Hey guys sorry its a bit late. I just started college so now I have to get back in the swing of things. Well enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 7

Well, I'd have to say that the last two weeks have been very uneventful. My ankle has been stuck in bandages and my arm still in the cast. Edward and my mother have been making sure that I do the least amount of moving as possible. In all of my spare time, I got a chance to reread all of my books, sketch a portrait of Edward, and catch up on sleep, although the sleep wasn't exactly pleasant.

The visions of the vicious red-eyed demon constantly plagued my dreams and even invaded my thoughts when I was conscious. I didn't like the feeling I got afterwards, it as if my life was traveling in a downward spiral. The thing was that I wasn't the one that died, ever. It was always Edward, his parents, my parents, and many other people that I knew around town. One of the most disturbing things was that everyone fell to the ground at the same time, except Edward, Renee, Charlie, Elizabeth, and Edward Sr. actually fought against it, for a while. The first ones to lose were Edward Sr. and Elizabeth, then Renee and Charlie, and Edward was soon afterward. The dreams really did bother me and I tried not to show it, but Edward is always so perceptive, and my mother had her moments of perceptiveness too.

It's hard to feel cheerful when every waking moment you feel like the world is ending, because a certain red-eyed demon would come in and play the angel of death. I manage to pull off the fake happiness most of the time, but when it was just Edward and I, he saw straight through the façade.

"Bella, what's wrong?" I just stared at the floor, knowing that if I looked into his eyes, I the dam would break.

"Nothing."

"Bella. I have know you my whole life and I know for a fact that something is definitely wrong."

I, of course, made the mistake of looking up, directly into his emerald eyes. They were burning with curiosity, worry, and sadness.

Knowing that I can't lie, especially after I looked at him, I decided to tell him. "Edward, I'm just scared."

"Scared of what Bella?"

"What's going to happen next."

"You've been having the dreams again haven't you?" I slightly nodded. "Bella, I told you that the dreams would go away once you stop worrying about everything."

"I know Edward, but I can't help it. What's worse is that every time I have the dream, I feel like my world is ending, like I will be left alone." I quickly clapped my hands over my mouth after I said that. I never meant to tell Edward that, mainly because he would only worry about me more. Tears started flowing down at a fast pace because I was remembering the feeling of extreme loneliness and the fact that I probably hurt Edward by telling him.

I felt his finger curl up under my chin and lightly push it up so that my eyes would meet his. I didn't want to see the expression on his face from the most recent news that I blurted out.

"Bella please look at me." I couldn't. I just couldn't bear to see his face. The next thing I knew, Edward placed his lips on mine and captured me in a deep kiss. For a while, the kiss seemed to make all of the pain, loneliness, and worry all leave, but as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. I started to wonder if this was the last kiss that we were ever going to share, or even if my world ends tomorrow and this is the last moment that we would ever spend with each other. After a few moments, Edward pulled his lips from mine as we both struggled to regain our breathing.

As soon as Edward regained his breathing, he stood up from the sofa and leaned over my shoulder.

"Bella, I promised that I would never ever leave you and I intend to keep it that way. The only way that I would leave you is so that I could go home or go to work." He bent down and placed a light kiss on my cheek. "I love you Bella, and please try to not let those dreams take you away from me okay."

"I love you too Edward and I will try and not to."

"That is all I ask for." With that said, he rushed out the door so that he could make it to work on time.

Now that Edward was gone, I had to find something to do to keep my mind and body busy without standing. I could go and play the piano, but then that would remind me of something that I would lose if my dreams did happen. I could reread another book, but my mind tends to wander when I read. As I went down the list, I decided on painting.

I had quite recently discovered my love for photography and painting. Well photography was quite unnecessary if you had the photographic memory that I have. I was able to remember what certain things looked like, even down to the smallest detail. After a few moments of thinking, I decided to paint our meadow. We have been there so many times that I can imagine every little blade of grass spread throughout the open field. What I love about it is that it's located in a secluded grassy field right on Lake Michigan. Even though its way out of the city, it is the perfect place to escape the busy Chicago streets and have a nice change of scenery.

After hours of painting, I was finally done. I moved back a bit to make sure that I didn't miss any detail.

"Goodness Bella, this painting is amazing!" my mother squealed as she entered the room.

"Thank you. It's my and Edward's secret meadow."

"I have never seen anything like it. No wonder it's a secret. Do you think that you could get your father to find that for me?"

"Not a chance. This is our secret meadow."

"Well in any case, supper is ready."

"Okay, thank you."

After dinner, I decided to do the dishes.

"Bella, you don't have to do the dishes. You need to keep the weight off of your ankle."

"Mother, I am perfectly fine. See?" I said pointing to my feet. I was balancing on one foot and kept my injured ankle off of the ground.

"Then what about your arm? It's still in the cast and you can't get that wet." Darn it, she had me there. I sighed and held my head down in surrender. I just felt so useless these past couple of weeks. Since there was absolutely nothing else that I could do, I headed upstairs to go to sleep.

"Good night mother, good night father."

"Night Bells," both of them replied.

I was woken up by the sound of music playing from the victrola in the living room. The song was When You Look In the Heart of A Rose, which happened to be one of my favorites. I got up off the bed and stretched, feeling the most rejuvenated I have ever felt. I then realized that I hadn't had the nightmares that have been plaguing my mind. For once, I had a calm, relaxing, dreamless sleep. I wanted to go investigate why the music was on, but in case there were some guests, I decided on changing out of my nightclothes. As soon as I was finished getting dressed, I headed downstairs. As I was about to hit the last step, I was instantly held up and felt my body begin to spin. I would've screamed, but the sudden action had taken me by surprise.

Within seconds I realized that Edward was the one that was holding and twirling me to the music.

"Good morning love."

"Good morning Edward. This is a pleasant surprise."

"I came to give you a nice wake up call."

"Well it is nice, but what brought it on?"

"Today is my day off and also the day that you get to walk around on your ankle if everything looks good. I think that those are reasons enough to celebrate."

"Yes they are." I took in a deep breath and smelt something, "Edward, did you make me bacon and waffles for breakfast?"

"Yes I did," he said as my stomach rumbled, "and it seems like you are ready to eat."

We danced all the way to the dining room. Edward quickly dropped on arm and picked me up bridal style as we continued twirling around. Once we reached the table, we stopped spinning as he placed me into the chair.

"Stay right here." Edward said as he left into the kitchen, probably to get the food. Within seconds, he had returned with a tray that had two plates, each accompanied by an apple and a glass of milk.

"Here is your breakfast Miss Swan. I do believe that it should be able to curb your appetite. Enjoy."

"Why thank you Mr. Cullen. I expect that it will taste absolutely superb."

"The only way that you will find out is if you start eating." He said as laughed a bit before beginning his own meal.

After laughing, I regained control and began to eat. The meal that Edward had prepared was of course perfect, just like him.

"So are we doing anything else after we finish this perfect breakfast?"

"Yes."

"Let me guess, it's a surprise and you are not going to tell me what."

"No, I'll tell you. We're going shopping, since I promised you a couple of weeks ago."

"Oh. You don't mind going shopping for baby gifts? People might get the wrong idea if we are shopping for baby items and we haven't gotten married yet."

"Well we could always just run off and getting married somewhere else." Edward joked.

I looked up and slapped him, "Edward we are not eloping! Don't even joke about that!"

"I am sorry about that, we wouldn't want rumors to start around and leave our parents to deal with that."

"Of course not."

"I would like to let you know that I am not opposed to the idea of having kids with you, but we have to get married first."

I blushed and lightly smacked him on the shoulder. "Of course." I got up and set my plate in the sink. "Now let's get shopping!"

"Since when have you been so enthusiastic about going shopping?"

"I love shopping when it's for someone else and it's my idea," I said with a grin.

"What am I ever going to do with you?"

"I believe that we were going to get married, then start a family, and grow old together," I teased.

He stood up and wrapped his arms around me, "That is all I could ever ask for and then some." He then turned me around and pulled me into a nice and gentle kiss.

After breakfast, we cleaned the table and the kitchen. Edward picked me up and set me on one of the chairs so that he could 'properly remove' the bandages around my ankle. I stood up and practically skipped around the room, enjoying the freedom my ankle now had. Edward reached into my path, pulled me into a tight embrace, and starting spinning again.

"Seeing that it's ten o'clock, shouldn't we start heading out now? I am tired of being cooped up in this house."

Edward set me down and proceeded to the door. He opened it, bowed, and said with a grin, "After you my lady."

I walked through the door while saying, "Why thank you kind sir."

We proceeded to the car, but being the gentleman that he was, Edward rushed ahead to open the passenger door for me. If I were to run that fast, I would trip at least ten time before reaching the car.

"Thank you again kind sir. Will I have to start paying you for your services?" I joked.

"There is only one kind of payment that I will take from an angel like you." He bent down and kissed me, "Thank you for your payment."

Once he sat in the driver's seat, I looked and noticed that he was grinning from ear to ear. His smiles were contagious and I found myself grinning from ear to ear, and blushing.

It was a short drive to the main shopping district. On the way there we talked about what kinds of gifts that we would be getting Renee and Elizabeth. We found a small little infant and children boutique. As we were looking around, we caught a few stares from the locals.

"I told you that we were going to get stared at. Just think of the rumors that are going to be spreading around town tomorrow."

"It's fine love. We know that they aren't true and that's all that matters. Now are we just looking or are we actually going to buy something?"

"Just looking. I mean they are only about 2 months pregnant so no need to rush things. I just want to get an idea of what kinds of things are out there."

"Okay."

We continued to look around, never buying anything. As we were walking down the street, we came upon a middle-aged gentleman.

"Hello Bella, Edward."

"Hello Mr. Newton, what brings you out here on a fine day like this?"

"Just the fact that it is a beautiful day and I don't work today. I saw that you two were looking at baby items."

"Yes sir. My mother and Bella's mother have found out that they are pregnant so we were shopping, trying to get an idea of what we should buy them later on," Edward replied smoothly.

"Good, good. I was hoping that we wouldn't have to punish you nice, good kids for not living chastely."

"I can assure you that we would never even think about doing that."

"Well if I here rumors about that, I shall dismiss them. I saw a couple of the looks you were getting."

"Thank you Mr. Newton."

"Sure thing kids. Enjoy the rest of your day, I'd better be getting home."

"Goodbye Mr. Newton."

"So we have about an hour or two to spend. What should we do?" Edward asked.

"I don't know. Can't we just walk around town for a bit?"

"Of course."

We had been walking around, enjoying the bustling life in Chicago. It was almost time for the sun to set.

"So do you have to work tomorrow?"

"Yes. I don't believe that I will get time off that much anymore."

"That eloping idea is starting to sound better by the second."

"Bella.."

"Edward you know that I am joking."

"Yes but you are the one that said that it wasn't a joking matter."

"I sincerely apologize."

"Apology accepted."

He bent down and kissed me again. I never wanted to let him leave, even to go to work. We ended up back in front of our houses.

"Edward, you know that you car is still left over by the shop don't you?"

"I actually forgot. I guess I will just get it tomorrow."

Suddenly a car pulled up next to us.

"Thank goodness you guys are here. Hop in we are going to the hospital," said the man.

"Jonathan, why aren't you with my father?" Edward asked.

"That's the issue. Your parents are seriously ill and you need to come with me now."

At that moment, my body became automatic as Edward and I jumped in the car and raced to the hospital.

Bwahahahahaha! I have been waiting to play my little angel of death card! The drama has started! Please read and review!

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