A/N: Okay, so even though I've been for a while this is the very first time I write a twilight fanfiction, so please be nice? (: Ermm... basically this is a story completely based on suspended belief, like COMPLETELY. That's all I'll say for now, I'm on vacation so expect an update soon (: And please review (3 believe or not they brighten up my days... well, enjoy.

Disclaimer: The Twilight Saga and all of its characters belong to Stephenie Meyer (:

Three Days

A Twilight Fanfiction by Avatard n-n

Chapter 1: Wishes

"Okay, my turn." Emmett said grinning as he caused the bottle to spin wildly. It stopped on Edward, an instant frown drawing in his perfect face.

"Truth" He said, delaying nothing. Emmett widened his grin in anticipation—if that was still possible.

"If you had to be locked up in a room for indefinite time, who would you rather be locked up with; Mike Newton or Jacob Black?" Everybody but Edward and me roared in laughter.

"Jacob Black." Edward responded shrugging, with a little smug smile making Emmett question him in his thoughts. "Well, at least I could put up a fight with him if we got on each other's nerves whereas Newton wouldn't be much of a challenge…" he explained trailing off suggestively.

"Oh, good point." Emmett agreed. I sighed, amused and at the same time a little irritated about Alice. This was a most unlikely Friday night at the Cullen's. We were playing truth or dare as part of Alice's multiple activities for tonight's slumber party. Leave it to her to convince a houseful of perpetually sleep-depraved vampires to have a slumber party, in my opinion it was pretty impressive given that all of the Cullen siblings were participating –including Rosalie. But even more, she got Charlie to let me stay for the night with her. Tonight's excuse was that Alice would be staying alone with Rose and she craved for a girls' night, I can't imagine what his face would look like if he found out that this was no girls-only slumber party. I chuckled to myself as I reincorporated my attention to the game. Edward had spun the bottle and it was Jasper on the spotlight. He smiled defiantly at Edward, the brotherly kind of competitiveness showing between them.

"Dare." Jazz said letting Edward no time to even give him the options.

"Oh, really?" Edward said raising an eyebrow smiling a smug crooked smile, laughing at something obviously only he could hear.

"Bring it, brother" Jasper said putting special emphasis on the word "brother", he was clearly enjoying himself. In fact, all of the Cullens were. I'd never seen them so enthusiastic about a game as childish as this one, probably this is one of the few little "teenager" things they get to enjoy.

"I dare you to be Emmett's slave for a day." Edward smugly said. Everyone laughed at Jazz's evidently impressed expression, Emmett and me being the most amused.

"Ah, no fair Edward!" He exclaimed.

"Hey, we're even now." He said openly happy with himself.

"Is there anything to be even about?" I asked Edward curiously, looking for some funny anecdote among the Cullen siblings. Everyone seemed amused by my commentary, Edward simply sighed discontent.

"We were playing this same game the other day," Alice began with the story, "and it was Jasper's turn to ask Edward, so he picked dare and Jazz dared him to be Rose's slave for a day."

Everyone, even Rosalie still got a laugh out of that. Though apparently I let that pass by…

"How come you never told me?" I asked half bewildered and half sorry for not having seen that.

"It never came up." He justified. "But I got him back now…" he said chuckling.

"I don't understand though, I mean, why would a vampire—or you guys, in any case, need a slave for?"

"It's not just any vampire Bella," Edward explained amused, "It's Emmett."

"You see, it's like us betting." Emmett further enlightened me. "It's a Cullen pride thing." He said with mock solemnity. I rolled my eyes. More of a guy thing if you ask me, I'm pretty sure even Jacob or Seth would feel the need to restore their reputation if they were forced to be slaves out of pure mockery.

"Alright, enough Cullen pride for a night." Alice said, putting the bottle away. Emmett was obviously disappointed because he never got a chance to truth-or-dare me. Though he couldn't complain he'd have plenty of Bella to laugh at for the next couple days, overnight I got two dares and a truth; it took me two solid public humiliations to learn to stick with truths. Alice first challenged me to dress the way she would really have me dress and Edward challenged me to not argue next time he attempts to buy me a gift. Both I still owed, and I am sure neither Alice nor Edward would forget. As for the truth, Jasper asked me to reveal what I was most embarrassed of myself. Naturally, my inconvenient talking when I'm sleeping. I should've picked truth from the very beginning. Next time we play, I'd be prepared.

"Okay, who's up for another card game?" Alice asked.

"Not that again…" Rosalie complained. "I'll play, if Edward stops cheating this time."

"I didn't cheat." Edward said to his defense.

"Did"

"Didn't"

I focused on suppressing a laugh, I hadn't tell Edward this before but I enjoyed watching him with his siblings, the way they all acted around each other; so… like siblings. It's a side of Edward I'd never get tired of admiring. More free, with a hint of carelessness, even smug –more than usual. I love seeing him so relaxed.

"Alright, alright…" Alice intervened again as to finish the premature conflict. "Hmm… I guess horror stories wouldn't do as much as to bore us… Bella, do you happen to know any legend or story we don't already know or are a part of?"

"I'm blank Alice, sorry." I shrugged apologetically. It was true, all the stories or legends I knew were in some part based off on the "people" of their kind. Unless of course they wanted me to get started with the Disney classics, I had nothing. Alice left the main room to look for some distraction, meanwhile all the rest became busy with their own business; Emmett and Jasper were already on their brand new PS3 console with a game that was completely unknown for me, Rosalie was fixing her nails as if they weren't already perfect. And Edward, well, he came up to me and cradled me in his arms to carry me to his piano. The muted sound from the giant plasma TV became diluted as Edward began playing my lullaby. I sighed and I rested my head against him as I snaked my arms around his waist. He tilted his head to rest it on top of mine and mirrored my sigh. After a couple of more songs I began to feel the delayed exhaustion creeping over my body, just as I was drifting into slumber, Alice came down rushing pulling Carlisle and Esme by their arms to one of the huge windows.

"You guys, look out the window!" She said very cheerfully, quickly swiping away any trace of sleepiness I might have had.

"Shh!" Edward hushed her, irritated. I guess his intention behind the private piano concert was to get me to sleep. It was pretty late after all and it was actually working. I yawned.

"I'm sorry, but look! There's a shooting star rain about to begin!" She said excited, in my opinion too excited. Emmett and Jasper drifted their attention from the game just as Rosalie stopped polishing her nails a subtle pink. All of them went to stand by Carlisle and Esme who shared the same puzzled looks as they stared into the completely empty sky.

"Um… Alice, are you sure…?" Carlisle wondered about the same thing everyone else was. What in the world was up with Alice?

Edward paid no particular interest in Alice's revolt and so he resumed his playing. I, deprived from sleep now, was interested on the other hand. "What's Alice up to?" I asked Edward, my voice coming out much more raspy and weary than I intended it to be –or that I even was aware of.

"Nothing that's worth missing a good night's sleep, I'm sure." He said with his velvet voice, smiling at my evident lack of consciousness.

"Speak for yourself." I said, still weary.

"Do you want me to keep playing for you or do you rather go to sleep now?" He asked softly, whispering in my ear.

"I want to see the shooting star rain." I pleaded. Edward rolled his eyes.

"It's late, Bella."

"But it's a once in a lifetime deal." I said, then immediately feeling stupid. Vampires are immortal Bella! Duh! I guess I was sleepier than I realized. Quickly using this misunderstood statement to his advantage, he agreed with me.

"Alright," He said, "once in a lifetime." He got up and helped me right after, by the time we reached the window where the rest of the family was waiting, it had already started.

"See?" Alice said excited, darting through the door to admire the natural spectacle from the outside. Giggling a little because of Alice's childish enthusiasm, we all followed after her. I trembled; the night was so cold my bones would ache. Edward took his coat off and draped it over me before hugging me tightly; I nestled securely in his arms as we enjoyed the shooting star rain.

"It's beautiful," I murmured, awed by the sparkling that had suddenly tinted the pitch- black night sky.

"Mmm…" He inhaled with an agreeing tone while his head was buried in my sweet scented hair.

"These shooting stars come across Forks every 10 000." Alice threw in casually as to make the show a little more educational. She might as well have been talking to a wall, no one spoke. My guess was that, even for as long as they had lived, no one –not even Carlisle—had been able to see this before. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience. It was beautiful; the sky seemed as if someone had thrown sparkles onto it. The stars resembled something peculiarly familiar to me –they looked like diamonds. Like if Edward had let the sky borrow his perfect diamond skin for a night. I closed my eyes and asked for a wish.

'Let me be with him forever' I mouthed the thought.

"What are you doing?" Edward asked me, touched by my silliness I guess.

"Asking for a wish." I said sheepishly. He smiled tenderly, he gave me my smile. "What, don't vampires wish too?" I asked a little mocking, though still a little embarrassed. He shrugged.

"I can't ask for something I already have." explained Edward, kissing the top of my head. "Besides, my only true wish is impossible to achieve." As he whispered his last words, I felt his irresistible scent intoxicating me, immediately feeling dizzy and disoriented. I inhaled deeply, trying to deal with both my weariness and now Edward's subconscious seductiveness.

"You should give it a try." I said reasonably, "You never know." He laughed, but I could see there was a nostalgic tone to it; sadness. I knew what his wish was, and I was sad too because I knew he was right; it was impossible.

"Do I have to close my eyes?" He asked arching one eyebrow sarcastically.

"If you want." I said, and he did so. His lavender eyelids seemed much darker out in the night, but his face looked tranquil, like sleeping. He inhaled deeply and then murmured: "I wish I could be human." He said it with such intention and sentiment; it took me a big deal of an effort not to cry. I never realized how much he craved his humanity back. I guess every vampire does too deep down, I guess down inside them they all just want back what they were stolen from. Edward still had his eyes closed so I leaned in slowly to kiss him. Gently, he followed my lead. This kiss had a certain tone to it, like desperation or jealousy –craving; coveting humanity. I kissed him back slowly but steadily. I never really saw it the way he had once put it, that he would do whatever it took --if he could-- to have his humanity back so he could be with me. I never wondered how different things would be; maybe because of the magical edge having a vampire as a boyfriend gives to my life or maybe because he rescued me from monotony. But I like it this way; I like my Edward the way he is.

With an effort we broke apart and then we peeked to see if our little display had drawn any attention to us. But the night show was so spectacular it was almost selfish to think of ourselves as a distraction. The rest of the Cullens seemed to have imitated our same behavior, they stared at the sky, eyes fixed on the sparkling little diamonds, looking as if they were waiting for something; longing. I shivered and then Edward laughed.

"We better get you inside before you become a human-sized pop-sickle." Said he, and so we got inside to the cozy warmth of the Cullen's home.

I'm pretty sure Edward was carrying my whole weight, but I still felt my legs walking me towards Edward's room. But yet again I was in a zombie-like state, I couldn't rely my perception right now.

"You know, your wish didn't count." I said as he tucked me in his ridiculously big bed.

"Oh and why is that?" He asked enjoying the teasing.

"Because you're not supposed to say your wish out loud, pff, everybody knows that; didn't you?" I said. He chuckled.

"No, but I'm now forewarned." He said sighing, "That's okay; I wasn't wishing that hard."

"We can always go to a wishing well." I suggested. He smiled crookedly, his spirits high again, just as I intended.

"I might consider that, though you know most wishes don't become true right?" he teased me back

"You're underrating wishes. For all you know you might actually wake up tomorrow."

"Ha ha, I'd like to see that."

"Well, who knows, I mean if you'd tell me you were a vampire like three or four years ago I might as well would have thought you a lunatic."

"So?" Edward raised one eyebrow.

"So there must be a general rule, like if there are vampires and werewolves why not wishing sprees like tonight?" Edward laughed lightheartedly at my commentary, causing me to blush. He stroked my cheek and then kissed me.

"Good night Bella, my love."

a.n.: Well, hoped you liked it, keep tuned for more. I'll try to keep it brief, but please tell me how you liked it! Also any constructive criticism or suggestions. And please excuse my grammar, it's like 1.40 in the morning-- I know, I'm weird like that. Anyway, until the next chapter! (: