Chapter 14 Take Two

Chapter 14 Take Two

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Chapter 14 Take Two

I watched as her brown eyes slid up from the knife to my face. My breath hitched as I saw her up close for the first time in five years. The moon shone against her already pale face, causing her to look even more divine, as her chocolate brown hair cascaded down and curled at the end. Her eyes where hard, but they had humor and sorrow in them. A small mocking smile tugged on her delicate pink lips.

"Bella don't do this," I whispered as I took the knife away from her small hands.

She still had that scornful smile on her lips.

"You're not real are you?" Her voice was hoarse and her tone sardonic.

Confusion hit me. What was she talking about?

"What are you talking about, Bella?"

She started at me for sometime, scrutinizing my form. After a while I started to get anxious.

"Bella, are you all right?" My voice wavered.

"Why do you care, you're a hallucination?" She laughed, but it wasn't the delicate sweet laugh I was hoping to hear, it was sarcastic and filled with malice. I shivered.

She thought I wasn't real. A stab of pain hit me. I deserved it. I had broken her trust, her love, her life.

"Bella," I said warily.

"If you were real, would I be able to do this?" She proceeded to show me, by poking my chest with her finger. Her eyes grew wide as she it made contact, as if realization had just hit her. Her heart was franticly beating, and her scent was deliciously alluring; freesia and strawberry. She poked me again, her eyes turned into wonder when they hit my chest again, as if she thought something else what going to happen. She stopped and took a deep breath to calm her rapid heart. She finally believed I was there.

Her eyes where fixed on the floor, as if she was avoiding something.

I then realized the knife in my hands and stiffened. "Why were you trying to hurt yourself, Bella?" My voice came out harsher than I wanted it too. She didn't look up as she shrugged and bit her lip.

I growled. She had almost injured herself!? What would have happened if I didn't stop her? Her precious blood would spill everywhere and she would faint from the blood loss! And of course, there was nobody home, despite the recent forte at the hospital. "Didn't you promise that you would be safe, that you wouldn't do anything preposterous like cutting yourself?" My tome was clipped and my breathing rough.

She shrugged again, once again, not letting her brown eyes come in contact with my gold ones.

I was at once worried. She was not answering any of my questions, was she going into shock?

"Bella, say something!" I moaned desperately.

"Why do you care? I'm safe now, you can relieve your guilt," She spat out.

I winced. She thought the only reason I stopped her tonight was to relieve my guilt! I was feeling guilty, extremely so, but that was only half the reason I saved her.

"Bella, I took the knife away because I thought you would harm yourself,"

"Why do you care if I got hurt," She finally looked at me, just for a second, but it was enough to see the hardness in her eyes, as if she was masking another emotion.

I got out of my daze, and realized what she had just said. It was ridiculous! Anger filled me now.

"Why would I care Bella? Because if you had cut yourself, you might have fainted! And nobody would have been there to call the hospital," I bellowed.

She snarled. "You're not my babysitter, you don't need to watch me. It must be such an inconvenience for you," She sneered.

My hopes crashed. Everyone little one gone. I knew she hated me, but not this much. There was pain, more than jealously, a thousand times worse than the fire in my veins.

I closed my eyes.

"I deserved that," My voice was strangled. "Would you prefer if I left?" My voice was softer now. It pained me just for saying that. I didn't want to leave, I wanted to see her, kiss her, to tell beg for my forgiveness.

"No," She whispered, and I was astounded when she grasped my wrist. I gasped when her soft warm hands clutched my cold inhumane ones. Her face was contorted with grief. One tear slid down her cheek slowly as she looked shamefacedly at me.

"Bella," I couldn't stand that lone tear on her translucent cheek, I brushed it with the back of my hand. My voice was blocked. I was bewildered, did she still want me?

She shook her head. "Edward, you don't want me remember?"

"No, Bella," I frantically said, trying to prove myself. "I was trying to protect you. I left you so that you would move on. You deserve so much better than a monster, Bella. For five years, Bella, I thought you had moved on, that you were safe in another mans arms. A man that wouldn't kill you because of a paper cut, a man that wouldn't feel the urge to kill you every time he kissed you. A man that would give you so much more than I could ever give you,"

She was an angel, angels deserved nothing but happiness.

She didn't say anything for few seconds, it felt like hours. I hated the distance between us. And then she started crying. Her tears gushed miserably down her cheeks, as she sobbed loudly.

"I knew I was dreaming," She blubbered glumly.

I couldn't take it anymore. I pulled her soft, warm body toward mine, so that I held her.

"Hush Bella," I calmed. "You're not dreaming, I'm here with you." Her sobs quieted as she wrapped her arms around my waist, her cheek pressed into my shoulder.

I took a deep breath. "I love you Bella. I've always loved. There wasn't one day that I thought about you. Every single remark, every single thought reminded me of you."

"How do I know you're not lying now?" She pressed.

"Why can you believe the lie, but not the truth?" (NM 511) I could see why she didn't believe me. I coaxed her chin upward so I could see her stunning eyes.

"I was never perfect enough for you," she hid her eyes from me as she said that.

I scoffed. If only she could see how much I wasn't worthy of her. "Bella," I sighed. "You are too perfect for me. I'm a monster,"

Her eyes flashed, glaring at me. "You are not a monster," She hissed.

I smiled warily. I didn't believe that.

"Bella, I was a fool to leave you. I feel so wretched about it-" Before I could finish she pressed her soft lips on mine. I didn't need to think twice. I clutched her close, feeling her heart beat frantically as I my hands committed her face. Her hands braided them selves in my hair as she kissed me back. She was here, in my arms, safe, it seemed as if she wanted me as much as I wanted her. I stopped kissing her so I could let her breath. As she was catching her breath, I moved lips across her cheek and her long smooth neck. I stopped at her pulse spot as smelled her heavenly scent. I sighed. Her scent didn't trouble me any more, it was consoling and astonishing.

"Edward," Her voice wavered. I looked down at her. "I could never hate you," How forgiving could she be? I sighed, troubled. "I've always loved you," She whispered.

I gasped. She still loved me!

"Bella, I made things worse when I left. When you where talking to Peter, about me," I hesitated. "I saw how much I hurt you-"

She shook her head. "The past is the past. Just promise me that you will never leave me,"

"Never," I vowed, putting all my intensity in that one word. I stroked her cheek. I glanced at the clock. "Bella, it's late,"

She craned her pale neck toward the clock to see 11:25 etched into it.

"You should go to sleep," I breathed.

Her head whipped toward mine, her eyes held fear. "What wrong, Bella?" I demanded.

"You promise you won't leave me?" Her voice broke.

"Unless you want me to," I said.

She shook her head. "Never," I picked her up, bridal style and cradled her to my chest as I hummed her long unforgotten beautiful lullaby. I walked toward her room, she smiled as her eyes slowly drooped, and her heartbeat gradually slowed, as I put her gently down on her bed as I covered her with a blanket and lay down next to her.

I was whole again.

Yay!! They met!! Okay well I'd like to say a couple of things.

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