Fated

Rated M

Pairing: Peter & Bella

Summery: After the Cullen's left Bella didn't fall apart. With the help of her friends and family she graduated from high school, went to college and started working for a publishing company in Dallas. Its been 10 years and somehow Bella feels like theres something missing. What will she do when her past appears at her doorstep telling her its time to fulfill her fate?

Chapter 1

Bella POV

I was sitting in my office looking out of the window. Before me lay another script that couldn't hold my attention. I missed good writers. Lately all we published were cheesy romance novels always about the same thing: a woman looking for the love of her life and finding it at the most unexpected place, blah blah blah...

I hated it. When I was freshly out of college I moved to Dallas because I got a job offer from Hearst Publishing Company. One of my professors had send an application to them and they were more than thrilled to have me there.

One of the first books to be published under my production was called 'Fate'. It was about a young man traveling around the whole world to find that one thing that would make him whole. And he knew it only took one sign: a white tulip.

It had been a bestseller. And my first paycheck was more than high. I had been able to by myself a house and still have enough to live easily off of the rest of the money.

After that first publishing it kept going that way. Somehow I had a sense for good books. At the age of 26 they made me Senior Partner of Hearst Publishing Company. For me it turned out to be a curse. The book good worse and I barley published anything. And now 2 years later I was sitting in my office asking myself why I still did this stupid job.

I sighed and looked down at the script again. I marked the page and closed it, grabbing my coat and handbag and walked out of my office.

"Lucy do I have anymore appointments today?" I asked my secretary.

"Uhm just one...Mr. O'Leary called and wanted to talk about the changes you suggested on his book. He seemed very angry."

"Call him and make another appointment for next week. I'm not in the mood to discuss this with him before my weekend. I'll be going home now. I'm not feeling that good." I answered and walked out of the door.

It was the end of September and the weather was still warm but the light breeze could give you chills. I put my coat on and walked to my car.

End of September. It was the day Edward had left me. The day my Dad had went missing. The day I wanted to lay in bed and cry.

Driving home I couldn't help but remember the Cullen's. What we had was beautiful but when they left it somehow broke me. But soon I had found out that this was my chance to...be. I could be myself, reach for my goals and fulfill my dreams. And that I did.

Arriving at home the first thing I noticed was another car. One I hadn't seen. Ever. I parked next to it and slowly walked to my house. This was creepy. My door was unlocked and as I entered the home it was totally silent.

I walked into the living room and found nobody there. But suddenly I could hear noises from the backyard.

What was I supposed to do?

I grabbed on of the fire handles from the fire place, set down my handbag, grabbed my phone and called 911.

"Hello? This is Isabella Swan, 328 Richmond Street, theres someone in my house...I don't know. I saw a car parked outside my house that I didn't know...I can hear noises from the backyard...OK...I'll back out...Ok Thank you..." I hung up grabbed my bag quickly and wanted to walk out of the house.

But when I turned around I bumped into someone.

Emmett...and started to scream.

"Bella...calm down...it me...its Emmett." he said and held his hand up in surrender.

"I know it's you, you stupid jerk!" I started hitting him with the fire handle while he tried to duck away.

"Ow...Bells...that actually hurts a little... stop it!" he laughed

I could hear laughter behind me and when I turned around I could see Edward, Jasper, Carlisle and a stranger standing at the door. Suddenly the handle was removed from my hand and for a moment I felt panic. Why were they here?

And than my front door was kicked open and 5 police office held their guns at the Cullens.

"Dallas Police Department...drop your weapon and we won't shoot." One of them screamed.

I looked up and saw that Emmett still held the fire handle in his hand like he was about to hit me with it.

I turned to look at the officers and noticed that one of them was Marty, my neighbor.

"Hey Marty..its OK. I know them..."

"Bella please..."

"No no its alright it was false alarm. Emmett drop the handle" he let it fall to the ground and lifted his hands.

I tried to get up but my knees were still kind of shaky so I almost fell.

Emmett reacted instantly and wrapped his arm around my middle and than it happened. On of the officers shot and instead of hitting Emmett he hit my arm. The bullet just grazed me but it still hurt like hell.

Suddenly the stranger was hovering over me, pushing Emmett away and starting checking me for wounds. I looked up at him and wanted to kiss him. What was wrong with me? His hands roamed over my body and pressed against the wound.

I could hear screaming and growling. Marty looked at me and he knew what was going on. He knew my whole story. I looked at him and he nodded.

"Ok guys enough. I called 911 because I didn't knew Emmett had a new car. I forgot they wanted to visit me and for a second I was freaked out ok. Everybody can put they guns down and leave my house please?" I sighed.

"Bella are you sure?" Marty asked concerned. But I knew he knew what was going on. He had to keep up the facade and get the guys out of here.

"Yes sweets...I'm alright. I just forgot I told them were I had the spare keys. I'm a little stressed out lately and I just forgot about it. I overreacted. I'm sorry."

"It's OK. We should drive you to the hospital. We have to let you get checked so we can write a report why this dumb head shot." Marty said.

"No no its OK. I'm fine. Just send me the papers and I'll fill them out."

"OK. Call when you need me."

With that they turned and left. The stranger turned to me and smiled before looking at Carlisle.

"How bad is she hurt?" I could hear the concern and worry ion his voice.

Carlisle came over to me and checked the wound.

"Its not that bad. We have to clean the wound and put a bandage on it."

I turned to look at him and somehow I felt a pull. Something was drawing me to him.

"Who are you?" I asked

"Bella...we are here for a special reason...but before we tell you we have to take care of your arm." Carlisle said.

We went into my bathroom and Carlisle cleaned my wound. The whole time he didn't say a word. And I didn't either.

My white dress was covered in blood and the first thing I did was change into a pair of jeans and a blouse.

When I came downstairs the guys were all sitting on the couch looking up at me.

"Hey!" I smiled unsure.

"Bella please sit down." Jasper said. I said down next to the stranger while he anxiously looked down at me. His appearance was protective and lovingly.

"Bella...this is Peter. Edward has told you about him once."

"Yes I remember."

"Well the reason we are here is not quite simple. Peter is your mate."

"My what?"

"Your mate. You see...when a vampire finds his true soulmate he acts instinctual. His first goal is to keep you save thats why Peter protected you. You two are meant to be together."

I turned around to look at Peter and I was hit with this pull again.

"I don't understand this. How do you know that we are meant to be together?"

"Bella after your birthday when we all left you...Alice had a vision of you and Peter. That is the reason we went away. We had to leave in order for you to find your mate. But it didn't work out. A few weeks ago Alice had a vision of you being lonely and dating random men and than you were stuck in a unhappy marriage knowing something was missing. We knew that you couldn't find Peter on your own anymore because your lifestyle would never cross with his on its own. So we decided it was time to take matters into our own hands. Bella for the last 10 years we watched over you, protected you and made sure everything is alright. We know about Charlie's death and Renee's and Phil's son and how they abandoned you. Bella we were there all the time. And we just couldn't handle the thought of you being stuck in a marriage just because you were lonely when we knew what would truly make you happy." Edward said.

I looked up at Peter and felt that pull again. I didn't want this. I didn't knew him... it was a lie. I felt like I knew him and I wanted him.

"No." I said and got up.

"Bella. Your first meeting was instinctual. Peter took care of you. Its a sign. He wouldn't have done it on purpose. Only a mate acts that way."

"But I don't know him..." I looked at Peter and started breathing heavier. I had to look for the pills. A panic attack was coming.

Peter got up and took my hand. He held it against his cheek and smiled at me.

"Bella, sweetheart, relax. I'm not here to take you away and marry you and make you a housewife. We are destined to be together but not by force. We are here to tell you the truth because Alice could see your desperation. We wanted to spare you the pain. Why search for something that I can give you easily? Bella I came here to meet you. I won't force you to do anything you don't want. Never. I want us to get to know each other. I want to court you, bring you flowers, take you out and...god I don't know. I wanna give you everything and I just need you to give me a chance. To trust me."

"But my life..."

"Will stay the way it is. You can still go to work. You can still have your friends. You can keep living here. We can go on dates, meet after your work and maybe spend some time. Maybe explore if this will work out. If you can find it in your heart to love me one day." he kissed the back of my hand tenderly and I wanted nothing more than to be locked into his arms.

"I... I need a little time right now. You can stay here. I'll just go into the backyard and think for a little while."

I hesitantly pulled my hand away and went into my backyard. I sat down on the bench and looked up into the sky.

I felt love and longing. Why did this happen to me?

Was this truly fate?

I didn't know how long I had been sitting there but after a while it got quite chilly and as I opened my eyes I saw that it was turning dark outside.

My thoughts had drifted off and I had made a decision. Alice visions never were wrong. She knew what she was doing. We all had a lot to work out but I knew that what I felt for Peter couldn't be wrong.

As I turned around I saw him standing near the door, his arms folded. His face serious, ready to attack if needed. He had kept a close eye on me. For how long I didn't know.

I walked up to him, stuck my hand out and smiled. "Hi...I'm Bella."

He smiled and took my hand in his. "Hello Darlin', I'm Peter."

Well chapter one is done. Lets see how it will all work out.

I started writing this story a while ago. I was writing on my other stories (which I'm stuck with at the moment) and it all flowed easily. I already have 5 chapters and just need to edit them a little. So have a little faith with me.

I hope you like the story. And if you really do please give me some love.

The more I get the sooner I'll update!

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