Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or the song Take a Chance on me.
A/N: I do not have a Beta and I'm too lazy to read over my work, so sorry in advance for what I'm sure will be numerous grammar mistakes and probably some missing/wrong words in places.
If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie
If you put me to the test, if you let me try
"I should go now." Edward said as I stared at him with my mouth slightly open in shock. "You two probably want to talk." Edward said in a dejected voice before he just vanished from my sight.
I continued to stare at where Edward just was, trying to fully understand what Edward had just said. I thought… I thought we were mates. He had risked his life, his families' life even, to protect and save me. That's not something just any person would do for someone they just liked. That's something someone who loved someone would do. We've been through so much together, how could all of that not mean we were mates?
"If you have any questions at all, please ask me. I'll tell you anything." Tanya said from next me.
I could feel her eyes on me as she waited for me to say something. The only problem was I didn't know what to say. I wanted to be angry at what Edward had said done. He basically said our whole relationship was a lie and that he was the only who lied. He basically played me like a fool. I wanted to be angry at Alice, my supposed best friend, for letting him do it. How could she call herself my best friend and lie to me like that? Though I will admit, Alice had never actually said she saw me and Edward together, she only ever said she saw me as a vampire. The rest of the Cullen's though, aside from Rosalie, they all let me think I was Edwards mate and all of them had commented at least once about how nice it was for Edward to have finally found me. They flat out lied to me.
I wanted to feel hurt. I was hurt because of all the lies and secrecy from everyone. Alice may not have actually lied to me; but she lied by omission. She left out important things about my future that would have been nice to know... like how Edward wasn't really mate. Knowing things like, apparently I'm gay, would have been nice. That would have been something I would have liked to know and deal with, instead of finding out like this. I'm not even sure if I can believe it; I've never had feelings for another woman before. I'm hurt they all felt like it was okay to leave me in the dark about my own life.
I wanted to feel betrayed. They all betrayed my trust. I believed everything they said because they had never given me any reason to not trust them. They saved my life and accepted me into their world. I had thought they wouldn't do this type of thing to me, that they wouldn't betray me like this. But, instead, they had actually been lying to me from the beginning. I never once thought something like this would have happened. I should have learned my lesson from how easily they had all left me.
"I know this is a lot to take in, but please believe me when I say that I'm sure this was the best way for this to happen. Alice actually orchestrated the whole thing. With her gift, I am a hundred percent sure that this way we will have a stronger relationship." Tanya said, her words finally breaking me from my shock, but not in a good way.
"They all lied to me." I said as I stared at Tanya and took a couple steps back to put more distance between us. I didn't want to stand that close to her at the moment. I actually didn't want to be near anyone at the moment, but for some reason a part of me loved that Tanya was there. I was also comforted to know that whatever I asked her, she would tell me the whole truth.
"They actually didn't. They all said they were happy for Edward for finding someone and they were. They never actually called you his mate, you added that yourself." Tanya said.
If I had been in a more rational mood, that would have made sense and I would have felt silly for thinking other-wise. As it was, I was hurt and an eighteen year old girl. Hormones dictated that I only hear Tanya putting blame on me for this whole thing and I didn't think was fair.
"They all made it seem like Edward and I would have been together forever! We were planning on getting married! How much closer to saying you're some one's do you need to get?" I yelled at her, anger clear in voice.
A determined look came over Tanya's features and she took a step forward to which I took a side step backwards. I didn't want her any closer to me than she already was.
"They all went along with what you wanted, with what made both you and Edward happy. I wasn't really in the picture yet, so you wouldn't have possibly known that I am meant for you." Tanya said, seemingly not even thinking that I wouldn't agree that I was meant for her.
The mere thought of not being with Tanya actually caused a slight ache in my chest, but I easily ignored it because I was still mad and Tanya was the only one there. She may have been giving me answers, but that didn't get rid of my anger.
"They let me think I was his mate. Why would they let me keep thinking that when they knew better? I know they knew I thought that, so don't you dare say they didn't. That wasn't fair to me." I said with hurt showing in my voice as it wavered slightly on the last sentence.
Tanya's expression softened when my voice wavered, but she still had a determined look on her face. She took another step towards me and I took another back.
"I agree they shouldn't have done that. There weren't many other options though considering the only ways to not let you think that would be to either tell you I was waiting for you or that Edward was blinded by his love for your blood." Tanya said.
Her answers were starting to clear things up for me so I could at least pretend to understand why the Cullen's did what they did. I still want to be mad at them though. They shouldn't have lead me on.
"Did you know about me?" I asked her in an accusing voice.
I didn't want to ask 'did you know about us' because that could make it seem like I had already accepted we were mates. I was not accepting that, I didn't want to. I wanted to know, if she knew about me, why wouldn't she come for me? Why leave me with Edward and thinking about me and Edward spending eternity together?
"I knew as soon as Edward fled to my home when he first met you. Alice called me and told me her plan. It took the entire time Edward was at my home to convince me to not go to you. Apparently Alice kept seeing that if I came any sooner, it would take longer for you to welcome me into your life. Something about age being a factor and a couple other things that I wasn't really paying attention to because I was being told not to go to my mate. In the end though, we agreed with Alice and were just able to keep from running to you." Tanya said as she took two more steps towards me.
"So you could have stopped everything from happening? You could have stopped this?" I asked, my anger now fully directed at Tanya. She knew the whole time and she did nothing. I could understand the age thing, Edward was 17 and she looked in her early twenties, and even add in the fact I was still in high school; there would be no way I would even allow myself to entertain the thought of being with Tanya at that time. I could barely think about it now. "Instead you just let this happen?
In anger, I flashed my wrist to her to show she could have changed some things that really hurt me in my past. I showed her the mark James had left on me. I saw her eyes darken in obvious anger when she saw the mark. Alice had used her visions to follow what James was doing while we fled to Phoenix. Wouldn't it have been better to run to Alaska where there were several thousand year old vampires that could have kept me safe?
"I ran to you that day, just as soon as I knew. I saw you in the hospital and I nearly killed Edward for letting it happen. I almost gave into my wants and almost stole you away from the Cullen's so I could keep you with me and keep you safe. I almost took you away." Tanya said in a pained but still determined voice. If I looked closely enough, I could see regret on her face.
"Why didn't you?" I asked in a hurt voice.
I could have been saved from a lot of pain if she had done that. Why wouldn't she have wanted to save me then? She could have save me from falling even deeper into Edwards' world.
"I really did, please believe me when I say I really did. Alice pointed out that if I had taken you then though, you would have grown to resent me from taking you away from Edward. Eventually we would have been together, we are real mates after all, but the relationship wouldn't have been as strong. I want us to have the strongest possible relationship and to do that, you have to be completely over Edward. Like now." Tanya said as she took two more steps towards me and I took… one step back.
I hadn't realized it, but with where we had first started off, where I had started walking backwards, I walked right into a tree. Tanya had been literally corning me the whole time.
"Yeah but I love…" I started to contradict her and claim that I did in fact love Edward, but with recent developments, I really didn't. I couldn't. She was right.
I felt my anger disappear as Tanya took one final step towards me, a step placed her directly in front of me. She cupped my face in her both her hands and leaned in so close to me that I had honestly thought she was going to kiss me. I was surprisingly a little disappointed that she didn't.
"You know you don't. I know you don't. So, give me a chance." Tanya said; her voice practically a whisper.
"I don't know you that well though, we just met." I whispered back. It was a weak defense and the smile on her face told me she knew that as well.
"Take a chance on me Bella, I won't let you down. I will never let you down." Tanya whispered back as she pressed her body slightly to mine.
"One chance." I said, giving in. A part of me didn't want to because I had literally just broken up with Edward. But a larger part of me didn't care and knew that I would be okay with Tanya.
"That's all I need." Tanya said right before she crashed her lips to mine.
For the first time in a long time, I finally felt like everything was finally going to go my way. This felt more right than anything in my life ever had. We played right into that little matchmaker pixie's hands and I couldn't be happier; even if there was still lingering hurt.
A/N: The end. It's the end of this fic, but read my note on my profile page. This story isn't over; just this portion. I'm only adding this because a lot of you guys are upset about how it ended. I would be to, but just read the note and trust me, I won't let down my readers.
A/N 2: updated 08/29/2014. Slight changes made to have everything flow and to allow for the new mates.