Hello there everyone! Well, this is my VERY first fanfic for Twilight, and well…. Let's just say that this new one I'm thinking up myself isn't the typical plot line I would usually run through for any other fic I would think up of! So please, BE GENTLE AND CONSIDERATE, and enjoy this new fanfic of mine!

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Twilight, or any of its characters. Is there any more to say? And I don't own the song, 'Far Away' by Nickelback, even though I love it!

Flashback: 2 years ago

"Edward, where in the world are you taking me!"

"Calm down, Bella. Don't ruin the surprise." She could clearly hear the sarcasm dripping from his voice, the sarcasm that she incredulously fell in love with.

"Edward, you know that I'm not a good guesser when it comes to surprises!" Bella whined. She started to claw at the blindfold Edward tied around her eyes, but felt one of his amazingly cool hands stop her.

She started to feel a bit of fear biting inside her gut.

The fear of being alone.

But that feeling instantly disappeared when she heard the light-hearted chuckle coming from her boyfriend. She felt her stomach flutter, like it always did whenever she was around him.

Bella heard leaves crunch under her shoes, and twigs snap. Hearing birds tweet and crickets chirp comforted her.

Yes, we're in the woods. she thought to herself. a perfect place……..

That was, until she felt her shoe thump against a thick tree root from the ground, and felt herself fly out from midair.

Of course, losing her balance wasn't a surprise to Isabella Swan, who thought herself a 'damsel in distress doomed to a life of misery and clumsiness', or so she says. But neither was the surprise of having arms wrap perfectly around her petite waist, catching her at the right moment.

"Thanks Edward," Bella breathed. She heard him chuckle once again, his steel-gripped arms firmly holding her.

"Silly Bella." She felt his breath tickle her ear, and she shivered. Edward gently picked her up, hauling her onto his back. Bella gasped, but he gently shushed her.

"Don't worry, love. I think it would be easier if we traveled in vampire-speed," he paused, "and especially safer for you."

Before she could comment anything more, he started to run, making her feel a bit glad she was blindfolded.

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"Bella? It's over. Are you alright?" Bella stirred, realizing that she fell asleep while Edward was running.

He gently placed her onto the ground, untying the blindfold around her eyes.

She blinked, rubbing them to phase out the bright lights and spots she was temporarily seeing. But her eyes widened to see where Edward had led her.

"Our…..meadow…." she whispered, stunned. He smiled his beloved crooked grin, placing his hand in hers as he guided her towards a pile of dirt in the middle of the soft, patchy grass. Bella raised her eyebrows at him.

"This," he gently nudged the dirt pile with the toe of his sneaker, "is our soon-to-be tree. In one hundred years, it will grow taller than the skies above, touching the skies and the heavens."

He gazed at her awe-struck face. "and it is officially ours. Just like this meadow. Past, present, or future."

Bella's eyes were brimmed with tears, as she threw her arms around him. "Oh Edward!" she sobbed. She felt him stiffen a bit, but he also was stroking her hair in comfort, kissing the top of her head.

He patiently waited till she was done bawling her eyes out, offering his sweater as a tissue for her river of tears.

"I…..just can't believe we're actually graduating tomorrow!" she hiccupped. Edward continued to stroke her hair, as she was sitting on his lap.

"Yes, so many changes….." she wistfully whispered.

She turned around in his arms to peer at him after she said that, and his gaze met hers.

"Edward……"

"Bella……"

"But Edward!" she whined. "we've been together for a year, and I'm nearly a year older than you! We're going to be graduating, anyways…." He sighed.

His icy fingers grazed along her cheeks, touching her lips, and then trailing down to her neck. Edward closed his eyes, as if blocking every sound that was emancipating around them. "Bella……I just can't….."

Bella cupped his handsome face into her thin hands, giving a soft kiss to his cold lips.

"Edward…we're graduating tomorrow! Tomorrow's a day of freedom, and especially changes." she silently begged him. "Changes that will change our lives forever."

His golden eyes met hers, dramatically darkening a few shades as she said that. But she kept strong and going, and that was one of the reasons why he loved her so much.

"Please...Edward….do this for us!"

Those words echoed in his mind over and over again, those words his beloved whispering in his mind years later.

And as he slowly prepared for what he was going to do next, regret and worry filling every part of his body, his fingers were wrapped around a small velvet box in his pocket.

This little box held every fragment of his future with Isabella Swan, holding something so simple and beautiful, yet fragile when depending on his lifetime.

Can you all guess what is that little box, exactly?

PLEASE remember, this was a FLASHBACK two years ago, not the present. BELLA DID NOT LEAVE YET! The present will be in Chapter 2! PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!

Love lots, rei ann 3 ;);););)