Okay…I'll be nice. Here is another update…sooner than expected.
I can't wait for NEW MOON. Just had to let it out somehow. I've driven my family nuts already.
They day dragged on, they were on the second class, the advanced class. They were all seniors. Bella hated this class the most because of two reasons: Eric and Kevin. These two guys were infatuated with her.
She tried to be diplomatic about it. She tried to let them know that she wasn't interested, that she was visiting but still they kept on. Determination and resilience were the two dominating characteristics of these two boys.
As she entered the classroom Eric approached her. "Hi Bella."
She smiled and nodded in acknowledgement. "Hi Eric."
He fidgeted with his hands and at once she was cautious. This was not a good sign. She heard a low chuckle behind her and she saw Edward coming behind her. His face amused, curious, and even angry.
"So I was wondering..." She was interrupted by Eric, "do you want to go to the block party with me?" she turned her full attention to Eric. Once again, she felt uncomfortable and even irritated.
"Oh, I'm sorry Eric. I have plans that day. I have to go to the hospital." She grimaced. Chagrin flooding her face. The disappointment was almost too much. She turned around and headed to the same chair that was in front of the classroom, the one she sat in. She faced the window and ignored the stares of the class.
Edward began teaching and shortly after, Kevin, came in the room. Edward ignored him and kept teaching. All the while his amused expression faded and anxiety took its place.
It was time to leave. Bella waited for the crowd to leave. Edward mindlessly fumbled with some papers. Bella stood up and stared at him in confusion. He smiled tentatively and walked out. His quick strides had him by the door before she took a step.
"Bella." She paused to look at the confident Kevin.
"I wanted to know if you want me to pick you up for the party." His voice didn't quiver, his confidence was almost blinding.
"Excuse me."
"The block party. Do you want me to pick you up or are you going to meet me there?"
"Uh... Kevin I have no idea what you're talking about but I've got to go to the hospital that day." The irritation inside her was growing, turning her voice acidic.
"Oh I know, Jaime told me. I just thought that you were letting him down easy."
Bella huffed in frustration. She was close to losing it. "What is so important about this party anyway?"
"It lasts all day and all night. Not to mention that it is going to be perfect. The sun is going to be out and the night is going to be cloudless. The music is going to be blaring and the drinks will keep on coming."
"Well, I'm sorry. I have other plans." She walked towards the door. "See you later." She called out as she made her way out of the building.
Her face furrowed in frustration and as her eyes darted to the laughing figure of Edward Cullen, she glared. She could feel the crimson blood rush over her face and the moist starting to collect on her eyelashes.
She was almost to the car when she noticed that Edward's laughing cherub face was still with one hand over his ear. She looked at him and the fear on his face was evident. As she opened the car door Edward opened his and walked out.
Bella stood, with her hand on the door, watching him with shock as he walked away. The world stood still and nothing mattered but the figure walking away from her. She couldn't figure out why. Deep down, she didn't want to for fear of realizing that she was the reason.
"Hey Bella, do you need a ride?" She turned around to face Jaime in his small sedan. Even though she felt uncomfortable around him it was nothing compared to what the ride home with Edward Cullen would feel like. That is, if he came back at all.
Without a second thought she answered Jaime. "Yeah, I think I do. Do you mind?" her shy smile brought a huge grin on his face.
"No problem, hop in." She opened the door and before she knew it they were gone. She stared out the window and saw the figure holding on to the trunk of a nearby tree. He glanced up to stare at her and once again, his glare was murderous. Once again, Bella felt the twinge of fear with the curiosity of figuring him out.
She reached home faster than she usually did. Well, it was no wonder; John's old truck couldn't go past 55. She opened the door and slid out. "Thanks, I really appreciate it."
"No problem, are you sure about the block party?" his voice was hopeful.
She shook her head apologetically, "nope, sorry." He nodded and that was her cue to close the door.
She waited for the small car to head out onto the road before she went inside. She had taken just two steps when she heard tires on the driveway.
Her eyes widened as she saw the silver Volvo parked in front of her, no more than 8 inches away from her body.
"What the hell is your problem Edward? Do you want to kill me already?"
A dry chuckle erupted from his lips. "You don't know the half of it." He murmured too fast and too low for Bella's ears.
He got out of the car and walked over to her, still keeping a six feet wide margin. The distance never really mattered, he could traverse it in a hundredth of a second, and he just did it to remind himself of the girl's weakness.
"Bella" Her heart quickened as it always did when she heard his voice. Her breathing became staggered and she felt the world swirl around her.
"I wanted to apologize for my rude behavior. I shouldn't have left you alone. It was my duty to take you home and to treat you properly." His plea was real, it was honest. She blinked several times trying to dispel the fog inside her head.
"Umm…Edward it was okay. If you didn't want to take me home then you should have said so. Don't worry about it. No harm done." She made the bold move of swiftly turning around and heading towards the door.
The soft breeze of her movement sent her scent to Edward. Before his own lightning fast reason worked he had lunged himself towards her.
As this played out behind her she tripped on a pebble on the driveway and she was falling.
What happened next was close to impossible to describe, it happened in a fraction of a second. Seeing Bella's fragile body on its way to the ground, Edward's mind took over and all he could see was this girl's frail body on the hospital bed. It was enough to bring back the anxiety and pain he had felt. As soon as he realized what he was doing, he stopped breathing.
He wrapped his arms around her and cradled her inside his body. He twisted in order to fall to the ground and have Bella fall on him.
The thud of the fall knocked Bella's breath out. As she gasped for air she was confronted with the most enigmatic and appealing scent she has ever smelled. It was sweet, mouthwatering sweet. She could stay in that one place smelling that scent forever. It filled her with happiness and a hypnotic euphoria. She could almost open her eyes and see herself in the Elysian Fields with this Greek God next to her.
"Bella? Bella are you okay?" She heard the angel's voice in the background but she still couldn't bring herself to respond.
Her body shook softly and the scent grew faint.
"Bella?" She heard a rough, gruff voice that soured her hearing.
"She tripped and I caught her before she hurt herself but I can't get her to respond."
The smell was almost gone, it lingered in her head. Her smell and senses returned to normal. She stared at her uncle and her cousins with a blank expression.
Sadness took over and once again, she felt the world tumble on her. She had been ripped away from the heaven of Heroes and now she felt like she was in the darkest and loneliest pit of Tartarus. Tears started welling up and she got up quickly.
She didn't give anyone a second glance as she walked to her room. She locked the door and let the tears come. She felt utterly alone in such a cruel world.
The images of what happened to her played in her head over and over again. She couldn't fully remember what had happened but what she could understand is that Edward was not human.
She fell asleep and tonight she didn't dream of the emptiness, she dreamed of Edward and the image she had in her head. She couldn't let go of the beauty of the meadow. The flowers, the warm sun, the swaying breeze, it was all too much. She opened her eyes and noticed the still jungle.
Once again she got up and stared at the dark jungle. It was then that she realized that Edward had once walked his way to this house.
How could he do it? It must have taken him hours to walk the distance that took the truck an hour to make. Unless…he lived nearby. That could be a possibility.
She returned to her bed and went back to sleep. Once again her dreams took her to the meadow.
She opened her eyes to the bright sun. She stretched on her bed and got ready for the day.
"Bella, what happened yesterday?" Matt asked. He was munching on cereal and milk. He passed the cereal to her as she sat down on the table.
"Yeah, we come out and you're like a statue, we couldn't get you to respond." Lenny butted in as he was swallowing the banana.
"I have no idea. I guess I must have been knocked out or something when I fell." She poured the cereal in a bowl and the milk.
"Man, if it hadn't been for Cullen you might have gotten seriously hurt…Hey, it's sunny out why don't we go enjoy the Vitamin D?" Lenny asked.
Matt frowned, "I have school to go to. Besides I need to study for a test."
"School shmool. You have David to help you, besides you have school all the time and this sun doesn't happen every day." He continued trying to persuade the two.
"I think you're right. I'll be really slow but I wouldn't mind doing something different." Bella conceded.
"Awesome! Come on little brother, if accident prone Bella is willing to go than so can you. I'll call David and let him know."
"Gee, Lenny thanks for the encouragement." Bella mumbled and both brothers laughed.
And so it was that the three boys and Bella left to hike in the jungle.
They parked their mom's car at the edge of the dirt road.
They got out and started heading into the jungle. They hacked away with their machetes and Bella kept falling farther and farther behind.
They had to stop often and wait for her to catch up. They tried to have her in the middle of the line but it was to no use.
They kept a slow rhythm.
"We'll be half way by the time the sun sets. Come on Bella." Lenny complained.
"You know what Lenny? Lay off. I told you I'd be slow and I don't want to take a trip to the hospital anytime soon." She yelled back as she followed the trail of hacked underbrush.
As she tried to walk she stepped on a loose stone and fell. She scraped her hand.
She heard booming laughter as she got up. She looked ahead to find her cousins laughing at her. She huffed and turned around.
"That's it! I'm going back. I'll see you at the truck." She yelled over her shoulder.
"But Bella you don't know the way." David yelled back.
"It's not hard to see the trail David, see you later. Enjoy your hike." She answered without looking ahead. Soon, she was gone from their sight.
She kept her eyes on the ground; she wanted to avoid falling again.
An hour passed by and she didn't realize that she had veered off from the path. She had been walking with no direction. She was far from the truck.
Her anger had made her stubborn until it faded and her mind was occupied by the dream and, of course, Edward Cullen.
The light of the sun filtered in the forest and she stopped as soon as she was blinded by its sudden abundance.
She turned around to look at where she was. In her mental calculations she should've been at the truck already. She gasped as she saw the beauty of this tiny meadow and at the same time realized that she wasn't where she should be.
"Oh no" she sighed. She looked at the soft swaying of the plants. The flowers were so alien and so beautiful. Their colors were so vibrant and their shapes so asymmetrical. The captivating beauty couldn't keep her from feeling like she was falling down an abyss.
She was lost and there was no way that she could find her way back. She hadn't even paid attention. She knelt down on the moist ground and tried to control her breathing.
Despair overtook her as she realized that no one could find her. "Damnit. I shouldn't have left the guys. Why did I do that?" she moaned.
"Well Isabella Swan, it's no use crying over spilt milk." Granny Swan would say when ever Bella got this way.
She got up and started thinking of a way to find her way back. She heard a soft trickle of a stream nearby. An idea sparked in her head. Survival 101, follow water, it will lead you to a big river and eventually civilization.
She walked towards the sound of the stream. She walked alongside it and the light of the day was rapidly fading. She stopped and climbed a huge cliff, hoping that the fading light would let her see something in the distance. It took her several hours and many scrapes to make it to the top.
It was dark now but she couldn't see any city lights or anything resembling civilization.
She sat down and wrapped her arms around her knees. She didn't know how to make a fire, she hadn't eaten anything other than the cereal in the morning and she was the easiest pray for any animal.
She wouldn't cry if she did it was going to make it hard on her. The only thing left was to look up at the brilliant stars that showered the dark sky and to listen to the animals in case a jaguar or leopard came close.
How horrible of me…to leave this cliffhanger.
Well I'm still writing the second part. I just wanted to cut it into two chapters.
Let me know what you think. I'm not sure what will happen next…okay, maybe I do.
