#sculmatcs

as edward sat at his lab table in his biology class, his thoughts were scrambled. who was this new girl? sure, he knew her name, that she moved from arizona, that she was the daughter of the police chief, but those were all things he could learn through listening in on other people’s conversations. he wanted to know who she really was, and why on earth he was incapable of reading her thoughts. as he stared intently at the board, trying to think of how this whole situation made sense, the thoughts of the blonde girl two rows in front of him caught his attention. there she is, isabella swan, i knew she would be in at least one of my classes. edward’s head snapped to the door and sure enough, there she was, the enigma.

“i just got here. i haven’t had a chance to screw anything up yet. ”

every time he looked at her, it was like the first time. well, maybe not the first time, when he spent the entirety of biology suffocating himself in her scent, gripping the table so that he didn’t lose what little control he had. more like the first time he saw her clearly, the first time he could truly look at her without wanting to kill a classroom full of students, the first time he noticed the way her hair looked when the sun reflected off of it, or the way her eyes lit up when she smiled. 

this time was no different than any of the others. the two were heading home from some elaborate hospital benefit carlisle had forced them to attend, edward in the driver’s seat and bella seated next to him, one of his hands placed delicately right above her knee. he sneaked a glance at her  and couldn’t help but smile as he saw her staring out the window, seemingly content. although at first it was frustrating, now he relished the quiet in his mind whenever he was with bella. he had learned to appreciate silence.

“this isn’t a fairy tale.”

“oh my sweet bella.” renee expressed as she finally encountered her daughter after seven years. with watery eyes she reached to cup her cheeks in her hands. “you have no idea how much i missed you.” she leaned in to press a peck on her forehead. her daughter was cold and it appeared as she hadn’t aged a day since renee last saw her on her wedding day; but she didn’t pay much attention to it as all she could feel in that moment was an immense joy to have her child in her arms again.