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Also, my beta is sick but I wanted to get this out to you all so please bare with me, I'll get the beta approved version up in a few days tops along with the next chapter. Thanks for understanding.


I smiled as the sun hit my face in the morning. It surprised me that the sun was up today. If Edward hadn't been laying with me, I would have been hot. As is, I was perfectly comfortable. He stroked my hair, knowing that I was awake even though I hadn't moved yet.

"Good morning, my love." He whispered quietly in my ear.

His cold, sweet breath on my skin made me shiver.

He tried to move away from me, thinking that it was his body that had made me cold.

"Noooo!" I groaned sleepily, turning to face him.

As soon as I turned toward him, my breath caught in my throat. I still hadn't gotten used to the sight of him in the sun. Not only was his skin radiant, but it reflected off of the big window behind him back at me. I wondered idly if I would ever really get used it.

"Breathe Bella!" Edward said laughing.

I sucked in a deep breath of air, shaking the lightheaded feeling away.

"Maybe in a hundred years." I said quietly to myself.

"Hmm?" Edward asked, obviously confused.

"Nothing." I sighed, smiling.

"That's really really frustrating, you know that, right?" Edward said in mock frustration.

I smiled. I was glad that Edward couldn't read my mind. I secretly worried that he wouldn't find me as interesting or love me as much if he knew everything about me and could read my thoughts as I thought them. Plus, I enjoyed teasing him a little.

"Yeah, maybe." I said sleepily.

I drifted in and out of consciousness for the next hour or so.

"Love?" Edward whispered in my ear, not able to hide his annoyance at something I didn't yet know.

"hhuhmmm?" I responded.

"If you want a human moment, you're going to want to take it now because the unstoppable wedding force is on her way." Edward said through gritted teeth, annoyance creeping into his eyes.

I couldn't stand to see it there.

"Sorry about my morning breath." I said as I leaned into him, wanting a kiss.

He knew what I wanted and responded in kind.

His lips crushed into mine as I melted into him. I let out a low groan, never wanting this moment to end.

"Bella-" He tried to interject between kisses.

"Shhh." I sighed into his mouth, knowing it was feeble. He was done and that was that. Stupid limits.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"GO AWAY ALICE." I growled toward the door.

"No time." She sang, still standing out in the hall.

I kissed Edward, more urgently this time. He matched me with the same intensity, the passion and electricity building between us.

"I see where this is going and you two should stooooop." Alice sang through the door again.

I ignored her and crawled on top of Edward. He let out a low moan.

"Get up and get ready Bella, we have a lot to do!" Alice spat at us, now clearly annoyed.

I sighed. Nothing was going to happen at this rate. Any minute now Alice would come storming through the door, breaking the lock. She may look small, but that Pixie had a mean bite when provoked!

With a sigh and one last quick kiss, I got off the bed.

Edward looked as disappointed as I felt.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" I grumbled as I stumbled to the door, my mind still fuzzy from the kiss.

I felt Edward walk up behind me and slip his hands around my waist as I reached for the door.

"What do you want?" I asked Alice as I swung open the door, a little more forcibly then I intended to.

Edward chuckled behind me, trying to hide his face in my hair.

Alice shot him a nasty look as she replied curtly, "To plan your wedding. But if you'd rather get married in that-" She was referring to my torn sweats and t-shirt, "-I'm sure that could be arranged. You just keep being smart with me."

I paused, considering it.

"Like you could put this wedding down even if you wanted to Alice." I said with a smirk. "Admit it, you're addicted."

A smile lit up her face.

"You're right." She said as she turned to head back downstairs.

"I'll see you in my room in fifteen minutes." She turned around to say, still walking.

I wondered how she could walk down the stairs backwards.

"I am TOTALLY looking forward to being able to do that!" I exclaimed.

"Hopefully." I added as an afterthought, slightly worried that my clumsy nature would follow me into this life.

Alice let out a tinkle-esque laughed as she turned around again.

"Fourteen minutes!" She called up the stairs as she heard me turn around to kiss Edward again.

"Oooh, if she wasn't so darn cute…" I sighed, only half-heartedly wishing harm on Alice.

"She'd see it coming anyways." Edward said with a laugh.

"True." Was all I could manage before his lips found mine again.

After a moment, he pulled away. It was a good thing too; I was in danger of passing out.

"Breathe Bella." He chuckled again, his hands still cupping my face after our kiss. "Then take your human moment. I'll go make you some breakfast." He smiled.

I watched him as he turned to leave, loving the way he looked walking down the stairs.

I sighed, turning to go into the bathroom.

We had decided that since the vampires don't really need the bathroom all that often and that I was over here so much, it would easier to just leave my overnight bag in Edward's suite. He had also gotten me a spare toothbrush and toothpaste to keep in his bathroom. It was this that I was after at the moment.

I walked into the bathroom, grabbing the green toothbrush, thankful that Edward had thought about getting this for me a few weeks ago. Hopefully I wouldn't need it soon but that was a different story completely.

I looked at myself in the mirror as I brushed my teeth, minty foam spilling from my mouth.

I spat and rinsed into the sink, putting my toothbrush back in the holder and wiping my mouth off on the fluffy towel that someone, probably Esme, had put in there for me. I suddenly felt a deep wave of love and gratitude for my almost new family. They put so much effort in to make me feel comfortable and at home here.

I smiled as I looked up at myself in the mirror again.

"Seven minutes!" I faintly heard Alice calling up to me.

Crap. That wasn't enough time to take a shower.

I slipped into Edward's room and changed into a pair of jeans, grabbing one of the sweatshirts out of his hamper. I took a deep breath of Edward's smell which still clung to its fabric. I threw it on, not bothering to put a shirt on underneath it.

I grabbed my brush and a hair band out of my bag and ran to the bathroom again as Alice called up to me, "Two minutes!"

"Alice, she'll be down here when she's done." I heard Edward say in my defense.

I smiled. I loved that he stood up for me, even if it was only to give me an extra human moment.

I sighed as I looked at myself in the mirror again.

"I hope I am beautiful after the change." I said to nobody in particular as I ran the brush through my hair.

I tried to style it a little bit but when I heard Alice call my name as she made her way up to see what was taking me so long, I gave up and pulled it into a messy ponytail and ran out of the bathroom.

"I'm coming Alice!" I yelled down to her, running down the stairs.

She was still grumbling as I tripped into her room.

Edward walked in a few moments later with a plate full of food.

"That smells wonderful!" I said to Edward appreciatively.

He smiled as he handed me the plate of eggs, bacon, and toast, a glass of orange juice still in his hand.

"You look amazing Bella." He said, his smoldering eyes making contact with mine. I got lost in them as we stared at each other, longing to be alone again.

"Ahem." Alice cleared her throat, calling the attention back to what she was saying before Edward walked in.

"Esme wants to take measurements sometime later today, Bella, so that she can get started on your dress." She looked at Edward, adding, "that means that you're going to have to go away for a while so that you don't get a peak at what we're thinking. It has to be a surprise when the day comes."

I had inhaled half of my plate by the time that she had finished saying this. Fear and dread started to consume me.

"Slow down Bella, you don't want to choke." Edward said, flashing me that half-smile that I loved so much.

I couldn't look at him.

I spent the next hour pushing the rest of the food around my plate, not really paying attention to what Alice was saying. When she would pause, I would just nod my head or say 'yeah'. Edward could tell that something was up. He kept trying to catch my eye but I pointedly looked everywhere but at him.

After about an hour and a half of that, Edward told Alice that we needed a break. When she opened her mouth to protest, Edward told her that she didn't have a say in this. She looked crestfallen but didn't put up a fight.

She kept working as we left the room. As soon as he shut the floor, Edward turned to me. I looked up and finally met his eyes. Worry was etched on his face.

"What's wrong Bella?" He said in barely a whisper. "Please don't leave me out. I can't take it any longer."

I just looked at him, ashamed that I was so upset over something so little.

He grabbed my hand and gently pulled me up to his room.

We entered the room and he sat down on the couch, pulling me down next to him.

"Bella…" He said anxiously.

"I just…" I started, already feeling silly.

"I just don't want you to leave me today Edward." I finished, looking down again.

He grabbed my face and gently moved it to his. Before I could register what was going on, his lips were on mine, eager for my kiss. I wanted him. I needed him. I threw myself into it, my hands finding their favorite place, wrapped up in his hair. His hands moved down my back, resting at my hips. My tongue slowly traced the outline of his lips, willing them to part for me, needing to feel his tongue on mine. He didn't make me wait long. We both let out a small groan as out tongues met, tentative at first. I could feel my control slipping as I pulled myself closer to him, my fingers knotting in his hair. Our tongues started to wrestle as he pulled me onto his lap. My back arched slightly and he let out a low moan.

Then it was over. I was sitting on the couch again and he was across the room, his dark eyes staring at me, still filled with the same desire I was sure he saw in mine.

"Don't do that to me Bella." Edward whispered. "Not yet."

"It's not that far away Edward..." I said, desperately.

"Bella…not now." He pleaded. "I'm not strong enough to resist you anymore right now."

A tear slipped down my cheek.

Edward looked like he was torn.

He came over to me cautiously, not sure if I was going to try and throw myself at him. I still wasn't sure if I was going to or not either.

Tentatively, he reached out and brushed the tear away.

"Where is this coming from Bella?" Edward asked, the desire still clear in his face.

"I just…" I started thinking out loud again.

"I don't want to lose you. I don't want to be away from you. Soon, you're going to be all I have left." I sniffed.

"You and your family." I amended.

Edward looked pained as I said this.

"And that's fine!" I insisted, "It's just…It makes it harder when I have to be away from you. I want you. And I love you. So much it hurts sometimes." I looked down at my hands, folded responsibly in my lap.

The slightest of smiles played out on Edward's face as I looked up at him again.

"Like now." I sighed, looking into his eyes once again, the need still very apparent in both of us.

"I love you Bella." Edward said, kissing me lightly above my right eyebrow.

We sat on the couch for quite some time, just looking at each other, Edward rubbing small circles into my hands.

"Alice wants to do the dress fitting now." Edward said quietly, annoyance hinted on his face.

"Just promise you won't go far." I replied.

"I won't, I promise." Edward said, brushing a lock of hair that had fallen out of my ponytail back behind my ear.

"I'm just going to go hunting a little bit around the house. I'll be back as soon you call me and tell me that they're done with you." He finished, standing up slowly.

I looked up at his tall frame, standing well above me. I didn't want to get up, to leave. Or more appropriately, I didn't want to turn myself over to the wedding whirlwind on legs.

I sighed, resigning myself to the fact that I was going to have to do it sooner or later and that the sooner I got it over with, the sooner I could see Edward again.

Edward pulled me up into his arms, holding me tight for a moment, running his hands lightly over my back.

"It'll be over before you know it love." Edward whispered to me. "Just think about this-" And then he kissed me.

The kiss wasn't as urgent as before but it was deeper; more passionate. His hands were still running up and down my back as his lips lightly parted mine and he slipped his tongue into my mouth.

He pulled away after a moment, smiling again.

"That'll work." I sighed, smiling as well. "I think I'm ready now."


A/N-

So, another chapter. I hope it wasn't too bad, my amazing beta helps me hammer things out and get the chapters up to notch. We'll get together soon and get this back up. Until then, any suggestions? Anything I need to add/remove/change? This is your chance to really impact the story before I get into the next chapter! Anything you want to see happen? Any really bad and obvious spelling or grammar problems? Let me know! I want to hear your thoughts. You're my Bella. Yes, you. =)