While You Loved Me
Author's Note: I decided since I am in the zone to add chapter one tonight. I have also decided to continue one from the third person POV to which will be of "Junior" the man reading to Bella in the nursing home. It will occasionally flip back to present times but it will mostly be set in the past as he tells Bella the story.
Disclaimer: I will not put as long a disclaimer from now on. I don't own Twilight that belongs to Stephanie Meyer, The Notebook and any likeness or quotes belongs to a man who lives 2 hours from me named Nicholas Sparks and the title belongs to Rascal Flatts since it's one of their songs. ENJOY!
Chapter 1
Junior's POV
Isabella Swan spent many a summer in the quaint town of Gaitlinburg, Tennessee and she figured that this summer would be no different from the many she had spent at her family's summer estate throughout the years. She had her friend, Alice Brandon, who she met about 5 summers ago and together they were inseparable during her 2 months there out of the year. Her first night in town in the summer of 1943, however, Alice invited Isabella to come with her and her boyfriend, Jasper Whitlock, to the town carnival that was held once a year.
"Come on, Bella, it'll be fun." Alice whined.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to get out of the house." Isabella, who preferred to be called Bella, said with a shrug. Alice squealed and they headed off to the carnival.
The carnival was a crowded place but Bella found that she was having more fun than she thought she would. She stuck close to Alice the entire time and a mutual friend of theirs, Mike Newton, seemed to take it upon himself to play bodyguard for the night. While riding the bumper cars with Alice she spotted Alice's boyfriend, Jasper, and a tall and handsome man with dark hair, dimples and muscles standing beside him staring at her. Bella shrugged him off and followed Alice off of the ride and started heading toward the ferris wheel.
"Hey!" the guy who had been staring at her said, standing in front of her and Mike as they walked.
"Hi" she said with a smile, being polite.
"Want to dance?" he asked with a dimpled grin.
"Right now?" she asked, shocked at the question.
"Why not?" he said with another grin.
"No." she said with a laugh.
"Why not?" he asked.
"Because I don't want to." She said.
"Em, the lady doesn't want to dance. Just leave her alone, will ya?" Mike said.
"Will you go out with me?" the man asked Bella.
"No" she said with another laugh.
"Why not?" he asked, clearly trying to get her to agree.
"Because I don't know you." She laughed again and Alice came over and began to drag her to the ferris wheel, leaving the man standing there.
"That's Emmett McCarty." She whispered "It seems he's got his eye on you."
"He's kind of strange and annoying." Bella replied with a laugh.
"That's Emmett for you, he's not that bad really." Alice giggled "He works on the farm with Jazz."
"Oh" was all Bella said as Alice went to join Jasper on the ferris wheel and Mike went to save a seat for Bella. Just as Bella took a step toward the seat that Mike was saving, Emmett made another appearance.
"Why won't you go out with me?" he asked.
"Will you stop?" Bella huffed, rolling her eyes. She didn't want to admit that she found his brand of annoying kind of attractive.
"Not until you agree to go out with me." He said with a dimpled grin. Bella just rolled her eyes and took her seat beside Mike as the ferris wheel began to move.
Emmett yelled to the ride operator that he'd pay him back and jumped from the gate to the seat that Mike and Bella shared, squeezing himself in between them.
"I'm Emmett McCarty" he said holding his hand out to Bella.
"So?" she said.
"EM! You can't fit more than two in the car!" the ride operator yelled up to him.
"Just give me a sec, Paul!" he yelled back. "So, will you go out with me?"
"No!" Bella said.
"Why not?" he asked.
"I don't know." She said.
"EM! Come on man! You're going to get me fired!" Paul yelled again.
"Come on, Em! Just get out of the car!" Jasper yelled from the car below the one they were in.
"OK! Hold on!" Emmett said standing up and jumping to grab ahold of one of the bars holding the ride together.
"EMMETT YOU IDIOT! You're going to kill yourself!" Alice screeched from below.
"Not until this nice lady agrees to go out with me." He yelled back.
"Aw come one, Bells, just go out with him darlin'." Jasper yelled up to Bella. Bella was flustered.
"So, will you or will you not go out with me?" Emmett asked Bella again.
"No!" she yelled back to him, trying to act as if she weren't impressed with his stunt.
"Well then you leave me no choice" Emmett replied, letting go of the bar with one hand.
"AHHH!" Bella screamed.
"EMMETT! You Idiot!" Alice screamed again.
"Will you please go out with me?" Emmett asked again "Please hurry, I'm slipping."
"All Right!" Bella yelled.
"All right? All right what?" Emmett asked, still holding on with one arm.
"I'll go out with you." She said.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you. It's kind of loud and airy up here." He said.
"I'LL GO OUT WITH YOU!" she screamed "Now will you please grab the bar?"
"All right, that's all I wanted to hear." He said with a grin, grabbing the bar again.
"UGH!" Bella groaned loudly. Jasper was down below trying not to laugh at Emmett antics and Alice was not impressed. The ride came to an end and Bella ran off quickly with Alice. Jasper and Emmett left for the day.
A couple of days later, while out shopping with Alice, Bella ran into Emmett and Jasper again. Alice was otherwise occupied with Jasper so Bella tried her best to avoid Emmett.
"Why are you avoiding me?" he asked.
"I'm not." Bella said, not making eye contact with him.
"So when can I take you out on that date?" he asked.
"You're not." She said with a grin.
"But you promised. You swore." He said.
"Things change." She said with a playful shrug, walking off. Emmett ran and stood in front of her.
"Come on, Bella, give me a chance. I can be whatever you want me to be. You want funny? I can be funny. I can be light on my feet, easy going, whatever you want just name it." He said.
"You're dumb." She said with an exasperated laugh.
"I can be that if you want me to be." He said with a grin.
"I have to go." She said starting to walk off again.
"When will I see you again?" Emmett asked.
"I guess you'll have to figure it out, now won't you?" Bella said as Alice caught up to her and they walked off together arm in arm. Jasper walked up to Emmett and patted him on the back. Emmett let out an almost defeated sigh but vowed that one way or another he would see Bella again.