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This is a sorta happy chapter, be proud! so without any further introduction.
Broken - Lifehouse
I woke up the next day feeling completely drained and numb and having absolutely no idea why. Sitting up I looked around and noticed the gold curtains and the warm breathing body beside me. Realization hit me as hard as a brick wall and I dropped back down on the mattress, hitting it with a small oomph. I looked over to see Edward sleeping peacefully at my side, his bronze hair flopping into his perfect angelic face. I moved closer to Edward's warm body, wanting to be as close as possible to him.
I lay like that for awhile until I heard the soft creak of the door swinging open. Looking over I saw Alice creep into the room and smile apologetically before motioning for me to follow her. With a sigh I slowly sat up in the bed and hopped off trying not to disturb Edward's sleep. Looking back I saw him still sleeping peacefully a small smile on his face. I looked at Alice and she motioned for me to follow her to her room. I crept out of Edward's room and shut the door quietly.
"What Alice." I whispered as we walked towards her room. Looking at Alice I saw deep purple bruises under her eyes and her blue eyes seemed darker, sadder. I look I had never seen on Alice.
"I wanted to give you something that Esme and I put together last night." I looked at Alice quizzically, but still followed her. Alice's room was filled with her essence. The room was a soft crème with dark purple and maroon swirls running around the walls. Her bed was big and it sat in the middle of the room with a canopy of silk hanging down. Her dresser was covered in make-up and hair products and her closest was filled with clothes she adored. In one corner of her room was a cork board filled with drawings and ideas scribbled in her neat calligraphy. I followed Alice over to her desk where she picked up a huge scrap book.
"This is for you to keep. I'm not trying to make you sad, but I thought you would like this." Alice said to me before handing over the bulging book. The book was heavier than I thought and my arms collapsed a little under its weight.
"Where's Rosalie?" I asked her before opening up the book.
"She's downstairs eating breakfast with Esme and Jasper." Alice told me. "Now open it up." She said some of her excitement back in her voice. Opening the book I was met by a burst of colour and two little kids with their arms around each other smiling hugely up at me, I smiled and laughed weakly as I recognized Edward's green eyes and my messy brown hair. I blinked back tears as I flipped through all the colourful pictures of Edward and me as we grew up. Alice and I both laughed our heads off when I came to our thirteenth year, when Edward and I decided it would be super fun if we baked a batch of cookies. In short, flour covered the entire kitchen and chocolate chips scattered across the floor, egg and sugar stuck to the ceiling.
"I remember, you and Edward thought you used the blender not the mixers." Alice said between laughs. "I came home and saw you two trying desperately to clean up, but you were laughing too hard to get anything done." I smiled at the memory, remembering the look of surprise on Esme's face when she came home with groceries.
"I can even remember what Edward said to your mom." I told Alice remembering Edward's oh so innocent response.
"We wanted to make you cookies mommy." I heard Edward say from the doorway his voice rough from sleep but the same small smile on his lips. Alice looked between us before standing up. I smiled up at Edward, glad he remembered the funny memory.
"Well, I'm going to Jasper." She said excusing herself from the room. Edward walked in, only wearing his black pajama pants and sat beside me looking at the scrapbook.
"I remember you couldn't keep a straight face and started laughing as soon as I said that." He told me flashing me one of his crooked smiles.
"I couldn't help it; look how funny you look covered in flour." I told him pointing to the picture. Edward rolled his eyes and flipped the page and together we went through the last four years of our lives. Finally we came to the last picture, it was a candid picture of Edward and I lying on the grass in the backyard by the swing, our hands were intertwined and we were smiling at each other. Edward's green eyes were sparkling and I looked like I was about to start laughing. In the picture I could see the love I felt for Edward shining through me and I wondered ideally if he could see it too. Looking over I saw Edward staring intently at the picture before closing the book abruptly and placing it on Alice's bed.
"Let's go get something to eat." He told me grabbing my hand and pulling me up off the bed.
"Edward, I'm going to miss you like a drug addict misses heroin." I told him, knowing somehow that's what he wanted to hear.
"It's strange how you can sum up both our feelings in words." He told me, before pulling me closer and we walked down the stairs together, needing no other confessions of our feelings at that moment.
All the Cullen's and Rosalie were in the kitchen eating eggs and bacon that Esme cooked. I took a seat in one of the empty chairs and grabbed a piece of toast. Edward took a spot next to me and placed to eggs and a slice of bacon before handing it to me. Looking down I laughed when I saw the egg and bacon smiley face smiling back. Edward smiled before grabbing his own plateful of food.
"What's on the agenda for today?" Esme asked looking outside.
"Rosalie and I are going to play some online Halo 3." Emmett said smiling hugely, the sudden move not affecting him the way it affected the rest of us.
"I'm going to Jasper's house." Alice informed her parents looking down at her plate. I kicked Alice under the table, surprising her, she looked up. I gave her a knowing look; Jasper's parents were away for the rest of the week in New York for their 25 year anniversary. Alice smiled sheepishly her cheeks turning a faint pink. I saw Edward shudder beside me before glaring at Jasper. I smiled sadly, I was going to miss the silent communication I could have with the Cullen's, I was going to miss the Cullen's. My heart ached already and they were beside me, I didn't want to think about how much it would hurt when they were actually gone.
"Edward, Bella, what about you two?" Esme asked looking at us.
"I'm going to get Edward to come back home with me and he's going to help me with my Calculus." I said smiling at Edward. Edward grabbed my bacon and flipped it upside down so the face was frowning. Picking up the bacon I ate it, grinning at Edward.
"You can play Halo if you would like Edward." Emmett offered to Edward.
"No, its okay Emmett, Bella needs as much help as she can get." He said in his teasing tone.
"No, I'm sure Edward wants to go to my house so he can see Lacey." I shot back before standing up and placing my plate on the counter. Turning back around, I saw Edward looking at me with a hurt expression.
"No, I'm going to your house because it's where you will be." Edward answered standing up and walking up the stairs. I followed him with my eyes before turning to face Alice and Esme, who were both looking at me sadly.
"I'm definitely missing something here." Rosalie said taking a bite of her toast. "And I've never heard that many sentences in a row starting with 'no'." Emmett laughed.
"Well I better go change." I said before walking up the stairs, leaving the rest of them to talk about sentence structure. As I approached Edward's room I slowed down before knocking.
"You can come in Bella." Edward called from the other side of the door. Walking in I saw Edward looking through the scrap book Alice and Esme put together.
"This picture is one of my favorites." Edward said pointing to the picture of the first day we met. I looked at it and smiled sadly remembering that day. It was the beginning of grade three and Edward and I were placed in the same class. Esme came with Edward and of course she brought along her camera. I remember I was all by myself in the corner of the gym; Edward walked over to me his mother in tow.
"You like piano too?" He asked out of the blue, pointing to my piano key chain hanging from my backpack.
"Yes." I replied shyly. And in a very Alice like manner Edward declared I was going to be his closest friend. The picture was of Edward and I clapping hands when we got into the same class, Mrs. White was our teacher. Coming back into present time I smiled at Edward.
"I love that picture, I think I love all the pictures but the one of me crying on my tenth birthday because I thought you weren't coming." I said flipping quickly to the picture, grimacing when I saw my puffy, red eyes. We spent the rest of the morning flipping through the book laughing at most of the pictures; it was like reliving the past, a past full of happy, memorable memories.
"Come on; time to go to my house." I told Edward when we finally finished going through the book.
"Do we have to?" He whined.
"Edward acting like the seven year old I fell in love with isn't going to work." I told him rolling my eyes before the words I spoke sunk in. I looked up in shock at Edward who was staring back with a mixed expression of amusement and surprise.
"You love me?" He asked walking towards me, his face full of amusement and something else, the shock having died away.
"Of course I love you, you dough head. I've spent ten years with you. Now come on I have calculus that needs to be done." I said walking over to grab my scrap book before going out of the door, trying to play it off like it was nothing, but I could feel my heart hammering in my chest and I could feel the blood staining my cheeks. I could hear Edward following me down the stairs, his keys jingling in his pocket.
"Bye Esme." I said to her as we passed.
"See you for dinner Bella; I'm trying a new recipe out." She said looking excited. I nodded and walked out to the Volvo. Calculus did not go over well, Lacey kept interrupting blabbing on about nothing to Edward and my aunt was angry at me for not telling her I was going to be away for a night.
I watched sadly as Edward drove back home, I couldn't go with him because Celine forbid it. Walking back inside I tried to focus on my Calculus homework, but my mind couldn't focus. I picked up the scrap book and flipped through it feeling the warm tears build up in my eyes. This was going to be a tough two weeks and an impossible year.
I'm going to do another Edward's POV for either this chapter of chapter 13, so just tell me what one you would like the most.
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