I don't own Twilight.
Three.
He was in the middle of the road.
Of course, he was. It was a three-hour drive to the city I had decided to visit first – Olympia, the state capital. And we apparently couldn't be apart or that would cause a disaster of epic proportions.
My eyes practically roll in to the back of my head.
It wasn't that I didn't want Edward anymore. It wasn't that I didn't love him. I did, more than anything. It was just that there was a new desire that ached within me; the idea of the road and everything it offered.
Maybe there was some Renee in me after all.
The glare he had did get the point across quite nice. And as he hopped up, graceful as ever, into the passenger seat, I tried to keep my gaze on the road in front of us.
"Would you care to tell me, what exactly is it you're doing? Bella, you have finals tomorrow, and graduation is coming up. How do you expect to-"?
I scoffed. Edward made it sound like I was the petulant, immature child under his watch. "I'm getting away. It's not like I don't plan on returning."
"When were you planning on filling me in?" He asked, irritated.
Silence fell between us. I needed him to understand, to figure it out on his own.
"I see…"
Did he, really?
"Edward, I just need some time."
"Some time to yourself?"
The air caught in my throat. "Yes." The concept of taking a step back from anything, especially Edward, was a completely foreign concept to me.
"Bella…"
"We just never spend anytime apart. Don't you wish you could get away from everyone and everything once in a while?"
Again, there was silence. The trucks motor sounded progressively more dominant in my ears.
"I'm a hundred and nine. I've had literally all the time in the world to be on my own. My days have been spent being surrounded by family who have all found their mates, the other half that makes them whole. I mean, it's a concept I can certainly understand to a degree. I want to be alone in some ways," he sighed, tapping the side of his head.
From here I could see nothing but the road and green lined on each side. It was only a little further until we would be out of the rainforest.
"Charlie's going to kill you," Edward warned, trying to change my mind before he would try to undoubtedly force the truck around himself. "Aren't you already in enough trouble?"
Something within me roared to life then. It had been more than just wanting to see Edward in my dreams and hallucinations while he was gone, that made me want to test my limits.
Whatever the case, my mind was made up. "Edward, either come with me to Olympia, or go back to my house and face Charlie yourself." The tone in my voice didn't tremor.
"Let's go," Edward slammed the door beside him, I had been oblivious to the fact that we were driving with it open.
"I thought you understood!"
"Bella, I realize you may be eighteen, but Victoria is still on the loose, and I'm not about to compromise your safety just so you can do whatever it is you want to do."
Shrugging, I said, "Suit yourself." And we continued down the highway. I hadn't entirely gotten my own way, but it was a start.