This is going to be a short chapter, and for that I am sorry! But I want you all to see this from Edward's POV, which will help a lot in the upcoming chapters! Enjoy! 3 Ashley
Recap: Bella's POV—
His hair was blowing in his face, every muscle in his body taunt. His jaw was clenched shut, and his eyes were strained in concentration. I could see his gold orbs from my position in the air, and I gasped when I saw the emotion laced in them. Edward's hands were positioned in front of him, literally shaking.
"Oh my god, oh my god," I could hear the words leave my lips, and I couldn't get myself to shut up. I was six feet in the air, seconds from crashing into a ditch.
I was motionless, mid air.
And Edward was holding me there.
Edward's POV
I stood against Emmett's Jeep, breathing in the scent that wafted my way from Bella. Strawberries and freesia. The smell of heaven.
"Alice won," Bella muttered. I nodded nonchalantly, knowing full well that Alice was going to win before the race even started. My sister and I shared that in common; we didn't like to lose, and I knew Alice would run Rose off the side of the road before accepting a loss.
Suddenly I heard the sound of brakes clenching together. I shot my eyes to Alice, behind the wheel of my car. Her eyes were wide in shock, and I sighed. Of course this would happen, I realized. Alice seemed to lose control of the car, and I watched almost in slow motion as the nose of the silver Volvo started to turn towards the exact place we were all standing in. Carefully I lifted my hand and imagined the wheels of the car to turn.
I could never understand how this all worked. Never in a million years. But the electricity I felt flow through my fingers is what made the car turn away. When I imagined the metal object to move… it did.
Palm out, I concentrated on seeing the car move. And with a small hint of satisfaction, it did. Alice's face relaxed and I mentally added another strike under her name of how many times I'd saved her ass.
"I saw that," Bella's voice whispered next to me. My heart stopped, something I never thought it would actually do. I refused to show Bella my reaction but tried hard to calm my now frayed nerves.
"What?" I asked. Bella shook her head and looked away from me. What was she talking about? Did she see me move my hand and force the car away from us? I had been so careless since I had met her, and I knew Alice and the others were angry with me. They had been by side since damn near the beginning, and to see me become so stupid so quickly not only effected me, but them as well.
I ran my fingers through my hair and sighed. This was going to be harder than I thought. Before I knew it, Alice was standing next to me and leading me towards my car. Emmett and I were to race next, and I tried to force away the thoughts that were brewing. Rose stood between the cars, and we were off. I glanced once in the rear view mirror at Bella and frowned when I saw her face scrunched with frustration.
I knew she was angry, and I didn't deny that. She was a smart girl. No, a wonderful, amazing, intelligent and unbelievable woman. I had never met anyone like her in my entire life. I had spent hours thinking of her in the past few weeks, and I wondered if I would ever be able to bring her into my world completely. The world where I was able to manipulate metal and force my car to go faster than any other car on the road. But the chance of being denied by the woman that I was beginning to love… it was too much. I didn't know what I would do if Bella looked me in the eye and called me a freak. Told me that she didn't want to be with someone like me. After all, it wasn't like I wanted this to happen to me, I didn't ask to be born like this!
The argument with myself was something that had taken place a million times. Ever since I was seven years old and standing next to a trash can that was five feet in the air. Ever since I saw the look in my father's eyes when he walked through the back door to see why it was taking so long to put the garbage can to the curb.
Before I knew it, I was speeding past Emmett's jeep and hearing the cheers from our friends, clearly saying that I won. I felt a twinge of guilt, knowing I should have let Emmett win or something. I climbed out of the car and gave Emmett a friendly hug before we walked back to everyone. The neighborhood that Emmett and Jasper had found was indeed a nice area. The upscale neighborhood offered us the seclusion that we needed to get away with racing in public streets, but I didn't think that there would be any residents home this time of day.
Alice started to push Bella towards my car, and I felt a tug of satisfaction that she would be driving my car. Bella was a beautiful woman, inside and out. And just knowing that she had agreed to be mine just the night before made me want to run up to her right this second and throw her over the hood of the car.
Bella slipped behind the wheel and adjusted everything so that she would be able to drive properly. I was suddenly glad that I had gotten over my annoyance of people adjusting my seat. Whenever I got behind the wheel, it angered me when I had to spend what seemed like hours to fix everything. But now, seeing Bella mess with the mirror, I wanted to give her the car and let her do whatever she wanted to do.
And that's when I felt the sudden feeling of unease. I looked around at the deserted street, looking for anything that could be considered out of place.
"Edward? What's wrong?" Alice's voice whispered in my ear. I glanced at her quickly and shook my head, continuing to look down the street. I couldn't explain the dread I felt in the pit of my stomach. Something was wrong… very wrong.
"Hey, I think we should follow in your Jeep," I said suddenly. I was looking directly at Emmett, though I could see Bella stare at me from the corner of my eye. Emmett shrugged and inclined his head towards his car.
"Yeah, this way we can see just how bad Bella kicks Jasper's ass!" I all but ran to the passenger side of the car, sliding into the front seat next to Emmett. I didn't care if Rose thought she had precedence over me when it came to sitting in the car. I would gladly lie across the roof if I knew that I would be safe. But with the way that Emmett drove his car, I expected I would be lying in the road dead and broken.
Emmett started to talk to Jasper and Bella through his window, but I ignored him. I was still canvassing the area for something that posed a threat, but I saw nothing. This bothered me greatly.
And suddenly I was being lurched forward as Emmett followed behind the racing cars. I smiled slightly with pride as I saw Bella tear ahead of Jasper. Emmett slowed as we rounded a corner, and I watched closely as Bella kept her lead on the Trans Am.
As we rounded another corner, that's when I saw it.
The blue Honda Civic, parked along the side of the road. Why hadn't I noticed this when I went around the neighborhood the first time? Had it even been there?
"Emmett! It's Kaiden!" Emmett looked to where I was pointing, and I heard the girls gasp in the backseat as they leaned forward. Bella passed the Civic without slowing, and I wondered if she had even seen it. Suddenly the car lurched forward with incredible speed and quickly gained on Bella.
"Shit," Emmett said under his breath. I felt him accelerate the Jeep, and I leaned forward as if I were expecting something to happen. And then it happened.
Kaiden pulled his car up to the tail end of the Volvo and slammed the front of his car into it. I could see Bella jerk forward, but she was able to maintain control of the car.
"Emmett we have to do something!" Alice screamed. I nodded, knowing damn well that if I let myself speak right this second I would only scream. Anger and fear radiated through me, and I could feel my hands start to shake.
"Edward…" I could hear Rose's warning behind me and I took my eyes away from the horrible sigh in front of me for just a second. Looking down I saw all of the lose chance and Emmett's cell phone in the cup holder start to shake. This wasn't the first time I had done this, and I watched in horror as the dimes and quarters started to rise into the air. Emmett grabbed his cell phone before it could rise more than three inches into the air and shoved it under his right leg, pinning it to the seat.
"Edward, man, it's going to be okay. Get a hold of yourself." I knew they were worried. When I lost control of my emotions, I didn't have control of my 'gift'. The last thing I needed to do was start to mess with any of the engine parts or the brakes in the car.
"Jasper sees him!" Alice exclaimed. I tore my eyes away from the magical money that was now dancing in front of me and back to the road. Would Jasper try to do anything? Or could this risk hurting him or Bella? The sound of a horn started to blare through the air, and Emmett dropped back for a second.
"I don't know what to do," Emmett admitted to me quietly. I understood his hesitation in the situation. None of us were able to do anything at this moment without risking someone's life. Kaiden accelerated again and slammed into the side of the car. I could see Bella swerve to the right and then try to correct herself. Shit! I could see the car start to lose control and I felt my heart jump into my throat.
"Emmett…" I didn't recognize my own voice. I could see Jasper pull his car to the side of the road, and then gasped when Kaiden slammed the nose of his car into the side of the Volvo. It all happened in slow motion.
"Emmett, stop the damn car!" I screamed. My voice was high and frightened, and he listened to me without a second thought. The Jeep screeched as it slammed to a stop, and I found myself out of the door in just seconds. The Volvo had turned in the road and slammed into a guard rail that was blocking everyone from a ditch. The sun glistened off the silver metal, turning almost gracefully in the air. Metal…
I reached my hands out as Bella turned through the air. Every bit of my being surged with electricity, throwing every ounce of force through my fingers.
"Edward!" I knew what Alice was freaking out over. I saw the same thing she did. My shiny, silver Volvo, had literally become motionless midair. My hands were shaking rather violently, and I could feel a cold sweat break out over my skin. I couldn't believe what I had done. Never before had I ever controlled metal of this size. Never of this weight and structure.
"What the fuck? What the fuck!" I could hear Bella's panic in her voice. I didn't blame her, and I wondered just how much I expected her to deal with before she threw me to the curb.
"Bella!" Alice screamed next to me. I felt the energy within me waver, and I forced adrenaline to the surface. I dropped to my knees, keeping my arms extended and palms out. I was so scared to look away, so scared that Bella would fall out of the sky. Maybe if I forced the car to lower slowly? No, I had no way of knowing it would land safely.
I could see Jasper run towards Alice and I could hear Emmett climb out of his car. What scared me most of all was the fact that Bella was staring directly at me.
"Oh my God," I could hear her whisper. Shit, shit, shit!!
"Get her out of that car!" I screamed to everyone. My entire body was shaking, and I had no idea how much longer I could hold that car in the air. Alice and Jasper rushed forward and approached the car almost too carefully. I could see Jasper reach up and wrap his fingers around the door handle and pull. Once, twice…
"The door is stuck!" Alice screamed at me. I closed my eyes for a moment and opened them to look at Bella. Her face was full of terror, shaking in the confines of the car. I pulled every bit of energy out of my body and felt the electricity crackle on my fingertips. Holding my left hand still, I moved my right hand with the greatest of ease and imagined the door to open. I could hear the groan of the metal as it began to move, and I could hear Bella's whimper from across the road. Moving my right hand ever so carefully, I grunted with satisfaction as the door began to open. Jasper reached up and grabbed onto the handle to help pull it forward.
I could feel my control slip for a second as I lowered my right hand slightly.
"No!" Alice's scream tore through my consciousness, and I watched in horror as the car started to fall. I flung my arms in front of me again, feeling the will and force that I emitted.
"Get her out of the fucking car!" I screamed as I forced the car to stop again in the air. It had dropped at least two feet, enough to scare Bella even more.
"Get her out!" I screamed again. I could see my vision start to blur. My peripheral vision started to fuzz black. I knew I had pushed my limits, I knew I was doing too much. I concentrated on Jasper and Alice as they lowered Bella from the crushed metal of the car. I watched as Bella wrapped her arms and legs around Jasper and as they all ran from the airborne Volvo.
I was tired. Physically and emotionally. With a sigh I dropped my arms and watched in horror as my car literally fell from the air. The sound it made when it connected with the asphalt was nothing less than a horrendous mimic of bones crunching, metal impacting together. My arms hung freely at my side, my legs weak beneath me. Had I not already been kneeling on the ground, I would have fallen due to the lack of strength.
"Bella…" I whispered. And then everything went black.
Again, I know this chapter is insanely short compared to my others, but I promise this will be the shortest chapter you will ever see. I just wanted you to see this from Edward's point of view, and this was very necessary.
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