breakingisabella:

• edward was always the quietest member of their family
• his gift meant that he never needed to ask a question of anybody in their household, which cut out a considerable amount of conversation
• when he did speak, it was always soft and quiet, as though he were afraid of being overheard
• he only became quieter and more internal as their family grew
• he was always happy to join in with the others and seemed fairly happy, but he never felt the need to be as loud as the rest of them
• even jasper, shyer than the other three, spoke more often than edward
• until the day he first spoke to bella swan
• that day, he had raced home and run straight into the living room where his adopted mother was reading a book
• he couldn’t help but let his joy burst forth and he talked non-stop for at least ten minutes about the swan girl, relaying every aspect of their conversations
• esme beamed the entire time, glad not only that he had found somebody that he liked so much, but that he was bold enough to share it with her
• when he had calmed down, he tried to retract a little
• “sorry… i didn’t mean to load all of that onto you.” he mumbled
• “edward, darling! you can read my mind so i know that you know that’s not how i feel about it at all. i’m thrilled for you!”
• he smiled sheepishly and ducked out of the room, but esme swore that he heard him singing under his breath
• from that day on, there was a change in edward
• esme didn’t know if it was because he couldn’t read bella’s mind and became more used to speaking aloud but he was almost as talkative as his siblings