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Prompt: "I'd like to see you again," he said.


I chatted with Edward on Facebook for a good forty-five minutes that night, skirting around our shared history and trying to find out about who he had become. He seemed willing to chat forever and I was the one to cut things off because I had to do homework. As it turned out, we were both living in Illinois. He was in Chicago studying law at Northwestern, and I was getting my graduate degree at University of Illinois in Champaign in Library and Information Science.

I lay in bed that night, mulling over the little bits he'd revealed about himself. He'd gone to undergrad at Northwestern and once he finished his law degree, he had family members in a law firm in Washington, D.C. who would indoctrinate him into their established family law practice there. His sister Alice had married Jasper Whitlock after their sophomore year at Dartmouth and they were now living in Vermont.

Rosalie and Emmett were working on their careers before they were planning to marry.

Edward did not mention that he was single, but I noticed that he had no relationships listed on his Facebook page.

The next night as I was executing my routine, another chat box popped up from Edward. A small smile flitted across my lips and I clicked in.

Bella: How's your night.

Edward: Boring, How about you?

Bella: Winding down.

Edward: What do you do for fun these days?

I stopped to think for a few minutes. I had a few close friends, but mainly I studied my butt off and went running a lot.

Bella: I go running and hang with friends when there's a spare moment (read: NEVER).

Edward: LOL. I can identify with that. Why running?

Bella: Clears my head and keeps me fit. Do you exercise?

Edward: Team sports mainly, some weight-lifting with Emmett.

Bella: He's there, too?

Edward: Yup. Rose is at NYU. Mechanical Engineering.

Bella: Wow.

Edward: Question... Any chance you'd want to meet up when I come there for the Northwestern/U of I game?

Bella: (crickets)

I was wigging out. I almost didn't want to see him. What would I say? What would he say? Would he look at me like 'what did I ever see in her?' But then again, I had a real, up-to-date picture of myself on Facebook. If he thought I was ugly, maybe it didn't matter to him. Maybe this was purely for pity's sake.

Edward: Are you there?

Bella: Yeah - sorry, another conversation going at the same time.

That was a lie, but I didn't want to be vulnerable.

Edward: So what do you think? It might be weird, but I'd like to see you again.

Bella: Sure. Let's plan on it. Who are you coming down with?

Edward: My friend Ben and then Emmett and Rosalie. Will that work?

Bella: Absolutely. Talk soon!

Edward: Good night Bella.

Bella: Good night Edward.