SUMMARY: Edward has a surprise waiting for Bella, but will she finally get what she wants? LEMON in later chapter!
AN: This is my first fanfic. So PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!!
Midnight Kiss
As we drove up to the Cullen's driveway, my stomach began to do little flips and twirls. I should've been used to this by now. Being around Edward always sent a shock of electricity running through my body. I wasn't one for surprises, but Edward didn't seem to care.
"Why are you nervous?" He asked me while chuckling to himself. He squeezed my fragile hand inside his. "Your heart's going crazy."
"You know I hate surprises. I don't know why you insist on torturing me like this."
"Just relax. You have nothing to worry about. Trust me."
Relax? I haven't been able to relax since my first day at school when I saw him sitting in the back corner of the cafeteria. Before I knew it, he was around my side of the car, carefully helping me out. You'd think after being with him all summer I'd get used to his cool touch on my skin. Never, I thought to myself. I looked up into his golden eyes. They were the brightest I've ever seen them.
"Now close your eyes, Bella," he whispered into the side of my ear. My body shivered from the scent of his breath traveling down my neck. I willingly obeyed, like his voice cast some spell over me, making me forever at his beck and call. I giggled to myself at the thought of how I longed to be his personal slave.
"What are you laughing about?" he asked as he guided me toward his front door.
"You're dazzling me again."
"Get ready to be dazzled even more." He led me over the threshold and my ears could hear the faint sounds of Debussy in the background.
"Open your eyes," he said as a sly smile spread across his perfect stone-like face.
I hesitantly opened my eyes. He had transformed his entire downstairs into some picture-esque fairy tale dream. A twisted fairy tale dream, where the love of my life was a hard, cold, vampire.
There were candles laying everywhere on the floor. A trail of red rose petals lead to a small, round table in the dining room. I guess I had forgotten to breathe because he looked at me with worry in his eyes.
"Are you all right? You're not mad are you? I know you hate surprises but I really thought you'd en-." As he started to ramble on, I placed his beautiful face in my hands and moved one trembling finger to his cool lips.
"Shh," I whispered, as I gazed into his wide eyes, letting him know how much I loved him.
I cautiously pressed my lips to his. I kissed him slowly until he was more relaxed. He moved one hand through my now tangled hair, as his other hand was pressed into the small of my back, pulling me closer and deeper into his sculpted chest.
His lips parted open with ease as I pulled his neck closer into my kiss. All my reason was thrown out the window. It was impossible to think straight with his delicious cool breath exhaling into my mouth.
I slipped my tongue between his hard lips, searching, longing to be met with his. As they found each other, he froze, still holding me tightly to his body. His face backed away from mine. He closed his eyes, trying to concentrate hard on controlling his mind and body.
After what seemed like forever I looked down and whispered, "I'm sorry, Edward. I'm so selfish. I know I want more than I can have."
He exhaled slowly, leaving chills up and down my spine as he breathed into my hot, flushed face. He moved one finger to lift my chin, forcing me to stare deeply into those loving eyes of his.
"You have nothing to be sorry for. You're not the only one who wants more than they can have. It's hard to stay focused and restrained with you smelling like you just came from a field of wild flowers," His teasing smile helped me relax more in his arms. We both laughed lightly. The tense mood lifted. "You must be starving," he said.
He led me over to the small round table, never letting go of my hand. There was only a place setting for one, considering our diets consisted of two very different things.
"How did you do all this?" I asked, still in awe of how beautiful everything looked.
"I had some help," he said with a knowing smile. Alice, I thought. I should've known. If there were any surprises for me she was usually the one in charge of them. It was still hard to believe that Edward did all this for me, that I deserved any of it. He was much too good to me. I felt as if my efforts of pleasing him were nothing compared to how much pleasure he brought to my life.
He interrupted my thoughts. "Your face looks even more beautiful in the candlelight, if that's at all possible."
"If what's possible," I managed to say while taking my first bite of steak. I didn't even have the strength to eat. My heart felt as if it were going to jump out of my chest. I could barely contain myself to breath whenever Edward looked at me the way he was right now.
"For you to be more gorgeous than you already are."
"Yeah, right," I said, rolling my eyes.
"You're impossible, you know that Bella?"
"Yes, I do."
We sat there like that for awhile as I slowly finished my food, taking the smallest, most polite bites I could manage.
He paused a moment before saying, "Ready for dessert?"
"There's dessert?" My eyes lit up. "What is it?"
He went to the kitchen and was back faster than I was able to blink. He had a plate full of chocolate covered strawberries.
"My favorite! How did you know?"
"I have sources," he said, winking at me as he set the plate on the table and took his seat, pulling it over next to mine. He rested his arm around my shoulder as he twirled a strand of my hair through his long fingers.
"I wish you could try some of this, you don't know what you're missing," I said as I picked one up and began nibbling on it.
"I'm just enjoying watching you eat them."
He leaned closer toward my face, kissing me lightly just below my jaw line. He skimmed his nose along my neck.
"Bella," he whispered in my ear. "Will you do me a favor?"
Anything, I thought. "Yes," I said.
"Dance with me?"
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