Thanks for the reviews! I'm posting the first chapter, worry not! Anyways, I'm happy to give it to you. Next up, another chapter. And I have no idea what's going to happen! I'm as anxious as you. But here you go! Enjoy! Sharky was here.
"Bella, wake up," Edward murmured into my ear. I rolled over and groaned.
"What? You just disturbed a really great dream," I whined. He just chuckled softly and brushed my messy hair back from my face to better kiss me. I smiled beneath his cool lips and moved to sit up. He pulled away and grinned at me.
"Am I forgiven?" he laughed.
"Yes, you are," I giggled. I moved forward and touched my lips to his. He wrapped his ice sculpture arms round my neck and pulled me closer to him, and I luxuriated in the feel of his skin touching mine. He pulled back, gasping like me. I was laughing breathlessly at myself and at him. I kissed him quickly one more time and grabbed my toiletries and an outfit.
"I need a human moment," I told him as I walked into the bathroom. I readied myself for the day and changed into the red tee-shirt and jeans I had chosen. I walked back into my room and looked at him as he sprawled himself out on my bed. His eyes were closed and he was breathing deeply, but a smile touched his glorious lips and it was obvious that he wasn't sleeping. So I went up to him and pulled on his ankle dragging him a foot forward. He lunged forward and grabbed hold of my waist. He thrust me down onto the bed and laughed at me. I buried myself in his arms a moment and rolled clumsily out of bed. In an instant, he was standing in front of me, grinning. He pulled me into his arms and hoisted me up and flew down the stairs, clutching me to him. He set me upright in a chair at the kitchen table and sat across from me.
"Would you like for me to cook you something or would you like to fend for yourself?" he asked. His mood was exuberant and infectious. I laughed at him.
"I'll fix my own breakfast," I informed him, jumping up. I found a bowl and a spoon and got myself a bowl of cereal. I sat down in the chair I was at and dug in. Edward was eyeing my meal.
"I still don't believe you. That cannot taste good," he laughed. I rolled my eyes and ate another spoonful of Frosted Flakes.
"Well, it does. It's certainly no mountain lion, but it's very good, mister vampire," I retorted. I ate in silence as he watched me. I was used to it by now. When I finished, he stood and washed the bowl so quickly that it went from dirty to put-away in seconds. How am I going to get used to everything else, I wondered. He ran upstairs and brought down a pair of tennis shoes. I put them on and wrote a note for Charlie, who was fishing with Billy. He did that almost every other day since it was summertime. I looked at Edward and noticed something sticking out of his pocket.
"Edward, what's that?" I asked, pointing to it. He smiled.
"The swimsuit Alice bought you a month ago. It's supposed to be nice today, so maybe we'll go swimming."
"At the beach?" I asked skeptically.
"Of course not," he laughed. "There's a pond I found a few years back. It's nice. Come on." He took my hand and slung me across his back. I clung to him and pressed my cheek against his neck, resting my chin on his shoulder. We flew through the forest and to somewhere unfamiliar and increasingly unearthly. Moss hung off of the tree branches and dew hung to the leaves. The entire forest seemed alive and glittering beautifully.
After a moment of flying, we stopped. I could see no openings in the forest, but I figured that it was one of those things that only vampires could see. But as we walked hand-in-hand, the trees began thinning. The light became more yellow as we moved further. Eventually, we emerged from the woods and found ourselves in a sunny clearing. It was perfectly circular and had tall grass with wildflowers woven through it. It reminded me so much of Edward's meadow, but I knew it wasn't because of the round little pond in the very center.
"Edward, where are we?" I asked.
"I place we like to swim from time to time. Twenty miles in every direction to the nearest people. Well, except for the cabin about five miles away. No one comes over here, and it's perfect," he said as he took off his shirt. As he pulled off his pants to reveal his swim trunks, it hit me: I'd have to change into my swimsuit in front of Edward. I wasn't very self-conscious, but the thought made my head swim. He loped over to the pond and paused as he was about to dive in. He turned to me.
"Bella, what's wrong?" he asked.
"Nothing," I lied. I thought about going behind a tree, and hoped no one would see me. "Uh, is my swimsuit still in your pocket?" I asked. He nodded and turned around and walked slowly to where he laid his clothes. He pulled the thing from his pocket and handed it to me. He then ran to the pool at human speed and dove in. He sliced through the water's surface with as much grace as an eagle diving through the air to snatch its meal. I ducked behind a tree and changed into the black bathing suit. It was a bikini top with a halter neck and boy shorts . The swimsuit was comfortable, but I was uncomfortable changing in the middle of the forest with my inhuman boyfriend swimming twenty feet away.
I left my hiding spot, placed my wadded-up clothes beside his, and ran to the edge of the pond. As I dove in, a sudden flashback of cliff diving made me lose my breath. I went underwater and came up with wide eyes. Edward was swimming around, oblivious. I shook my head and splashed him as he swam by. And in that moment, I was so blissfully happy that I never wanted the moment to end. But all good things must come to an end. All good things can come crashing down with a single foreign noise.
