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Chapter 10 – Walky Talky

The cool night air enveloped us as Edward dragged me out of the house. I was laughing so hard I could barely walk. Mozart on the other hand seemed determined to put as much distance between us and the house as possible. He managed to drag me almost halfway across campus before he finally stopped.

"Never. Again." He puffed.

"I'm sure you'll get over it in time for next Halloween." I teased.

"No I meant I'll never be able to show my face ever again." He laughed.

"Calm down Edward." I said while patting him on the shoulder. "Emmett is bound to embarrass himself sooner or later. Then everyone will forget. Well everyone except me…but I promise not to tell, Okay?"

"Is that supposed to make me feel better?" He questioned while he covered his face with his hands. "Because it doesn't really."

"Oh! Why not?"

"Because your opinion is the only one that really matters to me."

His reply was slightly muffled by his hands but I still heard it. I was completely taken aback by the turn our conversation had taken. I couldn't think of anything to say. I must have looked like a demented goldfish opening and closing my mouth the way I did.

After a few minutes of silence Edward pulled his hands away from his face to look at me. He looked worried and even a little embarrassed about what he'd said. "Forget that I said that." He muttered before turning away from me.

Say something Bella! The little voice in my head screamed. But the only thing that came out of my mouth was, "Why?"

"Because it wasn't the appropriate thing to say…"

"No, I mean why does my opinion matter most to you?"

"I don't know. I just don't like you thinking badly of me. It's not really a rational reaction it's...I can't explain it." I just started at him. What are you supposed to say after that?

"Um…"

"Can we just forget I said that?"

NO!

"If that's what you want." I managed when my mouth began to function again. The silence that followed was rather uncomfortable.

"Sooooo…What will we do now?" I said after a few minutes, once again staring at my shoes. The easy flowing conversation had come to a stand still a few minutes ago and I still couldn't think of anything to say.

"Well the way I see it we have three choices." He announced. I looked up to see him staring at me with his beautiful crooked grin hitched onto his face. "One; we take the scenic route back to the dorms and converse with one another about nonsensical thoughts. Two; we walk directly back to the dorms and go to bed. Not the most exciting option. And three; we go trick or treating. Your choice."

"Where would we trick or treat around here?" I laughed.

"I have absolutely no idea." He replied laughing with me.

"I like option one. Just promise me one thing…"

"And what would that be?"

"You need to tell me when you get tired of me."

"I don't think that's going to happen any time soon." He whispered as he grasped my hand. "Come on."

"So are you going to tell me what upset you earlier?" He asked after we'd been walking for a few minutes. We had found a small park on the eastern side of campus and we were keenly exploring this little paradise. I was so happy spending this time with Edward that I had completely forgotten everything else before this moment.

"It's not important." I said looking down at my shoes. My good mood suddenly slipping away.

"If it upset you then it is important." He said pulling my chin up so I had no choice but to look him in the eyes. "Alice said some guys said something to you. What was it? If they were rude to you I'll gladly set Emmett on them." He joked.

"They were just commenting on my costume. And no it's not what upset me. I'm fine really; just overreacting. Don't worry."

"You sure you don't want to talk about it?" He was staring so fiercely into my eyes. I swear he was trying to read my mind. But judging from his slight frown he was failing miserably.

"Mmm hmmm!" I nodded biting on my bottom lip and trying to look away.

"We'll pretend I believe you." He said, before changing the subject. "So did you have fun?"

"Surprisingly yes I did. Parties were never really my thing, but this was…entertaining."

"Wisely chosen words. What was your favourite part of our evening?" He asked leading me to a park bench under one of the larger trees.

"Well as far as I'm concerned this evening isn't over yet. But my favourite part of the party was…probably the dancing."

"I have to say that was my favourite part too. Although I enjoyed dancing with you much more than I did dancing with Emmett. Speaking of which…we never got to finish our dance at the party." I didn't know where he was going with this and judging from his expression he could tell. He turned his body towards mine before continuing.

"I would really like to finish our dance…Would you do me the honor?" He stood up and offered me his hand.

"S-s-sure!" I stuttered and accepted his hand. "But we don't have any music."

"Who said we didn't?" He said as he pulled his phone out of his pocket. "Isn't it ironic that the reason we didn't get to finish our dancing is somewhat essential for us to finish it?" He quickly pressed a few buttons on the keypad. It was quiet for a moment, but seconds later the melodic tones of a piano began to float out of the tiny speakers.

"Claire De Lune?"

"You know this?" He sounded surprised by this knowledge.

"It's one of my favourite pieces pf music."

"Mine too." He said as he placed the phone down on the bench.

"May I have this dance Miss Swan?" He bowed to me and extended his hand once more.

"Of course." I gently placed my hand in his. I wasn't prepared for what happened next.

As soon as our hands touched an even more intense variety of our usual electric current coursed up my arm. I was almost about to pull my hand away, but Edward suddenly tightened his grip and pulled me to him in one smooth motion.

He was so much closer that he had been earlier. It was making it harder for me to remember how to breathe. He placed his free hand on my waist and raised our joined hands. I rested my hand gently on his shoulder and slowly we began to sway to the music.

We stayed this way for another minute or so, before he gently twirled me around. "You know you're better at this dancing thing than you give yourself credit for." He whispered in my ear when I was facing him again. I blushed and tried to hide my face, but with both hands otherwise occupied this was a difficult feat. After a moments deliberation I just dropped my forehead down onto his chest. He didn't push me away so I just left it there while I replied.

His smell surrounded me making it hard to think. Everything about him was perfect, his body, his personality and even his smell. It was like nothing on this earth. No cologne or scent could ever match the smell of Edward. He was just too perfect. It made my heart ache to know I'd never be good enough for him. "Well this is more shuffling than dancing." I mumbled.

He laughed quietly and I felt the reverberations running through my body. I turned my head so my ear was flush with his chest listening to the steady beating of his heart. He raised our joined hands up and placed mine on his other shoulder then placed his hand on the other side of my waist.

"Well whatever it is, it's nice." He whispered as he rested his chin on top of my head and pulled me closer. It was like a scene from one of those old movies. Dancing in the moonlight without a care in the world. I couldn't remember a time when I had enjoyed anything more than this. If only everyday could end like this. I looked up to see Edward watching me with a thoughtful expression. When our eyes met he smiled and lent down to rest his forehead against mine.

We continued to 'dance' this way for the rest of the song. But when the last notes faded into nothing we just stayed the way we were. Not talking, not moving, just looking into each other's eyes. I felt like I could get lost in his eyes. Not that I would mind in the slightest. I could never tire of those shining emerald orbs.

After a few more minutes we, reluctantly, pulled apart. I didn't want to ever let go of him. I already missed the warmth of his body next to mine. It could have just been the weather, but everything seemed much colder that before. I shivered. Edward seemed to notice because he was suddenly shrugging out of his jacket.

"No Edward. Keep it on, I'm fine." I insisted.

He ignored me and draped the coat over my shoulders. His hands lingered on the collar of the coat – well actually on my neck - for just a second longer than was really necessary. I shivered again. "Humour me." Has all he said.

As he turned to pick up his phone I surreptitiously turned my head to sniff his jacket. It carried that same perfect fragrance that he did. He frowned at the display before slipping the phone into his pocket. He came to stand by me again and wrapped an arm around my shoulders. "Shall we?"

The walk back to the dorms was quite eventful. The array of costumes people had managed to get there hands on was amazing. We saw, astronauts, sharks, Barbies, hula girls, knights, the Three Musketeers, a nun, even a cockroach. My all time favourite though was the mime.

It was clear that he didn't really know what he was doing but he seemed to be having fun so it worked out pretty well. We found him while we were walking past one of the dorms. We didn't really notice him at first but he made himself known when he started to imitate Edward by wrapping his arm around and imaginary person. When he was sure he had our full attention he was determined to entertain us. Why, I have no idea, but we decided to give him a chance.

He started by pointing to me and then placing his hand on his heart. Then he ran over to the empty garden bed on the side of the path and picking me a nonexistent bouquet of flowers. He then proceeded to trip over nothing and the 'flowers' all fell to the ground. Or at least that's what I'm guessing from his flailing arms and dejected expression.

After picking himself up off the ground he went back and picked me one new 'flower' and made a special effort to get it to me safely. Once I had accepted the 'flower' he smiled and walked away. But not before giving Edward two thumbs up.

As soon as he was out of earshot we both burst out laughing. Edward was doubled over and clutching his stomach when I looked over and that only made me laugh harder.

"He was so bad." Edward laughed.

"Uh huh!" I giggled.

We stayed silent for a few minutes trying to regain our composure. Edward was the first.

"I haven't laughed that hard in ages." He said while wiping his eyes.

"Neither have I." I concurred.

"Not since -" He broke off mid sentence. His face reverted back to the displeased expression that he had worn while on the phone earlier.

I desperately wanted to ask him about what was going on, but I didn't know how to phrase my question.

Just ask! My brain screamed at me.

"Hey Edward?"

No! Not now. Think first. Another part of my brain countered

"Yes Bella."

"Um…No, just forget it." I mumbled as I started to walk away.

"What is it?" He asked as he caught up with me.

"Nothing. I was just going to ask…" I couldn't ask him. It was his personal life and if he wanted me to know he would have told me. But he had said we were friends – well judging from how we were dancing we could be much more than that – and friends could ask about friends personal lives. Couldn't they?

"Ask…?" He repeated.

"Who kept calling you before? I'm not trying to be nosy or anything, it's just that you seemed really upset and I wanted to know if I could help."

His expression seemed to become even sadder and I immediately regretted asking.

"I knew I should have kept out of it. Just forget I said anything." I tried to move away again, but Edward had learnt from last time and immediately caught my hand so I couldn't go anywhere.

"No Bella don't go." He pleaded. "It's fine really and you're not being nosy. I…I just can't talk about this right now. I'm not ready to."

"That's fine. Like I said, just forget I said anything." I began to pull him along with me as I made my way back to the dorms. "But I'm here if or when you want to talk to someone." I told him.

"Thanks Bella." He said as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders again.

"You're welcome." I whispered as I wrapped my arm around his waist.

"The same applies to you." He whispered, referring to our earlier conversation.

"I know."

We walked in silence the rest of the way to the dorms, arms wrapped around each other.

All too soon we were standing in front of the door to my room.

"I had a great time tonight Edward." I knew it sounded cheesy but it was all I could think of to say. Beside it was the truth. It was probably the best night of my life.

Edward grinned at me. "I had a great time tonight too Bella. We should do this again some time."

"That sounds like a plan to me."

"Well I'll see you again soon." He said. Then, before I could even process what was happening he quickly pecked me on the cheek and walked away.

"Goodnight." He called over his shoulder.

"Goodnight…" I yelled back before leaning on the doorframe. "…Edward." I sighed holding my hand to my cheek.

Yep! Definitely the best night of my life.

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