1. The Decision
"Do you really want this to be the end?" he asked in the most attractive voice ever.
I gulped. "Yes. It's not the end; it's just the beginning, of our lives together. Don't you want to be with me forever?" I'd asked in a worried voice.
"Of course I do! Why wouldn't I? There's nothing in this world that I love better then you."
"Then why don't you change me so I can stay with you forever?"
"Bella." His fingers lightly traced my lips. "I will stay with you – isn't that enough?"
I smiled under his fingertips. "Enough for now."
He frowned at my tenacity. No one was going to surrender tonight. He exhaled, and the sound was practically a growl.
I touched his face. "Look," I said. "I love you more than everything else in the world combined. Isn't that enough?"
"Yes, it is enough," he answered, smiling. "Enough for forever."
And he leaned down to press his cold lips once more to my throat.
"Are you sure you're ready now?"
"Yes. I am ready to begin our new life together."
With that, he pulled his mouth apart and bit down on my neck, right where a vein was. I could feel his wonderful breath on my throat and all I wanted to do was breathe it in, but something stopped me. I didn't want to breathe in his smell for fear that he might pull away; I didn't want that to happen. I was very content like this, held tightly in his strong, marble arms. I –along with Edward- was waited for fear or anguish or something normal to set in. It felt like a mere second had passed when he pulled his head back from my neck.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
To me that was a stupid question to ask, on both level. But I answered with, "I feel great. How could I not? In just three days I'll be a vampire like you and everyone else in your family." He smiled his crocked smile that stopped my heart. At that very moment he was sweeping me up in his arms and carried me to his Aston Martin. He put me in the passenger's side and strode around the car to the driver's side. He got in and looked over to me and kissed me passionately. He then took off and drove to his house.
We arrived there in a matter of minutes. Once we got there he went around the car and opened the door for me. He reached his hand into the car and pulled me out. Once I was out, he put his arm around my waist. Then he half carried me to the house.