The Twilight Twenty-Five
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Prompt: Banned
Main Character: Edward
Rating:M
Word Count:421
Unbetaed, so all mistakes are mine.
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The pretty young librarian put the finishing touches on the display she'd been working on. As she regarded the glass case full of books, a throat cleared behind her, causing her to whirl around in surprise. A tall, strikingly good-looking man with a tousled head of reddish hair grinned back at her.
"Oh. How can I help you?" Blushing, the librarian—Isabella, it said on her name tag—brushed a hand over her skirt in a nervous gesture. The man was very good-looking, and the way he cast his eyes over her body made her skin prickle.
"I'm new here in town and decided I should have a library card. You know, so I have something to read on all those lonely nights I'm home alone."
Isabelle found it highly doubtful that someone who looked like he did would be alone for long, but she smiled politely and went about preparing the card.
She glanced up. "I just need your name."
"Edward Cullen. Hey, what were you working on there, Isabella?" He gestured toward the case, a bemused smile on his face.
"Oh, next week is Banned Books Week. The display shows some of the books that have been banned from schools and libraries over the years." Books were Isabella's passion, and talking about them made her bold. "It's quite fascinating. You should take a look. The cards explain why the books were banned in the first place."
"I'll do that. Banned books...so, it must be stuff like those Fifty Shades books. People getting tied up, spanked...all that?" Edward had perfected a look of faux innocence that Isabella imagined had gotten him out of many well-deserved punishments as a child.
"No, not exactly. Most are books that we regard as perfectly innocuous; classics, even. Like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, for instance."
"Ah, Huck Finn. A boy after my own heart." Edward's mischievous grin made Isabella's own heart beat a little faster. She picked up the little white plastic card and held it out to him.
"Well, here you are. You are now the proud owner of a Forks Public Library card. Use it well, and often." A blush colored her cheeks as Edward plucked it from her fingers, eyes twinkling, and tucked it into his wallet.
"Thank you, Isabella, I believe I will. I think this card will be seeing a lot of use." He winked and strode out, leaving Isabella hoping that she might help fill some of Edward Cullen's lonely nights.