We enjoy warmth because we have been cold. We appreciate light because we have been in darkness. By the same token, we can experience joy because we have known sadness. The first time I saw the world was the day I met Edward, the second time was when I saw him again, but the third time was magic itself.
I didn't tell him about the Prince of The Night, how my life would end whether he wanted it to or not. Nor did I let him know I could see the pain he was hiding behind those golden pools, he hid it well, oh yes there was no denying that, but the hunch of his shoulders and casual sighs betrayed the truth. H didn't want to be with me, I was too human, too ugly. I thought he didn't want to be with me, I never thought vampires got or were indeed capable of being afraid.
Trying to push these thoughts from my mind, I drank him in with my eyes. He had come to me under the cover of darkness, with the same cherry lips, bronze locks and bleached skin. His voice was lilting with a slight accent.
"Bella"
"Edward, you came back?"
"How could I not?" I didn't reply, no need to put ideas in his head, I thought.
"Come with me" His finger beckoned towards the window he was standing under, as if I could have refused, said no at that point, like there was a choice. So naturally I followed.
He was gone in a blink of an eye, and I was left confused. Until he shouted down from the window ledge he was now perched on.
"Well come on then, what are you waiting for?"
I almost burst out laughing, he thought I could scale that wall as easily as he had. I sighed mentally vampires were often unaware of the extent of humans ability's, listening either to the rumours of super strength, or mindless creatures.
"Edward, I hate to break it to you, but I can't climb that wall, not to mention the guards."
The guards however remained unaware of Edwards's presence, they had been trained well. That didn't mean however that they would fail to notice a human attempting to climb that wall. As much as I longed for freedom I didn't want to ruin my chances.
"I'll help you." He replied apparently unafraid of the guards on duty. But his tone was softer, his eyes begging me to trust him. As he landed neatly in front of me. I melted at the sound of his voice and all my inhibitions floated away. I climbed onto his back and just like that I was free.
The night sky was breathtaking; the air had a soft citrus tang to it, not to mention the feeling of absolute wide open space. Soft tendrils of grass and roots climbed up though the cracked concrete of the humans lost civilisation, nature claiming back what was rightfully hers, after all vampires had no need of buildings now, no matter there history. Trees formed a canopy above me, and I listened to the sounds of my world. The world I was only seeing for the first time at the grand age of seventeen.
I sat down on the patch of grass were I was standing, transfixed on the dew that clung to every blade of grass, the way the shadows danced under the leaves. The ground was cold but it just made it feel more real to me. Without my senses, cold, pain I would have been totally convinced that it had been a dream.
Edward seemed amused when I finally looked up, he was sitting in a tree, it seemed to suit him, like he belonged out there in nature. Not trapped in that building with me.
"Do you like it?" He asked, how could I have not?
"I love it almost as much as I think I love you." The words were out of my mouth before they registered in my brain. His expression was one of shock, almost dismay, and my breath caught in my throat.
Then he smiled, a warm smile, one that lit up the forest with its light.
"It's magic Edward"
Then his mouth turned down, his eyes colder. Vampires are unpredictable beings; living for ever can mess with your emotions.
"But magic can sometimes be just an illusion."
There was rough edge to his voice, I was seeing a side to him I had only witnessed once before. I wasn't sure if he meant the electricity between us or something more, but I didn't have time to worry about trivial things like that.
Before I could comprehend the ground being lifted from under my feet, I was back in the institute, alone. Just as my head hit my thin pillow and my heavy lids closed over my eyes. I heard a voice.
"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory Bella." It said.
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