A short story from Bella's point of view (maybe an exception or two), with little hints lining the chapters. Every detail is a small piece of the puzzle. Don't expect long chapters, they will all be short and to the point. Trying something new, let's see where it takes us.

Satellite Heart

Summary: Sometimes a little hope is all it takes to make it from one day to the next in your little dark corner of the world. B&E AH

Chapter Twenty-One: The First Time He Thought Everything Would Be Okay

Monday Late Afternoon

Edward POV (Exception to the Rule #3)

The feeling of her hand in mine has something I have always loved. But it is different now, there is less feeling, more emotion, more longing than ever before.

October 17th, 2010 Early morning…

It has been the 17th for just about two hours. This has become my regular routine since Bella's surgery; I would by lying to say it didn't truly start sooner though. Ever since Charlie told me about the cancer I haven't been able to sleep through a single night. However, after her surgery I put that time to use, I started to write notes on her hand, but soon that wasn't enough and I started to sit across the room in a chair with my laptop and write. I would write anything that I was feeling, no matter how pathetic I felt for feeling those feelings, I wanted to remember.

Tonight, I was finally going to do it though. A couple weeks ago I decided on the perfect way to propose to Bella. Nothing overly flashy, but it was us. Simple, love notes in the morning.

So, here I was at 2:17 in the morning getting my marker and her ring out of my hiding spot. I was finally going to do this. I pulled off the cap of the marker and started with my question on the top of her hand.

"Will you marry me?" I wrote before I flipped over her hand and outlined the previous note of "I love you."

I recapped my marker and grabbed the ring box from beside me and opened it slowly. The ring was sparkling in the moon light peaking through the window. This felt right.

I took out the ring and placed it on her finger. It fit perfectly, that was were it was meant to be.

Sometime later, I finally made my way back into bed and fell asleep.

When I woke up several hours later the other side of the bed was cold, and Bella was nowhere in our room.

I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and walked into the kitchen where I found her. She was standing with her back to me and she was beautiful standing there with the morning sun.

She heard me and turned around, smiling the largest smile I have ever seen as she handed me a cup of coffee, I could see her ring, there on display, she hadn't taken it off, but she also had yet to answer me.

That is when I saw it. I saw the writing on my hand that could only be one person's. I nearly dropped the cup of coffee between us as I simply read the word "yes" written on marker on my hand.

Endnote: Let me know what you thought. Chapter 22: The First Time She Saw The Light will be coming soon.