Spring Blossoms
Chapter 13:
Edward and Leah are laughing together. They are in a small clearing in the forest.
"So, what did she say after that?" Edward has his arm around Leah.
"Well, after that, she said 'I want this report in my email by tomorrow!' I mean, wow, take a pill!" Leah laughs. "And her neck fat's jiggling while she says that! Oh my God, she was like a human turkey!"
"Completely revolting." Edward laughs with Leah. "If I were still human, I'd vomit."
"So anyway, I write the freaking report, send it to her via email, and JUST to spite her, I wait till there was only one minute until the deadline passed." Leah laughs a bit. "She's all like 'Damn! Why did you people wait until NOW to send this?' And we're all like 'What? We sent in WITHIN the deadline!' And we all laughed as she blew a gasket!"
"Sounds like a time was had." Edward chuckles. "It reminds me of when I was a schoolboy."
"Really? Out with it, Cullen!"
"Oh, well, it really isn't that big a deal." Edward chuckles a bit. "I grew up in Chicago, you see."
"Wow, always wanted to go there." Leah smiles dreamily. "And New York. And Miami!"
"What? No love for Paris?" Edward feigns shock.
"Of course, silly!" Leah playfully bops him on the arm.
"Well... I don't remember MUCH from my life as a human. Only my mother, father, and a few tidbits. But that story you told me reminded me so much of my old school teacher, Ms. Trenchbull. Meanest teacher this side of the Atlantic! She once placed a frog on a student for speaking out of turn!" Edward laughs at the memory. "Father, a powerful lawyer of the time, found out about it. He had her fired, fined and kicked out of town!"
"Wow! Don't mess with mister Masen!" Leah chuckles. She places her head on his shoulders. He smiles contently at her, as they both close their eyes. A long, comfortable silence between the two.
"Hey, what where they like?" Leah breaks the silence. "Your mom and dad."
"Mother was quite doting." Edward sighs. "She was so caring...if it wasn't for me, she'd be alive."
"What do you mean?"
"I caught the influenza from father. If my mother hadn't insisted on nursing me personally..." Edward's eyes turn somewhat misty. "She was such a terrific woman. Good cook, too. One moment in my life I will always remember, when I was seven or so, I wanted a soda so badly. Back then, soda's didn't come in cans like they do now, they had to be bought at the soda fountain. And father, he forbade me from visiting that fountain. Said soda was bad for your teeth... mother, who saw me look longingly at the people enjoying a soda, took me to the fountain herself, and ordered a soda for the two of us. It was the first time I ever drank such a thing..."
"Wow... she had guts." Leah looks up at the sky. "I mean, your dad was a big, powerful lawyer. To go against his wishes like THAT... and this was before Women's Suffrage, right?"
"About 1908, lest I am mistaken." Edward lays next to Leah.
"A long time ago, in a city far, far away." Both Leah and Edward laugh at the Star Wars reference Leah just made.
"You know I actually watched that movie when it premiered?" Edward brags. "Emmett begged me and Jasper to go see it with him."
"Wow! How was it?"
"It was fantastic!" Edward laughs. "I can't stand 70's music, but I LOVE movies from that decade!"
"Favorite Star Wars film?"
"Empire Strikes Back. Yours?"
"Same." Leah kisses Edward. At first, their kissing was soft and tender. Then, it started getting hot and passionate. Leah's heart began to accelerate as her body began to savor the ecstasy derived from kissing her lover. The very idea that this she was experiencing at that moment was forbidden, it excited her in ways that could not be imagined. She reaches down his pants, and feels his hardened penis. She looks at hims with desire in her eyes. She begins to unbutton her shirt. That is when she comes to her senses, and steps away from Edward in a flash.
"No, no, no!" Leah reprimands both Edward as well as herself. "No!"
"Leah? What the hell?" Edward was confused. "I thought you wanted this!"
"Edward...remember what I told you when we started this?" She draws an imaginary line below her waist. "Off limits to married men, remember?"
Edward is about to say something, but opts against it. He had to admit, it is a grave sin to have sex outside marriage.
"Forgive me, Leah." Edward looks at the ground in shame.
"No... I'm sorry." Leah looks away. "Yeah, I wanted it as badly as you did."
Hearing that gives Edward yet another erection.
"Hey." Leah chuckles. "If vampires don't have blood, how the hell can you get an erection?"
If he could, Edward would have blushed. "There's...well, Carlisle told me the reason was..."
Edward stammers for a while, trying to get his thoughts in order.
Meanwhile...
"Dude, this sucks..." Mike slouches in the waiting room, waiting for his car to get fixed.
"So, what happened to your car?" Sam attempts to start a conversation.
"You won't believe it." Mike buries his face in his hands. "My car got totaled by, wait for it, ROCKS. That fell from the SKY."
"No shit?" Sam is amazed. "My truck got totaled by a log. That also fell from the sky."
"Holy shit." Mike is stunned beyond belief.
Back in the forest...
"And that..." Edward is quite bashful. "Is how we get erections."
"Huh." Leah is pensive for a while. "That makes sense."
"Yeah..." Edward sighs in exasperation.
"Did...Bella ever ask you that question?"
"Actually, she asked Carlisle." Edward buries his face in his hands. "Thank God."
Leah and Edward look at the sky, each thinking about something.
"You always find a way to bring her up." Edward looks at Leah.
"Huh?" Leah is surprised.
"Bella. She always comes up in our conversations, without fail." Edward takes care to choose his words carefully. "And you're the one who always brings her up. Why?"
Leah sighs. "I don't know."
Edward sighs. He and Leah look up at the clouds.
"Edward... if you had to make a choice...who would you pick?"
Edward is shocked to hear that question. But he does not hesitate in answering. "You. No question."
Leah sighs. "I have to go home now. See ya, love."
Edward sighs. "Was it something I said?"
Edward thinks long and hard about her question. Who WOULD he choose, if he had to?
"Edward...why did you say that? Fuck, why did I ask that stupid question?" Leah kicks a tree. "I want to believe him..."