Pairing: Bella/Quil

Genre: Romance

Rating: T

Summary: Bella loves her boyfriend, but he can be a bit of a mess. A special date after a minor fight catches her totally by surprise. (my first attempt at the pairing)

A Marshmallow World

Bella took one last look at her grandmother's special cookie plate. It was shattered in a thousand pieces. She'd just swept up the last of it, but she fully expected to step on stray shards for the next week. Angela, her roommate patted her back, and apologized again.

"Why are you saying sorry? Quil did it. He's the reckless one."

"I know, but I'm the one that had to have Embry over tonight and you know those two can't be contained, especially since we plowed them with sugar."

Bella and Angela had baked all day and then had their boyfriends over to sample their treats before they delivered them to the church for Angela's dad. It was only five days until Christmas. For some unknown reason, he and Embry decided to arm wrestle on the table and her grandmother's cookie plate was the only loser. Neither Charlie or Renee were too sentimental, so it wasn't like she had many things left of Nana's other than her ring and the plate.

Quil felt bad, he apologized profusely, and begged her forgiveness. She wasn't having it. Yes, accidents happened, but he screwed up all the time. Seriously, if she didn't love him so much; she would have tossed him on his ear two years ago. They'd been together since she was 18, when they both found comfort with one another during a very confusing time. Edward was gone and Jacob had abandoned their friendship. Quil was also feeling left out with the way his close friends were behaving. Soon enough, they found out why, but the bond was already sealed between them before he finally shifted as well. Jake was hurt for awhile, but he finally made his peace with them. The Cullen's returned once and Edward was shocked she was dating one of the wolves. Quil threatened to rip him apart if he ever came near her again. He was her knight in shining armor even if his armor was a little rusty at times.

Before he was banished from her house, he reminded her of their special date the following night.

"Please, I've planned something special...you can't cancel on me," he begged.

"I don't know, Quil. Maybe we need some days apart." It was common for them when they fought and then she'd eventually start missing him and cave in. It was actually a good tactic at keeping the peace.

"NO! You can't, not tomorrow."

"Really? A Wednesday special date that we can't reschedule? I don't even know what we're doing. You know I hate surprises."

"Yeah, yeah, well maybe tomorrow will be different. I'll be here at six."

"Okay, but stay away til then...no howling outside my window, texting me every five seconds, following me to work...none of that or I won't go."

He leaned in for a goodnight kiss. She leaned back, but he growled and grabbed her waist and pulled her hard against his body. Of course, she relented and let him kiss her until she could barely catch her breath.

"I know...I'm a screw up, but you know you love me."

"Yes, I love you...now scram before I change my mind."


Quil told her to dress warm and cute for their date. She had Angela help her, who for some reason was smiling like a loon the entire time.

"Since when do you get so excited for my dates, Ang?"

"I don't know what you mean."

"Yes you do, you know what he has planned, don't you?"

Angela zipped her finger across her lips and said her lips were sealed.

Quil knocked on the door exactly at six, which was shocking because he was normally late. That was one of their regular arguments.

She couldn't believe her eyes when she stepped out to see a horse drawn carriage out front.

"Are you kidding? Oh my gosh, this is amazing." How often does a girl get picked up by that sort of transportation? She approached the horse and was told by the driver it was fine to pet him. "He's adorable." Bella loved horses, but never had many opportunities to be around them.

Quil helped her into the carriage and covered her up with a throw blanket. He had a picnic basket inside and opened it up to reveal a tempting spread of finger foods. He fed her some fruit and she fed him some slices of meat and cheese on crackers. He was well on his way back in her good graces, but she didn't want to let on just yet. Bella leaned into Quil and soaked up his heat. She probably didn't even need the blanket. Quil poured her a steamy mug of hot cocoa and sprinkled it with a large helping of marshmallows which was a weakness for both of them.

"Where are we going?" The carriage seemed to be heading towards the park and she remembered they were currently open at night because they entire park had been covered in lights. "Oh nevermind, I think I know."

Quil squeezed her tighter. "Am I out of the doghouse?"

"Are you kidding? You're forever in the doghouse, buddy; but I might bend the rules tonight and let you sleep on the bed, pup."

He made a couple of howls in the air causing her to giggle and the horse to shake his head. The driver turned around and gave him a strange look.

"Shush, you'll scare the horse."

He took advantage of her looking at him and planted a kiss to her lips. She threaded her fingers through his curly hair and gave him a proper kiss. She wasn't mad at all any longer. The kept up their kissing and cuddling until the driver cleared his throat.

Bella was right, they'd stopped at the park entrance. Quil grabbed their things and tipped the driver and they walked into the park. He led her around and they walked among all the light displays. Eventually he took her down a side path. She knew where it headed...to the wishing well. It was an historical monument in Forks.

He said he needed to make a wish, so he pulled out a coin. "Do you have any wishes?"

"Um no, not at the moment." She'd been having such a nice night, he'd done his best to remind her why she loved him. Quil threw his penny over his head and mumbled, but she had no idea what he said. Then he went over to the crank and started turning the handle.

She fussed, "Stop that, I don't think you're supposed to do that."

"Sure I can. I need to see if the well's granting my wish."

"Dammit, Quil stop...what if you break something?" She was again reminded that he was a large child most of the time. Come to think of it, she didn't think that well had a pulley attached to it. Must have been new, so he definitely should not be messing with it.

He ignored her completely and pulled up the bucket. She finally saw what he was trying to retrieve. A sign sat across the bucket and written in bold letters was: PLEASE MARRY ME, BELLA!

Her heart skipped a beat. What? They'd never talked about marriage. Was he serious? He was always playing jokes, but surely this wasn't one of his jokes.

When he dropped to one knee in front of her and pulled out a dark blue velvet box, she knew he was dead serious.

"I know I irritate the shit out of you, and most of the time, you're pissed at me, but I love you so much. You're it for me, please say yes. Will you marry me?"

She was frozen as he opened the box. The ring was beautiful; delicate but stunning. It was exactly her style.

Bella opened her mouth in response, "I...I'm so shocked. When you do surprises, you do them big. I don't know where you ever got it in your head I was ready for marriage? Half the time, I'm not even sure if I like you. You're loud, obnoxious, hyperactive, messy; pretty much a big dumb animal."

"You forgot a beast in the sheets," he winked at her.

She chuckled, "Yeah, that too. Oh my goodness, Quil. What have you done to me?"

He was still patiently waiting on his knee. So she had a seat on his leg and leaned all the way into his body. "Of course, I'll marry you...you're it for me too! I love you." Quil took her hand and slipped the ring on her finger. Then he lifted her up and sealed the engagement with a passionate kiss. She thought they were all alone having a very private moment until a loud round of applause began. An extra set of lights came on around them and all their friends were revealed. The pack and significant others, even her father and some of her co-workers had attended, as well as a few strangers in the park who stopped off to watch and see. Angela had a camera on them and had captured the entire moment. She looked in her fiance's eyes, and slowly shook her head side to side. He'd gone through great lengths to make it special for her.

"Finally, did something right, didn't I?" He leaned in for another kiss.

"Yep, you did it perfect as far as I'm concerned."

~Thanks for reading.