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The Chronicles of the Fallen

A/N: This story is written as a collaboration by both Xo BellaItalia oX and dramaqueen1917. We hope that you enjoy the story and look forward to reading your reviews.

Chapter 8
(Isabella's POV)

I thought I could handle this, but obviously I can't. I never realized the pain that would come along with seeing your mate in the arms of another woman, completely oblivious to you or what you were together, what you are together.

Here I am, sitting on the side of the school away from prying eyes bawling my eyes out. Seeing him with her was just too much. The love that was seeping out through his gift was the kind of love that he felt for me, the kind of love you feel for ones mate. Was it possible that he never really loved me as much as I thought he did? Was it possible that he just tolerated me because God had appointed me his mate and created the magical golden bond between us that would hold us together forever?

I closed my eyes and summoned up our bond. It was something that only Angels could do with their mate and it would project from our bodies in the same manner that our halos did. It looked like a swirling tornado of sparkles and light as it projected from my heart and into my mate's. He could only see it if he looked for it himself, the same as it was for every Angel. It had been gone after he had been bitten, I presume, since I couldn't find it when I was searching for him and it appeared again yesterday in the canteen when I first lay eyes on him again. If he hadn't been bitten, I would only have had to follow it to find him.

The bond showed up shining and swirling before my eyes. I didn't understand? It seemed brighter and more solid than it did last night. That shouldn't be possible after that little display that he put on with Alice?! So why was it strengthening?

"Hey, are you okay?" Edward asked startling me out of my thoughts as he appeared from around the corner. "You ran out of there awfully fast."

I sniffled and whipped a stray tear from my cheek and gave him a small smile. "I'm alright, thanks Edward. It's really sweet of you to care."

He approached me and took a seat next to me in the dirt. "Do you want to talk about it?" He asked attentively.

I looked down as I bit my lip and let out a sigh of defeat. "It's just hard for me right now. I miss my mate and I'm finally getting the hint that I need to just let go."

He looked thoughtful for a few moments before he spoke. "I may not have a mate nor am I able to relate to what you are going through, but I have seen into may minds over the hundred and nine years of my existence. I know that it must feel like the world has come to an end and that there is no point in getting up each day, but there is one thing that will help heal all wounds; time. It will take time to heal your wounds and for things to not seem so gloomy. But in the meantime, you just have to keep moving and try to get your mind off of the heartache. It also wouldn't hurt to have someone there for you and I'm willing to be that person for you."

I felt my lip quirk up in a small smile. I reached over and intertwined my fingers with his and gave it a small squeeze. "Thank you so much for being here for me. I would be honored to have you as a shoulder to lean on."

He smiled his crooked grin down at me and brought is other hand over to encase my hand in both of his. "It's my pleasure." He said before getting to his feet while still keeping my hand interlaced with his. "Come on," he gestured and held out his free hand for my other one. "Let's play hooky for half the day. We can come back at lunch and finish out the day with our last two periods. We need to be here for biology anyway since we have that lab on those onion root cells."

I quickly thought about it before I decided that since there was nothing important going on in my morning classes, I could afford to skip them even though it was only my second day. It was a good thing that I was an immortal creature who knew everything about the History of the world and English & Literature. I could speak every language, and I had no problem with Math. Sometimes it really paid off being an Angel, even a Fallen one.

I reached up with an eager smile and placed my other hand into his, allowing him to help me up before letting him lead me to his silver Volvo. The parking lot was empty since first period had already started and I was kind of relieved that we would be ditching, because from what I heard, Mr. Birdie did not tolerate lateness. We jumped in his car and took off down the road and out of the parking lot.

(Jasper's POV)

Where were they? Edward and Bella have been missing all morning and haven't showed up for class. I didn't understand why, but the stress was really starting to get to me. I didn't like that they were getting so close and that they were spending time alone. I could feel in Edward's emotions that he has a thing for Bella… a rather BIG thing and it was setting all sorts of thoughts and emotions to go array.

I could picture the two of them somewhere alone together. He would say something charming, throwing a compliment in her direction before gracing her with that crooked grin of his that always spiked lust in any woman that way present for it. She would return the smile and flirt back, those beautiful blue eyes shining brightly with happiness. I swear I could almost picture her biting her lip shyly before an enchanting blush would stain her cheeks over the smallest of things that would cause butterflies to flutter rapidly in my stomach.

What the hell was wrong with me?

It was now lunch time and I was on my way to the Cafeteria with Emmett by my side as he prattled on and on about some new video game that was due to come out next week. I wasn't paying any attention as I pulled open the door to the canteen and made my way over to the lunch line to get our props for this period.

"Dude," Emmett bumped me on my arm bringing me out of my jealous musings.

"Huh? What?" I asked shaking myself out of my musings.

"Did you hear anything I just said?" He catechized.

I shook my head, my shoulders slumping slightly as I let out a defeated sigh. "No, I'm sorry. My mind seems to be elsewhere today." I admitted.

"Yeah," he grinned cheekily as if he knew something that I didn't. "I know exactly where those thoughts were circling. A certain blue-eyed Angel seems to have you in knots lately."

I snapped my attention up at him as I picked up an apple from the fruit baskets. I snorted and gave him a disbelieving look. "What? No!" I denied, thought I didn't think that I came across that convincing. His next words proved that he wasn't persuaded.

"You're so full of shit, Jasper. This is me that you're talking to. I ain't gonna say anything, just be honest with me. I can see the way that you look at her and I saw your reaction when you realized that her and Edward had disappeared this morning in the parking lot. And I've noticed your mood when you discovered that they both haven't been to class. Don't play dumb with me, man."

Crap. I'm busted.

I sighed, resigned to the fact that I've been found out. "You're right, Em. I can't get her out of my head. I don't understand any of this, but it even hurts to be away from her. I don't want to hurt Alice, because I still care for her and I know that I owe her more than this. She brought me out of my depression and brought me to my family. This has all really been getting to me, dude."

He looked at me sympathetically as he handed the cashier money for our lunches. "I feel for you, Jazz. I can't say that I've ever been in that kind of situation before, but I'm here for you if you need to talk or need advice."

I sent him my appreciation and gratitude. "Thanks, bro. I really appreciate that." I replied. "But now is not the time to be talking about this. I'll find you if I need you."

"No problem," he smiled his typical dimpled grin and we started to make our way to our table on the other end of the cafeteria.

._.-:'~ The Chronicles of the Fallen ~':-._.

Upon our arrival, I immediately noticed Edward and Bella were back and sitting at the table talking animatedly with Alice and Rosalie.

"What else did you guys do?" Alice asked as she picked up her fork and began to push her mashed potatoes around on her plate.

"We took a drive over to Moody's and walked through their nurseries." Bella replied clearly avoiding eye contact with me. "It was beautiful. There were so many different varieties of flowers and came in some of the most exquisite colors." (A/N: Yes, Moody's Nursery is a real place in Forks, Washington.)

Edward nodded in agreement. "It was a lot of fun. At least until we got kicked out."

"Kicked out?" Emmett guffawed in astonishment. "You, Edward Cullen, got kicked out of a flower store?" He paused and looked around in fake incredulity. "I think Hell just froze over."

"What did you do to get kicked out?" Rosalie inquired curiously while I just glared at him.

Edward and Bella exchanged a glance, each of them wearing matching smirks before Bella turned her attention back to the group. "Well, we were walking through this one section where we came across this beautiful purple flower that one of the employees was tending to."

"It smelled just like licorice," Edward chimed in, "and I asked Bella about it -"

"- and I told him that it was called an Anise." (A/N: pronounced AN-ise) She grinned. "The employee was an older woman and she smile up at us when she saw that we were looking at the flowers that she was working on. I guess he was trying to be polite or something because -"

"I told her that she had a nice anus." Edward choked out trying not to laugh. (A/N: Credit to the newest episode of Dexter for the joke up to this point)

There were laughs resounding throughout the table, Emmett's booming laugh being the loudest as it was heard above everyone's else's. Even I couldn't help but to chuckle, but mostly because everyone else's hysterics were getting to me making it impossible to keep a straight face. Otherwise I probably would have just smiled.

"What (chuckles) did she (chuckles) say to (chuckles) that?" Emmett asked in between his laughs.

"Well, at first she couldn't believe what she heard. So, she said 'What was that, dear?'" Bella mimicked.

"And I said 'your anus, it's nice'," Edward added with a grin.

"Then what happened?" Rosalie asked as Alice grinned, obviously seeing the answer that they were going to give.

"Her smile sure disappeared quickly before she smacked him across the face and dragged him out of the nursery by his ear telling him that that kind of language wasn't welcome." Bella smirked looking at Edward.

"Oh God," Emmett continued to chuckle. "That's priceless. I so wish that I was there to have seen it!"

They all continued to prattle on, talking about the story as I drifted off in my thoughts. Edward seemed to be too involved in Bella and the conversation to pay any attention to what was going on in my head as I seethed silently to myself.

'Good God, what was wrong with me?'

A/N: So, what did you think? Will everything with Jasper get worked out or will Bella and Edward start their own relationship? What do you think will happen? I'm anxious to hear your thoughts! This chapter was written by me, Xo BellaItalia oX, but the story is a collaboration with dramaqueen1917. Check her out!

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Guest: I've been following this story for a while, and it's really cool so far. Both of you guys work really well together. Are y'all planning on doing a sequel after this? Y'all should consider writing another story after this, because this is awesome! – G

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