Cry Your Eyes Out with Tearjerker Thursdays
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New Moon AU. During Bella’s run-in with Laurent, what if the wolves hadn’t shown up when they did? What if they had shown up just a few minutes later? Those minutes change Bella's life forever, and she must learn to deal with the consequences.
"Hurry, Bella!” he pleaded with me, and I made my numb legs move faster and stretch further with each step. I was almost to him…
And then he was gone, the sunbeam empty just as I reached it. Before I could panic, I caught sight of him, twenty feet ahead again and waving me forward. The fire had reached my thighs now, and I couldn’t feel the pain in my left arm over the burning agony. I could feel the searing moving further through my veins with each heart beat; the hole in my chest throbbed in tempo with it.
The broad empty space in front of me wasn't the highway. It was a river, the water rushing fast and white over rocks and fallen branches. I felt my whole body sag, and I clutched at a tree to keep myself upright, there on the bank of the river. Why had he brought me here? There was no salvation here.
I closed my eyes, my hand starting to loosen around the tree. This was it. I had followed my hallucination deeper into the forest, where no help would find me. I was going to die on the bank of this river. The flames had engulfed my body, and were starting to lick at this one last corner of my mind. This was it.
"Bella," he said then, his voice soft and urgent, and sad somehow. The hole in my chest throbbed at the sound; that pain would not be drowned out, not even in death. I forced my eyes open.
Edward was standing in the middle of the rushing river, hip deep in the white water. Illogically, I noticed that his eyes were dark now, not gold, and there were deep bruise-like shadows under them. He stretched his hand out to me, and I knew what he wanted.
This would be better, I thought with a sigh. I could climb into the icy water and go numb to everything, just drift away with the cold caressing me. My feet stumbled forward of their own accord as I reached my bloody right hand out to him. Would my hallucination hold up long enough to get me through these last moments, I wondered numbly.
The icy water was torture on my searing skin, like an ice bath used to break a fever, but I kept moving, the current starting to tug at me as I waded towards Edward. The flames drove all conscious thought out of my mind other than being able to touch him, one last time.
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This story is very near and dear to my heart because it is 1. written by one of my very good friends and 2. was the very first Twilight Fan-Fic i ever read.
We find Bella standing in the Meadow at the start of the story, an excerpt from New Moon where she discovers Laurent had joined back with Victoria. We relive the terror she feels as he stalks her, talking of how Victoria would torture her to death. This time, instead of the wolves coming when they did for SMeyer, they were late. Too late.
"No Choice" really makes my heart clench every chapter. she's so afraid that Edward really and truly doesnt want her back, that she has conviced herself that what he said was true.
When she finds the Cullens (minus Edward), they are, of course, more than happy to find her but shocked to see that she's... one of them. As the story progresses, They help her adjust to their lifestyle and plan to find Edward.
He wants nothing to do with them. Bella doesnt want it either, because she fears a second rejection and won't be able to handle that pain again.
It makes me cry everytime i think about chapter 15 and Edward's mental breakdown. I want so much for everything to end well but with all the heartfail, it's hard to see. (Though, if i know GC well, i know she wont let me down *giggles*)
Don't be too discouraged, though. There are times when i laugh myself silly because of the witty lines GC's characters spout out. It's a lovely story of Love, Pain, Determination and pushing forward. I love it very much and can't wait read more!
XOXO love you, GC!!!!!
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