Bella POV:
"I bet you can't do it." I taunted my best friend Edward Manson. We were six years old and inseperable. "I can too!" he said defiantly. We both looked up at the ridiculously tall tree Edward was going to attempt to climb.
"Okay Bella… Here I go." He said as he pulled himself onto the first limb. I watched as he inched his way up the withered old trunk, his vibrant green eyes sparkling with fear. The leaves rustled as he shifted his weight from branch to branch.
After about fifteen minutes Edward cried, "Bella! Bella! I did it! I made it to the top! You should see the view from here! I- WOAH!" suddenly, right before my eyes, Edward lost his balance and toppled out of the tree; plummeting headfirst towards the hard ground.
"Edward!" I cried, but it was too late. He landed with a sickening thud a few feet away. I rushed over to his side. I couldn't tell if he was breathing or not. Tears were streaming down my cheeks.
"Edward! Edward!" a large sob shook my entire body, and I found that I couldn't make my vocal chords work.
I got to my feet and ran to the Manson's house, stumbling all the way. I didn't bother knocking on the door, I just ran straight in. "Mrs. Manson! Mr. Manson! Somebody help!" I shouted. I fell in a heap on the linoleum floor, sobbing hopelessly.
"What is it sweetie?" Mrs. Manson asked as she scooped me up in her comforting arms. "It's Edward. H-he f-fell out of the b-big oak tree and hit his h-head." I stammered. Mrs. Manson's face immediately darkened.
She set my down in a chair, then quickly grabbed the phone. Shortly after she hung up and sprinted outside. I tried to keep up with her but by the time I reached the oak tree she was already checking to see if there was any concievible way that she could help Edward.
The ambulance screeched to a halt in front of the tree. I stood watching in silent horror as Edward was lifted onto a stretcher and taken away to the hospital. That was the last time I ever saw Edward Manson. I lost a part of myself that day; a part of me that can only be replaced by my best friend, Edward.
Edward POV:
"Bet you can't do it." Bella taunted me. "I can too!" I said. I sounded confidant, but I wasn't so sure. We looked up at the huge oak tree. It was really tall. I was starting to have second thoughts when I found myself saying, "Okay Bella… Here I go."
I jumped up and clutched the lowest branch. Up and up I went, carefully making sure I had good footing and a proper handhold before I went any farther. Finally I reached the top. "Bella! Bella! I did it! I made it to the top! You should see the view from up here! I- WOAH!" suddenly a branch broke ffrom underneath me and I was crashing down.
I heard Bella scream my name before everything went black. I was faintly aware of the hard, cold ground beneath me, and an intense headache. I was slipping into full unconciuosness when I felt myself being lifted onto thin, itchy cotton sheets. I tried to call for Bella, but my lips refused to move. That was the last time I saw my best friend, Bella Swan. I knew somehow, that I would never truly be the same again.
A/N: hey people that are reading this! Sorry this first chapter was short and suckish, but I promise the rest of my chapters will be longer and non-suckish. Please read and review!
-Emy