Smiles in Years
I sat silently on the old swing for a long time.
I was wearing my favorite dress.
Long and just loose enough.
Pale yellow.
It was almost my way of showing how I felt.
I was originally bright and colorful.
But now pale with how withered I am.
It was when I heard something moving in the trees around me.
My head snapped up.
Was it--?
No it couldn't be.
It's been too long.
"Alice?"
It was Bella.
Bella, Bella.
"BELLA?"
No.
It was Edward.
How had he found me?
I had left my old family, I needed to – get away.
His crooked smile was etched onto his face.
I couldn't help but smile back.
My first smile in years.
A smile that had many years of loneliness hidden.