New Moon

Forever,” he vowed, still a little staggered.

“That’s all I’m asking for,”

Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars—points of light and reason....And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn’t see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason for anything.

“The way I feel about you will never change. Of course I love you—and there’s nothing you can do about it!”

“That’s all I needed to hear.”