Edward drove through the town but didn't stop when we drove out of it and away from it. We were surrounded by trees on all sides and the situation was starting to sound like the opening scenes of a horror film were the poor naive girl gets into the car with handsome stranger but I wasn't scared, I don't think I could ever be scared of him.
"Where are we going?" I asked after we were about ten minutes out of town and he turned to smile at me.
"It's a surprise" he said pulling off to the side of the road and putting the car in park. He got out and ran around the car to open my door before I could do it myself, it was really sweet and I was surprised, not many guys would have bothered to do that. He opened the door and offered me his hand "do you trust me" I regarded his hand and words for a second and the accepted both, he helped me out and didn't let go as he walked to the back of the car and popped the boot, he had two bags inside and a few bottles of water.
"I hope you don't mind going for a walk" he said letting go of my hand to pass me one of the bags and then slung the other one over his shoulder. He offered me his hand again when he closed the boot and I took it. It felt amazing when his hand almost covered my own one, it kind of made me feel safe and protected, not to mention just touching him sent shivers through my body. We walked towards a hiking path and we stayed side by side.
"So do you take all the girls you meet on mysteries walks through the woods" I asked him when he helped me step over a fallen tree.
"You would be the first" he said taking my hand again and smiling at him self "I found this trail when I first came here" he said kicking a stone out of the way "I've never walked the trail with anyone but myself" he said and it made my heart skip a beat.
"So why me then" he stopped walking and frowned and looked down at our connected hands, he stroked my thumb with his for a few second while he thought something over and I took the time to look at him. The light that dropped down through the canopy caught at his hair making it look more red than brown and the green moss that surrounded the trees matched his eyes, it made him look like he belonged here, in the forest, amongst the animals and trees. He had on a pair of black boots and dark blue jeans and a white short sleeved shirt under his green flannel shirt. I was glad that I had decided to dress casually instead of letting Rose force me into a sundress, I wondered if he would have changed his mind about taking me here.
"I don't know, there is just something about you that feels right" he said finally looking up at me with those green eyes that I was beginning to love looking into "you with me here, your hand in mine, your eyes on me"
"I think I understand what you mean" I said moving closer to him, my entire body was gravitating towards him. It was like I was stuck in a trance, some kind of spell and if I was being honest I never wanted to come out of it but he pulled away and ended what ever was going on between us. He let out a shaky laugh and lead us on through the forest again. We fell in to a comfortable silence for a few minutes and I took in the scenery, it was all beautiful and there were moss covered tress everywhere, I also noticed that he had started to head off the trail and for the first time since getting out of the car I was starting to get worried.
"shouldn't we stick to the path" I asked, pointing back to that direction and he looked over my shoulder.
"Don't worry I know where I'm going" he said but stopped when he saw the sceptical look on my face. He turned to look at me and grabbed my shoulders gently which forced me to look into his eyes, not that I wanted to look anywhere else but there. "hey if it makes you uncomfortable we can continue on the trail but theres something I want to show you" he said and I bit my bottom lip. I wasn't sure what to do, I wanted to go with him but the logical safe part of my mind was telling me that it was a bad idea but I pushed it aside and nodded my head, that logical part of me said it was a good idea to marry Mike and look how that ended up, so I nodded my head and followed Edward off the trail
"Ok but if anything happens to me just know that Rose is going to have your balls" I joked and he laughed and smiled with that crocked smile.
"Don't worry, I'll get you home safe and with my balls intact" he said and lead us on. We spoke about random stuff and I had to let go of his hand when the way become blocked with fallen trees and rocks that I had to balance to get over and holding on to his hand wouldn't do either of us any good. We walked for about ten more minutes when I saw a clearing up ahead and I could hear the sound of running water from a near by stream.
"We're almost there" he told me, grabbing my hand again when I got over the last fallen tree. We walked out of the tree line and I stopped in my tracks. What I saw in front of me was one of the most breathtaking things I had ever seen. We were in a meadow filled with different flowers of all colours, there were a few random boulders set in different places and a small patch of green grass. It was amazing and I was glad I hadn't decided to carry on walking on the trail.
"This is amazing" I said and walked forward letting go of his hand and toward the centre of the field. I wish I had my camera with me, this would make some great shoots but I wouldn't show them off, there was something about this place that made me feel like I should keep it a secret, something only Edward and now me knew about. Edward come to stand behind me, so close that I could feel his breath on my shoulder when he bent down to whisper in my ear.
"I told you, you would like it" I felt a shiver through my body and I let my eyes close at the sensation, I was glad he was standing behind me.
"I don't think those were the exact words you used" I said trying not to lean back into him.
"But it was implied" he said laughing and then moving away from me, I opened my eyes and looked at him, he looked at peace in this place and I could understand why. "come on" he said taking my hand again and leading me to the only patch of grass . He took out a blanket from the bag I had been carrying and put it out on the ground before motioning for me to sit down. He slipped his bag off his back and sat down with it in his hands. He unpacked the contents and I smiled when he took out a flask and two cups, some wrapped sandwiches and containers of fruit and what looked like cupcake in another.
"Cupcakes?" I asked and he smiled at me.
"My sisters idea" he said and handed me a cup and then opened the flask. He poured what looked like apple juice for both of us and discarded the flask and turned to look at me "to great company and great food" he said holding up his cup.
"And to cupcakes" I said tapping my cup to his. We ate and we spoke and we laughed and I forgot about the world around me. I forgot what today was supposed to be and I forgot that I was supposed to be heart broken. All there was, was Edward and his green eyes and his easy simile and his laugh. I could feel myself falling for him, every look we shared I could feel my broken heart being put back together.
We were lying side by side on the blanket looking up at the sky, grey clouds had started to roll in but we didn't really notice them.
"Were you happy with him" Edward asked when we had been silent for a while and I turned my head to look at him only to find him already looking at me "your fiancee, were you happy?" I frowned and looked away. We hadn't mention anything about Mike the whole afternoon. I got up so that I was now sitting and felt Edward follow me after a second. I could feel the tears sting my eyes even though I kept telling myself that I wouldn't cry over Mike again, never again but even though being here with Edward was amazing and he made me forget about all the bad shit in my life, I couldn't ignore the fact that Mike had been a huge part of my life and the fact that I had been in love with him.
"I'm sorry you don"t have to answer me" Edward said when he noticed the tears in my eyes.
"It's fine, you just surprised me" I said and looked away from him and at the trees. "i was happy with him, I was in love with him after all. I was planning on spending the rest of my life with him, staring a family with him but in the end he decided to cheat and now I guess I'm not happy" I said and felt the tears roll down my face but Edward grabbed my hands that I had started twirling around in my lap and I looked down at your now joined ones and smiled.
"But you know what make's me happy?" I said looking at him, my crying had stopped now and he looked at me with intense emotion like I had never seen before. It wasn't pity but passion and even anger.
"How right this feels, being here with you" I said leaning in closer to him "you make me forget that I'm supposed to be sad and heart broken, you make me feel like a whole person without a gapping hole in my chest" he brought his free hand up to cup my check and I leaned into the touch and closed my eyes. It just felt so right.
I opened my eyes them again and found that he was now closer than he had been. I could hear my heart beat louder and louder in my chest the closer he got but just as his lips where about to meet mine a loud sound erupted through the meadow breaking both of us apart and then the rain started. I smiled at Edward and we jumped up and rushed to get everything back into the bags. He grabbed my hand again and we made a bee line for the trees. We rushed back to the path but at this point we were sobbing wet and my lose hair clung to my face as we ran. I jumped into the car and he followed shortly after shoving the bags into the boot. We sat there laughing for a while.
"I'm sorry about your car" I said and I shrugged it off with a smile.
"Don't worry about it" he started the car and set it in drive, he then reached behind my seat and come up with a hoodie and handed it over to me "here put this on" he said and I took off my cardigan and put it on, it was a little to big for me and it felt like I was drowning in it but it was comfortable. I took my tank off under it and laughed at the look Edward gave me when I did.
"Don't look so shocked, its not like I'm naked" I said throwing my wet clothes at my feet and then tying my wet hair up into a bun. The water dripped down my back making me shiver but I could deal with that. I looked at Edward and tried to remember to breath, his hair was stuck to his forehead and his white shirt clung to his skin. I hadn't noticed that he had removed the flannel shirt he was wearing and the white short sleeve one clung to his skin allowing me to see the muscle that was hidden underneath. "thanks for the hoodie"
"You look like you needed it more than I did" he put on the heater with a smile on his face. "sorry the rain ruined the rest of the afternoon" he said and I bit my lip. If the rain hadn't started I'm pretty sure we would have been kissing right now, but it would seem that it wasn't meant to be. I wondered what it would be like to kiss him, would his lips be soft would he be gentle at first.
"Yeah, stupid rain" he laughed and we drove on. Most of the ride back was in silence and somewhere in that time it had stopped raining. His hair was now almost dry and he looked like he was having a bad hair day and to my dismay he still looked like a god on earth, I had a feeling he could wear anything and he would look good in it. We got back to the house just before five, a full hour before Rose had told him to have me back and we just sat there in the car until someone noticed his car in the drive way and come out to see what was going on and to my luck it was Emmet who looked like an impatient father waiting for his daughter to be dropped off after a date. He was going to make one scary father one of these days and I felt sorry for my future niece.
"I guess you should get going" Edward said looking at me.
"Probably" I said and looked away from him. I didn't want this moment to end, or this day. I wanted to go back to the meadow where we were surrounded by beautiful flowers and the warm sun. "thank you for today. I had a good time"
"Same here. Will I see you tonight at the festival?" he asked when I opened my door to get out and I paused. I quickly leaned over to and kissed him on the check before pulling away.
"definitely"