Walking hand in hand. Nothing could be better than holding his hand. My one love's hand. In all his perfection, he chooses flaws. In all his beauty, he chooses ordinary. In all his strength, he chooses weak. I never thought I deserved him, I never thought that we would have made it this far. We walked through the doors to the gray, smoggy, airy, earth that I call home. The Olympic Peninsula. The doors were held open by some other students, and he thanked the boy. He led me to the stone tables in the court yard. We always sat at the same table, and it was in the back of the yard, by the big fountain on the wall. It practically had our name on it.
The garden around us was breathtaking. Vines ran up the gray brick of the walls, and red roses grew in the protective shade of the willow tree, were they wouldn't drown from the rain. An overall, beautiful place. It fit, seeing as I was with a beautiful man.
Give up? Well, if you haven't, this will definitely give it away. He turned to me and his butterscotch eyes felt like they were looking into my very soul. He took a lock of my hair, and twirled around his finger. I shivered when his cool touch brushed against my skin. He chuckled as he heard he heard my heart skip a beat.
I know you know who I'm looking at. If you don't, this story will never come to you as mysterious, or sad. It will just be another mind written story that no one ever thought through. It would just be another fairy tale that could never be told. As you should know, love weaves together all the colors and texture of any romance novel and happiness usually ties the knot at the end, but real life isn't as convenient as that.
Our story was one of those rare cases were everything worked out, were we got each other as a reward for listening to our hearts, but sometimes, our heart can get selfish. This is what happened to a girl who came sliding into our lives, crashing into the basket of love, and changing the pattern of our romance. She happened to come in around this part too.
Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, and Jasper all followed us to the table, and sat down in their usual spots. Emmett sat on the first bench around the table, and Rose came and sat on his lap. Alice glided to the bench next to them, but made sure Jasper sat next to Emmett so they could talk, and I sat next to Alice, letting Edward take the seat next to Rosalie, she still didn't like me. Alice starting babbling about something or another with wedding stuff in it, and I started playing with the small ring on my left ring finger.
The engagement ring that Edward pushed on me before we moved to college. It sparkled, even in the haze around us. This little trinket was able to catch a small glimpse of light. I never could, I used to think that the rain and clouds kept away everything beautiful, but I soon found out that it attracts them, and slightly illuminated them, to make them even more gorgeous.
Edward took my hand and rubbed small circles on the back of it with his thumb. I finally started listening to what Alice was saying, seeing as I was about to go to my happy place with out warning. If you know what I mean.
"So, I was looking at these patterns, and I found this perfect set up for the alter chairs, and I wanted take a look at them." She said, almost too fast for me to understand.
"Didn't you say that about the last four patterns I saw?" I asked suspiciously. She giggled.
"There are so many, I can't make up my mind. Hey, what so you think of getting these lunar roses for the bouquet? They bloom only in the moonlight, and I just happen to know that there will be a clear night sky on the night of the 24th of August." She said.
"Well, I know they don't just bloom in any moonlight. You have to have enough. It has to be on a full moon, Alice." Edward said.
"You know, I don't think I've ever seen the moon since I moved to Forks. I think that would make it really special." I said.
"That's great! I'll take you to the florist who sells them this afternoon. Amy was her name."
"Is this like, hours away?"
"No, she's new in town. She lives in La Push, but when I talked to her last, she said she could meet me where ever." She said.
Just then, something had of caught Alice's eye, because she turned her head to look at the gates to the yard. I did the same, in curiosity as to what it was that made her have that strange look on her face. Coming through the doors, was a girl and a guy, they looked very, odd. They both had the deepest black hair I had ever seen, and the girl had strange, aqua eyes. She was a bit shorter than me, her hair was almost to her waist, and it was curled in ringlets. She was wearing a necklace that had about twenty round, silver beads on it. She had dressy black pants on, a red and black blouse, and black high heels. I also noticed a small ring on her long, slender finger with a red ruby on it, the boy beside her, had to be her brother. He looked a lot like her, but taller, and had shaggy hair that was about at his ear, which was pierced with a silver ring, and he was wearing all red and black as well. His eyes weren't aqua, but such a lime green, they were almost silver. A very strange couple of people indeed, but there was no reason for Alice to have that look on her face.
I looked to Edward to see if he paid any attention to them, and he was staring at them in interest. When he noticed that I was looking at me, he turned back to me and smiled reassuringly.
"What's up with Alice?" I asked.
"I think she just likes her outfit or something. I don't really want to know right now." Edward replied.
"Okay, so right after school, right?" Alice suddenly turned to me to ask.
"Sure, Edward would you like to stay, or can I ride with Alice back home?"
"I think I'll stay. I want to see exactly what Alice is talking about, if you don't mind." He winked.
"Okay, let's meet here after class."
"That's sounds fine. Bye. Let's go Jazz." Alice and Jasper left, and Rosalie and Emmett went shortly afterwards.
Edward and I had separate classes at the end of the day, because I wanted to try and socialize with other people at least a little bit. They were all too scared, or intimidated by the Cullens that they gave up trying to talk to me in front of them. It was always just too awkward.
"Okay, I'll see you later. Don't trip. I love you." Edward said, while he left. I sighed and heard the college clock ring. I rushed to class as quickly as possible without tripping like Edward said. I was almost late, and the professor gave me a look when I came in right when he was closing the door. When I looked around the room, the only seat left was next to one of the new kids. It was the girl. She seemed so engulfed in her book that I decided it would be okay to slip into the seat. I tried, and didn't succeed. She looked up from her book and smiled politely at me. I tried to return the smile, but was still dazed by her appearance. I knew that she was normal, but she was just weird somehow. She suddenly frowned and looked back at her book. I blushed for no reason and did the same.
When class was done, the new girl picked up her books and laptop and put them all gently into her book bag. She then got a phone call and left before I could hear her answer it. I stayed at my seat while the other students left and I waited for the professor to become available. When all the students were gone, I went up to him and apologized about the almost tardiness. I knew that it was never a good idea to get on the bad side of your college professor. He seemed to forgive me, and I went on my way before Edward came looking for me.
I actually ran this time, and I kept running until I could see them both. Alice was leaning against her Porsche, which was parked behind Edward's Volvo. In the midst of dodging the edge of a statue, I slipped and both my feet went out from under me, flinging me back. I expected to meet the concrete, therefore getting at least a bit of pain in my head, but I never did. I had closed my eyes, as a normal reaction, and I opened them to see the strange aqua eyes that were stained into my mind. It was the new girl. I blinked in shock. She wasn't anywhere near me when I was running, and now she caught me…
"Bella!" I heard Edward say in worry. I sighed and the girl quickly got me to my feet again. She had some books in one hand, so she had to of used the other to catch me. She must have been pretty strong.
"Have a nice trip?" she asked in a quiet, soft, yet feminine voice.
"Bella, are you okay?" Edward said, running, at human pace up to us. I ignored him.
"What did you say?" I asked.
"Never mind. You must be very talented having slipped when the ground is abnormally dry. You must be talented, and Bella. Am I right?"
I looked at her, dazed. "Yes, how did you know?" I asked. Edward had made it to us, and looked at her like he didn't just hear what she said, and what she must be thinking.
"I know faces; I saw yours in the paper a couple years ago. You fell out of a window in Phoenix. That's probably the most dramatic fall I've seen yet. How did you manage to do that?" She asked with a small laugh.
"Bella will be Bella." Edward said in a lively tone. I sighed again, I had no idea that I was in the paper. I had to look that up some time.
"Yes, well just be more careful next time," she said in a dead tone. Her reaction to Edward wasn't what I expected. Most girls look at him like idiots and then forget what they were talking about, she suddenly lost all expressions on her face, and she almost had a hateful glare shot at him before her brother appeared behind her, and she relaxed. He touched her shoulder slightly and loomed over her. Compared to her, I was pretty tall, so he wasn't so tall that it was scary, it was his expression that made me shrink into Edward's arms. Edward looked at him with one eyebrow raised, and then started pulling me to Alice's car. Alice was looking at both of them with the same face as before; she looked like she just saw a ghost.
"Okay, Alice, Snap out of it, lets go." Edward said, snapping his fingers in front of Alice's face. She shook her head so fast; it was really creepy and nonhuman. Edward let me in the front seat of the car, and he slid into the back. Alice got into the driver's seat and turned to me.
"Okay, so I called her a little while ago, and I told her to meet me at the café in Forks. She said that she had to get all of her albums and stuff to show us. So we have some time to spend. Are you hungry?" She asked.
"Umm, a little, but I can wait, let's just head over there, and I'll get a cookie or something." I replied. She nodded and started driving at full speed to the café. She also decided it would be the best time to blow my ears out, because she blasted Evanescence as loud as possible. She got the picture when I covered my ears at the chorus of "Snow White Queen". We all sat in silence while the car purred softly. I relaxed my head against the black leather seats, and almost fell asleep when I heard a very hushed argument. Suddenly Alice screamed in my ear, and I jumped so high up, I hit my head on the roof of the car.
"Ouch! Alice! What was that for?" I said, rubbing my head.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to do that." Alice giggled. Edward was on the other side of my door in a flash, and helped me out of the car. He kissed my forehead, were I hit it.
"Alice! I told you, I was going to wake her up!" He said in a hushed yell.
"You know, regardless, she was going to hit her head today, why try to too stop the inevitable?" She said. Edward glared at her, and I laughed. I had never known that siblings fought so much; it made me even more anxious to be a Cullen.
We went into the small café and Alice and I sat at the small booth in the corner, while Edward got me the cookie I liked. He knew everything I liked. He mastered my taste buds in the kitchen, and made me lunch every time I went to his house. He had also observed me long enough to know my dislikes as well. Alice and I chatted a bit about different things, she was mostly interested in my bachelorett party at the moment, and I was flat out against it. She repeatedly assured me that there would be no strippers, and no disturbing things allowed, but that we would just go shopping for my honeymoon; which was the reason I didn't want it. A shopping trip with Alice meant impending doom, and she knew it.
"Alice, I am not about to give you another chance to play Barbie Bella." I argued.
"But that's my favorite game!" she whined.
"Well if it's for the honeymoon, it'll be whore addition!" I said. She laughed and laughed until Edward came to sit next to me.
"Bella, I would never do that to you. You should know that by now." She said. I looked at Edward with a distressed look on my face.
"Help me!" I mouthed. He was about to, when something caught his eye. I was in the process of nibbling on the cookie, when it fell out of my mouth when I saw who came through the door, with a ton of binders with flowers on the front.
"I didn't see that one coming." Alice said.