Never Say Goodbye (Sequel To NSN. Twilight Fanfic)

Chap One

First chapter of the sequel for Never Say Never. Here's Never Say Goodbye.

Chapter One

The house was completely silent. Not even a leaky drip from the faucet echoed. The silence was so loud that I wanted to scream in frustration. I missed Charlie.

If I concentrated hard enough I could still hear his boots stomping up the stairs. I used to complain about cleaning up the saw dust every time he got home from a construction job. Now? I would do anything to grab the broom one more time.

The day of his funeral was rainy and I was worried his pyre wouldn't light properly. Suddenly the rain stopped and it was decided to take the protective cover off of the oil soaked wood. Charlie's body was gently lowered on top by Sam's pack members.

Edward took my hand firmly in his when they put the flame to the wood. It went up instantly without a problem. Al the people who showed up weren't human. A memorial service would be held the next day for the non-supernatural. Sam was giving the Cullen's a day pass to be on their land for me. They kept a firm eye on them at all costs but they really didn't have to worry. Jacob hated Edward because he loved me but I wasn't paying much attention to that right now. That was a problem for another day.

The Quilets formed a circle around the burning pyre and started singing a tribal hyme in their language. The Cullen's couldn't understand their language but I was raised hearing and speaking it. They were sending his spirit to heaven. I hoped he made it, too. After a verse I joined. My voice quavered then grew stronger. We prayed to whoever was listening and then I prayed silently to our shifter idols.

Everyone stayed until there were only ashes left and then even the rain washed those away.

I was jerked back to the present by my phone ringing. Edward's name flashed on the caller I.D. I answered as I lifted the pregnancy test off the counter.

"Hello?" I asked, distractedly.

"Bella? Are you doing anything at the moment?"

Just realizing I'm pregnant with your child, I thought sarcastically. "Nothing much why?"

"Can I come over? We need to talk." The tone of his voice caught my attention finally. He was worrying about something and I was about to give him something even more to worry about.

"Of course. Come over whenever. I'll be here." We hung up and I slipped my phone back into my back pocket. For a moment I stared at my reflection with the realization that I was now a mother. Most women don't consider themselves mothers until the baby is actually born but I was a different case. Since I was a shape shifter my maternal instincts will now start to become higher. My species were very protective of their cubs.

My mother, Renee was the exception. She didn't want to be a shifter and tried to raise me human but every summer until I was fifteen Charlie would take me on trips that lasted for days in nothing but our shifter skins. A growing shifter has to change frequently to ensure health but Renee ignored the itch. Once she remarried, to a human, Renee only shifter once a year. It made her temperamental and sick but she wouldn't hear reason.

She probably would have died soon if Nile hadn't killed her and her husband, Phil. Renee had written out a long time ago that she didn't want a shifter funeral so I honored her wishes. Edward was with me then too. Renee and Phil wow rested side by side six feet under in some green cemetery in Arizona.

I shook my head and sighed.

"Your a mother now." I whispered to my reflection. It seemed somewhat shocked and scared, yet excited. I quickly threw away the test, box, and wrapper. No sense of Edward seeing before I got to tell him the good news. A few minutes late a knock came from the front door. That was strange. Usually Edward just walked in nowadays. He even had his own key.

I yanked the door open to see my vampire boyfriend. Although boy was a stretch.

It was his eyes that always caught my attention and they didn't fail me now. A smoldering gold today. He had something on his mind.

"Hey, you know you don't have to knock anymore. My door is always open to you." I said as I threw my arms around his unmoving form. He didn't embrace me back.

What was going on?

"Bella. . . ." He moved away from me, creating distance. My stomach hurt from rejection. "Bella, I-I don't love you anymore."

I think my heart skipped a beat.

"What?" Did I hear him right? I was carrying his child and he suddenly says he doesn't love me? Should I even tell him?

What if he mistreats the child? Or takes my baby from me? I couldn't have that. My heart stated to beat fast just thinking about it. No, I won't tell him. If he doesn't love me then he won't know.

"I'm sorry, Bella. I've been trying to find a way to tell you but it's never been the right time." He kept his distance from me the entire time and tracked my pacing form as if I were going to suddenly combust. If I weren't pregnant then I probably would scream and hit and fight him but it wasn't just me in my body anymore.

I shook my head.

"Why?' My voice cracked. The backs of my knees hit the sofa and I crumbled onto it. Why would he lead me on?

It felt like my heart was breaking into a million pieces. Out of the corner of my eye I saw his pale hand reach for my shoulder but I jerked away.

"Don't you dare touch me." My voice was so cold it surprised me. "Just leave." I demanded.

I wanted to demand him to love me again. To demand him to stay and be a father, a husband.

But now?

This changes everything. I didn't watch as he left. All I heard was the metal clink as he put the key I gave him to my house back into the bowl by the door. . . and then the door closing.

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Well that was the first chapter of the sequel for Never Say Never. Vote, comment, and tell people about me! I hope you liked it.

Yours S.A