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Ch. 4
Edward looked around as his drinks were prepared. When he turned toward me, I ducked my head- letting my loose curls conceal my face. "Oh hey, could you pass me some napkins" he turned towards me, referring to the stack of napkins on my other side. "Or not, uh that's okay" he said when I didn't respond. Before I knew it he was reaching over me to grab some napkins. He was nearly inches away from my face, but seemed so distant. He was even more grown up than the last time I'd seen him. He was simply sophisticated, to put it simply. With one movement, he turned his head towards me and gasped. He backed away. My mind was telling me to run, but my body stayed, paralyzed by the sight of him. "Bella!?" he asked, standing right in front of me. I secretly sighed to myself. "Hi, Edward" He looked me, so confused. "What…" he coughed "Um, what are you doing here?" I looked down shameful. "I got a promotion at Bookshelf publishing house… they moved me out here" Casually slipping in my promotion so he wouldn't think I came to find him… especially when he told me not to. Seeing him look at me with such a distant look on his face, almost as if he was wishing I would disappear, well it was breaking my heart. "So… you're on the Upper East Side…" He didn't say it as much as a question but more as a statement of recognition. It's funny how we used to share so much and now we had no words for each other.
Flash back
We laid there in perfect bliss, the gray sky looming over us- not that we cared. This was our place, Edward's and mines- the Meadow. It was our secret; no one else knew about it… we had found it together while walking through the woods by his house a few months ago. I looked over to Edward, who was lying right next to me, and rolled over- giving him a kiss on the cheek. He smiled and grabbed hold of my waste, and pulled me on top of him. I put my hands on either side of his face, leaned down, and kissed him. We stayed like this for a few minutes, only separating every once and a while for air. Ever since that night camping, we were official. Edward moved his lips down to my neck, giving delicate kisses. Making out was as far as we had gone so far; we both wanted the time to be right, not just right now. We finally separated, but only just to sit up- my legs entwined around his waist. "So… how are you?" he asked. I laughed. "Well that's a loaded question" he shrugged. "I know we've been close lately… but I want to make sure we're still close… you know? Not just in the physical sense" he smiled. I leaned in, giving him a quick kiss- a thank you. "You're still my best friend" he assured me. "I'm amazing. Honestly amazing." I rubbed his neck. "Life has been just way too good lately… you know?" he smiled. "I know. I feel like its going" he stopped, getting close to my neck "to come back" a little closer, "and bite us in the neck" but instead of biting, he kissed my neck. I laughed, "Hey I'm being serious here!" he grew a stern look on his face, "oh me too, very, very serious" Edward wasn't goofy often, but it was moments like this that were my favorite- when it was Edward unplugged. "Have you heard back from Columbia yet?" I asked. Edward had applied a few months ago, and should be hearing back any day now. It was a little of a sore subject. I was planning on attending University of Washington, so I could still stay close to Charlie and Sue. As much as I wanted Edward to attend Columbia, I knew it would be almost impossible to keep a close relationship- being on two opposite sides of the country. "Any day now" he said, but in a manner that made it clear he didn't want to ruin the moment with college talk. "Hey" he looked up; "I love you" I smiled. "I love you too."
"Yeah I am, I have an apartment just down on Clancy" small talk. "Oh, I live just a few blocks away… it's a nice area" more small talk. I nodded my head and looked around. This whole time I never actually had the guts to look Edward in the eye, finding vocal points everywhere else in the crowded club. "How's Alice" this time I looked right up at him, I genuinely missed Alice. His eyes were just the same- I could lose myself… NO BELLA NO. Every time I started to lose myself in a memory of Edward, I had tried to snap myself out- it wasn't healthy. Lately, however, it had been harder and harder to detach myself. "She's, well she's Alice. She's amazing. She owns a clothing store in the fashion district and it's doing very well" he said as a matter of factly, like he had said the same speech a million times to a million different people. "That's amazing, I… I miss her so much" I miss you too, I wanted to say. But I couldn't. I wasn't the pathetic, longing, ex anymore. After a drunken New Years Eve I promised myself I never would be again. "So… how have you been" he said, taking a drink of his whiskey. "That's a loaded question" I smiled, but then realized what I said. His face, however, had no recognition- he must've not remembered anything.
"Darling, we are all wondering what is taking you so long"
Cliff Hanger
