Three updates today to make up for the one I missed yesterday!
37.
We're standing in my living room a bit awkwardly, when it happens.
"Bella… Would you – Would you like to go out with me sometime?" I blink in surprise, facing Edward but not seeing him. My thoughts spin.
Edward's asking me out. But… I thought he had a girlfriend? I thought he was at least taken? Didn't he have someone in the hospital? Maybe it was a family member?
I try to stop my train of thought and answer. Instead of the answer, 'yes I'd love to,' my stupid brain betrays itself. "Don't you have a girlfriend?"
Edward laughs. "I would not have asked you out if I did."
I frown. "But then who was in the hospital?"
He looks away. "I'd prefer not to talk about that. It was someone important to me…" His voice breaks, and I immediately regret pushing him on this.
"I'm sorry… They didn't make it?" I almost face palm myself, but I can't take back my words. And to be honest, I don't really want to. It might make me a bitch, but I would like to know.
He looks away again, his eyes suddenly glassy. He doesn't answer, and I don't ask anymore. The sad look on his face is not worth it.