Born For This
Bella's POV
The alarms beeping drilled into my subconscious and jolted me awake. I waited a moment as my eyes adjusted to the gloom of the room. As I turned the TV on, as per my morning route, I realised that I was alone. I rolled over onto my side and saw it empty. My stomach clenched. Edward had never not come home.
I sat up straight in bed my mind clouded over with speculation. Suddenly the news caught my attention. Rosalie Hale was making a report.
"A body was found last night on the out skirts of Wilmington."
I froze, my heart stopped but my mind didn't. It conjured up horrible images that wouldn't leave even when I closed my eyes tight.
"The police were informed by a worried passer by of a man walking around in blood stained cloths. A few blocks away a body was discovered. The victim has yet to have been identified. Although the suspect is thought to be a local man, Edward Cullen, his marketing director in a local pharmaceutical business. At this time there is no more information."
The room went fussy and then all I could hear was this rasping gurgle. Everything blurred and the room went white and quivery. I slowly realised that the room hadn't changed, just me, my breathing, sight and hearing.
I couldn't process what I'd just heard. It was like my brain had jammed and shut down. I felt like I'd just walked smack bang into a brick wall, then someone had driven over me and finally I'd been torn apart. But still the information had not reached me.
Silence.
Minutes ticked by unnoticed.
The shrill ring of the phone made me jump out of my skin. It jumped right through my barriers and my whole world crashed around me.
How could this be happening? It was like I'd woken up in an alternate universe and everything good was bad. Like Edward.
I was sobbing by the time I reached the phone. I didn't care who it was, I wanted then to leave me alone so I could work out what my head was telling me.
"Oh Bella, you must have seen it," Alice was chatting on. I held the phone closer, tighter to me like it was a life line.
"Everything will be fine. There must be some mistake. I'll get Jasper on it straight away. He's already on his way to the office."
She just kept talking at me. Jasper, her husband, was a good lawyer. I hadn't even thought about what Edward would need. The shock of the news report had blown it all away. I immediately felt guilty I hadn't thought of all these things. Alice was always three steps ahead of me. And of course she believed Edward hadn't done it, this was all a twisted joke. But I kept thinking 'what if?' It was different for Alice, I'd put all my trust, my whole heart in Edward. How could I be sure it was rightfully placed? I never thought anything like this would happen but it had, so what now?
"Bella, can you hear me? Are you okay?"
"Alice" I whispered. What was there for me to say? Except one thing.
"Thanks." And I put the phone down.
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