Isabella Swan
"Come down and play with Edward, Bella," my mom yelled from downstairs. I quickly put down my toy and ran downstairs to see Edward. I saw him standing there with his mom's hand on his shoulder. His beautiful bronze hair was messy and trying to hang in his eyes.
"Well, Renee I have to go run some errands. I will be back soon," Esme promises before she leaves to go to her car. I just look at Edward. We both go to my room to play with my toys. He didn't have a problem with them seeing as I was a total tomboy. We had been playing together since we could crawl.
My mom came up after about two hours and said it was time for Edward to go home. We hugged and he was off. I officially shut up for the night.
"Bella, why do you only talk to Edward?" My mom asked the same question after every play date we had.
"Because he understands, mommy," was always my answer and today was no exception. I went upstairs and started to draw pictures of Edward and me getting married.
~~__Ten Years Later__~~
"Ready, Bella?" Edward was the pitcher today and he always asked if I was ready before he threw the ball. I just nodded not wanting to ruin my concentration by talking. He threw a curve ball, and I hit it out across the road and into the yard of my neighbor. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that we were playing baseball and put up the window padding that we had taken around. Every house on the block had them up because Emmett hit pretty hard for a 14 year old.
I took off running and made a homerun before they even got the ball back in my yard. I just smiled and didn't rub it in that I had made a homerun and Alice hadn't even hit the ball. I saw that Rosalie was texting and guessed that she was talking to her sick brother, Jasper. They were fraternal twins but were really close. My dad was watching us out of the window and waiting for Carlisle to come down the road. They were going to watch the game.
Emmett had to go home so we finished the game and headed inside after the girls left. Edward just smiled at me and sat with Charlie. I headed upstairs to pick my outfit for school on Monday. Edward joined me halfway through my closet and saw what I was doing.
"I suggest the black skinny jeans with the turquoise top and the black converses." He always knew what looked best and I added his suggestion to the pile before realizing it was the best choice.
"Thanks. That would have taken me hours to look through and I probably would have never found this one." I just sat down on my bed after hanging all the other clothes back up in my closet. "So are you excited about going back after spring break?" He just laughed and looked at me.
"Happy about going back to a prison that I'm stuck in for eight hours at a time, five days a week? No, but going back to that with you there… Maybe." His smile was enough to make me smile and I always did.
He left with his dad Carlisle two hours later after the game. I didn't talk to Charlie and just went to my room. I picked up my guitar and started to play random songs. Charlie never complained about my guitar because I bought it with my own money but he did complain about me playing after 8:30 at night. I sighed and put it up just to go to bed.
~~__Monday Morning__~~
Carlisle picked me up and I sat in the front after Edward moved. He was wearing his usual black skinny jeans with a black band shirt and bright colored converses. I giggled at his hot pink shoes.
"Did you get new ones? I haven't seen those before," I giggled causing him to smile. He automatically knew that I was talking about his shoes and nodded.
"I wanted to go a little brighter and decided pink was the best way." We both laughed but the rest of the car ride was silent. The day went by with Edward in all my classes and new assignments. We finally made it to lunch and went to sit at our table. Everyone avoided the table because we were considered the 'cool' kids and we claimed it. We both noticed how Alice wasn't at the table just as she comes running up.
"You guys!" She sat down and caught her breath. We all waited patiently for her to speak. "I had a vision. It was of us in high school and it was weird. You know how there is usually only one cool group?" We all nodded not really understanding but wanting to know the rest. "Well in this vision there were two cool groups. One was us and the other was a guy that looked like he was from the reservation." We all just stared at our strange friend. Emmett burst into a fit of laughs.
"I always knew that you would crack before me." We all turned to stare at him. He stopped laughing. "What did I do?" We all broke into laughter as he dropped ketchup on his white shirt. Yep… this was life with my friends.
~~__Three Years Later__~~
I rolled my eyes at Edward's fan club and waited for him to get back in the car. It didn't look like it was going to happen anytime soon so I changed the radio station and started listening to my favorite 24/7 station. It never had any talk shows just music… and it was all of my favorite music. I smiled as I listened to "I don't live in a dream" by Jackie Greene. I started to sing along.
I don't live in a dream Your twisted heart
I don't live in a dream
I don't live inside
A land forgotten
I don't live in a dream
No I, I don't live in a dream
I don't live on the moon
Drink martinis in the afternoon
I don't pretend to make
The world feel better
I don't live on the moon
No I, I don't live on the moon
I live right here with you
Walk the same as you do
I don't believe
That we're so different
I live right here with you
Yes I, I live right here with you
Is a cruel and wonderful thing
It tears me apart
Hanging on every string
I don't live in a dream
I listened to the guitar solo until Edward got back in and changed the station to 97.3. I sighed and looked down at my phone. I was texting Natalie and she was answering.
Lol… at least you don't have
To wear a uniform
I mean seriously if I didn't
Dance I wouldn't be going there
I'd kill to go to school with Edward
I laughed and sent back:
You don't know my Edward then
She just sent back lol and told me that I would have to text her during second period because she had a test and would be bored. I literally laughed out loud and Edward looked at me like I was crazy.
"What's so funny over there? And who are you talking to anyways?" He had opened his new pack of cigs and was smoking his first of many for the long day.
"Oh, it's no one," He didn't really know Natalie and wouldn't understand. I just sighed as we got out of the car for our first day of our junior year.