The Twilight Twenty-Five
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Prompt: #10
Pen Name: MinaRivera
Characters: Alice, Bella/Edward
Rating: T
Word Count: 434
Beta: Mauigirl60
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Come True
"Did you like the fair?" Alice asked her best friend.
Bella smiled. "It was fun," she answered distractedly, unable to take her eyes off the boy a few feet in front of her.
"I bet it was!"
"What do you mean?"
Alice laughed. "You so have a crush on my cousin."
Bella rolled her eyes. "He's . . . okay." She had no idea what to tell her best friend. They'd been sharing an apartment for two years and just now she met Alice's family. She didn't expect to feel such an attraction to someone like Edward—a tattooed bad boy with a good heart—but she did. He'd charmed her ever since he'd gotten there, using his crooked smile and manners.
"Oh, look! A wishing well!"
Alice dragged Bella toward the little well, the latter rolling her eyes at her friend's antics.
"It's not really a wishing well," Bella said, noticing the sign on the side. "It says all coins will be donated to the children's hospital."
"Then it's a two-for-one special! You'll be doing a good deed and getting a wish out of it, too!"
Alice was the first to throw a coin in, but Bella hesitated a little. She wasn't sure what to wish for—she always thought she had everything she needed. She wasn't the type of person to wish for unnecessary things, but one look over her shoulder to the group of people waiting for her made her realize there was something—someone—she wanted.
With that thought in mind, Bella closed her eyes, murmured her wish to the coin before kissing the edge, and tossing it inside the well.
"What did you wish for?" Edward asked Bella later that day. He'd been watching her all day, captivated by the beautiful young girl.
"It's a secret," Bella answered, blushing and tucking her hair behind her ear.
"You won't tell me?" he asked, a pout on his cherry lips.
Bella giggled and shook her head.
"How about a date for a wish?"
"Excuse me?" Bella asked, alarmed. He couldn't know, could he?
"I wanna go out on a date with you, Bella."
Bella smiled and nodded. "Okay."
"Okay," Edward grinned back. "Now will you tell me about that wish?"
Bella bit her lip to stop the smile that threatened to take over. "You already made it come true, Edward. Thank you."
Edward laughed and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "I'm honored to be the wish, and you're welcome."
He kissed her cheek with such sweetness; it made her heart skip a beat, and restored her faith in wishing wells.
Thank you for reading. xo ~Mina