Searching For Serenity

Chapter 14

"Talk about what?" I asked.

He tilted his head which was laying against the tree and faced me fully. The sunlight hitting the outer side of his face was making his skin glow even more.

Edward Cullen, is that you?

"Don't you have class?" He asked.

I gulped and looked at the leaf in my hands while playing with them, "I am skipping them."

His gaze was intently stuck on my face as he asked me another question.

"You didn't follow me, did you?"

I snapped my head to his and I could literally feel the intensity in his gaze as I held onto the stare.

"Why would I?" I was a little bewildered.

Why would I follow him of all the people? And that too here?

He took in a deep breath before humming and closing his eyes again. He was still facing me so I faced the other side because looking and admiring him was the last thing I wanted to do right now.

"What are you doing here?" I asked still facing away from him.

"Me?" He whispered to himself before sighing.

I waited for him as I saw another leaf fall off and land near my legs. When I didn't hear from him I faced to look at him.

His eyes were wide open and his face was not facing me anymore. He was looking up at the sky—lost in his own thoughts.

I sat straight and couldn't help but wonder about what was going inside that head of his.

"It's a serene place, isn't it?" He asked sitting straight himself. His eyes found their way back to mine as he gave me a smile.

Serene. I knew he was talking about this place but still listening to him say Serene gave me goosebumps.

I pursed my lips and nodded my head at him, "It is."

I could see him putting his guards down as he said the next words.

"I came here to visit her." His voice was soft, almost as if he didn't want me to hear him say it but at the same time wanted me to.

I let go of the leaves in my hands as I clasped them together, "Who?"

"My mother."

He didn't even say anything else other than that and just searched my face for some type of reaction, on the other hand I didn't know how to react.

Mrs Brown told me he lost his mother but Alec didn't know that I know. And I promised her that I won't tell him that I already know about it, but why is he suddenly bringing her up? And most of all why is he searching my face for some sort of reaction?

"Your mother?" I couldn't help but gulp, "Where?"

He continued staring at me and as each second passed I could feel a sinking feeling in my gut telling me something was wrong.

"Not that far." He answered.

Wait. Was her mother here? Like her memorial? Is that what he is saying?

My eyes widened a little but I composed myself quickly.

"Oh." I held onto a handful of grass.

One of the ends of his mouth lifted up into a smile as he asked, "Would you like to meet her?"

I don't know what he was trying to do.

Is that the moment where he is opening about his mother to me? But again, the way he was looking at me...I can't pin point out but there's something in his eyes.