Okay guys, so I have decided to rewrite "The Cowboy's Marine". I know it has been over a year since I posted but a lot has been going on. I won't get into detail but now I'm back! I will give about a week for everyone to transfer over to this version before taking down the last version. I will be making sure to keep this one updated and keep all of you updated. Thank you for your continuous support of my stories even though some of them have gone abandoned due to no longer having the energy to continue writing them or due to no longer having any interest in them. Thank you again! MissRedHead Xx

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3rd POV

It was just after her 16th birthday when Bella watched Edward walk out of her life. Leaving her stranded in the middle of the woods. She followed after him even though she knew he was long gone, off to a new life without her. Bella sobbed, the harsh cries wracking her small body for the only man, no boy, she had ever loved.

His disappearance left her in a zombie-like state for months. She refused to speak, barely ate, cut all ties to her friends, and began using prescription medication. Her father was appalled by the change in her attitude and by the fact she was arrested one day for having prescription medication at school. Calling her mother, they agreed that the only way for Bella to get better was to have some sort of authority in her life that wasn't either of her parents. They decided to send Bella to the best place they knew, Fort Buckner Military Academy.

Bella fought and refused like most teenagers but in the end, reluctantly left for Fort Buckner. She fought all the usual stereotypes, she climbed through the ranks, not only academically but through physical fitness too. Always being the one to lead the school's morning workouts and was always in front of the school runs. By the time she reached her senior year, she was promoted to be the student body's commanding officer. She graduated top of her class and with honors at the highest rank of Brigadier General.

Bella was no longer the sweet and naive little 16 years old. At 18 she was an ice-cold person, she had removed every feeling she usually had, replacing it with anger and sarcasm. Upon her graduation from For Buckner, Bella was sent to boot camp for the Marine Corps, where she trained harder than she had ever trained before. She graduated top of her class and worked even harder in her trade school.

Unbeknownst to her, the Cullens had been watching her through Alice's eyes. Seeing as she was sent to a military school, joined the Marines, and survived through multiple tours in the Middle East. They were frightened for her, for the sweet girl they had left behind, hoping to save her.

There was only one Cullen who did not worry for her or think she needed saving, who believed she had the strongest will of anyone on this earth. He followed as the Cullens went back to Forks to see her, to see who she had become with their own eyes. To meet Gunnery Sergeant Isabella M. Swan of the United States Marine Corps.