I grabbed his hand and ran through the snow. Though the snow was falling thickly, I managed to hold onto his hand with all my might. My feet were freezing as they landed hard in the foot-high snowdrifts. Edward turned to me and smiled. I knew we weren't running very quickly compared to the pace he usually ran at and he would love to run faster and I suddenly felt an urge to feel the wind whip my hair and asked, "can I ride on your back again? While you run?"
He looked shocked and questioned, "Are you sure Bella?"
I nodded as he turned around and squatted so I could climb on. I gripped my hands around his neck and his big hands grabbed my feet that I wrapped around his waist. I smelled in the sweet smell of his hair, my body already so numb from the cold that I didn't notice his icy skin. Before I knew it we were running. I opened my eyes and watched trees fly by my face and felt sick; I closed my eyes and felt the wind rushing past us, tightening my grip around his neck. He sensed my fear and held my feet closer to him and reached one hand up and hung it loosely on my arms tangled around his neck which helped me relax as we ran.
As soon as it had started it was over and we had stopped and he sat me down. I wouldn't open my eyes until I heard his voice, "Bella, you okay?"
My eyes fluttered open to look into his eyes and I nodded enthusiastically. I pushed my face forward into his, pushing my lips against his. He kissed me back and my lips never left his as I wrapped my legs around his waist and he carried me to the truck. I closed my eyes again falling into the kiss. I kissed him until my hands were on the wheel when I slowly untangled my legs from him and pushed them in front of me. I didn't want to break the moment and so I stayed silent. Edward, though, started to talk, "Bells, I was thinking, well jasper and Emmett are getting you something now and well, you can't be mad that we got you a present okay? It is really simple and not big or anything. Will you be okay with it?"
My hands hardened around the wheel as he said the word 'present'. I really hated it when presents came into the picture, and not only because of a certain incident of being cut and almost sucked free of blood by Edward's brother. I readjusted myself on the seat and pulled away from the edge of the woods and the meadow we often visited with a look of confusion and anger commandeering my face. I thought Edward knew I didn't like presents, I knew it was nearing Christmas and all, and I guess I had gotten him a present, but I just really felt weird that he would get me a present and pull Emmett and Jasper into too. He seemed to read my expressions, something he was getting much better at, "Hey, it's really not that bad, and the only reason it's going to be kind of public is that I needed there help to get it because, well, I was with you. I promise that Alice won't even show up- just the guys, us, and Charlie," My whole body hardened on the last word.
"Charlie?" I said meekly, my eyes wild, "It's bad enough you got Emmett and Jasper involved now Charlie?"
The last word sounded harsher than I wanted it too, but Edward wasn't mad, he just smiled knowingly. The rest of the ride was silent as I thought and Edward smiled and put his had and my thigh.