Wish Upon a Star: A Bella and Edward Story
Disclaimer: Characters taken from Stepanie Meyer's Twilight © and used in this fanfiction do not belong to me.
Summary: It's been a few years since Edward and the Cullens left Forks and left Bella. Now she has grown and is in love with a great guy. But what happens when Bella returns home to Forks and finds that things have changed for the Cullens and Edward? How did one wish change everything?
Author's Note: Hello again everyone. I realized that only the Prologue was not enough, so here is the first chapter. You needed some meat to sink your teeth into to really get an idea of the story. Enjoy everyone. All reviews will get a response and a preview of the next chapter. Read & Review please! And again the next update will be in two weeks! Thanks TBG
Chapter 1: E&B's Beginning
Bella
Keeping his eyes locked with mine, Jacob began to bend his face toward me. I was still absolutely undecided.
The shrill ring of the phone made us both jump where we sat on the floor, but it did not break Jacob's focus. He took his hand from under my chin and reached over me to grab the receiver while he still held my face securely with the hand placed against my cheek.
I caught his arm to stop him from answering. His hand hovered above the phone as he looked into my eyes.
"Don't answer," I whispered against him. Jacob took a deep breath and shut his eyes, looking like he was conflicted.
"Bella what if it's your dad?" he asked, resigned, as he opened his eyes. I sighed and nodded as he answered it.
"Swan residence," he said, his husky voice low and intense.
Someone answered, and Jacob's whole demeanour changed in a second. He straightened up and his hand dropped from my face. His eyes went flat, his face blank, and I would have bet my college fund that it was Alice.
I reached forward to get the receiver, but Jacob ignored me. I pursed my lips and shook my hand, showing I wanted the receiver.
"Jake," I whispered impatiently. He glanced at me again before he spoke.
"He's not here," Jacob said, the words dripping with menace. I frowned at him before I decided to speak at a normal volume.
"Jake, give me the phone," I demanded. He glanced at me, then focused on the person speaking.
"Yes," he said curtly before glancing at me again. Then, he pursed his lips and sighed. He moved and handed me the receiver.
"The leech wants to talk to you," he said. I frowned at Jake's words and put a finger to my lips to hush him.
"Hello?" I said into the phone.
"Bella?" the voice asked, almost anguished. It was a voice I recognized, but not the one I had been hearing in my hallucinations recently.
"Carlisle? Yes, it's me." I said. I heard him sigh before he spoke again.
"Are you alright?" he asked hurriedly. I smiled. Being a doctor always made him concerned.
"I'm fine. Just a misunderstanding, that's all," I said with a smile. I glanced at Jacob, his face still blank.
"Good. That's good," he said, his tone full of relief. I smiled, then frowned suddenly. How did Carlisle even know to call? Did he know that Alice was here? I thought she'd said Carlisle and Esme had been hunting when she left.
"Um . . .Carlisle, if you're looking for Alice, she's not here. When she gets back, I'll tell her you called," I said evenly.
"No, that's alright. I'll speak to her later. Anyway, take care of yourself Bella . . .bye," he said in a whisper. I frowned again as I listened to him hesitating.
"Bye," I said before I reluctantly hung up the phone. I stared into space for a moment as I put the receiver back onto the phone. Jacob was still staring at me as I did. I turned and smiled at him mischievously. We sat in silence for a moment. During that silence, I had made up my mind. I knew what I wanted now.
"Jake, finish what you just started," I whispered. His eyes and face lit up with an intense concentration as he leaned in again. This time, I moved forward to meet him. I turned my eyes up to look into his deep dark pools of heat as his lips gently touched mine. His heat enveloped me as he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me to him, crushing my body into his.
I let myself sink into the kiss. I wrapped my arms around Jacob's neck, pulling him even closer. He clutched me tighter and I gasped. I couldn't breathe, so I pulled away slightly to take a breath.
"Can't…breathe…Jake…" I said against his lips. He immediately loosened his grip, but didn't let go of me. I looked up into his dark eyes again and smiled.
"We're going to have to work on that," I whispered against him. He smiled and nodded. He pressed his face into my neck and hugged me as my arms tightened around his neck.
"Okay, but I'm glad you finally chose me. I've wanted this for so long, Bella," he mumbled into my neck, his hot breath fanning against my skin. I smiled to myself, realizing so had I.
December...
I stood outside in the snow as it softly fell around me. I wanted to focus on the ones clinging to my hair but I knew I couldn't. I stared at Jacob's white-as-snow long-sleeved shirt and jeans. His warm brown skin stood out against his surroundings. But he looked so innocent and good that it almost hurt me to look at him.
I looked down. He didn't even need a jacket in this winter weather. I wrapped my arms around myself, thinking about how I'd become so used to Jacob's heat being around me all the time. He was always able to warm me up when I was cold. At this moment, the cold felt foreign and hurtful to me. It mimicked how I felt inside about what I was about to do.
I looked back up into his black-brown eyes and sighed. I had known seeing him again after such a long separation was going to be hard. He had a sad smile on his face as he stared at me. I sighed before I started.
"I know things have been. . .difficult while I've been away at school. . ." He scoffed at my choice of words.
"Bells, I never thought that you being as smart as you are and getting accepted into every single Ivy League school would be a bad thing. Then, you left and I thought everything would stay the same, but it hasn't," he said. I sighed, thinking back to how I'd been shocked and thrilled that I'd gotten into the Ivy Leagues. Every single one had accepted me: Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth and University of Pennsylvania. I hadn't even expected any of them to choose me, (I had only applied because of my dad) but they had accepted me and I had been ecstatic.
"I didn't know that my going to Yale would be this hard either, Jake. I mean, I thought I'd be able to fly over at least once during the semester, but things got really stressful and I couldn't. . ." I said. Even to me the words just sounded like stupid excuses. I wrapped my arms tighter around myself because I knew I didn't want to do this to Jake, but I also knew that we'd grown apart. . .a lot.
"I know that, but it almost felt like you didn't want to come home, even for me," he said in a whisper. I sighed. I knew that I needed to be honest with him.
"Sometimes I did feel like that. But Jake, be honest with me. While I was gone, there wasn't anything or anyone that took your mind off of me so that you couldn't return my phone calls?" I asked. He looked away and I sighed.
"I don't know what you mean," he said. I walked over to him and took his hands; they were blazing hot, I could feel it through my gloves. He looked down at me.
"Jake, you and I both know that whatever you felt for me has long since passed onto somebody else. I saw it yesterday when I was in La Push. I saw the way you were looking at Leah. It's the way you used to look at me," I said. He stared into my eyes and he shook his head.
"Bella I'm sorry, it just. . .happened. But I swear Leah and I didn't do anything. I would never do that to you," he said quickly and I nodded, squeezing his hands lightly.
"I know that and I believe that. But I don't think it's fair that we've finally grown to be friends and I'm holding onto you when you want to be happy with someone else," I said. We stood with our hands clasped together in silence. Jacob stared into my eyes and nodded. Then he smiled lightly.
"Friends. . .took us ten months, the death of that leech Victoria, and you being away at school to realize that," he said. I smiled up at him.
"Best friends are what we are. And I never want to lose you as that Jake," I said. He pulled me into a hug that warmed my heart and I released the tears I had been holding in.
"I made a promise to you a long time ago about always being there for you and I'm not about to break it now. I'll always love you Bella. That won't ever change," he said against my hair as I buried my face into his chest.
"I love you too, Jake and I always will," I said hoarsely. He put his hand underneath my chin and pulled my face up to his. He gently wiped my tears away and then kissed me. It was a soft, sweet kiss. It meant goodbye for us and I knew that. He pulled away and I smiled. I let go of him as he walked to the Rabbit. He got into the car and waved. I waved back and watched as he pulled out of the driveway. The tears continued to fall, but as I took a deep breath, I realized that this was okay and that I wasn't breaking apart like I had during my first break-up.
I felt the old wound festering as I stood there. It didn't hurt nearly as much as before, but it still ached when I thought about it.
Edward
I sat there in utter and complete agony as my mind went over what Rosalie had just said. Bella was dead, she'd killed herself. . .all because of me.
"Edward? Are you still there?" I heard Rosalie ask, but I didn't want to answer her. My mind was reeling at all I had done to her, even the last time I had seen her. My love . . .my Bella.
I hung up the phone, trying to catch my breath and control the wave of pain that was threatening to take me under its surface. She had promised. I'd thought she would be alright, that I hadn't altered her life too much and that she would be able to have a normal existence without me in it. Yes, it had killed me to say what I had said to her. Yes, it had killed me to see in Alice's vision her heartbroken and unseeing body as she lay in the forest where I'd put her. . .
I was still living while she was gone. My angel was gone.
I couldn't believe it, I needed proof. I needed to hear it for myself because I knew that Rosalie wasn't a reliable source, but why would Alice have gone if it wasn't so?
I began to dial Bella's number, hoping to God that he would grant me this wish and that she would answer. It rung three times before someone with a deep husky voice answered.
"Swan residence," the male voice said. I took a deep breath and then spoke.
"This Dr. Carlisle Cullen. May I speak to Charlie Swan?" I said, imitating Carlisle's voice perfectly. The phone was silent for a moment as I waited. I heard a whisper, but didn't really pay attention to it.
"He's not here," the person said in a rude tone. I was about to speak when I heard something that caused me to choke on my next words.
"Jake, give me the phone." That is my angel's voice, isn't it? I changed what I was about to ask.
"Is that Bella?" I asked.
"Yes," the voice replied curtly. I smiled to myself.
"May I speak to her please?"I asked. The person sighed and then I heard him say in the background 'The leech wants to talk to you'. What did he mean by that? Who'd just answered the phone? But those thoughts flew out of my head as soon as I heard Bella's voice.
"Hello?" she said and my heart sang.
"Bella?" I asked, barely hiding the anguish in my voice.
"Carlisle? Yes, its me." she said easily, her voice a little hoarse. I sighed as I clutched the phone to my ear, wanting to drink in every syllable she said. I had to control myself so as not to break the receiver.
"Are you alright?" I asked in a rush. I was anxious to hear her speak again.
"I'm fine. Just a misunderstanding that's all," she said calmly. I shut my eyes in complete relief as I realized Rosalie had been wrong. Thank God.
"Good. That's good," I said. I guessed she could probably hear the relief in my voice.
"Um. . .Carlisle, if you're looking for Alice, she's not here. When she gets back, I'll tell her you called," she said evenly. I didn't answer for a moment; Carlisle wasn't supposed to know Alice was with Bella.
"No, that's alright. I'll speak to her later. Anyway, take care of yourself Bella. . .bye," I whispered into the phone. It was hard to have to say goodbye to her again, but I knew it was for her own good.
"Bye," she said and then hung up. I held the phone to my ear for a long time. I let out one sob before I took a deep breath and shut my phone. Bella was alright and I was glad. It was a bittersweet moment for me, but I knew it was all for the best.
Four years and eight months later...
I looked over at the rest of my family as they sat in the living room. I still couldn't believe that over four years had passed since we had moved to Denali. Of course nothing had changed. I watched as Emmett and Jasper played each other in a video game, Rosalie and Esme were playing chess, Carlisle was up in his study working, and Alice was on her computer.
I could tell by the look on her face that she was writing or reading an email from Bella. Alice had stayed in contact with her ever since the day she had gone to Forks to see if Bella had died. Alice made sure to keep her thoughts blocked whenever she read or wrote emails to Bella. She had also made frequent visits to see her when she could; sometimes she even took Jasper with her. She had respected my wishes to not inform me of what was going on in Bella's life, so she kept her thoughts to herself, but she believed that she could still be Bella's friend. I didn't fight her on the subject anymore; I just left the room whenever I saw what she was doing.
I got up and moved away from the piano. Alice didn't even glance up at me like she used to as I went out to the patio and looked up at the sky. It was a clear night as I sat down and the stars winked at me. I sighed, realizing I couldn't find anything to fill my time that seemed important anymore.
I looked out at the sky and then. . .I saw it. A shooting star flew across the darkness. I knew it was a silly human habit, but I decided to do it anyway. I shut my eyes and thought to myself. I wish I could be human again, I thought. No, I wish my family and I could be human again. Esme, who had always wanted to be a mother and who couldn't be because of what she was, Alice. . .who couldn't even remember her human life and, me. I hated being a monster and I didn't want to be one anymore, I thought. I sighed but didn't open my eyes as I sat there. I let the vision of Bella in all her beauty flow through my memories. I sighed in pain and pleasure at her face.
"Hey," I heard someone say beside me. I opened my eyes and looked upon a very strange girl. My eyes rolled over long curly jet blue-black hair as dark as the night sky behind her, piercing sky blue eyes, skin the colour of warm, sun-kissed tree bark, and full pink lips. She was wearing a short white dress and no shoes or jacket. It was cold in Alaska so that made no sense.
I stared at her in confusion because I couldn't smell her or hear her thoughts either. She smiled at me and then rolled her eyes.
"Who are you?" I asked. She stared at me for a moment and then sat down on the ledge of the patio, crossing her legs.
"I'm Melody, the shooting star you just wished on," she said in a voice that sounded smooth and beautiful like the wind. I frowned at her, not believing what I was seeing or hearing.
"No, you can't be. Shooting stars are just residue from space falling into the Earth's atmosphere. How can you be a shooting star? You're not real." She rolled her eyes at me and crossed her arms.
"The shooting stars that humans see are actually angels who are racing around the world. And really Edward, you're a vampire and you're telling me I'm not real?" She asked with a smirk. I just shook my head and covered my eyes.
"I really am losing my mind now," I said to myself. I heard her chuckle.
"No you're not, Edward. I really am a shooting star angel. I heard your wish just now and I'm here to grant it. Usually I hear a lot of wishes and don't grant them, but I get to grant this one because the people upstairs said that your family deserves it," she said. I frowned at her.
"The people upstairs?" I asked in confusion. She shook her head.
"Can't really talk about that. It's really hush hush," she said with a wink. I sighed and stared at her.
"Really, but why me?" I asked still confused, still unbelieving. She sighed.
"Edward, you have been trying to do what was right ever since you were first changed. Even with such a circumstance as becoming a vampire, you tried to overcome your natural instincts. The biggest test that you ever had was Isabella Swan. She was the temptation that we dropped into your lap to test you. We'd never seen anyone do what you did with her, it made you special. You passed that test with flying colors Edward, and that's what made us decide to give you this opportunity. Then it was just a matter of waiting for you to see a star," she said.
"So . . .you really are a shooting star . . .angel?" I asked in disbelief. She nodded.
"Yup, and I came here so that you could get your wish. Now there are a few things you'll need to know. One: you'll still retain all your memories from the time you were a vampire. Two: obviously you won't retain any of your vampire abilities. And three: everyone who could possibly be a threat to you and your family as humans will have no recollection of you guys as vampires. Understood?" she said. I frowned.
"So. . .you mean any nomadic vampires? The Volturi?" I asked. She nodded.
"They won't have any memories of you or your family," she said. I nodded and she smiled.
"Oh and one more thing. How old do you want to be? You guys get to choose your age. You can pick anything from birth to old age," she said. I thought about that. How old would Bella be now? Probably about 23, so that's how old I'd be.
"I want to be 23 years old," I said. She nodded and then walked over to me. She stroked my face very lightly and then moved in front of me.
"Okay. Now, you're going to sleep and when you awaken, you will be 23 years old and human. Enjoy it Edward, you deserve it," she put her fingers together and snapped. Suddenly, I felt a drowsiness that I hadn't felt in a century come upon me. My eyes began to droop and I saw the angel smile.
"Wait," I said as she moved away. She stopped and looked at me.
"Yes?" she said, her voice beginning to fade.
"What was your name again?" I asked weakly.
"Melody," she said. I smiled.
"Thank you, Melody," I whispered before I slipped into unconsciousness.
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