New dawn -book 1

22. Proposition

All night I was tossing and turning; all I could hear in my head was Seth in agony, imagining what pain he was going through. I needed to get away from this. I needed to leave. That would be my best option, so I wouldn't put anyone in danger. But I couldn't leave, what about Charlie,Bella Josh...Seth ?

I woke up bright and early the next morning to come across a letter addressed to me. I carefully picked it up and flip it over to see the sender of the letter and there was no name there only a place; Oxford university. This puzzled me as I wasn't due to university for another two years. Suspiciously I tore the envelope to reveal the letter, it read:

Dear Amelia Swan,

I am writing to inform you that you have been offered a place in Oxford for the not far distant future because of your outstanding current academic achievement. We would like you to take the taster early, starting after Christmas because of your current location. We are looking forward to seeing you there and you would be a great addition to the university. If you can attend please email us ASAP : OxfordUniversity@WellingtonSquare.co.uk.

Mr John Daniels

This was overwhelming, how on earth did Oxford know about me? I needed to decide and fast, school was starting in a week. Charlie was coming home this afternoon, so I needed to talk to someone. I drove down to La Push in the hope Jacob would be there. But when I knocked, Billy answered the door, "Sorry Em, Jake's not here."

"Ok." I said.

This was disappointing, but I needed a girl chat, so I headed back up to Sophie's house. I hadn't spend time with Sophie for a while because she always seemed to occupy her time with Daniel, so she had been very distant. I anxiously knocked on the door in hope that Sophie would answer-that's all I need, parents bothered. Luckily sophie answered the door, "Thank god your back", said answering the door and squeezed me tight. "The packs have been so worried." She exclaimed. I didn't know I was that loved. We sat down in the living room and I scanned for her parents and to my luck they weren't around. "So what did you want to talk about." Sophie asked.

"Well.." I said swiftly grabbing the letter out of the back pocket of my jeans. Her expression lit up as she read it,"Oxford !" But the her face dropped, "but what about Charlie, Josh, Bella...Seth."

"I don't know, I've not thought that far ahead, I've only just got it." I explained. We sat and talked for a while until I drove back home, in waiting for Charlie to come home.

When I reached home, I realised that charlie's cruiser was in the drive. I rushed into the house to find Charlie's suitcase beside the door, and his head stuck into the fridge. " Not much in here." He said, looking around the fridge.

"Yeah I was going to get more food today, erm, did you have a good trip?" I asked.

"Yep, Sue caught a 6 pounder. How about you, anything good happened?"

"Well..." I said handing the letter over to Charlie. He cautiously grabbed it and throughly read it, making sure he didn't miss anything.

" Wow, Oxford ! You can't turn down something like that."

"I know, but what about Seth?" I anxiously asked.

"He would understand, surely." Charlie reassured me.

"Yeah I haven't really asked him, I only got the letter today." I replied.

Later on I went out and drove to the shops just to get some food. After that I was just too tired out to do anything else, so I went to bed.

The next day, I got up reasonably early, determined to go see Seth. I drove down carefully to La Push, as it started raining heavy. I stopped outside the house and got out the truck. I found him sat on the swinging seat on the porch of the house. I remember him saying how he loved to sit outside and watch the rain fall; it was kind of soothing. As I got out the car, I remembered that my jacket never had a hood so I had to run. I slowed down though when I come to the porch. And sat down next to him on swing, "hey, how's you ribs?" I slowly asked.

"I think there just about healed." Seth responded.

"That's good, but I've got something else to talk about." I suggested, handing him the letter. He read through it with his face lighting up, then suddenly dropping. "This is unbelievable, but how long will you be gone?" He asked

"I don't know, but I have to go, so I can't keep hurting everybody. It was fine before I came." I mumbled.

A"It wasn't," he disagreed, I looked at him in confusion." Because I never had you." He whispered.

In the days that followed Charlie had boasted about my scholarship to everyone in town and this brought unnecessary attention. I went for a run in the forest, to clear my head, this was what I would miss; the speed of a wolf. My last day in forks, I spend with seth we were in the woods most of the time. When it started to get dark, he lead me further in towards the meadow, where the moon lit up, through the opening, similar to the time when he gave me my necklace. As we came closer I realised there was a picnic blanket in the middle of the field. "I thought we could lie and look at the stars." I nodded and walked over to the blanket and laid there until we fell asleep. I could of stayed there forever, I was starting to doubt my decision. This was the last night we would spend together until I went to Oxford.

"Wakey, wakey, kido don't want to be late for your flight." Charlie shouted. I abruptly woke up, the day had finally come, I should of came home earlier and got more sleep, but I needed to spend as much time with Seth as possible. It's alright though I would get sleep on the plane. I met everyone at the airport, wanting to wish me a farewell. Esme and Carlisle were the first to hug me and wish me goodbye, then Alice and Jasper. Emmett hugged me so tight, I nearly stopped breathing. "Take care," Rosalie kindly said. I was still getting use to this abnormality. After that it was Bella and Edward said goodbye, Ness gave me a hug and I promised to get her something from Oxford. " Going to miss you little sis. Oxford is probably way out of your league." Josh interrupted.

" You need to promise me to get a job, Ok." I insisted. "Look after my brother," I said to Leah, and she agreed.

"Your not going to miss out the greatest one, are you." Jake said.

"likely!" Bella interjected.

"Bye Jake," I said whilst hugging him.

"Have a safe trip." Sue assured me.

"Yeah, and call us everyday." Charlie added his arm around Sue; I knew she would look after him while I was gone.

"Ok, " I agreed.

"Be careful." Charlie mumbled.

"Always am." I said. He seemed to look to the gate and I turned round to see Seth waiting. I walked towards the gate and I felt my eyes starting to water, but it looked like he was the same. He moved hair from my face and kissed me, it was awkward because everybody was staring but I didn't care. " I love you." He whispered.

"I love you too." I whispered back,when were interrupted, "Last call, for boarding flight to London." The intercom called. Seth kissed me one last time and I walked through the tunnel, I turned around and found everyone waving, I waved back and started boarding the plane. I found my seat, sat down and laid my head back. What was I doing?