Inbetween Love
1
Love In Space
Story of my life. I get home to find Edward waiting for me. I smiled and said 'hello', he replied, but as soon as the words rolled off his tongue, I knew something was wrong. He walked towards me. "Do you want to come inside?" I asked, heading towards the door.
"No." He barely moved his mouth. His eyes fickered from the floor to me, then to the floor again. "Uh. I have something to ask of you."
"Sure?" I said carefully. He looked nervous, which was unnusual for him, and I knew if Edward was nervous, then I had reason to be aswell. I could feel the butterflies swelling up in the pit of my stomach. He took a deep breath, then his cold dead eyes gazed up, staring straight into mine.
"Is it okay i-if I can get a little space." He glanced back down again.
"Uh, y-yeh okay. Sounds good." I replied, choking on the saliva I had half swollowed out of astonishment. I felt anger rise in me, as my face turned an unnatural shade of red, which it often did when I was furious. I hung my head so he couldn't see my face, and walked inside quickly. "See ya ... later." I called over my shoulder, and shut the door behind me.
I raced upstairs, ignoring my fathers efforts to greet me. Holding back the tears, I took out my laptop and turned it on. I grabbed the remote for my stereo, and turned that on aswell, blasting the volume. It seemed to help when I was angry. Finally the laptop booted and I got onto my emails. My vision blurred with tears as I typed Alice's name into the address bar. When I finally got to writing the email, the tears began gushing down my face. I wiped them away with my sleeve and began typing.
Dear Alice,
I don't know what I've done wrong. Edward doesn't want to see me. He says he needs 'space' and that we should rest for a while. I don't know what to do. I feel so lonely. It's as though you're the only friend I've got, and I really need you now. Please.
Bella x
I hit the send button, sat back, and waited for a reply. However, no sooner had I hit the button, did Alice turn up. I heard her car pull up in the driveway, and by the time I got myself together and made my way to the door of my room, she was there. She didn't say anything. Not a word. She just wrapped her arms around me and we stood there, in the doorway, me crying my eyes out, for a good minute or so. After a while she broke the silence. "My brother's an idiot." She whispered. I couldn't help but giggle a little at the tone in which she said it. She leant away from me, holding both my arms by my sides, and looked into my eyes. "You know you don't need him. If this is the way he's going to treat you, then you deserve better."
"Yeah! But who else would love me? I'm not exactly babe of the month." I quetioned. I wiped my face again and walked over to resume my spot at the desk. There was a long, very long, pause in the conversation, then quietly I said before bursting out in tears again "Please don't leave me. Can you please stay?"
"Of course I can!" She exclaimed, and threw her arms around me again. "I won't leave you like this." She began stroking my hair softly, and as she did so, I couldn't help but notice how soft her touch was, it was unlike anything Edward could achieve, and as she held me I felt just the tiniest bit of warmth in her, otherwise ice-cold, skin.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'm sorry for any spelling mistakes, and I'm sorry for the chapters being so short, there will be more very soon. This is my first story and so I would love some feedback! Thankyou.