This was inspired by the song You and Me by Lifehouse
Y o u. a n d. M e.
cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do / and I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of you / everything she does is beautiful
Flames cast grotesque shadows on the sand beneath their feet, voices echoing across the beach, mingling with the shore's steady rush.
Bella and Jacob sit apart from each other on driftwood logs, surrounded by people they know and people they know less well.
They are deaf and blind for anything but each other.
She notices how his skin glimmers against the fire, how the corners of his mouth twitch nervously from time to time.
He notices what he already knows. How beautiful she is, everything he can make out in the darkness and everything he knows is there, anyways. Hidden.