Chapter 17
AN: Sorry if I'm leaving you hanging a lot, but I'm doing three different characters POV's so I have to spread them out. Here's Bella's again.
BELLA'S POV
"We met in high school, and I was the one everyone liked, not to be bold," Rosalie chimed. We had just started the subject of how Edward and she met, and I was confused about if I wanted to actually know or not.
"Edward was…the science guy." She continued. "We met only because we were paired up for chemistry partners." How typical. "I doubt we would have met otherwise."
I tried to look alive as she was explaining everything to me.
"When I first was partnered with him," She sighed, "All he was to me was a ticket to an easy A, which believe me, I needed." She laughed while saying the last bit.
"I don't know how or why it grew to be more, but after a while, my attraction to him was…….strong." She stabbed her fork into the Caesar Salad on the booth table in front of her, ate the bite, and continued.
"I wasn't sure if I should ignore or jump on my feelings, though, because of how it would look to everyone else." She looked up at me from her salad. "I was so silly back then; I cared so much about everyone's opinion of me. Looking back it seems like it controlled my life - who I was." She took another bite and swallowed.
"So, obviously you told him how you felt," I interjected.
She smiled. "Eventually, yes, but before that, during the class, I felt so clumsy and immature, compared to him who I thought was this strong, cute, unnoticed guy."
"So one night, I got up the courage to invite him to a party one of my close friends was having. I was so nervous when I asked him, I was almost sure he would say no. But I said, 'Edward, um…My friend is having this party and we can bring friends so I'm inviting you.' He gave me this blank stare for a second, but then a grin, and he answered, 'Sure. I think I can come.'"
She laughed as she played with her food. "I didn't know what to think. I thought, 'Maybe he wants to come because he actually likes me,' but also, 'Maybe he's just coming because he has nothing better to do,' I even thought he might come just because he felt sorry for me. I was so foolish."
The look on her face brightened as she said the next bit.
"But at the party – I was the only one he stood by, the only one he danced with. He rarely moved away from me except a few times to use the restroom and get us some punch. I was sohappy, because I was becoming more and more convinced of him having feelings for me. When the party was over, he even walked me home, which is when one of the happiest moments of my life took place."
I prepared myself because I had a pretty good idea where this was going.
"As he walked me to the door, I said, 'Thanks, Edward, for coming, it truly means a lot to me.' He smiled and put one of his hands on my back to lead me up my stone front steps. I was surprised, but managed to keep my sudden intake of breath so he didn't hear it. 'No problem,' he said. Followed by, 'I'd like to do it again sometime, except, maybe just the two of us?'"
She had a huge grin on her face now. "Bella, you don't know how happy that made me, I was practically in love with him from there, so I took my chances, leaned in, and kissed him. He was surprised, but he was kissing me back with just as much feeling, if not more. I felt more alive then than I ever had before."
She stopped to take a sip of her iced tea and after went, "So, we dated all through high school, and everyone expected us to get hitched afterwards, and we did. We were so in love, and still are - but," She added, "Bella, promise you won't say anything."
"I promise," I said real quick, eager to hear what she had to reveal.
"I'm afraid that that flame that was there a long time ago is slowly burning out, and I love Edward, I really do, but that spark, that special little spark, I don't know if it's still there."
WOW. I took a big breath at this. I knew exactly what she meant, but I didn't know how a couple like her and Edward who seemed so happy together, couldn't have that flame. Emmett and I on the other hand, well, let's just say things aren't going "smoothly" right now.
"Wow, Rosalie," I said, "Well, the most important question here is, Do you love him?"
"Oh yes, of course I do," She assured me in a satisfying tone. "I love him with all that I am, but it's just the flame that I'm worried about."
Okay, enough with the damn flame.
"Well, as long as you're happy together that's all that matters," I comforted her as best as I could. "You love him, and he loves you."
The last part though, was what I was anxious to know more about.
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