I don't know when I will get this chapter posted because my internet is down (again :/ ) and I don't know if I will be able to get to the library in time before it closes any time this week. F my life.
And I still don't own Twilight :[
Bella POV
The walk back to the house was rather quiet besides the soft sound of footsteps on gravel. The rose had been perched in my hand for the past hour after Edward had given it to me and my nose fulfilled with the fresh floral scent and Edward's naturally nice smell, honey-like.
I couldn't keep the smile off of my face as we passed people in the streets who would automatically smile back at me.
I was just too happy.
A chuckle caused me to turn and look at Edward who was smiling as well, but in a more humored way.
"What?" I giggled exuberantly as he looked down at me.
He shrugged, looking up at the sky and sighing deeply.
"You seem to be in a very good mood today, is all."
His eyes seemed to sparkle with life in the dim light radiating from the falling sun, his hair blowing lightly in the gentle breeze.
"Well, that's because I am."
"But you have not obtained a new book like you planned," his voice softened as he spoke, his eyes scanning over my face.
"Yes… but I did receive a rose from a rather chivalrous gentleman."
"Oh? And who would this chivalrous gentleman be of whom you speak?" Edward's voice turned mocking and my smile widened – if possible.
I could practically feel the heat radiating off of my cheeks from the constant strain.
I shrugged nonchalantly, sticking my nose in the air.
"I never caught his name."
"Oh, is that so?" he sidestepped in front of me, and I stopped quickly before I collided into his chest. Then again…
I shook the thought from my mind before I unconsciously acted upon it and looked up at Edward, confused at his actions.
"Hello," he stuck his hand out in a witty manner, and I shook it gently, "my name is Edward."
The resplendent crooked smile was plastered on his face again, sending a wave of butterflies soaring through my stomach.
I barely kept hidden the spark that ignited down my arm from grasping his hand as the slow smile made its way across my face.
He let go of my hand, turning his head up to the sky where clouds had moved in over the slight sun.
His gazed flickered back to me, his green eyes shining brightly in the feeble light that the sun was casting off. He was biting his bottom lip as he looked at me and I shivered involuntarily as desire coursed through me.
Edward noticed the tremor and he cleared his throat, his eyes changing from a radiant emerald, to a still glowing, but duller green.
"Are you cold?" he moved to shrug out of the black coat he was wearing and wrapped it around my shoulders before I could even answer.
I mustered up enough strength to swallow back the sensations that were deriving down my body and I pulled the coat around me tighter, though I was hardly cold.
"Come. Let's get back to the house before it gets too dark to see the pathway."
He held out his hand to me and I gladly took it, his fingers interlacing with my own.
I turned my head in a way that I hoped was inconspicuous, my nose inhaling the sweet scent of Edward from the coat. He smelt of honey and lilac, a strange mixture but oddly alluring.
I looked at him from the corner of my eye making sure that he hadn't seen me. He hadn't as he was looking out at the forest we were momentarily walking by.
As I looked at him, his figure illuminated by the now-glow of the setting sun, I realized just had absolutely perfect he was… and how exceptionally normal I was in comparison.
I cast my gaze down at the ground, my eyes slowly welling up with tears that I held back.
I would never deserve someone as… flawless as Edward; a man of every girls' dream.
I had never felt this way about any man, and I had never expected to.
Let alone my own husband.
Wow. Lack of updates much?! Yeah… I'm sorry about that. I give you official permission to pelt me with rocks and other hard miscellaneous objects… but I would really appreciate it if you would take your anger out on mid-terms!!!