Eclipse

I'll be back so soon you won't have time to miss me. Look after my heart - I've left it with you.

He once again slid my ring into place on the third finger of my left hand.
Where it would stay—conceivably for the rest of eternity.

“‘I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!’

I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!’

Love you, Jacob.”
He laughed lightly. “Love you more.”

“The worst part is that I saw the whole thing—our whole life. And I want it bad, Jake, I want it all. I want to stay right here and never move. I want to love you and make you happy. And I can’t, and it’s killing me. It’s like Sam and Emily, Jake—I never had a choice. I always knew nothing would change. Maybe that’s why I was fighting against you so hard.”

“I used to think of you that way, you know. Like the sun. My personal sun. You balanced out the clouds nicely for me.”

“I’ll be your friend, Bella,” he said quietly. “I won’t ask for more than that.”

I promise to love you forever—every single day of forever. Will you marry me?”

My heart is just as silent,” he mused. “And it, too, is yours.