Well I am used to writing more humorous stories, but I really liked the idea of this story. I would love reviews and please no flames :)
Summary: The year was 1942, during the world war two, Edward is sent off to war, with only letters to give his young bride. How will Bella be able to deal with not having her true love there? AU: All Human.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything one by the name of Edward Cullen, I'm innocent I tell you, INNOCENT!
1942
It was Tuesday evening, around seven thirty. I was doing my normal occupation of cleaning dishes from the dinner I had prepared. It was one of Edward's favorite meals, roasted chicken with smash potatoes, it was indeed harder to make a third less of the quantity I was used to, but easier to prepare. It is terribly hard dealing with, the war and not having him here, with me. I missed him, but I could not let him see that, nor my best friend, Alice.
"Bella? I think that plate is clean." She did not seem happy as usual, the war was staring to get to us all. She grabbed my hand that was half emerged in water and lifted the plate up and on to the counter. I sulked down and into one of the metal white chairs.
"Did you, get a letter yet?" I asked wiping my tears, trying to show no vulnerability.
"No, but Jasper will send me one. He has to." She said it, more or less trying to convince herself. I was too emotional to lift my head up to see her expression.
"It's Tuesday." I was trying to convince myself now. "He said every Tuesday." Edward said every Tuesday.
"It's not fair to expect." She reason and stood up to finish clearing the table from our meal.
"Alice, let me do." My voice cracked at the end.
"When was the last time you slept?" She asked worried about my well-being.
"I haven't slept one good night sense he left." My voice cracked again, and I was just about to turn into a wrecking ball of tears.
There was an awkward pause before Alice answered. I felt awful because she was going through the same thing, but had such a good façade on. "You just have to deal with it, day by day. Sometimes hour to hour." She was always very wise, as if she knew that everything would be ok, but that's if we only knew.
"It's not fair for you to be here. You have a child, it's just myself." I couldn't be so selfish from what Alice should really be paying attention to.
"A broken heart is a broken heart." She had one of her wise moments. "Elle will be fine, she is a baby, she doesn't know about Jasper being gone." That was probably the most heart-breaking thing that had happened to Alice. Once Jasper had left she found out that she was pregnant and just a couple of months ago she had the baby on the day Jasper had left a year earlier.
I sometimes wished I could share that pain of hers. "Elle needs you, I don't. Please go, I'll call Elizabeth, she is usually more than happy to have me around."
"I am happy to have you around." Alice argued.
"Please, I'll be fine." I told her, she looked at me for a moment but then sighed as she grabbed her designer coat and headed for the door.
"Call if you need anything." She yelled back at me before leaving my small home for good.
"That won't be necessary, Elizabeth is coming. Give Elle a kiss for me." I answered her and she left.
I finished the dishes and made my way over to the fireplace. I lit the fire and grabbed one of the blankets Edward had found while we were in England for our honeymoon. It almost smelt like him, which was nice. I picked up the phone next to me and began to call Edward's mother.
After a couple of rings, a sick and ill feeling Elizabeth answered the phone. "Hello?"
"Elizabeth?" I whispered in the phone, almost afraid of taking to someone.
"Bella, is that you?" She asked, my voice became so recognizable over these past few months.
"Yes, Mrs. Masen it is me." I chocked the last part of her name, which was now mine.
"Oh Bella, please Mrs. Masen is so formal, and to come to think of it, we are both Mrs. Masen. Call me Elizabeth." Her humor was short lived by hard coughs and chokes. I didn't know how I would be able to heal if the closest thing to Edward would die. I wouldn't let myself thing that far ahead, I would only think of now, the present. The future is too afraid to look into.
"How are you feeling? Do you want me to come down there?" One thing I may never committee to Alice is to tell her that Elizabeth was sick, other wise she would never let me be.
"Just fine Bella, and so is Edward." The name startled me, it was hard to hear it said allow, very difficult.
"What do you mean?" I asked a little dumb founded by what she had just told me.
" I Received a letter today." I became so extracted that I almost forgot how to breathe.
"Really, what did it say?" I asked, truly excited.
"Well, he misses us, and he wishes he was here now." That was all I needed to hear in order to be satisfied for another long week, he was safe.
"I really do love him." I said with too much emotion behind it.
"I know you do darling, he loves you." Even though I couldn't see her face, I knew she was smiling, and that in a fact of itself, made me feel internality light.
"Do you think, I could come see you?" I asked, really wanting to see her.
"When was the last time you slept." Alice had just asked that question, did I really sound that tired.
"Last night." I said empty minded.
"When was the last time you slept-good." She knew the answer to that, and so did I.
"Sense your son left." I responded in a more serious tone.
"I will be up for visitors in the morning, but until then. You need a good nights sleep." I almost smiled at that, but my lips would not listen to my desire. They stood still.
"Will do, good night." I said into the phone before I made a clicking sound and turned the phone off.
The fire spun wickedly around the inside of the fireplace and made a dancing pattern. I cuddled into the blanket that me and Edward shared and drifted off to sleep. Almost feeling that he was not that far away.
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