A/N No specific time frame. Before Breaking Dawn I guess. I dont own Twilight
"Sleep now my Bella, sleep my angel"
I could feel the cold marble of Edward's skin against my back. I could hear the breathing that was a mere habit for him and tonight more than ever, the silence from his long ago stilled heart flooded the room, louder than any noise could ever be.
I wondered what he would have been like as Edward Mason, a human, with a heart that would beat, a face that would age and a life that would one day end.
What might he have looked like in these moments before sleep came, his bronze hair falling across his beautiful face. Would his once green eyes flutter shut or would they dance across the room? Would he have pulled up the duvet around his chin? Had he smoothed the pillow with his cheek?
Had he talked in his sleep? What had he dreamed of? Did he toss and turn unable to sleep?
Questions that would never be answered...
It was at a time like this, with the hard granite that was Edward at my back, that I could forget that I was the current focus of a war between two myths.
At a time like this I could forget that a wild, vengeful vampire wanted me dead and had a slow painful end planned for me.
At a time like this I could forget my humanity.
Now, with graduation fast approaching and my heartbeats numbered, now more than ever I needed to treasure my humanity. To treasure the time I had left before I became one of those creatures of the night.
Vampire.........
It just didn't fit.
Vampire.........
It was like an ugly Edward or an Alice who hated shopping
Vampire.........
It was right for them....was it right for me?
Edward began to hum my lullaby and as I drifted into sleep I thought I heard a far off heartbeat playing as one to mine...