edward cullen.
“ you sound DEFENSIVE. ” is this an observation or him TEASING her? how STRANGE, to find himself so at EASE – with a complete STRANGER. a stranger who, upon their first contact, seemed REPULSED by his presence. he remembers her ABRUPT dismissal, DEPARTURE, with dismay. CONFUSION. he cannot remember the last time that he was ever CONFUSED about anything. he cannot remember the last time that he CONCERNED himself with something like this ;; SMALL talk.
but it ISN’T small talk. STRANGERS, he reminds himself – yet he cannot HELP this. once again, he faces her. the DRONE of voices in the room is all but forgotten, his regard placed SOLELY on this girl, SMALL and shy and UTTERLY bewitching. he wonders if she KNOWS. she MUST know. maybe she’s being COY. the idea is REPUGNANT – she doesn’t seem the TYPE.
“ make things easier for THEMSELVES, perhaps. protect THEMSELVES. whether you DELIBERATELY hurt someone or not HARDLY holds merit. the damage is DONE either way. ” VERDANT hues narrow, but his lips are still curled, still hold some MIRTH, as he looks at her. it is a silent request for her ATTENTION. “ would you forgive someone so EASILY? even if they claimed to have done it for your PROTECTION? ”
she is defensive —- for herself, for her honor. for the lives she leaves untouched ( her family, which grows old on the other side of the country – ) because those LIES are better than the risk of exposure, the risk of losing control. but these are things she must keep within herself. edward’s words reach within her – she hates that. and it’s not that he’s wrong, because she WOULD NOT forgive so instantaneously herself. she’s selfish is her stance, but there are so many complications that he cannot begin to comprehend. she waves her hand as if to dismiss him, before she pulls the thickness of her hair over one shoulder and dark gold eyes look to him, finally. chin rests on her palm, elbow on table, as she muses.
❛ do you always become so philosophical with strangers, edward cullen? —- i can appreciate your ability to put up such a debate, but this is BIOLOGY. maybe we should redirect our conversation to root cells – ❜
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