Wish for a Redo

JacobxBella

Rated M

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or the franchise, as it belongs to Steph Meyers

Wish for a Redo

Chapter 26

Her body began to become aware as her subconscious mind began to wake up. Slowly Bella opened her eyes from where she was snuggled into her bed, squinting her eyes at the light peering in through her window and into her face. As she did, an onslaught of memories filled her mind, making her eyes widen. Gasping Bella quickly sat up in bed and looked around, seeing that she was back in her room. She was back in her original timeline. She was back, and Maggie was gone.

Tears filled her eyes as she thought of her conscience, remembering how she had disappeared in front of her and bid her 'goodbye'. But that was in that timeline; maybe she was still with her. In a timid voice she called out, "Maggie?"

Silence met her, a silence she wasn't looking for. Deciding to try again she called out a little louder, "Maggie."

Yet and still, there was no answer. Maggie was not answering her anymore. Maggie wasn't with her anymore. The tears that she had stilled for a moment flowed freely once more. Maggie was gone, and she wasn't ever coming back. She mourned the loss of Maggie for a few moments more before she finally stopped crying. As she did, a realization came upon her. It was her wedding day. She was back in her original timeline and she was getting married to Edward. Looking over on her nightstand she saw Edward's mother's ring sitting there, waiting for her to put it on her finger. Her cell phone rested next to it and she noticed she had a text message. Picking the device up she opened the text message and saw that it was from Edward. She sighed, not bothering to open it; she didn't want to.

Her phone buzzed in her hand twice, alerting her to two incoming texts. Looking to see who sent them, she saw that the first one was from Alice. Opening it, she skimmed it to see that Alice was excited for the wedding and would be arriving in thirty minutes to pick her up to take her to the Cullen mansion to get ready. Opening the second text message, her eyes widened to see that it was from Seth Clearwater. Her eyes widened further as she read his message before throwing the covers off her and jumping out of bed. She ran to the bathroom to brush her teeth and put her hair in a quick ponytail before running back to her bedroom. She threw on a t-shirt and a pair of jogging pants before putting her feet in some socks and shoes. She then ran out of her room and hurried down the stairs—tripping but catching herself—and grabbed the keys to her beloved red truck that was still sitting in the driveway. She then rushed out of the house, ignoring Charlie's alarmed stare and shout of her name, and ran to get into her truck. She cranked the big beast and giggled as it roared to life, a sound she had missed ever since Edward had gotten her that blasted gaudy car that everyone stared at. Soon she was pulling out of the driveway and leaving her home, driving as fast as she could.

Charlie stared after her in confusion, wondering where his daughter was going looking completely frazzled and like she had been crying. She was supposed to be waiting for Alice to come pick her up, so where was she going? And without that gaudy ring of that boy's? He himself had been wallowing in sorrow over the whole affair and had even considered getting drunk just to either walk Bella down the aisle or not show up at all. But now he was concerned about his daughter, especially now with her sudden departure.

The telephone rang in the kitchen, interrupting his thoughts. Moving to the kitchen he went to the phone and picked it up saying, "Chief Swan speaking."

"Chief! Is Bella there?" Billy's voice said into his ear, elation obvious in his voice.

"No, she just left. Though, she did leave in her truck and without that ring on her finger. It was like she was in a hurry to get somewhere."

Billy was silent for a moment before he began laughing. When Charlie asked him what was so funny, he continued laughing harder before finally saying, "Chief, Jacob is back. She must have been told and is on her way here right now."

Charlie's eyes widened before he let out a happy whoop. He couldn't believe it, Jacob had come home from running away! Not that he wasn't going to give the boy a piece of his mind—because he was—but he knew that if anyone could make Bella drop everything, especially something as important as her own wedding, it was Jacob. He spoke to Billy a bit longer before hanging up and grabbing his own keys, leaving the house and locking up behind him before getting into his police cruiser. And like Bella, he too pulled out and headed towards La Push.

Bella slammed hard on the brakes as she stopped in front of the Black house, the truck nearly fishtailing and bumped into the porch. Turning the engine off she hopped out of the truck and hurried up the stairs of the porch, knocking on the door. The door opened and Billy looked at her smiling before saying, "He's in his room."

"Thanks," Bella said quickly before moving past him and down the hallway to Jacob's room. Grabbing the doorknob she swung the door open, coming face to face with the most important person in her entire life. Tears filled her eyes as she breathed out, "Jake."

Jacob was startled seeing Bella in front of him in his room. Shouldn't she be at the Cullens' getting ready for her wedding? Even as that thought crossed his mind, hope filled him seeing that Bella was here at his house to see him. With a small, tired smile he said, "Hey Bells."

A sob left Bella's lips as she ran to Jacob, throwing her arms around him and hugging him close, crying in his shoulder. It seemed ridiculous that she was having this sort of reaction, but Jacob had been gone so long here, and in the other timeline she had to say 'goodbye'. But she was done saying 'goodbye' to Jacob and was going to make a point to never do so again. Pulling away she leaned forward and pressed her lips against his in a kiss, the action startling Jacob more than her showing up unexpectedly had.

Gently pushing her away Jacob asked, "Bella, what are you doing?"

"Kissing you," Bella answered like it was obvious. She went to kiss him again, but Jacob held her away from him, though he didn't release her. "Jake? What's wrong?"

"We can't do this, Bells. Don't get me wrong, I would love nothing more than to kiss you and keep kissing you. But you're getting married to your leech and I don't want to keep being second best and keep being strung along."

"But I'm not! I want you, and I want us to be together! I don't care about Edward, I just want you!"

Her declaration had Jacob's heart racing, but he still couldn't keep the doubts away. Bella had chosen the leech, not him; so what was the point of her being here now? He'd give that she was here to see him after being gone so long, but it still didn't change anything. He himself had tried to avoid coming back this day, but he still had returned in the hopes of seeing the girl he loved human one last time. And though he was happy to see her, it still didn't stop his heart from aching.

Bella could see that Jacob was doubting her, not believing that she was really choosing him over Edward. She didn't understand why he would doubt her. Maggie had allowed her to fix everything, fix all of her mistakes. She allowed her to be with Jacob properly with no outside problems to their relationship. Did…did her returning undo it all? Maggie said it all wasn't for nothing, but it seemed like it was. Jacob…Jacob wasn't hers anymore, and they were still going to be torn apart. Maggie had said it all wasn't for nothing, but Maggie had lied to her.

Jacob could see Bella was feeling dejected and saw that her happy tears had turned to sad ones. Hating to see her cry he reached up and wiped her tears away, gently cupping her face as he did. Kissing her forehead softly he said, "Don't cry, Bells."

"Don't tell me not to cry," Bella muttered almost indignantly, her tone causing Jacob to laugh softly.

He wiped her tears some more before lifting her head so he could look at her. Her face was flushed and her eyes were slightly puffy from crying. Many people would think she looked a mess, but she never looked more beautiful to Jacob. Her nose was slightly red and her rosy lips were so cute, but her eyes were the most beautiful thing. Those chocolate brown orbs hidden slightly behind sooty lashes, were staring at him completely wide-eyed. And even as he looked into them, he could see that they were full of love, love for and directed towards him. He had accepted that she loved him, but apparently not enough. But looking at her now, looking into her eyes, he was beginning to believe that she did love him enough, maybe even more than her leech.

As Bella stared into Jacob's eyes, she felt a strange tingling in her head before it felt like a jolt of energy. It felt like the exact same jolt she had felt when Maggie had kissed her on her forehead. It was so strange, and yet she felt as if it was significant in some way. The jolt-like feeling in her head began to feel stronger and stronger until Bella gasped. She didn't gasp in pain because it was painful, but she gasped because in that moment, she was seeing a future with Jacob, the same one she had seen when she kissed him on the mountain; and this time, it was clear as day.

Jacob too was seeing this future with Bella, and their future together for years to come. He felt like he was flying looking into her eyes, yet also that he was grounded at the same time. All he was seeing was Bella; he was Imprinting on her. About the time he realized it, Bella's legs buckled, and she fell against him, not that he was much better. His knees felt weak and he slowly lowered himself to sit on his bedroom floor, taking Bella with him all the way down. Once they were on the ground Jacob blinked before hugging the brunette close, burying his face in her neck as he did. He was silent for a moment before asking, "Was that real? Did that really happen?"

Bella smiled and held onto Jacob before nodding softly, tears filling her eyes once again; she really needed to stop crying, but she was so happy. Jacob finally Imprinted on her! She never realized how much she had wanted that to happen until Maggie sent her back. But how did it happen? If it couldn't happen before, what caused it to happen now? However, as she asked herself these questions, her heart already knew the answers. It was Maggie, Maggie had made it possible. She figured when Maggie had kissed her on her forehead, she probably used the last of her power to break down her mental shield before wishing her happiness and a good life and disappearing forever. Maggie hadn't lied, it wasn't all for nothing.

As Jacob and Bella held each other, Billy watched them from down the hallway, a smile on his face. It had finally happened. Bella had found her way back to Jacob and Jacob Imprinted on Bella. It looked like everything was going to be alright. A knock on the front door caught his attention and he went to open it. Seeing that it was Charlie he grinned and said, "It's time to celebrate, chief."

"Celebrate? You mean celebrate Jacob coming home?" Charlie asked as he stepped inside and followed Billy to the kitchen to get a beer.

"That, and the fact that Bella isn't getting married to Cullen anymore."

"Did she say that?"

Billy handed Charlie a can of beer and grinned wider. "She's here, Charlie. I think the answer is obvious."

Charlie grinned in return and nodded in agreement before cracking his can of beer open, tapping it against Billy's before they both took a drink of it. Swallowing his mouthful, he said, "I should call the Cullens and let them know the wedding is off."

"No, let me do it chief. You go see Jacob; I know you want to scold him as much as you want to hug him."

Billy rolled over to the house phone as Charlie went down the hall, dialing the Cullens' gleefully. He couldn't wait to deliver the "unfortunate" news, and there was nothing they could do about it.

Alice stood agitated as she fruitlessly tried looking into Bella's future to see where she was. The wedding was starting in an hour and she couldn't find her, nor Charlie. She had called, but she wasn't answering her phone. She had even gotten Rosalie to go to the Swan house to see if Bella and Charlie were there, only to be told neither were there. She turned to look at the intricately made wedding gown that was hanging ready to be worn, should having already been on Bella's body, had the girl been there.

Edward walked into the room with a frown on his face saying, "Alice?"

Shaking her head she said, "No, I still don't see her. It's almost like…like when she's with those wolves. I can't see her at all."

"Maybe she's with Seth and he's bringing her. Seth is the most reasonable of them and a pleasure to be around," Edward said, confident that was probably the case.

"Maybe, but that doesn't explain why Charlie isn't here either."

"He's probably stalling as long as he can. You know he doesn't want this to happen and doesn't like me at all."

Alice shrugged knowing that was true but found no reason to try and say otherwise. Deciding to ask Carlisle if he may have heard from Esme if she had heard from Charlie—as she was the only one Charlie would speak to about anything—she headed down the stairs, Edward following. They smiled as they passed guests that were still lingering in the house, many congratulating Edward as they did. Soon they made it to Esme who was standing with Carlisle, Carlisle hanging up the telephone he had been speaking into.

Carlisle looked at the two and beckoned them to follow him, he and Esme heading towards his personal office, Alice and Edward following behind. Edward tried reading his adoptive parents' minds, but they were purposely keeping him from doing so for some reason. He frowned wondering why they would. When they were inside Carlisle's office and the door closed behind them, Edward asked, "What's going on?"

Esme and Carlisle looked at each other for a moment with worried expressions on their faces, then looked back at the awaiting vampires. Taking an unnecessary breath, Carlisle said, "I'm sorry Edward, but there isn't going to be a wedding today."

Edward's eyes widened before asking, "What do you mean?"

"Did Bella get cold feet?" Alice asked. "If she did, I already know another date we can have the wedding, just in case she lost her nerve for today."

Shaking his head Carlisle said, "No, it's not that. There isn't going to be a wedding today, or any other day. Billy Black called just now to inform me that Jacob has returned home."

"That's why I can't see Bella," Alice mumbled to herself, it all making sense now.

Edward frowned at knowing his fiancé had bailed on their wedding to go see that dog Black. But he also unfortunately had to admit that though he didn't like him, Jacob was important to Bella and she would go see him. But that still didn't make sense as to how Jacob returning would cause for the whole cancellation of the wedding. Looking at Carlisle and Esme again, he could see that they were troubled by something, or rather reluctant to say something, something important. Not liking that they were withholding that information, Edward said, "You're not telling us something. Tell us, Carlisle."

Esme looked at her son and said, "Edward, you can't be mad about this. It is completely out of our control, and theirs."

"What is?"

"When Bella went to reunite with Jacob, Jacob Imprinted on Bella. They're soulmates and forever tied now. Nothing can break apart their bond, not even you," Carlisle said, not sugarcoating it at all.

Alice gasped at the news as Edward seemed to reel over from it. He sank to the ground in disbelief, realizing that he would never spend eternity with Bella. But she had chosen him, had accepted his ring. She was possibly still wearing it, right? Just as that thought crossed his mind, the office door opened and Rosalie poked her head in. She looked at Edward and said, "I figured you'd want this back. I picked it up when I went to see if Bella was home. But seeing as she wasn't and this was still there, I think the message is pretty clear."

She flicked something at him like a coin, Edward catching it easily. Looking into his hand, his eyes widened further at seeing his mother's ring lying in his palm. The truth of the entire situation weighed down on him heavily in that moment. Bella had chosen Jacob Black, and he realized that she probably had chosen him already in her heart. And with him Imprinting on her, it had to be true. Bella didn't love him, she loved Jacob. In the end, Jacob Black had won Bella's heart and had always had it, just like she had always had his.

Esme kneeled down next to Edward and wrapped her arms around him, holding him comfortingly as she said, "I'm so sorry, Edward."

Carlisle looked at his son solemnly before looking at Alice who seemed to be mourning the loss of having Bella as her sister. Looking at Rosalie he saw that she seemed to be trying to keep herself from smiling. She was probably finding Edward's misery in knowing that Bella had chosen Jacob and jilted him amusing, but wasn't vocally rubbing it in. Walking out of his office and past Rosalie, Carlisle steeled himself to announce to the awaiting guests that Edward and Bella would not be wed, as well as apologize for the inconvenience. He could at least let them stay to partake in the food that was prepared for the reception. That however was the least of his problems. Not only did he have to share this news with the wedding guests, but he had to share the news with the Volturi, and he knew Aro wasn't going to be happy about the broken promise.