Again, I don't own these characters; I still wish I did…
I woke up the next morning with the sun shining on my face, like something out of a cheesy movie. The only thing out of place was Edward, sparkling in the light that was streaming in through the window. He had a pained expression on his face. 'Oh no," I thought. What had I said in my sleep this time? I looked at him timidly. "What did I say?" I asked in a small voice. I remembered that I had a dream about Edward leaving me again. When he came back, I had begged him to turn me into a vampire. He had refused, and I said some things, that if he heard, would have a lot of potential to upset him. He sighed, turning his head slightly to gaze at me. "Which do you want to hear about first, when I left you again, or when you were heartbroken that I wouldn't turn you?" Crap. He knew about my dreams. "I'm sorry," I said. I hid my face in the quilt. He groaned, and pulled the cover away. "Stop!" he complained. "It's not your fault. I'm sorry for even bringing it up. Will you forgive me?" Why does he keep doing that?! Ugh! "Will you stop doing that? It's not your fault either. I just had a bad dream, okay? I'm sorry for upsetting you." He looked at me with the saddest expression on his face; I thought my heart would break. "If I never left you in the first place…" he trailed of, seeing my face. "I would still want you to change me," I reminded him gently. "Now, can we please drop this? We're both sorry, there's really nothing we can do about it." I grinned at him, and, sure enough, there was the crooked smile I loved so much. "Okay, let's go downstairs." He looked at me and said, "Alice is waiting for you." I groaned, and he continued, "She sees you trying to stay in bed all day--"he was laughing too hard to hard to finish. I waited, glaring, and he kept talking." She's ready to come up here and drag you with her!" "No!" I wailed. Then I had an idea. "Help me get away from her." I pleaded. "Oh no, now she sees me trying to help you. You're stuck." I looked at him evenly, and said, "Not if we 'include' Jacob in our plans." He got an odd look on his face, and then suddenly, he picked me up at vampire speed. As we were turning, I got a brief glimpse of Alice, breaking down Edward's door, with a horror-stricken look on her face. "Bella!" she yelled, almost to us. "Run, Edward!" I yelled, and he obliged. Alice charged after us, and right as we got to the top of the stairs, Edward froze. I twisted around to see Alice with a firm grip on Edward's shoulder. Damn. Edward put me down, and we sighed simultaneously in defeat. "Alice, what do you want?" I whined. She laughed and sang, "It's time to see you wedding dress!" 'Not happening' I thought. Then, I smiled, and started planning things with Jacob in them. The same horror-struck look crossed her face. Edward must have read her mind, and followed my example, because her expression intensified. I hadn't noticed that Alice had let go of Edward's shoulder until he picked me up and ran. I turned back to see Alice with a blank look on her face, not seeing us. "Hahaha! We made it!" I said. He just laughed and kept running. I was in the passenger seat of his car, and he was just about to open his door, when we saw Alice at the front of the house. Edward quickly got into the car, and floored it. Alice ran after him, but as soon as we got to the end of the driveway, she had to stop, or be discovered by the people in the passing cars. As we left the driveway, she said something I couldn't hear. "What did she say?" I asked Edward, but he didn't answer. I turned and saw him trying to suppress hysterical laughter. "Ugh! How bad is it?" He just shook his head, laughing uncontrollably.
When we got back from the surprise trip to the jeweler's, I still didn't know what Alice had said. All Edward told me was, "You'll see. Fear the worst." We got within sight of the house, and I saw Alice sitting on the step with a devastated look on her face. I stalled as much as I could, but I saw her expression change from sadness to rage, so I gave up. I trudged over to her in defeat. She looked up at me sadly. "Do you hate me Bella?" I looked at her, shocked." Of course not, Alice. You know I hate wedding stuff!" She looked back down at her knees. "If you really loved me, you would do this with me to make me happy." I couldn't argue with that, so I smiled and started to say, "Okay, Alice, I'll--"before she jumped up screaming, "Thank you Bella!" I spent the rest of the day in a mountain of ribbons and flowers and invitations. After it was all over, I joined Edward in his room to continue our discussion.
"Time to discuss when," I started. He had been laying down, but when I started talking he looked up at me. After he heard what I said he flopped back down on the pillow. "You were the one that had to point out that little loophole, not me." i saw something flicker across his face when i said that, was it a smile? "All right, time to compromise." I interrupted him. "Your idea of compromising and every other normal person's idea of compromising are not the same." He laughed, then got serious. " I would like you to wait...2 years." Is he crazy?! "Yeah, right. In your dreams." He had to say it: " I can't dream." He snickered, so i pulled this one on him: "Three months. I'm not going anywhere near 20 while you're forever frozen at 17." he stared at me, incredulous. "1 year. That leaves you in your teens with me." He had to be out of his mind. " 6 months, or I'm going to take Carlisle up on his offer." He sighed, then said, "Okay, 1 year. No less, okay?" I agreed, and then I fell asleep. A year from now, I would never have to fall asleep again. That was a very comforting thought to fall asleep to.
Just so there isn't any confusion, the next 2 chapters that I'll post are going to be continuations of this one. I had 2 different ideas for chapter 3, and i couldn't let one of them go, so I'm posting both. :)
EDIT: I've abandoned this story for now, I came up with another one and i don't multitask well, so I'll come back to this one eventually...
