A/N: I'm so sorry for not updating yesterday, I was just so busy last night and by the time I remembered it was the early hours of the morning so I thought it was best to wait for today. Updates will continue as normal on Monday and I'll try not to miss an update again!

Chapter 15

Bella:

In the two months that follow, my life goes fairly back to normal. I go back to commuting on the tube each day and working in the bookshop. Everything is just like it used to be.

Except I can't get Edward out of my mind.

I never met him, but that doesn't stop my mind from going through all the pictures Esme showed me when I'm supposed to be restacking the shelves.

I find myself missing Jasper's drawl, Alice's bounciness, and Esme's warm, mother-like hugs. I miss them all and every day I feel like I made a huge mistake.

"Bella! Could I have a word with you?"

I jump, not having realised Mr Peters, my boss, was standing so close. "Sure," I reply, offering a small grin.

He leads me to the stockroom and for a fleeting moment I fear he's going to fire me.

"I know you, like me, are an avid book fan!" Mr Peters begins. "I managed to get tickets to the International Literature Festival in Berlin but, sadly, I cannot go as it is my daughter's 25th birthday, which is supposedly a big thing," he jokes, chuckling to himself. "Since I already have the two tickets, I was wondering if you would like to go in my place?" Mr Peters offers.

"Wow, that would be…wow. Are you sure, though?" I ask, shocked. Maybe this is just what I need, to take my mind off Edward.

"Of course! They'd only go to waste, otherwise!" he beams. "Here." He hands me the tickets and explains all about how my time off work has been arranged.

After I thank him again and again, I find it's soon time to begin my commute back home. The tubes all seem to arrive on time and my journey time is quite possibly the quickest ever. Maybe, finally, things are finally beginning to look up?

When Maggie gets home from her day I work, I tell her about the tickets. We excitedly book our flight tickets to Berlin, once Maggie has booked the time off work. We leave in two days, so we begin packing up our suitcases.

Maybe this is just what I need right now.

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