"Only one more day," Edward, whispered, running his hand down my arm as I withed and screamed.
The pain had me crazy, so that a chair was twisted into something unrecognizable, and Dr. Cullins became a mutated monster
I could see Edward's worried face, and Esme's looks of pity, before the pain dragged me back to the underworld again.
The next time I woke up, my body was free of pain, and I was ravenous.
Edward was awake at my side. When I looked at him with eyes that didn't rove with pain, he smiled gratefully and leaned down to engulf me in a hug.
"Oh, Bella," he whispered into my hair.
I hugged him back just as hard, and pressed my lips to his cheek. He turned his head so that our lips met, and, for what seemed the first time, we shared a real kiss.
There was no holding
back on his part: he didn't have to worry about caving my skull in
when he held the back of my head.
He moved his lips down
to my neck. From habit more so than fear, I went still. He nuzzled
the skin, breathing in the smell.When he finally looked
up at me, he was smiling in such a way that his beauty was like that
of twenty Adonis'.
I looked around and noticed that Dr. Cullins had left, and Alice wasn't waiting with me, like she had been so wont to do.
"Edward, what happens now?"
He looked at me, and laughed. "Well, I guess you have to hunt for food."
I shivered at the implication. "Where?"
"I'll take you up to the park."
"Where you and Emmet go?" I asked.
"Yeah, "he answered, not looking at me but into my eyes.
I smiled and he blew out his breath. It still smelled like a mixture of all good things in the world, and I was entranced. He was real. He wasn't going to leave me. And we had forever.