Goodnight Moon

by hollenheist

AU NM - EPOV, Sequel to Payphone. 'Cause I've been trying way too long to try and be the perfect song when our hearts are heavy burdens we shouldn't have to bear alone. So goodnight moon and goodnight you, when you're all that I think about. All that I dream about. How'd I ever breathe without a goodnight kiss from goodnight you?

3. THREE

Unending love to my beta EdwardsFirstKiss

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Whatever bond they had forged, necessitated by my narcissistic schemes, was taking its toll on me.

For a while she had insisted on still visiting him: for friendship, to explain my reappearance, reinforce the platonic nature of her feelings.

Each time she left for the reservation, I went mad with worry, flashing paces back and forth across the highway exactly 2 feet shy of the line that held my heart and world captive.

And each time she returned my breath would suddenly sear back into my lungs, only to just as quickly be knocked from me at the sight of her distressed and tear-stained face.

Bella refused to talk about what events transpired on these excursions, although I tried my damnedest to make it clear I would listen and support her without judgement regardless of my feelings.

I desperately wanted to ask her to stop going, or at the very least explain why she always came back so upset. I was extremely close to drawing the line, and refusing to let her visit anymore. Anything that made her that despondent was surely not good for her.

Then again, I had done far worse to her. And here I was.