Chapter 3

Bella POV

Dinner with Edward went flawlessly as usual and he spoiled me, as usual. After I was finished eating Edward drove back home, listening to the regular radio station that had a bunch of bands he hated, just waiting to hear 'Cinderella' again.

When we returned home I took a hot shower and changed into the new silky soft pj's Alice bought for me and went to sleep in Edward's large bed. After doing so much in one day, I was exhausted.

I felt something cool on my forehead,

"Bella? Its time to get up now, sweetheart," Edward's soft voice lured me from my deep slumber. I groaned and pulled the covers over my head, hoping I could sleep for a couple of more minutes.

"I guess I'm going to have to wake you up a different way then," Edward's musical laughter chimed in the silence.

He pulled my blanket off of my head and kissed me on the cheek and slowing started making a trail of kisses to my lips. By the time he made it there is was fully awake.

"Okay, get dressed, we have to leave in a half an hour," Edward instructed me. He pulled me up off of the bed and shoved me into his closet.

"Alice told me, to tell you, to wear this," Edward pointed to clothes that were neatly placed on the chaise. I nodded and Edward closed the door to give me some privacy.

On the leather chair there were a pair of destroyed, light wash jeans, a tight fitting turquoise tee-shirt, a pair of brown leather flip flops, brown sunglasses, and a chocolate leather hobo purse. I put it on without argument, this was as good as it was going to get.

I opened the closet door to find Alice blocking my way. She had a zip up dark blue hoodie in her hands.

"Good morning Bella! I have a feeling that it is going to be too cold in the plane for that tee-shirt so I got you this," she told me as I took it and put it on.

"Good morning Alice, and thank you," I thanked her, she was so sweet to worry about me all of the time.

"Oh, its no problem, Bella. You have to leave in twenty minutes so I'll do your hair while you eat breakfast, in the bathroom," Alice pulled me to Edward's bathroom where she had a curling iron set up and a cushy chair.

"Sit," she instructed. I sat with out any complaints. I wouldn't have to play Bella Barbie for five full days!

Edward came through the door with a bowl of Cocoa Puffs in his hand; he handed it to me and smiled.

"I'm going to go start loading the car with some last minute stuff so I'll be downstairs," he told me before giving me a peck on the cheek and running off at vampire speed.

Alice started by parting my hair and began curling little sections.

"So Bella, aren't you excited!" she nearly squealed.

"Yes, I guess so," I answered. It was partly true. I was excited about being together with Edward for that long, but not about the 'wedding ring' part. Alice chuckled,

"Don't worry, you'll have fun," she said, sure of herself.

It went this way for the next fifteen minutes, talking about the trip and doing my hair. By the end my hair was curled at the ends and had a barrette holding back my bangs.

"Here Bella, take this," Alice said handing me a blue cell phone.

"What is this for?" I asked, why would I need a cell phone? Wasn't I going to be with Edward the entire time? He had one already.

"Its for us to communicate, without Edward knowing," Alice said giving me a impish smile. I must have displayed the confusion I felt on my face because she went into further explanation,

"Well, if we want to talk without worrying about him listening or something, you can text me," Alice said winking at me.

"Oh, gotcha," I answered pointing at her. Alice laughed at my response,

"Get going, Edward's ready to go," Alice said handing me my purse, it was heavy.

"Allllice…" I opened the purse. In it was the sunglasses, the cell phone, a small hairbrush, pink lip gloss, and a Chanel wallet. I opened the wallet, in the clear slot was my ID then a gold credit card. I took it out,

"Explain," I demanded.

"Edward did it, I swear!" Alice confessed. I could tell she was telling the truth because she was eying it enviously.

I nodded and opened the wallet to put it back but I saw that the compartment that the money was supposed to go in was filled. I pulled it out, there were three hundred dollar bills, four fifties, five twenties, three tens, four fives, and five ones. Me and Edward were going to have a little talk later. I huffed angrily and shoved the black and white wallet back into my purse. I took out the brown sunglasses and put them on top of my head.

"Bella! You look so cute!" Alice squealed. I smiled a little.

"Don't worry, Bella. You are going to have such a good time with Edward, I just know it," she reassured me and tapped her head with a finger.

"Bye Alice, I'm going to miss you so much!" I felt like crying, Alice was like my sister- no wait, she was my sister.

"Oh, just go Bella! I am going to miss you too, text me!" she replied wrapping me into a bone crushing hug.

I walked down the stairs to find the entire Cullen, minus Alice by the front door. Esme was the first to walk up and give me a hug,

"Have a fun time, dear. You guys better come home," Esme told me gently.

Carlisle gave me a hug also, wishing me a good trip. Rosalie gave me a hug and told me to not trip too much. I laughed. Jasper gave me a hug also, but his was a little hesitant. Emmet was next but he seemed really down, Emmet was usually bouncing off the walls with energy.

"What's wrong, Emmet?" I asked, truly concerned.

"Well, when you leave, I won't have anybody to play with!" he wailed. I gave him a hug,

"Don't worry Emmet, I'll be back soon. We'll play volleyball," I promised him. His mouth turned up into a smile,

"YAAAAAAAY! I knew you would say that Bella!" he boomed, very pleased…a little scary. Uh-oh I have just been tricked and now would have to play volleyball again… it could be worse. At least I don't have to play truth or dare.

"Bye Emmet," I said annoyed and Edward held out his hand and led me to his Volvo. I got in and he sped down his drive way which was more like a unusual discontinuance of alien green of trees.

Edward's POV

While driving to the airport I counted the stores that I wanted to go see rings at,

Bulgari

Harry Winston

Tiffany & Co

Ritani

Cartier

I figured that we would go to one everyday and I would keep track of the ones she liked the best. The last day we would go to see her favorites again and then get the one she liked best. I just hoped Bella would truly tell me the one she liked best, no matter how much it cost.

That's one thing that I would never get about Bella. Every girl who has ever thought about me has thought about how much money I had. Bella, hated it when I bought her groceries! The one person that I wanted to buy everything for, hated when I bought her anything.

"Bella, lets go over some rules on the plane," I suggested. Maybe she would go along if we talked about it before… or she would get more stubborn. Her eyes moved into slits,

"What kind of rules are we going to talk about?" she asked me, suspicious.

"What kind of ring you want…" I decided to keep it vague… Bella wasn't buying it,

"What do you mean what 'kind' of ring?" she asked, prying me.

"Like, you not complained or worrying how much it costs, 'kind' of ring," I answered, keeping it casual.

"Edward, you are so ridiculous, you are not spending over a thousand dollars on me," she retorted. My mouth dropped wide open and I think that for once in my existence, the car swerved within the lane.

"Bella! No! That is not fair. It doesn't matter how much it costs. I'm going to buy you the one you like best," I nearly yelled.

"Okay, that's fine with me. I like rings that are under a thousand dollars," she laughed, proud that she out smarted me.

"No, Bella," I said through clenched teeth. She was not doing this, didn't she understand that money was not an object.

"Edward, you are not spending all of your money on my engagement ring," she said. What did she think? That she was going to drain my checking account?

"Hmpt, like any object could do that," I scoffed.

"Edward, you do not have all of the money in the world," Bella reprimanded me.

"You're right… Carlisle does," I laughed. She shook her head and laughed without humor but stopped too soon. Bella looked at me curiously,

"How much money do you have, Edward?" Bella was dead serious. I had no hesistation,

"Well currently, I have around 1.2 billion." I think Bella just had a seizure,

"What?! That is not even possible! A billion?!" she was now screaming.

"Bella, Alice is really helpful in stocks, and I own properties all over the world. Remember that I'm nearly 100 years old," I told her calmly.

"Edward, you don't even work," she simply stated still in disbelief.

"Yes, you are right. I could make more playing the stocks with Alice, but I prefer to spend time with you such as excursions like this," I said telling the truth. Bella was thoughtful and speechless,

"You see why I want to spend so much money on you? Bella you have to understand that I have only ever spent it on myself. Spoiling you is truly the best way to use it, it gives me a happiness that cannot be achieved my buying another car or yacht… unless it is for you." I smiled at her, hoping she would change her mind about the engagement ring.

She played with our hands that were intertwined and kissed the back of mine.

"I love you," was all she said until we got to the airport.