BPOV: Almost Lover
My head felt like it was going to explode. My throat burned and I'll I wanted to do was sleep. I felt two soft hands rub my hair back, it felt soothing. I opened my eyes slowly to see Esme watching like a mother to her child. When I blinked a couple of times and remembered that what happened last night, my head hurt worse. The bad part about that was that I wanted to throw up. I jumped up slowly and tried to make my way to the bathroom. Not stopping, only to open my bedroom door. I didn't look back or down. My sights were set on the bathroom. I only ended up falling twice but both times because I just needed to get the bathroom, I just got back up.
I threw up immedately when my knees hit the floor in front of the toliet. I didn't stop, or more like I couldn't. It was disgusting. Before I could do it myself my hair was pulled back my two hands, I wanted to know if it was Esme again but I didn't even look up again. When I was done I flushed the toilet and sat back against the wall. I wiped my mouth with a towel the person gave me and I smiled to myself. I opened my eyes again and saw that the person was Edward. He looked worried, scared, and sad.
"Isabella, Isabella." He whispered my name and pulled me into his arms, slowly. I leaned back into him and he supported me. My head still throbbed and hurt like hell.
"I hit my head pretty hard, didn't I?" He didn't say anything. I turned slowly in his arms, so I wouldn't make my head hurt. He was looking at me and I smiled at him. He didn't smile back.
"It wasn't your fault. We should have never left and went and got ice cream." He still wasn't convinced. So I lightly kissed the tip of his nose.
"I'm fine, all I have is a tiny headache. It'll go away." He raised and eyebrow at me.
"Okay, I have a huge headache but it's not your fault. So what, we had a little fun and it got way out of hand. Things like that happen all the time. How about you and I...go back to sleep." I smiled at him and he laughed, making my heart drop. I truly was in love with him, with my whole heart.
"Deal. Come on, love." He picked me up bridal style and carried me to his room, where he laid me down.
"Are you comfortable?" He asked me. I lightly shook my head and his smile got wider, he climbed into the other side of the bed and cuddled me closer to him, it felt so nice. We laid there for a long time when Edward finally sighed and rolled me over so I looked him in the eyes.
"Why do you love me?" He asked and I chuckled and rubbed my hand against his cheek it was warm.
"I've loved you since the first day I met you. When I became friends with Alice. I was so jealous of the other girls, because you would pay attention to them and not me. I would sometimes cry myself to sleep at night and think why you didn't notice me." He frowned and kissed my lips, making me smirk at him.
"I think in my heart I always loved you, I just never realized it. I'm a moron and I know it. Maybe if I took time to look at you, I would have seen that you were my soul mate. But I'm happy what with we have now." I nodded and that moment was priceless. Until...
"Hey Bells." Alice said from the doorway, and I smiled up at her. Edward was frowning he knew she wanted to be with me and that meant that he would have to leave me for a couple of minutes. Oh boy.
"I'll be back. I'm going to make you some soup, have Alice come get me if you need me." I nodded and he left slowly, hoping that I would call him back. But I didn't and he understood. I needed to talk to Alice, she was probably stressed out about this whole thing. She came over and sat down on the bed in front of me.
"How you doing?" I shrugged and she nodded her head.
"I wanted to talk about something with you." She said slowly and I raised an eyebrow at her, she giggled and climbed up to Edward's spot on the bed and moved into me.
"I wanted you to be the first to know, and then the parents tonight at dinner." I looked at her now, what was going on.
"Jasper asked me to marry him and I said yes." She showed me her ring, and it was beautiful. It fit Alice perfectly.
"So I guess she told you." Jasper said from the doorway Alice was talking from minutes ago, I nodded so happy. I motioned him over and I hugged him when he made his way on the bed to.
"I want you to be my maid of honor, do you accept?" I hugged her and she laughed so did Jasper.
"Of course I will. I'm so excited for you guys. Your perfect for one another, I can't wait to see every body's faces.
"Well if their anything like yours, I'll be fine let me tell you that." Alice said making us giggle together and Jasper roll his eyes.
"When do you want to have it?" I asked them both and they both blushed at the same time it was so cute.
"Well we were thinking..." Jasper began but Alice finished for him.
"About the end of the summer. It's perfect don't you think. Do you think we can pull it together in one month?" She asked me and I looked at her, as if she were crazy.
"Alice you are amazing at things like this, and with Rose, your mom and my help. Will get everything done and more." She was about to say something when we were interrupted.
"Get what done and more?" Edward asked coming into the room carrying a tray with two bowls and two waters. Jasper, Alice and I all looked at one another but I was the one to say something first.
"Nothing, just dinner tonight. Alice wanted to cook a big dinner. A nice sit down dinner with the whole family." I was fake smiling but Edward didn't see the difference, I hope. Alice and Jasper nodded and they both got up to leave, but Alice hugged me and whispered in my ear first before following Jasper out.
"You just used dinner one every time in three sentences. He'll look at you like your crazy when we leave. Spill nothing. I'm so glad your okay with everything and your happy for us. That's all I ask." With that she kissed my cheek and left closing the door behind her.
"Tell me." He said coming over with the tray. I shook my head. He frowned and I shrugged and began to eat the incredible soup he made, he began to eat to.
"Please." I shook my head. I guess he wasn't going to give up.
"Nope...please can't you just wait till later." He thought about it and accepted, I kissed his cheek.
"Thank you, this is really good. I have an idea, why don't you became a cook. You can cook for me any time." He smiled and chuckled at me.
"I think all stick to saving lives and then cook for you on the side." I swallowed my last bite of food.
"Deal. I'm stuffed." He agreed and took down all the dishes, telling me he'd be right back. He looked panicked and I told him I'd be fine. After he left I heard a crash and I jumped. I didn't hear anyone scream, but it made me worry. About 3 minutes later Edward came running into the bedroom and slammed the door shut behind him. He didn't look at, but at the closed door.
"Edward?" He seemed to forget I was in the room with him and sighed, making his way over...very slowly.
"What's wrong I heard something crash and then..." He cut me off with his hand over my mouth.
"I think I need to take a shower, I'll be back." I nodded, hoping that he would be okay. When he closed the bathroom door I let out the breath the I had been holding in and when the water turned on I was even more relieved.
"Bella." I heard someone call from the bedroom door, I didn't even notice Jasper standing there. I raise an eyebrow at him.
"What the hell is going on?" I asked him and he blushed...oh great.
"Well we didn't think Edward would come down after eating, and no one else is home. So we were kinda in the kitchen..." I quickly finished.
"Making cookies." He chuckled and I glared.
"Well he walked in and drop everything, hint the loud crash. Probably causing you to have a heart attack. And well now Alice is...well she's locked herself in the downstairs bathroom and won't come out." I looked over at the bathroom door and back to Jasper.
"Can you grab my guitar." He nodded and went into my room, coming back moments later with my guitar case. I smiled and thanked him.
"Now do me a favor. Take my guitar downstairs outside the bathroom and then come back for me." He didn't ask questions just did what I told him to do. Edward was still in the shower when Jasper came back for me. I asked him if I was to heavy and he said I wasn't. He didn't brake a sweat so I didn't say anything. When we got right outside the bathroom I heard Alice crying. I whispered to Jasper.
"Sit down with me." He shool his head but I insisted.
"Your like my brother Jasper. You deserve to be here." I giggled and he sat down with me. I sat across from the door and he sat next to me.
"Ready?" I asked him, and he nodded.
"What are you doing?" Esme and Carlisle asked us just as they came into the hallway. I put a finger to my lips to tell them to be quite. They nodded and took off their shoes, I thought they would leave but they sat across from Jasper and I. A little away from the door, just in case Alice bust out. They knew why we were here, they heard Alice to. I took my guitar out of it's case and mae sure it was tuned. When it was I began to play and then soon began to sing. (A Fine Frenzy- Almost Lover)
"Your fingertips across my skin
The palm trees swaying in the wind, images." I started out softly, closing my eyes and letting my fingers go by themselves. With the sound of my voice, it felt amazing. I continued on hoping that Alice was listening, I stopped hearing her cry. But didn't bother to open my eyes for fear that I would lose my rhythm.
"You sang me Spanish lullabies
The sweetest sadness in your eyes, clever trick
Well, I'd never want to see you unhappy
I'd thought you want the same for me.""Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?"
"So, long my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do.""We walked along a crowded street
You took my hand and danced with me in the shade
And when you left you kissed my lips
You told me you would never ever forget these images, no
Well, I'd never want to see you unhappy
I'd thought you want the same for me." I heard some movement but still did not open my eyes, I was to far into the music.
"Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?"
"So, long my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do."
"I cannot go to the ocean
I cannot try the streets at night
I cannot wake up in the morning
Without you on my mind."
"So you're gone and I'm haunted
And I bet you are just fine
Did I make it that easy to walk
Right in and out of my life?"
"Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?"
So, long my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do."I finished the song with the guitars strings still vibrating across the guitars neck. I slowly opened my eyes to see Esme and Carlisle smiling proudly at me, Alice in Jasper's lap, and Edward sitting right by Esme. He was...crying. What? He got up and left the hallway, leaving me to walk really really slow after him. Jasper asked if I wanted help but I told him I was fine. Ya, fine. HA! It took me more that 5 minutes to get up to his bedroom, the door was closed. I didn't knock and walked right in. I was to tired to care. He was walking in from the bathroom, and saw me. Panicked and ran for me, he picked me up and put me on the bed.
"Are you crazy?! Your could have hurt yourself." I shrugged and closed my eyes. I pretended I passed out and he flipped. He began to shake me, and say my name. When he went to scream for his dad I stopped him.
"Silly Edward, lighten up." He looked like he was going to murder me and I giggled. He finally stopped glaring and came over and held me. I let him.
"Don't ever do that again." He said and I pulled back and looked at him.
"Why were you crying?" He shook his head, breaking eye contact with me.
"I was not crying." I put a hand on his cheek and made him look at me.
"Sure Edward. But if you were I think that is totally hot. Crying because you thought my singing was so touching." I put a hand on my heart and swooned.
"So you think it's hot. Do ya." He growled the last words out and he laid me down on the bed and positioned himself above me, but just so that none of his weight was on me. He kissed me.
"Yes I do." He smiled and was about to kiss me more but just then Emmett's voice boomed up to us.
"STOP WHAT EVER YOU ARE DOING AND GET DOWN HERE. DINNER TIME!" I laughed and Edward kissed me once more before taking me downstairs for dinner and a little surprise from Alice and Jasper. I wonder how everyone will take it...