Two weeks Notice

When all of the pieces align,
when the balance is clearly defined,
we'll sigh and we'll settle down
for the first time.

-Sleeping at last.

Edward's pov:

I stared and saw nothing.

"why, why ,why did this have to happen NOW !?" Tanya paced across the hall growling in frustration.

"I could have sworn that she..that we could...god dammit ! Why NOW" She groaned and flopped down dramatically over the side chair while I stared at her expressionlessly And Alice glared.

"Tanya ...do you mind ?" Unlike some people ..I'm try to do something useful here like "trying to read the future ! " , she hissed out the last words while making air quotations and turning away.

I snorted.

Future?

You mean that stupid little thing, I really didn't want to talk about anymore ? Which is funny,considering the fact that I didn't have one any more...How could I ?

I have nothing if not my Bella.

"Nothing so far.. Absolutely nothing. Bella hasn't decided anything yet and Edward here..."she glared at me before continuing, "is way too depressed to do anything about it."

Alice glared at me as if she was reading my mind.

"Edward, don't.…Come in ! Don't do this ! ...This really isn't the time for you to throw a pity party big brother..".She signed and flopped down beside me worried.

Tanya narrowed her eyes dangerously as she took in my resolute mood, "you're not going to give up NOW are you?".

I shrugged, "It's over 's engaged..officially". I emphasized on the last word as I looked away from both of them. "She does want me anymore...she chose him."

I closed my eyes against the pain,stubbornly refusing to let myself feel mattered love was engaged.I made a mistake years ago...but it was only now that I Was being punished for my pride.

God, she was a vision. An Aphrodite herself in that peach pink gown she had adored on For the evening.

Her amber gold eyes and her honest smile had caused her to be a source of everyman's heart break That night.

Including mine..

Tanya wiphed around, her strides growing faster and longer as her impatience grew.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU ?

"no…no this is NOT the end. i promise you Edward,when she-" .she stopped her rant half way as my sister gasped.

"wait …",Alice looked away again,her voice trailed off .As a vision clouded my head.

Bella standing there sobbing in her wedding dress..

And Me,staring blankly out of a huge windowstill in some unknown part of the word...

The vision shifted through quickly before ending on a scence, where a church was viewed through a window from above ,with the calendar resting on the desk against it,showing a date that was Two Weeks from now.

MY two weeks notice.

Gut wrenching pains shoot across my body.I would never bet against Alice.

The sence quickly shifted back to the first one.

I watched as Bella leaned against the midnight creeper, her face enticed with pain and confusion.

I reached out to her.

Bella…

And the vision disappeared.

I shook my head trying to dispel the image,the mere sounds of her tears making me feel wretched and low.

Tanya stared at us expectedly ," well…what is it ?"

I glanced at Alice , as she smiled reassuringly.

Go to her Edward…she needs you..

I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding.

She needs me.

Those were 3 beautiful face broke into a grin As I looked at my family.

Alice and Tanya stared at me blankly for a few seconds...or a better word,dazzled…their thoughts almost equally in ally for once.

Oh…my…i..

Wow..his ..smile .is like…like..

And yet I couldn't help But keep it emotion weren't in check. I realized that Jasper would feel it too.

He abruptly strodded into the room, his eyes narrowing as he took in Alice's feeling and cross examining it with mine.

What the hell? Edward? What did you tell her ..Why is she so…?

He looked at his star gazed wife for on second…before looking back at me with disbelief.

Is she drooling over you? ….he demanded. Well is she?IS SHE ?

I smiled warily at him, my phase quicking as I reached the door..with only one thought.

Escape..Escape..Escape….

I wasn't afraid…I liked being in one piece.

"Jasper, about that….never mind."

I grabbed hold of my car keys and cell phone before swiftly slipping outside and into my car. Locking the doors just in case.

Jasper wasn't emotionally stable right now.

Not that looked doors are going to keep him out..

It was funny how my mood could swing from one end of its range to another. Just by the mere thought of seeing Bella again..Her memory made me hit the accelerator harder.

I signed softly,not really understanding what she was doing anymore. Bella used to be so easy to read. Her face, an open book of which I was once a scholar off.
Her pain .
Her happiness..
Her secrets…..
I had a share in all of that once .I could feel it too…but now...now all I could sense from her was confusion.

But why? Didn't she know she could be happy with me? That nothing was stopping us from having our forever now? Wasn't that what she always wanted? What she always asked for?

And which I had always denied?…

I went on with my silent musing as I parked my car by the side of the drive way.

A few yard away from her backyard balcony ..a few steps away from my love.

I slipped the keys silently into my denim jeans as I stroded quietly yet sleathley towards her ,over her backyard wall.

And there she was. Preached on the end of her balcony, laying her face softly on to her palm. Looking stunning ,as she glowed with pale softness that rivaled the moon's.

Just like her…. Juliet.

My Juliet.

I stiffed a smile, my slight moment breaking Bella from her retrieve. Her gaze knowingly swept across her lawn until it landed on mine causing her smile to grow more pronounced ..while her pain faded away.

"Edward?"…she laughed .her melody drifting into what seemed to be absolute silence.
"what are you doing here?"

Her smile grew into a smirk. "This time?"

I heard my own laugh bridge with her..Blending into effortless symphony and harmony..Like us.

I walked up to the root of her creeper glaring it remembering my previous fall…the time I almost gotten caught.

Before shrugging..Alls well that ends well I guess.I didn't get though I was partially wishing I hade been.

Bella seemed to catch that on. " You really don't want to climb that again do you..?"

I just held on and quickly began ascending them wanting to be closer to my love.

"No...but for you Bella...I would do anything .."

"Anything ,ha?" she tapped her cheek thoughtfully. "Does that include swimming across the seven seas? And catching a falling star?" she stared at me with mock seriousness while clearly expecting an answer.

"Well ..for the first one I've done it before ,so that shouldn't be much of a problem…" I smiled playfully while she gasped "You swam across the seven seas?" her eyes widened making her look adorable.

I laughed, " with the exception of the pacific I guess I did cover the rest of them 7 yrs ago…

Her eye's narrowed as she caught on to my teasing tone.

"Really Romeo..how am I supposed to be sure there isn't another Juliet waiting for you on the other side of the world considering the fact you travel way too much..way out of normalcy.…."

For a moment I felt the question grow in seriousness as I watched the moment's merit disappear from her eyes. She stared at me as if she was contemplating on something….

I wish I could read her mind.

I frowned,as I speculated over my answer, before composing my smile into a soft playful one,

"well my Juliet..you could always ask and see…" I reached across the balcony and lifted her chin to look me straight in the eye, so she could see how honest I was being "your Romeo could never love another when the whole of his heart was here with you."

We stood there still for a moment before she broken back facing me as she moved to the other side . "Well perhaps I should not too.." she mused her voice barley a whisper .

"Bella?"

She turned to look at me her face suddenly turning playful however the light never reaching her eyes, "well my Romeo you didn't really have to climb the vineyard tonight, you know".

She rolled her eyes , " My front door is always open.….if you'd like to give that a try". She smiled flirtatiously while her eyes plead with me to give up and let go of the topic.

I knew what she was doing. And yet I humored her.

"but isn't your fiancée…"I said it like it was a dirty word. Because it was implied to him…now if it was me and she was mine…

Bella smiled "Alex?".
She looked back out into the night " no, he's gone out hunting with Rachel and ...celebrating."
I made my way out off the creeper and into her balcony. My landing only making a soft thud. Bella seemed too preoccupied to notice.

"I guess he was really happy and I ..".

"And now your sad…"I whispered.

She remained silent as if she was rehearsing her reply before delivering them. She looked up to meet my gaze, "no…I not sad..i mean why should I be ? I mean the guy loves me ".

I cringed and looked away not wanting her to see the hurt expression on my face.

"And he asked me to marry him….. how could I say no.?.i knew that this would happen and I feel…."

She looked at me her jaw clenched with anger . "uugh, who am I kidding,!."She shook her head in frustration. "I don't know what I'm feeling ! I need to think..i want to …I need to I …"

She trailed of her shoulders dropping in defeat she looked up at me. "Do you know ,why I said yes Edward ?"

I had been asking myself that question all evening My love.

And Only one sensible came out of that. "because you love him?"

"No.! I mean yes !..i mean I don't know…..all I know is that ….i don't think I'm ready you know for this .. way to big of a commitment you know ? To get bound to that one person for in this case literally ! …"

I walked toward her trying to understand her point of you better "but bella you shouldn't have a problem marrying someone you love…"

My statement was met with silence and then some more.

"well..then it shouldn't be a problem not marrying some you love too.. I mean we had done it before...who knows maybe in a few years he'lol change his mind too...I mean do have forever.

I turned away ,shoving my hands into my pockets and closing my eyes not wanting her to see the pain I was in…her words they were not true.

Forever ..a word that once seemed so beautiful back then now haunts me how long I would be roaming this earth doomed to be alone once my beloved finally walks down that aisle.

Future…. fate ….forever ….those were the three words that I never wanted to think about anymore.I detested them because they didn't have my Bella.

She wasn't anymore.

I felt her hand rest against my shoulder..her touch worsening my pain. Wretching my heart a littile more….i shrugged her off.

"but sometimes…forever is not enough bella..somtimes its worth doing things right now.. …or else forever would turn meaning less ,an enemy to those who regret…I wish I had-"

My voice trailed off before it finished with a whisper .what was I going to say.? I regret a lot of things.

"Its ok Edward", she squeezed my shoulder just as I abruptly stalked a few feet away.

"No its not ok ! I was afraid Bella ! I was a coward".I turned and looked back at her . "You were right that day love. I loved you beyond words but I had never accepted myself so I never believed you ever would either...I had a chance to make my forever…and I didn't"

Her eyes grew wide as she realized what I was talking about

"Edward,…."

"No..Bella listen….." I gathered her into my arms shaking her with a sort of desperation… "Please ! Don't make the same mistakes I did...if you love him..."

I winced,she laid her palm against my cheek comfortingly ." ..Please don't say anything.."

I placed my hand on top of hers tightening my grip ,"no..let me finish…if you really love marry him and make him the happiest man on earth"

We gazed at each other ,moving closer and closer..
Her name played across my lips softly as our breathing grew hitched..

Bella..

She closed her eyes and…pulled me closer.

Just as her damn phone rang.

She pulled away abruptly as she pulled the phone off the side shelf.

I bit back a growl of frustration.

Why ? does he have to do this EVERY SINGLE TIME ….every damn time. The phone HAS to ring and he just HAS to interrupt .THAT …..

" Its alex" she shrugged , placing her phone on the dresser table.

"He wanted to know if I…"her voice trailed catching the look on my face.

"Edward are you ok ? " she moved towards me as I caught her eyes .

"You want time right ?..." I Took deep breaths trying to calm myself.

Time that was what we both needed.

She nodded,as her eyesstayed guarded "yes ..well I did say that."

"Then that's what your going to get."Finality rang in my tone as I made my way towards her and caught hold of her wrist. Making it easier for me to drag her down the stairs.

She struggled against my determined grip… "wait…wait ! Edward ! where are you going ?"

I looked back at her still dragging her closer to the hallway.

"we."I stressed the word "We are going for a drive…"I felt her struggle mellow down a bit.

"Drive ? Right now? Its themiddle of the night ! "

She dragged me to a stop and tugged me towards her .

"Edward …"she looked hesitant. Unsure of herself.. "we can't just drop everything and leave..i mean think about alex."

To that I rolled my eyes and looked back at her "wait here"

I grabbed a sheet of post up and scrawled a few word down in her beautiful handwriting before sticking it on the fridge.

There. I 'm sure her obnoxious fiancé won't miss that out.

I threw the pen back into the counter while i walked back to Bella in record time, " Now we're all done, I have it under control"

I held her wrist and turned her towards the direction of the door, "we can go now…" I fell my grip meet with resistant.

I turned and glared at Bella and she glared back at me.

She was going to make me do this,I didn't want to ..but she was pushing me.

Bella eyes grew wide as she read the resolute in my face momentarily before I picked Bella up and swung her over my shoulder,

"oooh…EDWARD ! EDWARD STOP ! " she struggled against my hold as I made my way ,sorry both our ways off the poach .

" this is ILLEGAL !" .I snorted and unlocked my car " No really ! This is KIDDNAPPING ! " she roared as I quickly but gently placed her into the car locking it before she could break the handle.

I made my way to my seat and started the engine, "Bella don't be difficult "

She glared at me,her arms crossed while her eyes darted every few seconds to the handle.

I frowned , "don't….i'll just drag u back in here…"I warned not bothering to finish. She would know that I was speaking the truth I had told her this before.

She signed loudly in defeat as she turned towards me with glaring eyes. "Fine..but just this once…."

I felt my grin grow wider as hope filled my heart.I geared the car back out and pulled onto the highway.

"Just this once"

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