As I trudged up the steep hillside I wondered, why did I let Edward and Emmett talk me into doing this?
Because Edward is impossible to resist when he gives you that crooked smile… replied my conscience. I mentally told it to shut up.
All of a sudden my hand turns ice cold when I realize that Edward is holding my hand.
"Hello beautiful. Having fun?" He says, with a wicked smile on his face.
No.
"Yes." I say a little to quickly.
"You're a terrible liar."
Fighting the urge to agree with him, I bite the inside of my check. Edward obviously notices this and a small chuckle escapes his perfectly formed lips.
I walk with my head down concentrating extremely hard on not to trip over anything that lays waiting for me on the pathway which we are walking on.
"When will we be there?" I asked, hoping to draw attention away from the fact that I am really a terrible liar.
"Just to the top of this hill, then we'll be there… Don't worry, you'll love it. It's really spectacular; Emmett and I found it while we were hunting." With that he gave me a soft peck on the cheek, which made my heart erratic, and he picked me up in his strong arms bridal style.
"Edward put me down, this instant! I'm not a child you know. I can walk myself." I complained.
"Well you do have the coordination of a four year old." Said Emmett, who was suddenly standing besides Edward and me.
When we reached the top of the hill Edward reluctantly put me down after my many protest, but held on to my hand.
Edward was right, I did love it. Of course when was Edward ever wrong? It wasn't as beautiful as our meadow, but it was close. Where our meadow was radiant, the top of the hill was sinister.
We had arrived to a place that seemed like it belonged deep in the African jungle. It was so out of place here in Forks that I'm sure if you stayed here long enough you could possibly convince yourself that you are somewhere exotic. Looking up I could hardly see the open blue sky above of us. Between the layers of leaves I could see wisps of clouds and stands of indigo sky that illuminated the forest below us.
Surrounding our heads was an emerald canopy replacing the sky; letting little slivers of golden light though, give the place an uncanny glow. Our beautiful surroundings let off a vibe of mystery; the mystery of undiscovered plants and undiscovered places. The feeling this small jungle gave off unnerved me yet thrilled me.
The three of us were standing what seemed like a cliff that had a hidden path-way leading down below the cliff. You could hardly see the path way for it was mostly covered over by exotic plants that I'd never seen before. Beyond the cliff and pathway I could vaguely see a water fall cascading down towards the small, lucid river that lay beneath us.
Staining my ears, I could hear the cheerless songs of the birds singing all around me, the low chirp of a cricket, and the snap of a twig.
Jerked out of my daze I hear a loud, "BOO!"
I turned around in absolute fright to see who had made the noise but in the whole process I had tripped over my own two feet and was falling to the ground. If Edward hadn't been standing close by I would've hit the ground. But I knew he would catch me. I suppose I'm getting a little spoiled that way.
I looked up to see who had made the noise (Note: without tripping over my own feet).
"Emmett, that wasn't funny!" I cried as I realized who had scared me so easily.
I look over to see Emmett rolling around on the ground unable to stop his loud, booming laughter.
I turn to look at Edward who has a tiny smile on his face and I could see he was trying to keep back the laughter that was inside him.
"Yes… (Laughter) it was!!! You should've seen your face, Bella! It was priceless." When he did an impression of my face I did have to say it was pretty funny.
"Emmett, you're such a little kid." I said while Emmett was still laughing.
"God Bella," said Emmett still shaking from laughter. "You're so hysterical."
I ignored him instead I looked down at the water fall to observe its beauty. When I looked closer I could see what looked like a small cave. It seemed like the water fall was supposed to be guarding it from all living things. It was like a warning to stay away, but I didn't pay head. I was drawn to it, drawn to a darkness that I didn't understand. A darkness that pulled me towards it.
With Edwards's cold hand in mine I turned and asked him, "Can we go down to the water fall?"