CHAPTER 3

EPOV

I was thrilled to have Bella to myself. No annoying house full of vampires with super sensitive hearing. No snoring human right next door. No tiny bed or curfew. Just my Bella and I.

I dropped her off at home after school. As I kissed her goodbye I thought about my surprises for her. A beautiful bed for my princess to sleep in and I was going to give her a ring. My mother's ring to be exact. I would ask her to be my wife.

Thank God, Alice has been so busy trying to figure out Jasper's surprise that she has completely missed this.

When Alice and Bella got to the house I don't know who was more excited. Alice was giddy with excitement waiting for her surprise. Jasper was on cloud nine, he had finally found a way to surprise the pixie. My Bella was grinning like the Cheshire Cat and I was practically jumping out of my skin.

Emmett, Rose, Esme and Carlisle's minds were wondering what the surprise was and more so how Jasper had managed to pull it off.

Jasper sprung his surprise on Alice as soon as the girls walked in the door. 2 plane tickets to Paris.

"EEEEEKKKK" Alice screamed, "How did I not see this?"

"I bought them for Jasper and Mary Whitlock. Not for my nosy pixie wife Mary Alice Brandon Hale Cullen ..." he said smirking at her.

"Wow 3 days in Paris!! I haven't been there in months!!!" she smiled jumping up and down.

"Uhhh we'll actually be there for 2 weeks. It is our anniversary you know." he told her

"Of course I know but I just didn't expect..... oh Jasper." she sprung into his arms and wrapped her legs around his waist hugging him tightly.

"I never thought I would see a day when Alice would be speechless." said Emmett

We all laughed except for Jasper and Alice who were so caught up in their own little world that Emmett's comment was completely ignored. Alice and Jasper ran out the back door to Carlisle's Mercedes and drove off into the night. Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie and Emmett smiled at me and headed off. Their thoughts now rested on Bella and I.

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do little brother." Emmett called

I growled and Bella looked up at me, confused and asked, "Is there anything Emmett wouldn't do?"

Emmett laughed as they darted through the trees. We were finally alone.

"What do you want to do?" she asked.

I grabbed her, cradled her in my arms and raced up the stairs to my bedroom.

When we reached the door, I put her down and told her to close her eyes. She smiled up at me shyly and did as she was told. I guided her into my redecorated room. I positioned her so she could see the room perfectly and told her to open her eyes. The massive wrought iron canopy bed was now in the middle of the room. The hardwood floors were covered in a deep plush golden carpet. The bedding on the bed was black with gold trim and curtains hung from the sides of the bed that matched the bedding.

"Wow a bed!!" she stuttered. "What happened to the couch?"

"Well my love," I said as I kissed her forehead, "The couch was probably about as comfortable as your little bed, but I wanted you to sleep like a queen here."

"As long as I am with you I will." she said while reaching her arms around my neck and lifting my face towards mine. As I bent my head to kiss her I smiled as I thought about all the benefits this bed would have.

I tried to keep the boundaries in place but having her alone was driving me mad! I lifted her up so her feet were off the ground and continued the kiss. I was lost in her! I carried her to the bed and pulled away breathlessly. If I didn't distract us soon I was going to lose control and I could never lose control with my Bella.

"You should get ready for bed." I told her, trying to regain some composure.

"Okay," she agreed breathlessly, her heart was still beating wildly.

I raced downstairs to grab her bag. Thank heavens for my extreme speed because I was back in under 10 seconds. She wasn't even off the bed when I got back. She reached up and kissed me softly before taking her bag to the bathroom. I hoped she was going to take a little bit of time in there so I had a chance to regain some of my composure.

Unfortunately time was not helping as I heard the water for the shower turn on. I decided to go for a short run, hoping the fresh air would clear my senses. I jumped out the window into the night. Maybe all this alone time was going to be too much. I was back in under 10 minutes and feeling pretty good. As I entered the window again I heard the shower turn off. She would never even know i was gone. I looked out the window as I waited for her to come back. I had a very important question to ask her and I didn't know how she would react.

I heard the bathroom door open and her scent preceded her into my room. I turned to look at her and said, "Done with your human ti.." The rest of the words were lost.

My beautiful Bella was not wearing the ratty sweats she wore to bed every night that looked so darn cute on her. She was wearing a little short set in navy blue silk. I was speechless to say the least.

"Do you like them? " she asked doing a little pirouette, her cheeks were flushed bright pink. "Alice bought these for me the last time we were in Seattle."

"Um WOW!!" was all I could say. Smooth Edward!! This was not going to help my self control!!!

"She was right they are very comfortable. " she told me.

I could only stare. She climbed up onto my bed and smiled at me. I couldn't even breathe.

"So I look pretty in these?" she asked, her cheeks going pinker by the second. How I loved my angel's blush.

"You look pretty all the time. In this you look WOW!!!" I said not daring to move.

"Are you going to come and sit with me?" she asked.

"Ummm not just yet. I don't think I can." I said. My self control was crumbling more each second.

She climbed off the bed and walked towards me. I pressed myself against the glass. I didn't know what to do, what to think, what to say. I have never been more paralyzed in my entire life. Not when I saved her from James, not when Jasper lunged at her. NEVER!!

"Is the big scary vampire afraid of little ole me?" she asked me.

If I could have felt my legs I would have run away. Instead I said, "Bella you are obviously unaware of how little self control I have right now."

Then she said the last thing I expected, "Edward I want this. I want you. All of you. All of us." She stopped a foot away from me and reached her hand towards me.

"Bella I can't." I whispered.

"You don't want me?" she asked letting her hand drop. She looked at me as if I had broken her heart. She spun away from me hiding her eyes. I had made my Bella cry.

"Bella I do want you. All of you. Every single inch. More than you know right now. But it's too dangerous. I could hurt you. I could kill you. So easily. I can't risk it." I said as I grabbed her shoulders gently and spun her towards me. How could she not understand how much I wanted her. She tried to look at the floor so I wouldn't see her tears. I pulled her chin up so she would look at me.

"Bella I love you more than anything. I can't risk it. I can't." I told her.

"Please Edward." she begged, "It's all I want. All I need."

I held me against my chest. I didn't even dare to breathe as my mind raced a million miles a second. Bella snuggled in sniffling a little. I rubbed her back and soothed her crazy fears.

"Bella my love. I want you so much but first I want to do something. I need to do this." I said, letting go of her quickly. She dried the tears off her cheeks as I raced to the bedside table. I was back in front of her in a second ready to promise her my heart forever.

"Bella I never thought I would find love. I thought I was destined to be alone forever. I was okay with that in part but I always hoped that I would have someone to share my heart with. When I met you there was something more. Your blood tormented me but your heart that was so much more. You are my everything Isabella Marie Swan. I am changed. That is so rare for us. It is permanent and unbreakable. I want you forever. Will you be my wife?" I asked and then dropped to one knee in front of her opening the box that contained my mother's engagement ring from my father.

She looked at me with tears streaming down her face. She didn't say anything, she wasn't even breathing.

"Bella? Breathe Bella!" I begged

She took a deep breath and finally looked down at the box.