AN/ Well, looks like I'm going to finish 1 day early...I could wait and post this chapter tommorrow, on St. Patty's Day, but I won't do that to everyone. So lets start a day early and have two green days...
Chapter 23
"What color is a tree?" Edward asked excitedly. He was starting to see things from a different perspective and grew more animated as the conversation continued into the early morning hours. He wondered if, when the sun peaked above the hills, he would see everything in color?
The fact that he had mentioned a tree caused adrenalin to rush through his veins. Did she see him there everyday? Is that what she was referring to? He waited with bated breath for her to answer. The sun would be up soon. Would he see her after tonight or today? Would she talk to him like this if she wasn't stranded by her friends? Would she, could she, like him the way he was starting to like her.
"A tree?" she asked surprised. He wanted to know what color a tree was. She wondered if she'd said too much and now he was thinking she was a stalker or something. She had to shake her head to break the spell his eyes had captured her in.
"Brown and Green," she replied, gulping before placing words together for him.
"The tree trunk is brown and has deep roots. It connects the tree to everything around it. Kind of the way we're connected to our families," she continued quickly, before brown was just an image of roots in Edward's mind. Her eyes matched her hair, both were brown. She thought herself as brown and sadness filled her eyes. Brown also blended into the background, and no one gave brown a second look.
"What are you thinking, Bella?" Edward asked. "You look so sad." Edward wondered where her thoughts had gone. Her eyes dimmed just a little and she looked away, back to the ocean.
Bella wasn't ready to share those thoughts with Edward. She wasn't ready to admit to him that she was plain—ordinary. She took a deep breath, thinking about his eyes. Green.
"The leaves of the trees," she rushed forward hoping Edward would drop his question about her thoughts. She didn't know if she had the strength to lie to him. "Are green. They bring carbon dioxide from the outside and release oxygen giving us air to breathe. Have you ever felt something for someone that grounded you, made you feel like you could finally breathe?" She waited for him to answer but didn't look at him.
She didn't see his eyes brighten and sparkle at her words. Tonight, in fact, was what he thought looking at her. He waited for her to look at him before he answered. He finally answered, admitting defeat, when she looked at the ocean, longing written in the features of her face.
"Tonight," he whispered.
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