Tuesday, June 3, 2008,
11:58 PM
"If I may, fair maiden, you may call me Edward. And may I know your name?"
I smiled at him timidly, almost not daring to look into those perfect eyes of his. "Ce-Celeste. Celeste Winters. Nice to meet you, Edward."
He looked at me, nodding his head and holding his hand out in a gesture to help me up. I took it, standing unsteadily. For a moment, we scrutinised each other, as it wasn't every day an Edawrdian boy met a girl from the twenty-first century. I took in every detail yet again, but my mind was still spinning with questions. It was horribly rude of me at that time, but I knew I had to go straight up to him and ask.
"Excuse me, but where are you from, to have such a queer accent?"
He looked at me, apparently not quite understanding my way of speech. I was surprised to see him reach into his pocket and take out something, which I looked at and got dazzled for the third time that day.
It was a necklace, beautifully crafted to look like a red rose. In the middle of it was a curly, beautiful thing that I couldn't make much sense of. On second glance, I gasped. That thing was a beautiful letter 'C'. C for Celeste. Was he giving it to...me? I looked at Edward again, and this time he smiled and pressed the necklace into my pale hands. I blinked, not daring to believe it. It was for me. I could wear it. But why? Noticing the earnest look on his face, I put my doubts aside and hung the necklace round my neck.
"How is it? Can you understand me now, Celeste?"
I gasped. His voice... it was the same, but the words were different. I could fully understand him now. Was it the necklace? This meant we could communicate... right? I noticed that he was also wearing a necklace, except that his had an 'E' on it. You might wonder, dear reader, why he knew that my name started with a C, but at that moment, I was far too mesmerized and confused to think properly. All I wanted to do was communicate with him and find out what the reason to this strange occurence was.
"Edward?"
"Yes?"
"Tell me. Everything. About you, and about why you're here."
"Everything?"
"Everything."
And then he began to speak with emotion in his voice.