Chapter I: Old Friend
His cold, stone-like arms wrapped around my waist and I smiled.
"Tell me what you're thinking," His beautiful voice was like velvet.
"I was thinking how lucky I am to have such a perfect boyfriend."
He frowned. "Even if he is a monster?"
I laughed. "You're hardly a monster."
"I could argue that," he joked.
"But you won't." I paused. "What are you thinking of?"
He hesitated, then sighed. "An old friend."
I could tell he wanted to drop it, but I wasn't going to let him off the hook that easily. "Like the girlfriend type? Or psycho killer type?"
He chuckled. "Well she was sort of like my girlfriend, but she didn't like to think of us as that."
"Was she pretty?" I was now very curious about this mysterious friend of his.
"Very. But," His arms tightened around me. "I've found someone much better." He smiled at me, but his face was still troubled.
"What's wrong?" I asked, alarmed.
He sighed. "Nothing. It's just . . . I really liked her back then, and we didn't leave things on the best of terms."
I was still interested. "When was this, exactly?"
"I met her three years before I was . . . turned. We were good friends, and I wanted us to be more, but she didn't think she was right for me. She disappeared when I was fifteen, right after we'd had a fight the night before, and I felt horrible."
I squeezed his hand, trying to comfort him. To my relief, he smiled and all traces of his worry and regret disappeared.
We continued to talk until I started yawning. He then leaned me back so I was lying down, and he lay down beside me on my bed. He began humming my lullaby as I slowly drifted into sleep.
The last thing I heard was Edward's beautifully musical voice. "Good night, my love," He kissed my forehead and I fell into a dreamless sleep.
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