Moonlight
Day With Edward
BellaPOV
" Close your eyes," he ordered. I obeyed.
" Now, I will lead you from the car. Just hold on tight," he instructed. I took a deep breath and followed his order once again. I felt Edward lift me from the car and swing me onto his back. Then I swear we were flying. I couldn't hear Edward's feet touch the ground. After three or so minutes we stopped.
" Open your eyes Bella," he whispered. I took another breath and slowly edged my eyes open.
We were at a meadow. But it was beautiful. I had never seen anything quite like it before. It was as though someone had cut a perfect circle. It is too hard to explain. It was magical.
" Do you like it?" Edward asked in my ear.
" It is beautiful," I replied.
" Then it is yours," came the reply. I spun around.
" What?" I gasped.
" This is on our property but only I know about it. I come here when I want to think. You can have it. It is yours" Edward shrugged. I shook me head.
" No, it is ours," I whispered and then blushed.
" Bella, Do you remember all that stuff that Rosalie talked about the other night? About soul mates and such?" Edward asked she he sat on the grass. I flopped down beside him.
" Yes," I replied cautiously. What if he said he already had a soul mate?
" And how she didn't say I had one?" he asked again.
I nodded as my heart sunk. I was right.
" Well I have found mine. Finally. After one hundred years of waiting," he whispered.
" Mmm," I murmured feeling crestfallen.
" And I am going to tell you who it is," Edward said taking me hand, " But I don't want you to freak out or anything,"
I nodded feeling slightly curious.
" My soul mate is you Bella. I know that is horrible because your 13 and I'm 17 but I love you and I will do anything to protect you," he said in a rushed whisper. I gasped.
" I love you too Edward," I whispered so quietly; no human would have heard it.
Edward beamed. I beamed. We were happy.
" Edward?" I asked after a few minutes of content silence with me lying on Edward's lap.
" Yes," he answered.
" I need to tell you something. About why I was upset on my first day of school," I said getting nervous.
" What is it Bella?" he asked.
" Well, um, when I was born, I was born as a twin. My twin sister's name was Renesmee, or Nessie for short. We were identical except for our hair. She had bronze, curly hair, which fell in ringlets, like Emmett's. When we were five, Nessie was over at her friend's house for a play-date. A fire erupted suddenly in the kitchen and it quickly spread through the house, killing Nessie, her friend Jess and Jess' parents as it engulfed the house," I whispered as tears cascaded down my cheeks. Edward sat dumbfounded before he pulled me into his lap and rocked me as the tears fell.
" I am so so so sorry," he finally whispered.
" It is all right. I just find it hard to talk about. Zane never knew and none of my friends know. Only you," I mumbled.
" I am terribly sorry for what I so selfishly said on your first day of school," he whispered.
" It is all right, you didn't know," I whispered but it didn't make a difference. He was angry with himself. Something I didn't like.
" Edward, I love you so much," I whispered again. His lips twitched and I smiled through my tears.
" Let's talk about something else," I said.
" What?" he asked.
" I don't know. You start off. We will each say something that the other won't know," I decided.
" Um, I was going to join the army before I caught the Spanish Influenza," Edward said.
" I want to join the military after I finish school," I said.
We continued like this for hours before Edward suggested we get home before Dad gets suspicious.
As we pulled into my driveway, I sighed.
" Yes?" Edward asked. I looked up and saw Emmett's Jeep sitting in the drive way but Dad's car wasn't.
" Are we, you know, going out now?" I asked embarrassed. '
" Um, I guess so. Why?" he asked.
" When do we tell Dad? I mean he knows about Jazz, Alice, Emmett and Rosalie so when do we tell him about us?" I asked.
" When ever you want," Edward answered.
" Can we tell Jazz and Em first?" I asked.
" Of course. Let's do it now. Then we can tell Alice and Rose at the same time," Edward replied.
" They're here?" I asked. Edward nodded.
" Then let's do this thing," I said cheerfully. Edward chuckled and we hopped out of the car.
It wasn't until I opened the door and saw the clock on the wall that I realised just how late I was. Dad would be home in fifteen minutes.
" Bella Swan, what time is this to be getting home?" Emmett yelled.
" Sorry Em. Edward and I got caught up," I yelled back. Ha.
" Whatever," I heard him say.
" You can ask him if you think I am lying," I shot back as we entered the lounge room. Emmett looked up and when he saw Edward behind me, he blushed. I smirked.
" Hey Bella. Did you have a nice day?" Jasper asked from the sofa where he was sitting with Alice.
" Yeah, it was fun. I told Edward everything and it was great to get it off my chest," I smiled, grabbing Edward's hand.
" You told him everything?" Jasper asked and I could hear the double meaning in it.
" Yup. But know we have something to tell all of you. Take it away Edward," I gulped. Edward shot me a look but didn't say anything.
" Alice, you probably have already seen this. Emmett and Jasper, remember when Rose and Alice told you about soul mates? Well, I hadn't found mine until quite recently. My soul mate is Bella. It is like we are made for each other. And for some crazy reason, Bella loves me back," Edward said not quite meeting Emmett's eye.
" You are in love with my 13 year old sister?" Emmett asked incredulously.
" Yes," Edward replied.
" And you will take good care of her?" Jasper asked.
" Of course. I couldn't live with myself if anything happened to her," Edward answered.
" And you won't push her to do anything she doesn't want to do?" Emmett asked.
" No. I will do whatever she is happy with," Edward replied.
" And you won't, ya know, do it?" Emmett asked before Jasper could speak.
" No of course not," Edward replied while I looked disgusted.
" Then you have our permission to date Bella," Jasper said quickly before Emmett could ask anything else.
Edward looked triumphant and I was beaming.
" And Bella, look after Edward. He needs it after all these years," Alice said.
" But he can look after himself. I mean, he is a vampire," I said.
" I mean mentally. Edward has been through a lot and, being immortal, our family has been through it with him. But you have woken him, I suppose. He is more alive than we have ever seen him. Look after him now," Rosalie explained.
" I promise," I whispered as Dad's car pulled into the driveway.
" Are you telling Dad?" Jasper asked. I hook my head.
" Not today," I murmured as Dad opened the front door and proceeded to the lounge. Alice and Rosalie quickly jumped up from Emmett and Jasper's laps and sat down on the sofa. I pulled Edward onto the two remaining recliners just as Dad walked through the door.
" Hey kids. How was your day?" he asked.
" Great. We started learning trigonometry in Maths," I said.
" Cool and how are you Cullens going?" Dad asked.
" We are great," Alice answered smiling her dazzling smile. Dad looked a little unstable before he recovered himself and walked off to the kitchen.
" We better be going," Edward said, giving me a small kiss on my forehead," See you tomorrow,"
I pouted at Edward and he laughed.
" I will see you tomorrow," he chuckled and, after Alice and Rosalie had said their rather passionate goodbyes to my brothers, left the house.
" Well, what a day. We are all paired up," I giggled.
" Hmm, I am glad you dumped that idiot boy Zane," Emmett scowled. I frowned.
" Me too. I just hope I haven't lost a friend in the process," I said looking at the floor.