Bella

I honestly didn't believe it. I was dancing with Mike and pretending that a certain someone wasn't around, when that exact person came over. He pushed Mike away from me and took me into his arms. His hands were around my waist and pressed possessively into me. I was not expecting that or his next action. He took my chin in his fingers and brought his lips to mine. I didn't even try and pull away.

His lips moved with mine and in that moment, nothing else mattered. I bet all the people around us were in for a shock. I couldn't have cared less. All that mattered was Edward and me. In that space in time it was if no one else existed. He sent fire travelling down my nerves with just the touch of his lips. His hands gripped me tightly around the waist. I lost myself in that moment. In that one moment...

All my past thoughts and views just faded away. All those words that were said and unsaid. All the tears and past suffering all seemed to vanish. This kiss showed what was really underneath. Once you shoved past all the dirt and grime, the reality laid underneath. We had been stupid and ignorant. Our past choices and mistakes defined who we were. I didn't see the events with my own eyes, i seen them through my own tinted vision. When Edward pulled away from me after our first kiss, my tinted vision had obscured what was really there. All those heart felt looks that his eyes have given me, all were obscured.

Now the glamour had passed and i could see the truth. I wanted Edward just as he wanted me. Our past didn't matter, only our future did. I had fooled myself into thinking that a man like him would never like a woman like me. I was wrong. I just was glad that i was one of the lucky ones and that i got to fix my mistake. Sometimes things don't work out. Sometimes, just sometimes, your luck comes out and it does happen for you. You just have to be smart enough to see it, as i was seeing it now.

I kissed him for what seemed like an eternity. His lips moving in sync with mine. I had never felt more at peace than i did now. I loved the feel of him around me. He was like a drug that i could never get enough of. His smile, his eyes, even the way he laughed, sent me into that bliss state of nirvana. I didn't want to stop kissing him but eventually he did pull away. I could feel the eyes of all those around us. They were just as shocked as i was.

"Can we talk please?" he asked me. His green eyes looking down into mine. How could i refuse?

"Yes." i reply.

He took my hand and pulled me out from the crowd. I smiled apologetically to Mike as we pushed past. I didn't feel guilty at all. This was where i was meant to be. I followed Edward out into the cool night. It was oddly empty outside. Most of the couples were still inside. There were gazebo's a few feet from the entry way for couples who wanted pictures taken. Edward led me over to one. I was getting more nervous as the kiss faded. How could i explain what happened?

Edward didn't drop my hand even when we walked under the gazebo. His gaze was light but also focused. I didn't even let him speak first.

"Edward i'm sorry." i say. His hand feels warmer in my grip.

"You have nothing to be sorry for." he says slowly.

"But i do. I should have came and talked to you. I shouldn't have hidden from you. All these months trying to stay away from you was pure torture. I did what was best for you, for me. I didn't allow myself to even entertain the idea that you could be mine. Because how on Earth could that be true?" i say in one harried breath. His gaze never left mine.

"Its my fault too. I should have explained things to you. I should have never let you walk away from me without explaining myself. I don't see how you see Bella, i only see how i see. And right now, your all i want to see." he says. My heart was beating uncomfortably inside my chest.

"I just could never see that. I thought you would never like someone like me. Someone average.." i said.

"Bella you are nothing short of amazing. The problem with people today is that no one takes the time to see whats really underneath. No one cares about who a person really is. They judge you by your looks or how much money you have and that's the end of it. I used to live in that judgement. I used to party every weekend. A new pretty girl on my arm almost every day. I never had to work for anything, i never had to go without something. And then my whole life shifted from underneath me. I saw myself in other peoples eyes and i realized that who i am is different than who i pretend to be. No one is as they seem. We all have things we carry deep inside us. Things that make our life more difficult than it needs to be. But do you know the one thing that makes it easier?" He said.

"What?" i ask.

"The ability to understand that no matter who we are, no matter what we do, we can be loved."

I couldn't help myself, i started to cry. What he spoke of made more sense than anything else i had heard. His whole life was different than mine but we shared a common ground, suffering. He suffered in different ways than i have but at the end of the day we both carried burdens. Your beauty does not define who you are, what you are matters more than something that easily fades. True beauty though, lasts forever.

Edward took his hands and grabbed my chin once again. He lifted my face to his. I could see the startling color of his eyes more clearly than i ever had.

"Now tell me Bella, are you loved? Can you be loved?" he asked me with a serious manner.

Can i be loved? Was i deserving of someones love. Sometimes i didn't think so. Sometimes all the pain just washed over me and made me think terrible thoughts. But at the end of the day, what mattered? I came from a broken home, i was not a goddess of a girl, but did that even matter? I was beautiful on the inside. Once you got to know me, you would think the same way. So why shouldn't i be loved? Why shouldn't everyone be loved?

"Yes Edward, yes." i say, my voice coming out rough.

Edward smiles, "There's my girl. You are beautiful and you are wanted Bells. Not just by me, but by everyone who matters. It has taken me a long time to see that but i finally do. I have wanted nothing more than to just kiss you lips. I have wanted to just hold you to me. My foolish inner demons led me to believe that i repulsed you. That was my mistake." he said.

"My inner demons made me think that i was not good enough for you. All our encounters were all replayed in my head with reality bleeding away. I could not believe that you would ever want me." i say lowering my eyes.

"Bella look at me."

I look up and i see the answer that has been staring at me this whole entire time. Edward loved me. It was clear as day in his eyes. Eyes are supposed to be the gateway into the soul and in this moment i swear i could see it. He pulled me close and once again his lips were on mine. I could feel nothing but the heat building up inside me. I was aware of anything else except for Edwards lips on mine. He pulled back and smiled.

"I love you Bella, i have loved you for a long time. Can you ever forgive me?" he asked. His hands were still locked in mine.

"If you can forgive me."

"Then everything is the way it should be?" he says.

I smiled, "Yes."

Finally in my life things were starting to come through. Edward was what i needed, and i was what he needed. A single event that pulled us together and shaped us into who we were now. Nothing would ever make our past go away. Nothing would ever erase all the tears. But together we could make our own way. Together we could do anything that we set our minds too.

We held hands under that gazebo for what felt like forever. His voice resounding in my ears telling me all the things that deep down inside i already knew. We had tried hiding it from each other. We had tried pretending it didn't exist, but the heart wants what the heart wants. My heart wanted him. My foolish thoughts had tainted the whole picture. We had wasted months of time fighting within ourselves just to realize that we had nothing to fight over. I didn't know whether to smack myself or smack him.

We talked for an hour before i noticed that people were starting to spill outside. Apparently couples were getting tired of the dancing and wanted to walk around. I wasn't to entirely thrilled by tonight's dance so i turned to Edward.

"Prom really isn't for me." i said.

He smiled, "Yeah, not really my thing either."

He takes my hand and we walk around the building and towards the parking lot. I really didn't want to stand around much longer anyway. When we were almost to the car i turned to him.

"So what does that make us?"

"What do you mean?" he replied.

"Are we together? Are you and me..." i said letting the sentence hang. He smiled at the corner of his mouth. I could see happiness in his expression.

"Bella you are everything that i need and more. If you would please grace yourself in my presence from now on i would really appreciate it. If you would also kindly be my girlfriend i think i would like that just as much."

I had to laugh at his regal tone as he spoke. "Well of course Edward, that would be delightful."

He smiled and we continued on to the car. I didn't really want to go home yet. It was only 9 o'clock. Way too early to be going home, especially on prom night. We got into his car and he pulled out of the parking lot. I had so many things on my mind. I was so happy and nervous at the same time. Edward was mine. He was so handsome, smart, and all the things that i had ever wanted. And he was mine!

It was almost hard for me to believe. Things just didn't happen this way for me. I usually ended up with the short end of the stick. It almost seemed to good to be true. But sitting in his car, the light shining in from the windshield, i could see all i needed to see. Edwards right hand was holding mine. His eyes were on the road but i could tell his thoughts were on me. And that's all that really mattered.

So we drove on into the night. Both of us dressed so finely and looking out of context with the rest of the world. With Edward's hand in mine i would face anything that life had to throw at me. With every day i could wake up and be happy. I was loved, and i was wanted. No matter what other people say. No matter what other people think. Your worth does not diminish because other people cannot see it. That's a hard lesson i have learned and i wont ever forget. No matter where life takes us, it usually gives us the greatest gifts of all. If only we care enough to see them.

I almost didn't want to wait for tomorrow to begin, but i also didn't realize that my night was far from over.