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Chapter 9
"For what?" He asks me. I smile at him.
"For everything," I say, "For always being here when I need you, for always looking out for me, for always making me choose what's right, and stop me from doing stupid things," Edward smiles.
"I would gladly do that stuff any day," He says. Then it is my turn to smile. I look over at the clock. School would be starting in twenty minutes. Edward catches me looking at the clock, "Do you want to go to school?" He asks. I sigh.
"I don't know," I say.
"It's up to you. You can come over to my house if you want. Or we can stay here," Edward suggests. I think for a moment. My dad will probably just want to be alone, and I would most likely do the same. I was never one on sharing my feelings. Why must there be so many decisions!?
"I don't know," I say again. Edward laughs lightly, "I'm not good with decisions," I sigh. I certainly don't want to stay here and mope. I think to myself, "Let's just get out of the house," I say getting up. I pull my hair back into a high pony tail. I grab my jacket.
As we walk out into the cold. I see my dad's cruiser. I didn't hear him come home. Edward drapes his arm around my shoulder. I shrug it off. Edward looks at me. He just nods his head, but his eyes say that he's confused. Today wasn't about being sad, it was about getting my mind off my mom. Geez, I think to myself, I sound Bi-Polar! I haven't decided what I want to do, or where I want to go, but I know that I want to do something different. I get into the car. Edward is looking at me. Suddenly an idea pops into my head.
"Let's go to Calf Pasture Beach," I say. It's an hour and a half away, but with Edward's driving it shouldn't take more than twenty or thirty minutes.
"Aren't they closed at this time of year?" Edward asks me. His voice heavy with suspicion.
"Yeah," I say, "So?" I buckle my seat belt. Edward sighs, "I just want to be as far away from here as possible," Edward nods.
"Fine," He says reluctantly.
We arrive at Calf Pasture about a half hour later. I get out of the car. The wind is blowing gently. Edward stands next to me.
"Let's go," I smile. Edward stands next to me. I look up at him. His eyes are fixed on the ocean, "I love the ocean," I say, "Don't you?" Edward looks down at me, and smiles.
"It's beautiful. Just like you," He smiles. I laugh lightly. We walk hand in hand towards the beach. There is a fence in our way. I look at Edward.
"I'm an expert at fence climbing," I smile. Edward shakes his head. It's true. Mal and I used to climb fences all the time. As I start to scale the fence. Edward grabs my waist and pulls me down.
"There's a gate," He says sweetly. That's no fun, I think to myself. We walk over to the gate. I look at the lock, and then at Edward skeptically. He looks at me, "Close your eyes," He says. I close my eyes confused. I hear something break, and I feel something fall to my feet. I open one eye, and then the other. I see Edward standing there with the gate opened.
"Did you . . ."
"Some things are better not asked," Edward laughs. I shake my head as I walk onto the beach. I take off my shoes and socks. I leave them by the gate. Edward does the same. His feet are perfect, just like the rest of him. He smiles at me. Both of our spirits are high at this moment. I feel the sand between my toes as I walk to the ocean's edge. The cold water covers my feet. Edward stands next to me. I look out onto the ocean. I see a humpback whale way out into the water. Edward puts his arm around.
"I envy the whales," I say. Edward looks at my quizzically.
"Why?" He asks following my gaze. I smile.
"There so free. They can go anywhere that they want. They can go anywhere but land, but I mean why would you want to go on land. They get to go everywhere, and anywhere," I lean against Edward. He puts his other arm around me. The water is up to my ankle now.
"One day we'll go everywhere, and anywhere," He says with a sparkle in his eyes, "One day," He repeats. I smile. I hope he was implying that he would turn me into a vampire one day. Now that my mom had died, I had made a decision. I wanted to become a vampire, and nothing could change that. I turn towards Edward. I kiss him on his cheek. He smiles a crooked smile. I see the whale's tail rising up, and then slapping against the water. I smile. Mallory will be so jealous.
"Race you to the giant rock," I say pointing to a large rock that has been washed ashore. Edward smiles.
"You're on," He challenges.
"You're going down!" He laughs.
"Ready . . . set . . ." I take off running. I knew Edward would beat me, but I didn't care.
"Cheater!" I hear Edward yell. I smile. I am running at a full sprint. Edward is behind in a moment.
"You suck!" I say trying to run faster. My legs are burning, but it feels good. I turn to look around. I don't see Edward. I turn around and run right into him. Curse his vampire speed. I smile up at Edward. I kiss his cold lips. I put my hands on his chest. I put my head against his chest too. If he had a heartbeat, I would've been able to hear. I am breathing heavily. Edward kisses the top of my head, "I want a rematch another day," I say leaning back. Edward laughs.
"Name the time and place,"
In all this fun, I forgot about my mom, until I heard a police siren. I look up at Edward.
"I'll be right back," He says pulling away from me, "Stay behind the rock until I get back," He says. I nod my head. What if it's my dad! I think kneeling down in the sand.
Edward appears next to me a few seconds later. He hands me my shoes and socks. He already has his on. I put mine on quickly. I look at Edward.
"Who is it?" I ask as I finish tying my shoes.
"It's your dad,"
