The Life Of Nova Swan

Chapter 9

A few hours later, I woke up in my bed, under the covers. I figured that my sister got one of the Cullen’s to put me in my bed. Yesterday hit me like a brick, tears pricked my eyes once more. Soulmate? Who the hell was he to call me his soulmate and then do that? How could he do that to me?

I grabbed my guitar and started strumming, it helped. It was my therapy. I played the guitar while adlibbing, I sneered as a tear slid down my face while playing. I didn’t care what time of day it was, I played until my fingers would fall off.

I sniffed as more tears ran down my face, it pained me, not only because he cheated on me, but because of the bond. It was breaking and I could feel it too. 

I slowly reached over my guitar and grabbed my phone, seeing that I had missed calls from Jake, Leah, Sam’s house phone and Paul. I blocked Paul and called Leah back. We had become very close, she helped me realize who I wanted to be and I helped her through her situation with Sam and Emily. 

She picked up on the second ring, “Nova. What happened? Paul’s run off to somewhere Canada. He was too frantic to get a good picture of what happened.” 

“Uh, you can come over to my house.” She told me she would be over soon and hung up. A short while after, her truck pulled up outside my house.

I opened the door and let her come inside, once the door was closed, she pulled me into a hug. A tear slid from my eye as I buried my face in her shoulder. We pulled apart and made our way to my bedroom.

“So, what happened?” She asked me softly, well softly for Leah.

“I guess it all started when yesterday morning, Jake called me to tell me that Charlotte was in town.  I didn’t know who she was, and Jake told me that her and Paul were engaged before she left for university for a year.” She scowled as I spoke about Charlotte and Paul’s relationship, she portrayed exactly what I felt. 

“I finished my rehearsals and meeting in Seattle early so I headed to Paul’s so that we could talk. I..I uh walked into the bedroom and Paul was in bed with a girl I’ve never seen before. I guess it was Charlotte.” She pulled me into another hug, to which I sunk into her.

“I just don’t understand… he imprinted on me, we’re soulmates. How could he just throw that out like it was nothing? Did he think I wouldn’t know?” She looked like she was trying to figure it out herself.

“I honestly don’t know. I just don’t understand why the fuck he thinks he can do that.” She looked more angry than anything, not at me, but just angry.

She left soon after, probably to tell the pack the new information. I grabbed my guitar once more, playing my feelings. I put my guitar down as more tears slid down my face. My phone began to ring, I saw that it was Jacob. I decided that I would pick up, give him the benefit of the doubt.

“Nova? I can’t believe you picked up.” 

“Yeah, I picked up. Jake, what? Im, um, I’m busy.” I could practically hear him roll his eyes.

“Wallowing?”

“Im hanging up.” I told him seriously.

“No wai-“ I cut him off before he could finish his pleading. I had more important things to do.

I dialled Nathan’s phone number and called him.

“Hey Nova, how are you?”

“Not good, can I come in to record another song before the tour?” I could hear his confusion.

“Elise is really going to kill you.” He warned.

“I don’t care, I need to do this. I thought we could add it on red, along with another song that I just wrote, but we don’t have to record that right now.” 

“You know what, screw it. Can you come in tomorrow?”

“Definitely.” With that I hung up and dialled Elise’s phone number.

“Hi Nova!”

“Hey Elise… so listen, there’s another song that I wanna add to the tour.” I cringed once I said it and heard her sigh.

“O-okay. I guess we can make it work in the middle of the show, but you’re really gonna have to be quick when changing, because now we’re cutting into that time.”

“Of course, thank you so much.” With that we both hung up and I felt the sense of sadness again. I couldn’t help myself but call Taylor, I figured I would let her know what happened. 

“Hey Taylor.” 

“Hey Nova, what’s up?”

“Me and Paul broke up.” 

“Oh really? Why?”

“I caught him cheating on me with his ex fiancé who I didn’t know existed.” I could hear her gasp on the other line. After that, she tried her best to comfort me and promised that she would come home with me after recording my song.

I heard the doorbell ring, I slowly walked downstairs to see the girl who Paul was cheating on me with at my doorstep. I felt sudden sadness and rage. I was about to slam the door on her but she began speaking.

“Don’t! I need to talk to you. Please.” I rolled my eyes and stepped aside.

“What? What could you possibly have to say? That Paul didn’t mean it? That I should give him a second chance? That you were in the right?” I began shooting questions at her as tears pricked my eyes.

“No. I didn’t know Paul was with anyone, we were still dating long distance. I guess it wasn’t enough for him though.”

“What?” A tear slid down my face. The entire time he was really with someone else. 

“I had to go to London for a year for university. We decided to date long distance and call every night. When I came back, I guess I thought that he was just my boyfriend.”

I could feel the walls closing in at the new revelation, “So you guys were dating the whole time? God, he didn’t even tell me that you existed. I’m so sorry.” She shook her head quickly.

“No, you didn’t know. This is his fault completely, not yours. He’s a dick.” We we’re both silent for a moment before she spoke up again.

“So what did he tell you?” I heaved as high and slouched a bit more.

“He told me so many times that we were soulmates, that it would be us. Forever.”

“I have known him for ages, he’s cheated on a lot of his girlfriends. I shouldn’t be surprised, I guess I thought he changed. I thought wrong. I am truly so sorry for what happened, if I had known I would have broken up with him already.” I shook my head at her.

“We are both just as much the victim as the other. This is his fault, not ours.” I pulled her into a tight hug. I could tell that we would be friends, we both experienced the same thing and she seemed like she would be a good friend to have. 

“I might just be reading this wrong, but I feel like we could be friends.” As she spoke I smiled, my first smile in a couple days. 

“You know, I was thinking the exact same thing.”