I don't own any part of the Twilight series, that is Ms. Stephenie Meyer's!

Edward and I were at our meadow, gazing at the many trees above us. Every time he stroked my cheek, I felt the blush return and my heart rate would give me away, beating frantically. It was our first day of summer together, and I was determined to enjoy it.

"What are you thinking?" his alluring melodic voice asked.

I turned to him and gave him a half-smile. "About the summer that lies ahead of us, about how I hope my friends won't be too disappointed that I'll be spending most of the summer with you." I sighed contently. "Not that I object."

Edward chuckled softly. "I doubt anyone but your dear friend Mike will care. Angela and Ben seem happy enough in just each other's company." He twirled a lock of my hair around his finger.

"Yeah, I guess. They're a great couple, but they've got nothing on us. I turned my head and he pressed his cold lips to mine. But always too soon, he pulled away.

"Of course not," he smirked.

"How did they even get together? I don't remember Angela telling me who she was interested in before prom, but she must have liked him then..." I trailed off.

Edward stiffened, just for a moment, and then relaxed and smiled. His eyes were cautious. "I suppose it just fell into place." he mentioned casually.

I narrowed my eyes. There was something he wasn't telling me. "What are you hiding?" I asked.

He looked at me with his too-innocent face. "Nothing, Bella."

I was irritated, "Just tell me!"

He didn't say anything. I stood up.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"Away from you until you tell me what you're hiding!" I was bluffing, but he didn't need to know that. As I started to walk away he grabbed my arm.

"Don't leave," he whispered in my ear.

"Then tell me!" I pleaded. "It can't be bad."

Edward sighed. "Fine, I wanted to repay Angela so I pretended to want to ask her to prom so Ben would be jealous and end up with her and instead. Then they both could be happy together and get what they wanted."

I blinked. That was so considerate of him, but why would've he cared then about trivial human happiness? Then I thought about the first part he said and asked, "Why did you want to repay Angela?"

"For being a good friend to you." he said simply.

"But why did you care?" I was still a tad bit confused.

"Bella, I could hear in her thoughts how kind she was to you and how Ben would make her happy, so because I thought someone should deserve love in Forks High School, I helped her gain that happiness through Ben." He sounded a bit embarrassed.

"Edward," I said. "That is the sweetest thing I think you have ever done. But I'm still confused what you meant by someone deserving love."

He gave me his breathtaking crooked smile and said, "That was the time were I struggled with myself. I thought that I didn't deserve your love, I still don't deserve it, and because I was so miserable, I decided to have someone feel the elation I wanted to deserve to feel."

It was silent for a few moments before I said, "Edward, you do deserve to be happy, you are the best thing that's ever happened to me and I wouldn't take anything back that's happened between us. I love you."

He smiled again before saying, "As I love you," and leaned down to kiss me again.