This is my first Twilight Фан fiction. I started Письмо it a bit after I read Eclipse. So it's set after that, and does not mesh with Breaking Dawn. Anyway, I got the idea while listening to the song Unchained Melody, hence the title, and started Письмо it. I'm looking for a beta reader, btw! Feedback is much appreciated.


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Unchained Melody

“Cold feet?” I heard his voice whisper into my ear. I would have jumped или screamed if it wasn’t for the fact I seem to be in a catatonic state. I knew it was Jacob’s voice, but I couldn’t see him. Even if he were to walk up in front of my wide open eyes, I wouldn’t be able to see him. I was somewhere else; somewhere very far away.

I was three years ahead of this moment. I was three years away from Edward Cullen. I was three years broken. I was three years older. My body leaning against a giant волк underneath the stars. My body was not cold and stone and my eyes weren’t black with thirst. I was me, Isabella Swan. It was a place where I never had to say goodbye to Charlie. It was a perfect place, except for the empty pain in my chest; La Push.

“Bella, are Ты alright?”

I felt warm hands press against me, but I still couldn’t see anything. I couldn’t see Jacob Black, and that scared me. What was happening to me? Was I really dreaming?

“Snap out of it!” He growled, “Wake up, Bella!”

I stroked the wolf’s long, shaggy fur. While I was here, I decided to talk to him. “Jacob,” I сказал(-а) and the волк looked up at me. “It’s going to be cold. It’s going to be very dark soon.”

He tilted his head in confusion, searching for the meaning of my words. I wanted to keep him at the moment and stay in this hallucination, dream, или whatever it may be. “You see, Jacob,” I explained, “I have to lose my sun and my air. It would be selfish for me to stay here with you. It would be selfish to choose this path. I’ve caused so much pain, Jacob. I know Ты have a shot at happiness. He doesn’t. I’m his only fate.” It was really hard explaining this to my possible future. “I have to go back now.”

The волк got up from beneath me and slipped away from my body. He let out a deep, lonely howl. My сердце shattered even more.

I felt the scene slipping away and my senses flooding back. “Jacob.” I mumbled.

“What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

“No.” I lied.

“You’re a terrible liar, Bella.” Jacob rolled his eyes. “Please, just tell me. I promise I wont --”

“Jake, I’m so afraid.” I confessed. My body started shaking as I remembered what brought me here.

“About what? Getting married?”

“No. Well, yes. But that’s not it. I’m afraid that one day...if my bad luck continues...something will happen to Edward. And who will stitch me up then? Who will save me?”

“Well, that’s dumb. Of course, I will.”

“Really. Do Ты honestly think Ты could still Любовь me?”

“What do Ты mean? I’ll always --”

“...When I’m a vampire.” I said, reminding him of my fate.

His face grew serious. “It wont matter. Ты know that. I don’t care how badly Ты stink. I’ll hold you.” He wrapped his warms around me.

I shook my head. “How long will Ты be mine?”

It was the wrong Вопрос to ask. It was cruel and thoughtless. This whole thing was wrong, though. I should be at the altar right now; Charlie walking me down the isle. I was almost there too. I was so close. Alice had just finished doing my hair when she walked out to check on things, when the fears attacked me. I was so afraid to be married, but there was something I was afraid of even more. Losing Jacob. I accepted the fact I had to say goodbye to him a long time ago...but I didn’t realize, until the день of the wedding, that I could never go back. Never. Even if Edward left me или if he died или something happened, there would be no one to go back to.

I had walked out of the room and saw Jasper. He had дана me a worried look. “Please,” I had begged him, “I need to go do something.”

That’s how I got here. Stranded in the forest. Somewhere between the Cullen’s and La Push. Jacob found me.

“I’ll always belong to you.” Jacob сказал(-а) carefully.

“Not when Ты imprint. And it will happen Ты know.”

“I doubt that.”

He didn’t deny that it would change things if he did, though. He knew just as well as I did that if he imprinted, he wouldn’t be able to save me when everything fell apart. And if I did choose him right now, he wouldn’t always be mine. Sooner или later, I would become just like Leah. Edward was the safest choice after all. Of course this had nothing to do with safe.

“I need to get back to Alice.” I сказал(-а) finally. “She’s probably looking for me.”

“Bella, before Ты do this,” Jacob grabbed my wrist and there was no point trying to break free. “I want Ты to think about all you’re leaving behind. You’ll never see Charlie again. You’ll never see any of your family. And you’ll never have a real family. You’ll never have children. Ты wont be able to do so much...And what if he accidentally kills you? Bella, Ты will become a murderer. A blood thirsty monster. Is this what Ты want?”

“But I’ll have him forever. And I Любовь him.” I сказал(-а) that as if it made all those other things meaningless.

“Sometimes Любовь isn’t enough.”