I have known Edward to experience a great number of emotions, many that I myself have inflicted upon him. I've seen him happy, sad, upset, disappointed, Lord knows I have seen him angry, but afraid? Fear was an emotion that I had never identified with Edward, yet as I looked upon his face I couldn't deny it; he was terrified.
Every part of him screamed confidence and seemed to be totally at ease, except for his face. If I hadn't known him so well I might not have caught the twinge of fear in his face, but to me it was blatantly obvious, but why?
"Don't be afraid," I murmured "we belong together." I was abruptly overwhelmed by the truth of my own words. This moment was so perfect, so right. There was no way to doubt it. It was time.
"Edward," my voice was barely above a whisper yet I knew he would hear me if I spoke much softer than I did. "Edward, you can do it. I trust you." The thought that I didn't totally and completely trust my life in Edward's hands was completely absurd, yet I knew he needed to hear it before he convinced himself otherwise.
I felt Edward slowly lower his mouth to my neck. He grazed my jaw line with his nose before pausing at the hollow beneath my ear. He pressed his lips down upon my skin. "I can't," I heard him whisper his velvety-soft confession.
I could never justify my next move to myself. I smiled against his skin and opened my lips and bit his neck.
Immediately Edward pulled back to look at me. I smiled at him sheepishly conveying that it was just a joke.
"Your turn," I teased.
Edward smiled at me and nodded with newfound confidence. His arms wrapped around me, holding me against him. It felt like every nerve ending in my body was a live wire. "Forever," he agreed.
The concept of forever had begun to creep up on my. I knew I loved Edward and I knew that there was no other way, but I felt Edward's uncalled for fear begin to creep into me. I could never let Edward know how I was feeling at this moment, I knew it had to happen. When I thought about it logically, of course this had to happen. My fear was irrational and it would not get in the way of this.
Still, as once again Edward bent his neck to reach my neck with his lips, the fear grew exponentially with his closeness.
"I love you," Edward whispered against my frail, warm human skin and let his teeth sink into my neck.
I screamed.