Chapter 1

"Bella, did I ever tell you about the time I first met you?" I wondered what she was thinking. I could never quite read her thoughts. Her fragrance was too beautiful. I loved everything about her. The way she smiled and laughed. Her face grew from soft and relaxed then she would throw her head back and giggle lightly. Her smile spread across her face, showing her perfectly aligned teeth.

"Edward I was there. Do you not remember?" She looked confused and yet so cute at the same time.

"Of course I remember. I just thought that you would like to hear what I thought about you."

She looked at me with a sideways glance. We were sitting in the Volvo on the way to dinner. It had been two weeks since she had graduated and I wanted so badly to make her one of me. But then I had that guilty thought in the back of my head that she would never be able to see her family and they would never understand my life. I loved her. I loved everything about Isabella Swan. And I would call myself selfish to want her to be mine and mine alone.

"Edward," she turned her head my way. "Where are we going?" She was trying to change the subject but I saw through her. I wasn't going to let her get away that easily.

"Don't try and change the subject, it's not going to work. And besides, I told you that I wanted it to be a surprise." I gave her my half grin and she turned in her seat to try and pout. "Okay, be like that. No kisses for you tonight." Instantly she whipped her head around to glare at me.

"Edward Anthony Mason Cullen! I could call you mad were you not my boyfriend. Why would you dare say something like that?" Isabella's cheeks had flushed that gorgeous pink and she was trying to be fused with anger.

"I do it to see the look on her face. Your cute blushes every time that you want to be mad!" This only added to her curiousness. Again she looked at me through her hair and crossed her arms over her breast.

I slowed the car to a stop and ran out to the passenger side. When I reached it I carefully opened the door and grabbed my love and pulled her on top of me. She struggled to get free, but we were stopped just outside of Forks almost to Port Angeles. She would have no where to run if she did escape my love hold. Then with passion I leaned in to kiss her. At first she looked as if she wanted to be let alone, and then my breath overpowered her and she gave in. Bella leaned with all her weight on-top of me under the moon lit sky on the semi-wet grass.

When she had calmed she slowly sat up on me and looked away. She was embarrassed that much I could tell. Bella had never dared to kiss me like just now. But I was stronger than our very first kiss outside the meadow. Now I could let myself taste her cherry lip-balm. And I could smell the sweet sticky perfume on her neck. I had enough control to let my tongue slip into her mouth and not want to bite her. Then before we would depart I would hold her tightly almost as to let her know that she was mine.

"I can't go five minutes without your kisses and you know that. Bella, I'm sorry." I gave her a sincere look and she kissed me lightly on the lips and let her strawberry hair fall over my face.

I got up and carried her into the car and gently set her into her seat. Just as she reached for her seatbelt I was in the car and on my way to the diner. Bella reached over and took my hand softly in hers, then with her free hand she popped in the CD I had made her the second week of dating. She skipped the tracks to her lullaby and rested her head on my shoulder.

We pulled into the diner that I had first taken her out at. When those men trapped her in a corner. It was our anniversary night and I had a surprise in store. Isabella led me up the sidewalk overcome with joy. When she opened the door to step inside her face lit up ever more. Alice, Carslisle, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, Esme, Charlie and Renee were all inside. Bella looked over her shoulder at my and mouthed thank you I nodded my head and gently shoved her toward her fans.