One Shots

Hope dangles on a string
like slow spinning redemption
winding in and winding out
the shine of it has caught my eye

And roped me in
so mesmerizing, so hypnotizing
I am captivated

I relaxed on my piano bench, absent mindedly playing Bella’s lullaby. In my mind’s eye, I saw her perfect heart shaped face with tears forming in the corner of her doe-like brown eyes. Her red lips pursed with emotion. How clumsy she was, how smart and caring.

She was an angel. My angel.

I am Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right
I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along

I can’t believe I ever thought of trying to live without her! How could I have ever tried that?

I hung my head. I was wrong. I shouldn’t have left.

My piano rang out a sad note, synchronized with my feelings.

But she took me back. Bella, my life, my love, my everything, took me back. I could almost hear her soft voice telling me how much she loved me.

I needed her. I was right for letting my emotions take the lead when I met her. I’m glad I pulled my head out of the sand and realized the annoyingly difficult and sweet smelling human wasn’t a demon trying to coax me out of my semi-perfect life, but an angel offering heaven.

I glanced at my watch. Charlie would be asleep by now. And if he wasn’t, I could figure out something.

I ran from my piano, following the familiar root to her house through the forest. The moon was up and brighter than ever. I glanced at it and smiled.

The night was warm; teasing us all with the fact summer would be coming soon. A soft breeze ruffled my hair.

I love summer.

Ironic, right? A vampire who can’t step out in the sun loves summer.

I’d love to spend every day with Bella in the meadow, just watching her. And spending every night taking strolls on the beach and taking her to fancy restaurants.

I sighed and slowed down. There were so many things we couldn’t do.

I can’t take her out in the sun. She was doomed to nights with me instead of the sun she would soon long for.

I can’t…kiss her like I know we both wish for. I can’t…make love to her on sticky summer nights.

I groaned.

And she wanted that. She wants me. Even with my flaws and my inabilities, Bella wants me.

What happened to perfect Edward Cullen? I snorted. Bella somehow thinks I still am perfect. It’s impossible, but she does.

And I am flawed
but I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself

I continued running to her room, faster than before. I finally made it. Her bedroom light was the only one left on in the house.

I saw her shadow on the wall and smiled. She was in her room.

I climbed up the tree and jumped to the open window. I squeezed through silently and waited for her to notice I was there.

Bella was lying on her bed, her eyes closed with a pen and notebook in her hands. She was smiling, listening to the headphones on her ears.

I didn’t need to move to hear the music playing from the beat-up CD player; it was her lullaby.

When the song finished, I made my arrival clear. I kissed her forehead. Bella’s eyes fluttered open with shock. Her heart beat quickened with the closeness of my face and a faint blush appeared on her face.

“Hello, love,” I whispered. She sighed and turned off the CD player. She then placed the wordless notebook, pencil, and CD player on her nightstand.

“Hi, Edward.” She replied, sitting up. “I was waiting for you.”

I sighed and sat down on her bed.

“Did you think about it more?” I asked.

Bella looked confused.

So clear
Like the diamond in your ring
Cut to mirror your intentions
Oversized and overwhelmed
the shine of which has caught my eye
and rendered me so isolated, so motivated
I am certain now that

“About what?”

“My proposal,” I informed her.

Bella just looked back at me with wide eyes. “No,” she sighed looking at me with shame.

I cupped her cheeks between my cold hands and looked in her deep brown eyes. “Okay.”

Soon my mouth was on hers. Her warm lips kissed me back with as much passion was a closed-mouth kiss could have. I felt her smile against me and I couldn’t help but smile back.

I pulled away and let her put her head on my lap. I stroked her hair gently.

So turn
up the corners of your lips
Part them and feel my finger tips
Trace the moment, fall forever
Defense is paper thin
just one touch and I'd be in

“What were you writing?” I asked, motioning to the notebook.

“I dunno. I was going to write a poem, but then I got lost in the music…” I looked down and saw her grinning sheepishly.

“What was the poem going to be about?”

“You,” she murmured, blushing.

“Bella,” I smiled idiotically, “I love you.”

She sighed and sat up. “I love you too.”

Bella yawned slightly. “You should go to sleep now.”

“But,” she began to protest. I put a finger against her lips. My face was probably mirroring her disappointment.

“You’re tiered. And we have forever for you to stare at me, so just go to sleep.”

“You have forever,” she reminded me, lying back on her pillows.

I groaned and lay down besides her. “Not tonight,” I begged.

She sighed again and snuggled into my chest. I pulled the blanket up to her shoulders.

“Edward,” she whispered as I went to turn off the light.

“Yes,” I replied, pulling the tasseled rope. The lamp turned off.

“Just once more.”

I could feel the hot blush on her cheeks.

I smiled inwardly. I would kiss her a thousand times, and still wouldn’t get tiered of it.

Too deep now to ever swim against the current
so let me slip away

So let me slip against the current
so let me slip away

I put my lips on hers and kissed her softly. I pulled away only for the slightest moment so she could breathe. Our breaths became ragged, so I decided it was enough.

Bella rested her head on my chest and breathed in my scent, as I breathed in hers. Her heart beat was returning to normal.

I kissed the top of her head and began humming her lullaby.

As she drifted off to sleep, I couldn’t help but think how completely right this was.

i've got one, (i'm in the Esme house)

Disclaimer: The only thing I own is
a bag of peanut MnM’s…. and maybe a Hershey’s chocolate bar….
Maybe….
EPOV
I was sitting on the
piano bench, practicing a new song I had composed. Bella was sitting
on the couch, trying to read this random book a girl had given her.
Twilight something or other. Emmett was constantly asking her
questions about the freaking book. Wow I’m really starting to
like that Bella character in Twilight... Now who does she remind me
of... Emmet’s thoughts were all on the book. Suddenly I heard
a very loud, high pitch squeal from Alice. “Oh boy…”
BPOV
I was sitting well,
more like lounging… or lying on the couch, reading this book one of
my mom’s friends from Phoenix had mailed me. It was about a girl
named Isabella Swan falling in love with a vampire named Edward
Cullen. How ironic is it that this book was basically my biography
written as a fictional book. Emmet kept bombarding me with questions
about the book. Edward was playing something he had written or
‘composed’ as he liked to call it. I had one more month before
graduation and then I’d be a vampire. I couldn’t wait.I was pulled out of
my day dream by a high shriek. “Oh Boy…” I heard Edward mutter.
“What’s happening?” I ran as fast as I could out of the room.
But knowing me, I tripped. Bracing myself for the impact of the
wooden floor, I felt two strong, cold arms help me up. Blushing, I
continued to Alice’s room. Everybody had beaten me there, but I
guess that’s the down fall of being in a house of vampires. “OMG!”
she cried again. She was going through a drawer of CD’s and picked
up on with a broken light bulb on the cover. “Oh My God!” I
whispered. It was the new CD by The Fray. Once everybody was sure
Alice hadn’t been killed… er… ripped to pieces or something,
they left. Only Emmett, Jasper, and Edward stayed behind. I was there
too, just staring at the CD cover. “well, what are we waiting for?
Lets go put this in Edward’s giant CD player.” And with that, I
dashed, well, as fast as I could dash, to Edward’s room.EPOVBella took the CD from
Alice’s grasp and ran to my room. I followed her, warily. She
popped the CD into machine. The first song started to player, I had
to admit, the tune is catchy.
Do not
get me wrong, I cannot wait
For you
to come home
For now
you’re not here and I’m not there
It’s
like we’re on our ownInstantly
memories of the past came flooding back to me. The forest; sitting in
that smelly attic, alone. The phone call; Taking that long flight.
To
figure it out, consider how
To find
a place to stand
Instead
of walking away and
Instead
of nowhere to landI
remembered the birthday party; the long silences between us; the
feeling of my heart being ripped to pieces.
This is
going to break me clean in two
This is
going to bring me close to youI
remembered lying to my Bella-- my beautiful, sweet, caring, king,
loving Bella -- in the forest. Metaphorically (sp?) killing myself in the process.
She is
everything I need that I never I wanted
She is
everything I want that I never knew I neededI
remembered last year, beginning to fall in love with her. Filling the
hole I never knew there was. Completing myself.
It’s
all up in the air and we stand
Still
to see what comes back down
I don’t
know where it is, I don’t know when,
But I
want you aroundI
remembered about a month ago, trying to convince my angel that what I
said was a lie. She now understood, but I could tell she was afraid.
Afraid I’d leave her again, that I wouldn’t let her be changed.
It hurt to even hear how much pain she went through. What did I do?
When it
falls into place with you and I,
We go
from if to when
Your
side and mine are both behind its indicationNow we
spend much of our time fighting over when and if I’m going to
change her. I can’t bare the pain of having to listen to her
screams…
This is
going to bring me clarity
This’ll
take the heart right out of me
She is
everything I need that I never knew I wanted
She is
everything I want that I never knew I neededNo matter
what she will always be my Bella. I glance over at her, she looks so
happy dancing around the room with Alice, singing along. She has a
beautiful voice…
This is
going to bring me to my knees
I just
want to hold you close to meBella ran up to where
I was sitting, grabs my hand and starts to dance. “I thought you
didn’t dance.” She laughed, spinning in circles. “I don’t,
this is spinning, not dancing.”
She is
everything I need
That I
never knew I wanted
She is
everything I want
That I
never knew I neededMy Bella.
She is everything…