(Rumble)ROAAAAAAAAAARRRR! I didn't want to do another intro again BUT read these lyrics as you read this songfic as well. Although these lyrics don't necessarily apply with what they do in the chapter like the last one, they are seriously adorable lyrics! Not to mention there is literally 5 lines of lyrics to go through (since most of the song itself is just music), so, (in an accent) well, I don't Imagine this would be very hard :)
PS I completely hope that at least ONE AVPM fan was able to see some "totally awesome" lines in there ;P If you are not an AVPM fan, carry on; sorry for taking up some of your time. Alrighty then, go ahead and read xD
Meteor Shower – Edward's POV
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
These are the sounds I hear apart from the giggles of my teenage daughter and the soft chatter of my wife. We are running through the forest to get to Cullen Manor – our "Other Home" – from our cottage. The reason, you ask? Because tonight, there will be a meteor shower over the small American town of Forks. And it will be a very long and bright one. This is all according to my sister, Alice. I don't doubt she's telling the truth.
"Daddy, Momma," Renesmee says with a challenge arising in her voice, "I bet you can't beat me there!"
"Oh, you're on Ness!" my Bella counters with delight.
"Wait!" I call out, "We must start at the same time! It's only fair."
Reluctantly, my two favourite girls stop with a sigh. We are only in the middle of the forest, I notice. Bella steps to my left and Renesmee steps to my right. We are all about 5 feet apart from each other. All three of our left feet are aligned with each other and face south, in the direction of the Cullen mansion.
"Alright then. The first one who crosses over the river wins," I start, "Try to run like a human for the most part, meaning try to run on 2 feet rather than on all fours. No cheating as well, which means no: pushing others or throwing objects to distract others."
I meaningfully look at Renesmee; she's quite familiar with throwing objects during races – to Jacob at least. Nessie blushes then she and Bella both nod.
"On your marks," we all bend over simultaneously, "get set…" I trail off with a whisper. I purposely prolong the moment and look at the girls. Finally, I look forward then scream, "GO!"
We are running at supposedly impossible (at least to humans) and rapid speeds – which, between my family and I, happen to be the same speeds. My legs are the quickest out of the three of us; four of my steps are equivalent to one Bella's. Bella, of course, takes the longest strides, which keeps her speed in par with mine. Renesmee's speed and the length of her steps are a curious thing. She still manages to keep up with Bella and me but she does not have the quickest legs nor the longest strides. She does have, however, power (which is just as well, that tiny ball of energy) and that's probably what keeps her in this race. Well, that and – considering she was the one who dared her parents – her determination to win is also keeping her in this challenge.
Not that Bella or I are not determined to win as well.
All three of us have our own styles on how to overcome various obstacles. Bella chooses to run around the objects, or to jump over them, etc – always deciding to avoid hurting anything with her strength. Renesmee shows off a little. Every time there is a jungle of branches in Nessie's way, she maneuvers through them with grace. If there is a family of boulders in her way, she leaps over them while somersaulting in the air. Nessie never messes up. I, on the other hand, go for the easy kill. This means, in all simplicity, I just punch through whatever happens to be in my way. It's unnecessary, but it was the easiest way to get obstacles out of my way. Every time I would do this, Renesmee or Bella would shake their heads. Oh well.
I could hear the various minds of my family and Jacob, who is joining us tonight, ahead of us. We are definitely getting close.
What the hell is going on out there? Jacob thinks after another tree groans and shatters from a punch I threw at it.
"JACOB!" I start screaming, "COME OUTSIDE! FACE THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE!"
"Edward," Bella says without interrupting her stride, "why are you calling Jacob outside?"
"He's trying to get Jacob out to see who wins, Momma," Renesmee answers for me; her pace is not interrupted by her talk with Bella. Bella nods in understanding.
Realizing that Jacob hasn't had any thoughts lately about coming outside I scream once more. "JACOB!" I shout, "COME OUTSIDE AND FACE THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE!"
Alllllllllllllllright then, I finally hear his mind think.
I start to sprint a bit by the last leg of this race. My girls realize this and match their pace with mine. Apparently, we've all been holding back our true speeds. I can see a bit of unnatural (meaning light bulb-made) light. The girls see this too. My head starts to bow, just a habit I've developed when racing. I want to have every advantage I can get. Renesmee starts to bow her head forward as well, also trying to have an advantage. Bella keeps her posture the same as always, only trying to avoid hitting anything.
On my right, Renesmee breaks out of the forest by swinging on a branch and flies through the air. On my left, Bella exits the forest with a quick sprint. I leapt over a giant boulder that was in my way and landed on tree-free surface. Now it's only a hundred yards now from here and across the river.
I appear to have the lead as I broke out of the forest and I landed only 50 yards away from this side of the river. Renesmee lands not too far behind me and Bella was right at her heel. Across the river I could see Jacob Black watching with surprised eyes.
"What? What the hell is this?" I hear Jacob ask as he sees Bella, Renesmee and I frantically running towards him.
"IT'S A RAAAAAACE!" Bella, Renesmee and I answer.
"WHOEVER CROSSES THE RIVER FIRST!" I answer as I reach the edge of the river.
Renesmee already jumped about 20 yards away from the edge of the river, trying to show off again that she could reach the other side in this one leap. Bella was already swimming in the river. I jumped last, trying to match my leap with Renesmee's.
Oh dear.
After our leaps and swim, we all reach the other side…
"WHAT?" Renesmee exclaims with a gasp when she sees Bella and me on the other side with her. "I was here first!" she states loudly and raises her hand.
Bella looks furious as she walks to her daughter. "What are you talking about Ness? I was here first!" she counters and raises both her arms.
I shake my head and sigh. "Ladies. I was here first," I say with my hands up.
"WHAT?" they shout together.
"Uh," Jacob says as he walks over towards us, "I think Nessie was here first guys." He then wraps his arm around my daughter.
But I could see through this lie as I read his mind.
"Oh don't lie, you –" I stop myself before I say "you stupid, moronic dog". I shake my head and continue, "You are just saying that Renesmee won to please her. Tell us the damn truth!"
Jacob blushes.
"It was a tie," I hear Jasper calmly say as he walks over to us.
It's now that I realize that my entire family was outside watching. This is a minor detail though.
"Are you kidding me?" Bella asks him quietly. Jasper shook his head.
Oh, well, damnit. "Seriously?" I ask.
Jasper nods once again and replays what he saw in his mind for me to see. Renesmee's eyes were wide as she reached for the ground on this side of the river when she was in the air; her curved leap was ending with a curved descent. I was doing the same only I was beneath her, my leap more straightforward than hers. Bella was still swimming rapidly in the water.
We all touched the surface at the same time. Crap.
"Aww!" I exclaim, "Really?" I ask Jasper once again. He shrugs. I look to Bella and Renesmee, "We really DID end in a tie girls, sorry."
"Shit," Bella finally says. "That swim was for nothing then!" she complains as she looks at herself, all wet.
I hear someone's footsteps behind me.
"OH BELLA, THAT'S ALRIGHT!" I hear Alice's voice say, "I have got LOADS of clothes for you here!"
Damn pixie has a mischievous smile on her face. Bella grimaces.
After Bella got changed into new, dry clothes and after greeting everyone at Cullen Manor (Emmet was disappointed in me only getting in a tie with the girls, although he still enjoyed making fun of me for it), we were all on the east side of the house looking up in the sky. Bella and I were closest to the house; I had my left arm around her waist and her head was on my left shoulder as we sat cross-legged in the grass. Carlisle was holding Esme in front of us but a bit to my left as they sat together. Emmett and Rose were to my far right as Rose laid her head down onto Emmett's outstretched legs. Alice and Jasper were in front of them but to their left as to not block their view, holding hands as they sat down together cross-legged. Jacob and Renesmee were in front of Bella and me, though they were farthest from the house, and they were tackling each other as they waited for the meteors to shoot through the sky.
Soon Alice started counting, "10, 9, 8…"
Renesmee and Jacob heard her and soon they stopped tackling each other.
"3, 2…"
Whoosh!
I lifted my hand and pointed to the sky, "Look!" Everyone looked up.
Meteors were flying across the sky. They twinkled as shot across the dark. The stars that were in the sky first shined beautifully as the outerspace rocks whizzed by. Flashes of white continued to fill the night sky. "Ooohs" and "Ahhhs" filled the space around me. Some of them probably came from my mouth.
I can finally see that you're right there beside me
I looked to my left and saw my beautiful Bella. Her face was filled with noticeable awe and joy as she watched the sky. Her beautiful eyes glistened. Her smile was wide. She looked so heart breakingly gorgeous. She was mine.
This beautiful creature next to me was mine, I thought once again. I loved her with all the possible love I could give, which was infinitely more than enough for one person. But the love I had to give wasn't just for a "person" though – it was for Bella. Lovable, beautiful, amazing, worrying, funny, caring Bella. She is my home; the one person I can turn to and say, "This is it, I belong here." She is my gravity; the one person who can keep me on this planet, who is my reason to continue existing shall I ever want to end myself. She is the only person who can make me feel… alive. I, oddly enough, get butterflies in my blood-filled stomach every time I look at her. My physical being feels like soaring every time I hear her say she loves me. My skin feels like exploding every time we touch. My love for her only burns like a thousand, no, tens of thousands of suns. I sigh with joy, relief, and of course, love when I see her. Her eyes, her smile, her hair… I amaze myself every time I say something remotely romantic to her; I have never been the one to be romantic, but, this extraordinary woman deserves all the love in the world, if not only my own. She makes everything in my world seem possible: flying, reaching for the skies, screaming to the heavens (if there really IS one). She was always worth saving and comforting when she was human… Yet, I'm sure what I've done for her is nothing compared to what she has done for me.
I am not my own, for I have been made new
I have felt like I gained a beating, loving heart again since I began loving her. I have even felt like I gained a soul. A new, loving soul despite how damned I am.
And if this was not already enough, more was given to me as I started to love Isabella. Human hungers that never existed for me as far as I was concerned became known. Desire and lust was accompanied with the unbearable and irrational love I had for Bella. I never knew, despite what I've read in other's minds, how powerful such desires were. I also never knew how much of an addict one could be once given or acknowledging these desires. I know a human could only crave for Bella so much but, considering I was a vampire, all these cravings intensified. After finally being able to ignore her blood's scent, I realized that my need for just Bella's natural scent was infinitely worse. I will never, ever not want her smell as much as any other smell. I also know I will never give up wanting her fragile and beautiful body. No other body in this galaxy could compare to hers, no matter how biased I am. Her skin is also so delicate to the touch, even if she is what I am right now. She is so beautiful, too beautiful for a terrible, selfish person like me.
Whatever I have done to deserve such a person still leaves me confused.
Bella ended up noticing my stares and my wide grins towards her and asked, "You okay, Edward?"
Please don't let me go, I desperately need you
I shook my head. "I'm alright, love," I replied and pulled her closer.
I began kissing her sweetly but then the sweetness turned into passion. I reluctantly broke off mid-kiss as I heard Renesmee's loud giggles. I smiled sheepishly and apologetically at Bella. She grinned back with a smile so bright, so stunning, it was powerful enough to knock the breath out of me.
Bella's eyes returned to the direction of the stars and meteors. I looked over to Renesmee.
The ball of energy was laughing in delight with Jacob as they looked up into the meteor filled night sky. Renesmee is beautiful daughter; always has been, always will be. She is everything I didn't ask for since I've had Bella. I am infinitely glad and grateful for keeping her.
I always regret the time that Bella had been pregnant with her (I must defend myself for a moment though; my new wife was dying because of something I caused, I couldn't really be "happy-go-lucky Edward" because of that). I should have been overjoyed with Bella as she was pregnant with Nessie. Instead, I wasted my time being angry and sick of myself (to defend myself once again though, everyone else was thinking along the same lines as me). Since Nessie's birth though, it feels like my life seems even fuller than it should.
Renesmee is the Bella that I couldn't passionately love as a lover, but fervently love as a family member – as a daughter. Nessie is the good side of me that, no matter how small that side may be, will always shine through and brightens up everyone's day (especially mine), even in a dark and gloomy place like Forks. She is half of Bella and half of me, literally. From her adorable personality right down to her physical well being. No matter how damned I truly am, no matter how astonishing Bella is, Renesmee brings out the best of both us through herself. Had I been told this was possible before her birth, I would have happily disagreed and would have backed up my opinion as needed. Now that Renesmee is here though, I believe in all possibilities. I believe in all types of love existing no matter what terrible situation. I believe in amazing good coming out of every painfully dark situation. This is truly how great the impact of my daughter has on me.
I am not my own, for I have been made new
Reluctantly, I tore my eyes off Nessie and looked around me. All types of love was shown underneath this beautiful meteor and star-filled sky. Romantic love between my siblings and my adoptive parents towards their respective partners. Family type love between everyone underneath the night sky as we sit here in the darkness. My family was complete. Nothing else can truly make my life better because of this fact.
Please don't let me go, I desperately need you
I silently prayed, despite my beliefs, that it would stay complete.
LASKJFL;ASDJFLA;SKDFJAL;DFJK ;D Hooraaay, this threeshot is DONE BABYYYY! LOL. Uhhmmmmmmmm, I originally didn't plan on having the race in the beginning of this story but… it just happened! I like the race though, don't you? You better, I worked pretty damn hard on it -.-" KIDDING! You don't have to like it if you don't want to buuuut, it'd be totally awesome if you did xD And uhm, I was thinking about removing the race entirely and using it as a random oneshot but then this story would be too short and I REALLY didn't feel like editing the whole story accordingly, even if that would have been easy xD But seriously, I really DO hope you appreciate that part of the story as well as the lovey-dovey part xD I felt it was time for Edward to show his love, no? :) Hooray for mushy feelings! xD (If you any of you guys have EVER felt like Edward like he describes in this chapter, GOOD FOR YOU MY SISTAH/BRUTHA! Spread the love, eh? ;) HA, I kidddddd!) So uh, the song in this last chapter is "Meteor Shower" by Owl City xP I TOLD you that the song only had 5 lines! Oh well, it's still a great song so listen to it :D Once again, REVIEWS are love and LOVE is love 8D Alright, well, that's all. Until next time! :D
x o x o bjaarcy
PS I call out to you AVPM fans once again! Did you see one line in this story that was in AVPM? Need a hint? It's a lyric in Granger Danger! ;D If you figure it out, I swear to you, I will review a story of yours and favourite 2 of them. How's about THAT for a little competition? ;P Oh and for those of you who don't know what AVPM is, go take a heavy, healthy dose of Harry Potter obsession and then return here x)
PPS Fun Fact: This is the LONGEST songfic/chapter I have probably ever written, BY FAR! xP
OH! Disclaimer: I DON'T own Edward Cullen, the Cullen Family, Jacob Black or anything related to Twilight. I also don't own Owl City or any of his songs. I totally take dibs on this storyline though! XD OKAY NOW, this is really the end of my rant. Good-bye fanfiction, until next time!
