Ready to Fall
Written by CosmicTwilight
Standard Disclaimers: I do not own any of the characters herein that appear in any of the works of Stephenie Meyer. I am merely borrowing them for enjoyment and I gain no profit whatsoever from the user of the characters herein.
Synopsis: Bella is three months pregnant when she is left by her boyfriend in a small town named Forks. Here she is alone, pregnant with no one to turn too when she is taken in by her father Charlie who enrolls her into Forks High School to help her back on her feet. She meets a young man at Forks High School who will turn her world upside down. Alternate to Twilight.
Authors Note: Big Thanks to my reviewers: Flora73, foreverandalways909, head in the clouds 14, Missing J and A, TeamEdwardTeamAlice, Race for the clock tower and im edwards bella.
Takes place four weeks after the last chapter. Bella is currently several months pregnant.
Skipping through basic things like Renee/Phil arriving etc really quickly so I can gets the ball rolling. I'm not too good at writing action, but I hope you like it.
I know most of you had figured out about Matt, but I'm wondering if you were expecting how it occurred?
Time had passed by very quickly for me; the past four weeks flew by. There was still no word about Edward; he'd appeared to disappear from the face of the planet. Alice had sent me a text message here or there, but aside from that I hadn't kept in touch with any of The Cullen's. My mother and Phil had been staying with us for the past three weeks; I noticed something different about my mother, she was always an outdoors person but that seemed to have changed, greatly. When the sun was out I would make the effort to go with her to La Push, but she always said she didn't feel up to it. My mind trailed over the meeting at the airport.
///Flashback
I was really excited, thrilled actually. A morning without much nausea for a change. My mother was finally arriving, Matt had set up everything and it was as if he was just as nervous as I was. It was a further five minutes before we finally saw them step off and make their way towards us. Renee ran at me very quickly wrapping her arms around me and enveloping me in a tight hug.
"Mum," I whispered.
"Oh Bella!" She whispered, pulling herself back to take a look at me. She examined me. "You are positively glowing," I nodded in embarrassment. I didn't feel glowing. I looked at her more closely, I noticed something, and her eyes they were darker than normal.
'Your eyes!" I exclaimed, "Are you wearing contacts?"
She quickly averted her attention to Phil before returning back to mine and nodding.
End Flashback///
That was just the start of it. Eventually I'd done it. I'd come to the conclusion I didn't want too. My family, my whole family excluding my father was a vampire. Just my luck. How does this happen? I was waiting to confront them. They said they'd gone out to buy dinner, but it had been a while. It was all beginning to make sense now though.
My erratic harebrain mother was no longer the sun loving person she used to be. Edward never explained to me why he was able to walk outside, or why he never went into the sun. As a matter of fact it never arose in the slightest.
"We're home," his voice called as he walked into the house with my mother and Phil. Each carrying a bag with them. "We got Chinese."
"Sounds great," I whispered making my way to the table and pulling out plates.
"We already ate sweetie," my mother answered sweetly. I slammed the door of the cupboard shut and turned to face them.
"I want an explanation," I said firmly, resting my hands on the chair in front of the table. "I'm not stupid, I've learnt a lot since I've been here."
Matt looked from me to my mother. She slowly nodded. "What are your theories?"
"In the past month and a half I have never seen you eat anything, not a single thing," I commented, "That in itself is odd, but." I paused, gathering my thoughts. "Your ice cold, As far as I can tell, you never sleep. You are always awake after I fall asleep, and always awake before I am. Your eyes aren't the same color, they are the same color as-"I had to pause again as his eyes flashed across my mind, those beautiful windows to his soul. How I needed him.
"Bella," he whispered interrupting my thoughts,
"Vampire," I whispered, the three of them looked at me in shock. My mother reaching over and helping me take a seat. She hugged me tightly. "Why didn't you guys just tell me? Why all this lying?"
Phil stepped closer and opened his mouth for the first time in a while. "Your safety, "He answered, "How do you tell someone you're not alive, but not dead either?" I nodded, I understood why. "Not to mention the danger, Bella I love you as if you are my own daughter and I would never want to put you in harms way."
"Phil," I breathed in deeply, "This is me we are talking about, danger follows me around."
"Bella," My mother whispered, "Do you want us to leave?" I shook my head. Of course I didn't want them to leave, but I did want honesty from now on.
"I just don't want to be lied too."
"We won't anymore," Renee answered with a smile. "I promise."
"How did you get like this?" I asked, maybe there was an explanation for everything.
"It was my entire fault," Matt spoke up, "I didn't mean too." I looked at him weirdly, how this all could fall on him. It's not like he was a vampire before then. "That day, I left you at the service station..." He trailed off.
///Flashback – Matt's POV
We both got out of the car and I watched as she walked around to my side to watch me pump the car full of petrol. Then I proceeded to pull out my wallet and hand her forty dollars.
"Can you pay for the petrol and grab a little something to eat?" I whispered to her as I kissed her forehead. She smiled at me, my hand sitting on her slightly expanded belly.
"Anything in particular you were after?" she queried, after a simple nod she turned her back looked up at what number we were and walked into the station. I quickly got back into the car and flipped open my phone to check the time before closing it and putting it back into my pocket.
"Start the car," a voice piped up from the back seat, causing me to turn around in shock. There sitting in the back of my car were two figures. One was a man, long blonde hair in a low ponytail, he looked rather dirty, and he was shirtless. Beside him was a girl with long red hair, a boa around her neck and she smirked at me.
"He's smells great," the girl whispered.
"Start the car," the man spoke, "Now." I didn't want to hesitate, I took a look back into the service station, I saw Bella, my Bell reaching the counter to make her purchase. I hope she would forgive me for this; I started the car and drove off.
End Flashback/// End MPOV/
I watched him intently, as he continued on with his story. The man and woman in the car were called Victoria and James. They were vampires; They were attracted to his blood. He'd managed to escape them briefly, giving him the opportunity to reach my mother and Phil. But when he did, they had found them again. They tried to escape but the car they were driving was forced off a cliff. Regardless to say they were in very bad shape, and these two vampires changed the three of them.
"This Victoria," I whispered, "Is she still after you?"
"No," Matt said quickly, "We lost her two months ago, that's why it took so long to get to you."
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After the lengthy conversations with my family we spent the night in silence all doing our own things, I was processing all the information they had given me. Felt like too much to handle. Vampires were everywhere around me. I put the book down I had been attempting to read, but my thoughts kept interrupting me. I looked out the window as I heard glass smashing. Getting to my feet, I put a night gown on and ran down the stairs to the kitchen stopping when I saw two figures –a man and a woman- standing over Matt. My heart ached, he was hurt.
"No! Matt!" I cried as I tried to reach him, but the man turned to me and grabbed me viciously pushing me to the floor, my hands instinctively turning myself in a way to not hurt my unborn baby. My mother and Phil came running into the room only to stop in their tracks. Theirs eyes said it all. Victoria and James had found them. They weren't good vampire like The Cullen's, or like them. Their eyes were a bright red; it was scary to say the least.
"Why are you defending him?" Victoria asked, flicking her long hair over her shoulder. "He hurt you bad, when he left." I shook my head as James walked up to him and pinned him to the wall.
"Let him go," Renee spoke softly, "Please, What did he ever do to you?"
"What did he do?? " James spoke firmly, "What did he do?" he repeated. "He took my prey," My eyes turned to him. Prey. That meant an innocent life. "He cannot live for that, but it seems all can be repaid" his eyes turned to me. "For this one, she sure smells divine"
"Anything, but." Renee said in exasperation. James shook his head in disagreement.
"Her blood is the sweetest I've smelt, I must have it," Victoria let go of him and he began to walk toward me where I had fallen earlier. My legs like statues I was unable to move. His dirty hands reached for mine pulling me to my feet in one swift movement. I screamed in fear, If he did to me what I was thinking he was going to do, neither of us would survive. "Beg," he ordered, "Beg me to stop," This sick bastard was getting off on this wasn't he? That was disgusting, I was going to give in to him, and he was not going to get pleasure out of this. If he was going to kill me then, he wasn't going to enjoy it as much. When I didn't answer he threw me back on the ground, once again I tried my hardest to cover my belly. He moved his hand over my expanded abdomen before resting it on my right leg, he pressed down. I screamed the worst pain ever. He shattered my leg into what felt like a million pieces.
"Bella!" A familiar voice called as I saw three figures run into the room, my vision was fading, and getting more blurry as the seconds went on. I gripped my hands at my abdomen, something was wrong. A rising surge of pain pulsating through my legs. I rolled onto my side and screamed for him. Hoping that no matter where he was, he would hear me, save me, make me safe once again.
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