Disclaimer: All Characters are property of Stephanie Meyer..I just take them out and play with them
FAGE⦠The 13th.
Title: Passages of Time
Written for: Mama4Dukes
Written By: SparklingFae
Rating: M
Summary/Prompt used:
One moment they were arguing, the next they were before the council being punished for it. Fate has a funny way of bringing two of the most unlikeliest of people together.
Paul and Bella fight over ice cream.
Outtake #1
Bella: 4 years old
She covered her ears and whimpered, the screaming and throwing stuff around was scaring her. All she wanted to do was go to La Push, where her little friend, Jakey, lived. Her Uncle Billy would make her feel safe and calm.
She whimpered as the shouting grew to a crescendo and she heard her mommy yell that she was leaving this place and taking Bella with her. Bella threw herself at her daddy when she heard those words, crying in huge racking sobs.
"I don't want to go, Daddy, don't make me leave!"
Her pleas were silenced as Renee threw their packed suitcases in the car and made Bella get in the backseat. Bella sat up and gazed out the window as they drove away, the memory of her daddy silently watching with tears in his eyes burned itself into her small brain.
Bella: 7 years old
Bella wiped the stray tears as another day passed and her mother had forgotten to pick her up from dance. She knew when she got home that there would be little to no food for them. Tears streamed down her face as she wrapped her arms around her knees and tried to stay hidden. She wanted to go back to her daddy's house. It felt like home there and the lights always worked and she never went to bed hungry. She hated living in this place. The only good part about them having moved to California was that they did not live too far from her grandma. She wiped at her tear stained cheeks again as she heard her grandma's voice from the waiting area at the ballet studio instead of her mother's. At least she wouldn't have to walk home.
Bella: 15 years old
Bella watched as her mother kissed the man who she would come to know as Phil. He seemed good for her, and, after having to take care of Renee for so long, she hoped that her mother would be inclined to settle down. It had been tough until now, always struggling to keep food on the table and having to take odd jobs just so the bills were paid. She loved her mother, but hated her a little at the same time.
Bella: 17 years old
Today was the day, Bella had all but begged to go live with her dad; many pleading calls to Charlie later, and it was going to finally happen. She just wanted to live her life and not be bothered taking care of anyone again, when she was just a teenager herself. She hoped things would be different with her dad. Deep down, she resented her mom for not being the adult that Bella had needed and craved and her dad for never fighting for her. She hoped this might be a second chance for her and her dad to get to know each other again.
Bella's Time With the Cullens
Paul watched as Bella was, yet again, manipulated by the vampires. He was livid at how they treated her and she just let them! She spent every day bending to their will. This time it was Edward acting as if he would rather die than live without her. Paul observed Bella try to fight it, but they always seemed to succeed in drawing her back in.
It was her birthday today and she and the copper-haired prick were watching Romeo and Juliet together for a class project.
Paul watched as later that day, when he could see Bella just wanted to go home, she was coerced into attending a birthday party thrown by them. He was furious as he witnessed what led to Bella accidentally cutting her finger and Edward escalating the situation into something that was even more dangerous for her.
He continued to absorb it all. Three days after that joke of a party, Edward guided Bella out into the woods. It seemed as if the boy wonder intended to draw Victoria out to hurt Bella. The words Edward spoke to her were callous and cold, destroying the young girl in love. Without a backward glance, the copper-headed dick left and Bella called after him, stumbling her way deeper into the woods until she gave out.
Paul's history
Paul: 4 years old
Paul Lahote sat on the steps as his parents fought. He hated to hear them fighting, but it was all they did now. His lower lip wobbled as the rising welt on his cheek started throbbing. His dad had hit him again before starting in on Paul's mother. Paul knew it would only be a matter of time before the cops were called again and they hauled his dad off to jail. Paul would be asked questions about what took place, but it never really mattered. His dad would come home and do it all again.
Paul: 9 years old
Paul kicked the dirt as he hid behind some old boards in the backyard of their Tacoma home. The yelling and sound of flesh hitting flesh as his mother cried out seemed so loud to his ears. It would be only a matter of time before the neighbors called the cops again. It was a routine that never seemed to end. His dad would drink, his mom would cry, and, when his dad came home, he would smack his mom around until the police showed up. He didn't know that his mom had finally taken the steps to get them away from his father. This time was going to be different. The cops came and dragged his dad's drunk ass to jail. His mom rushed him to pack. They were going home to where they belonged, The Quileute Reservation in La Push.
Paul: 15 years old
Paul growled and punched the wall, for weeks he had been angry and could barely control his rage. His mother had commented that he acted and looked more and more like his father. That pissed him off even more; he would be nothing like that bastard, he swore to himself. He walked into the back door and heard the voice he dreaded the most.
"Hello, Son, have you missed me?"
The rage that Paul had been feeling all day exploded as he threw himself at his old man and began pummeling him, shouting at the top of his lungs.
"Why can't you fucking leave us alone?"
Paul was so furious that he started to shake all over. Sam Uley came out of nowhere and drew him off of his father and threw him outside. Just in time, too. Paul exploded into a massive silver wolf. His fate was sealed.
