Thanks to everyone who's put this story on alerts my inbox looked very healthy when I opened it this morning!!
This chapter is a bit of a filler before the weirdness level kicks up a notch – hope you enjoy!!
Disclaimer: Don't own jack all I'm afraid except Sammy boy and Jason bless them both
The letters left scattered on the dusty attic floor as I ran with all my might. As to why I ran I am still not sure; all I could think was of the unbearable pain and suffering that
Edward had gone through and how lucky this women was to have be loved in such an intense way.
My brothers made no attempt to follow me, crying girls was never a strong suit for either of them so I left them there boggled eyes and boxes in their arms as I fled into the open greenery. After a while I slowed as the realisation of my reaction hit me –why had I acted so strongly? Was it the sorrow for the couple or for my own miserable life that had turned me to tears? There is nothing quite like a love story to put your own into perspective. I had loved Alex but maybe not as fully as I am capable of, the thought filled me with hope maybe my Edward was out there also waiting for me.
I wondered through the forest, looking up and around at my surroundings taking in the natural beauty all the time thinking I really should come hiking more often. After what I can assume as hours - judging by the suns movements in the sky - I entered a small opening where I was greeted by the sound of running and gurgling water. I shielded my eyes as I entered – as the sun was beating down onto this little Garden of Eden - slowly lowering it as I was further in. The sight was breathtaking I gasped a little at it.
I neared the sound of the water, I realised that it was a small river thought not quite small enough to be considered as a stream and perched on the banking, taking my shoes and socks and slowly sinking them into the Luke warm water. I sat there a while just resting in its peace, eyes moving around taking everything in when I saw a large oak tree that had had some of its barked stripped away by being carved into. Impulsively I left the river bank still bare footed and walked over to it. I peered closer as I approached and was stunned to find the words in the bare oak trunk -
Edward
Sofia
It couldn't be? Had I found the river that Edward had been talking about, it was so far from the house it must have taken them forever to get here? How had they even found it to begin with? As I pondered these new questions, silently jumping for joy in my mind that I had found the place in the letters - what luck (or was it fate?) I began to feel a drop in temperature; the day had begun to turn into night. I turned to walk back the way I came when I was stopped by a noise – a rustling – in the trees across the river. I squinted trying to see what it was but there was nothing. I shivered involuntary and wrapped my arms across my body as I began to trek back to the old house.
When I retuned back to the house Sam and Jason were both sat on the porch drinking what looked a lot like beer, which meant I would be driving us all home tonight great.
"Hey sis where the hell did you run off to? Scared life out of us" Jason looked worried, part of the territory of being my twin brother; he's convinced if something happens to me it will happen to him too. Even after years of teasing and examples he refuses to change his mind. Jason is much taller than me and more athletic looking; our hair matched both with brown with a strange reddish tint to it. Our eyes were vastly different mine a yellowy green and his the softest brown you could imagine. But it was true to say that we were much attuned to each others emotions it came in handy a lot of times.
"Yea Bellsy boo we were just about to come and find you" Sam saluted me with his beer, looking nothing like he was about to get up and come searching for me. Sam was just taller than me with dark brown hair and green eyes, he was younger than us by 2 years, most days it seemed like more, but that was his nature - the fun loving one in our family, always in a good mood and wanting to share it.
"Oh yea I'm sure about that Sammy boy right after you've unattached your self from that chair, you lazy ..."
"Right yes anyway glad you've not been mauled by a bear or mountain lion" Jason had jumped in between us probably sensing the impending argument.
"Dude you know there isn't anything like that around here just shed loads of elk. Then again you're so clumsy you probably would be attacked by an elk" Sam was sat grabbing his side with one hand whilst the other was pointing at me, his whole body shaking with laughter. His laughter only increased when he realised that I had no shoes on – which I hadn't even realised until he had pointed it out. Crap.
I did the only thing I could possibly do I marched up to the table perched in between the two chairs ripped the car keys off of it and walked to the car. "Lets see how funny you feel when you walk all the damn way home huh" I threw the car into gear and screeched out of the winding drive way. I could feel my self grinning as I remembered their faces in the rear view mirror when I had left – shocked- then they started fighting I can only assume over whose fault it was that they were stranded there.
