the Twilight Twenty-Five
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Prompt: #3
Pen Name: randommama
Pairing/Character(s): Edward/Bella
Rating: T
Word Count: 461
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The Woman On The Road
Edward was traveling along, fiddling with the radio stations in his car, when he suddenly and unexpectedly saw a body laid out on the road ahead of him. He was going too fast to stop in time, so he swerved sharply, running his car off the road and into a nearby tree, rather than hit the person in the middle of the road. Fortunately, he wasn't hurt, just in shock. Although his car was badly damaged, he was more worried about the person who was in the middle of the road.
Edward walked over to examine the person who was laying motionless right near the dividing lines. He hoped he hadn't just stumbled upon a dead body. He was relieved when he saw her chest rise and fall with breath.
It was definitely a woman that laid before him. She was alive, but unconscious.
Edward questioned what the hell she was doing there in the middle of the road in the first place. She could've been killed. Why she hadn't been run-over already was a miracle. She was fortunate, though, that the road they were on was more of a back road and traffic was usually scarce. She was lucky Edward had noticed her in time and avoided being the one to run her over.
All sorts of scenarios as to why the woman ended up in the middle of the road entered his head. He couldn't tell if any were right. All he knew was that she didn't seem to have suffered any physical trauma. At least, not any he could see. Edward then wondered how long had she been laying in the middle of the road like she had been. Most of all, he wondered who exactly was she.
He did notice that the woman was beautiful. She had this long, silky, mahogany mass of hair that fanned around her face. She had pale skin which was flawless and like that of porcelain. Though he really couldn't see much of her figure, since it was somewhat covered by her clothing, he could still tell that she had a smoking body. She greatly intrigued Edward.
He figured that his first order of business was to get her out from the middle of the road. He didn't know if he should move her, but what he did know was he didn't feel right leaving her laying in the middle of the road. He scooped her up and carried her to the side of the road where he laid her down in the grass by his car.
Curiously, all the movement still hadn't stirred her. She still hadn't opened her eyes.
Still the question remained. How did this lovely woman end up out in the middle of nowhere laying on the road?