Edward's POV

Chapter 3

While Bella slept that night I lay next to her reading one of her books Pride and Prejudice. Personally I thought these romance stories she liked were incredibly cheesy but they were kind of addicting once you really got into them. Not to mention I could kind of relate to Mr. Darcy, not wanting to like the girl but end up falling madly in love with her.

It was after three thirty when I kind of got tired of the book. I lay down next to her and put my arm around her waist holding her close to me. She moved around and I loosened my grip thinking I was holding her too tightly but she cuddled up closer to me and sighed. "Edward…"

I chuckled as she said that. I loved it when she talked in her sleep. It was pretty funny but it also gave me an insight to what she thought about.

"Jacob…"

I froze. Jacob? Why was she thinking about Jacob Black?

"Mmm, Jake…you're so sweet…"

What was that dog doing that was so sweet to her?

"That tickles."

I was practically tearing my hair out trying to figure out what she was dreaming about.

"Mmm Jake…mmm…oh"

Was she…? No! I pushed the thought out of my head but it kept creeping back in. She wouldn't dream about that with Jacob would she? It's not like human's can actually control what they dream about, but did she ever think about it? It always led me to wonder what she really thinks about him. I know she chose me over that dog, but did she still think about being with him?

I made a silent vow after this to one day run him over with my car. I started to wonder, if Jacob were in his wolf form, would it go against my family morals to suck him dry of his blood? He would technically be an animal, and since we only drink animal blood it wouldn't be illegal, right? Or would Carlisle frown on it saying that Jacob Black is technically a human even though in his wolf form? The way I saw it, it would be okay since he would actually be a dog. I started to strategize ways to catch him off guard as a wolf and incapacitate him then suck his blood. No, I couldn't do that, Bella was still on good terms with him, she wouldn't like it if I murdered him. And as far as I knew, the rest of his pack could read his mind. I wouldn't be able to cover it up very well at all.

With that, I quickly dropped the idea.

Bella had stopped talking about Jacob. In fact she wasn't saying anything else. Her arm went around my waist and she hugged me close to her. I could feel her warm breath on my neck, and her blood pulsing through her warm skin. It was tempting to just bite into that big throbbing vein on her neck and take all of her blood, but I showed restraint. I ran my hand up and down her back and down her thigh. I went back up and rested my hand on her butt hoping that if she woke up she wouldn't mind having it there.

After a few more hours of listening to her heart beat and smelling her blood and listening to her iPod, the sun was streaming through the window and I felt her stir. She opened her eyes looking directly into mine.

"Good morning sunshine," I said.

"Good morning."

"Did you have a nice sleep?"

She nodded and brushed her hair out of her face. "Yeah I did."

"Did you have a good dream?" I was dying to ask about her dream with Jacob.

She nodded again. "Mm-hm. Was I talking in my sleep again?"

"Yeah. You were talking about Jacob."

Her face turned red. "I was?"

"You were." I paused for a moment wondering if I should ask this. "Bella were you…having sex with him?"

Her eyes got wide in surprise after I asked this. Me and my big mouth. "No…I mean…I don't exactly remember the dream. I remember having his tongue on my face…" I raised my eyebrow. "Edward it wasn't like that. From what I remember he was a dog and he was just licking my face. I've never dreamt about that with Jacob before."

My face relaxed with relief. "Oh, good."

She looked past me. "I've thought about us though."

She had my attention after that. "What about us?"

Her face was getting redder by the second. "Well, you know…us on the beach. You…on top of me…" she let her voice trail off.

"I've thought about it a lot too."

"I thought you didn't want to?"

"It's not that I don't want to. I've been wanting you that way more and more every day Bella. I'm just cautious about it that's all."

"Well what happened when you thought about it?"

I ran my hand through her hair. "Same thing but we were in a bed…in France."

She laughed. "In France?"

I laughed as well. "Yeah. France is supposedly the country of love, isn't it?"

"True."

We lay there talking for a while then Bella got hungry and went to get breakfast. I was about to climb out of her window.

"Don't leave me," she said.

I kissed her lips passionately. "I'll be back. Then we can hang out for the rest of the day."

"What time?"

"One."

"Twelve."

"Twelve thirty."

"Five minutes."

"Don't push it." I kissed her again. "Twelve thirty I'll be back. Do you want to go to the meadow today?"

She nodded eagerly. "Yes." She kissed me. "I love you."

"I love you too." I kissed her one last time. "Bye." I jumped down from the window and landed lightly on the ground below. I looked up and saw her watching me. I smiled at her and she gave me her beautiful smile back, then I ran to my house.

It took me not much more than five minutes to get to my house. Once I got there I contemplated taking the front door or just jumping up the window to my room. I decided to go with the latter and went around the back. Then I made a jump for the tree in front of me which wasn't far from the window. Once inside I put on one of my favorite CD's, kicked my shoes off, and changed into something more loose fitting and comfortable.

I lay down on the couch and thought about the trip Bella and I were taking. We discussed the plans last night before we went to sleep. We were going to leave on Monday, three days away, and come back the next week. Once we get down to Seattle, we'll do whatever they have to offer there.

I'd taken so many risks in my relationship with her and this was definitely one of them. The thought of being alone with her for a whole week was extremely appealing to me. But the thought that I'd lose control of myself at some point nagged me. In fact, it always nagged me, but especially this time. She said she trusted me not to hurt her though, and I trusted myself (though not completely).

After deciding I'd spent enough time locked in my room listening to The Beatles, I turned off my radio and went downstairs. Before I even hit the bottom step I ran into Rosalie.

"It's about time you showed up. Why were you locked in your room for the past hour hiding from us?"

"I wasn't hiding, I was thinking. And you'd be the one to talk, as much time as you spend in your room looking at yourself in the mirror," I said.

It's not my fault that some of us pride ourselves with being beautiful, she thought. "What were you thinking about?"

"Life." I walked towards the living room and she followed me.

"Bella," she said rolling her eyes. The only thing you ever care about anymore is her.

"I care about a lot of things, although she comes first on my list," I said responding to her thoughts.

"Name one."

"You guys." We walked towards the piano and I sat down.

"Name two more." She leaned against the piano.

"Not being a ferocious monster, keeping my music organized."

Smart ass.

"Brat." I began to play Bella's lullaby.

Rosaline rolled her eyes and stomped off.

I continued to play the song and then Alice came in. Hopefully he's not listening to my thoughts. I'm gonna try to sneak up on him this time. I know my hands are smaller than Rosalie's and Esme's, but maybe he won't notice the difference this time. "Hello Alice," I said before she could put her hands over my eyes.

"You weren't supposed to say it was me until I told you to guess."

"Oh sorry, you want to try that again?" I said sarcastically.

She sat next to me. "Never mind. So I heard you and Bella are going on a trip to Seattle."

"Have you started reading minds too?"

"No, I had a vision this morning." She pressed the piano keys one after the other completely out of key.

"So did you see anything unusual happening while we were there?"

"No."

"Good."

"But we all knew you were going to change her eventually, so that doesn't really count as unusual does it?"

I stopped playing. "Wait what? I'm going to change her? I don't plan on changing her until after we're married. What the hell…?"

She slapped my arm. "Would you calm down and let me explain. I saw you and Bella in the hotel room in Seattle…"

"Wait."

"What?"

"What hotel are we staying at?"

Alice rolled her eyes. "Do you want me to tell what happened or not?"

"Okay, sorry, keep going."

"Okay, you were in the hotel room on the couch. You leaned down, bit her, and she screamed. Then it changed. You were in the woods hunting, still in Seattle I think, and it showed her with red eyes."

"Alice I'm not going to change her while we're in Seattle."

"Sure you're not if you change your mind. These visions aren't always certain but have you noticed that the majority of them come true?"

"So you're saying that because you think you're right all the time, I'm going to change her. And when we come back, and she's drinking blood instead of cherry cola, you'll be laughing at me and acting all cocky because you're right. Right?"

Alice nodded smugly. "Right."

"Okay Alice." I started playing another song trying to push what she said out of my mind. Sure I wanted Bella to be a vampire and stay with her for an eternity, but the idea that I might do something wrong is what troubled me. Not to mention her going through all of that pain, I wouldn't be able to bear it.

Alice started "playing" again. "How do you do this?"

"It's very simple actually."

"Do you want to go play spades with me?"

"We played six games of that on Thursday, doesn't it get old?"

"Fine, chess."

"Alright Alice, race you to the living room?" She was already gone. "Damn it Alice!" I ran after her and got there at the same time as her. Emmett and Jasper were sitting in front of the TV watching the football game like a couple of children. Jasper was wearing a Cowboys jersey and Emmett even had a foam finger. Carlisle and Esme were sitting on one of the couches, and Rosalie was on the floor next to Emmett although she didn't seem very interested in the game.

"Nice of you two to join us," Esme said. "Did you have fun with Bella, Edward?"

Rosalie snorted. "I'm sure."

I ignored her. "Yeah I did. We're going to Seattle next week for a vacation."

"That sounds nice. What's the occasion?"

"Just a vacation. To get away from it all."

"We should go on a vacation," Carlisle said to Esme.

Alice sat on the floor next to the coffee table and started setting up the chess game. "Edward's going to change her."

"It's about time," Jasper said.

"What do you mean 'it's about time'?" I said.

"Alice has been having visions of you changing her for the longest time and every time they're different. I'm actually starting to get frustrated with it all."

I sat down across from Alice. "Well I'm not going to change her."

"Damn," Jasper mumbled.

"We had an agreement; I'll change her after we get married."

"Hurry up with that."

"Shut up."

"Your move," Alice said.

I moved my piece. We continued playing. To be honest, Alice and I playing chess was sort of pointless. The whole time I was reading her mind for what move she was going to do next. And she was looking into the future to see what piece I'd move. No wonder we never really finish playing.

"YES! COWBOYS! WOO HOO!" Emmett and Jasper shouted. We all looked up and saw them jumping up and down shouting and high fiving.

Rosalie shook her head at them. "For the record, I don't know you guys."

I rested my head in my head. "Alice, your turn. Alice?"

She shook her head. "Oh no."

"What's wrong?" Carlisle asked.

"Volturi…"

Emmett and Jasper stopped jumping around when they heard that. Jasper came over and sat next to her. "What about the Volturi?"

"They're planning on coming here. I don't know when."

"Are they coming for Bella?" Carlisle asked.

Alice nodded. "Yes. They told us they wanted her to be changed and they would come to make sure of it. They're coming soon."

"When?"

Alice shook her head. "I don't know. It didn't show when. All it showed was them in Volterra planning to come here soon."

"Maybe we shouldn't go to Seattle then…" I said.

"You have no choice but to change her dude," Emmett said.

I didn't want to admit they were right but I knew they were. "There's got to be a way around it."

"Edward…"

"Stop being so stubborn and just change her!" Rosalie exclaimed. "If you don't, you put all of us in danger and I will not die at the hands of the Volturi because of you!"

"She's right Edward," Esme said.

I sighed. "Fine! I'll do it. I'll bring her here and I'll change her. Are you happy now?"

"You don't have to bring her here," Alice said.

"You said they were coming soon."

"Well, maybe you do have time to go to Seattle. Look, go with her and have fun, and I'll call you and let you know if anything changes, okay?"

I leaned against the couch behind me with my arms crossed. "Alright. Anything else I should know?"

"Once again, I'll call you," Alice said.

For some reason i love writing from Edward's POV