I looked around warily, confused as to when I was at that lake before. Jacob kept pulling on my hand, taking me closer and closer to the lake's edge. When he reached it, he quickly let go of my hand and took off, wobbling and sliding all over the lake's smooth surface.
I looked up at the sky as he was swirling around. It was sunny, even though it was winter. The sun had melted the top layer of snow by now. But here in the forest, the light was just flickering through the dead tree branches. I couldn't place my memory of this lake.
I took a wary step onto the lake, and then another. I stood there, arms out, eyes squeezed shut, praying I wouldn't fall.
"Boo!"
I jumped, and wobbled just a little but didn't fall. I cracked my eyes open. "That wasn't funny, Jacob!"
"Come on!" he said, and he grabbed my hand. He was gliding across the ice, and he pulled me along with him, showing me it was safe. We skated together like that for a while. I felt safe around him. I always did. I never wanted this moment to end. I wanted to stay here at the lake with him. We could live here all year long. We could build a cabin to live in. Jacob could fish and hunt for food in the warm seasons. And in the winter, we could skate all day, just like this. Then wake up and do it again.
"Bella, I'm going to let go," Jacob whispered.
"No!" I cried.
He smiled. "You'll be fine." He slowly let go, as hard as I tried to keep hold on his hand, and skated away so I couldn't hold on again. "You can do it."
I slowly pushed myself with one foot, then slowly again, the other foot. I didn't fall. So I tried again. And again. I wasn't falling. Normally, at things like this, I would be a huge klutz and fall, embarrassing myself. Now, I was skating faster, gaining confidence. Soon, I was giggling with glee.
"Jacob!" I called, looking over my shoulder to find him and shoot him a grin.
Woah.
I felt my legs slip out beneath me, and my head slam hard on the ice.
Then, everything was black.
xxxx
"Edward!" Alice cried, running around the house. "Edward, Edward, EDWARD!"
Suddenly, he appeared, looking slightly annoyed. "What?"
"She's back!" Alice said with a smile and ran off to Edward's room.
It took him a moment to process what she said. Then realizing it, he sprinted off after her. When he reached his room, he saw her in his bed still. Lying there, deep breaths filling and leaving her lungs, eyes still closed. Alice must have saw Bella in the future.
As a vampire, both of them had acute senses. So each of them could tell her breaths were becoming shorter, closer to a humans normal breathing rate, and she was slowly waking. Alice looked at Edward in anxiety, then slowly watched her wake.
Her eyes flickered, then opened. She slowly sat up and looked around. When her eyes locked on Edward, she looked puzzled.
"What…is this…Jacob?...I…" She tried piecing together her words. She looked down, eyes flickering trying to process everything. When it clicked, she looked up with a small smile on her face.
"Yes. Edward." She pushed herself out of the covers and tried to go to Edward, but once her feet hit the floor, she almost collapsed to it from weakness. This time, Edward caught her.