When I woke, I became frantic as I did not see Edward anywhere as my eyes scanned the room. Suddenly, there was a flash in the corner of my eye, so quick I almost didn't see it.
"Hello, Beautiful." I heard his deep voice coming from behind. It was intoxicating.
"What do you want to do today?" he asked. I was confused. We had school today, and he knew that.
"Well, after school…" He put his cold finger to my lips and I was instantly quieted. "There is no school today…"
Now I was really confused. He gestured towards the window. I pulled back the curtain and outside a thick blanket of snow covered everything. Snow day. I suddenly became very excited, because Charlie had already left for work, which meant that we had the whole house to ourselves for the day. What ever were we going to do, I wondered. Suddenly Edward's face brightened and I could tell exactly what he was thinking.
"Don't even think about it," I said. "There is no way you are getting me to go outside. You know how much I hate the snow." An instant look of disappointment flooded his face. He gave me that look which he knew I couldn't resist.
"No fair! You know I can't say no when you give me that look!" I finally gave in. "Okay, we can go out in the snow. But only for an hour -- at the most!"
He was already half way out the door when he said, "Good, because I already invited Jasper and Alice over for a snowball fight!"
"Great", I muttered under my breath. He must have already known that I was going to give in. Alice must have told him. I made a mental note to myself to make sure I paid Alice back sometime in the future as I sluggishly put on my clothes and boots and then shrugged into my coat. I reluctantly went out the door.
Alice and Jasper were already there, and they were covered in snow. Apparently, a snowball fight had taken place while I was changing. "Hey Bella," Alice cooed.
"Hey," I said wearily.
Edward glanced over to my face and saw that I was not amused. But I wasn't about to spoil his fun, so I walked over to him. He looked especially beautiful with the glistening flakes of snow that were nestled in his hair.
"Hey Bella!" Jasper yelled from across the field. He quickly ran over to join the others. He too had snow all over him. I felt very calm as he approached.
"Oh no, no, no! You aren't going to use your little mind games to get me to stay out here longer! I said an hour...at the most." As the words drifted from my mouth, I could already tell that I was losing the battle against Jasper and the tranquility that was falling upon me.
"Well, I suppose if I am going to be out here for awhile, then I should..." I stopped mid-sentence and I hurled a snowball at Edward. It was actually very funny to see the look on his face, as I know that he did not see it coming for once. "Got you!" I yelled, and then quickly I started to run in preparation for the snowballs that were to come any second.
Suddenly, Edward was directly behind me. I cringed as I thought of the icy ball of snow that was about to come. I waited for a minute and I still had not felt the icy twinge through my body, so I turned around, being as it were safe now.
"Look," I heard Edward say. "There's something in the snow, over there!" My eyes quickly scanned the snow, searching for the object which Edward was talking about. "I don't see anything, Edward," I said grumpily, as I really did not see anything.
I began looking the other way at a flock of birds that had just settled father down in the field. Edward was down on his knees in the snow when he said, "Yes there is, it's quite sparkly actually."
I turned quickly to see what he was talking about, and discovered that he was down on one knee with a ring box in his hand. My head began to spin at the thought of what he was about to ask. I felt my legs crinkle beneath me as I fainted...
