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Chapter 10

(EPOV)

The rest of the week went by a blur and it was finally Friday. I had promised Alice to ask Bella out for a shopping trip. Or... Alice made me promise that or she would torture me the remnants of my life. I manned up and called her Thursday night.

"Hello?" she answered with her gentle voice, or gentle to my ears. I almost forgot to answer her, as I got lost in my thoughts about her. It was quite easy though.

"Hello Bella, it's Edward" I said with all the calmness I could muster. In fact, I was shaking.

"Oh, Edward! Hey!" she sounded a bit flustered? What was she doing?

"I was wondering if... Okay, Alice wants you to go shopping with her tomorrow" I said, leaving no room for arguments. She seemed to comply with Alice's orders. I could hear her sigh in surrender.

"Guess I won't be able to get out of this" she laughed, a sound that I've missed for some time. I nodded to myself.

"Haha, sorry no. And I won't be able to join you in purgatory either. I have another jam session before our gig Saturday. It's just going to be you, Alice and Rosalie" I said regretfully.

"What?! No Edward, that's just cruel and unnecessary!" she yelled in the phone, fear evident in her voice.

"Don't worry! I'll make it up to you later! I still owe you a date" I chuckled and ran my hand through my hair.

"Okay, I'll remember that" she giggled.

"Great, I'll have to go now" I said and paced in my room. I looked on my watch, it said 8.30 pm, maybe I should stop by now and sing to her. But should I? Maybe she didn't like me being there, singing for her.

"Are you going to drop by later tonight?" she asked pleadingly. How could I deny her anything? I nodded, mostly to myself.

"Of course, if you want me to" I said and smiled warmly. I'd wish she was here with me, but I was sure that we would somehow end up together, I had no doubt.

I hung up and threw myself onto my bed and sighed. She made me so happy, I couldn't explain it. I had eleven days left, before she'd leave for the other school. The thought of losing her was so painful, and surreal. It was almost as if reality wouldn't be right without her presence and reality knew that, because it was a fact. I got my guitar, hoisted it on my back and went out to my car. Even my Volvo seemed incomplete without her, sitting right next to me and holding my hand. She would tighten her hand and I would squeeze it back. I thought about the last time where we were sitting here, so close to each other.

I drove my normal and regular speed, which faster than allowed. No surprise! I was aching to see her, even the speed limit couldn't hold me back. I checked the rear view mirror and saw my guitar shining, reflecting the lights from the lamp posts.

Charlie was still working on his shift, making it possible for me to play for her again tonight. I knocked on the window, again, and she opened it with her widest smile. How could she be so happy to be near me? She hadn't even seen me yet. She moved to give me space for me to climb through, but I had other plans in my head. I stopped her and took her hand.

"Come out with me, just in the garden" I said reassuringly. She held both her hands out, extended for me to help her out. She wrapped her arms around my neck and I lifted her out. We sat on the grass and the cool Forks evening air wrapped its hold around us. I had my arm draped around her shoulder and I laid us down, so we were lying on the ground, looking up at the stars. My guitar was lying next to us as well and I felt complete again. It only took one Bella and one Edward to make a whole. I sighed and turned my face to whisper in her ears:

"The stars are beautiful tonight. You know it's quite difficult to describe them..." I trailed of, looking for a good description. It never came.

"Just try..." she whispered as she continued to gaze upwards, seeing nothing at all. I smiled sadly. I would love her to see them herself, with her own eyes. Right now I would have to be her eyes.

"Wikipedia says that A star is a massive, luminous ball of plasma that is held together by gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth. Other stars are visible in the night sky, when they are not outshone by the Sun" I said while looking at the only pair of stars, outshining everything else. Her eyes. I leaned in to kiss her lips and when we pulled away, she had the goofiest grin painted on her face.

"Am I a bad kisser, since you're wearing that grin?" I asked amused. She shook her head, giggling.

"It's just because... You speak as if you were from another time" she whispered and caressed my cheek in a soothingly, calm manner.

"Is that bad or a good thing?" I asked worriedly. She shook her head again, closing her eyes.

"I like it" she said and opened her warm eyes again.

I sat up and got my guitar again.

"I want to sing a song called When the Stars Go Blue..." I said and looked at her expectantly.

"Oh, like the one from One Tree Hill? With Haley and Chris Keller?" she asked curiously, but her eyes held recognition.

"How does that version sound like?"I asked, also curiously.

She also sat up, hugging her knees.

"Play the intro" she said and looked at me again.

"Dancing where the stars go blue" she sang and I smiled happily. My girl had a good taste in music as well.

"Let's start over. You start" I said and strummed the guitar, before beginning again.

"Dancing where the stars go blue
Dancing where the evening fell
Dancing in my wooden shoes
In a wedding gown" she sighed and turned her face upwards. Whereafter I took over.

"Dancing out on seventh street
Dancing through the underground
Dancing little marionette
Are you happy now, yeah"

I looked at her and she smiled as I continued to sing, solo.

"Where do you go when you're lonely
Where do you go when you're blue
Where do you go when you're lonely
I'll follow you
When the stars go blue
When the stars go blue"

I stopped and she whispered a silent "ooo"

"Laughing with your pretty mouth" I sang and she echoed.
laughing with your pretty mouth
Laughing with your broken eyes
laughing with your broken eyes
Laughing with your lover's tongue
In a lullaby, yeah – We sang in unison and rocked back and forth to the music. She was so beautiful in the light of the stars.

"Where do you go when you're lonely
Where do you go when you're blue
Where do you go when you're lonely
I'll follow you, yeah yeah

Where do you go when you're lonely
Where do you go when you're blue
Where do you go when you're lonely
I'll follow you, follow you, follow you, yeah yeah
When the stars go blue
When the stars go blue
When the stars go blue
When the stars go blue

Where do you go when you're lonely
Where do you go when the stars go blue"

I had so much fun. I kissed her forehead and held her closer to me. She was so precious to me and I couldn't imagine losing her. Ever. However, I would lose her to the evil being, also known as Alice Cullen.

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