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Edward was obviously not enjoying himself. He sat stiffly, and his arm curled around me was mechanically placed. I had been cowered into his chest for over half the movie. The people were running from the infected ones, and everyone was really into the movie. Except Edward, of course. I looked up at him, and he scowled down at me.
"What? What's wrong?" I asked, a little too loudly. I got shushed by everyone. I lowered my voice and asked again.
"Nothing. I told you I didn't want to watch the movie. I'm humoring you." He looked away from my face, and back towards the flat screen. I sighed, and watched too, but with less enthusiasm.
Alice and Emmett were leaning towards the TV, obviously enchanted. Rosalie and Jasper were making faces at each other, obviously not enchanted. I was getting increasingly uncomfortable, not because of the movie. Although a person can only take so many bloodcurdling screams. Edward would obviously be anywhere but here right now. I strained to get my mouth up to Edward's ear.
"You really don't want to watch this movie, do you?" He gave me a 'duh' look and I blushed slightly. "You want to get out of here?" He looked at me like it was the best idea he'd ever heard. He took my hand, and stood up. Everyone looked at him.
"Bella and I are leaving. Where we're going, I don't know, but we'll be back later." He turned and walked away, trailing me behind him. He took me around the house to the garage. He opened the door, and snapped on the light. He took me to the car, and opened the door. We were ¼ of the way out of the driveway before I realized we were moving. Déjà vu. He headed the same way he did in my dream. I knew where we were going before he knew it, more than likely. He stopped at the end of the road, where the pavement ended.
"I knew we were coming here." I broke the silence. He swiveled his head to look at me.
"What? How could you know?" He sounded confused. He stretched his arm around my seat.
"You know when I passed out?" His scowl showed me that he did. "Well, I had a dream that you brought me here. It's weird." I blushed.
Edward laughed. "Well, come on. Get out of the car." He got out, and before the door had shut, he was on my side, pulling the door open. I got out, and immediately felt his icy hands on my skin, throwing me on his back. I rushed to keep my dress from flying up.
"I am wearing a dress tonight!" I said with mock rage. He turned his head toward me, and smiled.
"And you look lovely in it." He was such a gentleman. I clasped my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist. He started running, obviously enjoying it as much as I did. We reached the meadow in record time, or so he told me. He set me down gently, and took my hand as we walked deeper into the meadow.
There were no firefly filled trees this time, but there was a lavender tint to the sky that suggested the sun was going to rise soon. I loved sunsets, but a sunrise could be just as nice. We walked over to the big tree in the far corner, and Edward let go of my hand. He pulled his sweater over his head, and tossed it on the ground. Then he pulled off his white t-shirt. I stood there for a moment, marveling at his perfection. He looked at me self consciously.
"What? Is there something wrong?" He asked, obviously worried. I was too dazed to speak, so I shook my head no. He seemed satisfied, and sat on the ground, leaning back against the tree's trunk. He folded his legs so that his knees were in the air, his legs apart. I sat down between them, and leaned back against him. I put my head back on his chest, and closed my eyes, breathing in the scent of him. I would never get tired of that smell. He pressed a kiss to the top of my head, and folded his arms across me.
"Look, the sun is rising." He said softly. I opened my eyes reluctantly. Clouds cluttered the sky, but the sun was still visible. It rose, tinting the clouds brilliant shades of pink and purple, and coloring the sky in yellow and orange. Around the sun itself, there was a ring of red. I was awestruck. Edward noticed.
"It's beautiful, isn't it? Before I met you, I used to come here and watch it rise every morning. Now, I have something better." He kissed the side of my face, and I let my eyes drift shut again. I listened to the symphony of crickets and cicadas, and the calls of birds. It really was beautiful. I felt the sun rise higher, and opened my eyes sometime later. Edward's skin threw off shards of color, as if the sun were reflecting off millions of diamonds. I pressed a kiss to his shoulder. "Thank you" he sighed. Then, the cell phone in his pocket rang. He picked it out, and looked at the caller ID. "Alice." He flipped it open.
"Hello? Yes, Alice. We're fine. Yes, I am offended. Okay. Okay. You're kidding? No! Really? Yeah, we'll be right there." He snapped the phone shut.
"We have to head back?" I guessed. He nodded his head.
"Yeah. I guess the glass guy showed up right after we left. He apparently needs some assistance." Edward smiled. I moved away from him, and stood up. Edward stood up too, much more gracefully than I, I'm sure. He picked up his shirts and handed them to me. "Can you hold these?" He smiled.
"Sure." I slung the shirts over my shoulder, getting a whiff of his mouth watering scent as I did. He held out his arms, and I ran into them. He gave the best hugs, even being solid as rock, and very cold. His skin on mine gave me goose bumps. I felt his hands under my arms, and braced myself for him to pick me up. He swung me onto his back, and started running. He took his time, and ran slower than usual; but we still made it to the car fast. I jumped off his back, and stumbled. As per usual, Edward caught me and set me upright.
I crossed my arms. "Being clumsy sucks." I was a little bitter. I wanted to be graceful, too. I climbed into the car, and Edward shut my door. He started up the Volvo, and turned around to get back to the house. I leaned over, and opened the compartment that Edward had his entire car CD collection jammed into. I picked one out. It was by a band called Muse. I'd never heard of them before. Edward glanced over, took the CD from me, and slid it into the player.
"They're good, you'll like them." I listened, and Edward flicked the volume switch so the music was deafening. He yelled over the music. "It's best to listen to them this way." I laughed. But it was true. The lead singer's voice was amazing.
"They're very good." I yelled over the music. "Can you turn this down a little?" I was practically screaming over the music. Edward turned to me.
"Speak up, I can't hear you, there's really loud music playing." He started laughing at his own joke. Aww. He made a pun. Not. I gave him a look, and he turned the volume down, and I stared out the window, realizing that we were fifty feet from his garage. He parked the car, and got out. He opened my door, and lifted me out with one hand. I scolded him.
"Look, I'm eighteen years old. I'm pretty sure I can handle getting out of a car by myself. Okay?" He looked guilty.
"Okay. But it's not my fault if you fall on your face." He smiled his half smile. We walked, holding hands, toward the house. Edward opened the door for me, and we stepped inside. The whole front window was gone. There was nothing there, just empty space. On the outside of the house, there was a massive piece of glass being affixed to the space where the old glass was. I stopped and stared.
"Wow." Wow was a serious understatement. I'd never seen anything like that before. Edward smirked.
"Are you hungry?" He asked. He tugged on my hand, and we started toward the kitchen.