Because of a Spoon

by Babypeach16

Bella isn't thrilled that Charlie decides to ship her off to Nerd Camp. When she meets Edward, though, she quickly changes her mind. Too bad they only have three weeks…Or do they?

12. Correspondence

A/N - Sorry this chaper is super-long - I thought it would be awkward to break it up. Anyway...enjoy!

Chapter Twelve: Correspondence

Dear Edward,
How are you? I miss you. I was cleaning my room the other day, and I found the playlist of songs you made for me. Are you still playing piano these days?
How is school? I don't like my lit class - it's basically what we did in at camp, only it's easy now. My Lit teacher is crazy, but in a good way. I'm really liking senior year so far - my school was renovated, so now our senior lounge is basically the corner of a hallway with beanbag chairs, which is pretty awesome.
I'm trying to be more adventurous this year, so I have been having some pretty interesting times, courtesy of Alice and Rosalie, who came to visit for the end of summer. For example, last week we snuck into the cemetery and went skinnydipping in the pond, in the moonlight. That was definitely something to check off my bucket list - the pond was weirdly warm and shallow, and there were giant fish. It was a horror movie waiting to happen, especially considering it was Friday the 13th.
I'll tell you more later, but first:

What did you do for the rest of your summer?
What is your favorite song lyric right now?
What do you do when you're upset?
What is the craziest thing to happen to you this month?
What is your favorite candy?

:) I think 5 questions is probably enough for now!
Here's to being penpals...
Bella

Dear Bella,
I've certainly been better, and I miss you too. I also miss the kids from camp. I've been trying to keep in contact with Emmett, he's been having a rough time with Rose's absence lol. yeah I still play, but not too much because I don't really have a reason to, and if I play without a reason, my songs don't turn out well, then I get frustrated go on a hiatus for a few weeks. Like right now. =P I'm taking AP Lit at my school so it's going well. I figured if I'm going to take a class I already took, I might as well get college credit for it. My lit teacher has a really good sense of humor that nobody else seems to get so I get along with him well. My senior year is busy to say the least. lots of classes turns into lots of homework turns into no free time. Our "senior lounge" is the cafeteria. I haven't changed at all this year really. I'm just kinda sick of being "me." Not me in the personal identity sort of way but more like an alter ego type of thing. It's complicated lol. so I'm working on being the actual me more often. I've never been adventurous or gone skinny dipping or anything like that, but it sounds like you've been having fun.
for the rest of this summer, I just worked a lot at the State Park. got some money put away for college from that.
favorite lyrics of the day :
"but I can only write this song and tell you that I'm not that strong, coz I'm not superman I hope you like me as I am"
-"Superman", Joe Brooks
I sleep when I am upset
The funniest(idk about craziest) thing to happen to me this month was yesterday when I got a bunch of my friends to help push a car out of the mud (we were at the corn maize) and as soon as it got traction again it took off and I fell face first in the mud. then we went to get coffee after and people were looking at me funny coz I was covered in mud along with my other friends, but I was worse coz I actually fell.
I like strawberry charleston chews but they are hard to find.
What other types of things are you planning on doing/did you already do since you're trying to be more adventurous?
and what are your answers to all the questions you asked me? (they were good ones lol)

Cheers!
~Edward

Dear Edward,
I hope that gets better, soon. Poor Emmett! Things will work out for him - he's a nice guy.
That sucks about the piano. I understand, though- that's how I feel about writing. When you go on hiatus, what gets you started up again?
I'm glad that you have a good lit teacher :) I sort of see what you're saying, but I'm not 100% sure - Is camp you "the real you"?
What did you do when you worked at the State Park? Speaking of college, do you know where you're applying?
Hmmm another adventure... well, during the same visit, Alice, Rose and I took tequila and bubblewrap to the park (I have really, really low tolerance, so I was having blurry vision after five sips) and we jumped on the bubblewrap next to a fountain in the middle of a traffic circle. After that, we bought a bottle of whipped cream from a gas station and walked to the Art Gallery, and played "Penis!" in an empty corridor.
Favorite lyrics of the day:
"I climbed up a mountain, and looked off the edge
At all of the lives that I never have led
There's one where I stayed with you across the sea
I wonder do you still think of me
I carry your image always in my head
Folded and yellowed and torn at the edge...
All of these moments are lost in time
But you caught in my head like a thorn on a vine"
- "The Ocean", by The Bravery
When I am upset, it depends on the severity of the problem.
From least to greatest: 1. Have a dance party in my room. 2. Eat chocolate frosting from the container. 3. Read wedding magazines.
Craziest thing to happen to me this month: My friend and I went to the traintracks to do a lingerie photoshoot, but there was this random family walking their dog, so we went to her house and had a lingerie/baking cup cakes/ Gaga dance party.
I can't believe you fell face first in the mud! I wish I had a picture. :)
My favorite candy is York Peppermint Patties, but I like anything with chocolate.

More questions...
What is your favorite weather?
What is your greatest fear?
If you could change your name to anything, what would it be?
What superpower would you want?
Where do you want to be in 10 years?

Cordially,
Bella

Dear Bella,
yeah Emmett is a good guy, he just goes crazy when it comes to women, as many guys our age seem to. Usually after a hiatus I'll just randomly start playing piano again. there is not much reason for it as far as I can tell. but usually it's just when I'm feeling really good again. As far as camp goes, that's not exactly the real me. It used to be me back in middle school, but everything changed in high school. I was a "guest services" guy at the park. essentially, I just helped tourists when they got lost and I helped sort them into where they were supposed to be because it turns out they are really bad at reading signs. I have no idea where I want to go to college yet, I have no idea what I want to major in, and I have no idea what I want to do with my life =P. My passions never match up as far as careers go. Where are you applying?
I've only ever been on a boat where rowing is needed with my dad and my niece. It did not go so well with my dad, but it went well with my niece, except I had to do all the work, which was fine with me.
I'm disappointed in you for drinking, but hardly anyone can live up to my moral code, so I understand lol. I am currently listening to "The Ocean" because I had never heard of it before. It's good =]
wow you really are adventurous, I hardly ever leave the house in my lingerie. how can you not believe me falling in the mud? I mean, I know I'm not as clumsy as SOME people, but I'm still human, after all. last winter I was pushing a delivery truck out of the snow with my brother and our neighbor and I ended up smacking my head on the bumper. I don't know why I try to help people, it always ends badly for me.
My favorite weather by far is summer thunder storms. I don't have a really great fear, except I'm incredibly anxious in deep water, bordering on a phobia, but I'm not afraid of anything connected to deep water in particular.
I guess if I really think about it, my greatest fear is probably rejection by my friends. They don't really know the real me so it's entirely possible that they will not like him lol.
I like the name William a lot, but not Bill.
I think I would like Gambit's superpower. if you don't know who that is, he can charge inanimate objects with tons of kinetic energy. which is pretty badass.
I don't know where I'd like to be in 10 years. maybe in a house with a family. I dunno.

I guess I should come up with questions for you, since I don't want to just keep using yours... let's see...
What is your favorite thing to do?
How is your book doing?
What is your favorite book/author?
What is your favorite movie?
How do you deal with stress?

All the best,
Edward

Dearest Edward,
This is true. That may partially explain why it feels like I am invisible all the time. I guess teenage boys just can't appreciate a Domestic Goddess when they see one ;P JK, but seriously, you'd think they'd realize that anybody I like is going to be getting a ton of baked goods.
Well, then, I'm excited to get to know "the real you," if this is it. :) What changed in high school, if I might ask? Looking back, I realized that somewhere along the way, I got shy, I guess. I never realized it until I went to camp this summer and they told me I was shy.
That sounds like a pretty fun job - did you get a park ranger uniform, with patches? I hope you find a career that matches your passions - or maybe new passions will find you. I'm applying to Princeton (my dream school) Yale, Bowdoin, and Williams, but I really, really just want Princeton. I told my parents that if I get rejected from all four, I'm going to cooking school. They were not amused.
Hahaha, that was my only drinking experience, if you exclude champagne at weddings, and I was too worried to drink much. I don't think I'll be trying it again soon, but I thought it was a good idea to just see how much I could tolerate, in case someone spikes my drink in college.
Wanna know a secret? I'm not actually very adventurous. These little adventures are cool and fun when I'm having them, but really, every step out of my comfort zone that takes me too far makes me withdraw that much more.
Oh no, did you get a big bump? Maybe you should just stay away from stuck cars. :)
We are very similar - summer thunderstorms are my favorite, too (and storms in general), and if I had a son, I used to want to name him William, but I didn't want his nickname to be Bill.

Questions...
My favorite thing to do is dance/cook/run/write. It's hard to pick one, because they all serve the same purpose - it's like I'm in my own little world. I would say today, dancing. I haven't taken lessons since I was six, but there are certain songs that I really connect to, and I can just close my eyes and flow with it. I actually love dancing ballet to Linkin Park and Paramore, funnily enough. No cracks about being too clumsy to dance, got it?

My book is doing well, thank you for asking :) I finished typing book 1, and today I finished typing 2/3 of book 2, which is in three parts. I'm hoping to have the whole trilogy finished by May 18th. It's sort of sad - it's taking me much longer to type it than I did to write it.

My favorite book is currently "Four Seasons In Rome" by Anthony Doerr. The imagery is stunning, and I want to go to Italy and see everything firsthand.

My favorite movie is currently 500 Days of Summer. It's just so damn cute. Usually I like movies with happy endings, movies that make me think, or cry, but this one was just so refreshing. If somebody took me on a date to Ikea, I'd love them forever.

I deal with stress - don't judge me, but then again, I think we've sort of established an unspoken agreement of non-judgment - by reading fanfiction. It's about as far from reality I can get, and it's easier for me to get absorbed in fictional problems than my own. When that fails, I run, especially in the park, with my ipod. The problem with that, though, is that there are often other people in the park, when I just want my own space, or escape.

For you:
What songs (if any) can you not listen to because they are attached to memories?
What would you change in your past if you could?
Favorite ice cream flavor?
Coke or Pepsi?
What would you do with $1,000,000 ?

Affectionately,
Bella

Dear Bella,
don't let the teenage boys of the world get you down. Most of them are jerks anyways. Nice guys are an endangered species these days. Speaking of, any guys gonna get a ton of baked goods? lol
Well, a lot changed in high school. I was sick of being an outsider and the last of the people that cared about the real me had left. So I made a new me and became a popular kid. It was a lot easier than I expected. I started getting invited to the cool kids' parties and sitting with them in lunch, girls knew who I was and a few were even crushin' on me. Crazy, I know. So I made the opposite transformation from you, I used to be shy, and now people think I am very outgoing. But really, I'm still very cautious around new people and I still don't really trust anyone. actually I pretty much hate most people. I love linkin park, but I've never really gotten into paramore.

well I'm hoping I can read those books when you're finished =] I've never read that book or seen that movie, but now I might. I know what you mean about immersing yourself in a fictional world to escape reality.

I can listen to anything, music never makes me have a bad feeling, when it does, it feels more cleansing than anything. I do have lots of songs attached to memories and people, like Dark Blue by Jack's Mannequin reminds me of you. idr why even.
I wouldn't change my past if I could. it's in the past and I'd like to leave it there lol
I like Panda Paws ice cream
I like coke better than pepsi, but pepsi throwback better than coke, but vanilla coke above all other drinks lol
I would put it in the bank until I finished college and figured out what I should do with it.

Questions for Bella:
What is your favorite childhood memory?
What is your worst memory?
What is your favorite game?
How often do you work on your book?
Do you speak any foreign languages?

Respectfully,
Edward

Dear Edward,
Actually, I just made Ginger Snaps. Tuesday is my tv night, when I watch NCIS and NCIS LA, and I like having something to do with my hands. Sadly, my oven is being a motherf*cker and randomly shot up 200 degrees mid-bake and ruined a batch. It's okay though - no teenage boys are getting baked goods this week.
I'm sorry. Is being popular worth it, do you think? Or is it too much work? I pretty much hate most people, too. Well, I don't hate them, but I trust and respect fewer people every day. Today I realized that I'm slowly letting go of my school friends, not that I was ever so close to them anyway. I'm closer to Alice and Rose.
It makes me smile that Dark Blue makes you think of me. That's always a song that makes me happy - it fits when I'm sad, and alone, but it also fits when I'm perfectly fine. If my story had a soundtrack (which it does on my Ipod) I could apply it to every three chapters.
Panda Paws is my favorite! Has been, since I was seven. Good taste :)
Your million dollar answer is very responsible - I'm surprised. Not that you're not mature - it just wasn't what I was expecting.

Favorite childhood memory: when I was two, we lived in Arizona, and my house was across the street from a big barn farmstand on a hill that sold cherries. There were hedges around my front yard, and I used to draw in chalk on the sidewalk. One day, I was playing in the bushes, and I found a piece of green seaglass, which I was convinced was a magic stone. It was rubbed smooth and sparkled, and fit the curve of my thumb. I still have it; it's sort of my lucky charm.

Worst memory: The last time I tripped over something.

Favorite game: I love Apples to Apples; it's such a fun game, and I love how you get so much to work with.

I work on my book every night. Last night I was able to reach 200 pages, which I was happy about, but it's really hard to type it right now, because it's at the bleakest part of the stories, and I still absorb the emotions of the characters. Even though I finished writing the trilogy, I have 6 novels, 2 journals, and a fanfic that I write in every night. No matter what. Takes up a lot of my suitcase.

I'm taking Spanish, but I wouldn't say that I'm fluent. I mostly remember what I need to for test days, and then it goes out the window. I want to teach myself Italian, though - I want to go to Italy so badly. I'm going to ask my parents for lessons for Christmas.

Questions for Edward:
What's the best compliment you've ever received?
What is your most prized possession?
What is the meaning of life?
What is your favorite appliance?
Dream car?

Hope you had a good day,
Bella

Bella,
I can't say I have a tv night. I don't usually watch tv, I'm more of a video game/movie guy. TV shows I like leave me feeling empty at the end because I want there to be closure but there rarely is. =P oh well.
I suppose popularity is good for some people, like living in the city. neither are great for me, I much prefer solitude to a bunch of "friends" around all the time. Actually I don't think I really trust anyone but you, Em, and Jasper these days. Well I'm glad that the song that reminds me of you fits your life so well. it doesn't make me seem so crazy. It's okay if you call me immature, I really am. But I really don't see the point in spending that much money on something without giving it a HUGE amount of thought.
I had 2 pieces of natural silver that I used to pretend were magic when I was little. They were so pretty =] .
I've only played apples to apples once. it was with an "old friend" of mine, and I don't particularly look on my times with her with fondness haha.
Jesus that is a ton of stuff on your plate, how do you have time for a life? and what is your fanfic about? I have friends at school who write harry potter fanfic.
I'm fairly good at french but not really fluent either. I would love italian, but I really want to learn latin =]

Idk about the best compliment, I don't receive many and none really stick out in my mind.

I'm not very materialistic so I don't have favorite possessions really. maybe my piece of silver? lol

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I like toasters lol

My dream car is a aston martin one-77, about 2 mill. there were only 77 of them made. I also love Ducatis.

Questions for Bella!
Do you have any songs that make you emotional? happy, sad, etc...
What is your favorite band. ever. of all time.
Do you have a dream car?
Do you play any instruments?
do you have any regrets about your past?

Always,
Edward

Dear Edward,
Thank you for trusting me. It made me realize that you're someone I want to stay in touch with, even after high school is over. Right now, you are one of three people who I really trust, if trusting is sharing personal information. That makes one within a 200 mile radius.
It's been a weird, emotional day. We had city XC championships, and I made first team all-city, and my team won the city cup, so that was a high. I just watched Remember Me, which is one of the most depressing movies, but something in it resonates with me, and I have this sort of emotionally charged buzz right now, where I'm not really processing what I write; I just want to help someone, do something, be something to someone.
Songs that make me emotional:

"Iris" - the Goo Goo Dolls
"Fix You" - Coldplay
"Starlight" - Muse
"Hear You Me" - Jimmy Eat World
"Lovers in Japan" - Coldplay
"My Love" - Sia
"Stolen" - Dashboard Confessional
"Widow's Peak" - Dashboard Confessional

Most importantly, "No Cars Go" - Arcade Fire, "Breathe Me" - Sia, and "No Sound But The Wind" - The Editors. They are the three songs that I skip on my ipod because they're to special to listen to for no good reason.

Favorite Band Ever: Muse. In truth, I have more Coldplay, but Muse is a BAND. Coldplay is more the soundtrack to my life.

Dream Car: I already own it. My truck is my baby.

I play a little guitar (I'm not very good, but I enjoy it).

Yes, of course. But I live in the future. It hurts to much to look back and try to change it. I've tried.

For you:
If you had to choose between life in prison and death, what would you pick, and why?
What is your favorite word?
What was the last thing to make you truly happy/sad/or angry?
How would you want to be remembered?
If you had a goldfish, what would you name it?

Bella.

Dear Bella,
I'd like to stay in touch with you as long as possible too. I'm really happy you trust me, and I don't mean to look a gift horse in the mouth, but why do you trust me? it doesn't rightly make sense to me.
Congratulations on making the team! I'm really happy for you =]. Yeah I get that feeling sometimes. I've never seen that movie, is it good? you can be a friend to me =]
I've never heard starlight or my love, but I'll have to soon.

Answers for Bella!
I'd choose death, I couldn't stand to be captive for so long.
Indubitably is currently my favorite word
the last time to make me really mad was when a friend was bullied at school. Suffice it to say that I took care of it.
I don't think I really want to be remembered except by the people who were close to me, and in their case I'd like to be remembered as someone who made their life better
I'd name my goldfish Oliver

Questions:
Who is your favorite fictional character? (excluding the ones you created) and why?
What was the biggest crush you've ever had?
What is your dream profession?
What was it when you were little? (littler, that is =])
Who is your idol, if you have one?

Au revoir,
Edward

Dear Edward,
I worry about people I care about, especially when it's not something I can help fix. My roommate is having a tough time - she's bulemic, and depressed...she just started college, but she's the type of person who won't accept help from anyone because she feels like she doesn't deserve it. I hope she doesn't do anything drastic.
I guess I trust you because I like you, and I've known you for a while, so it isn't like I only get to see the good face all the time. Also, I trust you because you talk to me, in a way that goes beyond superficial small talk, and I respect you and am grateful for that. You're understanding.
Thank you! Starlight and My Love are the two songs where I feel like if my soul was a song, that's what I think it would sound like.
Oliver is an excellent name for a goldfish. I bought a betta on a whim over the summer, and I named it Penelope.

My favorite fictional character is Tony DiNozzo on NCIS, because he's the sort of person I'd want to marry. He's handsome, but not unusually so, he's funny, egotistical - but mostly just for show, protective, chivalrous, and a big softy underneath. Of things I've read recently, I'd say Blanche DuBois from A Streetcar Named Desire - I identify with her desire to live in a world filled with magic. Also, I've always wanted to be Elizabeth Bennet, but I'm not bitingly witty.

No comment.

My dream job would be to be an author, but my more realistic dream job would be to be the curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or the New York City Botanical Gardens.

When I was in second grade, I made a 12 step plan of my life, which I remember included working at McDonald's, becoming president, a pastry chef, an artist, and retiring to become an author. I also wanted to be an actress for many years.

My idol is Grace Kelly. She embodies charm and graciousness, and I think that those are two things that are often missing from today's world. She was a lovely lady - kind, charitable, intelligent, and beautiful. I'd like to be like her.

Para tu:
What song sounds like your soul?
What book has most changed the way you think, and how?
Have you ever lost a friend? How?
What is YOUR dream profession?
If you could travel to any one city, where would you go?

Hasta manana,
Bella

Bella,
I love that you are so caring - that's one of my favorite things about you. Your poor roommate.=[ Please, though, don't let yourself feel too responsible. You can't fix everyone.

I guess I don't understand the trust because you really don't know if someone is trustworthy until they have an opportunity to gain something by using you. and I don't recall having any such instance. I would not betray your trust, but you can't really be certain just because I told you something that only I would know if I was lying about. I'm not trying to get you to not trust me, I just don't understand =P I'm not such a wonderful person lol.
Haha I've only watched ncis like once, but I know who you're talking about. he's cool. idk who blanche is, and elizabeth is awesome. Those are some sweet dream jobs =D I've always liked the idea of working in an art museum.

Answers:
idk about what my soul sounds like. I'll have to think about it and get back to you lol.
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse was a really good book for me. It made me become more confident about who I really was and that I really wasn't so alone because the main character was really someone I could relate to. it also changed my whole writing style (much to the dismay of my current English teacher lol)
I've lost every friend I had between kindergarden and 8th grade by the time high school came around. I lost my best friend of six years in 7th grade when he started hanging around with "cooler" kids and left me in the dirt. everyone either drifted away like that, or began to dislike me. My best friend in 8th grade now hates me because in 9th grade I asked out an exgf of mine the day before he did and I didn't know he liked her. He's blamed me for his failure ever since. She didn't even like him.
My dream profession would be a doctor. After that I'd like to be an artist or a writer.
I would go to London, just because it is awesome =] lol also I would love to go to the globe.

Pour toi:
What clubs/activities do you do for school?
What's your favorite quality in people?
your least favorite quality?
If you could learn how to do something instantly right now, what would it be?
Are you religious at all?

later,
Edward

Dear Edward,
I'm so sorry that you've lost so many friends. People can be complete idiots when it comes to their significant others - I will NEVER understand why people suddenly forget how important friends are. If you push away all the people that have been there for you before he/she came along, you're fucked when they move on and you're all alone.

I could see you as a doctor- you'd make a good one. What kind of artist?
I'll have to check out Siddhartha.

My favorite quality in people is compassion. Least favorite - dishonesty and insincerity.

Sex.

I am, but not conventionally. My family was never really the church-going sort, and now I just have a little book of daily reflections from a Bishop that I read. One of them said - "Start a conversation with God. Ask him how to start." I'm still trying to figure it out.

For you,

Would you want to die before or after your wife?
What is the worst boy/girl baby name EVER?
What is the best part about you?
What is your least favorite genre of music?
Do you believe in fortune cookies?

Yours,
Bella

Dear Bella,

Yeah I'm aware of the stupidity of people when it comes to "love." if anything, when you're in a relationship, friends are more important than ever. plus you'll always need someone to vent to besides your significant other.
Bella did you just use the word "fucked"? holy crap lol.
I'd like to be an illustrator, a painter, a photographer, or a designer.

bahaha, I don't think sex is something you really learn... more like an instinctual thing. I wouldn't know though. I'm trying to wait til marriage (see what I meant about my crazy moral standards?) the "trying" is also key. it's a lot harder than I originally thought.
I wish I was religious. I just can't help but see all the flaws. I'm a natural cynic, so it doesn't work well for me. My dad keeps telling me I'm a roman catholic... I'm more of a deist if anything.

I'd rather die at the exact same time as my wife, but if I had to choose on or the other, I'd choose after so my wife didn't have to go through the heartbreak of losing a partner.
I believe the worst boy name is Leviticus. (I've heard of kids with it before) and the worst girl name is Renesmee.
I like my creativity more than any other parts of me.
I hate rap music.
No, I do not believe in fortune cookies. I got one once that said "have a nice day." lazy bastards.

Questions of the day:

what is your favorite mythological creature?

what is your favorite flower?

if you could be with any person right now, who would it be?

what is your favorite quality about yourself?

do you have any siblings?

~Edward

Dear Edward,
That would be fantastic - do you do any photography now?

Your answer to the dying question is the best one. I've only asked 5 people that, and they always say "I don't know" or "die first".

Mythological creature: unicorns/vampires
Favorite flower: Gardenias. But if I was a flower, I think I'd be lily-of-the-valley. They're simple, but pretty, tiny, delicate, and classic. I also love Japanese anenomes - I have some in my garden, and I press them in the pages of books that are really special to me.
I think I would pick Hattie - she's my best friend from camp this summer, and she's a blunter version of me. We aren't exactly alike, but we have the same tastes, and I admire the way she isn't afraid to go after what she wants, and she doesn't care what people think.
My favorite quality, I think would be my resilience. I bounce back fairly quickly from anything, which is good, because I have very strong emotions, so when I get upset, it's very bad.

I'll finish this in a bit because my friend from Psych 101 just randomly showed up on my doorstep and informed me that we're going for a cemetery photoshoot.

It was a ton of fun, but the creepy caretaker followed us around in his truck and asked me where I changed. We ran away.

I love the cemetery. It might be my favorite place in autumn - absolutely gorgeous.

Questions for you:

What is your favorite star formation?
Trees, flowers, or rocks?
What is your favorite article of clothing?
When was the last time you said something you didn't mean?
What's the hardest thing you've ever had to say?

Love, Bella

Bella!
I don't do much photography at the moment. I don't seem to have much time to devote to it, and photography is just about finding the right place and waiting for the right time.
I'm glad I had a unique answer =]
unicorns are sweet, and I think I might be part vamp, due to the paleness and super-speed. Gardenias aren't a favorite of mine, lilies of the valley are really pretty and japanese anemones seem too... ordinary looking lol. I like roses and magnolias and yes I know they are nothing special themselves.
"blunter" in relation to you, could mean anything. and you have to be careful when going for what you want. There is a fine like between adventurous and impulsive.
I'm not the type to hang out at a cemetery, I'm too skittish =]

Answers:
I like draco the best, coz dragons are awesome =D

trees definitely, and they can have flowers too

my current favorite article of clothing I have is the sweater I'm wearing, because my mom knitted it for me.

I told someone I was going to kill them today.

the hardest thing I ever had to say was probably when I told my dad I didn't want tp become a lawyer like him - that i wanted to go to med school instead.

Questions for you:
if you could say one last thing to one person before you died, who would it be, and what would you say?
Do you like your parents?
What do you like in a book or movie?
if you could do anything with anyone right now, what would it be and with who?
Who is your favorite philosopher?

Later,
Edward

PS the song for my soul would probably be "guardian angel" by red jumpsuit apparatus

Dear Edward,
I like you because you are real. You are funny, charming, and intelligent - many people have those qualities, but you are your own person. I like you because you can be both fun, and deep. I like you because I can trust you, and I enjoy being around you. I like you because you are genuine, and there are very few people, maybe one, that I can say all of this about.

Anyway, I'm really glad I have you in my life, because your letter made my day :) I'm not kidding, I saw it and my face lit up in a big smile. So, thank you.

I always thought you were part vamp. Congratulations! :)
I LOVE magnolias - I want one of my daughters' middle names to be Magnolia (her nickname could be Maggie). What color roses? I love gardens roses, rather than the greenhouse variety.

Dragons are awesome - I'm glad you picked trees :) What kind of sweater? (When anything fashion-related comes into play, I like descriptions) Why were you going to kill them?

If I could say something to one person, I would say "I love you" to people who have made my life beautiful. I know this is cheating, but I hope I'll make up for it later, because it's one of the things on my 100 to do list - you'll see.

I love my parents. My mom is sweet, and affectionate, but she's very forgetful and dare I say it, doddering. My dad is less huggy, but I love what a tough cookie he tried to be - he's really protective and I'm closest to him.

I love books or movies that make me cry. It has to be in the right way, though - I don't like unnecessarily sad movies. I like books where there is a central romance, and the characters have to overcome hardship, but the ending is happy. True love has to be tested; happiness is so much more precious when it was almost lost.

I would be at camp again. It is so easy to be happy in the summer - so much energy, so many possibilities.

My favorite philosopher right now is Albert Camus - I just read The Stranger, and I like thinking about Existentialism.

For you:

How did you form your moral standards?
Are you afraid of death? Why?
What is your favorite color?
What are your favorite baked goods?
What is the best quote you've heard/read/seen this week?

Bon Chance,
Bella

Dear Bella,
Thank you very much for all of that =] you're very sweet. I know of another person who could be called "genuine"(it's you).

I'm glad my letters can give you so much joy =] it makes me smile when I get your letters as well.
I think the name magnolia is a bit ostentatious for my tastes. I like red wild roses if you must know lol.
it's just a blue pullover. no pattern or anything. umm the kid keeps annoying me so I told him I'd kill him. it's a common threat in my day to day life.
I don't understand the whole deal about cheating, but I guess I'll see lol...
I've only ever cried over 1 book, no movies. and it was at the beginning. I was reading it over again and it was sooo sad. Coz the main character is exactly like I am so I felt really sympathetic.
Summer was always about relaxing rather than "fun." this summer, now that I have a job, was really neither.
My favorite is Locke

I just formed my standards by my own experience and learning from the mistakes of others. Life is harder if you don't have a code.
I am not afraid of death, I just don't feel like it's something to be afraid of.
I like black and white. I know they are not "real" colors but I like them. other than those, I like dark green
I love brownies and chocolate chip cookies
"your eyes are like arpeggios on fire" any quotes I love I put as my status, just fyi lol

Questions for Bella:

1. Are YOU afraid of death? why?

2. What is your favorite poem?

3. How have you changed in the past five years?

4. What is love?

5. What is the best quality a romantic partner can have?

Best Wishes Always, Edward