A few of you were wondering if I'd write from Edward's point of view and I finally decided that this would be the perfect chapter for it. Hope you enjoy it. Cheers! xoxox
(Edward's POV)
The warmth of the sun's rays shone brightly through the gap in the curtains. I gradually opened my eyes, quietly yawed and stretched out my legs. I remained lying on my side and blinked a few times as my eyes finally adjusted to the natural light. A small smile appeared on my face as the dream I had last night suddenly popped into my mind. I remembered that it was a cold, stormy night and I was startled by movement beside me in the bed. Then the images of the beautiful brunette flashed before my eyes… Bella.
I sighed as I imagined her sleeping peacefully out in the living room. But then I frowned at the fact that I was thinking about wanting Bella in my bed and rubbed the sleep from my eyes. I yawed once again and rolled onto my other side. That's when I got the surprise of my life! I gasped loudly and instantly covered my mouth with one of my hands. There she was… fast asleep – in my bed! My heart skipped a beat or two and I pinched myself to make sure that I wasn't still dreaming. Ouch! Nope, I certainly wasn't dreaming… it was real. A huge smile spread across my face as I watched her quietly breath in and out.
She looked like an angel.
A few strands of her soft brown hair were hanging down over her cheek, so I carefully reached out and gently pushed them away from her face. She murmured and I quickly retracted my arm and held onto my breath, hoping that I hadn't woken her.
"Edward…"
I stared at her face as she suddenly whispered my name. She didn't appear to be awake. Maybe she was talking in her sleep.
"Edward -" She repeated my name, but this time it sounded more urgent. "It's huge!"
My mouth dropped open from hearing her choice of words. What on earth was she dreaming about? I shut my eyes and forced the dirty thoughts out of my head. When I opened them again, I noticed that her eyelids had started to flicker. I casually propped my head up with my hand and rested my elbow on the pillow, grinning widely as I wondered what her reaction would be. Her lovely brown eyes slowly opened at last and I waited patiently for her to take in her surroundings. A split second had passed and then she flung her eyes wide open in shock as she took in the sight of me grinning at her. She gave a little scream and pulled the covers abruptly over her head.
"Good morning to you too!" I chuckled softly in amusement while listening to her erratic breathing.
"Please don't be mad at me" Her voice was strongly muffled from the thick covers but I still heard it.
I gazed down at her lump under the covers in a confused expression. "Why would I possibly be mad at you?"
Bella sighed deeply in relief and then slowly poked her head out to look at me. I smiled genuinely at her and she gave me an embarrassed shy smile in return.
"What were you thinking when you woke up and saw me here?" She asked quietly.
"I thought I was dreaming" I admitted truthfully and then let out a brief chuckle.
She eased up a little and laughed back at me "In a good way?"
"Of course! However I'm rather curious about your explanation for all this… The couch was uncomfortable was it?"
"No!" She blurted out. Her face turned quite serious all of a sudden. "The couch was fine Edward. It wasn't that! I -"
"Got lonely and wanted to hop into bed with me?" I interrupted, teasing her. She punched me lightly on my bare shoulder and laughed when I pretended that it actually hurt.
"Do you want me to explain or not?" She pouted her lips.
"Well, I quite like my explanation so why don't we stick with it?" I suggested while enjoying that fact she was growing even more embarrassed.
"Edward!"
"Alright I'm sorry. Go ahead, I'm listening" I composed myself and waited patiently for her to proceed.
Bella then took a deep breath, rolled onto her back and stared up at the ceiling. "Ok, so I was peacefully sleeping on the comfortable couch when the violent storm woke me up in the middle of the night…"
"There was a storm last night?" I interrupted, thinking back to how there had also been a storm in my dream.
"Yes. I can't believe it didn't wake you up. Anyway, after I had come back from the bathroom that's when I saw it" She paused for a moment and shuddered.
I raised one of my eyebrows. "Saw what?"
"This really huge, black, hairy, disgusting spider that was staring at me with its creepy little beady eyes" She ducked under the covers again and squirmed around.
"A spider… Is that what bothered you?" I let it out and laughed full heartedly.
"Shut up!" She whined, turning to face me. "It was huge!"
When she spoke those last words, it suddenly made sense what she had said earlier on when she was sleep talking. "Ohhh… So that's what you were dreaming about this morning"
"Pft. It was more like a complete nightmare! Wait – how do you know that I had a dream?"
"Um, you were kind of talking in your sleep a few minutes ago" I admitted, smiling when her mouth dropped open in surprise.
Her cheeks turned a beautiful shade of pink and she suddenly avoided my gaze. "Oh, err… Well what did I say?"
My smile grew into a cheeky smirk and I couldn't help but give her an extended version of the truth. "Well first of all you said my name a few times" I was going to crack up laughing if I watched her facial expression any longer, so I shifted onto my back and stared up at the ceiling and continued. "Then you admitted that you thought I was good looking and rambled on about all the things you wanted to do to me…" I decided to stop after that. I think I was taking this a bit far. When I turned my head to glance in her direction, she appeared to be absolutely mortified.
"Bella, I'm joking"
Her face remained shocked until my words slowly sunk into her head. Then she spoke so quickly that I had trouble understanding. "Are you seriously joking? You had better be joking; otherwise I'm getting out of here right now -"
"Ssssh" I cut her off by placing my index finger over her soft delicate lips. "Calm down, it's alright. You didn't say anything embarrassing I promise"
She nodded and flopped down onto the pillow once I had taken my finger away. "Geez, it's too early in the morning to be freaking me out like that Edward"
"I'm sorry" I let my eyes scan over her face when she closed her eyes. My god, I could never get over the fact that she's so beautiful. "How about you rest for a little longer and I'll go make us some breakfast"
As I sat up and turned my back to her, I could sense that her eyes were fixated me. I turned my upper body around to check if my assumptions were correct. Yep, Bella was staring. Staring at my… chest? Her chocolate coloured eyes looked as if they were about to pop right out of their sockets.
"Um, is everything alright?" I asked, watching as she snapped out of her trance in a matter of seconds.
"Y-yeah you're perfect – I mean I'm perfect… Everything's fine!" She coughed a few times to clear her throat.
I couldn't hold back a huge grin as I realised that my naked torso was making her nervous. She was biting her lower lip making her look so adorable.
"What? You've never seen a guy with his shirt off before?"
"Of course I have! It's just, well…" Bella trailed off and I gave her a look that urged her to continue. She sighed in defeat and picked at some lint on the bed sheet. "Listen, I'm sure all of your past girlfriends have told you this before so I really don't think I need to tell you that you look amazing"
To say I was stunned was definitely an understatement! "Past girlfriends?" I questioned in a tone that made her raise both of her eyebrows in a confused way. "I've never actually had a girlfriend let alone multiple"
She continued to stare at me before managing to speak. "You can't be serious…"
"I am serious. Music is what I devoted myself to. And to tell you the truth, I'd never met anyone worth the time anyway... until now" I grinned at her stunned expression and then continued "What would make you think that I've had a lot of girlfriends anyway?"
"Look at you!" Bella blurted out while pointing her hand out and waving it towards my body.
"Look at you!" I retorted quickly. "One could only assume that you've had a few boyfriends of your own"
She immediately scoffed and laughed at my comment. "Yeah right!"
Now it was my turn to question her with a surprised look. "Mike Newton?"
"Eww! Ok, so I've had some admirers… But I've never dated any of them"
"Why not?"
"Because I've never felt a connection with any of them like the way I feel with y-" She paused for a moment to check my reaction. I smiled, waiting for her to properly finish the sentence. She ran her hand through her long messy bed hair before looking me straight in the eyes. "Like the way I feel with you" She finally breathed.
Before I had registered what I was doing, I moved my entire body back onto the bed and shuffled over to her side. I cupped her face gently within my hands and told her sincerely. "Bella, meeting you has been the best thing that has ever happened to me"
"Really?" She whispered. Her eyes were becoming moist, almost like she was about to cry.
"You have no idea" I reassured her and kissed her softly on the forehead. "I finally have a reason to move on…"
We remained quiet for a moment, neither of us knowing what to say next. Bella ran her hand down my arm in a comforting way and finally broke the silence by whispering my name. I gazed down at her and waited for her to say something else, but instead of talking she pressed her body up against mine and embraced me in a hug.
"I'm so sorry" She whispered into my chest.
I sighed and rubbed my fingers in circle motions across her back. "You don't need to be sorry. It's in the past now… I'm over it"
"Are you?" Bella questioned, pulling her head back so she could see my face.
"What do you mean? I fine" I tried to sound convincing but I don't think that she believed me.
"I think you're still grieving Edward… If you don't mind me asking, how long has it been?"
I closed my eyes and lowered my voice to a whisper. "Two months"
She didn't say anything for a while and when I finally opened my eyes, I noticed that I had unknowingly pulled her tighter against my body. My arms instantly loosened from around her body and I moved so I was in an upright position. Bella immediately copied my actions and sat up beside me.
"You know if you ever want to talk about it… I'm here for you"
"It would only disturb you" I murmured narrowing my eyes in concern.
"I'm sure I can handle it… But of course you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to"
"Is Charlie expecting you home anytime soon?" I suddenly enquired, turning to look at her caught of guard expression.
"Oh, um… Not really. He's going fishing today and he normally doesn't come home until later in the afternoon"
I gave her a small smile, but it quickly turned into a frown. "So do you really want to know what happened?"
She nodded slowly in response. I stared at her face for a few seconds before I hopped out of bed and walked towards my wardrobe. After pulling out a clean set of clothes for myself, I pulled out a jacket and chucked it on the end of the bed. I turned to find Bella sitting in the same spot, giving me a puzzled look.
"We're heading out. You might want to put that on" I motioned to the black jacket and walked off to the bathroom. When I came out fully dressed, I entered the lounge room to find her gathering her belongings and stuffing her damaged dress into her handbag.
"I promise I'll buy you a new one"
Bella turned on the spot to face me and raised one of her perfectly shaped eyebrows in a confused way. She looked positively adorable.
"I beg your pardon?"
"A new dress" I clarified, watching her shake her head in disapproval.
"No, no, no. You don't need to do that. It was my fault and besides, I don't really need to have a dress like this one. I'm much more comfortable in normal clothes"
She blushed ever so slightly, however I noticed and couldn't help but smile when she turned to try and hide it. I let the topic slide for now, but I filed the idea away in my mind for later.
"So, you haven't told me where we're going yet"
I snapped out of my thoughts and walked passed her to reach for my car keys that were sitting on the kitchen bench. "How does French toast and coffee sound to you?"
"That sounds wonderful. I'm absolutely starving!" She smiled and patted her stomach before glancing down at her attire. "But there's only one problem… I really don't want to be seen out in public like this"
"I happen to think you look fantastic!" I told her truthfully. She scoffed at my remark and playfully slapped my chest when I walked closer to her.
"You might think so, but I'm sure I'll receive a few odd looks from other girls"
I shrugged my shoulders and walked over to unlock the front door. "Bella, it shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks. But to be honest I was planning on getting breakfast and taking it somewhere more secluded…"
She seemed pleased with my idea and strolled happily out into the corridor. I followed her out and took a deep breath as I locked the door behind me. This was it… I was finally going to get what I wanted off my chest for good. Hopefully this was the right thing to do. Bella has the right to know what was – is eating away at my insides…