Disclaimer: Don't own Twilight or the songs used: "You and Me" by Lifehouse and "The Artist" by The Hush Sound.
Two months later
BPOV
"Edward, you're on in two minutes and then you and Bella will sing the finale in about fifteen minutes after Robert does his saxophone solo." Mrs. Taylor, the school principal, smiled at us and walked away.
Edward pulled his guitar strap over his head. "Guess I better get ready. Wish me luck." He smiled crookedly and I reached up on to my toes to kiss his cheek.
"Good luck." From side stage we both glanced out at the crowd and saw our whole group, taking up an entire row in the auditorium, and Alice noticed us, giving us an excited thumbs up. I waved shyly and we hid back behind the curtain as the people on the stage finished up their performance, some kind of dance.
"What are you singing?" I hoped to catch him off guard. He had refused to tell me what he was singing himself and it was driving me crazy.
"You'll see in a minute, Love, but I know you'll like it." He smiled crookedly and after another minute of silence, contented on his part and frustrated on mine, he walked on to the stage and sat in a chair in front of a microphone. Doing what the principal had said, he introduced himself to the crowd before starting the song, even though we already knew everyone.
I ran around the back of the stage and down the stairs to sit in an empty seat in the front row of the audience. I wanted to see him; he said the song was for me so I should be out here, right?
He smiled at me and staring picking at the strings of his acoustic guitar. Like most songs, it took me less than a few seconds to realize what it was. "You and Me" by Lifehouse. He knew how much I loved that song and I felt my face soften and I smiled at him.
"What day is it? And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive,
I can't keep up and I can't back down.
I've been losing so much time."
He sang softly and he kept his eyes on me the entire time. It was hard to listen when he looked at me like that, with scorching eyes. I didn't catch most of the words after that. I was just listening to his voice and watching after that point. I think he was singing and playing purely from memory, he seemed almost as entranced as I was. When the song ended applause and cheers went up through the school, I jumped.
I stood up and went backstage again. I waved at Robert as he passed by me with his saxophone and he returned it before going back to fidgeting with his neck strap. Edward met me by the curtain and he pulled me into a hug. I started to wrap my arms around him but I hit his guitar that was strapped to his back so it was cut short. "Why did I have to wish you luck exactly? That was amazing!" I grinned at him and he smiled. He leaned down and kissed my cheek.
"I'm glad you liked it because I only did it for you." Butterflies fluttered in my stomach despite myself and the fact that he said stuff to me like that every day. I had no idea how a girl like myself could have ever had a guy like him fall in love with her. I was the luckiest person on Earth whenever he was with me.
We stood there for a long moment with him just holding me and his face pressed into my hair while I wrapped my arms around his waist as best I could and laid my cheek on his chest. I breathed in his scent and sighed contentedly. I didn't ever want to move.
Too bad that couldn't happen. "Robert's song is almost done and then it's your turn." Mrs. Taylor tapped both of us on our shoulders. I looked up and nodded slowly but Edward didn't change his position, keeping his arms around me and his face in my hair. I felt a smile tug at the corner of my lips and I rested my head back on his chest so I could still see Mrs. Taylor with one eye. Her shoulders slumped a little bit, with what looked like eased tension, and her face softened. I thought she was going to break out into Awww's but she just smiled one more time before walking off again.
"I love you." Edward whispered as he kissed my ear softly.
"I love you, too." I said just as quietly and then reluctantly we both pulled away. Edward pulled my hand to his face and kissed it before gently letting it drop again.
"Are you ready?"
"No, but I don't have a choice now do I?"
He smiled mischievously "None whatsoever."
Before I could reply, there was more applause, signaling Robert's close and our unfortunate beginning.
He smiled crookedly, my smile, and then took my hand and led me to the stage. At middle stage he sat down in a chair with his guitar in his lap. A microphone was positioned in between him and the guitar so you could hear both. I had picked up my guitar right before we walked onto stage and I would be standing next to him. There were two microphones for me, one was at waist-height for my guitar and the other was right in front of my face.
Edward didn't say anything just nodded once at the crowd and I introduced myself.
We were singing a song I had always really liked but was a lesser known song by a not very well known band. I was 99% sure that not one person in the crowd had heard it before, outside of our family, which was one reason I was singing it. I was a little quiet and unsure at first but I slowly gained confidence. "You find all of your ugly meanings, in the things I find beautiful."I loved that line and I did especially well when Edward smiled at me every time I looked over and whenever he sang with me I did better as well. I sang out my favorite part of the song, even though it was without Edward, contradicting the lyrics:
"You painted me in pastel,
colors that don't tell of any boldness.
That's the way you'd love to see me:
so delicate, so weak, so little purpose.
But your eyes are drawn of charcoal
they're black, they're so cold, they're so imperfect.
Because they see a sleeping world,
where waking isn't worth it."
I finally cracked a smile and slipped off into the world where only singing could take me. When the song ended, everyone clapped harder than I'd heard before and a lot of people stood. I blushed fiercely and looked down at my shoes. I waved one more time and Edward followed me off stage. Sure, our song wasn't a big fanfare. That's what Alice had tried to convince me to do but I wouldn't agree no matter what she said, so she'd finally settled on a duet between me and Edward. And now, jumping up and down and clapping her little hands off I think she was okay with the final decision.
"That was fantastic you two!" Ms. Cope, another supervisor of the show, gushed. Mrs. Taylor nodded in agreement.
"Thank you." Edward smiled and nodded before leading me back off the stage.
"Where are we going?"
"Just home; away from all the people and noise." He answered and we walked out into the rain. We ran to the car because it wasn't really a sprinkle. I didn't get to wet, Edward had pretty much shielded me with his arms.
"You're such a gentleman." I stuck my tongue out at him teasingly.
He just smiled and pulled out of the parking spot. I rested my head against the cool glass of the car and closed my eyes. He traced his fingers up my arm "Are you tired?"
I nodded. "I was worrying about the show."
"I told you, you should have slept over."I just shrugged in response and he took my hand in his, rubbing circles in my palm.
After that we sat in silence and I could hear the rain, slowing down and then it finally stopped altogether. The drive was taking longer than it usually did. "Where are we going?"
"We're just driving around town and then we'll go back home, don't worry. You can sleep, Love." We fell back into a comfortable silence but I still couldn't sleep. I felt the car turn a corner and suddenly light flared in my face, bathing the car in light. My eyes snapped open to see the sun coming out behind some clouds. The sky wasn't its usual grey, but splattered with color, pinks, reds, and oranges. I sat up and examined it like I'd never seen a sunset before. Of course I had, it just wasn't the most common thing in the world, not here in Forks.
Edward pulled the car over on the side of the road and I looked at him curiously. He didn't say anything, just sat back and watched me with sparkling emerald eyes. "You wanna get out?" I asked him.
"Sure." He got out of the car and I exited the car meeting him around the front. We sat down on the hood and leaned back against the windshield, hoping it wouldn't cave in or anything. That would not be good. What an understatement. Edward wrapped an arm around my shoulders and pulled me close so my face was on his chest and my hand on his waist. We watched the sun set from there.
I reached up and sprinkled kisses down his jaw and to his lips. Then I kissed him fiercely and tangled my fingers in his bronze hair. His hands traveled up my back and then back down to my waist. He pulled away and smiled at me. "You're blocking the sun." He murmured. I gasped and smacked his shoulder. His laugh filled the air around us and I snuggled back into the crook of his arm.
"Jerk." I muttered and he laughed again and this time my chuckle mixed with his.
When our laughter died down Edward's expression became more pensive as the sun sunk lower and lower in the evening sky. "Another ending…" He murmured softly.
I looked up at him and our eyes met while corrected him in a whisper. "Another beginning."
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Ok I have a bunch of things for you guys; a few notes.
One-gracias, merci, Vielen Dank, and a thanks in every other language because that was all I know, thank you :)
Two-I just read an awesome Fanfiction, one of the best I've found, call Forever Young by Mirrorbay2000 and you have to read it! It was amazing, despite a few grammatical errors here and there, I couldn't get off the computer until I finished it! So, go read it and review, it deserves to be better known. It's under my favorite stories and she's under my favorite authors.
Three-Trust is over. BUUUT, I was thinking about maybe posting an outtake. Maybe when Bella and Edward told Emmett they loved each other from his POV? I don't know, if I do, you guys will have to want me to and tell me :)
Four-Like I said, Trust is over, epilogue and all, so I want you guys to read my other story "On the Corner of First and Amistad." It already has two chapters posted and if you guys want to hear more from me, that's the place to look!
Five- I have a list of people I need to give an extra thank you. EVWTForever- You're an awesome beta; thanks for helping me out :D school needs to go (the dot between school and needs wouldn't work)- Did you think I forgot about you? Nope. Thank for helping me figure out how to post the chapters and such; without you Trust wouldn't have happened. all-hail-the-jello- I had a lot of fun talking to you and you helped me a great deal. You know, with ideas and encouragement and I thank you again for it. :) and then I need to mention A is for Angel- she's the girl I'm betaing for and I've had fun talking to you too! Lastly, I need to thank my family, no duh. They've put up with me for this for sooo long. "One more minute, I almost done writing the chapter!" Twenty minutes later I'm done… Yeah, I owe you guys, thank you as well. :P
And again thank you to everyone, I'm sure with the epilogue we'll reach 1,000 reviews. I wonder who will be number 1,000? They'd better leave an awesome review, I'm warning you now, because it'll be a big deal to me!! :D Ok, love you guys, and I'll see you again soon, on my other story. Sierra Swan has left the building!