Chapter Three- Heart's Ease
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Edward and I were going to be married in two weeks. It seemed like such a long time to wait, but at the same time it was coming all too fast.
The sun warmed my body as I laid on my back in our meadow. Edward sat next to me, his fingers entwined in mine. He raised my hand to his mouth and pressed his lips against my palm.
I looked up into his golden eyes. His skin glowed in the sunlight, his lips were light lavender. I reached up and brushed my fingers through his bronze hair.
In one swift movement Edward rolled onto his back and pulled me on top of his chest. "I love you." he whispered.
I felt my heart soaring. Everything was so perfect, it was dreamlike. I wanted nothing more than to stay in Edward's arms forever. It seemed like I just might be able to do that. I smiled and kissed his lips softly.
His arms folded around my body while he kissed me back. "My beautiful Bella." Edward murmured against my ear. "How can I ever show you how much I love you?"
"You don't have to," I told him. "I all ready know."
Edward kissed my forehead gently. He groaned slightly as is pressed his nose into my hair and breathed me in. He cupped my face in his hands and placed his lips softly against mine. Edward began to kiss me with a fiery passion. "Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could just stay right here, forever?" he said as though he actually could hear my thoughts.
"Why can't we?" I asked while my heart raced in my chest, breathless from his kiss.
"Because Alice would kill us." he chuckled. "All that work put into a wedding with no bride or groom."
"She would live." I smiled. I ran my fingers along his sparkling cheekbones. It was as though a million little diamonds lay beneath the stone surface of his skin.
Edward laid his head against the ground. I kissed his closed eyelids. His arms tightened around my waist. I could feel his hands stroking my hair. I rested my head against his shoulder, my lips brushing against his neck. He sighed blissfully.
Being here with Edward was all I could want. I thought, for the millionth time, about how much I loved him.
The sun warmed my back, the clouds were light, fluffy and white in the sky. A slight breeze whispered through the branches of the huge trees and lightly wove it's way through the grass around Edward and I.
I felt Edward move his head slightly. I opened my eyes to see his beautiful face staring down at me. His lips formed a smile. I huddled closer to him, wishing I could be ever closer to his cold body.
We laid there for hours upon hours. Talking lightly, or just drinking in the presence of each other. Laying in the comfortable silence that surrounded us. We tangled our fingers through each others hair, unaware of what we were doing. I watched as Edward watched the wind blowing the clouds across the sky, the leaves on the trees. I watched his eyes connect with mine, felt them on my face as I looked at the sun.
Nothing could have been more perfect than the hours we spent together in our meadow.
