Chapter 14: Falling
"Are you hungry, Bella?" "Yeah, a little." "Okay, Let's go then. There is a really good Italian place in Port Angeles…well so I've heard." Edward said to me with the crooked smile, and once again I couldn't control my heart beat. I hope he can't hear that. "Edward, you don't have to take me anywhere, really I can find something on my own."
"Isabella, I want to. Now c'mon let's go." Damn I love the way he says my name.
After I got my coat, I remembered Edward ran here. "Hey Edward, how do you suppose we get there, didn't you run here?" I said to him a little confused. He had a devilish smile on his face, "yup", he said and before I knew it I was on his back and we were running through the woods.
A half hour car ride, took only a matter of minutes, and I was on the wrong end of it. I was terrified that Edward was going to hit a tree, and yet I couldn't bring myself to close my eyes. "Um, Bella we are here."……"Bella?" He spun me around so I was facing him. He looked me straight in the eyes, and was dazzling me. "Are you okay?" I untangled myself and fell on the ground, with a thud. "Oh yeah, just give me a second to restart my heart." I got off and dusted my ass off, and Edward burst out laughing much to my embarrassment. I could feel my cheeks get redder, and I stormed off towards the restaurant.
The restaurant was named Violas', when I got to the entrance Edward was running up behind me, and was still laughing. Stupid vampire. The hostess was looking Edward up and down, when she seated us at a table in the middle of the room, Edward asked for something more private. She seemed to be shocked by his request, but she obliged. She seated us again at a table out of view, and gave Edward an unnecessary smile and left. He didn't seem to notice the hostess, or the waitress that was gawking at him, for some reason he kept looking at me. "Hello, welcome to Violas', what can in get you tonight?" Edward motioned for me to go, "I'll have a Coke, and…uh…mushroom raviolis." She nodded, and turned back to Edward, "I'm all set thanks." She frowned and walked off.
"So Bella, what do you want to know about me, anything, feel free to ask?" I thought about it for a minute and finally said, "do you have any powers?" He smiled "well we are all exceptionally fast, we have impeccable eyesight and hearing, we are very strong, and we are indestructible." I was shocked, I didn't expect that many things. "Hmm, I see." He was about to continue, but we were interrupted by the waitress clearing her throat, I hadn't realized how close we had gotten. I ate the raviolis slowly, it was weird with Edward staring at me. "Do you want one or something, you're staring at me and it's kind of freaking me out." He looked at me and laughed, "if I was dieing I still wouldn't want to try it, and I like the shade of pink your cheeks turn." Well that obviously made my cheeks redder, and I saw him smile the crooked smile. The waitress came back and again asked if Edward wanted anything, he said no and got the check. We paid the bill and walked out, I could have sworn she gave him her number. We were walking down the street, when I realized we had to run to get home, I stopped and Edward looked at me worried. "We h-have to r-run to get home." I spat out. He was silent for a moment, "what if instead of you being on my back, you are facing me, that may help,"
"Okay I guess," I said as I wrapped my legs around his waist, and my arms around his neck. My heart was beating faster with how close we were, and now I know he can hear it. Oh man. What was even scarier is Edward wasn't even looking at where he was running, he was looking at me. He had his arms around my waist so I wouldn't fall off, no doubt. Without even thinking, I put my hand on his cheek, and I could feel the coolness of his breath on my thumb. It took everything I had in my body to not kiss him, and damn was it difficult. While we were running, and with Edward looking at me, I soon realized I was in love with him.