A/N: This is my first fanfic, so I'm a little nervous about it. Leave reviews and let me know what you think. I'll try to post chapter two tomorrow if you like it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight
Anticipation
EPOV
Bella awoke again in my arms. She looked up at me with her deep, brown eyes and smiled. I grinned back, and her heart fluttered. If mine was still beating, I imagine it would sound about the same
She yawned and stretched. I began kissing her neck and shoulders, tracing patterns on the exposed skin just above her hip with my fingers.
"Edward?" Bella asked.
"Yes, love?"
"Where's Charlie"
I couldn't help but be joyous at the thought of where Charlie was. "Well," I began, "it's Saturday, and he's off fishing. There's a note for you on the kitchen counter. We should get you some breakfast. While we're downstairs, you can read it for yourself." I could hardly contain my excitement.
"Kay," she replied.
She started tracing my lips with her fingertips. I was warm and quite pleasant, though at this rate, we would never make it down stairs. I scooped Bella up and kissed her gently until we were standing in the kitchen. I set her on her feet, but held her tight, making sure she had her balance.
"I love you," she breathed.
"I love you, too," I replied. "You're my everything."
I kissed her softly once more, and then made my way to the cupboard to get Bella some breakfast. "What would you like to eat this morning?" I inquired.
"Cereal is fine," she replied lazily. She had just begun inspecting the white piece of paper sitting on the counter. I got Bella her cereal and then walked over to stand with her. When she was finished reading, she turned, and I handed her the bowl.
"Thanks," she said. But she set the cereal down on the counter, disregarding it for now. Her eyes were wide with excitement.
"Is Charlie really gone until tomorrow?" she asked. I noticed that her tone sounded hopeful.
"Yes. He won't be back until tomorrow evening, probably around seven or eight o'clock." Charlie had decided last minute to spend the rest of the weekend on an overnight fishing trip with some of his friend's from work.
Bella looked positively radiant the way her face was lit up. She was almost excited as I was. After a moment, curiosity raged in her eyes. "What should we do," she asked anxiously.
Little did she know, I already had a plan. "It's going to be very sunny today, and quite warm, so I was thinking that maybe you'd like to spend the day in our meadow."
It looked like she liked my plan so far. "That sounds wonderful. Will I be staying with you at your house?" It was customary that she spend the night with "Alice" on the rare occasions that Charlie was away. Charlie was oblivious to the fact that Bella stayed with me.
"No… I was thinking that maybe, if you'd like me too, I'd stay here with you. We'd be alone."
I waited for her response as she let my words sink in. No doubt she was thinking about the fact that we'd be utterly alone and uninterrupted. Not even pesky vampires to hear every word we exchange. That's exactly what I had thought about when this plan first occurred to me.
Bella awoke again in my arms. She looked up at me with her deep, brown eyes and smiled. I grinned back, and her heart fluttered. If mine was still beating, I imagine it would sound about the same
She yawned and stretched. I began kissing her neck and shoulders, tracing patterns on the exposed skin just above her hip with my fingers.
"Edward?" Bella asked.
"Yes, love?"
"Where's Charlie"
I couldn't help but be joyous at the thought of where Charlie was. "Well," I began, "it's Saturday, and he's off fishing. There's a note for you on the kitchen counter. We should get you some breakfast. While we're downstairs, you can read it for yourself." I could hardly contain my excitement.
"Kay," she replied.
She started tracing my lips with her fingertips. I was warm and quite pleasant, though at this rate, we would never make it down stairs. I scooped Bella up and kissed her gently until we were standing in the kitchen. I set her on her feet, but held her tight, making sure she had her balance.
"I love you," she breathed.
"I love you, too," I replied. "You're my everything."
I kissed her softly once more, and then made my way to the cupboard to get Bella some breakfast. "What would you like to eat this morning?" I inquired.
"Cereal is fine," she replied lazily. She had just begun inspecting the white piece of paper sitting on the counter. I got Bella her cereal and then walked over to stand with her. When she was finished reading, she turned, and I handed her the bowl.
"Thanks," she said. But she set the cereal down on the counter, disregarding it for now. Her eyes were wide with excitement.
"Is Charlie really gone until tomorrow?" she asked. I noticed that her tone sounded hopeful.
"Yes. He won't be back until tomorrow evening, probably around seven or eight o'clock." Charlie had decided last minute to spend the rest of the weekend on an overnight fishing trip with some of his friend's from work.
Bella looked positively radiant the way her face was lit up. She was almost excited as I was. After a moment, curiosity raged in her eyes. "What should we do," she asked anxiously.
Little did she know, I already had a plan. "It's going to be very sunny today, and quite warm, so I was thinking that maybe you'd like to spend the day in our meadow."
It looked like she liked my plan so far. "That sounds wonderful. Will I be staying with you at your house?" It was customary that she spend the night with "Alice" on the rare occasions that Charlie was away. Charlie was oblivious to the fact that Bella stayed with me.
"No… I was thinking that maybe, if you'd like me too, I'd stay here with you. We'd be alone."
I waited for her response as she let my words sink in. No doubt she was thinking about the fact that we'd be utterly alone and uninterrupted. Not even a clan of pesky vampires to hear every word we exchange. That's exactly what I had thought about when this plan first occurred to me.
"That will be absolutely perfect," she finally replied.
"Spectacular," I smiled. It was one of my crooked smiles that Bella's heart beat frantically.
Bella turned her attention to her now soggy cereal. She took it to the table, sitting down, and I followed. I watched her, remembering the first time I had done so. She had seemed uncomfortable to have me stare at her while she was eating, but I couldn't help it. She was so incredibly intriguing. She still is.
After she finished eating breakfast, I washed her dishes for her. Not only was it the gentlemanly thing to do, but I wash them much faster. Then she wanted to do some reading. She took her copy of Hamlet and sat down on the couch. I sat down too, pulling her onto my lap.
After a short while, I couldn't help myself any longer. I began placing butterfly kisses up and down the curve of her neck. She shivered, but I didn't think it was from being cold. She tried to keep reading, but wasn't being very successful. She spent five minutes on one page.
"Edward?" she breathed. Her voice was a bit shaky, but I didn't stop.
"Hmm?"
"I can't concentrate very well with you driving me crazy like that."
"Well maybe you should give up on reading all together for the time being," I suggested. She didn't say anything to disagree, so I continued. I positioned her so she was cradled in my arms and moved on to include her shoulder and collar bone, making my circuit bigger. Every so often I would place one gentle kiss on her lips.
Finally, after a good amount of time spent in this fashion, I decided we should be going. "Love, we should leave for our meadow soon."
She was still a little incoherent. "Okay… I need to… take a shower… before we… go."
I chuckled. "I'll need to go home and change. I should hunt on the way back too, so I'll probably be a little longer than normal."
"Kay." She stood up and headed for the stairs. I picked her up and took her to her room, wanting a goodbye kiss before I left. After we were finished, she grabbed her back of toiletries and went to the bathroom. I jumped out her window and ran towards home.
On my way, I caught the scent of some deer. I decided that they would do. Anything to get back to Bella faster. I fed and changed quickly, making my way back to her house in record time.