The Twilight Twenty-Five

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Prompt: #16

Pen Name: EveryDayBella

Pairing/Character(s): Edward/Bella

Rating: T

Word Count: 498

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When we were kids Bella had this map of the world on her wall. It was ancient, tattered, and half the european countries on it didn't even exist any more, but she had loved that thing. She swore that she was going to travel the world even if she had to do it from the back of a truck.

I hadn't realized how serious she was until she hitchhiked to California to see a Guns and Roses show when we were sixteen. We all freaked out when she disappeared. She was grounded for a month. I just made her promise not go alone next time.

Since then these trips had been common and usually happened at the last minute. Bella would breeze through the door with some crazy idea and we would be off. I knew that I should have stopped her but she was never happier than when she was out on the road.

Which lead to both of us sitting under a poncho, freezing wet, beside some little back road in the middle of nowhere. I was cold, soaked, and miserable, but she was animated and bouncing as she rambled on about the all places we were going to go on this trip. I loved the girl but she was getting on my nerves.

"Damn it." I muttered under my breath.

"What's wrong?"

"Oh, I don't know, we're stuck in the rain, everything is wet, my computer is probably ruined, and no one has ridden by this god forsaken road in hours. We're stuck, Bella. Good job."

I had never spoken to her so sharply before. Bella was my life, she was everything to me. I didn't want to ever hurt her. She's been hurt to many times in the past, I couldn't be the source of more.

For a moment the only sound was the pattering of rain drops on the plastic tarp. My heart sank down to my shoes. I wanted to reach out and touch her, but I didn't know how she would react. I missed her already though.

My heart stopped when Bella got out from under the tarp and went out into the rain. Did she want to get away from me so bad that she would walk in the rain?

I debated for a moment between giving her space and going after her. In the end I just shrugged the pancho away and ran after her.

She turned back toward me with a smile on her lips. Little minx. "Edward, it's raining." Se stated the obvious, but I could tell that she meant so much more. It was raining all around and it always had been.

"Yeah, it is. Our stuff is ruined anyway. What do you say we walk and see if we can find a gas station?"

"You don't mind?" Her arms twined around my neck while mine found her waist. Holding her was second nature.

"Yeah, I'd follow you anywhere, Bella, across every map and rain storm."