Hold me...

I felt his arms attempt to encircle me, but he couldn't... with a sigh he let his arms fall, his eyes catching mine for a brief moment ..."I can't"

I lifted his arms and enclosed myself in his arms, the comfort and surprisingly warm feeling of his body almost threw me over the edge...

"KIM!"

I snapped from my day dream immediately, realizing I had shampooed Mrs. Daydress' hair about six times to many.

Joyce walked over to me, scowling her usual scowl, she glanced at me for a minute then applied her overly fake smile at her customer, "Delores, honey I'm sorry, come over here and we'll get you fixed up.."

I watched as she walked her over to one of the many styling stations, shortly after she beckoned over one of the stylists and I watched with fascination how gently she held the scissors between her fingers.

Scissors... thats all I could ever seem to think of in this town, it was ridiculous my obsession with Edward.. Part of me wanted to think he had forgotten all about me, but deep down I knew, there was no way he could. I remembered the way he looked at me, the way his lips felt, and how tightly he had held me that december night.. He couldn't have forgotten...

After my shift was over I felt the familiar feeling that I was being watched... I was beginning to think I was paranoid, but at the same time I felt my blood run through my veins with the hope that if I was being watched, it was by a certain someone's eyes..

I walked swiftly to my car, only to be distracted by a figure in a long brown coat. I couldn't tell from the distance I was at if the figure was male or female, but from the way they were standing, I would have guessed male..

My first instinct was the be alarmed, at least slightly... but the figure didn't approach me, and seemed with the intent of not harming me. Still I proceeded to my car, and when I pulled away, they looked after my car, almost longingly..

I half smiled to myself, wondering if it could possibly be edward, but from the stories i had heard, edward was long gone from this town.. and even possibly.. dead..

I got home just in time to join my family at the dinner table, and figured I'd inquire to Edward's whereabouts.

"The salon Joyce has built up is really turning out nicely.."

My dad looked up at the mention of my job and gave me a smile, "It has though hasn't it? She really has put a lot of work into it ever since ed...."

He stopped himself and I heard my mom kick his leg under the table.

"Since Edward left? Yeah I know dad, actually something I wanted to ask about"

"You know you shouldn't worry about that kind of stuff anymore.." my brother interjected from across the table.

"Kevin's right you know, Edward is something we shouldn't discuss, he's probably doing fine where ever he's gone to" My dad said, all the while nodding his head in approval toward Kev.

"Dad, i'm totally over that"

I felt my moms gaze burn hot on my skin, but she kept silent. "It's just I wanted to know if anyone in the town had found out to where he had gone to."

My dad took another bite out of the roast my mom had prepared for dinner, "I think he moved up north, somewhere where it's colder, and he can stay inside all the time without a lot of notice."

I sighed, it probably was true that Edward was gone.. I just wish I had built up the nerve to go see him before he had left.

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I lay in bed that night feeling empty, with the knowledge that my mysterious scissored lover was no longer on top of the mountain, I felt almost lost being at home. I had the sudden urge to leave, to just get away from everything... and then i felt myself drift off into a heavy sleep.

I woke with the feeling someone was watching me, the pull of sleep was so heavy, and i was drifting in between sleep and conscious, and thats when I opened my eyes and saw his face..

"Edward?" It was barely a whisper..

His warm ungloved hand stroked my face softly, all the while he whispered unknown words to me.. I stretched my hand toward him, and then he was gone.. drifting in and out... just like my dreams.

I hope you guys enjoy! Sorry it's taken me so long! Let me know!

-AesSedia