A/N: Just a little Edward/Bella fluff ficlet that was too cute not to post. Read and review?
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the characters.
Skin As White As Snow
"Close your eyes…" Edward whispered into Bella ear as she complied. "Slow your breathing…"
"That's kind of hard with you around, you know." Bella said as a lithe smile graced her features.
"Just try." Edward said, his voice sounding like liquid velvet.
Wanting to please him, Bella tried her very best to slow her breathing down to the bare minimum, causing her chest barely to rise or fall.
"Good." Edward continued as he placed his hand lightly over her sternum, his fingertips gently grazing the pale skin that was exposed right above the swooping neckline of her dress.
Smoothly, Edward let out a boreal breath, causing his angel to shiver slightly from the sudden cold.
"Edward?" She asked once the icy feeling subsided.
"Yes, Bella?"
"Why this?"
"Why what, my love?"
"Why these costumes, this setting, this evening? Why bother at all?" She sighed as she let her eyes flutter open. "Edward, you've managed to turn this into the most romantic night of my life. Planning this evening must have taken you forever. Why?"
"Why, Bella?" Edward murmured as he reached up to adjust the ruby colored ribbon in her hair.
Bella nodded in anticipation, waiting for him to go on.
"Because you're worth it." Edward smiled stunningly as he ran his hand through her dark hair, spreading it out into a cocoa wave on the satin pillow and lining of the glass coffin she was currently laid to rest in.
"Hair as black as ebony." Bella smirked as she recited from one of her favorite childhood fairytales.
"Skin as white as winter's snow." Edward added as he moved his hand to her cheek, letting his thumb dance along her bottom lip.
"Cheeks as pink as a virgin's first blush." She sibilated as her own cheeks were covered in a delightful flushed color.
"Lips as red as the rose." Edward finished as he lowered himself down so his face was almost touching hers.
Just before his lips could claim hers, Bella said, "But Edward, I'm not captured by sleep and poison."
"Ah, but Bella, the night is still young. Also, considering that the night is young, I don't want to take any chances."
"So you're saying that I should let my prince break the spell before it has even began?"
"My dear, that is exactly what I'm saying." Edward muttered huskily as he closed the gap between them, forever biding him and his princess into eternal bliss.