Hey again, hope you liked the last chapter, thanks to all who reviewed or alerted my story. Well I'll cut to the chase, here we go.
EPOV
Stars. They're just balls of hot gas in the heavens, but they always had a way of making me think about when I was younger.
Flashback
"Edward come here, and I'll tell you a story," my dad called to me, we were camping in Montana, we went there every summer, my dad and I loved camping, the big open sky full of stars, the smell of nature and the feeling of freedom.
"dad when I grow up I want to be a soldier, just like you," I had said
"oh you do, do you, well then maybe I should tell you a bit about it, the honour of fighting for ones country is tremendous, Edward, you are brave, strong and true, you will make a great soldier," my dad finished
"but what if I get scared, dad," I said quietly
"well then, all you have to do is look up into the sky and watch the stars, and no matter how far away I am, I'll always be in your heart through the stars, never forget that my boy, and you'll be safe," my dad said
End flashback
My parents died that year, a mugging gone bad, I was there, my grandfather said it was just like what happened to batman, that didn't help much, I wasn't really into comics, but looking into the stars I
Always had that feeling of being cared for, and now it was intensified, because my parents weren't alone up there, Lillian.
"hey Edward look we're here, I can't believe we have to be stationed in Alabama of all places," my friend Emmett said, he was really a child at heart.
"I don't know, I've always felt at ease down south, I suppose because it's closer to home from me," my other friend Jasper added, he was quiet but always sincere.
"yeah well, what am I supposed to do in this hick town," Emmett grumbled.
Jasper just rolled his eyes and smiled.
"so Eddie who was that girl you were talking to, was that a wedding dress she was wearing," Emmet said
"first off, I said to never call me that, secondly her name is Bella, and thirdly yes, it was a wedding dress but from the looks of it she a just done a runner," I said musing
Bella. That girl I had met for less than a minute, until Emmett had called me, but in that brief moment I knew I had met someone who was very special, but alas I doubt I shall ever see her again. It wasn't meant to be.
"well here we are, hotel Rose and Crown, let the torture begin," Emmet mumbled
"Emmett, come on it won't be that bad, who knows, something might catch your attention," I said
Just then a stunning girl passed us, she had silky blonde hair to her waist, blue eyes and perfect skin, but she had an air of pigheadedness about her, Emmett of course was oblivious to that, and I expected his stay here was
Going to be a lot more enjoyable.
Alabama, for me however, was going to be unbearable, it was new to me which made me uncomfortable, and the girls here loved soldiers, so they would fling themselves at me, they were all the same, it bugged me,
Emmet was having a hard time wooing, the girl, Rosalie, she knew that guys fawned over her, and wasn't surprised Emmet did, but I think the chase just spurred him on. Jasper meanwhile was sitting in the corner
Of the bar, quietly drinking and talking to another soldier, Carlisle, who was a bit older than us but jasper enjoyed the more experienced soldier's conversation, he of course, was oblivious to the girls practically
Throwing themselves at him, he was a gentleman, a trait I liked most about him. Unbeknownst to the pair of them I left the bar, and walked down to the lake, it was a beautiful place, and I just leant against a tree
And let my eyes close.
I was having a strange dream. It was my wedding day, and Lillian was looking beautiful in her dress, she was smiling at me and whispering something I couldn't make out, then the lovely sunny setting of our
Special day, morphed into a cemetery, and as I watched, Lillian's features began to change, her red hair lightened to brown, her blue eyes changed to hazel and her smile set something in me on fire. Bella.
She smiled at me and said "Choose who you want,"
I woke with a start, this was ridiculous, I don't even know Bella.
I walked back to the hotel in thought, but not before passing the bar and getting a nice juicy shot of Emmet making out with Rosalie. I fell asleep quite quickly, and had a multitude of dreams, that melted into each other
Before I could figure out what they were. Next morning, I awoke to find only Jasper in his bed, I decided not to wake him, but headed down myself to a diner for breakfast.
I picked Fran's, and chose a booth near the back, for some reason my head was killing me, even though I barely drank. My face was in my hands when I heard the approach of the waitress.
"just coffee please," I said barely coherent, even to myself
"well I'll be, Edward," the girl said in a honey voice
I looked up to see a pretty but shocking sight.
"well I barely recognize you without a wedding dress, Bella,"
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