Chapter 25
"Nyala?" A voice called out for me.
I didn't move. I didn't say anything. I never thought this would happen to me, I never thought I could feel this pain.
I didn't know I was that secretly addicted to Jacob that I would feel like this if he were to leave. It hurt to breath, it hurt to think.
"Nyala!" it continued, frantic worry clear in the smooth voice. Smooth? A Cullen?
The name Cullen sparked some small piece in me. I should want for them to find me.
I kept my spot laying down on the muddy ground as rain continued endlessly pelting down on me. I was soaked to the bone, but I didn't care. I had planned on looking for Jacob after some rest but I was tired. I felt like I'd run 20 triathlons after that measly five mile run.
"Nyala!" the voice was closer.
Edward's Point Of View-
A slow, weak heart beat. Thud thump… Thud thump. Nyala.
My eyes scanned the area in a millisecond before I located her. She was laying on the ground, soaked wet, shivering. Her eyes staring across the ground, no life in them.
"Nyala!" I yelled, dashing across the muddied ground to her side. I slowly picked her up halfway, looking for any injuries. If that damn Jacob Black so much as hurt her, I will kill him. The angel didn't move or respond as I brushed some of her wet hair out of her face. "Nyala?" I tentatively asked, caressing her beautiful ,delicate face in my hand. She kept staring past me, into the dark forest. My cell phone vibrated in my pocket and I whipped it out. "Alice, get Carlisle." I told my sister, then snapped the phone shut and shoved it back in my pocket.
"Nyala, it's me, Edward." Her eyes flickered once at my name with recognition but then went dead again. Her body stayed limp in my arms. I picked her up, holding her close to my body. She was already cold, my temperature won't change that any.
I ran back for the road, keeping careful not to jostle her mud covered arm with the gash. The white gauze had turned a dark brown and was fraying around the edges. I tried to get her to speak to me as the trees passed us. "What happened, Nyala?" I whispered. No response. No movement except for the slow rise and fall of her chest.
"Did it have something to do with Jacob?" I asked, cringing in waiting for her to respond. Her eyes widened at his name. "Jacob." she whispered so soft I barely caught it although her head was close to my ear. I'll take that as a yes. I took a deep unnecessary breath. We reached the road and my whole family was waiting inside two separate vehicles. My Volvo was still 8 or 9 miles down the road. I ignored their questioning thoughts and stepped onto the gravel road. They all had quick intakes of breath at the sight before them.
Carlisle came forward and didn't even bother taking her pulse. We could all her the slow, soft thud. "Edward, what happened?" he quietly asked. "I'm not entirely sure other than the fact it involves Jacob Black." I growled his name.
He was a true monster. I was wrong, I was not the monster this time. It was him. Who could ever do this to her was a monster.
"Me and Jasper will find the Pack" Alice said, grabbed her soul mate's hand and dashed off down the road. "Lets get her home." Carlisle instructed, and opened the door for me. I slid into the dark interior and held Nyala to my chest gently. Carlisle and Esme sat in the front while Rosalie and Emmett got in his jeep. I gazed down at Nyala.
Her eyes were closed now and if not for her soft, taunting pulse I would have thought she was dead. She probably would be dead from hypothermia if I had not found her so soon.
Jacob Black will pay for what he did. Some day when Nyala is not around he will get the talk of his life. That boy will learn his lesson. All of us were silent on the drive to our home, even my family's thoughts were relatively silent except for their pondering over what might have happened.
Nyala's Point Of View-
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I don't know when I fell asleep, but I did know when I woke up screaming.
That was probably the worst nightmare I'd ever had in my entire existence.
"Shhh ,Nyala it's O.k." Edward soothed, holding me to his chest. I hugged him tightly, afraid that if I let go I'd fall back asleep. The room was dark and I could barley make out the wide screen plasma TV by the wall and the other chair, we were in the Cullen's living room.
I could feel the panic in the pit of my stomach nervously jumping around. It wasn't a nightmare ,Jacob is really gone. I stood up abruptly and started heading for the door.
Edward appeared in front of me, holding his hands out. "You have a cold, you aren't leaving." he whispered. I shook my head back and forth in rejection. "I have to keep looking for him," I said mechanically, brushing past Edward and out into the garage. My whole body shook with pain as a picture of Jacob popped up into my unwilling thoughts. I made it two steps before Edward grabbed my hands and turned me around to face him.
"I have to find him!" I said, squirming under his grip. I was on the verge of being hysterical and he knew it. Edward let go of one of my hands and brushed some stray strands of hair out of my face. "Tomorrow." he said, his eyes smoldering into mine. I closed my eyes, taking in a ragged breath. "No" I said and ran past him, pulling the door open and then dashing out of the garage. I concentrated and felt Edward's fingers touch my hand for a second as I shot up into the sky like a rocket. My eyes went to slits as I gravitated myself through the tree tops of the forest. I dodged the limbs as best I could. I kept my mind as blank as possible during the search. Every time I'd think his name I'd falter in the air and almost hit a tree. Which wasn't good when I was already half awake, half asleep and my eyes were watering.
After 3 agonizing hours I hadn't seen a single wolf in the woods. The sun was just starting to rise on the horizon and my phone was still vibrating in my pocket. It had been doing that for the past hour. I ignored it as I lightly landed on the ground and walked forward to my house. I slipped in through the front door and into my room. I looked in the mirror. My eyes were red and bloodshot, my hair was a knotted mess and my whole body was tingling like thousands of ants were marching all over me. A shudder ripped through me and I slowly walked over to my bed. I tiredly shoved my shoes off and then curled up in a ball in the center of my bed. I dragged the covers over me and closed my eyes tight. As I slid into un consciousness I hoped I wouldn't have nightmares.
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"Nyala," A musical voice said. I opened my eyes, still screaming. Alice was squeezing me tight. "It's fine…Your fine…." she soothed as I trembled. She tucked some of my hair behind my ears as I frantically glanced around. I was in my room. Thank God.
Edward was watching me from across the room, his hands behind his back. His eyebrows scrunched in worry, a slight frown on his face. I took a very deep breath through my mouth and stood up. "You were screaming in your sleep," Alice said. I nodded, blinking. "I… I'll go take a shower." I said and shuffled out of my room. My mom was sitting at the kitchen table, reading the newspaper. I don't say anything to her as I go into the bathroom, but she says, "He left."
I pause in the doorway to the bathroom, my hand on the corner of the wall. "Yes." I whisper and shut the door behind me. I mechanically take off my clothes and get into the burning hot shower. I force my thoughts to stay blank. After getting changed we all walked to Edward's Volvo and just as I was about to get in I hear someone call my name. I look up from the ground and see Paul running over. He ignores Alice and Edward completely as he grabs my shoulders.
"Jacob is gone!" he yells.
Edward growls at Paul. Paul growls back once then turns his focus back to me. "He's just gone!" he continues. "I know." I whisper. Paul stares at me, his mouth wide open.
"He took me to a clearing and told me he was leaving. I searched for him for hours." I said.
"That's why we couldn't find you?"I nodded."Oh." he lets go of me and runs a hand through his hair. I watch him emotionlessly. "Um. O.K. We're all going to go look for him….Bye." Paul walks away. I turn and get into the Volvo. Edward slides into the front and Alice sits in the back next to first 4 periods were not good, but not bad either. They kept my mind busy. Lunch was once again torture though.
Tons of people hesitantly came over, one by one to ask what happened with my dad. I repeated myself with each once, keeping a poker face on. "We can tell them to leave you alone ,Nyala." Alice offered, her full plate of food still sitting in front of her. I hadn't gotten anything for lunch so she kept trying to get me to eat. "It's fine, Alice." I said, keeping my focus on the grey table. She and Edward both sighed lightly.
Jasper's Point Of View-
If I could not see her here, breathing before me I would have told you she was dead.
I got absolutely nothing from her feelings. She was emotionally dead.
I was in a state of shock myself. This was the first time I got absolutely nothing from a person before. Unless they were dead ,truly dead, not un-dead. It was very….concerning.
Emmett's Point Of View-
My baby sister was hurt. We all knew it.
Damn Jacob Black to hell. She hadn't smiled once today, she hadn't made a joke once. She hadn't laughed once. Because of him. Her eyes were far off, looking at something or distracted by something none of us could see, not even Alice.
Because of you, Jacob Black, my little sister is scarred for life. I was worried about Nyala. Everyone was except Rose. Which slightly angered me. Nyala wasn't like a part of the family, she is a part of our family. My wife should realize that by now.
Alice's Point of View-
I searched for an ending to her pain. There was none. I couldn't find her at all. It was like she was floating in time, not moving anywhere, like she was stuck. My best friend was stuck suffering.
Rosalie's Point of View-
*Whoa, hold up here. ROSALIE? Wow. That's a first for me.*
I rolled my eyes at my family. She'll get over it eventually. Their concern for the human girl was sickening to me. How they could care for this fragile human, I would never understand. I was beyond caring for pathetic lives, but apparently my family was not.
They are just getting attached. Getting attached to a human was a waste of time, though we had endless amounts of that. Loving her like this just to get crushed when she gets old and dies is stupid. We all know Nyala's fate.
Death.
If one of our kind doesn't get her, natural causes will. We can prevent the nomads, but old age we cannot and I am positive my brother wouldn't change her.
'We are all damned.' he says,
'There is no such thing as an afterlife for us.' he says.
'Edward, you're an idiot' I say.
Nyala's Point Of View-
My eyes squinted slightly as I stared. My sight blurred and soon there were four hands on the table, even though I only had two hands on the table.
I zoned out, which was what I had been aiming for. The noise around me blended together and I saw doubles of everything. My mind went dead and I couldn't feel the seat beneath me, the table under my hands, or Edward's shoulder at my side. I floated in nothing.
Nothing touched me and I touched nothing. It was like I was completely alone, with nothing at all. Not even my thoughts. This was peace.
My whole self was at peace and so was the world around me.
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The day passed quickly, thankfully. I didn't go over to Edward's house after school. I went home to my room. I drew and shaded, listening to music that blared in my ear buds. I didn't sing along with the songs like I usually did. I was silent.
So silent that after two hours my mom came in my room to make sure I hadn't died or gotten kidnapped. She wasn't use to me being quiet. I didn't eat much of my diner though I was usually starving. After diner I went back into my room and went to sleep even though it was only 8:00. I turned my body over to face the wall and closed my eyes, gripping the pillow.
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I muffled my screams into my pillow, hoping my mom hadn't heard. I felt a cold hand gently rubbing a small circle into my back as I kicked my legs around, still half asleep. After a minute I was fully awake and I managed to stop the screams. I sat upright in my bed and pulled my legs up to my stomach. "It's fine…..Your awake…" Edward soothed. I didn't care that he was in my room once again without my permission. He was here, he was breathing and he was calming me down. That's all that mattered. I hugged him around the waist and cried into his shirt as he hugged me back.
"I'm sorry." I told Edward. I am acting like such a needy little brat.
"Don't tell me your sorry. You have nothing to apologize for." he said into my hair. I decided not to argue with his lie.
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"Nyala. Hello? Nyala? Nyala!" Mike Newton's voice said to me during FCS. I shook my head, just then realizing he was talking to me. "Yeah?" I asked.
"The spring dance is coming up and I was wondering…if you'd like to go with me?" he asked, running a hand through his short brown hair. I stare at him for a second. I had barely even talked to Mike this school year so far, having been hanging out with the Cullens. How can he still want me?
"Um. No thanks Mike…..You should ask Jessica though, I'm sure she'd love to go with you." I said, shrugging. He was silent for a second.
"Oh…O.k.….yeah, I'll go ask her I guess." he mumbled, walking away from the table. I stood up as Alice skipped over to my side. "He knew you'd say that, why did he even bother asking?" Alice asked, smiling. "No idea why he'd even ask me in the first place." I said. I wasn't that interesting or pretty of a person. I had been zombie for the last days anyways. She sighed, rolling her eyes as we walked to our next class.
"Now, Nyala. I know for a fact you own a mirror. Are you blind?" she said.
"Not that I know of." I said.
A wave of emotion shot through me, I knew it was happiness, but it didn't take any effect on me. "Hey Jasper." I said ,not even looking behind us. I knew it was him. I saw the corner of his lips turned down as he held hands with Alice. He was frustrated that he couldn't make my feelings change. I couldn't blame him for trying though. They all have been trying.
I need to try to act more normal for them. Yes. I will act normal. No matter the cost.
Math came and went, then I walked to Biology. Edward was already in his chair, waiting for me. "Hey Edward," I casually said, sitting down and setting my folder on the table top. "Hello." he said, smiling. I tried to smile back, but I don't think it worked. I haven't smiled since my sun left.
My warm, caring sun…
I gulp like I've been punched in the stomach and catch my breath. Edward's hand flinches towards me but then he quickly pulls it back.
"I'm fine." I whisper, bending over the table a little. He watches as I slowly regain my composure.
"You scare me when you do that for no apparent reason." he said, his head titled slightly in my direction, sadness filling his musical, calming voice.
"I'm sorry…I just…." I don't finish my sentence. The teacher enters the room, saving me form having to finish it. My hands are clenched into fist, resting on the table and I slowly pull them down to my sides. My hands shake slightly as I force them to release the grip on my black skinny jeans. I close my eyes, then slowly open them as the teacher starts his the class I'd occasionally shift in my seat and every time I did Edward always looked over, his eyes full of concern. It was like he thought I was about to pull out a knife and stab myself in the heart.
I wasn't suicidal like Bella had become. And no matter how many times you tell me she wasn't suicidal I will tell you she was, because she was. She jumped off a stupid cliff to hear Edward's voice. I hadn't heard Jacob's ( I flinched slightly at his name and Edward looked over again) voice in my head yet and even if did, I won't jump off a cliff .I have my mom and the Cullens, they care about me and it would be selfish of me to kill myself. Something Bella had not considered when she went "Cliff diving" AKA suicide mission.
When class finished and gym came I was walking into the doors with Alice and Edward when Erik walked over. I sighed ,knowing what was next. I barely even talked to him! When did I suddenly become available?
Technically I was now single ,but that certainly did not mean I was ready to date again.
"Hey Nyala.. I was wondering if I could ask you something?…In private." Erik awkwardly said, glancing at my friends. I took a breath and motioned for Edward and Alice to go ahead. They did but I noticed Edward walked unusually slow, even for a human pace. I almost smiled.
"So, what do you want?" I asked Erik, facing him. "I was wondering if you'd like to go to the dance with me?" he asked, rubbing his hands on his pants once. "No thanks, Erik." I said apologetically.
"Oh." his head slightly dropped down and he walked away. Suddenly Edward appeared next to me. "I could tell them to leave you alone." he offered as we walked. "No, it's fine." I said. "Are you fine with it though?" he asked. I paused for a second. I let out a breath.
Was I?
"Sure." I finally said, going into he girl's locker room. I quickly changed as Alice waited for me and then we went out to run our laps. Gym passes by slowly and after we change Edward, Alice and I head to his Volvo. Emmett's giant jeep is parked next to Edwards' small in comparison Volvo. Jasper is sitting in the tailgate while Emmett's in the driver's seat and Rosalie is next to him.
"Are you coming over?" Emmett ask as I start to get into the back seat of the Volvo. "Yeah." I said, nodding. He grinned. "Race ya home?" he asked.
"Edward would never let me drive his precious baby." I said, trying to talk like I used to. With sarcasm and joy. It was hard. How did I ever use to act so carefree and joyful?
"Street race? Nyala versus Emmet? Oh yes!" Alice enthused, pumping her tiny fist in the air twice.
Edward looked down at his Volvo, then up to me. Once. Twice. Three times.
I roll my eyes. "Hand the keys over, Cullen." I said, holding my hand out.
It was all an act. I would have been perfectly content to sit in the back silently and go home. But I needed to put up a show. He gingerly holds out his dangling key. I snatch it from his hand and brush past him as I get in the driver's side. He slowly makes his way into the passenger seat, with Alice in the back. I shove the key in the ignition for the first time in a few months.
Emmett grins over at me from his seat and I grin back. Well, I tried.
"On your marks…..Get set…..Go!" Alice yells out the window. I step onto the gas and burn rubber as I speed out of the parking spot and swerve out into the road. I step down harder on the gas as I go down the small straight away. I can se Edward's hands poised to grab the steering wheel.
"Don't be paranoid. I'm a good driver." I say just as I turn a corner and the wheels screech slightly. I smile at the speed and for the first time, I wasn't faking it. I actually felt…dare I say it, happy.
Emmett is keeping up pace with me just barely as we race down the road illegally. He's on one side, I'm on the other. The road is deserted so far though and I'm driving on the correct side of the road, so Emmett was the only one in danger of a head on collision. He can hear if other cars are coming though, so he'd pull onto my side while it would pass. We were good to go.
It got harder as we hit the driveway. It got full of sharp turns and Edward now had his hands hovering over mine, actually bending over the compartment in between us.
We race up the drive and a couple of times Emmett tries to pass me, but the road is too small. He'd have to go off roading to even try and pass me. As I screech to a stop in the open garage. I take a breath, releasing my grip off the steering wheel. Emmett pulls in next to me and I grin over at him through the open window. He glares, trying to hide a smile. I step out of Edward's Volvo, my hand on my hip.
"I'd like to congratulate you on getting outraced by a girl." I say, holding my other hand out. "Rematch tomorrow." he grumbles, heading into the house. I shrug and walk next to Alice and Edward as we enter the house.
The adrenaline racing through my system from the race wears off quickly and I can feel the numb, emotionless feeling start to seep back into my body. I noticed Jasper's head whip over to my direction as the last drop of content drips out and splatters onto the floor.
I try and keep the smile on my face but it was hard .
"So Nyala, what do you want to do?" Alice ask, facing me. I keep the smile plastered on my face as I answer. "Doesn't matter. I'm happy with anything." Edward gives me one of the concentration stares, where he knows something is wrong but isn't quite sure what. I don't dare look over at him. Those eyes could see into my soul and find the truth. The plan was to keep the Cullens thinking I was fine. Even though I wasn't.
"Karaoke!" Alice trills and dances her way over to the TV. Her hands flash in a blur of moment as she hooks up the system and then a second later ,she holds out two microphones to me and Edward. I take mine while Edward takes his and we walk over to the TV.
"What song?" Alice ask. Edward looks to me. "Um. Tokio Hotel….Don't Jump." I decide. She nods. "They're a cool band." she adds, pressing buttons on the system. The lyrics pops up on the screen, the music video playing in the background."I can sing this in German too." I gloat to Edward, even though I didn't feel like gloating…or doing much of anything.
"Ah, Spring Nicht……I prefer this song in that version better to tell you the truth." Edward said, non-chantly.
"You listen to Tokio Hotel? In German?" I asked, shocked. "I've started listening to more recent music. I want to know what you find so entrancing about it." he said. I was about to respond but the notes to the beginning of the song start playing and my voice was immediately required.
"On top of the roof
The air is so cold and so calm
I say your name in silence
You don't wanna hear it right now
The eyes of the city
Are counting the tears falling down
Each one a promise
Of everything you never found" I motioned for Edward to take the next section.
"I scream into the night for you
Don't make it true
Don't jump
The lights will not guide you through
They're deceiving you
Don't jump
Don't let memories go
Of me and you
The world is down there out of view
Please don't jump" he sang, each word flowing out perfectly, a million times better than mine.
"You open your eyes
But you can't remember what for
The snow falls quietly
You just can't feel it no more
Somewhere out there
You lost yourself in your pain
You dream of the end
To start all over again" I sang, staring off at the wall as a few of the lyrics swirled around my head.
I open my eyes, but I can't remember what for. The snow falls quietly. I can't feel it anymore. Somewhere out there, I lost myself in my pain."I scream into the night for you
Don't make it true
Don't jump
The lights will not guide you through
They're deceiving you
Don't jump
Don't let memories go
Of me and you
The world is down there out of view
Please don't jump
Don't jump" he sang, glancing at me from the corner of his eye. I quickly looked back to the screen, my eyes watering a little bit. I forced the tears back.
"I don't know how long
I can hold you so strong
I don't know how longJust take my hand
Give it a chance
Don't jump" we both sang this part. I held the microphone with both hands.
"I scream into the night for you
Don't make it true
Don't jump
The lights will not guide you through
They're deceiving you
Don't jump
Don't let memories go
Of me and you" I sang. I glanced at Edward once more.
He stood there, pale white. His skin would be cold to the touch. Bronze hair, smoldering gold eyes. Hands that would hold me when I screamed at night, hands that held me to reality. A person that held me to reality. No, a whole family that will always hold me to reality ,so I can't slip into the darkness.
"The world is down there out of view
Please don't jump
Don't jump
And if all that can't hold you back,......
I'll jump for you" he sang the last sentence, staring into my eyes with a gaze you just couldn't look away from. A gaze that was impossible to look away from.
I quickly handed Alice the microphone and sat on the couch after Edward released me from his stare. Edward fluidly sat down next to me, but still giving me a foot of space.
"I wannna sing…… Pushing Me Away by the JoBros!" she declared and quickly put it in. She handed Emmett the other microphone Edward had handed her.
"The JoBros Rock!" Emmett yelled, hi-fiving Alice.
For a moment, I couldn't believe Alice and Emmett were really hundred year old vampires. They defiantly did not act wise and old. They acted like teenagers, no wait, fifth graders. Yes, they acted like fifth graders.
Maybe all those years made them go insane. One day they just flipped. Lost it. Went crazy.
I nodded slightly to myself as they sang with each other. "What are you thinking about?" Edward asked, whispering, his arms crossed as he also watched the live performance.
"That Alice and Emmett aren't vampires. They're really 12 year olds in disguise." I said. He chuckled and the sound filled the air around me because of his proximity.
The rest of the afternoon was spent with Karaoke, DDR, and Halo 3. I had diner with the Cullens, well, technically I had diner and they watched, slightly grossed out. It must be hard to hate food. Anyway, Edward was driving me home even though I asked if I could drive.
"I will never let you behind the wheel of any moving object ever again, I wouldn't have then if I had known what I know now." he said. I bit my lip for a second in confusion at the last part.
Oh. Now I get it. I shrugged.
"I'll just ride with Emmett from the on. I know he'll let me drive." I said, sitting crossed legged on the seat. He muttered something under his breath along the lines of "Insane"
I laughed a little then went silent. "Edward…will…you…um…er…" I struggled to find the words.
"Go ahead." he said.
"Will you stay the night?" I quickly asked, cringing already for his response. Edward's eyes winded the slightest bit before he covered his shock. "Of course." he said, slight awe in his voice. "Thank you." I whispered.
I felt so pitiful, shameful, ashamed. I felt needy by asking him to stay the night. Asking him went against everything I was in life. It felt so...out of character to want him to stay with me.
As we pulled into the small driveway I paused before getting out. I also felt wrong by having Edward sneak into my room, without my mom knowing.
"Stay here for a second, please. I'll be right back." I promised, quickly getting out and running into the house. "Mom." I said as I entered the kitchen.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Edward is staying the night because if he doesn't I'll have nightmares and wake up screaming." I shamefully said in one breath. She stared at me for a second, then stood up and hugged me. "Of course, if you need him he is welcome here. The Pack told me what happened and I know how your feeling. " she said, then released me.
" Just like Bella." I whispered. She nodded. I turned and ran back outside. Edward had stayed in the car like I'd asked him to. There was a flash of movement and suddenly he was holding the door open for me. "Thanks." I said, stepping back inside. Edward followed close behind me and quietly shut the door. "Hello Edward," my mom said, looking back up from her book.
"Hello Mrs. Bradley." he said. "I have to change quick," I told Edward and my mom. I went into my room and grabbed some pajamas. They were my old ones, too-big-for-me plaid pants, and a dark blue tank top. I quickly changed and walked back out into the kitchen, the bottom of my pants brushing against the floor. "Goodnight ,mom" I said, hugging her around the waist quick. "Night Nyala." she said. "Night Edward." she said to him. He nodded once and followed as I walked into my room.
"Does she want me to keep the door open…?" he asked me in a whisper as he held the door half open. "She knows you aren't doing anything like that with me." I said, smiling slightly at him.
My mom wouldn't care if I was in here making out with Edward, full session. As long as it doesn't go further than that, she's fine. He smiled back and quietly shut the door behind him.
"Crap," I said, not seeing anything. Everything was pitch black.
"Shoot." I said as I stepped into my chair. A cold hand slid onto my arm and guided me to my bed. "Thanks," I said, feeling my way under the covers. I tried to make myself comfortable then a question popped into my head.
"Edward, where are you?" I asked, staring up.
"Right here," he said, his voice surprisingly close to my head. He was somewhere on the floor next to my bed. "Why are you sitting on the floor?" I asked, feeling guilty.
"It's closer to you than the chair." he said. I didn't say anything for a minute. "You could sit on the end of my bed. My body doesn't reach that far, so there's space." I said. My bed was really long, longer than normal twin sized beds. My feet couldn't touch the bottom head board. "Are you sure?" he asked, not referring to how long my bed was.
"It's fine." I yawned. There was a tiny breeze as he moved to sit on my bed. The bed shifted only slightly under his weight. "Do you have you shoes off?" I warily asked.
He chuckled slightly. "Your covers will not be soiled from the dirt on my shoes, which are on the floor by your door." he said. I smiled to myself.
"Night Edward. Thank you." I said. I thought I heard him say something but it was too quiet for me to hear.