Be Honest, Do I Need a Tan?
Chapter 5: Edward's disappearance
Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight and its characters.
This is Edwards Pov of the night he mysteriouslydisappeared. Sorry to those of you who were annoyed by my authors notes, but I had to explain. Also, thanks to those of you who suggested things for me to do in the story and ways for Bella to get a tan. It helped me a bunch.
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EPOV
Bella murmured my name as she slept peacefully in my arms. I couldn't help but smile that she dreams of me everynight. I sigh, she really is perfect. Not only is she the most beautiful person in the world, but she is also flawless in every way. She always thinks about other people first, before herself. I can't find anything about her that would make her think she isn't worthy of me. She is the angel. How she could possibly think otherwise is preposterous.
I groan when my phone buzzes in my pocket. I gently pry away from my sleeping angel and step gently to the floor. I tuck the blankets over her and kiss her on the forehead before jumping out the window to answer the call.
I flip open the phone in one smooth motion. "What is it?" I hiss. I'm not particularly happy that I am away from Bella even if I am just outside her house. I would much rather be on her bed, with her wrapped up in my arms.
"Edward, it's Alice. I had a vision. There is going to be a vampire coming to town. And she is thinking of paying the only vegetarian clan in the area a visit tonight. You'd best get over here, now." She informed me quickly. I didn't want to leave Bella alone, but I had to see what this vampire wants. "I'll be over there as soon as possible." And with that I closed the phone and slipped it into my back pocket again.
I swiftly climbed up the tree and slid through Bella's open window and kissed her one last time before I climbed back out and began to run to my house.
As I am half way there, I catch an unfamiliar scent. I stop dead in my tracks as I sniff the air again. It is the most glorious scent I have ever smelled. It may even be better than Bella's. Wait, no, Bella has the best scent. She beats the rest at everything in my eyes. I continue running to the house at full speed. When I arrive, the scent is much stronger here so I assume the vampire is already here.
I step in the house and walk to the living room where everyone is gathered. My eyes are immediately drawn to the source of the scent. A beautiful vampire is sitting in one of the white chairs staring out the window. She seems to be tall, has long blonde hair, and is, surprisingly, tan.
I continue to stare at her while I move to the couch opposite of the chair. She glances at me, and catches my eye and blushes. BLUSHES. It looks nice on her skin and contrasts nicely.
I look around expectantly at everyone else, who haven't said a word. I raise my eyebrows, waiting. Carlisle takes the hint and begins the introductions.
"Edward, this is Jamie Colter, Jamie, the is my son, Edward." He points to me and I raise my hand to shake with her, but instead she jumps up and envelops me in a close hug. I gladly return it; for some reason she is strangely warm. I step back and watch as she jumps up and down, resembling Alice in some ways. Jasper starts to fidget in his seat, and his murderous thoughts are directed toward Jamie.
"Edward!!! It is sooo nice to meet you. I've heard sooo much about you!!!! Wow, I can't believe it. I mean, I knew you were good looking, but….WOW!!! You are GORGEOUS!!!!! Oh my, I hope I haven't said too much or come off as annoying, but it is just an honor to meet you. I hope to spend a lot of time with you." She squeals. Jasper at this point is jumping up and down in his seat and his feet are tapping the floor at amazing speeds. I can't choke down a laugh as I see him grab Alice and spin in circles with her while singing ring around the rosie.
"Thank you, Jamie. It is a pleasure to meet you too. I hope to spend time with you too." I was going to say she wasn't coming off as annoying, but that would be a lie, and I don't think I could say it with a straight face. A wave of calmness took over the room and Jasper sat down again looking embarrassed.
Esme then stood up and said, "Why don't you and Edward spend some time together now? You have time don't you Edward?" By the look she was giving me, I didn't really have a choice. Be nice, Edward. I sighed. I guess I won't be back by sunrise for Bella. "Let's go then, Jamie." I murmur. I lead her to the bottom of the staircase. "What do you want to do?" I ask, though I'm sure whatever she wanted to do is something that I won't want to do.
"Ummm…. I think I saw a piano. Can we go play it?" She asks as she heads toward the grand piano. I perk up as I hear that, happy that she won't make me do something I will not enjoy. I sit on the piano bench and place my fingers on the keys. I start thinking of a random song that I know and start playing it. She suddenly started bouncing up and down and screamed. "I know this song! Here let me play some too." I scooted down so that she could have some room and she started playing the counter melody to the song. It sounded beautiful and I was rather sad when we stopped. She started playing a soft song on the high keys while a played on the low keys. Together we made a wonderful team and played for at least two hours.
At the end of two hours, we had become close friends. Joking around, talking about things we liked, and I had almost forgotten about Bella until I glanced at the clock which read ten minutes until school started.
"I'm sorry Jamie, but it's time to go to school now." I say apologetically to her. "It's ok, I'll just stay here and talk with Esme until you guys get back." I nod and head upstairs to change into my school clothes. As I am going down the stairs, I come up with an idea. I run to Carlisle's study and knock on the door.
"Come in." I open the door and step in quickly. I tell him my idea, which he completely agrees to and I go back downstairs.
Jamie is sitting on the piano bench looking glum. I sneak up behind her and cover her eyes. "Guess what?" I ask her. She perks up a little. "What?" She asks quietly. "You get to come with us to school today. You can spend more time with us and my girlfriend, Bella." She slouched a little when she heard girlfriend, but quickly got up and hugged me. She giggled and ran upstairs.
I run out to the Volvo, start it up and pull out of the driveway. I speed to Bella's house. Along the way I tap the rhythm to the song Jamie and I came up with, while bobbing my head to the beat of it.
As I speed down the road, I spot Bella about to get in her truck. She stops and gets in my car quickly when I pull up. She sighs, but I am too absorbed in the song to pay notice to it. Finally she breaks the silence.
"Edward?" She asks softly. Concern lacing her voice. I tilt my head in her direction telling her I am listening.
"Yes?"
"What's with you?" She grumbles. I can tell she is angry with me. It's then that I remember that I left in the middle of the night without telling her and I left the window open. Ooops.
"What?...oh..nothing that should concern you." I say, hoping she drops it. Her heart rate picks up and I know she is getting angry. Crap.
"Right, since when does anything that concerns you, not concern me? And since when do you disappear in the middle of the night without a trace? Oh, and by the way, I have a cold because you left the window open." She snapped. I cringed in my head. Great, she has a cold because ofme.
"Okay, I'm sorry I didn't tell you Bella. I love you and I won't keep anything from you anymore. You know I love you right?" I asked, praying that she forgives me. I don't know what I'd do without her. If she doesn't forgive me, I guess I'll have to use my secret weapon. Her heart rate is still racing so I guess I'll have to dazzle her.
I look into her eyes and smile crookedly. Immediately she melts, and with her, her anger melts too. Her heart rate slows down to a comfortable speed and I know I don't have to worry anymore.
She takes a deep breath and sighs. "Yes I know you love me. And I love you, too. Just don't hide anything from me anymore." I thank God that she forgave me and I rush out of the car to open her door. I hold out a hand which she accepts, a small smile playing on her lips.
Once she is out of the car I wrap her in a tight embrace and kiss her passionately and trace cool kisses down her neck. Hopefully, if this dazzling stuff works, then she'll forget that I didn't tell her about last night. I'd rather not tell her I spent all night out with another woman.
She pulls away and looks into my eyes. "Edward, you still have to tell me what's going on. You can't always get away with dazzling me to get away with things. So spill." She commanded. She tried to keep a calm appearance but her erratic heartbeat told me my dazzling did work. I smirked and told her I'd tell her later. She sighed in annoyance.
She looks around and spots the others. Alice hugs her and kisses her cheek and Emmett grabs her and gives her a big bear hug.
I look away and spot Jamie coming towards the group. Bella's breath caught in her thought and she eyed Jamie warily. She saw me and ran up to give me a tight hug. I saw Bella scowl at Jamie while Jamie just smiled. Jamie stepped back and stood by me and when Bella saw this she came by me and I wrapped a comforting arm around her. My Bella. My beautiful and sometimes very jealous Bella. Though I don't know why she is jealous. Jamie is just a friend. Nothing more. I'll have to talk to her about this.
Alice introduced the two and Bella went up to greet Jamie. When they shook hands, Bella pulled away and gasped. I guess her appearance made Jamie look like a human. Maybe I should have told Bella that Jamie was a vampire. Oops.
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There's Edwards POV. Hope ya liked it. Should I do another chapter of his POV on the whole lunch scene? Please review and tell me.
