Chapter 2 - Memories

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BPOV

Early in the morning when Edward and I finally came downstairs, I started to look around the house. I wanted the house as it was to be in my vampire memories so that I could remember the Cullen home, the way it was in my human life, forever. I only did this now because I knew that it was only a matter of time before Alice and Esme started to redecorate. I cringed at the thought, Alice and Esme redecorating was not something that anyone wanted to interfere with, unless they wanted to be ripped in half.

I was now standing in the front hallway. I memorized the pattern of the wood grain on the door, the bright white colour of the walls, the mahogany wood paneling on the floor, the openness, the large staircase ahead of me and the beautiful grand piano just off to the right in the other room.

"Bella love, are you alright?"

I turned to see Edward standing behind me. I had been concentrating so hard on memorizing every detail of the room around me that I hadn't heard his approach.

"I'm fine, I was just thinking about what the house will look like when Alice and Esme are don with it."

He flashed me my favourite crooked smile. "Don't worry love," He said. "I gave them a special request for our room."

"Oh? And what would that be?" I asked.

"It's a surprise." His grin grew more pronounced.

I groaned. "I hate surprises." I reminded him. Why couldn't people in this family just tell me things? Why did everything have to be a surprise?

I tried looking up at him from underneath my eye lashes, as he had done so many times to me as a human.

"Please won't you tell me?" I pouted.

"Not now, please be patient Bella. You always love the surprises in the end." He was right of course and he was using it to his advantage.

"Fine." I grumbled. "But you know I won't stop asking."

He laughed melodiously and I knew that there was no point in arguing with him anymore. Not now at least.

"There's something else isn't there?" He inquired suddenly.

"What makes you think that?" I tried to sound innocent, but my acting skills hadn't improved that much in my transformation. Edward always saw right through me.

"Bella, you know you can tell me anything right?"

"Anything?"

"Of course love, anything." He said, motioning for me to continue.

"Well I was just trying to put the entire house into my new memory before everything is changed." I admitted in defeat.

"There's no shame in that. In fact I think it is a wonderful idea. Would you mind if I walked with you?" He asked.

"I would love that." Edward smiled and took my hand. From there we began our Cullen home memorial tour.

We spent the rest of the morning walking around the house. Every so often Edward would tell me a story about something that we had done in a certain place. Many of the stories I remembered, but a few I didn't. Apparently one afternoon, during my first summer with Edward, Emmett had burst into a song and dance routine to Hannah Montana in the middle of the living room. I should think that I would remember happy things like that, but our minds, that is to say vampire's minds, work in mysterious ways.

When we were done our memorial tour, Edward and I went back to our room. We lay on the bed snuggling together just as we had done earlier. I had been shocked after my change to find out that Edward now felt warm to me, hugging him felt like a human hugging another human except harder. Whenever we were together like this, I would forget everything around me. It would be like we were the only two people on the earth.

I was pulled from my reverie by a sudden groan coming from Edward.

"Brace yourself; Alice is on her way up." He said.

"Why?" I exclaimed suddenly panicked. No matter what Alice was thinking it couldn't be good. In fact it would probably be a form of extremely painful torture that included shopping.

Edward was just opening his mouth to speak when the door burst open.

"Girl's Night!" Alice bounded in. "You, Rose, Esme and I are going shopping for back to school outfits!"

"Alice, Esme isn't coming to school with us this time." I reminded her.

"I know Bella but we haven't had a girl's night in forever!" She pouted

"We had a girl's night three days ago Alice and we have forever to have another one." I said.

Now she turned on her full pout. I was powerless.

"Oh Bella," She begged. "Please cooperate. I want to get you something nice for your first day back."

Even with our unlimited resources and money I was still the reluctant shopper in the house. It is good to see that some things never change.

"Fine Alice you win, but I want to be home early." Even though I couldn't refuse her, I definitely wasn't going down without a fight.

"Don't worry about anything like that Bella. You'll be back in time to spend the night with your dear husband. Now hurry up and meet us downstairs in five minutes." She ordered.

I sighed as she hopped out the door and down the stairs. I turned to Edward for some support, he wouldn't let Alice do this to me, would he?

"It will be fine love, she's not thinking about taking you underwear shopping again. Though I really didn't mind the last time she did." He said.

I shuddered at the memory. Two hours in Victoria's Secret with Alice and Rose had been a nightmare. At least Edward had appreciated some of the purchases later that night.

"Besides, do you remember the last time I helped you get out of one of Alice's shopping trips?" He added.

Yes, I remembered. Alice had gone up to our room while we were out hunting and snapped half of the CD's in Edward's collection in half. Needless to say he wasn't very happy when we got back home.

"I know," I told him. "I just don't like spending any amount of time away from you."

He pulled me closer. "Neither do I love but don't worry yourself; your little shopping excursion won't take too long." He helped me off the bed.

"Bella!" Alice screamed from downstairs even though I could have heard her if she'd whispered my name. "Don't you even think about it! You wouldn't do that to your sister would you? I thought you loved me!"

I sighed finally admitting defeat.

"That's better, now hurry up." Alice's voice rang.

I looked up at Edward. "Now what pray tell were you planning on doing that would make our poor sister so very upset?" He asked.

"Well," I began. "I was going to take you downstairs with me and we would make a run for it as soon as she opened the door. After all no one in this house is as fast as you."

"You are one evil little vampire." He chuckled and pressed his lips to mine.

"Edward Cullen stop right there!" We groaned in unison. Of course Alice had seen what Edward was going to do next. Of course she knew that I wasn't going to hesitate in joining him. "Bella get your butt down here right now, or this is going to take much longer tan necessary."

I swiftly made my way down to the front door, gave Edward a sweet kiss goodbye and hurried out after Alice, Rose and Esme.

"If I'm not back in four hours call the cops!" I called over my shoulder. I heard him laugh quietly as I got into the back of Rose's BMW. I could only hope that I would make it back alive, or at least in one piece.

Three and a half hours later we finally arrived back at the house. I practically flew up the stairs into my husband's waiting arms. The rest of our family still made fun of us for it, but at least two nights a week Edward and I would lay in bed all night doing nothing that Emmett could make innuendos about the next day. It was just like Edward and I used to do when I was human and he spent his nights in my room.

That night we just lay there, not speaking but thinking about the days to come at Forks High. Every so often he would pull me in closer and kiss me on the top of my head, or on my neck or cheek. Every time he did that I would feel the same electric shock that ran through me the first time he touched me and I knew this was the place I most wanted to be, right here in Edward's arms. I knew that as long as we were together we could face whatever was thrown into the path ahead of us.

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