But by the looks of that kick, he'd be there a while.

I attempted to lift Edward up off the ground. I stopped trying when I seen his pained expression. I doubt I was helping any. After quite a few more minutes, Edward slowly rose from the ground. He took a seat in the chair by the table we previously ate at. I sat across in the other chair. I didn't know what to say. Was there anything to say? How about, Why, yes, that was a hefty kick to the groin?

Edward wasn't saying anything either. I could tell he was deep in thought by the way his eyes narrowed and his mouth was set in a straight line. This worried me. Wasn't everything supposed to be grand now? Weren't we supposed to be happy and finally together?

I stared down into my lap, waiting for a lapse in the awkward silence. The tension in the room was palpable, and I couln't begin to understand why.

I felt like we had been sitting there for hours, but in reality is was probably more like 20 minutes. But still, 20 minutes in silence is quite a lot. Maybe I was just overthinking it all. I'm sure that was it.

I chanced a look up at Edward. His features hadn't softened and he still wasn't looking at me. He opened his mouth as if he was going to say something, but closed it instead. I couldn't just sit there anymore.

I rose from my chair and Edward's eyes rose to me. "I think I should go..." I muttered. Edward simply nodded. I didn't want to be in his house anymore. I could tell he was waiting for me to leave, but he seemed to forget an important aspect. " Since you picked me up, are you going to drive me back? Or should I call Alice?" I asked.

Edward stood up and grabbed his keys off the counter, silently answering my question. He walked ahead and opened the door, leaving it open and continued walking. I closed the door behind me when I left and followed Edward to the Volvo. For the first time since I met him, he didn't try to open my door for me. Not that I usually cared, but it was a big hint that something was deffinitely not right.

He didn't say anything as he drove, nor did he turn on the music.

It was strange. I've never seen this part of his personality before.

Thankfully, I got home quick. As soon as the car was stopped, I opened the door and left. As soon as I got inside the building, I heard the car drive away.

I made my way upstairs and into the apartment. Alice and Tanya were both their looking expectant for details. As soon as they took in my expression, their's changed.

"What happened?" Alice asked.

"Are you alrigt?"" Tanya asked.

I didn't reply I just walked right past them. I locked myself in my room, and put my head down.

Morning came quicker than I thought. I hadn't gotten the best nights sleep, but I was rested enough.

I entered the kitchen. Alice and Tanya were sipping starbucks and slid mine across the table.

"What did everyone get today?" I asked, hoping to start some conversation.

"You have an Iced Chai Tea, Tanya has got a Soy Vanilla Latte, and I have a Blended Carmel Frappacino with extra carmel." Alice rattled off.

They both look expectantly at me. Waiting. Tanya must have decided we weren't going to get anywhere if she didn't ask.

"So...what happened?"

I retold the nights events. I didn't leave out a single detail. When I finished, Alice began speaking.

"So, Edward wouldn't let you know what was going on?"

"Correct."

"And then you came home and pulled the same shit with us."

It wasn't a question. But I answered anyways. "Correct."

"We gave you some time, and you eventually told us what was going on. Give him some time, I'm sure he'll come around eventually."

I nodded and took a sip of my drink. I didn't mind giving him some time, but I'd been waiting around for a while now. I had to wait til he broke things off with Victoria. And even though he had done that, I was still waiting. I wasn't going to wait around forever, though.