A/N: Ready for another dream?
Chapter-51: Comb
Word Prompt: Comb
Dialogue Flex: "He says he doesn't feel well."
Using the provided snippet of dialogue, explore what comes to mind, be it a scene, a thought, or something else.
~*~*~*DreamWeaver*~*~*~
All throughout dinner, I try to gauge Bella's expression.
Is she mad that I assumed her cousin to be a drag?
Does she look embarrassed to be here with me?
Does her laughter sound strained?
What if she breaks up with me after seeing my verbal diarrhea first hand?
So many thoughts attack my mind that I don't hear her call my name the first time. When I feel a hand on my thigh, I almost jump out of my skin.
"Dude, that's my sister next to you, not a ghost," Emmett, Bella's big brute of a cousin who's definitely not a drag, says from across the table. "Although she does a very convincing impersonation of a Banshee at times."
Alice, the mean best friend, shakes her head at him. "It hurts, Em, it literally hurts. How can you call anyone a Banshee when I'm here?"
That gets a laugh out of everyone … almost.
"Hey," Bella says, squeezing my thigh gently. "Where did you go?"
"Hmm?" Yeah, I'm a vocal asshole now.
She smiles sweetly and raises her hand to comb through my chaotic hair with her fingers. "Edward?"
I suppress a sigh at the soft tone of her voice. She's breaking up with me and is trying to soften the blow, I think to myself.
"Edward?" she calls my name again, nudging my shoulder gently with hers.
Wordlessly, I look at her and find her smiling at me. "I miss you. Come back to me?"
I frown at her. "You're not mad?"
"Mad?" She looks confused. "Mad for what?"
"For the way I embarrassed you," I mumble, looking away from her intense gaze. "I would completely understand if you don't want to be with me."
She's silent for a moment before she moves. I watch with rising confusion as she throws down her napkin on the table, takes my hand in hers and stands up. She addresses everyone in our party at once, "I'm sorry, people, but we need to leave."
Emmett pulls a face at that and says, "Damn, Bells. You're my little sister for this chicken drumstick's sake!" He holds up a drumstick in his hand. "I don't want to know if you're gonna do the dirty with your pretty boy here."
Bella narrows her eyes at him. "Get your head out of the gutter, big brother," she says with a scoff. "It's for Edward. He says he doesn't feel well. So I'm leaving with him."
Wait. Did I say that? I don't remember saying that …
I feel like a confused fucker as I stand up when she tugs on my hand. "It was nice to meet you, guys," I tell them, hoping to sound a little sick to make Bella's story believable.
Maybe she doesn't want to make a spectacle when she breaks up with me?
"Likewise, Eduardo," Emmett says, standing up to shake my hand. "Next time we meet, I'll bring my feather boa to show off to you." He winks at me in good humor, but all I can do is wonder if there's gonna be a next time if Bella breaks up with me.
I think I manage a cross between a smile and grimace before Bella says, "Goodnight, people", and after hugging Rose, she starts for the restaurant exit, pulling me with her.
~*~*~*DreamWeaver*~*~*~
She keeps on walking until we reach my car, and once we're there, she holds her hand out to me, asking for the key in silence.
I feel like I'm in a trance as I hand it over to her. She tells me to get inside before getting settled into the driving seat.
She doesn't give me a chance to ask her where we're going. Instead, she shifts the gear and gets us moving … to the way opposite to her home.
After enduring deafening silence for eight whole minutes, I ask, "Where're we going?"
She looks to the right and then parks the car on a dark patch of road. "I had to kidnap you from there," she says in a matter-of-fact tone.
"You just kidnapped me?" I'm at a loss.
"Uh-huh," she replies, quickly unbuckling her seatbelt. She rises on her knees and then before I know what's happening, she throws her leg to the side, straddling me in the process.
"I just had to kidnap you," she whispers, running her nose along mine.
"Why?" I croak, I fucking croak like a pansy.
"Because, I didn't want my cousin to get an eyeful of this," she answers before putting her lips on mine, silencing me in the most effective of ways.
It only takes me a moment to respond to her, but when I do, I hold her to me, not daring to believe what my heart is telling me. So I decide to ask her. "Does this mean that you're not leaving me?"
She lets out a happy giggle. "Yes, my silly, sweet, pretty boy," she says, punctuating each adjective with a kiss. "I'm not leaving you. Now drive us to your place or I'll drive you insane right here in the middle of the road." She moves over me to prove her point, making me groan at the feeling.
Fuck! It's gonna suck driving with a hard on now.
I hold her face in my hands and kiss her once more before letting her slide into my seat as I step out to take the driving seat. I need to take her home … right fucking now!
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Unfortunately, my glasses broke and I can't write without stressing my eyes too much. So you'll get DW chapters regularly, but for Redemption of A Lost Soul update, it's gonna be around Monday. Sorry and thank you for your support.
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Ann
