Stephenie Meyer Rocks!
[Sorry this has taken me so long to write! But I've been busy and add that with Writer's Block and kaboom not being able to write for a while. Enjoy!
B.P.O.V.
Edward, what a wonderful name, I mused as we walked back to my house. Since our introduction, things seemed to warm up a little, just a little. Edward kept a good two feet away from me as we walked. He told me not to take offense toward it he thought it was best.
"So Edward may I ask you something?" I said looking away for whenever I said his name I couldn't help but smile.
I heard Edward groan quietly once again. I have been asking a lot of questions…
"Yes, you may," he said cautiously. I felt his eyes on my face, I turned to look at him and he was watching me very intently. I blushed immensely.
"Why do you blush so much?" He said laughing. I felt a cold hand on my cheek it made me shiver. Edward sensing my shiver removed it at once, but the cold didn't make me shiver. And oddly, I ached for him to return it. Absurd!
I ignored his question with a small smile on his face. Truthfully, I didn't know the answer either.
"Bella, I'm extremely curious. Please tell me why you blush so much and I'll answer all your questions. Well, most of your questions." I saw him smile slyly at me and I blushed more. I must have looked like a fresh picked tomato from mother's garden.
When Edward said my name I felt a secret thrill of that misplaced emotion again. Why couldn't I figure out what it was! I bit my lip, trying to think of an answer for both questions.
"Well, truthfully Edward I don't really know why I blush so much, but I do have a theory." I smiled teasingly at Edward, he seemed even more intrigued but also oddly more frustrated…
"What's your theory?"
"You'll laugh at me."
At this Edward laughed. "Try me."
I turned my face forward, trying not to look at Edward. "Well, I think…you, um, dazzle me."
Edward stopped walking his face grew serious. "This is not so good," he murmured.
I was confused by what he meant but deep down I felt my heart drop ever so slightly. Why for that too?
"Edward," he looked up at me as I broke his reverie. "Are you alright?"
"Fine," he mumbled and starting walking again.
We walked in silence and my house was near approaching. "May I ask my question now?"
Edward turned and smiled at me. "Yes, you can. You told me your theory."
"Yes, I did tell you one of them," I looked at his face and smiled. "Okay, my question is why did you save me?"
I saw Edward's face flash before my eyes from happy to sorrow and he stopped walking again. "I don't really know…"
"Oh," was all I could mumble and I stopped right in front of him. His face was rapt with guilt and remorse and the urge to comfort him enflamed inside of me. He suddenly looked up at me, his eyes blazing.
"But I do know one thing. When I saw you shaken, and handled very wrong," his voice grew more enraged. "All I wanted to do was to kill both of those men. I didn't want you to die. I didn't want them to…rape you. I didn't want them to hurt you at all. I wanted you safe, I wanted you to be…with me."
I was completely and utterly shocked. Edward's mood changes always left me a step behind but this was nothing in compare. His words sent a huge thrill through me again of that misplaced emotion and it was stronger than ever before. I felt the urge again to reach out to him, to take his hand.
"Edward…" Was all I could say.
Edward just gazed at me as I said his name. His eyes dimmed and his face grew more strained as the wind blew my hair slightly around my face.
"Bella, I'm dangerous. You have to grasp that concept."
I still didn't know what to say.
Edward sighed and then grabbed my hand. "Let's take you home."
Edward and I reached my house in a matter of minutes. I was quietly concerned because we spoke no more but yet I was secretly filled with joy as I looked, again, at your intertwined hands.
Edward stopped right at he foot of the stairs leading to the door.
"Bella, this is good bye."
I felt my heart drop into the pit of my stomach. "Why?"
"Well, your home now," he said with a slight smile.
"Oh, will I ever see you again?" I felt my hopes grow high.
Edward's face became very confused and his mouth set into a hard line. I felt my face drop but then I felt Edward's cool finger curving one side of my mouth into a smile. "We'll see."
