Chapter Two
Afraid of what might be covering the couch, we sat on the floor and waited for the others to get home. When they finally arrived, we filled them in on what was happening in our house while we were gone. Esme angrily jumped into Carlisle's car and rushed to get cleaning supplies. No one messes with her clean, happy home.
The rest of my family grabbed their things from the cars and went their separate ways.
"Come on," Edward said as he started out the back door. As we started running, I realized where we were headed. Our meadow. A smile played across my face as I remembered our first time there and all of the happiness that was there afterward.
When we stopped at where it was supposed to be, I would have fainted if I was a human. Those evil industrialists had built a highway right through our meadow. I wanted to cry, but I knew the tears would never come.
I turned to Edward. He was shaking in rage. I knew he was thinking about all of those long-ago happy memories that had been held in this sacred place.
Nothing was turning out right. I knew that a lot would have changed, but I was counting on two things to be the same to comfort me when things became too much to handle. Now both of those things were tarnished of gone and I didn't know what I was going to do.
The meadow was the best place on earth. I was looking forward to laying in the wildflowers with the man of my dreams and sparkling in the sun, but the would never happen.
I sat on the ground and pulled my knees up to my face. Edward sat down beside me and pulled be into his lap. We sat there and watch the cars drive over our memories for the next few hours.
