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It wasn't the sun or my mother that woke me up it was the soft sound of rain against my window. I groggily pushed the blankets off my body and moved towards the window to see how bad the weather was. Looking out I saw the sky was clear and the sun was just coming over the horizon, streaking the sky in beautiful hues of purple and pink.
Confused about the sound I looked around to see Edward standing off to the side with a smile on his face. I quickly opened the window. Edward looked like he was just getting out of bed. His normally messy bronze hair was even worse than usual. His clothes looked like he threw them on in a desperate haste in the dark.
"Edward?" I hissed, trying to conceal my body from view. I was only in my nightgown.
"Bella I couldn't wait to see you, but I couldn't call on you again. My mother found out about us seeing each other yesterday and she's forbid me from seeing you, but I can't live with that. So I came to tell you that I will be at the meadow at noon. Please come if you feel the slightest of feelings for me." He whispered back to me in his irresistible silken voice. I was taken back by his request and momentarily lost for words.
"I'll meet you there." I replied, his smile seemed to stretch for miles after that. Swiftly he moved forward and kissed my cheek before running back down the street towards his house. While closing the window I had to control my breathing. My heart was pounding a mile a minute and my head was spinning slightly. Edward wanted to be with me, even against his mothers orders; I had
never felt so...happy. Moving quietly around my room I tried to find the best dress to wear. Finally settling on a crème and emerald one, I got ready for the day. After I ate my breakfast and told my mother I was going for a walk, I left the house and walked towards the meadow.
"Isabella!" I heard someone call for me as I walked down the street. I turned to see Mary walking quickly towards me, weaving in and out of the people on the busy side walk. When she reached me she was out of breath.
"I have the most terrible news." She said breathlessly.
"What?" I said shocked, what could have happened?
"Mrs. Mason has chosen the four girls that are to try and win Edward's heart." Mary finally said when she had caught her breath. Just when Mary seemed to have her breathing under control I lost mine. My lungs seemed to tighten up and I felt like I was fighting for air.
"Is this true?" I asked, hoping Mary heard the gossip wrong. She watched my face closely.
"Yes." She said slowly, trying to keep me calm. The pain in my heart hurt more than anything I had ever felt. How could I so stupidly fall in love with someone who was out of my league and going to be promised to someone else?
"Come with me Isabella." Mary said quietly as she forcefully grabbed my upper elbow and towed me off the streets. I knew my face must have shown the pain I was in because women on the street stopped and looked at me, I saw in their expressions that they wanted to come over and see if I would be alright but none of them did for that was not the way of society. You dealt with
your emotional problems on your own.
"I'm going to the meadow in the east of the park." I said, pulling my elbow out of Mary's grasp. I had managed to conceal my emotions. "You may come, I am meeting Edward there." I said. Mary looked at me stunned
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"You are meeting Edward?" She repeated. "So your pained expression was because you love him not because you won't now have a chance with him?" Mary could be so observant, especially when it came to me.
"Of course it's because I love him. I've known him for six days now and I can't stop thinking about him. I feel like the young and naive Juliet." Mary laughed happily, linking my arm in hers and we walked towards the meadow.
"You are one of a kind Isabella Swan and I wouldn't want you any other way."
"I'm extremely glad." I said politely. We walked in silence all the way to the meadow, each of us pondering our own problems. When we got to the meadow I saw Edward standing on the other side his back to us. Looking at Mary, we both snickered quietly and walked extremely slowly to where he stood. When we reached him we straightened out of our crouches.
"Edward." I said loudly, causing him to jump in fright. I bit my lip to hold in my laughter. Mary wasn't that nice she laughed loudly at Edward's scared expression when he turned around.
"Bella." he breathed in relief. "And Mary. It's nice to see you again." He smiled brightly at both of us.
"I'm running late for a violin lesson. I will see both of you later." Mary said, winking at me. I knew Mary's violin lesson didn't start for another hour. I raised my eyebrows at her but she just shook her head slowly. So I let the question at the tip of my tongue slip off.
"I hope your lesson goes smoothly." Edward said to Mary. Before she left Mary pulled me off to the side to whisper in my ear.
"Be careful Isabella, Mrs. Mason has ears, eyes and claws. Watch where you tread with Edward." She whispered to me. "Have a good afternoon." She called out louder to Edward. He lifted up his hand and waved to Mary.
"Thank you for your concern Mary." I kissed her cheek lightly before she left. I was watching Mary leave feeling guilty about falling in love when she had no one. Then Edward sneaked up behind me.
"Bella." I jumped and turned around to look at him. He laughed quietly at my expression but stopped when I scowled at him. "What did Mary want to tell you?" He asked his emerald eyes boring into me
"She wanted to tell me that your mother has ears, eyes and claws and that she has picked out four suitable girls for you." I quickly slapped my hand over my mouth, embarrassed that I had said so much. His eyes seemed to just lift the truth from me. I could feel my blush run all the way up to my hair line. I saw Edward stiffen. Looking up I saw he was staring over my head his jaw clenched and his fists balled.
"She what?" He asked quietly.
"She got four girls for you." I said nervously. "You did not know?"
"No, my mother never tells me things like this. Most of the times she thinks she owns me." I suddenly felt very sorry for Edward, to have mother who controlled your life so fully would not be a happy life.
Suddenly Edward turned and smiled at me. "How do you find Mrs. Palmers new bakery store?" Edward asked me
"I adore it. The cakes are to die for." After that our conversations stayed on the happy side of things, we spent most of our afternoons laughing at each other and walking around the meadow.
We spent everyday for the next week like that, meeting in secret at the meadow, hiding our growing love. I was stupid to think it could last, I was a fool for falling in love. If only I knew what was to come, I could have possibly saved myself the heartache.
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