I heard a faint tapping at my bedroom door
I heard a faint tapping at my bedroom door. I ignored the irritating noise and continued to watch the trees dance in the breeze outside as I'd done for the past few days. The knocking intensified.
"Edward," The soft voice said behind the oak door, "I know you're in there." I sighed loudly.
"Edward, don't make me call Emmett to pull the door down." She said a little more sternly.
"Alice," I breathed. She opened the door and I slowly tilted my head towards her. She stood motionless in the doorway in a long black dress, her hair pinned back. "Edward, you're not ready." Her quiet voice broke, her bottom lip quivered.
"I'm not going anywhere." I muttered.
"Bella would have wanted you there."
My fingers clutched onto the armrest of the chair I was sitting in. I heard the chair protest in agony as my strong fingers dug into the wood, "Don't you ever say that, Alice, you here me?"
She flinched but kept her ground, "Edward…"
"No, Alice. Did you predict that one, too? Did you, Alice?" I snarled, feeling my body shake.
"Please get dressed, now." She ordered. Alice walked over to my cupboard and pulled out my suit. She lay it across my bed and walked over to me, "Please, be civilised. What if you don't show? What will everyone say?"
"I'm sure that I'm the last person anyone wants to see right now." I mumbled, pinching the bridge of my nose with my forefinger and thumb.
"Edward, don't make this any harder than it already is. We'll be waiting in the car." Alice patted my arm and turned away.
"I'll take the Volvo, don't wait for me."
"Ok, but if you're not there within half an hour I'm sending Jasper and Emmett to personally take you there." Alice forced a smile and closed the door behind me. I stood up and pulled across the curtains, hiding myself from the forest outside. I stumbled over to the bed and began to dress myself.
That's when I heard it. The sound that made me tremble with hope and excitement. The sound that could permanently wipe the memories from only days ago out of my mind for eternity.
Her laugh. The beautiful melodic sound sent my senses into shock. I dropped my shirt and took a deep breath in. Freesia. I could smell her too. She was here, somewhere. She had to be. I followed her scent and quite giggling out my bedroom door and down the hall. She carried me down the stairs and through the kitchen; soon I was standing half-naked in the doorway at the front of my house.
And there she was.
"BELLA?" I yelled. She smiled, now only a few yards away from me. She raised a hand and motioned for me to follow her. "Bella, Bella, Bella…" I repeated her name over and over; whether out a loud or in my mind, I couldn't tell. She was just ahead of me, but no matter how fast I ran, I couldn't keep up with her. She stopped moving and I halted to a stop.
"Edward." My angel spoke my name. I took a step forward and raised my hand. She did the same.
"Love," I began, reaching for her hand, but she was gone. She'd disappeared within a matter of moments. Her scent was gone completely now, she'd been nothing but an apparition of hope. I stumbled clumsily over the grass and trudged back inside, my still heart yearning for her presence once more.