Prologue
It has been two years since I found my perfect other. People say that I'm lucky to find him at this young of an age. I disagree entirely.
In the world today, everybody lives off hope. When we are born we are tattooed with half a design the society feels suits us, we call them hope marks. There is always two halves to a whole though.
It just so happens that some other person in the world has the other half of your hope mark. Your perfect other. Most people spend every waking day looking for this perfect match, who will simply complete their lives.
And then there is people like me. People who really don't give a damn about this perfect person . I guess you can never plan your life though because It justso happened I met my perfect other. And I hate him.
Chapter 1
My hand just touches the door handle, when Edward opens the door with a worried look on his face. "Bella!" He shouts with a sigh of relief. "You have been gone nearly all day! I was beginning to worry."
"Calm down. I told you I was going out today." Edward firmly grabs my shoulder and pushes me toward the house. He follows behind me and slams the door, shaking the ground in the process.
" You're really starting to piss me off Bella. All this month you have been going out and coming back when it is near dark." His eyes are filled with rage and I slowly sit down on the chair behind me.
He continues talking but I block it out and start to take notice to his appearance. His hair was out of its normal boring stiffness and his shirt unbuttoned and pulled out from its normal place.
Normally, Edward is the most boring person and not even a strand of hair is out of place. Today he looks like a train wreck. Sweat beads down his forehead and I notice his bronze eyes looking at me.
"Are you even listening!" I shift back to reality and feel his hard grip on my shoulders."Edward! My god I have never seen you like this. What has gotten into you?"
"You Bella! You are driving me mad!" He turns around and slams his fist into a table. He turns back to face me. "I need some air." He storms out of the house leaving me with my thoughts. His anger has been out of control lately.
When I met Edward he seemed like a charming man. He didn't exactly seem to suit me, but he was my perfect half. I thought that I could learn to love him and that we could possibly have a life together.
The first time I ever saw anger in him, was when I refused his proposal. I had only known him three weeks and I figured it was too soon. When I said I didn't think now was a good time, he threw the ring and stormed off.
When I found him I saw dark, angry eyes and it struck fear in me. I tried to calm him down but he just yelled about how we were meant to be together. He wasn't wrong, I guess, we were hope mark matches.
Most people immediately married their match, but I had told Edward I wanted to get to know him first. He had agreed with that, but apparently he thought three weeks was long enough.
When I eventually calmed him down, he agreed to just live together for now and be married just a little later in life. His mood had lightened but I could see that this agreement left him annoyed.
The scene of the past faded around me and I was then left in my living room. I feel slightly bad about his anger... I have not been truthful about my where abouts lately. I have actually been going to the town market every day and not just out and about.
About a month ago, while shopping at the market, I caught sight of a beautiful man. He has sun kissed skin and the darkest hair I have ever seen. His deep brown eyes were captivating and when they held my stare, it made my heart flutter.
I haven't seen him since that day but I visit the town market in hopes to see him again. I stand up from the wooden chair just as Edward slowly walks in. I could see his hands shaking, still filled with fury. I walk forward and rest my hand on his broad shoulder.
He avoids eye contact and shrugs off my hand. "Edward, please I'm sorry" He looks at me his eyes now almost black. "But are you really? Do you not understand how much it pains me not to be with you? You are gone all day only to come home and ignore me more."
"Edward I didn't know me leaving caused you this much... agony." I again place my hand on his shoulder and try to turn him to face me. "Bull shit!" He whips around and pushes me toward the wall. I could already feel a bruise forming on my shoulder.
Fear set into my body and I nervously looked up to meet his eyes. I tried to speak but no words were found. He saw my struggle and smiled menacingly. "Bella I think it's time for change." and that's when everything went black.