A/N: This is a chapter of my fic Every Turn Of The Page which I thought could stand alone as a decent one shot. Read and review? Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the characters.

Neverland

"Edward?"

"Yes, Bella?"

"Would you take me to Neverland?"

"What?"

"Would you take me to Neverland?" Bella repeated the question.

"Honey, I'm not Peter Pan," Edward jested, flipping over onto his side, propping up his head on his hand.

"I know, but you are a vampire." Bella continued, staring up at the fluffy clouds.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Edward pried, trying desperately to figure out where she was going with this.

"Well, Neverland is the place where Peter Pan takes Wendy, John, and Michael so they will never have to grow up. You, being a vampire, also have that same ability." Turning her head against the soft grass beneath her, Bella stared deep into Edward's golden eyes. "You could grant me my wish to never grow old."

"Oh no, not this again!" Edward exclaimed as he dropped his back onto the grass again. "Bella, I am not changing you!"

"But Edward, it seems just a tad bit unfair that everyone around me has the ability to stay young forever and I don't! Even Jacob is going to out live me by probably a couple of decades!" She cried, sitting up so she could lean over him.

"Do not utter his name! He's like the Captain Hook of Forks…"

"You could save me from Hook by making me like you."

"Bella, do you not remember the end of the story?"

"Refresh my memory." She prompted, picking up a daisy that she slowly began to strip of its petals.

Taking a deep and much unneeded breath, Edward closed his eyes against the pink and golden sky.

"After being in Neverland for awhile, Wendy realized that her and her brothers' disappearance was probably worrying their parent; that Neverland was where Peter belonged, not her. She told him of her troubles and he grudgingly let her, Michael, and John go and returned them to London and their family."

Sighing, Edward reopened his eyes.

"Bella, if you wanted to leave Neverland, I wouldn't be able to let you."

A single tear fell down her pale cheek, signifying her despair. Turning away from Edward so he wouldn't see her crying, she jumped up and began running towards the edge of the meadow.

"Bella?" He called after her, bringing himself to his feet. "Where are you going?"

"Home. I need some time to be alone." Came her muffled reply.

"Do you know the way?" Edward asked, taking a step forward.

Slowing to a stop, Bella held in a sob before replying "Second star to the right and straight on until morning."

Without another word, she bolted from the clearing, leaving Edward standing in her wake, a feeling of emptiness and longing filling his bone like never before. Empty tears poured from his eyes, leaving dry trails down the side of his cheek, for the lack of salty water from his tragic molten orbs.

Falling back down onto the grass, he whispered to the wind, "If only you knew, Bella, it's for your own good."