Chapter 4- Thou shall not fear
Part two of thou shall not kill…
A/N: Tell me if this chapter was stupid and I'll change it back to Edward being a vampire… lol. But I really like this idea. Two of my favorite things!! (and I'll tell you what they are at the end of the chapter)
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There were so many questions I had brewing in my mind, but all of them were halted once Edward had set my hand upon his chest. I tried desperately to think of what he could be.
"Why would you want me to be scared of you?" I asked, suddenly remembering his former question.
"Bella, I feel like I'm too dangerous for you to be with." He paused. "More so than you could ever imagine- now that you know the truth," he sighed and leaned in towards me. His face mere inches apart from mine.
"I barely know the truth, and now you're saying I shouldn't be with you?" I asked with a sly smile. Edward slowly leaned in closer, as did I, so that our lips were brushing. Chills ran eagerly down my spine.
"Exactly," he breathed. And then it happened.
Edward's perfect pink lips latched onto mine and the kiss fell with such grace and softness that I could barely begin thinking about opening my eyes. I assumed I would wake up. His mouth was cold, but burned my skin in all its intensity and I was left hungry for breath. The kiss continued as the meadow around us burst into a familiar array of stars. I leaned back, dizzy and gasping from the power of it all. Edward cradled my face in his hands, concerned about my shell-shocked appearance. My eyes widened, and my lungs could barely catch enough air.
"Did you see something?" he asked, rapidly. I nodded my head yes.
"You better believe I have enough questions to keep us here all night," I said, breathlessly.
Edward rested his forehead on mine and sighed, breathing his cool breath in my face. "I figured you would."
"What exactly…" I stopped as I looked up at Edward. I knew he believed I was asking the wrong question from the dismissive look that had marred his face. "Are you…" Again, I received the same look. "Where did you-" I paused when I received the go ahead look. "-Come from?" I asked finished.
Edward pointed upwards. I sat still for what seemed like an eternity before speaking again.
"Up north?" I asked slowly, longing to believe that maybe there was still some hope left. Edward shook his head and pointed farther up. My eyes followed his fingers and I looked up towards the bright blue sky. Edward glanced down at me.
"This is crazy, there's no way," I said. It was that simple. There was no possible way that Edward- perfect, gorgeous, beautiful, annoying, rude, arrogant- Edward could be a…
"You're-" I paused, letting it all sink in. "An-" another pause.
"Alien."
"But-" Edward looked at me, and I glanced down towards the grass. He shook his head, and reeled backwards with laughter. "I still have more questions." Edward laughed louder and took a moment to compose himself before commencing his full blown rant.
"Here, let me make this easier for the both of us. I still bleed. Yes, this is why I'm so incredibly good looking-" I snorted. "There's no one else, you're the only other person that knows." Edward looked deep into my eyes before continuing. "I should have never told you. Alice and Rose are going to kill me."
Alice and Rosalie?" I asked quickly. "What about Jasper?" Edward shook his head no. "So it's just the three of you?" I guessed, slowly. Edward shook his head yes this time around. "So then you were adopted?" I spouted leisurely. Edward continued nodding. "You're not human." It was more of a statement than a question, but I knew that answer all along.
I stopped short of asking anymore questions so that I could have a single moment to process everything. Eventually my insatiable curiosity got the best of me. "Should I be scared?" I asked, with a small smile painted across my face. Edward appeared emotionless.
"I think maybe you should be."
"But I'm not."
"It would appear so."
"If I tried to leave, I'm sure you would just run after me and catch me." Edward smiled at that.
"This is true."
"So, how did you get here?" I asked, still in awe from his revelation. Not to mention I could barely even pretend not be enthralled.
"Do you really have to ask?" I snorted and then freed a pent up yawn." We should get back," he said simply.
"Well how do you get back?" I asked quietly. Edward's laugh reverberated around the canopy trees that locked us inside the small meadow.
"I meant back to school."
I nodded as the blood pooled to my cheeks, and I quickly got up from where I was sitting, dusting my pants off as I swayed where I stood. Edward quickly grabbed my hand and hurried me back to the front of the warehouse.
My eyes darted around the car, and for a moment I felt completely different. As though my entire outlook on his silver Volvo had changed. Really, there was an alien sitting next to me, not just a normal college boy. That fact alone made everything seem so much more much more dreamlike.
As though it weren't before.
"Do you have, um," I cleared my throat, embarrassed to ask. "Superpowers or anything like that?" Edward smiled. I could tell he was biting back his laughter. "Go ahead, laugh at me. It was a stupid question." Edward laughed wildly and clamped his hands down, hard, on the steering wheel.
"It wasn't a stupid question," he finished. I smiled sympathetically. "I think that you'll find the answer to your question is indirectly tied to the 'nightmare' you've been having." I gasped.
"You can give people dreams?" I asked.
"Give them, visit them, take them away," Edward replied, flippantly.
"Oh, so it's no big deal then," I said condescendingly, hoping to make him see I was making fun of his dismissive attitude.
"No need to be rude," he replied. "Oh wait, for a second I forgot who I was talking to." I stuck my tongue out at him, and he laughed.
Very mature Bella.
"Why did you give me those dreams?" Edward furrowed his eyebrows, a large crease appearing across his forehead. Undoubtedly in deep thought, he was.
"I wanted you to know."
I had to ask. "Why?"
"I have no idea," he sighed.
"So it was really you in those dreams?" I asked skeptically.
"Why do you ask?"
"No reason in particular."
Truthfully, I wanted to know if it was him because he had kissed me. I mean, he had kissed me before, in the meadow, but that was one fleeting moment. I was sure by now, Edward had forgotten about it. And the whole point was that I didn't care. I didn't want him to kiss me. He was arrogant, rude, self-absorbed, and ignorant. I didn't want him to kiss me. Did I?
"Well, I'm sure you'll figure that out some day." I sighed.
"Edward?" I asked quietly. "What does this mean? All of it…" Edward looked at me, out the windshield, and then back at me.
"You can't say anything. Please Bella? Promise me."
"I promise."
"This means we go back to school, we pretend that nothing ever happened," Edward paused, before clearing his throat in attempt to find strength enough to say what he had to say, next. Edward sighed and rubbed his temples. "We go back to the way things we were." By now I had tears brimming around the edge of my eyelid, for what reason I was not sure. Edward looked at me sympathetically. "Bella, we must." I nodded my head slowly, and Edward reached across my seat and wiped the tear out of the corner of my eye. "Don't cry," he whispered.
"I'm just not sure I want to go back to the way things were," I said slowly.
"I know,' he replied. "I'll make it easy, I promise," he said. I smiled through my tears.
That night I prayed that I would dream of him. I did. And I had an intense bout of intuition. One that told me that my dreaming of him had been all my own doing.
I woke up to Alice, Edward and Emmett all sitting around the kitchen table. Emmett sighed loudly once he saw my eyes flutter open. He came rushing up to me, and sat on the edge of my bed, as I rubbed my eyes with the back of my hand. Goodness, these people woke up way to early.
"Thank God you're awake," Emmett groaned. I laughed loudly.
"Your brother is a royal pain in the ass," Edward said through gritted teeth.
"Be nice!" I exclaimed. Edward was right. He was going to make it incredibly easy for us to go back to normal. With him being a complete prick, it would be much simpler for me to hate him, and if I hated him, then it would be easier for him to make fun of me, and the pattern would start over. Thus completing the circle of Edward-Bella loathing.
"Oh no, don't worry about it Bella. I'm on the edge of my leash now as it is." Edward snorted.
"Oh Lord," Edward sighed. "That one was way to easy." I bit my lip to hold back my laughter as Edward eyed me knowingly out of the corner of his eye. He laughed wildly at seeing my expression.
"I swear to God, I'm about to kick your ass," Emmett yelled.
"I'd like to see that."
"That's to bad, because after I'm done with you, you won't be able to see shit." Edward rose from his seat, and crossed the room to where Emmett was now standing.
"Please, you guys, just stop it!" I yelled, standing up from the warmth of my small bed. Alice sat, absolutely mortified, in a hard plastic chair at the kitchen table. I sighed loudly. "As much as I would love for you to kick Edward's ass, Emmett, I don't think it's worth it." Edward laughed.
"And you!" I screamed. "Stop instigating trouble!" Edward looked appalled and shocked that I would address him, as though I had the right. I felt like I knew him all to well.
"You have no right to yell at me!" he screamed. And then suddenly, it hit me.
Edward's soft, pink lips latched onto mine. His hands clutched my hair tightly as he hugged me against his body. I backed away after a long moment, swatting his hands away from me.
"I told you I would make it easy for us to go back to normal." He whispered huskily against my lips. I sighed.
"No, you're just being an asshole." Edward laughed.
"Hey, your brother started it." I sighed. "I'm having fun with these daydreams. Technically, I can make them go any way I want." I narrowed my eyes at him.
"You wouldn't dare." I backed far away.
"Is that a challenge?" he asked quickly. "Why, Ms. Swan, I thought you would have known better than that." I sighed. "You should know by now… I never back away from a challenge." I suddenly found myself in back in Edward's arms, my neck tilted sideways as a way to give him better access for his kissing…
"Edward!" I yelled, my eyes snapping open suddenly as I fumed.
"Your brother started it!" he replied as he shot me a stealthy smile. I swore under my breath as Emmett walked hastily towards the door.
"Emmett!" I called. "Don't go."
"I see no reason to stay," he said quickly.
"No reason to stay, huh?" Edward paused before continuing his menacing rant. "Oh, Bella, are you alright? Did that hurt? It was a low blow. I have to give Emmett props for that one," Edward whispered in condescending tone. I bit my lip.
"Shut up Edward!" I screamed.
"Ugh!" he groaned loudly. "You are such a bitch!" My jaw dropped.
"Don't talk to my sister that way!" Emmett screamed.
"Alice, I'm out of here," Edward finished. Alice nodded weakly as I sighed and rubbed my forehead.
"Edward, Emmett, this is ridiculous. Me and Alice are going to be roommates for a very long time, and you're both very important to us, so, please? Could you just learn to get along?" Edward closed his eyes and smiled weakly.
"In your dreams, Bella." My face fell, for I knew exactly what he was talking about. With that, Edward turned out of the room, slamming the door in his thunderous wake. Alice brushed her dark, frail tendrils of hair away from her face.
"Well, that was interesting. I think I can skip out on the General Hospital today. Thanks Bella, Emmett." I laughed loudly, soon forgetting what Edward had said.
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"It's only my third week there, Emmett, so no. I don't want to be responsible for whatever you plan on doing." I huffed.
"Sorry Bella." He apologized. "And who said we were planning anything! You know, I have to agree with dear Edward here, you are kind of being a bitch about this." I clenched my fists together as Edward chuckled behind me.
"You," I pointed towards Edward. "Shut up! And you," I shifted my seething gaze towards a very befuddled Emmett. "Don't ever call me that again." Emmett snorted. "You guys have shown up to Hatchey's despite me telling you not to, so why choose today to actually ask my permission?" I was very curious.
"We want to come and visit you at your place of employment, is that so hard to believe?" Emmett asked incredulously. I huffed in annoyance.
"It is, actually. You guys are planning something, I just know it." I looked towards Edward, his eyes shining in all their emerald green glory.
"What ever do you mean?" Edward asked. I scoffed.
"Easy there, Edward," Emmett said coolly. "We're just coming to hang out, alright? Alice will be there, and Jasper, and Rose." I nodded my head.
"I, however, will not," Edward mused. I pushed my palms together and looked up towards the ceiling.
"Thank you Jesus!" I screamed more sensuously than I intended. Emmett laughed as Edward's eyes clouded over in an- unobvious to anyone but myself- spout of lust.
"Be nice, Bells."
Over the past month, Edward and Emmett learned to set aside their differences, so that now, Edward, Jasper and Emmett all hung out together- as if nothing had ever happened between them. No fighting, no screaming, no bickering, no pure, undiluted loathing. It was refreshing, somewhat, to be able to wake to an exchanging of pleasantries or an uninteresting discussion concerning sports. It, however, did not help my case any. Me and Edward still fought incessantly in public, and Edward being closer to my brother now, made hating him that much harder. But when Edward let slip a particularly crude, or insulting comment, it only made it that much easier to revert to hating him. And these comments were churned out more often than not.
"What time are you guys coming up?" I asked, suddenly.
"You work until close, correct?' I nodded my head. Emmett raked his fingers through his hair. "Well then, everyone else will be up there, probably later." I sighed.
'Later? God Emmett, you're so incredibly perceptive to timing. With your uncanny ability at formulating descriptions, you should be a writer." Edward snorted.
"They'll be there later, Ms. Bossy Bitch. I'll be downstairs waiting to cart your ass aound." I shook my head, working my lower lip between my teeth.
"Alright! Alright!" Edward clamored. "Go get ready for work." I sighed thankfully, before picking up my tiny, black, spandex-tight shorts, and my Hatchey's embroidered polo shirt- to retreat to the bathroom for my shower. "It really is a shame I'll miss you in that uniform," Edward whispered. I grunted, unwilling to put up with anymore of Edward's incorrigibly randy remarks. Swiftly, I shuffled into the bathroom and turned on the shower head, twisting the opaque knobs until the water that poured out of the faucet was steaming. Quickly, I peeled off my clothes, and stepped into the shower, drenching my chocolate brown locks, and covering my entire body in a coat of scorching liquid.
The water felt hot on my back, hypnotizing me from the barely audible click of the bathroom door. The shower entry opened soundlessly before I could tear my eyes open, and my mind away from the momentously pleasurable heat that seared my back. His hands ran down my wet skin. The feel of his cold palm and wintry fingers a welcomed contrast to the blistering heat. My eyes wrenched open and Edward turned me around so that my body was pulled up flush against his. My cheeks were beyond the deepest, most ludicrous shade of red as Edward looked at me erotically. His eyes dark and shining with unparalleled desire.
Edward's sodden, bronze hair flopped down against his pale, perfectly constructed face. "You keep getting embarrassed like that, your cheeks are going to stay that color." I looked up timidly at Edward, tearing apart my bottom lip in the process. His finger moved away form my back, to pull at my bottom lip. I sighed. My body glittering from the beads of water that trailed across my skin.
"You know, with all these dreams you imprint on my brain, it's hard to believe you can still hate me for appearance's sake." Edward grinned impishly and leaned forward to rest his forehead on mine.
"I'm sorry I can't go and see you tonight," he stated sincerely.
"Why? Are you going to miss making fun of me?" Edward laughed loudly, and pulled me tighter against the clothes that clung with dampness, to his flawlessly molded body. My hair hung in a curtain around my face, as Edward swept the soft locks away from my eyes.
"As a matter of fact, I am." I smiled sheepishly.
When I was sure that I could not possibly be any more bored, in any one of my treacherous lectures, I would find myself in an imaginary realm of pure pleasure. Either moments such as this, with Edward, or a make-believe rendezvous where we would talk about our lives, and ask each other questions. It wasn't so often. Normally when we said something especially hurtful to the other person that day, I would find myself slipping into a different dimension. One where things between me and Edward were normal. Good, even. Soon enough, I found myself longing to dream of these meetings with Edward. Much to my dismay.
Edward licked his lips before leaning down and locking on mine with incomparable passion. Our lips moved mechanically with one another's, eliciting a breathy moan on my behalf. Edward backed away, panting slightly, before smiling widely down at me.
"Get ready for work," he said. "I'll see you later." I nodded, and squeezed my arms tightly around Edward's middle. He hugged me for a long moment, before looking at me closely.
"Bella?" he whispered into my ear.
"Hmmm?"
"You have to let go." I laughed.
"Technically, I don't, do I? You could just vanish out of my arms." Edward chuckled.
"I would rather you let me get a good look at you before I vanish, if you don't mind."
"I do mind. Now get out, Cullen." Edward sighed lightly, agreed, and let me go before disappearing.
I lifted one eyelid reluctantly, peering out behind a jet stream of water. The body heat I yearned to adhere to my person was long gone, as was Edward's velvet voice. I quickly jumped out of the shower, towel dried my hair, and twisted off the shower knobs. After I shimmied into my clothes, and blow-dried my hair, I traced a slick line of red lipstick across my lips, and brushed a coat of pitch black mascara over my thick lashes. Alice would be pleased.
I walked down the stairs and spotted Emmett easily amongst a crowd of random, eager party goers.
"Bells! Over here!" he called loudly. I bound over towards his jeep and leaped into the front seat. Emmett sped towards Hatchey's, checking the clock every few minutes as he pelted through stop signs.
"Emmett! I don't have to be there until seven! You can slow down."
"Yeah, I guess," he said anxiously, still never adjusting his speed.
"Is there something wrong?"
"No," he replied all no quickly.
"Alright." Emmett sighed and rubbed his temples briefly before turning the stereo on. I stared at him a long while, before we pulled up to the restaurant. I could see Alice and Jasper's car's. They were here early, as was Rosalie, in fact. Then I saw what I thought was a motorcycle, but it had a bright blue cover over it, making it impossible for me to quench my curiosity.
Unfortunately, I missed my own motorcycle immensely. I wasn't able to drive it up here, because Charlie wanted to make sure that I was safe, and he couldn't do that if Emmett was driving ahead of me. Needless to say, Charlie didn't trust me driving in front of Emmett either. Charlie didn't really appreciate my bike, like I did. Since I was such a shy, timid girl in high school, the bike was my active alternative to that retched lifestyle. I longed to feel the wind in my hair, and the looks of appreciation I received from an insurmountable amount of the Forks High School male population, for my tight white leather jacket, and aviators. I grinned at the memory.
Other than the small amount of cars, most of which belonged to my friends, I concluded that tonight was going to be dead, yet again. Normally, Hatchey's was packed to capacity with drunken guys that spouted off lame pick-up lines in a frustrating attempt to sway the waitresses to abandon their morals. But even though the outfit was ridiculous and the men were sometimes maddening, the tips were fantastic, and that was all that mattered.
I clamored out of the truck and rocked on my heels before shutting my door and making my way around the monstrous jeep to the driver's side.
"That uniform is made up of hardly enough material to even be considered socially acceptable." Emmett shook his head.
"Oh, but it helps me rake in the money!" I yelled obnoxiously. Emmett looked down at me and raised his eyebrow. "Come on, Emmett, let's go." I shuffled over to the door, and Emmett swung it open for me, allowing me to go in first. I adjusted my name tag and stepped over the threshold before I tripped over my tennis shoes and heard Emmett snicker behind me.
"Not funny," I warned. Emmett stared at me bemusedly as I abruptly realized that there was no sound coming from the inside of the restaurant. I swallowed loudly as my eyes nearly shot out of their sockets.
"Emmett," I breathed quietly. "You didn't." Emmet smiled widely as I choked back a groan.
"I have no idea what you're talking about Bells," he mused. I slowly turned around and took in my dark surroundings. Before I had made the 360 degree turn, however, I heard the sharp intake of breath.
"SURPRISE!" they all yelled, in unison.
The lights shot on, and I drank in every single one of my friends appearances. The restaurant was completely empty, save for my few friends. Jasper and Alice stood next to Rosalie, while Angela Webber, Mike Newton, Tyler Crowley, Jessica Stanley, and my old friend Jacob Black stood on the other side of a small table- adorned with a brilliant white cake, coated in candles. The flames licked at the air around us, and I turned around to Emmett.
avoiding moving my lips so no one else could see my confession, I muttered "I hate you!" very quietly, while baring a wide, bright smile. Emmett did the same while he waved wildly at our group of friends.
"I told them you hated surprises!" he mumbled. I laughed and shook my head back and forth before my gaze landed on an extraordinary pair of sumptuous green eyes. I walked slowly over towards the small table and stared at my cake, along with the small pile of presents. I groaned inwardly. People had spent money on me. Ugh.
Alice sashayed her way up towards me, shaking her head proudly. "Look at you!" she beamed. "You look amazing! And I wasn't even their to help you!" I giggled quietly before my eyes landed on the figure that stood in the dark shadows of the corner of the room.
"I thought you said you couldn't make it," I shouted amusedly, knowing all to well who was hid slickly in the dark bend.
"I lied."
"Of course you did." I smiled, as I looked at the cake. Alice bounced and raised her hand so that everyone sang in unison. Everyone except the one man I was longingly staring at.
"Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear Bella," Emmett laughed obnoxiously as he replaced my name with squirt. I glared daggers at him, before looking back towards Edward. "Happy birthday to you!" The small party erupted in applause and Edward clapped mockingly slow.
"Okay , Bella, blow out your candles!" Alice chirped. Jasper smiled brightly as I leaned my dark hair over my shoulder, closed my eyes, and breathed inward. Before I expelled my breath onto the vivid orange flames, I saw a flash of me and Edward in the shower, kissing passionately. Whether he had planted that image in my mind, or I had dreamed it up myself was beyond me. And although I loathed Edward, it was apparent that it was only with half of my heart. I was definitely opting for that latter of the dream possibilities. Even if Edward had no such power over me, I would have wished for him all the same…
I heard the small group break out in applause, but kept my eyes closed as long as I could in a maddening attempt to hold on to the image of me and Edward. It felt so amazing in my dreams that I couldn't help but think that It was almost as good as kissing Edward in real life. Although I knew nothing could be that amazing. Reluctantly, I opened my eyes to Edward's stock still form, and he looked deeply into my eyes. Either way, Edward had seen my dream before I blew out my candles. He knew that he was my wish.
Edward looked down at me sympathetically, conveying his apologies for not being able to be open about this, this… whatever it was that we were. I pursed my lips. Not out of anger, but out of the same type of sympathy Edward was willingly giving me.
"Alright, alright!" Alice called, shaking me out of my trance. Edward's gaze was quickly averted to the tile floor, as I focused on what Alice was saying.
"…Open presents!" she finished. Edward smiled widely.
"Alice, honestly. You guys shouldn't have gotten me anything." Alice shook her head animatedly.
"Oh please, of course we should have." Edward shook his head, obviously amused.
"No, you really shouldn't have. Bella hates when people spend money on her," Jacob finished. I grinned wildly and stepped around the cake table to hug my old friend.
"Jake, I haven't seen you in forever!" I cried.
"Bells, I saw you two days before you left for school." I laughed and squeezed Jacob tighter.
"It still feels like forever."
"Alright, I want Bella to open her present!" Alice yelled as she pointed towards the small stack of neatly wrapped boxes. I groaned and shifted out of Jacob's grasp. "Here, open this one first!" Alice yelled, placing a small silver box in my hand. I giggled and popped the lid off the box to reveal a bright white leather coat. I gasped and bounced in my seat.
"Where did you get this?" I asked Alice. She simply smiled, and my eyes darted around the table to all of my friends. The majority of my old one's were grinning wickedly. Rosalie smiled, and I avoided looking at Emmett, knowing he would ruin the moment. I'm sure Edward had no idea what was going on. I instinctively reached for the other three boxes, and opened the large square package first. I pulled my large black helmet out, and set it on the table, before opening the other box and taking out my aviators. I screamed.
"Oh my God!" Emmett walked up behind me sliding his thick hands over my eyes and plucking me up out of the chair, over to the door. I was waiting patiently for him to walk me outside, and give me my bike back. Sure all my present were things I had already owned at one point, but it meant so much to me, knowing that I would get that little piece of my freedom back. I missed my bike, and now I was going to have it again. Emmett quickly walked me over to the bright blue tarp covered motorbike before uncovering my eyes and ripping the tarp off in one swift motion. As soon as the blue wrap was thrown to the side, I was able to fully appreciate my bright red motorcycle. I ran up to my bike, fingering the bright silver adornments, and gasped loudly. It looked even more beautiful than I remembered. I threw myself into Emmett's embrace.
"Thank you so much Emmett!" I wailed. He laughed whole-heartedly and patted my smooth hair.
"Jacob towed it up here, so thank him. I had Charlie give all your stuff to Angela, no matter how much he didn't want to." I sighed loudly as I ran up to Jacob and hugged him just as forcefully.
"Oh, thank you Jacob!" I whispered. Quickly, I ran inside and grabbed my white leather jacket, helmet, and sunglasses. Kneeling down beside the table I forgot one tiny package and brought myself to sit on a dark green vinyl booth before I opened it slowly, making sure to do so before anyone entered back inside the restaurant. I carefully tugged off the bow and removed the small lid to reveal a tiny bracelet with a large, diamond heart attached to it. Normally, I wasn't one for jewelry, but this bracelet was absolutely breathtaking. With the dim light in the restaurant, the small crystal illuminated brightly, casting small rainbows across my pale, awe-stricken face. Alice soundlessly came in and sat next to me.
"Who gave you that?" She asked, in as much awe as I was. I quickly looked towards the box, and noticed there was no name. Jacob was more than likely to blame for this. But I didn't care. This bracelet was absolutely brilliant. Alice cooed. "Wow, it's beautiful," she breathed. I nodded my head in silent agreement. I settled on putting it back in the box, intent on asking people whether or not they had bought me the bracelet, but I knew I wouldn't be able to bring myself to do it. I sighed. It had to have been Jacob.
As soon as I placed the small bracelet back inside the box, I closed my eyes and racked my brain for mental images of the gift giver. As soon as my eyelids bowed, I sat back in my seat and felt a cool hand slide around my wrist, pulling my arm out. I opened my eyes quickly, to see Edward kneeling in front of me, the bracelet hanging in one of his cool hands. His eyes never escaping my scrupulous gaze, Edward gently fastened the bracelet around one of my tiny wrists, and cupped the glowing diamond. Edward winked suddenly and placed a chaste kiss on my cheek before backing away and turning out towards the door.
Alice waved her hand enthusiastically in front of my face.
"Bella! Wake up!" My eyes snapped open, and every single one of my friends stared at me relentlessly.
"Sorry guys," I murmured. "Haven't been getting much sleep." I glanced at the corner I sensed Edward still standing in, and smiled shyly. He nodded and smiled as well, before walking over to me and staring into my dark brown eyes.
"I'm going to head out, alright?" I nodded solemnly. "Be careful on that bike," he murmured into my hair. I laughed and stared past his body to the small pool of witnesses. "Happy birthday Bella, I'll see you later." After Edward kissed me on the forehead, he scurried out of the restaurant. I knew full well that that was an open invitation to the other realm. I would be seeing Edward very soon…
"Whoa, I've never seen him act that nice to you," Alice stated. I laughed loudly.
"You have no idea," I finished. "No idea."
Jasper and Emmett began picking up boxes and wrapping paper as Alice and Rosalie continued to belt out lyrics to obscenely random pop songs. I laughed and caught up with my old friends, before slipping on my large helmet and bright white leather jacket and revving my engine.
"Be careful Bells!' Emmett called out. I laughed loudly, although it was deftly muffled by the large helmet, and kicked off the ground, so that I raced out of the parking lot with earth-shattering speed.
Not until I was home, in my pajamas, and underneath my warm, homely comforter did I nod off and dream colorfully. This time I felt no influence from Edward. However, I had been oddly aware that I still harbored a certain heart shaped diamond bracelet. One that I knew, for a fact, still lay dormant in a small black box on my kitchen table.
It may have been something only I had been accustomed to, but upon waking every morning, I find myself lodged in a preeminent daydream. This morning, however, was not one of my own familiar imaginings. With my eyes shut tightly, I felt the edge of my bed dip lower, and shift with the newfound weight of a person. Edward leaned over casually and whispered in my ear. "Why aren't you wearing the bracelet?" I shook my head and groaned.
"How would you know whether or not I'm wearing it?" I sighed. "You're here, aren't you?" Edward tucked a piece of hair behind my ear before sitting up from the bed. "No, actually, I'm not. I just know you well enough to know you're not wearing it." I snorted and rubbed the sleep from my eyes when I heard an actual knock sound from the door. My eyes shot open as I soon realized that I only had Alice as my band.
She bolted up from her perch on her mattress and answered the door enthusiastically. Jasper smiled a small smile and held up two cups of coffee. I closed my eyes to find myself back in my dorm room with only Edward as my company. "Bella?" he asked timidly.
"Hmmm?" I was drifting off to sleep, even in my sleep.
"I want to go on a real date with you."
My eyes wrenched open at the sound of Edward's velvet voice struggling to ask me out for real. Not like the 'dates' we had in out dreams…
"Like, a real date?" I asked. "Not a 'dream' date, but a real life date?" Edward nodded shyly and I tried as best as I could to hide the smile that was tugging at the corners of my pale pink lips.
"I was thinking that maybe, well, we could double with Alice and Jasper, or we could go somewhere by ourselves." I smiled widely, this time, at Edward's inability to form one of his normal lewd statements. The fact that Edward was appearing openly intimidated by asking me on a real date made me more shy, as well.
"Alice and Jasper?" I asked incredulously. Edward snorted and stood up from his seat on my mattress.
"I may act oblivious at times." Edward stopped after I sent him a meaningful glare. "Alright, all the time. That doesn't mean I'm blind." I laughed loudly.
"So has Jasper talked to you about it at all?" I wondered aloud.
"He thinks he's being subtle when he talks about Ali. I know better than that." Edward chuckled as well, before sitting back down on top of my bed. "So, what do you say, Bells?" I smiled, my eyes shut tight once again.
"I say, that's a great idea. I can actually ask them once I wake up, seeing as how they're both here." Edward nodded, just in time for me to see, before kissing me gently on the forehead and vanishing.
I opened my eyes reluctantly as I drank in my surroundings. I smiled brightly towards Jasper and Alice, who were both sitting at the kitchen table. Alice eating a donut, and Jasper drinking coffee. I knew the other cup was for me. Not one single person who knows Alice would willingly give her caffeine.
I shot up out of bed, earning a wide smile from Alice as she talked to me with overbearing fervor, donut still being chewed thoughtfully in her mouth.
"-ood mooorning, Bella!" She chirped. Jasper smiled brightly before turning back towards Alice and shaking his head. She smiled sheepishly under his gaze.
"Jeez Ali, maybe you could swallow first. That might give Bella a bit more time to actually wake up." I laughed as Alice tried her hardest to glower at Jazz. She accomplished nothing, other than making me and Jasper laugh uncontrollably for a few long minutes while Alice continued to eat her donut. I wiped my eyes once again, before padding over to the table and sitting down, as Jasper slid the cup of coffee towards me.
"Can I try that? I've never had coffee before." Alice grinned innocently.
"NO!" Me and Jasper screamed in unison. Alice sighed and shook her head, muttering a barely audible 'whatever.'
It had been hard for me to look at Alice and Rosalie the same after I found out the secret. But they were every bit as normal as Edward. Despite his daily visits to my dreams.
Sometimes, I secretly wondered whether or not either one of the girls knew that Edward was making his daily round to my imaginings. It would be slightly awkward, knowing that they realized that Edward was able to do whatever he pleased in these synthetic dreams. Inwardly, I wondered if they had as over zealous imaginations as Edward and I.
Probably not.
"So, Alice, Jasper," I paused trying to rack my brain for words that were appropriate for what I was trying to say. "I was wondering..."
Alice pursed her lips, but both her and Jasper looked at me with a bountiful amount of curiosity radiating off of them in waves.
"Well, really, me and Edward were wondering-" Alice cut me short.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Back up. You and Edward?" I nodded gravely. "Whaaaaaat?" Alice buzzed. Jasper smiled shyly and I took it upon myself to come to the immediate conclusion that Edward already told him about us.
But then I thought about it some more… Was there really anything to tell?
A/N: TWILIGHT/ROSWELL CROSSOVER... type, thing? lol... I love both twilight and roswell, so I'm pretty pumped.