Book 2: Chapter 4: Love right?
I am unaware of my dry sobs until Edward is kneeling by my side. His hand lays on my thigh and I move away. Then he talks to me. "Bella we need to talk"
His voice is quiet, calm. Maybe he's just saying that to get out of here. I sigh and look out the window. "I don't care what you've got to say. Why don't you just run back to Tanya" I spit the name with venom and Edward laughs. "You think it's funny do you?" I yell and he stops laughing. "Just leave me alone" I say as I try to open the window but it's locked. And I'm fairly sure that Alice would have people on duty. I start to sob dryly again and he sighs.
"Bella" he says and I look at him and see that once again, he's trying to explain something. "That day in the cafeteria that I…ended things between us…it was the hardest thing I've ever done." He says and I scoff. He frowns at me as I stare out the window.
"How was it that hard if you did it anyway? I realised months after that you never loved me. You lied to me Edward" I hiss and he chuckles.
"I lied about not loving you. It was all for your protection and Charlie's" he says and I frown and turn to his golden eyes. "It hurt me so much by the fact that you believed me, and I could see it in your eyes. I knew the pain would be horrible but…it was for, once again, Charlie's safety and both of yours's protection" he says and I frown.
"You said that I would never see you again. I knew you didn't love me" I whisper as I turn to him. He chuckles and grins.
"Yes, turns out I can break a lot of promises, but starting now I will try a little harder" he says and I smile as I hug him. He laughs as he spins me around before suddenly kissing me. I grin and push him into Carmen and Elazar's bed. He chuckles before standing up and hugging me tightly. I smile as I push my head into his chest. "Marry me" he whispers and I freeze. Marry him…
"I can't" I say and he frowns. "Charlie needs me…I can't just run off" I say and he frowns. "And he wants me to graduate" I say and he sighs.
"Bella…you realise that one day, he won't need you" he says as we sit on the bed. "And I don't think he'll see it as a surprise" He notes and I nod. He's probably right. "And plus you can graduate, but I love you Bella" Edward says in a whisper as he holds my hands in my lap. "Plus it's not like we're going to run off straight away" he laughs and I grin.
"I love you too…" I whisper and he grins. "Wait so when do we get married then?" I ask him with a grin and he looks at me in shock, but a wide grin upon his face.
"W…what?" he asks me and I laugh. "You're agreeing to this?" he asks me and I smile. "Whenever you want" he grins and I smile.
"After graduation, a month before my birthday" I say and Edward grins. Suddenly he pulls out a box and opens it to reveal a silver ring with small golden crystals. I gasp and look at it with a smile. "Edward, you don't need to do this" I whisper and he grins.
"Bella, this was my mother's and I want you to have it…don't worry I have one more thing of my mother's" he says and I gasp as he looks at me. "Isabella Marie Swan, will you grant me the extraordinary honour of marrying you?" he asks me and I smile.
"Yes" I whisper as he slides on the ring before kissing me. I grin and wrap my arms around his neck before we break apart. "Maybe them locking us in here did us a favour" I say and he laughs.
"I'll ask Carlisle if we can move back. I'm guessing you want to get married in forks or we could literally drive to Los Angeles and get married there just us two" he says and I laugh.
"I don't Alice would be too impressed if we did that. I'm guessing that she's been waiting a long time to pull this together and I won't be surprised that the moment she got the vision, she started ordering everything…I just want to know how I came to be with red eyes." I mumble and he nods.
"Yeah…" he mumbles and I jump up suddenly by the sound of the phone ringing. I pick it up to hear the male voice of Jake.
"Hey Bells. We've spotted Redhead on our land" Jacob informs me and I sigh.
"If I leave now I won't be there for another couple of hours. Unless…"I shoot Edward a look and he knocks on the door and starts speaking rapidly. "Can we go in your car?" I ask Edward and him nods as the door flies open and we walk out the room quickly. "How quickly can we get there?" I ask him and he quickly looks away before looking back.
"Half an hour if we speed. An hour if you refuses to go the fast way" Edward grumbles and I repeat the information to Jacob. "Come on" he says and I sigh.
"Be there soon, Give her something to do" I say before hanging up and putting the phone away. "Wasn't Laurent here? Like with Irina and that?" I ask Edward as we jump into the car.
"Yes, he disappeared before you came. Irina was in hysterics. She was fussing over going to find him. He and Irina mated a few months back" he says and I nod knowing and having a fair idea of where he was. "Also Eleazar says that you're a shield. He can't detect it but he would be able to tell that it is a shield" he says and I look at him.
"So I don't have super self-control?" I ask him and he laughs. "Great, now they all will be depending on me to keep your inner most secrets safe from your mind" I grumble and he laughs.
"That's if you can develop your gift" he says and I sigh. "You can jump out here. Other side is wolf territory, I'll go back onto the border line at the house. Check the meadow too" he says and I nod as I jump out the car. I run and keep running until I bump into a wolf. "Hey, whoever that is. Which way did she go?" I ask and he nods towards the river and lake. "Lost her scent?" I ask them and they nod. "I'm going to check somewhere quickly. If you meet anyone say I went north" I say and they nod as I run away and towards the meadow. I stop when I see someone familiar and see the dark skinned and reddish-golden eyed Laurent in the middle of it.
"Nice place you have here" he says and I look at him in shock.
"Laurent! Irina's been so worried. What are you doing here?" I ask him and he sighs regretfully.
"I came as a Favour for Victoria. You surely remember her? I was coming to see if you were unprotected and then leave to go back to my dear Irina. It turns out, you weren't left entirely unprotected" he says and I nod.
"Yes. Why are you doing a favour for her though? You realise that she's trying to kill me. And the wolves are my friends, please don't hurt them" I say and he nods before looking towards the woods behind me and nodding.
"Edward. Nice to see you. I should be going now" Laurent says and I frown as I look behind me to see by bronze haired angel. Edward comes up and hugs me before turning to Laurent.
"Laurent…I suggest you go back to Irina. No little detours otherwise I'll know. Actually, I'll take you back now" Edward says and I turn to him. "Don't worry love…I'll be back within a week. You can call me anytime." He says and he kisses me and escorts Laurent to his car. I sigh as I sink into the ground and the wolves surround me, all in their human forms.
"Where did Edward go? Why is he back?" Jake asks and I frown.
"Jake…We're back together. He lied to me the whole time. To protect my reputation and my father's humanity" I say and Jake frowns as he sits down onto the ground. "And we're…engaged" I say and Jake frowns.
"ENGAGED! BELLA!" Jake yells and I flinch. "He left you in the dark for months on end and you agree to marry him?" he says before sighing and grumbling "He's got his roots in her so deep. I bet her forced her" and I frown.
"For your record he didn't force me… he persuaded me." I say and he growls. "Why does it matter to you anyway?" I ask him and he sighs. "You didn't have a crush on me? Did you?" I ask him and he jumps as if I just came behind him with an air horn. "YOU DID" I laugh and he grins.
"Yeah, yeah. Ok! So when's the wedding. Gotta make sure I'm there in time" he says and I laugh.
"A month before my birthday" I say and Paul scoffs.
"It's not like you are getting any older anyway. What's the rush?" Sam asks and I frown.
"I…I just want Charlie to be there. We were going to go to college anyway, up in Alaska. So I wanted to have it before I went away…and we made a…deal" I say and if I was human, I would've blushed so red in that moment.
"What type of deal?" Embry asks and I turn my head downwards to the grass. "Bella…otherwise we'd think something unrelated and make wrong assumptions" Embry says and I sigh.
"We made a deal about…" I say
"About?" everyone prompts me at once.
"Well…last year when we were together I tried to…almost force him to…have sex with me…then he said since he was raised a certain way that…after marriage and also…he just wants to buy me a new car and pay for my college tuitions and that" I say and they open the mouths and blush so red that I have to contain my laughter from their faces. Jake's the worst though. His face is a mask of fury. "He's not tricking me into anything. I know what I'm getting myself into and once it's done, I'll never go back through marriage again" I say and they nod.
"Seems logical" Sam mutters before standing up and sighing. "I should get back to Emily. Actually it would be better if we all did." He says towards Jake and I smile.
"Cya" I say as I stand up and run off towards the Cullen household to see a car there. With a smile, I enter to see a bubbly Alice at a table with paper and a laptop. She indulges into wedding plans before Edward could steal me away for the others.
Maybe everything would work out.
But we still had other things to worry about.
Like how did I slip up and when before the wedding?
(A/N: Ok…I diverged and I'm sorry. I actually kinda hate the book and movie of new moon. There is a few more chapters left not including another epilogue which is a surprise. Maybe three depending if I have the time and motivation.
Anyone who has been with me since last year knows I struggle to update with swimming. And at the end of this year I have to hand back my pc to get a new one. Sooooo… I just want to post as much as I can before December. Also next week I have like 3 assessments due and I'm full on having like a panic attack each week.
I hope I don't disappoint you. I also post more frequently on AO3 and sometimes FF.N. anyway I hope you enjoy the new moon part of this. Eclipse and Breaking dawn might be bigger. And maybe in the very far future I might post little snippets of things based around this story when what comes to mind! Thank you to all who support me from the very beginning. Even if this is on a different fandom and you prefer either my hunger games or Sailor Moon fanfiction, I cant thank you all enough!)
-Ella (Serenity24Luna)