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Chapter Twenty-One

"What are you fearful of?" I asked softly.

"Rain..."

I laughed, shaking the hammock. "What? You're scared of rain? Well you picked the wrong place to live."

"No." He rubbed my arm, not minding my hair was in his face or in his mouth as he spoke. "It's raining. Don't you feel that?"

Holding my breath, I looked up at the tree above us and waited to feel the light sprinkles scatter along my arms and face.

Edward sighed.

And I stared at his strong profile.

"You aren't scared of anything, are you?" I said more to myself. Because I just knew. There was no way anything could keep him from doing what he wanted. I envied him for that. "You might as well just tell me."

"What would be the point?" He playfully scoffed and closed his eyes. "Then you'd know my weakness. You could destroy me."

"So?"

"So you think Superman went around revealing his weakness of kryptonite? No."

"He revealed his weakness to Lois Lane," I pointed out.

"She was a smart cookie. She figured it out on her own, didn't she?"

"No. Okay...say your weakness is kryptonite and I bake you cookies. Unbeknownst to you and your weakness, I add kryptonite to the recipe. Then you eat them and die."

"Whoa. That's a little morbid for hammock time. Why do I have to die?" Edward asked in bewilderment.

"Your death could be avoided if you just reveal to me your weakness, you know?"

He wasn't buying it.

But for some reason I couldn't let it go.

Edward looked down at me for a moment before covering my face with his hand. "You're very strange. And you seem to be getting way too into this."

"No." I laughed and pushed his hand away. "Fine. I give up. But just know it's only fair. I told you my fear."

"You told me your looks-good-on-paper fear. Ferris wheels? Please."

"My fear is of heights, not Ferris wheels. We've been over this. And...looks-good-on-paper?"

"Yeah, like...okay. I have a fear of spiders; clowns; popsicles that taste like bananas. Those are all legitimate fears, but they aren't the ones that keep you up at night, you know?"

Eying him, I admitted the clown fear most definitely kept people up at night.

"You know what I mean." Edward brought one finger and lightly tapped the skin above my breast. "Those fears. The ones that make your heart hurt because you can't control them."

I swallowed, blinking back tears. He didn't know. He obviously didn't know. But the way his eyes burned into mine almost felt like he did; like he knew I was hiding something. Edward searched my eyes and frowned as the rain began to pick up.

"You." Edward said cryptically.

"Me what?"

"You kind of scare me, Bella," he admitted, finally giving in.

"But...what? I scare you?"

His hand held my cheek in place and he kissed me.

"That doesn't make sense..." I trailed off in shock as he licked his lips.

"Your fear doesn't make sense either. Come on...Ferris wheels?" Edward teased.

And all too suddenly, Edward had given me the knowledge and power to destroy him.

A/N: Short but hopefully sweet. One more update later!