CHAPTER 4 – OH, CRAP!
BELLA POV
"ESME!"
"KATE!"
"EDWARD!"
"Tanya…"
Came four simultaneous cries of joy…except for maybe the last one. Oh, how I missed the velvety smooth tone of his voice. I wished with all my heart as I lay there on my bed that I could be down their in his arms, screaming "EDWARD! IM STILL ALIVE AND I'M NOT OLD! I LOVE YOU!" But I knew that would ruin my dignity.
I rolled over onto my stomach and reached out to my bedside table and opened the drawer. I pulled out my photo album/scrapbook and stared at it. Then I slowly opened it and flipped through the pages. As I looked at the first picture of me and Edward, I remember standing next to Edward feeling all awkward and wrong as his perfect face was stiff and his eyes were full of sadness.
I then reached out and picked up the CD Edward had made for me which had the lullaby, my lullaby…the one he played so beautifully on the piano. The piano. Ugh, the reason why I even learned the instrument was because I had time to kill. I didn't even know I could play and sing until Kate actually said for me to try it. She knew that I was looking for a way to express myself other than dry-sobbing, and even though the piano reminded me so much of…him…it helped me put together somewhat of a distraction.
I suddenly remembered that I had finished composing a song and wanted to try it on the piano but never got the chance. I searched around my room for my music notebook, and when I couldn't find it, a memory popped into my head.
The piano, I thought. Oh, right! I hurried out of my room and down the glass stairs while shouting, "Hey, Tony! Have you seen my music notebook? I think I left it in the mus-sic…" I stopped and stood there, frozen on the stairs, when I saw the Cullen's sitting in the living room with my family. Their eyes were as wide as tennis balls and their facial expressions resembled shock, confusion, surprise, and…guilt? "…room." I finally finished after a suspenseful silence.
I forgot. HOW COULD I FORGET?? How on Earth did I forget the Cullen's were here?! I never knew the klutziness went to my head! I mentally slapped myself fifty times on the forehead before muttering, "Damn," even though I knew they could hear me.I walked down the rest of the stairs and stopped at the end of the rail and leaned against it.
"Um…Hi." I said while staring at the ground. "Long time no see…huh?"