random person that I don't know. But she must be something if she had the patience to write about my life- my past, present, and future.
Edward smiled gingerly, and then slipped his marble arm around my shoulder. The cool skin felt great against my heated body, and I leaned into him.
"Edward, what are we going to do? Do you want to just…give up?" I asked.
"Bella, love…we don't have to give up. It's not that hard to find wireless internet, especially in Seattle," he replies. I look at him with wide eyes.
"Really? Cause in Forks there's nothing! No internet, especially without some of those cable things that you plug into the phone-"
"Bella!" he interrupted. "Honey. Let me ask you a quick question. Is there a Starbucks in Forks?" I look at him warily.
"No, Edward, there is absolutely NOTHING in Forks. It's desolate." I'm surprised that he, being the abnormally smart vampire he is, needed to hear that.
"Love, the reason why there is no public wireless in Forks is because there is no Starbucks. There are obviously no T-Mobile hot spots anywhere near Forks. That's why you've never heard of public wireless before. Now, if you would just look across the street…"
I rolled my eyes at his cheerful tone, but turned to glance out the window. The dark cloud in my mind suddenly cleared, and all I knew of was sunny blue skies. A dark green sign radiated in my vision: Starbucks. It even had a giant replica of the Starbucks siren on the awning! Faster than I could jump out, Edward had me by the elbow, and I was abruptly standing outside of the Starbucks, holding my MacBook Air by the corner, dazed out of my mind. Those fast transitions never failed to make me dizzy, but then again, everything that Edward does makes me dizzy.
A clear bell rang as Edward pushed open the door for me easily, guiding me into the warm room. The smell of freshly roasted coffee beans greeted us, and a smile surreptitiously crept onto my face. There was a long line, and Edward promptly sat me down into a giant, plush couch, while he went to wait in line. This confused me.
"Edward, why are you in line? Don't you hate human food?" Across the room, Edward heard my quiet whisper as easily as if I was in his head.
He mouthed, "What do you want?" and I immediately understood. He is such a gentlemen; I don't deserve him. I smile happily, revealing my white, un-coffee-stained teeth. I don't drink coffee- caffeine has the worst effect on me.
"I don't want anything, but I guess you could get me a blended lemonade," I said, opening my MacBook. Edward nodded in acknowledgement, and turned to give the Barista, Ella, the order. She giggled unnecessarily while Edward calmly, handsomely, handed her a hundred dollar bill. As if anyone could get more beautiful than that.
I shook my head, and turned my attention to my computer. It had woken up from hibernation, and quickly showed the lovely blue background in pristine quality. A quick click on the Safari button had it rolling. The window popped up, and in the top corner, it said 'Connected to Starbucks HotSpot'. I glowed with happiness.
Google never failed me. The second I typed in "Breaking Dawn", a website popped up. Of course, it was Stephenie Meyer's official website. On it were descriptions of the entire series…Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse were the first three books. My heart pounded like a drummer boy on steroids as my eyes scanned down the synopsis for Twilight.
"Bella soon makes some new friends at school but when she sees a boy called Edward Cullen sitting with his brothers and sisters in the cafeteria she is instantly intrigued. Edward is stunningly attractive, almost inhumanly beautiful, and yet he is an outsider too. "
Wow. What an…absolutely perfect description of Edward Cullen. It's practically flawless. That Meyer woman's language is exquisite, and the way she described Bella's infatuation with Edward…
What am I talking about? She's writing about…about ME! Bella Swan, boring, normal, and utterly simple Bella. How does she know all of this? Was she in the cafeteria with me the first day I saw Edward? How could she possibly know the extent of my interest, my endless dreams and wishes? All of a sudden, the prospect of finding and reading this series frightened me. My thoughts were interrupted with a polite,
"Excuse me, ma'am? Are you a customer of this Starbucks?" I look up to find an employee staring down at me, his Starbucks apron stained with what looked like caramel. He had friendly blue eyes and tousled blonde hair, and his golden-retriever expression immediately reminded me Mike Newton. He was flagged for removal in my mind.
I pointed to Edward, ever so patient, waiting in that giant line. He was almost at the front though, with Ella's eyes glued to his angel face. No wonder it was taking so long. She couldn't tear her eyes away to concentrate on her job. A grimace was set on my face, and I turned to face Brad, the happy-go-lucky Starbucks worker.
"Yeah, I'm with him. He's ordering my drink right now," I said, shrugging back into the seat. Brad seemed appeased, nodded, and walked away. I heard him grumble "pretty boy" as he left, and my grimace turned into a mindless grin. The pretty boy over there? Yeah, the one with the angel's face and golden eyes? He's mine.
The thought instantly cheered me, and soon enough, my angel was walking towards me with unnecessary grace, sitting down next to me on the large couch.
"How's the search going, love?" he asked, handing me my lemonade. I hesitated before answering. He would not be happy with what's online- there was no content, only synopsis, and no details at all. But I handed him the laptop reluctantly while I sucked the frozen lemonade through a straw.
Edward calmly scanned the words on the page, and did some typing, searching Google thoroughly as he could.
"It says that this book series has been an international phenomenon. It has our names, everything, Bella. How could this happen? I don't understand. Mostly everything on here is about Breaking Dawn though. Apparently it's the last book in the series…it's supposed to have everything in it. Details about our marriage, Jacob…there's part of the first chapter online…mentions a new car for you!"
His eyebrows go way up as he continues reading. My blood seems to have frozen in my veins. Marriage? Car? What IS all of this? Is any of it true? Part of me is dying to know, and the other part is shying away from the truth.
Edward took all of this in thoughtfully. I guess he was trying to figure out whether or not the Volturi could possibly get involved. At this point, I doubt the Volturi know about this book series. In fact, the first one was published ages ago- if it's been out for so long, they might not even notice!
I pointed this out to Edward, but he just shook his head.
"Remember what I told you before? Years are like days to the Volturi. A lot of things will go unnoticed, but this phenomonon, as they call it, might just catch their attention sometime soon." He actually started to look slightly amused as his eyes scanned the computer screen. I looked over, and my eyes grew wide at what Edward had stumbled upon.
Something called the Twilight Lexicon. And its forums. Just looking at the listing of thread titles started to scare me. Questions about VAMPIRE MATING? Edward outright burst out laughing, and I blushed until my face was beet-red. Wait. No way.
Edward just rolled onto the floor laughing. In the middle of Starbucks. And I just found out why.
"Bella's Period?" The sticky on the Lexicon forum was not funny. Not funny at ALL.
"Who did this?!" I screeched, jumping on Edward and attempting to pull him upright. In my moment of craze, I had knocked over my blended lemonade. The yellowy goodness oozed from between the hairline cracks in the keyboard of my brand new computer.
"No! My MacBook! My source of information! It has my LIFE on it!" I said wildly, attempting to mop up the mess with the napkins Edward had provided. The screen spluttered and went black. My eyes watered, and I angrily wiped the tears away with the back of my hands. Edward had frozen, not laughing anymore as he took in the scene.
"Love, it's ok. Really, I can always get you another one…" He said, hesitantly wrapping his arms around my quivering body. I buried my head in his chest.
"No…no, Edward…you spend too much money on me…but now I will never find out all of those things…I need to know, I need to know NOW," I moaned into his chest. Edward sighed and hugged me tighter.
"Let's go home, Bella. Just relax. We can go do whatever you want right now, I just want you to be happy. Or at least, happier than you are right now." He pulled back and stared into my eyes, his liquid gold irises mesmerizing. His breath made me dizzy and I leaned back into him to prevent myself from falling over. Edward's cold lips brushed against my hair, and a small smile began to grow on my lips. Edward chuckled.
"What?" I asked.
"Ella's jealous."
I laughed, and looked over at the barista. She was glowering at me, the two espresso shot cups overflowing because she wasn't paying attention. I turned back to Edward, and she high pitched "Ow!" that pierced the air told me that Ella burned her finger. Serves her right, eyeing my man.
Edward led me out of the Starbucks, and we were back in the car in seconds. He turned the engine on, and drove slowly and leisurely through the streets, towards the freeway. We soon approached a gas station, and Edward guided his sparking Volvo in.
"Stay here, Bella, I'm going to get some gas." Being the old-fashioned guy he was, Edward went inside to pay. He mentioned once before that he preferred doing that, because it entertained the cashiers. I smiled at his unselfish actions.
It was getting a little hot in the car; glancing around, I noticed that Edward had forgotten to roll down a window. Typical. Of course I don't need to breathe oxygen. I laughed to myself, and then opened the door, the cold Washington air greeting me and awakening my senses. As I turned around to stretch, I noticed a building across the street.
It was tan and brown, with olive green accents. It had a large green sign that read: Barnes and Noble. But most of all, it had giant black posters in its windows. The image of a white chess piece burned into my vision.
"Breaking Dawn: Order yours today!"
Before I knew what I was doing, I was sprinting across the gas station, my pounding feet bringing me closer and closer to my future.
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Excerpt from Chapter Five: Mary Sue's Turf
The empty hole is back...the edges are fraying thinner as the seconds tick by. I can feel the blood pulsing in my ears as I look left and right; too many cars are racing across the large street, where on the other side, Barnes and Noble towered like a giant crystal ball of my future, the Breaking Dawn posters taunting and pulling at the hole in my chest. I wrapped my arms around my body tighter to keep it all in. Finally. A green light. I raced across the street, my feet bouncing off the pavement as I flew, almost Edward-like, over the sidewalk. The adrenaline was present in every vein in my body, racing faster and faster through as I wrenched open the heavy door and ran to the counter.
"Hi, welcome to Barnes and Noble, can I help you?" the cashier asked, warily eyeing my disheveled, wind-tossed hair and clothes. "Um.." I glanced at her nametag. "Mary Sue. I need that book in the window, Breaking Dawn." Mary Sue's eyes alighted with brightness. I saw the corner of her mouth twitch with a hint of laughter. "Sorry, miss, but Breaking Dawn isn't available for sale until August second. You are free to put down a pre-order though." Her mouth had curved into a smile now, mocking. The fire in my veins turned into water. How could she not understand? My future, my destiny, the map that laid out my life, was in that book…
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