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"Aunt Esme, he was so sweet. I just didn't know what to say or do around him, I got so nervous" I told her as my eyes widened. We looked at each other and burst out laughing. "I have never seen you like this before" she gushed on.
"Neither have I" Uncle Carlisle voice startled both of us. "Good morning sweetheart" Esme got up and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Good morning honey, Isabella" he smiled at the both of us and took a seat at the table.
"So what where you two whispering about? Was it perhaps about that young fella who you danced with last night?" Carlisle asked with raised eyebrows but a sly smile was still on his lips. "Let the girl be Carlisle" Esme giggled. He shook his head and started eating his breakfast.
"I'm going to dance for a while" I told them as I got up. "Come see me before you leave" aunt Esme told me, I nodded and went to my dance studio . "Where is she going?" I heard Carlisle ask Esme just before I walked into the studio.
Esme and Carlisle had built this room for me, it was a birthday present that I got when I turned eleven. I was so happy, I couldn't believe that they had done this for me. Back in the days I would go to dance school and in the evenings I could dance in my own dance room.
When I turned 19 I decided that I wanted to teach too and became a private dance teacher. Right now I had 9 students; Annie, Leticia, Michelle, Sandrine, Marie, Lily, Jenny, Piper, Alyssa. They all come once a week and have their own hours. I didn't teach in the weekends and could enjoy my free time then.
I took a seat in front of the long mirrors and just looked at myself. I had this silly grin on my face that just wouldn't leave. I blushed as I remembered the tango I danced with Edward. My fingers slightly grazed my lips.
All I want to do right now is stealing a kiss from those delicious lips of yours, he had said. I couldn't even tell him that there was nothing else I'd rather have. I then placed my hand on my heart that was now beating frantically. When he had pushed me against that wall while his hand covered my mouth, my body felt like it was on fire.
I shook my head and looked at the huge antique clock across the room. I gasped when I saw that it was almost 11'o clock. Noon, he had said. I immediately ran out of the dance room and rushed to my room. I hadn't even noticed that I had been sitting there for more than an hour.
Thank god it was a sunny day. I was actually surprised that this summer really felt like a summer, normally we always had these rainy days but not this year I guess. I wore the white sundress that I had put on my bed this morning, it was sleeveless and reached just right under my knees. I wore my white flats and took a shawl with me. I didn't bother putting make up, I was going for my natural look.
It was 11.40 when I walked downstairs and said goodbye to aunt Esme and Uncle Carlisle. I walked as fast as I could but decided that running was a better option when I heard the chimes coming from the church signaling that it was 12'o clock.
I breathed a sigh of relief when I ran into the woods that would lead me to the lake that was now very close. I stopped running when I saw Edward. He had seen me running and the smile that now took place on his face told me that he was very happy to see me.
We both started walking to each other and never took our eyes of each other.
"Hi" I breathed out as I reached him. "Hi" he grinned at me, "you're here" I nodded at his words. He took a deep breath and then pulled me to him. He wrapped his around me and placed his chin on my head.
"I'm so happy you're here" he murmured. "Me too" I told him honestly. He pulled away from me but didn't take his hands off of me and placed a kiss on my forehead that gave me chills all over my body. "Come with me" he said and held his hand out for me. I took it and let him lead me to wherever he would go.
He surprised me when he walked past the lake and back in to the woods and then I realized he was taking me to the meadow. "We're going to the meadow?" I asked him. "You now that place" he sounded surprised. "Yeah, as a kid I came a lot to this lake but l liked to wander around. One day I came across this beautiful meadow" I said as we walked right into said meadow.
Right in the middle of it there was a blanket. I'm guessing Edward had laid that out for us. "I've been waiting for you since 10'o clock" he said with a sheepish look on his face and pulled me down with him. "If I knew that, I would have come earlier" it's not like I had anything useful to do this morning even if I did, I would drop it just to come see this beautiful man that had captured my heart.
"I didn't mind waiting for you…I don't think I ever will" he said that last part so softly that I don't think he meant for me to hear it. I felt my cheeks heat up. I didn't know what it was about this man but he just made me feel things I never had before. It felt like I had somehow gotten butterflies in my belly.
"Let's sit?" he asked as I nodded and took place next to him on the blanket.
We both looked at each other wondering what to say. I waited for him to say something but it looked like he was expecting the same thing.
"You're so beautiful" he finally breathed out as he reached for my hand and placed a kiss on my palm. My body immediately responded to his touch, I shivered but it wasn't from the cold and by the smile on his face he knew that.
He leaned in and I froze, thinking that this was the moment I had been waiting for my whole life. My eyes were closed and I waited to feel his lips on mine but it never happened. I opened my eyes and saw him looking away with a frown on his face.
"Edward?" I whispered nervously. What was going on?
"Bella…I, uh" he sighed in frustration and pulled at his hair. "Maybe I should go" I felt so rejected by his actions. I just didn't understand what was wrong. I tried to get up but Edward immediately stopped me.
"No! Please don't go" he begged as he held my hand tightly. "Come" he made me sit and then placed his head on my lap, laying down on the blanket. I started to play with his hair. "That feels really good" he mumbled with a smile playing on his lips, his eyes closed.
"Talk to me Edward" I told him, I wanted to know what happened a few moments ago. He sighed and took a deep breath.
"I fear that I'm scaring you by moving too fast Bella. I'm afraid that you'll leave my side if I make one wrong move" he rushed out, looking up at me with a nervous look. I stroked his cheek with my free hand and smiled at him.
"Edward if you told me right now that you were a murderer or a criminal, I still wouldn't think bad of you and leave your side. There is just something that I can't explain that makes me want to not leave your side" I told him honestly and watched the fear in his eyes disappear.
"So if I told you right now that I was someone who charmed beautiful young ladies like you and then brought them here and killed them, you still wouldn't fear me?" he grinned at me, "What if I'm the bad guy Bella?"
"You're not…Those eyes of yours, they are so full with passion and love. You may be a tough guy but you're not bad" I wasn't lying when I told him those things but the look in his eyes right now really did gave me goose bumps.
"Come closer" he whispered. I stopped breathing as I moved forward. Edward tilted his head a bit and then his lips were on mine. His hand found its way in my hair and then he pulled me closer and started to move his lips against mine.
I didn't really know what to do but just moved my lips along with his. It felt so natural but so surreal. I felt like I was flying high in the sky. My heart was beating so hard I thought it was going to combust through my chest.
"Breath, love" he said against my lips.
I took a deep breath and laughed at the same time.
After that we continued to talk, kiss, cuddle. It was the greatest day of my life. Edward was the sweetest man in the whole world. He told me all about his road trips, his work with Jasper. He told me that he and Jasper played music in this bar every Thursday night.
"Will you come this Thursday?" he asked me and I nodded right away. It was Sunday today which meant I still had to wait a while before I could hear his work.
"Alice will be there too, so you won't be alone. I think you two will really get along" Edward said and I nodded. "Yeah I think so too. She's really sweet but what's up with her and Jasper?" I wondered.
Edward pulled me down with him so we were now laying down, my head on his shoulder and his arm wrapped around me. "Alice and Jasper have been in love for three years now but no one except for me knows about their relationship. If our parents heard about this Alice would never be able to see Jasper again. Jasper is a teacher, he's from the lower class and my oh my if one of us married someone from the lower class" he muttered the last part angrily.
"I'm not really rich either" I mumbled. Edward pulled my chin up and made me look up at him. "You think I care about that?" he asked me sounding mad. I shook my head. "I don't care about your wealth Bella. I don't care about what my parents think either. I know one day I will marry you and no one will be able to interfere, not even my parents" the look in his eyes told me that he meant every single word he had just told me.
My heart fluttered in excitement.
"You want to marry me?" I smiled cheekily. "More than anything else in this word and I know this sounds crazy. We have just met but I feel like I have known you my whole life. I don't think I can live without you anymore Bella"
"Me neither" I breathed out and then kissed him. Loving the way his lips and body felt against mine.
An hour or two later we both had to return to town and decided to take the long walk back there. We held each other's hands until we were nearing the centrum and started noticing all the people around us.
"Maybe we should part our ways here?" I asked him as I saw some people looking at us with questioning looks. "No, I'm taking you to your house Bella" he answered seriously leaving no place for an argument.
"I love it when you call me Bella" I giggled and felt my cheeks heat up again. "And I love it when you blush like this, love" he said and stroked my cheek with one finger.
"Edward!" we both turned around when we heard someone calling for Edward. My eyes widened when I saw Mrs. Masen heading our way. She had this stern look on her face.
"Son, what are you doing here? Your father has been looking for you all afternoon" she didn't even acknowledge my presence and talked to her son like I wasn't even there. "I was accompanying Ms. Swan to her house, mother. As you recognize Isabella Swan from yesterday" he said as she then finally looked at me.
"Of course, Isabella" she nodded at me. "Hello Mrs. Masen, how are you this beautiful afternoon?" I tried to smile but I think, I hoped not, that it more came out like a grimace. "Fine, thank you" she answered sharply.
"Son, I'm going home. Why don't you come back with me?" She asked and then frowned when Edward shook his head. "I told you I'm taking Isabella home, mother. You go already, I'll see you later." Mrs. Masen's jaws tightened at Edward's words but she nodded anyway.
"Give your family my regards, Isabella" with that she turned around and walked away.
"She hates me" I muttered. "No, she doesn't. She's just like that to everyone" Edward answered with a chuckle but he was wrong, I could see it in the woman's eyes. She didn't want me to around her son. I didn't tell Edward that for now and just kept it at that.
After Edward took me home, gave me one final kiss on the cheek and a promise to see each other as soon as possible, he left back to his place. I told Esme every little detail about our day together as we smiled, giggled and laughed together.
After that Esme told me that she had called Rosa to our house, a friend of hers and a fortune teller. Esme absolutely believed in those things, me not so much but for the first time in my life I wanted her to look at my future too.
She placed her tarot cards on the table and told me to pick three cards but not to turn them around. I did as she said and placed three cards in front of her.
She opened the first card and frowned. "In your past you were sad, you longed for something that you lost but not only that, you also longed for something else. Something you desperately wanted."
Okay she was right about that one but who wouldn't be? I mean, everyone knows that I was immensely sad and lonely after my parents died.
She turned around the second card and smiled. " Your present…Hmm, well look at that you're in love… but not just something casual. This is different. It's like you…you have found your mate. Your soul recognized his. Your heart belongs to him now and his heart to you. This love is endless. I can't imagine a bad ending with this" she smiled softly at me.
"Now your future" she said and turned around the last card. She gasped loudly and looked at me with wide eyes. "I see death…in both of your futures…You're surrounded by evil. It will lead to your dead"
I chuckled nervously. "Everyone is supposed to die Rosa." She shook her head furiously.
"I see death in your near future Isabella."
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