Love Like This
Disclaimer: I'm just like everyone else on FanFiction. Which means I don't own Twilight!
Note: Well, now we're going to get into that: life hits them full force thing I'd talked about in the summary. Its easy to guess who's facing the first set of problems.
10
Broken
(Bella's POV)
I wore my necklace and ring Edward had given me proudly these days. It was March and the cold had certainly dropped a bomb on us. Everyone wore their heavy jackets and snow caps and all that jazz. Forks was certainly showing its true colors.
I looked up at the sky, snow was a definite possibility. "Seriously, Rose. You have an awesome talent!" I heard Emmett's booming voice say as we all gathered at our picnic table. "Quit exaggerating, its just a doodle" I looked up from the note book I was writing in to see Rose actually blush.
That's when I saw Emmett gawking at Rose's open note book. Now everyone was looking up at the two curiously. "Let me see, Em" Renesmee demanded reaching for the notebook. Emmett handed it to her as Rose covered her face.
We all looked at the notbook to see a very well drawn blooming rose with thorns on the stem, also petals were swirling around it. "Rose, you really are good" I cooed, I had known Rose drew from time to time but I'd never really seen one of her drawings. "You could sell this" Jasper mused.
"...Really?" Rose looked at our expressions before smiling "I'd never thought of that" Rose mused and snatched her drawing away "Thanks for the vote of confidence, come on Emmett" and with that, my friend sashayed off with her big burly boyfriend right behing her. Jake laughed before hopping up and pulling Rensemee to him.
"Come on, Nessie, we're going to be late for class" Jacob pulled her by the hand and they were both laughing about something when they were walking off. Probably some inside joke.
"Come on, we better get our behinds to class as well" Alice huffed and jumped up and Jasper grabbed her bag for her. Edward got up first and helped me up so I wouldn't trip. I grabbed my bag and smiled up at him. "What?" he chuckled at my gaze "Nothing" I muttered and blushed.
"Lets go, love birds" Jasper laughed as he put his arm around Alice's shoudlers. We'd barely made it two steps before: "Edward!!" a loud squeal came from off to the side. All our heads snapped in that direction.
A strawberry blonde with blue eyes came running up to us. She only seemed to notice Edward. I actually took a step back so she wouldn't bulldoze me over. The girl practically tackled Edward and was giggling like crazy. Edward, on the other hand, looked completely uncomfortable.
She seemed to have him in a death grip and it was clear he was trying to get her off him while being a gentleman. "Tanya..." Edward laughed nervously as he said her name, his face distressed. "Ah! Edward, I've missed you" Tanya sighed and seemed to snuggle into him. Okay, now I was getting ticked off.
Edward finally managed to untangle miss Tanya from him. "Um, Tanya, you remember Jasper" Edward gestured to his brother who gave a slight nod, seeming to be hiding his distaste for the girl. "Jasper!" Tanya squealed with a fake smile. "This is his girlfriend, Alice" Edward gestured to my friend.
"Nice to meet you" Tanya giggled and extended her hand to Alice. Alice shook her hand and gave her a tight lipped smile before shooting me a glance. "And this is my girlfriend, Bella" Edward put his hand on the small of my back and I stepped closer to him. a sign to tell Tanya to back off.
Tanya's facade faultered for a moment before that fake smile returned. "Girlfriend?" Tanya seemed baffled but kept that damned smile "I see you got back in the game, Edward" was it just me, or was she getting hysterical?
"You could say that" Edward's arm wrapped around my waist, and I had to hide the smirk from appearing on my face. "Uh huh...well, Daddy moved us here to Forks so he could get a good work distance in Port Angeles. So, I'll be going to school here now!" Tanya gushed, as if she wanted that news to make Edward happy.
"Hope you enjoy your time here. Jasper, Alice, Bella...lets go" Edward moved us past Tanya and the four of us headed to class.
-
"Tanya? that doesn't scream hooker" Rose snorted at the lunch table. It was Renesmee, Jacob, Rose, Emmett, and me at the table so far. Edward had to finish some extra work in his Trig class and Alice and Jasper were eating outside at the picnic table today, spending some alone time.
"What's the deal with this chicanyway?" Jacob asked before he took a bite of his hamburger. "You could say she and Edward dated in Chicago" Emmett's face twisted up as if it wasn't exactly the correct term.
I glowered at him and Rose smacked his shoulder. "Explain, cousin" Renesmee gave him a death glare. "Well..." Emmett began nervously "Edward doesn't have much dating experience, but we all know that. And Jasper and I pressured him to get a date for homecoming queen. So, he asked Tanya" Emmett rolled his eyes.
"She said yes. After homecoming, Tanya and he became a thing" Emmett shrugged "Edward stayed with her all the way up until we were moving. Apparently he told her he couldn't make a long distance relationship work, so it was over" Emmett looked puzzled for a moment.
"He never really told us why he stayed with her, but who knows with him" Emmett leaned back and took a bite of his burito. Rose and Renesmee gave me worried glances.
Worry, fear, and doubt passed through me. Edward had dated Tanya. And according to Emmett, they'd only broken up because he was moving across the country. Could that mean Edward still had a thing for Tanya?
I had a bad feeling in my gut about this.
-
Edward was quiet in biology and walked me to gym in silence. "I'll meet you by my car" Edward whispered and touched my cheek. I watched him leave and felt that pain again. I walked into the gym and saw Mike brooding and talking Jessica Stanley. Looks like that couple was onagain. Luckily, we weren't doing sports today
We were learning about sex ed, yay!
Note the sarcasm.
The whole time, I couldn't stop thinking about Edward. If he'd only broken up with Tanya because of distance then our relationship could be in trouble. Tanya was on the same side of the country as him now, could he want her back?
I had to find Edward, I had to talk to him.
When class ended, I practically rushed out of the gym. I stumbled several times but never actually fell. I ran towards the parking lot, looking at the ground to keep from falling. I stopped and looked up to where Edward's volvo would be.
I gasped at what I saw.
It was the thing I'd been fearing the whole day.
Edward was leaning against his volvo with Tanya pressed up against him, kissing him deeply.
I choked out a sob and felt the tears start. Edward pulled back when he saw me, his face filled with guilt. "Bella, this isn't what it looks like" Edward moved Tanya away from him and reached for me.
"Yeah right! whowrote that line?!" I screeched and threw my ring at him. I yanked off the necklace he'd given me and threw it at him as well. The tears were streaming down my face now and I moved away from him and to my truck.
I jumped in, started the engine, and pulled out of the parking lot. I saw my friends running towards the scene urgently. They'd probably seen my out burst.
I pulled out of the lot and drove off, crying the whole way home.
When I got home I quickly ran up to my room blubbering. My mom was home and followed me but I slammed and locked the door. "Bella! Bella!
what'swrong?" my mom called as she pounded on the door.
"Go away!" I shouted and turned on the radio before falling onto my bed crying. The song Broken by Seether featuring Amy Lee played and it made so much sense to me in that moment.
Edward and I were over.
And I felt broken.
Yes, I was listening to that song when I wrote this chapter. Its sad, but very good, I suggest you go check it out. And yes, I know, sad chapter, but reviews will allow me to write what happens next. so, please? it'll only take a second.