Chapter 18

"What are you smiling about?" Edward asked. He never felt so comfortable around a woman and he found her mind fascinating. So many pieces of the puzzle were coming together, just like his heart. He was falling hard and fast. It had only been a few hours, and already, he was in over his head.

She didn't spend the midnight hours filling the silence with idle chatter. She watched the fire and warmed her hands, but her eyes were far away.

"About all the colors in a basic box of crayons." Bella answered. She blushed and smiled because she was such a dork. Edward made it easy to be a dork, though.

"I don't understand."

"My dad always used to say that when you see all the colors in a box of crayons, that life didn't get any better than that. I know it sounds stupid but-"

"Oh," he said, pausing.

Could he tell her? Should he tell her? What would she think if she knew? Bella looked up at him. He noticed all the shades of gray that colored her eyes, her face, and her hair. Edward didn't want to tell Bella his secret, but he had to understand what she was thinking.

Bella looked at Edward, worried she'd done something wrong. It broke the ropes that held his heart. He struggled for a few minutes as the silent tension grew. He had to tell her regardless of what she might think.

"I'm colorblind," he spoke quickly, rushing to get it over with before he lost his nerve.

Bella watched Edward, thinking he was joking, but it was evident from the expression that he wore that he wasn't. Edward was reluctant to meet her eyes and concentrated on the fire, watching the lighter shaded flames lick at the darkness.

"You're serious," she spoke, but her statement came out more like a question. Bella waited for a reply but only received an hmm from Edward. The silence was deafening.

"Is it red, green... or a different color?" Bella asked, hoping that Edward wouldn't refuse her question. She had grown comfortable there with Edward over the last few hours.

She discovered that he was thoughtful and kind. He was also just as shy as she was. She knew it had only been a few hours, that she was in unfamiliar territory, but it didn't change the fact that she liked Edward.

"It's all color. My doctor said it was like using color film in a black and white camera." Edward spoke, thinking about his dad as he had tried to explain how others see things.

"You have no clue what color looks like?" she ask, shocked. How could someone so beautiful and full of color himself not know what color looked like, Bella wondered. She looked at his eyes, so green, so vibrant. It wasn't possible, was it?

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