Truth Is A Whisper
By: A.G.W
Prologue
Edward's POV
"Are you alright?" the woman asked as we step into the frostiness of Manhattan. It seems she had taken note on the sudden change of my skin color, since it had turned pale. I nodded for my throat had decided to close in that moment.
"Perhaps we should take a seat," she suggested as she gestured to the benches near the light post. I walked there in silence, and sat down. She followed closely and sat to my right.
Twisting her upper body, she said, "What is it?"
I simply shook my head, telling her to not interrogate me at the moment. Sighing, she faced front and watched as the people crossed the street, as I did. I tried to divert my attention to anything with the exception of what I saw across the street. Yet, it had not worked.
My mind whirled in motion as the picture that my brain had captured, flashed before my eyes once again. As I see the image, it felt as if my organs had stopped functioning properly. Now, they seem similar to what I had felt the day I found out it was too late.
Honestly, I had not planned on seeing the woman that haunted my endless dreams every day in the dead of the night. She was the sole reason why I still struggled to move forward with my daily activities. You would think that after three long, miserable years I would be capable of composing myself when I next face her. If you concluded that outcome, you were absolutely misguided.
It is presumable that Fate either favored me or had taken a liking on torturing me further. Most likely, it is the latter. For if I could have any wish granted, it would have to be never to see her. The reason for my attitude of dislike towards her is due to her vanishing from my life prior to three years ago. She walked out, on not only me, but her friends and family. Until this day, I had no concept to where she would be.
"Is it possible to rest in your apartment?" My head snapped to my right. I became fully conscious that I am not alone. It seems I had forgotten about my small companion. When I had not replied, she continued. "Then maybe you could care to explain to me as to why you look pale or why you appear to be fully unaware I am with you? Honestly, Edward, sometimes you could be so crude. "
"I apologize, Alice. I had seen someone whom I had not…expected." I pretended to observed those who crossed the pavement when the light turned green. As I did, I noticed a familiar brunette hair that was braided to the side. Her face shone to where the light reached it. A smile was plastered across her face. She looked down to her side where a boy of perhaps three or four years was holding her hand. The way she smiled to him was similar to when an angel would tenderly look at sleeping child.
Memories instantly flooded my head. The first day I saw her; The first day I met her; Her characteristics and personality; The times we spent together: Everything about her. I closed my eyes momentarily, and opened them to find her eyes had found mine.
Her smile was now gone. Shocked, confusion, and an additional expression that I could not interpret flashed in her face instead. She had stopped walking thus others had bumped into her. I took a swift glance at Alice, apparently she followed my gaze. Now, instead of her and I in a staring competition, it was now Alice and her.
Alice whispered in an astonish awe, "Bella."
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Yes, this story has been published before - with the same prologue, title, and summary. This story was originally started by StareeLei but she has decided to quit writing and has given me permission to continue writing this. You can message me her if you want. =]
Chapter 1, however, will be written by me and, hopefully, be beta'd.
- Antevorte