Chapter 2:

We ended up stopping at my house to get some clothes to sleep at the Cullen's house. I was also put on Birth Control by Esme about a year ago so I grabbed that as well. Esme trully was my 2nd mother. On my way out I told Charlie where I was going and told him to just meet me at our graduation ceremony. I also picked up my letter from ASU and decided to open it with Alice later tonight. It was big. That must be a good sign.

When we got to the Cullen's everything happened very quickly. One minute we were welcoming home everyone and the next were are singing Happy Birthday to Edward with a cake in front of him. He blew out the candles and I helped taked all of them off since Carlise and Esme were at work. As I took the last one off Emmet decided to take a chunk and throw it at me. It got all over the top of my head. I just gasped. "Oh war is on now Emmy!" I said and he looked a little scared so I took a piece of cake and threw it at his head not giving him time to dodge it.

Everyone laughed at us and Rosalie told Emmet, "Well that is what you get for getting frosting in a girl's hair," she smirked at him.

I turned around and faced Edward and walked over to sit on his lap. "Do I look sexy?" I asked in an all teasing tone. He just smiled and got icing on his finger and put it on my nose. "Now you do," he said causing everyone to laugh. I got some frosting onto my finger and put it on his nose then giving him a mustache.

"Sorry, but facial hair is not my thing," I said while attempting to get off. He pulled me back down and rested his forhead against mine causing the frosting on our noses to touch.

"Are you sure?" he asked with his smothering green eyes. I reached behind me to get a napkin and wiped the frosting off of his mouth area. I wiped off our noses too but I still had the smell of it all over me. I bent down and kissed him and almost forgot that we were not alone until Alice mocked me and said, "Are you two still breathing okay?" she asked. I just smiled, not looking at her, but lost in Edward's eyes. "Yep our breathing is perfectly fine," I said. Then I gave Edward one last peck and everyone decided to go into different directions.

"How do you feel about going to our medow?" Edward asked. I smiled at the thought. Last time we were up there was weeks ago because of all the stress with finals.

"I would love to. But first I need to take a shower because I feel gross after the frosting mess. How about we leave in an hour? Is that okay?" I asked thinking of thing that Alice would want me to do.

"Sounds good. I am gonna wash my face really quick too," he said while laughing.

We walked upstairs to his bedroom and I stepped in his connected bathroom turning the shower on high. "I am gonna get a towel so you can just wash your face now," I told him.

I went to the linnen closet to grab a towel and ran into Alice on the way there. "Hey," I told her. "Don't tell Edward but I got my ASU letter in the mail today. Will you open it up with me right now?" I asked. She got really excited and ran to get hers.

"Okay," I said. "One....Two....Three!" We opened it and mine read:

Congratulations, Isabella Swan, you have made it into Arizona State University. We would be honored for you to join our program in becoming a better school.

Me and Alice were jumping for joyed at the same time and I found out we both got accepted. I was so excited I could hardly stand it. After that I grabbed a towel then left to take a shower to get all the frosting out of my hair. Edward was just drying off his face when I walked in. He left to give me some privacy and then 10 minutes later Alice came in and handed me special conditioner to make my hair soft again.

"Did you tell him yet?" I knew exactly what she was talking about and smiled at the thought.

"No, but when you are done making me perfect I am going to run downstairs and tell him," I told her and she squealed with excitement.

She dressed me in my semi-flared blue jeans with a dressy black haltered top with rinestones and sequence all over it. My hair was straighted and pulled halfway up creating a poof. She applied liquid silver eye shadow with black eye liner on the bottom with a thick coat of mascara making my eyes look bigger than they really are. I have to say that I did look perfect. Alice tried to get me to wear lip gloss, but I told her that chapstick would work better considering what is going to happen later this evening...

I wore my black flip flops because I knew I would be hiking a bit to get to the medow. I took one last look at myself and decided it didn't matter what I looked like because I will only be with Edward all night. When I walked downstairs I saw him standing by the fireplace looking at pictures that we have taken over the years. I smiled at him then remembered my news!

I jumped on his back piggy-back style and he almost freaked until he found out it was me.

"Hi," I said barely able to contain my excitement.

"Well hello there my goregeous Bella," he said laughing at my eagerness. "What has gotten into you?"

"Oh nothing just that I know what the topic of our conversation will be tonight," I said while not looking him in the eye.

"And what would that be?" he asked looking as if he were going to burst if I didn't tellhim right away.

"Well we are going to be talking about the future together because I just opened my acceptance letter to ASU with Alice!" I said and he picked me up and kissed me with all he had.

"Oh I am so happy now! This might just be the best birthday apart from last year...," He said causing me to laugh and somewhat blush at the same time. It wasn't awkward or embarressing when we talked about us, but it made me happy that last year was amazing for him as well. After that thought my stomach growled. Edward just laughed at me. "Hungry?" he asked.

"Just a bit," I smiled. "Want to go to dinner first?" it was already 7pm and we had to wake up to go to the graduation ceremony tomorrow so I needed to get sleep.

"Sure," he started. "What would you like?"

"Nuh uh. You choose tonight and I don't really care. It is your birthday. Well anything but seafood," I said while making a gagging noise.

"Seafood it is!" he teased while I playfully scowled at him. "I'm just kidding. How about we get Chinese take out and take it to the Medow to eat."

"Sounds good," I said.

We ordered our food and left to pick it up. Edward made sure we had everything with extra blankets as well. We pulled over to the side of the road and he insisted on carrying everything.

"You don't have to do everything for me. You know that, right?" I asked.

"Of course I know that. But what kind of man would I be if I didn't? And besides, you are just not used to being taken care of. That changes when you are with me. I would do anything for you, Bella. You are my life," he answered as if it were everyday words. They were so much more than that.

I grabbed his face and kissed him as if there was no tomorrow. "Anything?" I said teasing him a bit. He nodded looking a little unsure.

"Don't ever leave me," I said in all seriousness. He dropped the backpack and walked over to me placing his frohead on mine. "Never," he said and then kissed me. I, of course,started crying. I assured him they were happy tears.

When we got into the medow we layed out a couple blankets and sat on top of them. I sat on his lap and we ate silently for a bit. "Bella?" Edward asked and his tone kind of scared me.

"Yeah?" I asked looking up with concerned eyes. He looked happy though. I guess I was just hearing things.

"Where are you planning on living next year? I mean are you planing on staying in the dorms or getting an apartment or wat?" he asked. Nobody has ever asked me that before.

"I don't know to be honest. You are the first person to ask," I told him. "Why?"

"I am just curious because Rose, Em, and Jasper are thinking about renting a house for next semester and said we could all live there if we wanted. Would you be comfortable enough there?" I thought about it for a second.

"That actually sounds better. Is there one house in particular everyone was looking at?" he smiled and sighed of relief. I don't know why he thought I would hate that idea.

"It is a 3 bedroom/3 bathroom townhouse and is perfect for everyone. Esme said that because we are the most responsible that we get the master bedroom/ bathroom. Would you mind sharing a room?"

"No, of course not," I said. And then laughed at a thought that crossed my mind. "I think it is funny how they think we are the most responsible and we are younger than the other couples involved."

"Esme and Carlise agree and have talked to Charlie about it briefly. Nothing is set and stone and Charlie is okay with the idea knowing that you can do whatever you want considering you are an adult. Carlise and Esme talked to all of the parents whose children are involved and they have agreed to pay a full years rent knowing we have scholorships to pay for classes. So what do you think?"

I thought about it for a while. Do I want to live with my friends and Edward? Yes. Should I stop being a baby and take the offer? Duh!

"I think that is a perfect idea. I am so glad to a part of it," I said knowing that I am truely blessed to have everyone in my life.

"Of course you are part of it, silly! You are stuck with me weather you like it or not!" he told me.

I got up from his lap and started running around like a chicken with its head cut off. "Oh no! That is just the most terible thing I have heard of! Being stuck with your boyfriend that you love very much," I said the last part while I walked up to him with both of us standing now.

"It is truly terrible isn't it?" he asked playfully.

"Mmhm," I said while I went in for a kiss. We ended up going back on our blanket and snuggling until it was about 9. I sighed. "We should get going if you want your birthday present," I said with a wicked smile on my face.

"Oh really? And what present do you have in store for me?" he asked. I went up to his ear and licked the lobe slightly. "Me," was all I said and that sent shivers down both of our spines. He took my face in his hands and started kissing me to no end. I broke apart for much needed air and he trailed kisses down my neck as I laid back on the blanket. He came back up and kissed me on the lips. "I want you," I said and that was all he needed to hear to start to unwrap his birthday present a little early.

~*~

I sat up only covered in my blanket and Edward watched me as I grabbed my phone. I groaned and set it back down. "Whats wrong?" Edward asked while wrapping his arms around me.

"It is already 10. I don't want to leave," I said while frowning. He laughed at my expression and said, "Don't worry, love. We still have the night to sleep," I sighed content with his answer and when we had all of our clthes back on we started walking towards the car.

I dropped his hand and burried my face in my hands. "Bella?" he said.

I just groaned and said, "Alice is going to wake me up early tomorrow. Therefore, I am not going to sleep in your room tonight because I don't want to have to wake you up," Darn pixie.

He just laughed as he put all of the stuff in the back of his car. He came over and wrapped his arms around me and said, "It's called locks. Ever heard of one? Or it is called a super strong boyfriend who can protect you and keep you safe. See problem solved," he told me and I just looked at him and smirked before walking away. "What?" he said.

"I don't think either of those things would keep Alice away. I love you and I know you can protect me from anything. But what have you said before that was your weakness?" I asked in a mocking tone.

"Alice," he grumbled. I just laughed and kissed his cheek. "Its okay," I said."We have something to work against her with. It is your birthday so maybe she will let me sllep a little bit because that is what you want?"

"Doubt it," he said. "But I will try cause it is not fair of her to do that. Oh or we could just set the alarm.."

"That works too. But we would have to promise Alice that," I said as we pulled into the Cullen driveway. When did we get here?

We went in and convinced Alice we are going to set the alarm for 7 and get up around 7:30. I'm just glad it wasn't 5. Alice is ina good move though because Jasper is in town so maybe that is why...?

"I think I should either take a shower or just wash my face. What sounds best?" I asked. I kinda felt bad for the double shower, but after what we did on the grass....I don't really know.

"Shower. I feel gross cause I feel as if I have been rolling in grass all night. I wonder why?" he teased and I looked at him. "Well its probably some crazy chicks fault. I am very sorry that happened to you," I said rolling my eyes.

He came over and whispered in my ear, "I'm not," and it sent shivers down my spine. We decided to just take a shower together. There really was nothing awkward about it. He washed my hair, too.

When I was ready for bed I hopped in and snuggled under the covers waiting for Edward. I was really tired and just wanted to sleep. When he came in he had dark circles under his eyes and yawned loudly causing me to laugh. "Are you a little tired there honey?" I asked still giggling.

"Yup, just a bit," he said while shutting off the lights he came over and snuggled in next to me. "Did you have a good birthday?" I asked.

"One of the best," he said while smiling into my neck after he kissed it. I turned my head and kissed him and said, "Goodnight Edward. I love you," but he was already out cold.

"Sweet dreams"