Chapter 2: Change
I woke up the next morning, excited. Yesterday Edward decided I needed to learn how to play baseball, his favorite sport next to track. I don't know why I agreed. I despised baseball. Must have been his cute green eyes.
I went downstairs after getting dressed in a tank and shorts. Renee was already there, flipping pancakes. Burned pancakes- I could smell them. Her cooking at all was a mystery. I was the one who made the meals after we had the Masens over one night and my mom fed everyone- well, it's too horrible to talk about. Lets just say everyone needed the bathroom that night. I smiled at the memory.
"Morning, Bella," she said. Her smile was bright, but when she turned to me, I could see her eyes filled with tears that haven't yet fallen. "How was your sleep?"
"Fine. You're cooking?" I responded.
"Is that a problem?" she snapped, the tears brimming over finally.
I couldn't take it anymore. "Mom, what's wrong?" I asked.
She dropped the spatula in the pan and we moved over to the tiny kitchen table. She faced me and spoke the words that changed my life. "Bella, Edward's missing."
I stared at her, not comprehending. Then I was out the door before she could say any more. I ran to the Masens house and banged on the door. Hard.
Elizabeth Masen opened the door. She was normally very pretty, but not today. Because today, her eyes were bright red, as was her nose. She looked as if she had been up all night- looking for her son. Her missing son. I realized in that instant that my mother wasn't kidding. "Edward?" I asked in a whisper, already knowing the answer.
"Gone," she whispered back. That was all I heard before the ground rushed up to meet me.
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. If anything, Twilight owns me.
