For all 2239 miles I couldn't stop crying, my heart ached for Bella.
To touch her, to breath in her heavenly scent, to kiss her luscious lips, and to look into her deep brown eyes and see the love that she held for me.
Even now as I sat at my window staring at the row of cookie cutter homes in the small suburban neighborhood, nearly two months after the fact, I still couldn't keep Bella off my mind.
And it was only getting worse as spring break approached and I had wait in anticipation at the thought of being with my Bella for a whole week.
Of course we talked every night with our web cams and called each other at least ten times a day just to hear one another's voice but it just wasn't enough.
I needed to hold her in my arms and show her how much I had missed her over these past two months.
I was so out of it staring off into my own little world that I barely heard the beeping of a web chat request coming from my computer.
Hmm, that's odd. Bella had to a project to work on after school with Angela and plus its only 3 o'clock there which means they are just getting out of class.
But sure enough it was coming from Bella's computer. I clicked open the box expecting to see the face of my sweet angel, but what I got was something totally unexpected.
There sitting in Bella's normal seat was Charlie.
"Oh, good I got this thing to work finally. Edward." Was all he said with a curt nod.
"Chief Swan, what can I do for you this evening?" I asked trying to hide my fear that he wasn't going to allow me to see Bella over spring break or that something bad had happened to her at school today.
"Well I know the two of you are getting rather excited about the break coming up but I gotta tell you that I am a little uncomfortable with Bella traveling all the way to Chicago by herself."
"Don't worry sir, it's a straight flight and I will be standing right outside the gate waiting for her when she lands." I said with confidence.
"Oh…well I am still not sure. I mean I think it's great that you still want to see her after everything that has happened and that all of you kids stayed friends but I am just so unsure about the whole travel situation…."
What was he talking about, after everything that had happened? Nothing had happened since the move, at least that I know of. I began to panic.
"Sir, what do you mean after everything that has happened that we are still friends?" I was on the edge of my seat. Maybe it all was just a misunderstanding, maybe Charlie got his wires crossed again.
"Well you know the whole Bella dating Jake thing now….I thought it would be a little awkward between the two of you, but I am glad to see that it hasn't affected anything."
My heart began to beat erratically and I thought I was going to suffocate because I could no longer take in air.
"Edward are you okay?" I couldn't answer him though, not with the million and one other thoughts flying through my head.
"Where is Bella this afternoon? Maybe we can come up with an alternate plan." I said in gasps.
"Oh, well that's what I figured. She is with Jake this afternoon out on the reservation; I think they are trying to get him a ticket still so that she doesn't have to travel alone."
She lied to me. She lied to me and she was going to bring that no good excuse for a human here?
I was so angry that I couldn't talk anymore so I told Charlie that my mom was looking for me and I quickly shut of the monitor to my computer.
My heart felt like it was on fire….this had to be a lie……she couldn't do this to me. She loved me and I loved her. I curled into a ball on my bed and let sorrow consume me once again.
I ignored everyone's calls for dinner, just complaining that I had a stomach as I stared at the screen and waited for Bella's screen name to pop up once again. It was 10 o'clock when it did; I had spent the last five hours just staring blankly at that screen. I crawled over to my computer not even bothering to try and make myself look nice.
"Hey Edward, you don't look so good. Are you alright?" Bella asked in a concerned voice but I knew it was fake. I knew that the only one she was concerned for was her sweet Jake. The thought made me sneer.
"I'm fine." I replied harshly catching her a little off guard.
"Edward, did I do something wrong?" Oh yes play the innocent cards…
"I don't know, why don't you tell me! Where were you really this afternoon Bella?" I was really beginning to lose it and not because I was angry with Bella but rather myself because I was unable to hold onto her.
"You talked to Charlie…." She drifted off but I remained silent waiting for her to go on.
"I was with Angela at the Blacks. We have a history project about the Quileute Indian tribe and so we just figured that talking to a leader of the tribe would be a good idea. But I guess Charlie saw it as something different."
"He said you two were dating. Where would he get that idea from Isabella?" I still couldn't let go of the feeling in the pit of my stomach, a nagging feeling of jealousy.
"After you left, Jake was the one who found me sobbing in your driveway hours after the fact. He brought me home and for the next few weeks he would come over and check on me but that was it. 97 of the time I didn't say two words to him."
"Oh." I could feel my expression soften a little with this new fact.
"But I can't believe that you would be so quick to think that I would cheat on you! I mean damn it Edward, I love you and I would never do anything to hurt you!"
I could see the tears threatening to spill from her beautiful brown eyes and I wanted nothing more than to be there with her right now, groveling at her feet and telling her just how much she means to me.
"I'm sorry Bella, I have just been missing you so much lately and I know that that's not an excuse but it's the truth and when Charlie said you were dating Jake and how great it was that we stayed friends….I don't know something snapped. I just…..I can't lose you Bella."
"I know Edward, don't you I wonder everyday whether or not some leggy blonde had caught you eye and now you two are running off to get married and have hot heated sex every night while I am stuck here all alone."
"You should know by now Bella, I much prefer brunettes. And the only girl I want to have hot passionate sex with is you."
I could see the blush forming on her cheeks at this comment, and a wave of relief washed through me because in that rush of red on her cheeks I felt reassured that everything was alright.
"Well I guess this means I will have to change the password to my computer again to keep Charlie off."
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
I KNOW THIS CHAPTER TOOK FOREVER BUT I AM A COLLEGE KID AND I AM CURRENTLY PLEDGEING TO A SORORITY WHICH TAKES UP ALL MY FREE TIME. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, REVIEW AND I WILL TRY TO GET THE NEXT CHAPTERS OUT SOON. THANKS FOR READING WISH-ELEVEN.