Chapter 1
With no words at all,
So tiny and small,
In love I fall,
So deep.
~My Baby-Britney Spears
The sky clouded over as it had millions of times, and began to sprinkle delicate rain over the already saturated earth. It was only a prelude as the weather reports indicated a severe thunderstorm would be wreaking havoc over the city of Forks, Washington. Everyone who lived in Forks for longer than a year understood the weather and always prepared for the rain even on a rare sunny day.
Isabella, or more commonly called Bella, hurried through the rainy streets quickly. Her shoulder length brown hair was becoming saturated by the rain that hat turned from a drizzle to a moderate rainshower. The woman was probably the only person in the entire state to own a jacket without a hood. Bella was really kicking herself internally as she'd left her umbrella in her apartment when she was rushing out that morning. Then to make matters worse, her car wouldn't start so she had to call a tow truck, then take the bus back home. Luckily the bus dropped her off at the end of her street.
Once the brunette had reached her apartment, she hurried inside to the lobby. The old brick apartment housed four tenants including Bella and her family. There were only two floors, the first belonging to a kind elderly woman and her husband. They were rarely seen outside of their apartment but whenever they ran into Bella, they always greeted her jovially. The other apartment on the first floor belonged to Alice, a woman who happened to be around Bella's age and her coworker. On the second floor, above the elderly couple lived an abrasive older gentleman named Caius. Every time Bella or her family made the tiniest noise, he was complaining.
The rain soaked woman walked up the short flight of stairs, dripping water everywhere as she ascended to her floor. Upon reaching her door, she quickly unlocked it, simultaneously glancing at Caius's door. She didn't like to admit it, but the man creeped her out. Luckily, he didn't harass her and soon she was in the comfort of her own home, locking the door behind her swiftly.
"Mommy!" a high pitched voice screamed. Before Bella could react, a small body had hurled itself at her body and tiny arms wrapped around her legs. "Mommy mommy! You're home!"
Bella released a soft laugh and bent over to pick up her daughter. In just four short years the young child had grown so fast. Her hair matched Bella's with it's chocolate tresses and it hung down the child's back daintily. Big brown eyes stared into Bella's and she couldn't help marveling at her daughter. She could see traces of her husband, Jacob, in her daughter's face and yet people always said she was the spitting image of Bella. The main difference most people could see between mother and child was skin tone. While Bella was as pale as fresh snow, her daughter had sun-kissed skin she inherited from her father's Quileutes genes.
"Hi Renesmee." Bella leaned forward and kissed the child on her forehead, receiving a happy giggle. "How was school honey?"
While Renesmee animatedly recalled school, Bella smiled and nodded along with her daughter's story. She couldn't believe how fast time seemed to move. It seemed like only yesterday she was pregnant and telling Jacob that he was going to be a father. They had married three months into Bella's pregnancy and once the sex of the baby was determined, Bella and Jacob played around with names. At the time, Bella was obsessed with a vampire movie where the daughter of a vampire couple was named Renesmee. Bella had fallen in love with the name and after convincing Jacob that it was a fun name, they had agreed and named their child Renesmee Sarah Black. Her middle name was given to her because that was Jacob's deceased mom's name and Bella wanted to keep the name in the family.
"Mommy are you listening?" Renesmee pouted at her mother and crossed her arms.
Bella set her child back down on the floor. "I did honey. Where is your father?"
Renesmee pointed towards the back of the apartment. "He's taking a nap!" Renesmee grew bored with the conversation and returned to her previous activities which involved toy cars and a couple barbie dolls that happened to be scattered all over the living room floor.
The apartment the Blacks lived in was of average size. It came with a spacious living room, small dining room that attached to the kitchen, two bedrooms and a bathroom at the end of the hall. A few years ago Bella and Jacob were involved in a huge scandal that had both of their lives in danger. Bella rarely liked to think about it as it brought her extreme anxiety and sometimes induced a panic attack.
In the beginning, before Bella had met Jacob, she dated a man named Edward Cullen who owned a company. At first their relationship was picture perfect. But slowly Edward began to show his true, abusive, colors. Bella escaped with the help of some friends but through a boating accident, lost her memories. Jacob found her, helped her get her memories back and fell in love with her. Unfortunately Edward found her and threatened to kill her if she didn't marry him so she obliged. But at the wedding, Jacob professed his love for Bella and ended up breaking up the ceremony. This infuriated Edward who then tried to kill Jacob, failing and resulted in him being sent to prison for attempted murder. The company Edward worked for didn't want Bella or Jacob to sue them so they sent them a check with numerous zeros. Years later, most of the money gone and for various reasons. Bella and Jacob gave most of it away as it only reminded them of what happened in the past. They also set aside some money for their daughter's college fund and the last of the money went into buying them each a new car and an apartment with all the furnishings.
Bella walked through the kitchen and was hit with the pungent aroma of garlic that had her side-eying the stove only to find a giant pot filled with what could only be spaghetti. Very garlic-y spaghetti. Spaghetti was one of the only dishes Jacob knew how to make perfectly. Bella continued through the kitchen and entered her bedroom only to find her husband asleep on top of their queen sized bed, the television was on but the volume was low. Before Jacob had fallen asleep he had been watching some animal documentary about lions and Bella briefly watched a lioness attack a gazelle. Their only window was open and letting in the falling rain. Bella groaned and rushed to it, shutting it quickly. The sound awoke Jacob who sat up in bed then rested his back against the headboard. "Bella?" he called out groggily while wiping sleep from his eyes.
His wife stood at the foot of the bed with a slight frown creasing her lips. "Jake, you know better than to leave the window open. We don't want to flood our room."
Jacob crawled to the edge of the bed, then stood on his knees to be eye level with his wife. "I'm sorry Bella." he kissed her softly, causing her frown to dispel into a soft smile. "You know I can be forgetful sometimes." he whispered against her lips. "I love you, Isabella."
A delicate blush crept upon Bella's face and she turned away from her husband, feeling flustered. "I love you too Jacob. Just try not to forget next time, okay?"
The house phone located in the living room began to ring at the same time as someone began knocking incessantly on the front door. Jacob and Bella exchanged looks before both exiting the bedroom. "I'll get the phone." Jacob muttered, stepping over their daughter to pluck the phone from his holster. "Why do we even have this? It's 2015 for pete's sake." He threw Bella a funny face before answering.
Meanwhile Bella answered the door and was immediately faced with a black pixie cut. "Alice? What are you doing here?"
The thin girl who beat Bella in the pale department, stared up at her with wide-eyes. "We have a problem!"
A/N: Hi everyone! Forget Me is the sequel to my other story, Remember Me. This is a stand-alone sequel so you can still enjoy this story regardless of whether you read Remember Me. With that out of the way, I will try my best update every week (at least for a few weeks). Also updates will be on Mondays. I hope everyone enjoys this story as it's meant for pure entertainment purposes. Happy reading!~