Approaching Dusk
(Revised edition)
BPOV
It was at our meadow where Laurent almost killed me. I swore to myself I would never go there again. Yet, here I was, at our meadow. I tried running but I couldn't move.
Then, suddenly, a dark figure came out of the bushes.
It was Edward.
I tried calling out to him but nothing came out.
I ceased breathing as he walked out of the shadows and into the bright sunlight. He was beautiful- flawless features, messy bronze hair. The sun was reflecting off of his body and into my eyes. I tried to shield my eyes but I couldn't move.
I tried calling again, but again, nothing.
He was walking towards me.
He was getting close to me. I could feel his cool breath on my face- it dazzled me like never before. And then, his lips pressed against mine.
Suddenly, his eyes turned red and it started to storm.
I felt his teeth sink into my neck, venom rushing through my veins.
I woke up screaming.
Edward was next to me, comforting me.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"It was just a dream, it was just a dream," I whispered to myself as I hugged myself to his rock hard body.
"What was just a- shhhh Charlie's coming" he said as he disappeared out the window.
I heard a knock on my door.
"Come in," I tried to sound drowsy.
Charlie entered with a baseball bat and asked, "Why did you scream? Is something wrong?"
"Bad dream," I replied as I glared at the clock. 1:17. Less than nine hours to the wedding.
"Was it about Edward? I knew spending time with him wa-"
"It wasn't about Edward." I lied. "It was about..."
"What? It was about what?
"I was being strangled…… by noodles!" I quickly adlibbed.
"Noodles. You were being strangled by noodles?" he had a trace of doubt in his voice.
"If you don't believe me, you can go back to sleep."
"I do believe you and I will go back to sleep" he yawned as he walked to the door.
I waited until I could hear his snore reverberate down the hall.
I tiptoed to the window and opened it. Cold air washed over me and I shivered.
"Edward?" I whispered into the dark. I glimpsed something blonde in the corner of my eye.
It was Rosalie.
"What are you doing here?" I whispered fiercely.
"I need to talk to you!" She whispered back, just loud enough so my less sensitive ears could hear it.
"About what?" I asked softly.
"Tomorrow," she said. "Can I come up?"
"Sure, but where did Edward go?" I asked.
She jumped through my window and into my room with the agility if a cat. She didn't make a sound.
"He went home to get ready and stuff." She replied.
Tomorrow was the happiest day of my life, and yet I wasn't as excited as I should be. I was going to save that for the day I get to spend the rest of eternity with Edward. The day I get changed into a vampire. That will truly be my happiest day.
I eventually broke the silence.
"Soo… what do you want to talk about?" I asked.
"I mainly wanted to say that I'm really, so very happy for you and Edward. I'm extremely happy that he found you. Edward was so depressed when he had to abandon you. Now, he's happy, and…. I am too."
She grinned at me.
I smiled and said, "So we're gonna be sisters."
"Yeah, and were going to do all of the stuff sisters do. We're gonna shop and have slumber parties and do each others makeup and…" she trailed off excitedly.
"Yeah, shopping," I made a face.
She laughed a beautiful laugh.
"Can I see your dress?" she asked.
"Sure, just hold on a sec," I replied as I walked to my closet and opened the door. Suddenly, BONK!, Alice fell out of my closet.
I jumped back in surprise and almost fell over but Rosalie caught me before I hit the ground.
"Alice, what were you doing in my closet?" I asked a bit too loud.
This was the first time I've seen her at a loss for words. I looked a Rosalie but she didn't look at me.
She was looking at the door.
"Bella, what's going on here?" a stern voice commanded.
I turned my head and saw Charlie waiting at the door.
"Ehhh… hi dad." I said. "What's up?"
"I should ask you the same question."
"We were having a slumber party!" Alice suddenly piped up.
Charlie turned to her and said, "Oh. Bella could you tell me in advance? I might need to buy some earplugs first." he stalked out of the door and shut it behind him. We waited silently until Alice said the all clear.
"What were you doing here?!" Rosalie asked loudly.
"I was listening." She replied.
"You were eavesdropping!" Rosalie shrieked.
"PIPE DOWN!" Charlie shouted.
"SORRY!" I shouted back. "Rose chill out."
"Yeah, Rose, chill." Alice stuck her tongue out at her.
I got the dress out of the closet and showed it to Rosalie.
"It's beautiful!" she exclaimed.
"I think so too," I said.
"You really do?" Alice asked me.
"I do." I replied smiling.
