AN: Hey guys, and welcome back!! I hope your all excited for this first chapter on "A Forbidden Love" I know I am =)
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A Forbidden Love
Chapter one: The past 14 years
Date: Sunday February 20th
BPOV
The last 14years have been the most hectic, busy but best years of my life. Filled with weddings, births, deaths and teenage hormones.
Rose and Emmett finally tied the knot in a sweet ceremony held on the beach down at La Push roughly six years ago. We all thanked god that the weather turned out almost perfect after a rainy morning. But, as I like to say a little bit of rain before you wed is classified as good luck. Samara, their daughter who was born May 9th weighing only 6pounds 4oz walked down the aisle at age 7 in a gorgeous light lavender gown. Her long sandy blond hair was tied in cute pig tails either side of her head and her silver jewelled tiara glittered perfectly in the sun as she walked down the aisle first, holding a cane basket full of white, pink and lavender petals. Rose and Emmett couldn't be more proud of their stunning daughter at that moment.
About three years after Samara was born, Rose was told that she was no long capable of having children. That just about broke her. She spent months and months crying, she ignored all of Emmett's attempts to cheer her up and the look on her face when Samara was around her was heartbreaking. The longing in her eyes just about killed me when she looked at her. But, as the years passed by, she fell pregnant again. They will be having another little girl in 3months time. The doctors said it was a miracle due to the fact that Rose had irregular periods and her eggs were infertile.
4 years after Rose and Emmett were married, My dad and Sue got married. They had a simple wedding, Held in their backyard with close friends and family. No formal wear was worn, and Sue just wore a summer dress as she walked down the aisle. I couldn't be more happy for them and their son, Tommy who is now 12years old. I must admit, having a much younger brother felt a little weird, but I loved him to death. And, at 12years old he was a great uncle to my kids. He wasn't afraid to put them in their place, although they never really listened it was still good that he gave it a go.
Two years ago, Edwards father, Edward Snr. passed away. The thing that made it even worse was that he died alone in his apartment down in Seattle. At 5am he had a heart attack, we were told that by the look of his position on the floor and the phone laying beside his hand he had tried to call someone for help. We later confirmed that it was us that he tried to call. Edward kicks himself every day, because that same night his father passed away we were meant to be going over there for dinner, but Lizzy had fallen ill and couldn't move from bed. So we stayed with her, to keep an eye on her. I tried to tell Edward to go to his fathers, but he wouldn't move from Lizzys side all night, he had told me that he would see his dad tomorrow. Although he is no longer with us, he will always be held sacred in our hearts. Every Wednesday night we go to the cemetery to visit him and leave him a fresh bunch of flowers.
My mom finally decided to come out of the closet about why she was always so overly happy. She had met a guy one day down at the local supermarket, his name is Phil. He is a nice old man, treats my mom with great love and respect, always the gentleman. I was glad she finally found someone worth keeping around rather than that ass hole ex husband of her – not my dad, I might add. Twelve years ago my mom moved out with Phil into a cute little cottage down by the mountains on the border of Forks. If I had it my way I would of moved with them, just to enjoy the peace and quiet and the lovely views they had from their kitchen window.
Aside from all of that, I now have four children. Elizabeth Rose, 17, Olivia Esme, 14, Connor Alexander, 14 and Kaiden James, 8. My four, gorgeous children are the light of my life and the reason I wake up every morning. If it wasn't for them and my husband, I'm not sure where I would be. Lizzy had turned into a beautiful young lady and reminded me very much of... well, me. She was shy, but sweet and definitely didn't see herself the way everyone else saw her. She was gorgeous with her bronze wavy hair, creamy skin and green eyes, almost a spitting image of Edward. Edward laughs at her when she refers to herself as 'plain' and 'boring', then turns to me and says she may look like me, but she definitely has your personality and visualisation. Looking at my daughter as she stared at herself in the mirror made me see much clearer how stupid I was for referring to myself as plain. While Lizzy was shy, Olivia was not. She was outgoing, friendly and chatty. She loved her friends and family, and she also loved herself, which I think set off the good vibe she had. People always found her easy to approach. She was popular at school, but smart and sensible at the same time. She is just as stunning as Lizzy, with her Bronzy brown hair and greenish brown eyes. Connor is a spitting image of her, same hair and eye colour only a little taller. He had a mixed personality between shy and outgoing, depending on his mood. He is a bright kid. Kaiden, on the other hand was split between me and Edward, with bronze wavy hair a deep brown eyes. He is a good kid, always happy and smiling. My family was my life.
Once I fell pregnant with Kaiden, we needed to move. Eventually Elizabeth, Connor and Olivia would all want their own rooms, and so would Kaiden when he was old enough. So, we moved to a bigger house that had five bedrooms, including the master bedroom with an en suite and two extra bathrooms. The house was single story on a big lot not far from where we use to live. Edward had his study and the kids had their own 'chill out' room. Everyone was happy.
When Connor and Olivia were five, Edward got a job down at the Forks Times newspaper working four days a week, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. I convinced him that he needed to keep work separate from home after all the problems we came across when Edward would spend hour after hour, day after day locked in his office trying to meet his deadlines. He may have been in the same house, but we barely saw him. And that caused a lot of issues for his relationship with me and our children. Once Kaiden was born and old enough to go to school, I took a job down at the Forks kindergarten working two days a week, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Now, Alice and Jasper had another baby, Brenton who is four years old, born July 12th at three am in the morning. Her labour lasted 26 hours and she stated it was more painful then giving birth to Chris. I always tell her that, with Chris being 15 now that it would be a little hard to compare the difference in which was more painful, because in my opinion, after your first it only gets easier.
"Mommy" I heard my little boy, Kaiden call. Bringing me out of my thoughts.
I glanced up at him and smiled "Yes Honey?"
"When's dinner gonna be ready?" He asked, plunking himself down in a chair at the dinner table.
"Not long, go tell your brother and sisters to clean up please"
He nodded his head then dashed towards the corridor, I turned my attention back to the mince meat I had cooking on the stove.
I could Hear the girls laughing up in their bedroom, Samara was over for dinner because Emmett was taking Rose out for a romantic dinner in the city.
"OLIVIA, CONNOR, LIZABETH MOMMY SAYS YOU NEED TO CLEAN UP" Kaiden yelled
"Kaiden, don't yell. Go down there and tell them" Edward scolded
Kaiden pouted and nodded his head "Sorry daddy"
I couldn't help but laugh.
"It's not funny" Edward told me "If he saw you laughing, it would only encourage him more"
"Oh Edward" I sighed, pulling the pan off the heat "Relax, he is just a kid"
"Mm, exactly"
I rolled my eyes at him "Can you grab out some plates for me"
He did as I asked and then helped me dish up the spaghetti and bologaise.
The kids came running into the room, giggling and laughing like 9 year olds. Kaiden tried to push Connor out of his seat, and Olivia, Lizzy and Samara sat at the table whispering to each other.
"Come on, grab a plate guys" Edward said, grabbing his own plate.
Dinner went by loud and rowdy like usual. Edward and I kept glancing at each other, smiling as we watched our children interact.
ElPOV (Elizabeth's POV)
"Aww come on Liz" Olivia pouted at me
"Yeah, come on. Please tell us, we promise we wont tell anyone" Samara begged.
We were sitting on my bed, and they were begging me to tell them who I had a crush on. I don't even know how they found out, and If I had it my way, no one would no at all.
"Stop begging me" I huffed, crossing my arms over my chest "I wont tell you"
"Lizzy!" Samara growled "I told you about how I hooked up Chase Ryan behind the gym at lunch last week, you HAVE to tell us"
I sighed, she had me there "Fine, but... you have to promise not to tell anyone"
"We promise" They both sang in unison.
"Pinky promise?" I held out my pinky
They both rolled their eyes at me, but joined their pinky's with mine "Yes"
"Ok" I took a deep a breath "I like Christian" I covered my face with my hands.
"Like, your best friend Christian?" Olivia confirmed
I nodded and mumbled into my hands "Yeah"
"Aww, that's so cute" Samara chimed "What did he say when you told him?"
I looked up at her, then over to Olivia, then back to Samara.
"Oh. My. God. You haven't told him?"
"Nooo" I whined. It was frustrating for me because every time I went to tell him I chickened out. He wouldn't like me... I'm just his friend. Besides that, I was nothing special to look at.
"Why not?" Olivia scoffed "I reckon he would be into you"
I shook my head "There is no way he likes me like that... I mean, look at me... I'm.. me. Besides, I think he has a thing for Cindy" Cindy was my other best friend. I only had two... and I loved them to death. But, it hurt to think that Christian liked Cindy and not me. I could just.. tell. Or, maybe I was just paranoid?
"Nah-uh"
"What makes you think that?"
"He likes her as a friend Liz, I can tell" My sister said proudly, she had more experience with boys then what I did.
"You can't know that"
"What ever" She growled "Why wouldn't he like you? Your beautiful"
"No I'm not"
And then Samara slapped me.
"What the hell?!" I screamed "That hurt" I told her, rubbing my cheek. Olivia had rolled onto her back in a fit of laughter.
"If you ever call yourself ugly again, I'll slap you twice as hard"
"You.." HA! "Should have seen yo-" HA-HA "ur face!"
"Oh, shut up Liv"
Once she regained herself and sat back up she looked at Samara seriously... I had no idea what they were doing, but when they both looked at me I felt like running for my life.
"We are going to help you get Christian"
"What? How?"
"Easy" Samara shrugged "you think your 'plain' and that he wouldn't go for someone like you, so we are going to give you a make-over"
I groaned "No, I hate that stuff"
"Aww come on Liz, it'll be fun" Olivia winged, bouncing on the bed "We can have a late girly night - "
"Not tonight" My mother said, poking her head in the door "Samara, your mothers here"
"Ok, thanks Bella" She replied, then she looked back at me "Next week, you two can stay at my house if it's ok with mom and me and Olivia will give you a make over! Mom will probably help as well" She beamed "Anyway, gotta run, see you girls at school tomorrow"
Once she was gone, I turned to face my sister who had the glint in her eyes that I hated "Don't look at me like that"
"Cheer up Lizzy poo, this is gonna be awesome fun! I can't wait to see the look on Christians face next week when he see's your new make-over"
"Girls, it's ten pm, get to bed you both have school tomorrow" Dad said, I hadn't even realised he was standing there.
Olivia jumped off my bed and skipped up to dad "Night dad" She said, leaning on her tippy toes to give him a kiss on the cheek, before she left my room she turned to face me, giving me one last cheeky grin.
"So.." I started, as I crawled off the bed "How much of that did you hear?"
He chuckled "Enough"
"Dad" I groaned
"Hey" He laughed, holding his hands in the air "All I heard was 'make-over' I swear"
"Mhmm" I mumbled "Night daddy"
"Goodnight my princess"
CPOV (Connor POV)
"Lights better be off Con" My dad said from behind my closed door.
"They are" I assured him, I quickly pushed my phone under my pillow.
"Ok, Goodnight son"
"Night dad"
Once I was sure he was gone and wasn't coming into my room, I pulled out my phone again and scrolled through my fifty-five sent text messages. Once I had looked at them long enough to pull me back into my depressed state, which I eagerly tried to hide from my parents – which I think actually worked seeing as mom hasn't tried to have a chat to me yet.
I opened up a new message and typed in Alicia's phone number. After that, I sat pondering what to say to her. I knew she wouldn't reply, she hasn't replied to my last thirty messages, and I knew that anything I said would just be me repeating myself. But I wasn't letting go without a long, hard fight.
My best friend, and cousin, Chris, says I'm obsessed... But, what's obsessed really mean? If it's sending text after text, then sure, I'm obsessed... but I think you need to go further then that.
I might only be 14, but I was madly in love with Alicia. My now, ex-girlfriend who broke up with me for my ex-best friend Harley. Harley was a complete and utter loser in my opinion. He was to stuck up for his own good. And, if it wasn't for Alicia, and what he did behind my back we may still be friends. But, when it comes to Alicia as hard as I try to ignore her and forget her, the more I fall for her, despite the fact she slept with my best friend.
Alicia... Please stop ignoring me. You have no idea how much I miss you, and I have told you that I forgive you for what you did. Harley isn't good for you, you know what he is like. I bet he is even cheating on you like he did his last girlfriend.
Why don't you ever talk to me now? I did nothing wrong... Just, please write back... I love you.
Once I finished the message and sent it, I re-read it.
"God, I sound like a bloody dick head" I muttered to myself.
I once heard my mother say that life isn't always fair, and love can make you do crazy things. I never really understood what she meant by that, until just now. Normally, I wouldn't write cheesy, suck up shit like that to a girl... not for any reason. But my love for Alicia is way to strong.
"What do you think?" I asked Crystal, who was sleeping at the foot of my bed. Taking up way to much room.
She looked up at me and grunted "Yeah, I am a loser" I agreed
"Connor... sleep, now" I heard my mom growl.
I mumbled an ok and rolled over to try and get some sort of sleep. My mind was running a mile a minute, then my phone vibrated beside me. I quickly turned back around and opened my messages. I almost died when I saw It was from Alicia.
Just, leave me alone Connor. I haven't been replying to your messages for a reason and now I'm just sick of it. Your seriously obsessed with me. Harley isn't cheating on me, so don't even go there and I'll be the judge of who and who isn't good for me.
I left you for a reason... Now please just leave it and move on. I don't want anything to do with you. ITS OVER.
I sighed, and debated on whether I should reply or not. Maybe I am obsessed I thought to myself. Deciding against replying, I would give her what she wanted. I didn't like it, but I would do it for her. And hopefully one day she will realise what she has thrown away.
OPOV (Olivia POV)
"Hey! Olivia, over here!" I turned my head to see Kate and the gang standing next to the arts building at school. I smiled and waved before turning to face Liz.
"Well, I'll see ya later Lizzy poo" I said before running toward Kate.
"Hi!" She squealed "Did you hear the news?"
I frowned and looked at everyone, who all looked really excited "No?"
"There's a new kid starting here today" Jase told me.
Ahh, a new kid. Always frantic gossip around the school. Poor guy or girl will be the talk of the town for a while.
"Yeah, like I saw him this morning at the front office..." Jane gushed "He is like, totally cute" I never really liked Jane. She always seemed so.... stuck up.
"Hey guys" Samara waved, joining our little circle "What's up?"
"New guy started today" I told her
"Ooh" She replied in a knowing voice "Good looking?"
"Jane seems to think so" I laughed "I haven't seen him yet"
"Sure we will find out soon enough, lets get to class" She said "Bye guys"
We walked through the school, making a quick stop at our lockers to grab our books before making our way to English lit.
We took our usual seats at the back, the class was only just starting to fill and the teacher was up the front organising her papers.
"So, I spoke to my mom and she said it's fine that you and Liz come over Saturday night as long as it's ok with your mom. She also said that she would help with the make-over" Samara whispered to me.
I smiled over at her "When does my mom say no?" I giggled "Besides, I think they are going out this weekend anyway"
"Oh, look" She replied, pointing towards the door.
I looked up and saw someone I didn't recognise must be the new kid... Jane was right, he was extremely handsome. He was tall, a built but not to big. He had blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. He spoke to the teacher quickly, then walked toward the back of the room... I quickly looked away when he glanced in my direction.
"Are you blushing?" Samara asked, sounding a little shocked
"No" I shook my head, but really I was. And I rarely ever blushed.
She laughed "Yes you are! Oh my god, I have never seen you blush before!"
"Shut up" I grumbled.
"Hey, you mind if I sit here?" I looked up and saw the new guy standing in front of my desk, pointing to the empty seat beside me.
"I.. uh.. um.. ahh.. s-sure" did I just stutter? I could here Samara giggling beside me so I nudged her.
"Thanks" He chuckled "I'm Shane, by the way"
I nodded "Olivia"
"Nice to meet you" he grinned.
He took his seat beside me and unpacked his books "So, you from around here?"
"I do go to this school" I pointed out sarcastically
"I meant, are you local"
"Yes, I live about five minutes from here"
"Ok, Quiet everyone" The teacher called.
Everyone quietened down, but I couldn't take my eyes off the guy beside me. I had never seen anyone like him before.
Every now and then he would look at me to... at which point I would turn away and pretend to be listening to the teach prattle on about some paper we had to write.
At the end of class I quickly stood up, grabbed Samara by her arm and dragged her out of the room.
"You two couldn't stop looking at each other at all" She stated once we were out of the room.
"Sam.. he is sooo cute" I peered over her shoulder to see him walking down the corridor, away from us.
"Yeah, not bad on the eyes" She replied "Oh no"
"What?"
"I no that look"
"What look?" I asked
"That one, the one that says I'm going to get him"
"I didn't know there was a look for that" I laughed
"There wasn't, I just made it up then"She winked at me, and turned on her heal to head to her next class "See you at lunch"
"Yeah, see you at lunch" I muttered
My next class flew by fairly quick, and before I knew it I was in the cafeteria with a full tray of salad, chips and a drink.
"He said hi to me" I heard Jane say to Jase "And then, I accidentally dropped my pencil and he picked it up for me" Oh yeah, accidentally dropped? I think you mean purposely dropped
"Good on ya" Jase laughed, not really caring "Hey Liv"
I smiled "Hi Jase"
"The new guy is gonna sit with us" He told me "I met him in maths and he hadn't really made any friends so I invited him to join us"
"Awesome!" I replied a little too eagerly.
And, as if on cue, Shane turned up and sat down between me and Jase, he looked at me and smiled.
"Ahh.. don't tell me.." he made a face as if he was thinking real hard "Olivia?"
Giggling, I nodded my head "yes"
"Couldn't forget a name like that" And, for the second time that day, I blushed.
"You two no each other?" Jase asked
Shane turned towards him "Yeah, met her in English this morning"
"Oh, see your already making friends. And Liv here is the best of 'em all"
"Jase" I warned through gritted teeth
"What?" He laughed "I mean it"
"I don't doubt that" Shane replied.
"You gotta be careful though" Jase continued "She's a real tease"
"Jase!" I growled "I am not"
"Oh, really?"
"Yes, really"
He threw his head back laughing "If you say so"
To say I was embarrassed was an understatement. Sure, Jase was right, I loved to flirt, but that was just me. And he had no right telling Shane that, if I wanted him to no, I would tell him.
I ate my lunch in silence, barely speaking a word to anyone. I could hear Kate talking to me, but wasn't really listening. I just heard the word 'shopping' a lot.
My next class, maths was boring but I got through it rather fast. Then We had gym class, and Shane was there to.
"Fancy seeing you here" He grinned at me.
"Everyone has this class last" I told him
"Right, so we don't spend our day smelling like B.O right?"
I laughed "Something like that"
"You know" He started "You seem like a cool chick"
"A cool chick that's classified as a tease?"
He scrunched up his nose and shook his head "Nah, I have no proof that your a tease"
"You wont take Jase's word for it?"
He shook his head "Nope"
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