Better in time
Prologue.
Edward's POV
My feet pounded a sea of linoleum and my thighs burned like a bitch, but I couldn't slow my pace or I'd be too late. She'd be gone and I couldn't even consider that option. I had to get to her before she got on that stupid plane.
I'm such a dick!
I should have just manned up and told her that I loved her when I had the chance. Now I was probably going to be too fucking late.
No!
I couldn't give up.
If I had to go to the ends of the earth to tell her, then I would.
My body carried on, propelling itself through the crowds of people making their way home to their loved ones for the holidays.
"Hey! Schmuck! Watch where you're fucking going!" Some guy yelled in a thick accent.
"Sorry!" I shouted back over my shoulder, not actually looking at the now disgruntled passenger behind me.
He was right though. I was a schmuck.
I was in love with Isabella Swan...My sister's best friend, but was too blind to see it until it was too late
Almost too late.
I don't know what I was going to say when I saw her but I knew I had to try and stop her.
As I was here running through Seattle Tacoma international airport, she would already be stood waiting to board a metal bird back to Phoenix at the gate. Leaving me behind so she could try and live-survive had been her exact word.
She'd bared her soul and told me, said she was in love with me and I just stood there like an idiot.
I glanced at the gigantic clock over the departure board.
6:27pm
The flickering screen below also let me know I had no room for lateness.
I had three minutes.
I could still make it...
I had to.
I think I've always been in love with her. I was just too pig headed to see it.
Ever since back in high school, my eye's only ever seemed to be attracted to her. We'd been friends for years and seen each other through our awkward stages. Yet she always remained beautiful in my eyes; growing more beautiful with the passing days.
I had the chance back then to have made her mine and I did. I mean for fuck sakes we lost our virginity to one another. And that right there was my down fall. If I'd just kept my stupid mouth shut then everything wouldn't have gotten messed up as bad as it had.
Two minutes.
My legs were starting to feel like jello.
My heart was pounding so hard I feared it would jump out of my chest. Maybe it was trying to get to her before I did. So she could take it with her.
I knew my time was running out, but I couldn't give up yet.
One minute left.
I rounded the last corner before the gate and crashed into a long line of luggage carts being pushed by some punk'y looking, pimple faced kid. My momentum took me clean over then into a heap on the floor and I shook my head as I gathered myself back together. The little fucking prick flipped me off for disrupting his nice, neat line of carriages.
"Fucking bite me phlegm wad!" I glared at him as I straightened myself up before taking flight again towards the woman by the gate.
"Hey! Hey! Wait up!" I shouted as she closed the doors to her side.
"I'm sorry sir the plane is already boarded and ready to go." She gestured with her hand to ask me to move back.
Fuck that shit right up.
"Wait! I have to get on that plane," I protested
"Well then maybe you should have tried to make it here on time. I'm sure if you go back to the customer service kiosk and tell them you missed your flight then they'll rebook you for the next one." She smiled and grimaced at the same time and I knew the bitch was just trying to be pretentious.
"Look lady!" My patience had completely fucked off with the kid with the dot to dot face and she was pissing me off by the second, "I don't want to go to Phoenix! I had to buy a fucking ticket to get them to let me through here, I have to get on that flight! I have to tell someone right now that I love her...I..." My voice cut off weakly as I caught sight of the plane being pushed back onto the tarmac, ready to taxi to the run way.
My heart fell silent and my knees gave way from under me.
I felt empty-cold-dead.
"I love you too, Bella," My voice broke in less than a whisper as my head fell to touch the glass wall in front of me. Like I really needed a panoramic view of the love of my life leaving me here, alone.
I stayed there, dejected and broken as I watched it pick up speed then shoot off into the clouds.
She was gone. I was too late.
But I wouldn't give up. I know what I wanted.