Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Rookie ... Take 2 by Zeesees


Take 2


By: zeesees
Childhood sweethearts Edward and Bella are the picture of perfect love. When he suddenly leaves, Bella is forced to move on. 4 years later and living a successful life, the Cullens force their way back into her life.

He paced around the room as I sat on our couch. He kept muttering to himself, his cheeks flushed, his chest heaving.

"I can't keep doing this."

"This?"
He stood in front of me and gestured at the space between us. His eyes blazing with pain and guilt.
"This."

From my chest, a cold, tight feeling began spreading—through my fingers, my stomach, my legs—everywhere. This. He couldn't keep doing this.

"You're not happy." My mouth was dry.

He shook his head, ever so slightly.
I nodded. "I see."

He fell to his knees, at my feet, in anguish and I gazed at his beautiful form. Even now, even as he broke my heart, he still captivated me fully.

"I am so, so sorry. You don't deserve this. I would give anything to not feel this way because you deserve the world, but I can't be the one to give it to you. I'm sorry."

My breath was shaky, and I feared my voice would break if I spoke.
"Please, Bells, say something."

I shook my head as my eyes began to water.
"Don't call me that—not now."

"I'm sorry," he began.
"There's nothing to apologize for," I interrupted, a small sad smile on my lips. "You're being honest with me. I can't blame you for not loving me."

He looked down as his face crumpled in anguish and the voice in my head wanted to scream—cry that he didn't deny it. If it had been a different situation, such a display of pain would have caused me to pull him to my arms, smooth the lines of his forehead with my thumb, and comfort him.

Instead, I rose from my couch, walked stiffly into the bathroom, and wept. I wept for lost love. I wept for a whole future that we had planned. I wept until there were no more tears and I was sobbing dry, painful sobs. A part of me hoped he could hear me. I hoped he could hear the pain I felt. But I knew that he wasn't to blame. He had done nothing wrong.

By the time I splashed cold water on my face and pulled myself together, ready to face him again, he was gone.
https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2647495/zeesees

2 comments:

  1. Hi, this looks interesting but when I clicked on the link the story is not listed. Can I find it somewhere else?

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  2. I had the same problem. Looks like she pulled all of her stories. Bummer. This sounded really good!

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