Chapter 4
The water found my body and wrapped me on its invincible cage. I was totally submerged for some seconds and starting to panic when two warm hands brought me to the surface just in time.
"You're not dead, you see?" Edward smiled while he held me in the water.
I coughed once to take out some water I'd accidentally let inside my body and exaggerate the act a bit so he'd feel bad for taking me with him. "I could be," I whined as I saw all the water that surrounded us. Unconsciously my fingers clenched to his shoulders.
"Hey, hey Bell, I won't let off you. Don't worry," He reassured me and then started to unclenched my fingers one by one. "Just relax, alright? Enjoy…"
I was still too tense but with each second passing by I tried to relax my body a bit more and let him put me in horizontal position, so now I could see the sky. My heart was beating really fast for the adrenaline, but it actually felt really nice. Something I wouldn't admit to him.
"Are you feeling fine?" He whispered quietly. I had my eyes closed so I couldn't see his face, but I felt it really close.
"Hmm," I tried to make an ugly face, but I was enjoying the time too much to pretend.
"Great," He laughed then, but stayed quiet in the same instant.
I opened my eyes at the same time. "WHAT?"
"Shh," He placed my head in the water again. "Sorry, it was funny watching you trying to fight with your own nature."
My eyes opened widely again. "You are saying I'm a fish?!"
He sighed. "Yeah Bella, a bagre." He rolled his eyes.
"Ew," I laughed. We stayed quite then.
He suddenly sighed heavily. "What?" I asked as I peeped to him that was now beside me, restraining me with one arm and in horizontal position as well. "Why are you sighing like that?"
His eyes were filled with anguish as he stared at mine. "I don't know what I am gonna do when'll go to college…"
I gulped and try to composed myself. "You'll be just fine, don't worry." I took his hand with mine, and rested it in my wet shirt.
"I won't, I know I won't, but anyway…" He shrugged. "You have to go on with your life; you're too intelligent to stay in this tiny town with the dumb ones."
"Don't say that!" I complained, but as I tried to make my point cleared I ended up drowning again. His hands restrained me with urge one more time. "Thanks," I breathed.
"No prob," His voice came husky this time and the anguish was still there.
"Edward you could go to any university if you wanted to, you know that. You are the best swimmer I've ever seen!"
He half smiled. "Yeah, well… we can consider that you don't watch that much TV, so…"
I throw him some water. "Shut up!" He laughed back. I tried to fake I was pissed off, but Edward's laughter was the most contagious one I've ever heard. I never could resist laughing myself – and this wouldn't be the first time.
We laugh for some time and then the seriousness invaded the water again. "I was saying Ed, that you have the same opportunities than I have,"
"You know I can't live Alice alone," His eyes turned dark. And I knew he was remembering that day. That awful, unbearable day. The day in which Edward's father, Carlisle, had a car accident. The whole family was on it: Carlisle, Edward, Emmett, Alice and Esme. It wasn't fatal, but Alice took the worst part. She'd been in a wheelchair for seven years now. After that Edward had been her guardian angel, always there, almost as her father. He there vowed he'd never live her. And Edward wasn't one of breaking promises.
I took a deep breath, this topic always tensed me. It wasn't his fault, he shouldn't feel so responsible. "Alice is a big girl, Edward; she can take care of her on, no matter her condition." She was fifteen now and unbelievably independent for how she was. Even more, she was always happy. Laughing, dancing as she could, singing. I loved Alice, she rocked.
Edward sighed at my side, and put his chin on my shoulder. "Whatever, now I don't see College as a possibility…" I nodded. I couldn't push him, but I'd try to make him see reason later.
A gush of wind made me shiver. His arms wrapped my shoulders. "Are you cold? Maybe we should get going, it's gonna rain soon."
I nodded again, but I didn't feel cold like this. "Yeah, we better go."
"Be my guest," He smiled as he gestured me to wrap my legs on his back to start the journey to the safe land.
