I do not own Twilight or New Moon, Stephenie Meyer does.
Chapter 8
I had decided. Alice was much better than Edward. At least she had said something. Two classes of absolute silence had not helped to calm my nerves. Why couldn't he just something? I was going insane.
I took a deep breath. It did not have to be like this, I could always talk to him; ask something weird that forces an answer out of him. I pushed that thought out of my mind; it wasn't at all like me.
"Edward?" he didn't answer. I felt my sadness transform into anger in a matter of seconds.
"Edward, you answer me now or I swear I'll –"
" Bella, calm down. I know I haven't been the best of company, but please I'm trying to think some things through." He spoke quickly and quietly so that I had to stop speaking to hear.
"Tell me what Alice saw."
He growled. " She didn't tell you?"
"Of course not, she was afraid you would kill."
"Yes, I probably would."
I spoke up quickly. "I don't believe her though. That threat has never stopped her before. I think it's just something she doesn't like, and if it's something you don't like either I bet it pertains to me."
He winced, telling me that I had come close to home. "Yes." He didn't say anything else.
My eyes narrowed. "Tell me."
He ran a hand through his bronze hair. "Please, Bella, Give me a few more hours to figure it out first." His eyes had turned pleading, and I knew I would never be able to disagree with him.
"Fine." We sat in silence for the rest of class.
When the bell finally rang, I almost felt joyful, almost.
Edward picked my books up off the table, and headed toward his car. I followed only a few paces behind.
By the time we reached the car I was gasping for breath, I had had to practically run to keep up with Edward's new found pace.
He stepped around the front of the Volvo, and opened the passenger door for me. I hesitated.
"I think I'd rather walk."
He rolled his eyes. "Why?"
"Umm… maybe because you seem to be worse than no company, so the smartest decision would be no company, don't you think?
"No." his voice had turned flat.
"Well, I think so. Goodbye." I turned to leave. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Edward leaping forward to stop me from leaving. I felt an arm wrap gently around my waist.
"Please, don't leave." His voice was quiet now, and the pain was now evident in his words.
He turned me to face him. His eyes were a dark shade of topaz, and it was almost too painful to look into him pleading gaze. "Ride home with me, so I'll know your safe."
"No."
"No, what?"
"No, you don't care if I'm safe. If you did you'd tell what Alice saw."
I broke free of his grip, and ran from the parking lot. Surprisingly I didn't trip. I glanced over my shoulder, to see Edward frozen in his spot.
I continued to run, ignoring the unwanted tears that were now flowing freely. I was not able to decide who was in more pain, but at the moment I was sure it was Edward. He, after all, had remained frozen, not even making an effort to follow me. It was very unlike him, and told me just how bad I had hurt him.
My lungs were on fire, but I continued to run. I was desperately hoping that the pain would help to dull my mind, and the thoughts that where now running through it.
Now more than ever I needed to know what Alice had seen. It was no longer something of interest, rather something of necessity.
I reached the house just in time; I collapsed onto the grass, my silent stream of tears turning into to wracking sobs. I have no idea how long this continued for, but when I finally came to the sun had dipped low into the horizon and was barely visible.
It seemed odd, we never fought when I had gone to face a ravenous vampire alone, but over a simple vision we were no longer speaking.
A thought suddenly occurred to me. Had this been the vision? If it had been, it was all my fault.
I closed my eyes, and turned my back to the darkening sky, tuned my back to twilight.
Edward's PoV
I stood rooted in my spot. The pain Bella had inflicted was something I had never planned on. I allowed myself to sink to the ground. How could this have happened? Why hadn't I just told her the truth? The fact that I was falling for Evelyn.
I stayed there, on the ground, staring up at the cloudy sky. Why did things always have to play out like this, it just wasn't fair. Maybe that was the way life was supposed to be, or maybe our lives were starting to mimic Romeo and Juliet. I just had to hope it wouldn't end with our deaths.
I noticed that the clouds were starting to clear, and that the sun would soon be shinning through. I stood and turned in the direction of my car.
A wave of sorrow washed over me as I stared at the open passenger door. Why couldn't this have just been a dream? Because I was cursed nothing was ever a dream. Nothing would ever be a dream.
I walked forward slamming the door. I needed to run. I quickly slid the keys out of the car, and started home. I debated on whether I should stop by Bella's or not. Eventually, I decided against. I would give her time to sort through her feelings. I knew I needed the time.
I closed my eyes, enjoying the feeling of wind running over my face. This was how it was mean to be wasn't it? What if Bella never forgave me? I would lose either way. She would either leave me or forgive me, or forgive me and become one of the members of the walking dead, dammed for all eternity.
I bypassed the house and headed for the woods, I didn't think I would be able to handle my families probing questions. I had no idea where I was heading, I wasn't sure if I ever would. Nothing made sense any more, in a way this was worse than death. For once I was lost, trapped with no solution to the problem blocking my way.
I sat on the stump staring at the sinking sun in the seclusion of the forest. The usual gray sky was splashed with warm orange, and bloody red. The minutes passed slowly by, and it was then that I made up my mind, twilight was no longer safe.
AN: ok the next chapter, and it was a little dramatic and you're lucky because I wasn't going to do Edward's PoV till the next chapter. Please review.