Bella's and Edward's first time – Edward is the vampire and Bella is the human of Twilight. This is based in an alternate Twilight universe where Vampire traditions for the 'first time' are rather…different. Mainly Bella & Edward but slight Bella with EVERY Cullen and I mean 'every'. Nothing dark and ALL very sweet. M for a lot of lemons.

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The Night Begins...

It was dark outside, the car gliding silently on the softly curving road to the sprawling villa that was Edward's home, soon to be her home. Edward had barely braked to stop the car when she found her door being opened and his hand reaching towards her to hold hers. He folded her fingers gently, bringing her hand up to his lips. His kiss on the back was soft and sure leaving her heartbeat fluttering as always. As their eyes met, the golden hue in his looked oddly reassuring and brazenly wanton at the same time. Her body betrayed her thoughts with blushes and she was thankful for a minute that it was dark until she remembered the lack of light did nothing to hinder his vision and she managed to blush even harder.

Giving a short laugh, he pulled her against the length of his body, burying his face in her hair. His arms encircled her tightly to him, his hands slowly massaging her back hoping to ease away her fears.

"Bella, they love you so much. You don't have to worry about anything at all. I will never leave your side, you know that. Don't be nervous." He whispered in her ear, his breath cold but soothing to her hot face.

"I am not nervous…just…...I'm okay", she finished haltingly, unable to met his eyes.

He smiled her favourite crooked smile and placed his hands on her flaming cheeks. He knew how important this night would be for her, as it would be for him. Her eyes were still focused on the toes of their shoes, her hands clenched on his arms. He lowered his face to hers, bending down to softly peck at her trembling lips. Her hands tightened and he seemed to realise the intensity of her nervousness when her legs almost gave way under her. Suddenly she found herself scooped up into his arms as he carried her indoors away from the cold of the night. He chuckled to himself when he realised it would get colder still, atleast for her and made a note to notch up the heating in the room where the Cullens would be gathered by now.

She was dimly aware of the lavender-scented candles placed at every step of the long, winding marble staircase, flushing slightly when she recalled telling Alice that Lavender was her favourite perfume. Trust Alice to remember all the little details to put her at ease.

Edward was moving at an unusual human-pace seemingly unhurried to begin the ritual that would mark the beginning of their eternal lives together. Little did she know he was nervous as well just better at masking his feelings at what was to come. He knew what to expect from the detailed explanation and reassurance his father had given to him but that did not stop him from feeling as inexperienced as he really was in this field. 109 years of waiting for his mate, his Bella – over a century and a lifetime of never giving in to the physical pleasure of being with a woman would make any man nervous. Atleast he wasn't as old as his chronological age, he thought wryly, he knew he would be able to give her utmost pleasure tonight. And the ritual to precede their joining would ensure Bella would be in no pain.

His thoughts were interrupted by the sudden increase in Bella's heartbeat; they were approaching the large French doors to the family room. Gently, he set her on her feet, squeezing her hand reassuringly. With his free hand, he reached out to open the door and moved slightly to one side to let Bella enter first. Bella gulped audibly, her breath hitched in her tight throat and started walking into the room. Edward's hand never left hers and she found herself tightening her fingers around his almost painfully. Her eyes slowly adjusted to the dim lighting in the large room and she gasped involuntarily, gazing about her in awe and wonder.

On every possible surface was a soft glowing candle, the flames burning steadily and silently. Every previously dark corner of the room that used to scare her a little now had a soft burgundy glow, much like Edward's eyes, she thought. The carved window frames remained uncovered which made her feel all the more self-conscious. She tried to tell herself that they were out in the forest away from all civilisation but this thought did nothing to slow her heart down. Her shy eyes tried but could not miss the breathtaking sight of the softly glowing, white four poster bed softly encased in cream silk lace draped down from the ceiling to all four corners of the bed. Her face grew hot as Edward's hand tightened on hers. She could not bring herself to meet his eyes and stood still with her back to him. She felt him move closer to her, his hands came across to hold her close to his body and his lips rested on her hair for a slight second before moving to caress her cheek.

He placed his cool marble cheek to her soft heated one and whispered, "I love you."

She felt herself melt from within at the intensity of his words and twisted around to bury her face into his chest. She mumbled, "I love you" back to him and try as she might she could not mask away her shyness enough to look up at him. He held her close, letting her settle down to the floating scents of the candles and the lovely vision of the virgin bed.

"Umm..where is everyone?" she asked after her heartbeat settled down a bit. She was still buried into his hard torso, her arms in front of her, her face half hidden into her trembling fingers.

Edward had explained the ritual of the vampires to her in as much detail as he could until she had buried her face in her hands flushed to her very core, forcing him to stop in wonder at the delicate creature that his Bella was. This ritual required her new family to be present on this one night, for it needed every one of them to……her embarrassment rose up a few hundred notches and she could not think any further than that.

"They are all outside. They wanted to give us time to get used to the room, to be alone", he finished softly. His hands caressed her back, she felt oddly reassured by his cold touch through the dark-green dress Alice had brought for her especially for this occasion. She snuggled closer to him.

His hand caressed the length of her hair, "Esme will be here first and then Alice and only when you are comfortable will everyone else join", he finished softly.

"Oh, Edward" I cried out involuntarily, tightening my hold on him and becoming more embarrassed by the minute knowing what was to come. His embrace was warm and made her feel protected. She took in his scent deep into her body, breathing slowly and deliberately; fainting now would be just like her, she thought horrifically.

"Bella" a voice as soft as a sigh, I felt Esme's arm go around my shoulder and Edward's embrace slowly fell open allowing me to turn around. I lifted my eyes to Esme's large golden eyes, her caramel hair softly caressing her smiling, maternal face.

From the corner of my eye, I saw Edward opening a door on the side of the room to go out and that was the last I saw of him for a long time.