BELLA & EDWARD DOWN UNDER

Chapter 1

I stared out the window, my eyes still too blurry with sleep to make sense of the reds and greens appearing out the window of the plane. I was awake enough to feel excited about the fact that we were finally over some sort of land though, and not an endless expanse of water as we had been for so many hours.

I turned towards Edward, my husband, and smiled. He looked gorgeous, of course, and I probably looked horrible. That's what 20 hours on a plane do to you.

But I didn't care, because he was mine, and his replying smile blew me away.

"Nearly there, love. But you can sleep some more if you need to, I'll wake you when we're there."

"No, its okay," I replied.

I really wasn't tired anymore, I had only had a few hours sleep, but I was too excited now that I realised we were so close to our destination.

I still had no clue where we were though. My stubbornness must have rubbed off on Edward because he still hadn't told me where we were honeymooning, insisting that I be blindfolded as we entered the airport…

This memory made me chuckle quietly to myself; as if I wasn't clumsy enough already!

If Edward heard my chuckle, he didn't respond, and I snuggled into him as much as was possible in the first class plane seat and continued to stare out the window. Wherever we were, it sure was beautiful; the colours rich and the midday sun intensifying the already bright colours, reflecting the light.

It made me wonder what we would do here, and my mind drifted back to my fantasies again…

*

When I heard the name of our destination over the loudspeaker a little while later, I gasped.

"Australia! Edward, we're honeymooning in Australia?!"

His face turned confused and worried, an expression I hated to see on my angel's face.

"Why? Don't you want to go here? We can go somewhere else, Bella, anywhere you want…"

"No, silly, I'm just shocked! I've always wanted to visit Australia; I can't believe we're actually here!"

His face returned to its usual smug expression.

"Well, it is a very beautiful country, isn't it darling? One of the most beautiful, I think, and their wildlife sure is unique… just like their accents." He grinned.

I was ecstatic as we landed, I wanted to jump off the plane and get to the hotel as soon as possible. It was still the middle of the day; we could still do so much…

Edward laughed at my enthusiasm. He sure was enjoying himself, which made me even happier. We were feeding off each other's good moods.

*

When we finally managed to make it through customs, Edward surprised me again.

Out the front of the airport entrance, waiting right in front of where we headed to outside, was the most enormous and beautiful caravan I had ever seen; complete with "Mr and Mrs Cullen" painted in gold on the side.

Nice, Edward.

But I couldn't help but let out a surprised giggle at the site of it, because it really was quite a shock. Edward lifted his eyebrows and waited for my giggling fit to calm down.

Finally, I ran out of air and smiled at my love. He took my hands, looked me straight in the eyes and said, "Bella, we are here to have the most amazing trip ever. Anything you want to do, just say so, and it will be done. Likewise, if you don't want this, we don't have to do this." He jerked his head towards the caravan.

"Alice nearly killed me when she found out I was taking you in a caravan. She made me book a 5-star hotel in the city as a backup plan, because for some reason she had no idea what you were going to decide…"

I could tell he was curious about this last part, and for once I felt the superiority that comes from knowing something someone else doesn't.

"Of course Alice couldn't see what I'd decide!" I told him, "Because it's only since being here that this caravan has any appeal to me. After glazing over that beautiful land, I have no wish greater than to explore it, just with you!"

And so we hopped into the little *ahem, rather large* caravan that was ours and Edward took the wheel that would lead us to the beginning of our destiny…