As requested here is Edward's POV of the first chapter of 'It all Falls Down' I hope you enjoy it, I had trouble writing Edwrda's POV.
Sitting next to me in the church pew I could feel Bella trembling as she fought off the tears she so dearly wanted to shed. My heart tightened painfully at Bella's pain. Reaching out I wrapped my arm around her miniscule waist pulling her gently to my side. Bella had always been a strong person; she held her own perfectly, hardly evershowing anyone else her emotions. It was impossibly painful to watch Bella's spirit crumble before me, watch the happiness in her depthless brown eyes fade. I held her trembling body to my side, hoping that I could keep her together, wishing with all my heart that I was enough to bring her back.
The service for her parents was soon over and Bella was swamped by grievers. I saw the desperate need to runaway in her eyes and the irreplaceable sadness. I watched Bella closely as the town folk talked to her in hushed voices, her whole posture was off. She held herself in a strange way her head held high, her long neck moving as she swallowed the tears she still fought off bravely. Her back was slightly hunched and she fiddled with her hands, contemplating something. It was her eyes that got me moving towards her, her eyes were strangely blank and her expression terrified me.
As I moved swiftly through the crowd I lost sight of Bella. Looking frantically around, I couldn't find her amongst the sea of black. Fear making me move faster I ran out of the church and saw Bella, across the parking lot, running into the forest kicking off her shoes as she ran her mahogany hair falling from her bun.
Without thinking about what I was doing I took after her at a sprint. Weaving effortlessly through the forest I tried to find Bella. The rain had started to fall and the sounds of her running away faded as the droplets fell heavily against the ground. My breathing picked up along with my heart beat as I searched wildly for Bella, for a sign of her. The rain fell harder and faster down drenching me from head to toe. Ahead I saw the trees were thinning as I neared the cliffs I knew were on the other side. When I broke through the trees that's when I saw her. Bella's hair was loose and whipping madly around her face and shoulders. Her black dress sticking tightly to her curves as the rain pelted against her.
"Bella!" I screamed her name as loud as I could as I ran towards her but my voice was lost in the wind. I was close enough to her to see her face. The look of anguish and determination on her face made me skid to a stop and watch as she lifted herself up on her toes. Bella was going to jump and I couldn't save her.
The realization hit me hard as I watched the beautiful girl in front of me fling her delicate body off the cliff. My heart stopped beating as I watched her go over the edge. Everything I cared about seemed to be crashing down on me, my life as I knew it was coming to an end.
Doing the only logical thing I ran forward and jumped over after her, not thinking about the dangerous rocks below or the treacherous waves, I needed to get to Bella and nothing was going to stop me, there was no other option then saving Bella. My survival instincts kicked in when I saw Bella surface once before allowing herself to betakenoverby a wave. Kicking hard against the waves I reached the spot she disappeared and dove under the water. I saw her pale face as she sunk lower into the water, I was watching my best friend giving up on life, giving up as the pressure on her shoulders became too much, the death of her parents weighing her down even more.
Pushing myself as hard as I could I grabbed the collar of her dress and pulled her to the surface with strength I never knew I had. As soon as her head broke through the surface I heard her take a breath and my heart beat one happy beat. Bella was alive, but if I didn't get us back to the shore we would both die. The waves crashed over us as I used everything I had to move through the lake, each kick of my legs brought us closer to the shore but made me feel dizzy.
My energy was waning faster then I was moving. Looking down I saw Bella was hardly hanging on. Her hair was plastered to her face by the water and her face was too pale, I could even hear her teeth chattering from the cold and the chilling water. It amazed me when I felt my feet hit the ground, I nearly collapsed from exhaustion there but I had a ways to go before I could relax. I swung Bella gently into my arms and cradled her to my chest to keep the wind off her. I looked down to see her eyes looking at me, she looked to be far away and instantly after she closed her eyes she became limp in my arms.
The trudge up the beach and back through the woods was nothing short of excruciating both physically and emotionally. The walk back to my car in the funeral parking lot was the longest of my life. My arms became numb as I held Bella up but I never let go, I couldn't let go.
When we reached my Volvo I wanted to scream out in joy, but was too exhausted to even talk. Opening the passenger's door I placed Bella in her seat before rushing around and blasting the heat, hoping it would raise her body temperature. I drove like a maniac the whole way to Bella's house driving nearly 20 miles over the speed limit, but not caring enough to slow down.
When I reached Bella's small house in Forks, I picked her up and brought her inside to the living room where the fireplace was. Laying Bella gently on the couch I ran over and started a fire when the fire became to crackle with heat I moved back to Bella and slowly started to undo her dress, knwoing I had to get her out to the soaking wet thing so she wouldn't catch a cold. The zipper slide down her back effortlessly, it ended at the top of her black underwear.I felt horrible for so many reasons, but taking off Bella's dress without her knowledge made me feel even worse.
With a deep breath I pushed the straps off her shoulders and pulled the dress down her legs. Her pale skin shimmered in the firelight and she looked like an angel with her dark hair framing her head. Grabbing the quilt off the couch I wrapped it around her small frame and walked upstairs to change my wet clothing. I knew Bella wouldn't say anything about the change of clothes but I still felt sick for seeing her like that.
As I walked back down the stairs I saw Bella stirring on the couch and I ran quickly to her side. Placing my hand on her back I rubbed small circles into her back. When I saw her eyes open I moved off the couch and kneeled in front of her.
"Edward." She whispered.
"Bella, how are you feeling?" I asked, trying to control the millions of emotions that are running through my body at the sight of her.
"I feel fine." She lied to me, her lie made the anger I was feeling surface above all other emotions.
"How could you be so stupid Bella?" I screamed at her before standing up and starting to move back and forth quickly across her beige carpet. I watched as she hung her head in shame and sadness, she didn't even try to stop me from yelling at her. "You jumped off a cliff! That's considered attempted suicide. How could you do this to me? I thought you were dead when I pulled you from the water. Why? Bella Why? When I saw you jump, I saw my life ending before my eyes." I started to calm down as I saw hatred in her eyes, hatred that was directed not at me but at herself.
I qently grabbed her face between my hands and forced her to look at me. The look in her eyes pushed me over the edge and I could feel the tears stinging behind my eyes. I was too weak to fight them off and I felt a single tear fall down my cheek. My tears seemed to spark Bella's and soon the tears were falling continuously down her pale cheeks. Moving quickly I pulled her onto my lap wanting to protect her from the tears that were shaking her body. I held onto her small body and tried to keep her together, tried to stop the trembling and shaking, the tears and the pain. Try all I may I knew it wasn't going to be enough. It would take me longer than a week to bring the Bella I once knew to come back, but I would try.
And that was my first attempt at Edward's POV. Please tell me how how good/bad it was.
LilyAlice
