SONG: I Caught Myself by Paramore
(that's in the twilight soundtrack, people are saying it's Edwards POV to Bella ;D)
A cold hand on my cheek woke me up from my seemingly endless sleep.
"Mm," I mumbled, not yet able to form reasonable thoughts. An angelic chuckle brought back some memories.
"Sorry, love. I didn't mean to wake you. Go back to sleep," Edward cooed, his velvety voice sounding like melting honey. He removed his hand from my cheek.
"Yeah, right," I mumbled with a sigh, trying to open my eyes. It took a few seconds, but once my eyes focused, I could see we were in Edward's room. I was nestled comfortably under the white sheets, while Edward lay on top of them - making sure I stayed warm - next to me. "Good morning," I smiled.
He smiled warmly and kissed the top of my hand. "Good morning, love. How did you sleep?"
"Better than I have in a long time," I answered honestly, trying to stretch out the muscles in my neck and back. Edward watched me in silence.
I looked up at him to appraise his sudden mood change. His eyes stayed focused on mine, but switched emotions. He became very concerned.
"Bella," he spoke as if I were a toddler. "How are you? Honestly, are you all right?"
I looked at him incredulously. "Of course I'm all right, Edward. What would be wrong?"
"Well, although I read the packs thoughts to know nothing had happened to you, I just wanted to make sure that you were completely unharmed," he explained, looking down at my hand that rested numbly in his.
Taking my free hand and putting it under his chin, I gently lifted up his head so our eyes met. I smiled politely. "I'm completely unharmed."
His expression switched to being relieved as he leaned in very slowly until gently, very gently, our lips met for the first time since we had been apart. As always, I unthinkingly threw myself at him, latching my hands around his neck.
He chuckled against my lips and effortlessly broke the hold I had on him. I sighed and looked down, twisting and untwisting my hands in his.
We sat in silence for longer than I expected - both lost in our own trains of thought, I guessed - until I had enough curiosity built up in me that I felt like I was going to explode with questions.
"What happened to Koda?" I asked, looking up.
Edward warily seemed to think of a correct response. "He and the pack are fine. After I took you away from those dogs," he hissed, "Carlisle made it extremely clear that they are to never come within a hundred miles of Forks or anywhere you are. And if they do," he looked away from my curious eyes, "it will inevitably end in death. For them, anyway."
I flinched back at the venom in his tone. Noticing this, he looked back at me with a softened expression. "Not to worry, they wouldn't dare get anywhere near you. Not that I wouldn't love to see them try to get around us this time…" he trailed off, his anger swelling again.
"And Jacob?" I asked for a distraction.
"Jacob is just fine. Though his ego is a little wounded." He smiled wryly.
I smiled in relief. "And your family? They're all fine?"
Edward rolled his eyes and put my hand in between two of his. "Bella, you need to stop worrying about everyone. Everyone is fine. Emmett is a little disappointed there wasn't a fight, but that's Emmett."
I rolled my eyes too. Typical Emmett. "How long was I gone?" I asked, and then realized something. "Charlie!"
Edward looked at me warily. "You were gone three days. Carlisle spoke with your father, telling him you went away with us for some unexpected family trip that we sprung on you." He winked. "You only missed one day of school."
"And Charlie was okay with that?" I asked incredulously, surprised anyone had been able to convince him without hearing from me.
"I have to admit, Carlisle said it was a struggle. Even Alice had to help calm him." He chuckled.
I sighed in relief, an emotion that was becoming more and more familiar. "Thank you, Edward. For everything. Thank you for not killing Koda. I know that must have been hard."
He laughed without humor. "Bella, that was a little more than hard. That was merely excruciatingly painful."
Realizing how much pain I caused him, I could see my vision start to blur. Traitor tears. "Edward, I'm… sorry. So sorry. I shouldn't have gone with Jacob; I shouldn't have gone with Koda!" I exclaimed, raising up my free hand in internal frustration.
"Bella," Edward said in a soft voice, his eyes matching his tone, "You have nothing to be sorry for."
"But I caused everything! Someone could have been killed because of me!"
He rolled his eyes and leaned in, obviously trying to distract me with his closeness.
It did.
I had to concentrate on breathing as he kissed my jaw line and murmured softly against my skin. "Bella, trust me. You have nothing to be sorry for."
"But… I…" I couldn't even form a coherent sentence.
He moved his lips slowly to my cheek. "Have nothing to be sorry for," he finished my sentence.
"All… right," I said, sighing in defeat.
He chuckled against my skin and slowly met his lips to mine.
We stayed that way until I was gasping for breath. He apologized, as always, and moved his head away so I could breathe.
"You are truly something…" he murmured, watching me.
"You're not so bad yourself." I leaned in and pressed my lips firmly to his, catching him off guard.
He chuckled and moved his head so only our foreheads were touching. "Please, Bella. Although it's not your fault, you must never do that again. I couldn't stand you being away from me."
"Never," I vowed and leaned in more slowly this time, pressing my lips to his.
**A/N: well yayyy! that will be the end :)
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if i did a sequel, would you read it?
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