A/N: An attempt to get my passion back, not my best work...but it will do.
I watched as the moonlight shrouded Edward in its glow. He was perfect, in every since of the way. But then again he was a vampire, and if I had anything to do with it I would be too, and very soon.
"Edward…." I started.
"No Bella, I know what you are going to ask of me, but I can't…I won't." he said, his voice firm and tortured at the same time.
"What about the Volturi, what then Edward?" I said, dread filling my voice.
"Could you do it to me, could you take my soul and make me a monster….Watch me die." he said, turning around from his perch on my window to look at me.
"Damnit, I could do it, because I've already seen you almost die once. The pain that went through me….I wouldn't be strong enough to go through it again. So yes, I would turn you to make you into something frighteningly beautiful. I would hold you through your change, and guide you away from that damnable edge. I would have the strength to keep on loving you for centuries to come. I could, I would." I said, but by the end of my tirade it became a shout.
Edwards face was unreadable. I slowly felt something wet on my cheeks, and knew at once that I was crying. How many times had this very conversation reduced me to tears?
"So I'm sorry if you don't want to spend eternity with me, but I would want to with you." I whispered. Edward still sat there unmovable. The perfect word to describe him, unmovable on anything.
"Bella…" He started, and I could sense determination in his tone.
"Just don't Edward; please I've had enough for the night." I said; gather up my covers and slipping beneath them, my back towards him. I sat there trying to hold in my tears, I felt his hand smooth over my hair. He leaned down and kissed me on the forehead, and whispered "I love you." I expected to feel his chill permeate through the blankets as laid beside me, instead all I felt was the chill from the open window.
A minute later my phone went off, I grabbed it from the bedside table and flipped it open.
What did you do? I'm having more visions of you being one of us.
Volturi?, I text back.
No, he had no intentions of changing you, no matter what they said.
Edward and I had a talk.
Must have been one hell of a talk. Night Bella, you're going to be the best sister a vampire can have. And we need to go shopping; I want to help you pick out the dress.
Yes, it was. Night Alice. I look forward to being your sister as well. And no way hell, why do I need a dress?
I wait a few minutes for a reply, but none is forthcoming. I shut the phone and lay it on the nightstand, deciding to ask Alice what she meant, tomorrow.
I smile as a chilly weight settles next to me, his arms coming to wrap around me.
"We will have centuries together. And it will be my venom that is ruining through your veins. But one stipulation." He says his chilly sweet breath ghosting over my ear and sending shivers down my body.
"What is that?"
"Marry me."