Chase
by smexy4smarties
Rating: NC17
Characters: Edward and Bella
Summary: Whether she's running away or running towards him, he follows. He has to, otherwise they're both lost. But how long can two people play cat and mouse before it fizzles? What other way could these two possibly keep each other? AU/AH
The kitchen table was sturdy and unyielding. The words on the papers were constant, and they remained the same no matter how many times I held the sheets close to my face and squinted in an attempt to skew my perception. Legal documents were not like modern art; tipping one's head to the side didn't make them better, didn't alter them in any way.
No matter what I did, this situation didn't change. The only variable in this equation was me.
I'd thought that he was stuck here with me in the world of round singing and stories that end with, "Once upon a time." I'd been comfortable in the knowledge that if I was trapped in this experiment as the manipulated variable, then he would always be my response. His becoming the controlled variable just wasn't something I could have anticipated; I never foresaw him drawing such a firm line in the sand.
I never figured on myself being so stupid as to cross it.
I knew it wasn't only lack of intelligence that had prompted my reactions, but it was hard to remember all my morals and justifications when the cold ink teased me so mercilessly.
Superior Court of Washington
County of Clallam
In re the Marriage of:
Edward Anthony Cullen, Petitioner,
and
Isabella Marie Cullen, Respondent.
Isabella Marie Cullen. I'd run from her for so long, and now, here she was. He wasn't supposed to be able to find her – she was supposed to be a forgotten identity – but she existed, and Edward knew it. Edward found her and assigned her a case number.
No matter what I did, this situation didn't change. The only variable in this equation was me.
I'd thought that he was stuck here with me in the world of round singing and stories that end with, "Once upon a time." I'd been comfortable in the knowledge that if I was trapped in this experiment as the manipulated variable, then he would always be my response. His becoming the controlled variable just wasn't something I could have anticipated; I never foresaw him drawing such a firm line in the sand.
I never figured on myself being so stupid as to cross it.
I knew it wasn't only lack of intelligence that had prompted my reactions, but it was hard to remember all my morals and justifications when the cold ink teased me so mercilessly.
Superior Court of Washington
County of Clallam
In re the Marriage of:
Edward Anthony Cullen, Petitioner,
and
Isabella Marie Cullen, Respondent.
Isabella Marie Cullen. I'd run from her for so long, and now, here she was. He wasn't supposed to be able to find her – she was supposed to be a forgotten identity – but she existed, and Edward knew it. Edward found her and assigned her a case number.
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