I didn't need to sleep and yet I spent so many hours in bed. My beautiful Bella lay next to me, her hand loosely grasping mine. Her lips, slightly parted, breathed my name, "Edward," it was barely audible but my hearing picked up the quiet sound. I felt her hand unconsciously tighten around mine when my breath caught at the sound of my name.
The way her voice made my heart feel like it was beating again was shocking. It was almost absurd that this beautiful, clumsy, human girl had wrapped herself firmly around my heart and I, her tiniest finger. Her smallest whim would be fulfilled the moment she voiced it.
I turned my head only slightly and pressed my lips gently to her freesia-scented hair. Inhaling her scent caused a burning in the back of my throat, but despite this I kissed her once more, inhaling deeply.
Nothing could stop me from loving this wonderful creature in my arms. Everything about my Bella was wonderful-her blush at the smallest trivial thing was endearing, her pale, almost translucent hands intertwined with mine even as she slept brought light into my world. Her kitten-tiger anger only made me chuckle. The way her eyes sparkled when I returned from hunting would make my silent heart skip a beat if it could. I adored her gentle countenance as she slept and the excitement in her features when she awoke to find me beside her. And the way she snuggled closer to my stone-cold body every night was something I wouldn't give up for anything in this world or the next.
My eyes, which had drifted around her room in my reverie, slowly made their way back to her moonlit face as she moved peacefully in her sleep. I tucked the thick quilt around her thin frame, thinking she might be cold beside me, and almost instinctively tightened my arms around her. My movement around her caused her to bury her head further into my shoulder. Her hair fell on her face with the movement, I pushed it back with a quick movement of my index finger.
Touching her made my skin tinglt with warmth, I ran my fingers gently over her pale skin just to feel the warmth it produced. The ends of her soft, pink lips turned up at my touch, almost as if she was awake and watching me watch her.
Hours later, as the sun began to rise, I was still watching my love sleep in my arms. The sun streaming through her open window lit her face beautifully, I noticed my skin begin to sparkle idly in the light before glancing back to my Bella just as her eyelids began to flutter. They opened slowly, blinking at the light she rarely ever saw in this tiny, clouded town. And then the beautifully expressive brown eyes settled on my face and the smile that had lit her face in slumber deepened with delight. I smiled gently at her before pressing my all to eager lips to hers.
Hope you enjoyed this. I'll add another chapter as soon as I possibly can. My tiny fingers can only type so fast.