I smell coffee and breakfast before I open my eyes to greet the day. I stretch out my limbs and rub my eyes before glancing at the clock, 8:45. Not bad. I actually managed to get some decent sleep. I lie in bed a few minutes longer taking in the details of the small room in this cozy cabin. I wish I could just stay here forever. No worries. Just this serene, homey place. I sit up and brush the hair out of my face, sweeping it behind my ears as I pad down the small hallway to the kitchen and see Edward sitting at the bar.
He looks over at me with a small smile, "goodmorning Bella, how did you sleep?"
"Actually very well, thank you for asking," I sit at the bar in front of the plate of warm food, my stomach grumbling as if I hadn't eaten in days. "Thank you for breakfast," I say as I take a giant bite of jellied toast.
"My pleasure, Bella. I thought you might be hungry." He tilts his head slightly, "Would you like to go home today?" Edward asks.
I nod, "Yes I think I would." I eat a couple of piece of bacon before adding, "Can we try to have a normal morning with the others before we leave?"
Edward tightens his expression and says, "of course, normal." He walks into the living room and takes a seat on the couch, leaving me to finish my plate.
I take my plate over to the sink and rinse it off, and turn around immediately bumping into Edward. I jump, startled and look up at him, "Jesus! You scared me!"
Edward looks at me, pleading, "Bella, spend the day with me, please. We could stay here for the day, just the two of us. No pressure, just spending time together."
I sigh, walking past him toward the living room, "Edward, what do you think one day is going to accomplish? You think you are going to magically rid me of how I feel for Emmett?"
He shakes his head, "no but I want us to atleast try to reconnect...we owe ourselves that, after all we've been through, don't we?" He tilts his head and playfully pushes out his lower lip and pouts.
I roll my eyes and offer a small smile, "you look ridiculous. Fine. Just today but then I need some time alone to think, away from everyone. Please."
Edward nods and pulls my hands into his, offering out a sincere "thank you."
I shrug and tuck my lips together in a straight line, "so...whats on the agenda for the day then?"
Edward remains silent for a bit and then says, "well we could catch up on some of those ridiculous shows you enjoy, then we could cook lunch together, I know you could use a few pointers," he teases.
I stick my tongue out in reply, "I am not THAT bad of a cook!"
Edward laughs and scrunches his nose, "I beg to differ."
I gape at him playfully and reach over, grabbing a couch pillow and launching it at him. "You only think that because you don't even like human food anymore!" I laugh.
He catches the pillow and chuckles, cocking an eyebrow, "are you challenging me to a pillow fight, Miss Swan?"
I react quickly and arm myself with another pillow from the couch and immediately swing it toward him, making contact with his shoulder.
Almost instantaneously, Edwards pillow is hitting my thigh with enough force to make a few feathers fly out and I find myself giggling loudly. "Vampire reflexes are not allowed!" I yell.
Edward ducks as I launch my pillow towards him and knocks me onto the couch with the second hit of his pillow. Drowning in laughter and feathers, I hold my hands up in defeat. Edward drops whats left of his pillow and leans down, hovering over me. I bite back the giggles as they die down and stare up at him.
Just as he leans in, my phone pings. I reach over and pick it up off of the coffee table and sit up straight as I see Emmetts name flash onto the screen.
"Bells, if you aren't busy later, can we talk? I'll be around, just let me know." I put the phone back on the table, not knowing how to reply at the moment. Edward cocks a brow, "everything okay?" I nod, "yes, fine...now I recall someone promising a TV binge..." I tilt my head.
Edward nods and tosses the remote to me, "your wish is my command."
I swallow back my guilt and decide to tackle my issues a little later, enjoying the light mood in the air. I turn on The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and smile as Edward rolls his eyes. "What? I have to watch the new episodes, they just released the next part." I say innocently and settle into the couch.
After a few episodes, Edward retreats to the kitchen and I hear the popping from the microwave. I pull my phone out and decide to reply to Emmett, asking if tomorrow would work in regards to meeting up to talk.
Edward returns, sitting next to me closely and smiles, holding out the bowl of popcorn, "I could do this with you all day." I return his smile and lean my head against his shoulder and he plants a kiss on top of my head.
I hear my phone ping again but decide to check it later and not risk ruining the mood.
This is nice, this is safe. Thats just it though, isn't it? Its whats familiar, whats comfortable. Is it what I truly want thought?
