Chapter 14: Deja vu

Ana's POV

It was Monday again, I thought as I dressed for school. I wanted to be mad the weekend was over considering it had been such an amazing one, but I wasn't. As much as I enjoyed spending time with Edward it would be nice to have a few hours apart. He had barely left my side this weekend, and I was really missing my privacy. I mean a girl really needs to poop sometimes.

I'm sure Edward wouldn't care, but considering he could hear so well and so far away it would be mortifying to use the bathroom for that around him. I cringed thinking about it.

Oh God, and what about periods? That horrible thought came to me. I was due for my monthly torture pretty soon. I wouldn't be able to avoid it. Would my bleeding be an issue? Would that make him want me?

I crinkled my nose at the thought of him being thirsty for my menstrual blood. Gag. Okay Swan get your mind out of the gutter!

I shook off the disturbing mental image and stepped outside. The cool morning air of November made me smile. It was a tad windy, my hair whipped around me a little. The runaway strands didn't bother me though.

I walked easily out in the yard past my truck. I thought for a moment about taking it now that I knew Mike would not mess with it, but the morning air felt so good. I just wanted to walk and enjoy it all.

I was almost to the end of my drive when a certain silver Volvo pulled in. Edward rolled down the driver side window to speak with me.

"Can I offer you a ride to school today?" He was smiling and confident.

"You can offer, but I'm afraid I can't accept." I smiled after my reply. Edward frowned looking at me curiously.

"Why not?"

"It's much too pretty of a day to not walk. I'll see you at school okay?" He frowned more deeply, but I didn't wait for a reply and started walking again. I didn't pay attention to the road or the cars that passed, but just enjoyed the fresh fall air. I couldn't have been walking but for just a few minutes when Edward appeared at my side.

"Oh!" I exclaimed a little startled. He gave me lopsided grin.

"And here I thought it was impossible to scare you." He chuckled.

"I wasn't expecting you. I thought you went ahead to school already." He gave me a confused face.

"Do you want me to go?" He looked so uncertain. I didn't mean to make him feel bad.

"No. I just didn't expect you to walk with me. I know how you like to drive fast." I teased him. He grinned again sheepishly.

"I would rather walk with you, even if it is at an achingly slow pace." He teased me back. I pretended to be offended.

"Och! Well I never!" I threw my nose in the air and stomped off in front of him with a 'hmph.'

Edward let out the most joyful laugh. It stopped me in my tracks it was so beautiful. I turned to look at him.

His eyes were twinkling with humor, his mouth turned up in the silliest grin.

"Ana I swear you make me laugh more than I thought was possible." It warmed me to hear him say that. I felt like blushing so I turned away and started walking again. I knew he would catch up in about point two seconds.

He did. I glanced at him sideways. He was grinning like a fool. It made me smile.

"How do you make me smile so much?" He asked me with just a hint of wonder in his voice.

"Because I'm awesome." I said simply. He chuckled at me.

"Where did my shy Ana go? Who is this confident creature?" And the blushing came. My cheeks felt red, and I knew it was not from the wind.

I shrugged, but his words triggered a song in my head. I started nodding my head to my internal tune. Unfortunately for me, singing in my head almost always results in singing out loud. Well humming, not singing, but still. Before I knew that was exactly what was happening.

Edward's chuckle brought me up short on the next verse. Damn my inability to not hum.

"Sound of Music. I could have guessed you liked that movie." He stated.

"It's a classic." I conceded.

"Not the song I would have pictured you humming though." I shrugged.

"You talking about confidence brought it to my head. But I guess you're right, it's not my favorite. Can you guess which one is?"

Edward pondered for a moment before speaking. "If I guess right will you do something for me?"

I gave him a suspicious look. "That depends on what you want." He just grinned.

"No, you have agree before I guess."

"But there's no telling what you want. It may not be worth it." I countered. He laughed.

"I promise it won't be anything bad." I sighed, then grinned.

"Fine, but if you guess wrong you have to do something for me." He didn't like that I could tell from his face, but he surprised me by saying fine.

"Alright. Guess away."

"How many guess do I get?" He asked and I laughed holding up one finger. He scrunched his nose.

"I'm thinking you may not get this right. Are you sure you know me well enough yet?" I bated him. He smirked at me then gave his answer with total confidence.

"Edelweiss."

My jaw dropped. Literally. I think it was on the ground somewhere.

"How did you know that? I mean seriously? How could you know that?" I was floored. He grinned at me.

"Now you have to do what I want." I eyed him suspiciously. Maybe he could read my mind. What if he was just pretending not to be able to before?

I'm secretly in love with Mr. Potato head.

Edward laughed. My eyes went wide. Oh shit!

"Ana I can't read your mind, but I can tell you're thinking outrageous things. Your eyes express too much."

"Maybe. But I don't think you knew Edelweiss just by chance." He looked a little guilty.

"I guess that's true. You hum it all the time in Biology." My eyes widened in surprise. Then narrowed.

"That's cheating. You set me up!" I accused.

"I did not cheat. I could have been wrong. You hum a lot of different things." I pursed my mouth in distaste letting him know what I thought of his explanation.

"Fine what do you want?" I grumbled.

"Will you sing it for me?" My eyes widened in surprise. We both stopped walking. He looked deeply in my eyes. "It happens to be one of my favorites as well. You never sing, just hum. I'd like to hear you sing it." His eyes begged me.

"But I don't really sing." I told him. Which was true. I liked to hum a lot. But I hadn't sang since… him. And I didn't think I could. It was a special thing for me. Was I ready?

"You have a beautiful voice Ana. Please. Sing it for me?" He looked so sweet and I just couldn't refuse even though my stomach was churning from nervousness. If it was anyone else I would have told them to take a flying leap. But it was Edward. Only he could make me cave on this.

I sighed, closed my eyes and began to hum the tune to get me ready, then I sang.

"Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever"

I felt my voice shake at first unused to voicing the lyrics out loud, but as the song continued my voice was unwavering. It really was one of my favorites. When I opened my eyes Edward's were looking at me so tenderly. He brushed away a tear on my cheek that I didn't even know was there.

"Thank you Ana." He took my hand and we continued walking to school. "I've been wanting to hear you sing that for a long time. Since the first time you hummed it in Biology. It would always drive me crazy that you just hummed. You have such a beautiful voice. You should sing more often."

I didn't know what to say. If he only knew why I never sang. I couldn't speak about it so I said nothing. I think it must have unnerved him though.

"I'm sorry Ana. I hope you aren't mad at me for asking you to sing." He was sincerely sorry. I could tell by his eyes. I didn't trust my voice at the moment so I shrugged, pretending to be okay with everything.

"Ana?" He stopped walking and turned to me taking my face in his hands so I had to look him in the eye. "Talk to me?"

I felt my mouth open, but the words wouldn't come. I cleared my throat. "I-I don't like to sing." Edward continued to look at me so searchingly I felt I had to explain more. "It was a special thing for me before… uh, before I moved here. It brings back bad memories." Which was technically only half way true, because the singing part wasn't a bad memory, it was why I was singing. Did that even make sense?

Edward sighed and released my face. Then continued walking. I felt like I disappointed him. Which I probably had. Internal sigh.

When we finally reached the school it was almost time for class, so we walked straight in. Edward didn't speak to me. I passed the next hour in a daze. Singing had opened an internal flood gate that I wasn't prepared to deal with.

Images, both bad and good flashed in my brain, searing it. The good should have outweighed the bad, but it only made the bad seem that much worse. When the bell finally rang I was a mess of nerves. I think I jumped. I looked over to Edward's seat wondering if he noticed, but he wasn't there.

I felt disappointed, in myself.

I made my way to my next class feeling dreary. The rest of the morning went pretty much the same. When the bell rang for lunch I was beyond stressed. My stomach was in knots. Instead of going to the cafeteria, I went to the ladies room and splashed water on my face. Looking in the mirror I could see the pain in my own eyes. I didn't want to be this person.

So I damned the floodgate, brick by brick I felt my composure return. By that time I had to go to Biology. Walking in the door I saw Edward was already at our table. He was looking out the window, but I knew he felt my presence.

"Hey," I responded cheerily as I sat down beside him. If he glanced at me I didn't notice. Fine he if he wanted to play that game, so be it. He sat beside me in stony silence and when the bell rang to leave I turned to him.

He turned away and walked out of the room.

"Fine, let him walk away. It's not like you're not used to it." I mumbled sadly to myself then headed to my last class.

After school was over I walked outside and groaned. It was raining. I really needed to start checking the weather before deciding to walk. I probably sat there debating walking or calling Edward for a solid ten minutes when someone appeared at my side.

"Need a ride?"

I almost laughed.

"Yeah Tyler. That'd be great."

He smirked at me and we walked to his truck. I swear it was like déjà vu. Only this time I knew he would take me straight home.

"You really need to start driving." He told me with a grin. I couldn't help but smile back.

"Whatever for when I have you to chauffer me around?" Tyler barked a laugh.

"So, I missed you at lunch today."

"Ahh, yeah. I needed a breather." I laughed. Tyler smiled back at me.

"Well it's too bad you missed lunch. I had something important to tell you." My eyes widened.

"What?" Tyler shook his head at me. "Ahh, come on Tye! You can't just say that then leave me hanging."

He laughed and shook his head at me.

"Don't make me tickle it out of you." I warned. He raised one brow at me, as if to call my bluff. I reached out a hand slowly. He smacked it away. The rest of the drive to my house ensued of me trying to tickle the information out of him. He was swerving all over the place tears in his eyes as we pulled up to the drive. I was laughing really hard too.

"Stop! Stop! I can't… take it. Ana! God! Stop!" Tyler laughed uncontrollably underneath my tickling hands.

"Not until you tell me!" I said tickling harder. I thought he might laugh up a lung. He made a ton of crazy gurgling and screaming sounds. Finally he started to tickle me back. I screamed.

"No! Tyler… don't! Gah! Ahahahahahha. Noooo! Stawp!" He didn't stop for a good minute. "Uncle!" I cried. "I'm sorry! I won't tickle you again! Please stop." I was crying I was laughing so hard.

He stopped, but we were both in hysterics from laughing so hard. It took a good few minutes to calm down.

"Thanks for the ride Tye." I said on the last remnants of giggles. He grinned back at me.

"Anytime Ana. Hey that was alliteration!" and a fresh bout of giggles erupted from us. I finally managed to leave his truck still smiling like a fool even though I was getting soaked in the rain. I was still so much in a happy daze that I didn't see the person on the porch until I was practically on top of him.

I stepped back quickly and gasped.

"Hi Ana."

"Edward."

Bumm Bumm Bumm! I hoped you enjoyed a nice giggle fit with Ana and Tyler. I wonder what the big news is?

Sorry to leave you with a cliffy.. hehe.. not really.. So I guess Ana and Edward are going to have a nice.. chat. ;D

I will try to update soon, no promises, but maybe, tomorrow… or tonight.. depends on if I continue on with my writing frenzy…

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