Summary: At the age of 15, Bella swan is removed from her home and placed in Linden Lodge residential care home. Alone, scared and holding more secrets than anyone could of imagined, can long term resident Edward break her walls. Is love in the air? ExB AxJ RxE

I do not own Twilight – Stephanie Meyer does 

Prologue

We walked slowly down the middle of the road, our hands entwined and his fingers gently caressing the skins with his thumb. The rain poured down on us, my dress soaked and clinging to my curves, his tie loosened and shirt slightly see through. I smiled to myself and looked down in a blush. Of course he noticed, he always did and always said how he loved it so much when the blood rushed to my face. We could see the building of our school getting closer as we walked; his eyes know focused on my face which was staring at the floor. I still wasn't used to so much love directed in my direction and didn't meet his gazed until he stopped in the car park of the school building, the music from prom seeping out of the doors. I looked up at his and he smiled. I didn't really know how we ended up here. It wasn't where we were planning on walking, although technically we didn't have a clue where were going. Just wandering until it was time to return. Before they began to worry about us. Not because they cared, just because if we went missing they would get in trouble or whatever. I didn't really care.

"Should we go in?" He asked in his velvet voice. I laughed louder than I meant. I looked down at his wet clothes and back up to his face.

"You seriously think they would let us in! We're soaked." A grin was plastered at my face at his idiotic questions.

"It's a rite of passage. Wouldn't want you to miss out." He told me gently placing his hands on my waist. I didn't flinch away liked I used to; I was now more comfortable with his touch. He pulled my body up to his and held his face close to mine. My heartbeat increased as I tried to not break out into a massive grin.

"Well I'm going to have to miss otu. They won't let us in."

"Fine." He agreed reluctantly but kept his hands around my waist. "Just one dance." I nodded not being able to do anything else. I was lost completely lost in his gorgeous green eyes. He smiled at my lack of control. He knew very well he could dazzle me within a second and used it to get what he wanted. We could barely hear the music from inside, and I knew very well this wouldn't work out well. I could not dance in any way. I had never learnt and the one time I tried I ended up with a sprained ankle. I wrapped my around his neck pulling myself up so out faced were closer. He slowly started to sway and I went along with it, trying not to trip over my own feet. I managed that, but then ended up tripping over his slightly. He laughed as he held me up and stopped me from falling to the ground. Lifting my up slightly from the ground, his put me back down on his feet. I tried not to put too much pressure on them although it was quite useless. I didn't weight a lot and I doubted I would hurt him. I got comfortable as his feet began to move again, this time with mine placed gingerly over the top. I placed my head in the crook of his neck and I felt him breathe in the smell of my hair. He swayed more with the sound of the music and didn't stop even after the song finished and a more upbeat song began to play from inside the building.

He breathed out almost in annoyance that the moment was over and pulled back from me. I stepped down from his feet, making me even smaller than him. He bent his knees slightly, reaching my eye level. Slowly and almost torturously he moved his face closer to mine and gently placing his wet lips against mine, parting them slightly and engaged us in a slow passionate kiss. He pulled away after what seemed like a lifetime and we stayed close in each other's arm for a few more minutes.

"Maybe we should head home?" He asked I glared at the choice of wording he used.

"Fine, maybe we should go back to The home" He said laughing at me stubbornness and putting extra emphasis on "the". Although it had been a place where I lived for more than a year, I still didn't class it as home. I never would.

"Two weeks." I whispered to him

"Two weeks." He replied. Two weeks until I was free from the prison that was linden Lodge residential care. Two weeks until we could leave together and forget the past behind us. Get on with our lives. Together.

I laced my fingers around his as we walked back the way we just came from, listening to the music in the background slowly fade into silence. The only sound that followed us was the soft patter of the rain which was slowly beginning to decline in power. The clouds covered the sky blocking the stars away from our eyes, but we continued to stare up as we walked. It was starting to get cold, and I could feel shivers running up my spine every now and again. Edward noticed as well and removed his hands from mine, placing his arm around my shoulder and pulling me closer as we walked. Of course he was soaked as well, but his body heat helped slightly and I gladly pushed my body closer to him. Content in the moment and the closeness of the two of us, I closed my eyes, breathing in his scent and smiling to myself.

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