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Note: Hey people, please R & R. I was listening to Mandy Moore's Gardenia and I loved loved loved it. So this idea popped into my once-hollow head lol. So check it out, and PLEASE CHECK OUT THE SONG. You ain't gonna regret it, Trust me ;)
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PROLOGUE
"Do we have to do this now?", he asked, simultaneously throwing his freshly ironed clothes in the suitcase. He was leaving for another business trip two continents away and considering the fact that his flight was leaving in two hours, he had no time to waste to have another fight. No matter how they make up each time, it does not stop them from fighting every single time he had to be away. It's not like he had a choice, he was after all Edward Cullen. His destiny was made up for him since the day he was born.
Funnily, she found herself calm instead of instigating a bicker with him like she always have. She wasn't giving in, she was just tired. "Yes"
He didn't answer, but continued picking up his documents, shoving everything into his briefcase. She hated the fact that he never pays attention to her when she talks.
Eighteen months ago, it was all about her and how she was going to survive in a big city. Eighteen months later, it was about him and his family business. In that eighteen months, she grew to let herself go, to heed what he was fighting for.
Taking a deep breath, she turned away and realised that she really needed to do this. "We can't keep doing this", she said. Her words made him halt his movements as he turned to look at her. "What are you saying?"
Bella stuttered, "I can't- I can't do this anymore". Of course, it wasn't easy for her to say this. Edward looked at her, anticipating further explanation for the words which came out of her mouth.
She straightened herself up, and continued. "I think we both need a break from each other"
"Belle I told you, it's important for me to take up these business deals now before it's too late", he moved closer to her, gently cupping her beautiful face in his hands. "And there's nothing going on between me and my ex-girlfriend"
Bella shook her head, holding her tears back. "No, don't you see? It's not about your family, your business nor your ex-girlfriend. It's you and me." She shrugged him off and took two steps back. "This is not me"
Edward scoffed, with a frown across his forehead, "What are you talking about? You're Bella Swan, Isabella Swan, with beautiful dark hair and the most beautiful face I've ever seen"
"But I'm not the Bella Swan you first fell in love with", she retorted at an instant. "I used to believe that nothing else matters as long as I have you. As time passes, instead of holding onto it as a belief, I have to convince myself to believe in it. This is not what I wanna do, I don't want to sit around and wait for you to come back every evening. I don't want to spend my days sleeping when you're not around. I don't want to go shopping on your Visa platinum when I'm bored. That's not me. I was going to pave my own future, and make it on my own. I had this determination and passion for life and because I am so in love with you, I left myself behind"
Edward didn't answer, he couldn't. There was nothing he could say at that moment because it hit him that instead of being happy and carefree like he wanted her to be, she was in fact miserable all this time. When he first met her, she was different from any other girl he's met or been with. He loved her, when she gave him her first Hello. When he first asked her to move in, he promised to make her the happiest woman on earth. He thought that she was, until now.
Bluntly, he muttered. "Okay". Then he went back to pack his shut his briefcase and suitcase. Picking them up, he headed out the door of the bedroom they both shared. Before he shut the door, he turned back and looked at her, "But I'll always love you Bella Swan"
With that, he left. She crumbled onto the floor and cried her heart out, wondering if she's made the biggest mistake of her life.
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"I'm the one who likes Gardenia, I'm the one who likes to make love on the floor,
I don't wanna hang up the phone yet,
It's been good, getting to know me more"
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