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Edward wasn't saying anything. I looked up, meeting his gaze. His expression looked almost hurt, pained or torn. But why? Was it something I said? Was it something I did? I hope I didn't hurt his feelings...
He touched my cheek. His hand was ice cold and I felt electricity pass through me-more than what I felt whenever we sat next to each other. I wasn't expecting it though, and that was why I quickly pulled away from him but I regretted it the moment I did. His expression seemed hurt but...regretful?
"I'm sorry." He muttered, looking down.
I shook my head. "It's okay. You did nothing wrong."
His eyebrows pulled together as he looked back at me. "Then why'd you pull away?"
I racked my brain for an excuse to say. I couldn't tell him that it was because I felt electricity pass through me and it startled me. He'll think I'm some kind of freak because I'm sure he didn't feel it...Did he?
"Umm, I-I don't know...I guess I was just being stupid." I stuttered, looking away from him. "I-I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings." I whispered. I heard him chuckle, then I felt his cold fingers underneath my chin, lifting my face to meet his gaze. I felt the electricity again when he did but this time I didn't object. I actually liked the feeling of his cold touch on my skin as the electricity flowed from him to me.
He was smiling crookedly and his eyes were locked on mine. "It's alright, you didn't." He said, his voice low and velvety.
I smiled in return, I didn't know what to say or if I could say anything for that matter. Both his smile, voice and mesmerizing eyes made my heart melt and quicken.
He removed his hand from my face and chuckled. Could he some how hear that?
"What?" I asked, my voice just above a whisper.
He shook his head, smiling as he looked away. "Nothing."
I looked at him curiously. There's something about him but I don't know what, that is just so...different from any other guy or person I've ever known. But what could it be?
Just then, my stomach growled, breaking me out of my thoughts. I hadn't realized that it was six o'clock and that I was so hungry.
He smiled at me and I sheepishly smiled back.
"You should eat something." He said.
"Yeah. Do you want anything?" I asked.
"No." He said.
"Aren't you hungry?"
He shook his head. "No, I had a big lunch."
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Yes, but thank you." He said.
I nodded, smiling.
He stayed in the living room while I ate in the kitchen. I ate quickly and when I was done, I went back in the living room and sat down next to him.
He smiled at me, and I smiled back.
"You're finished?" He asked, I nodded. "That was fast." he noted and I smiled at him.
"So what are we doing now?" He asked.
I shrugged. "What do you want to do?"
He shrugged. "It's your house." He said, with a small crooked smile.
I looked away, toward the window, then back at him. "Let's go for a walk."
We walked up and down the street twice as we talked. We talked about things we liked, things we didn't like and by the time we went back to my house it was 8 P.M. and it was getting pretty dark out.
Once we were back inside, we talked some more and I figured out that I like him now much more than what I had this morning.
"So, what do you do all day when your mom isn't here?" He suddenly asked.
I shrugged. "I usually just watch T.V. or listen to music but there's really not that much I can do." I said.
"Don't you get bored?" He asked, he seemed interested in what I had to say, but I didn't really see why because I'm really not that interesting.
"Yeah," I shrugged. "But I don't mind."
He nodded and we sat in silence for a few minutes until he suddenly looked over at the clock.
"I should leave." He said quietly as he started to stand.
"Why?" I asked a little disappointed that he was leaving me again.
"It's almost eleven, and your mother will be home soon." He said. How did he know that? I haven't told him exactly what time she gets home at.
I looked over at the clock, it read ten-fifty. We've been talking for so long and the time just seemed to fly by.
"Will I see you tomorrow?" I asked, hopeful.
"Um, I'm not sure." He looked away, thinking. "Maybe."
"Okay." I sighed and he smiled at me as he headed toward the door. I followed.
"Goodnight, Jade." He said, turning around to look at me before he left.
I smiled. "Goodnight." I said quietly and he smiled again before closing the door.
I walked to the window and peeked out to watch him leave but to my surprise, he was already gone.
How did he leave so fast? Did he fly out!
And how did he know when my mom was coming home? I didn't tell him...Did I? I don't think so. He knows a lot of things that I've never told him, even before I told him he knew. But how? Has he been spying on me? No, I don't think he would do that.
I went up to my room and got changed for bed, then just as I was heading back downstairs, I heard a key in the front door and then my mother was there.
"Oh, hi, honey." She said, smiling as she came in and locked the door back up, then hugged me.
"Hey, mom." I said, smiling back.
"How come you're still up? Usually you're sleeping when I get home." She said. Yeah, usually I am, but tonight I wasn't...
"I couldn't sleep." I lied. I couldn't tell her that it was because the most perfect human being-who happens to be a boy-just left. She would probably freak and then ground me. I'm not suppose to have boys over without her permission or when she's not around.
"Oh." She said and turned toward the kitchen.
"Okay, well, I'm going to go back to bed. I'll see you in the morning, mom." I said as I hopped back up the stairs.
"Okay, night, hun." She called after me.
"Night." I said.
I closed my door and lyed down on my bed. I closed my eyes and waited for unconsciousness to take over me, but no such luck was found. I couldn't stop thinking about Edward and how nice he's been to me today. I wasn't expecting him to talk to me so suddenly after how long he's been ignoring me.
I'm not complaining though, I'm very grateful and happy that we're talking again.
After letting my mind wonder so much, I finally fell asleep.
I woke up in the morning around 8 A.M. to the sun shinning in my face. I groaned as I rolled over onto my stomach and pulled the covers over my head. I fell back to sleep a few minutes later and woke up around twelve noon.
I went downstairs to the kitchen and my mom was already gone for work. After I had my lunch, I went back upstairs to take a shower and brush my teeth. When I was done, I cleaned my room up a bit and did some laundry, then I had nothing else to do. I sat in the living room, bored out of my mind as I watched music videos. There wasn't much on.
Around five-thirty, I had a small and simple dinner, then when I was done, unlike any other day, I sat in my room for a bit.
The silence was killing me. It's going to be a long weekend, and being by myself isn't gonna help anything. Maybe Edward will be here sometime tonight like he said, but it's getting late, I really doubt that he will. He probably won't even end up talking to me again for a while, he was probably only keeping me company yesterday because he felt sorry for me. Well I don't need sympathy from him or anyone. I can handle being heart broken on my own. As that thought suddenly entered my mind, yesterdays afternoon flooded back in my mind as if it happened just a few minutes ago and sadness suddenly washed over me, and silent tears started brimming over my eyes as I thought about Mason. And even thought I shouldn't, I really missed him and wanted to call him but I didn't because that would just be stupid and pointless. Then my thoughts took another turn and landed on Edward again, I missed him too but a lot more. I wanted to see him again and talk to him. I wanted to be near him and see his beautiful face, and feel the flow of electricity pass from him to me. I wanted to see his hypnotizing, golden eyes, hear his soft, velvety voice...
I sighed loudly as I pushed all thoughts from my mind and stood up, wiping my now, wet face and headed downstairs. I wanted to do something that would kill my time alone faster so that I could go to bed sooner, but that didn't look like it was gonna happen, so I decided to take a walk down to the store where my mother works and stay with her for a bit.
I grabbed my sweater and left, locking the door behind me. It was sort of a long, silence filled walk. The only noise I heard was the trees moving with the breeze and my footsteps on the pavement under my feet. It was also getting a little dark out and for some reason, I felt like I was being watched, but there was no one around. I quickened my pace, wanting to get to the store faster and when I got there, I was out of breath and my heart was racing but I was also very relieved to be where there were a few people. How does my mother walk home alone in the dark every night?
"Hi, sweetie, what are you doing here?" My mother asked, smiling as I walked to the counter where she was standing behind the cash register.
"I got bored, there's nothing to do at home, so I figured I'd take a walk down here to see you." I said breathlessly as I leaned on the counter.
"Oh, well how come you're so out of breath?" She asked.
"Because there's no one around out there and it's freaky, so I was walking really fast." I said.
"Yeah, I know, it's always like that around here at this time, only once in a while there's a few people around but not very many. It's creepy but I guess I'm use to it." She said, shrugging.
"Yeah, well, I'm not." I said and she laughed. I gave her a small smile.
I stayed at the store with her for about an hour. She worked, serving people and I watched, while talking to her. I looked outside after a while and noticed it was really dark out, black even, and glanced up at the clock. It said eight o'clock. I had stayed there with her for two hours.
"I'm gonna go home now, kay, mom?" I asked. "And well, you see how dark it is outside."
She smiled. "Okay, honey. I'll see you later." She gave me hug.
"Bye." I said.
When I got outside, it was a little colder out than what it was before, so I zipped my sweater up more and pulled my hood over my head. It was even darker than what I had thought it was.
I walked quickly, wanting to escaped the darkness as soon as possible. And again, I felt like I was being watched. My eyes nervously searched the streets to see if anyone was around but there was no one. I then looked behind and fear suddenly washed over me and I shivered. There was a tall man and from what I could see, had dark hair and raggy clothes, not that far behind me. I quickened my pace, hoping that he wasn't really following me.
But he was and he was getting closer. I began to cry as I started to run. I was running so fast that I ended up tripping and falling down. I tried to stand up quickly but the stranger caught up to me and roughly pulled me down a lane way.
"Gimme you're money!" He demanded as he pushed me against the brick wall, knocking all the breath out of my chest.
"I don't have any!" I said, my voice full of fear.
He then slapped me across the face and pushed me hard against the wall, then pushed again and I fell on the ground. It felt like my face was bleeding, I touched my lip and it was.
The strange man grabbed a hand full of my hair and pulled it and I screamed. "Gimme all your money!" He repeated angrily.
"I told you, I don't have any!" I cried, then he let go of my hair and started kicking me.
I screamed at the top of my lungs, hoping someone would hear me. The man kept kicking and hitting me, and I begged him to stop, but he wouldn't. I tried to crawl away but he grabbed my ankle, dragging me back to him and hit me worse. I lyed there, getting weaker by the second as he beat me senselessly. I kept screaming and it seemed like hours but was really only minutes before he suddenly stopped and ran but someone was suddenly standing in front of him before he could get away. He went to run in another direction but the other person-my Savior-was suddenly standing in front of him again. I couldn't really see who it was because my vision was blurred with tears and it was too dark to see.
Just then the person that was saving me, grabbed the man that was hurting me and twisted his arm and I heard it crack and he yelled out in pain, then he slammed him against the brick wall and he fell to the ground, unmoving. Then the other person suddenly disappeared.
I lyed there, crying, my whole body shaking with fear. I was in so much pain I thought I was going to die. I was so scared.
I winced as I sat up and looked around. I looked at the unconscious man a few feet away from me and flinched away from him, but there was no one else anywhere.
There was a cool breeze and I shivered, realizing my side was a bit wet. I was bleeding.
Then there was a sudden blur and white and black streak and then someone was standing in front of me. I still couldn't see who it was though.
"Jade?" The voice was so soft, so familiar, I knew who's it was.
"Edward?" I asked, my voice just above a whisper and breaking in all places.
"Yes, it's me." He said softly as he slowly but hesitantly walked closer to me, and then I was able to see his face more clearly.
*A/N: So another cliff hanger...sorry! lol ;) I'll put up the next chapter as soon as I get comments on this one and chapter 3. :D
So please read and review peoplez, it makes me happy!:D lol
- xo Melissa