"I took a walk around the world
To ease my troubled mind
I left my body laying somewhere
In the sands of time
But I watched the world float
To the dark side of the moon
I feel there is nothing I can do, yeah
I watched the world float
To the dark side of the moon
After all I knew it had to be
Something to do with you
I really don't mind what happens now and then
As long as you'll be my friend at the endI'll keep you by my side
With my superhuman might
Kryptonite
You called me strong, you called me weak,
But still your secrets I will keep
You took for granted all the times
I never let you down
You stumbled in and bumped your head,
If not for me then you'd be dead
I picked you up and put you back
On solid ground
If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be
There a-holding my hand
If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman
If I'm alive and well,
Will you be there a-holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side
With my superhuman might
Kryptonite
If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be there
Holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side
With my superhuman might
Kryptonite
Yeah!!
If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman
If I'm alive and well,
Will you be there a-holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side
With my superhuman might
Kryptonite
Yeah!!" –Kryptonite by Three Doors Down
THE BOLDED LYRICS REPRESENT BELLA AND THE ITALLICS REPRESENT EDWARD. THE UNDERLINED PART REPRESENTS BOTH OF THEM. I THINK THE SONGS FITS WELL IN THIS CHAPTER… ANYHOO, ENJOY!
RECAP
"It's my secret to tell or not. I will not tell. I need a secret in order to tell one."
I felt him freeze again. Score two.
"What?"
"I mean, I will not spill mine until you spill yours, Edward." I heard him take a sharp breath and freeze again. Score three.
"How did you know it was me?" Edward asked surprised.
"It involves my secret. Remember 'I need a secret in order to tell one'" I stated again.
"I don't know I can tell you my secret."
"Then I don't know if I can tell you my secret." I mocked him.
He let out a frustrated sigh.
"Just to let you know, I know your secret already. And I've barely been for about a day." I smirked. I just love the way people get all tense and nervous when I know their secret. Fortunately, I don't tell their secrets to anyone else. I keep it to myself.
"How did you find out so quickly? My family didn't let out any hints…" I think he was mainly talking to himself.
"First, I need you to tell me your," I started getting drowsy. Shit! If I have another flash, he's going to find out my secret! "secret…" I ended up getting caught in another flash. Here I go again…
I had opened my eyes in this flash. Everything I saw was crystal clear. i could even see the dust particles in the air.
Oh, crap. Don't tell me I've stopped breathing. Edward would defiantly notice something wrong with me if I've stopped breathing.
I stopped. I was in the middle a forest. All of a sudden, I snapped my head east, and ran after a scent that I think caught the person's attention. I saw a deer getting closer and closer. Then, it started running away from me. Why would the deer run away from me? I won't do anything to it.
I was faster than it though. How could I be faster than the deer?
"Bella? Bella?" I vaguely heard Edward saying my name and shaking me. Dammit! That must mean I've stopped breathing!
I caught up with the deer and I lunged at it. No! why would I lunged at the deer?! I snapped its neck and-and- oh gosh! I think I might throw up after this! I pressed my lips at its neck jugular and started drinking its blood. I didn't notice before but my throat felt soothed. I never noticed the burning feeling. After I drained the deer, I started gaining consciousness again.
I opened my eyes and saw Edward's eyes filled with concern. I clamped my mouth with both hands.
"Bella? Are you alright?" Edward kept on asking. "What happened? Bella?"
"Ugh, I got a funny," I clamped my mouth again with both hands. "Coming out of my tummy!" I pushed him off of me and ran to the restroom. I leaned over the toilet bowl and up-chucked my dinner. Well, that's a pleasant sign. Not.
"Ugh." I moaned. I flushed the toilet. Once the bowl refilled, I rested my clammy cheek against the cool surface of the toilet seat.
"Bella? Are you-" I cut him off by the sound of me throwing up again. "Well, I guess that answers my question. "
I flushed the toilet again and got up. I looked at myself in the mirror and saw I was paler than usual. I turned on the faucet and splashed cold water on my face.
"Bella?" I turned around and saw Edward standing by the toilet where I was a couple of seconds ago.
"Hm?" I answered while I brushed my teeth to get the rancid taste out of my mouth.
"Are you alright?"
I nodded since I was busy brushing my teeth.
"Are you sure?"
I nodded again.
I turned the faucet on again and rinsed my mouth.
"I'm fine Edward. Nothing's wrong. And I can't tell you. It's part of my secret. I want to know your secret. I know it already, but I have to hear you say it in order to tell you mine. I know that you are dying to know mine, too." I responded when we got to my room. I sat down on my bed again and went under the covers. I patted the spot next to me signaling for him to sit down next to me. He did.
"I know that, but there's a reason I can't tell you my secret." He ran a hand through his bronze tousled hair.
"Fine. But can you answer me another question?" he nodded. "Why were you in my room?"
"How did you know I was in your room without looking at my face?" I narrowed my eyes at him
"Touché." He chuckled at my playfulness. Wow, that's the first time I've seen him laugh. Wait. I barely came to school today! Duh! That's why it's the first time I've seen him laugh! Stupid Bella! Think things thoroughly!
We started talking about more things. I started dosing off at some point. I felt the bed shift and knew he was getting up.
I forced my eyes open and grabbed his shirt.
"Yes, Bella?"
"Don't leave me." I whimpered.
"I have-"
"Don't leave." I clutched his shirt tighter and whimpered again. "I'm scared. Don't leave me." A lone tear escaped my eye.
I heard him sigh. "Bella. Don't do this to me." I felt him wipe the tear away.
"Please. Edward. I'm scared." More tears escaped my eyes. I clutched his shirt tighter. "Please stay for the night."
I heard him sigh again. "Fine."
I smiled and loosened my grip on his shirt. I felt him lie down next to me I grabbed onto his shirt with my other hand.
"Edward?"
"Yes, Bella?"
"Will you still be here when I wake up?"
"If you want me to, I will."
"'Kay."
A couple of minutes passed without anyone saying anything.
"Edward?"
"Bella, you need to go to sleep. We have school in a couple of hours."
"'Kay. I'll ask you tomorrow. Edward?"
"Good-night Bella."
"Night-night Edward." And I drifted off to a peaceful, dreamless sleep.
***
When I woke up in the morning, I found Edward still at my side stroking my hair gently. I stayed still. A couple of minutes later, he stopped.
"Good morning, Bella."
"'Morning, Edward."
"Are you going to tell me about what happened last night?" he asked. I remembered what happened last night and I remembered the deer.
"Uh oh. Move it or lose it!" I yelled, clamping my hand over my mouth, as I let go of Edward and ran for the restroom again like last night. Again, I up chucked whatever I still had in my stomach into the toilet.
"Bella?" I heard Edward's voice from outside the restroom door. I had slammed it shut when I got the restroom.
"In a minute!" I answered back. I thought of the deer again when I was rinsing my mouth. I leaned over the toilet and threw up again.
"Bella?"
"Fucking shit… making me fucking queasy…" I muttered under my breath while I flushed the toilet.
"Bella?"
"Yes, you can come in." I muttered.
"You alright? I don't think you should go to school today."
"No shit, Sherlock." I muttered. I saw hurt in his face. "Sorry, I let my sarcasm the best of me sometimes… ever since I was ten."
"So you're staying home today?"
"No shi- sorry. Yeah, I'm staying home today." I said. "What about you? Aren't you supposed to be going to school today?"
"Nope. It's going to be sunny. My family and I always go camping when it's sunny."
"Then aren't you going to spend today with your family?"
"I was thinking that probably you could meet them today."
I laughed. "Haha! Good joke!" I saw the seriousness in his face and my laughter died down. "You weren't kidding were you?" He shook his head. "Well, as the red queen would say, 'OFF WITH HER HEAD!'" I imitated the red queen's voice and did a motion with my hands as if I'm cutting my head.
He didn't laugh.
"Cricket, cricket. Is it me, or do I hear no laughter?" he just smiled. "Okay, so it is me. eh, I already knew I was crazy, not much of a surprise." He laughed. SCORE!
"Okay, so when do I meet the family?" he smiled as the doorbell rung. Great…
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