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CHAPTER THIRTEEN

AFTERGLOW

I was sitting on a park bench that had been placed in "Meadow Park" having just completed my five mile run. My feet were up on the bench and my knees pulled into my chest.

It seemed strange to me that this very intimate place was now a park although for the moment I was the only one here.

This place had changed my life in many ways and had been the beginning of the end of everything, I thought as I tilted my head back, enjoying the last rays of sun hitting my face.

I closed my eyes recalling the first time I had come here.

I remembered it all clearly even though I rarely allowed myself the pleasure of thinking of that day.

My embarrassing hike through the woods had eventually brought us to this magical place.

And I had been excited, waiting for Edward to reveal himself to me in the sunshine.

That sight of Edward had been shocking, his skin had sparkled like thousands of tiny diamonds and he had been so beautiful I remembered like a mirage.

As I closed my eyes I saw it all so clearly;

The way his cool skin had felt under my hand as I had traced the contours of his forearm, his perfect muscles in his bare chest reflecting the sun as he lazed in the grass, the way his topaz eyes had looked right into my soul as we declared our love, reciting the words to each other.

"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb" he had murmured

"What a stupid lamb"

"What a sick masochistic lion"

Yes I was an idiot

We had spoken of many things that day and I also recalled that he had tried unsuccessfully to scare me away, had given me a hint, a suggestion of what was to come.

"I should have left long ago" he had sighed "I should leave now but I don't know if I can"

"I don't want you to leave" I was so pathetic back then, I should have let him go.

He had also told me that I was the most important thing to him, the most important thing ever.

Had he been lying to me?

No I didn't think so. In some way I believed he had really loved me on that enchanting day.

The last image I would allow myself this afternoon was of his faultless face.

The way it had felt as I had caressed his cheek, his perfect nose, and lastly his flawless lips.

He had carried me home pressed against his back.

The wind rushing past my face as we made the terrifying five mile journey in mere moments.

When we had finally stopped he had kissed me until I almost fainted

"There is something I want to try" and with that he had taken my face in his hands.

Our first kiss!

The feel of those cold marble lips pressing against mine and the sweet intoxicating perfume of his breathe could still make me blush.

I was just starting to doze off, embraced by the sun and my memories when something flashed across my face

A glint, like a mirror reflecting sunlight

My eyes slammed open and I saw him.