The Twilight Twenty-Five

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Prompt: # 1
Pen Name: eternallyedward
Pairing/Character(s): Bella & Edward
Rating: M
Word Count:327

Photo prompts can be found here:
thetwilight25 dot com/round-eight/prompts

These are my flash-fics for The twilight 25, Round 8. Each will be between 300-500 words in length, are unrelated to one another and are based on photo prompts. Thanks for reading:) Rated M, just in case.

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Edward's arms were warm around me as we huddled in the back seat. His deep breathing told me he was sleeping; though my eyes were closed, I was wide awake.

We were in his parents' Volvo, bringing Edward to Seattle, where he'd be attending UDub. I wouldn't graduate high school for another year, and the prospect of spending most of it without Edward left me feeling bleak.

I relished the strength in his embrace while I still could. We'd promised each other that this wasn't the end, that we'd call, email, skype—we were in love, and Edward was sure that we could make the long-distance thing work. He'd promised to come home for the holidays, and the occasional weekend when he could swing it.

I wanted to believe we could make it, but...so many didn't. What was so special about us? My biggest fear wasn't that Edward would find someone else; I had faith in him. But he had plans to go to med school, and I knew his studies had to be his first priority. It would only get more difficult as he went on.

Thinking about a future without Edward made my eyes sting with tears. As if he could sense my distress, his arms tightened round me. Blinking, he looked up at me and his eyes clouded over with concern.

"Bella...please don't worry, sweetheart. I promise you, we'll come through this stronger than ever. Med school, becoming a doctor...none of it means anything unless I have you to share it with. Besides, it's just one more year until we'll be together again. Maybe we can get our own place..."

As usual, Edward was the balm my soul needed. Listening to his plans for us, and the faith and confidence he had in our love, made it easier to believe we would be all right.

Looking out the window, I felt like we were moving towards our future, instead of leaving our love behind.