Bella knew that this was the last time she would be terrified by Edwards fast driving. It was the last time she would be in a car before it happened. This was the last time she would see the highway rushing past her faster then she could see it. This was the last time she would see the light of day while she was still alive. It was a time of lasts for Bella Swan.
"Are you sure you want to do this now?" Edward asked studying her face as he sped down the highway, "Do you want to wait until after the honeymoon?" His voice was full of the hope that she would say yes.
"I'm sure. I want this. I really do!" Bella said looking into his golden eyes. She saw him flinch a little as she said this. Even though he knew her answer it still hurt him. He brought one hand off the steering wheel and brushed her hair out of her face with a sad smile.
"Ok, my love, but if you change your mind we can always not do it now… or ever." Edward pleaded with her. He saw that she was scared but hopeful, as she had a right to be.
They were in Edwards's shiny silver Volvo speeding towards a remote town in Canada. They would never be aloud to go back to Forks. She had said her goodbyes and now Forks was just a memory. The sun was dim and had no warmth but it was sun. Edward had tried to leave on a sunny day, so Bella could have her last hours of life in the sun.
"Thank you for offering, but I won't go back on this." Bella said. She fought to turn her gaze from his eyes to out the window. There were trees everywhere, if she hadn't known better she would have thought they were still in Forks. The sun shown down onto Bella's lap but it didn't bring her the warmth that it had in Phoenix.
"I would love for you to consider it though." Edward said looking up at her through his eye lashes. "At least until after the honeymoon?" She almost gave in. He had tried this argument on her before, and she had won. It was Bella: 1 Edward: Every other argument they had.
"Once it's happened and I've gained control we can have a dozen honeymoons. Not only one to Greece." Bella said again. She had repeated this multiple times to him, but he never gave up.
This made his eyes turn sad and pitiful. Bella looked away because she knew if she looked he would win. The rest of the trip passed in silence. It wasn't awkward but loving and sad at the same time.
"We're here…" Edward said pulling onto a driveway that Bella hadn't seen. It reminded her of Forks but the trees were not the same. Neither was the way the drive looked. It didn't look very welcoming. Edward parked the car in front of the new house. He also was able to beat Bella to opening her door.
The new house was bigger then the last one. It was in the middle of a small forest so there wasn't much to see around the house. There was no stream babbling in the distance like Bella thought there should be. The house itself was made of dark brick. It had four rows of windows. Bella was surprised at how most of the trees were still taller then this monolith of a building.
"It's so… big" Bella said finally. She had wanted to say uninviting but she decided that was not the smartest thing to say. She was happy that Edward couldn't read her mind at that moment because she really wanted to go back to Forks.
"Its home. Or it will be once were all moved in." Edward said putting a hand or Bella's back and leading her towards the door. Bella could not keep her eyes off the new house. It almost seemed to be watching her. Edward opened the front door which was two times the size of Bella in both directions.
Bella gasped as she looked into the new house. There was all the old furniture from the old house in the exact same places as they were in the old house in Forks. There was more space between them but she felt more at home now then she had looking at the new house.
"Does it remind you of something?" Edward teased Bella gently. He pointed towards the back of the house. "We even put in another glass back to the house. We thought that we should make it seem as much like home as we could. Make the transition easier."
"I really like how it's the same. I wasn't expecting…" Bella trailed off. Even though Edward couldn't read her mind she knew she didn't have to finish her sentence. She felt Edward smiling behind her.
"I'll show you our room… that is if you are ok with sharing a room with me. We can get you your own…" Edward said. He was over thinking things again, like always.
"No, I don't want my own room. Edward were married, we can share a room. You would spend the night in my room anyway." Bella said turning to him. "Now where is it?"
Edward laughed then lightly kissed Bella. He had taken to doing that every time she said "were married" or "husband and wife". Bella was completely ok with it too. He then picked her up in his arms and ran up the stairs. He was slow enough so that she could see that they were on the fourth floor at the end of the hall.
"Do you really need to get us places that fast?" Bella asked jokingly. Edward just laughed and opened the door to their new room.
There was still a whole wall of music and a giant stereo against one wall. There was also a bed and two doors on either side of the bed. The room had a glass wall across from the door into the hallway.
Edward let go of her for an instant and pressed a button to the right of them. The glass window started to close and the light turned on. Bella was loving this more and more.
"What do you think?" Edward whispered to her. He didn't need to ask because he could feel her awe as she snuggled close to his chest.
"I love it!" Bella said enthusiastically. She really did too. He knew that once she was changed they wouldn't need the bed but it did add a nice touch to the room. "Can we stay here forever?" Bella asked jokingly.
"Well for the night anyway…"Edward said as he crossed the room to the bed. He placed her down lightly before sitting down next to her and pulling her onto his lap. There he kissed her passionately.
"I remember this bed… the one that is good for so many good things as I recall…" Bella said pulling away from Edwards sweet kisses.
"Do you still have something against the bed, Bella?" Edward asked her putting his forehead against hers.
"Truthfully I don't remember the good things you told me about it…" Bella said baiting him into what she wanted. She doubted he was oblivious to what she wanted but she hoped it would work.
"Well I couldn't do this without a bed." Edward pulled her onto top of him as he leaned back and rolled over so he was above her. He put no weight on her but held his stone body close enough so that he could feel all of her curves.
"I like this bed more and more…" Bella said before kissing him fiercely. She hoped to go through her last human experience and be changed by the end of the week. He got her full meaning as they kissed.
"Are you ready for this?" Edward asked between kisses. "We don't have to…" He trailed on. He was scared he would break her in this process. They broke apart, but barely.
"If it's with you I'm ready." Bella said. "Now don't tell me that you don't want to… I know you do your just to much of a gentlemen to say anything." She teased lightly.
"Your right, but I don't want to hurt you." Edward warned. He also didn't want to be less then she expected but Bella didn't need to know that.
"I love you and I want you in everyway, including this. Please?" Bella said kissing him. She wanted to make her score in arguments, even as light as this, 2.
He sighed then kissed her again. She kissed back but also brought her hands up to his collar of buttons, where she started fumbling with them. She wanted this before he had a chance to change his mind.
He didn't stop once as he helped her take his shirt off or hers. He gave into his wants. He gave into his needs to have her. He was careful but he didn't think twice about going back on what both he and Bella, both he and his wife obviously wanted.