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FYH Chapter 7

Moving On

BPOV:

The Webbers and Ben got up early to see us off the next morning. It wasn't any easier leaving them this time than it was the last time. Edward and I had found our next destination. It was the Wind Walker Ranch in Utah. There was horse back riding, hiking, nature spas, and lessons on the history of the Native American tribes that inhabit the area. Edward and I had really loved that part of the rafting adventure and when we found this place we just had to go.

We were both a little tired from staying up most of the night celebrating our marriage that we were both extremely quiet on the drive. I started considering that I was getting tired of the motorcycle. It was one thing was I was alone but it was still uncomfortable then. But after so many hours on the bike my legs and butt hurt like a bitch. Maybe it was time to trade it in for a sports car. I bet Edward would like that. Oh wait, Edward, my husband Edward. These are the type of things that husbands and wives are supposed to discuss and decide on together, right? Ok. I will just have to bring it up to him tonight and see what he thinks about it.

It took nine hours to get from Reno to Spring City Utah. By the time that we got there we were grimy and dirty and just wanted to fall into bed and sleep. Welcome to married life she laughed out loud at that thought.

"And just what is so funny, my wife? Man, I don't think that I will ever tire of calling you that."

"I hope that you don't. I was just thinking that we are acting like an old married couple too tired to do anything but fall into bed and actually sleep. I mean really Edward, it's only our second night being married and the passion has fizzled already." I teased him.

"We'll see about that 'fizzled passion!" And with that he pounced on me and it was going to be another night with very little sleep. Not that you'd ever hear me complain about that.

The next morning we lay in bed enjoying the peace and quiet. The villa that we reserved was the furthest out from the rest of the lodge, which was probably a really good thing. I would hate to think that we emotional scarred anyone last night, least of all any children. We knew that we were going to have to get going soon to make it to the dining hall before they stopped serving breakfast. We decided to shower together to save time. I think we established before how this was a bad idea. Needless to say, we missed breakfast. But, again there were no complaints from me. Or Edward. He seemed really happy with the ways that I encouraged our delay.

After we finally got something to eat from the snack shop we started heading down to the stables. After I got over my initial fear of the mules at the Grand Canyon, I decided that I liked horse back riding. Even though Edward still called them horrid beasts he wasn't fooling me, I knew he enjoyed riding. So, today we were going on a trail ride.

Today we were just going to take a short ride. We were planning on taking a full day trail ride before we left though. Since we had decided to spend the whole week here we figured that we had time. It was a beautiful place to see though. The mountains were gorgeous and the woods were so serene. I wouldn't mind finding a place like this to settle down. I wondered immediately what kind of place Edward saw himself settling at.

Again that was something that we would need to discuss together. But now wasn't the time. Now was for enjoying each other company and the peace of the wilderness as we let the trained horses carry us through the woods.

It was October and the trees had begun to change colors and the temperatures were getting cooler. This was more obvious to us as we just came from the hot desert. Another reason to trade in the Ducati, winter was coming and we were heading into the Midwest. That I would definitely bring up tonight. We needed to find out what each other wanted and didn't want in a vehicle. Wow. This was going to be our first major purchase together. I was a little worried about having this discussion. It was about the only thing that my parents ever fought over.

Mom tended to want to get frivolous and get a lot of bells and whistles on a new car and Dad was really conservative and never wanted to spend the extra money we didn't have. In the end, though, they would compromise. Mom would list the extras she really wanted and Dad try to get some of them for her without over extending their budget. It's not like Mom was a big spender or cared what others thought about her car. But, when you never have much sometimes you want to splurge a little. There was no harm in that and I think that is why Dad gave in as much as he could.

We returned from our trail ride in time to head for lunch and then we were intending to just sit outside our villa and just enjoy the afternoon. I have to say though that the beef stew that they served us for lunch had to be by far the best that I ever had.

EPOV:

I don't know about Bella but I was going to have to start working off these big meals that I was eating. Maybe we could take walks after supper every night. That would be nice and it could be something that we could continue to do even after we stop traveling and buy a house somewhere. I can see that so clearly, Bella, myself, and our children.

We sat on the porch swing enjoying watching the families walk in the distance, headed to various activities that were offered by the ranch. I knew that something was bothering Bella, she had been quieter than normal all day and I wasn't about to let my wife be upset and quiet. We needed to learn to communicate these things with each other and there was no time like the present.

"Bella, is there something wrong honey? You've been awfully quiet all afternoon."

"Nothing's wrong Edward, I'm fine. But there is something that I want to talk to you about."

"Anything, Sweetheart."

"I think we need to think about trading in the bike."

"Really? I thought you loved the bike?"

"I do but it's not going to practical soon…" She went on to explain her reasons for wanted to get rid of the bike and I agreed with her that we needed a more winter appropriate vehicle but I really didn't see the need to get rid of the bike all together either. It wasn't like we couldn't afford to keep the bike and buy a new car outright.

"How about we buy the new car and keep the bike? I love the bike just as much as you do."

"Well, we could. But what would we do with the bike while we're still traveling?"

"We could store it in Phoenix."

"How are we going to get the bike to Phoenix?" I knew that there were two ways of getting the bike to Phoenix. The first way of getting it there was that we take it ourselves and the second way being calling Emmett and Rose to come get it. They were licensed to drive motorcycles and it would be safe for them. They'd probably even enjoy it a lot. I was more inclined to go the second route and even at that I knew that I had the option of not seeing them if I didn't want to. We could just leave the bike at the dealership or whatever hotel we stayed at and have them pick it up.

"That's rude Edward and you know it." Bella exclaimed when I told her my ideas. "The least we can do is to be there when they arrive. We don't have to spend a lot of time with them if you don't want to."

"I know honey. You're right. But first things first we have to actually decided when and where we are going to buy the car then I'll call Emmett."

"And we have to decide what we want in a car. There are so many options available I don't even know where to start."

We spent the rest of the afternoon talking about what we were wanting in a car. Which features we wanted, the ones that we had to have, and which features we absolutely refused to have on our car. We managed to agree that a four door would be more convenient and eventually decided that a SUV would be the best idea since we were planning on driving places where there would be snow and ice. Now we just needed to decide on a make and model.

The rest of the evening after dinner we spent exploring the ranch and deciding what we were going to do the next day. We found out that there was a learning expedition on Native American culture that was going to take all day that sounded like a lot of fun. There was even to be a ceremonial dinner that evening with story telling.

The next day we met up with the other guests that were participating in the day long workshop at the main guest house. One of the lessons that we were going to be taught was traditional dances. That was a lot of fun, even Bella enjoyed herself. That took the whole morning. After a traditional lunch of Elk and pine nuts cooked over an open fire along with some fruit we spent the rest of the afternoon learning Native American crafts such as weaving. While some people made dream catchers, Bella and I decided on making something a lot more practical. We made a basket together. I was a beautiful rose and grey and we made it in the shape of a heart weaving initials into the bottom.

Later that evening, while we sat by the fire waiting for the supper to cook, we watched dancers do some of the traditional dances that they had tried to teach us that morning. It was an amazing scene to behold with all the dancers in traditional outfits. Then they told us a series of traditional tales, one of which was called "The Two Grandsons." It was a tale about two boys that go hunting in the woods alone and the trouble that they get into. The younger boy was afraid of the elk that they were attempting to hunt and ended up scaring the animal off three times before the they older boy tied the younger one up and was able to kill the elk. Then the younger boy did not want to help cook it nor did he want to walk home that night, despite the older brother's warning about the dangers that the woods held. The younger boy awoke hungry in the middle of the night and went to fix himself something to eat. The fire attracted a man that approached the younger boy and carried him off into the woods. The older boy was annoyed with the younger one and ignored his pleas for help. When he awoke that morning and found the younger boy missing he went home to get help. The tale went on about how their grandfather resurrected the younger boy. It was mesmerizing to watching the story tellers go on in such animation.

The rest of the week we spent taking more trail rides and by the time that was over a day at the resort's spa for a massage was definitely needed. There also was a lot of time taken for nature walks and being alone in our beautiful villa.

We had narrowed down the choices for the new car we wanted to three different ones; the Nissan Xtera, the Dodge Journey, and the Chevy Tahoe; but we wanted to be able to look at them and test drive them before we made any real decisions. So, a couple nights before we left I sat down to make another phone call. While I wasn't dreading this one like the last, it still wasn't an easy call to make.

"Hello?" The voice of my sister-in-law Rosalie came through when she answered my brother's cell phone.

"Hey Rose, its Edward."

"HOLY SHIT EMMETT! GET OUT HERE NOW!"

"Geez Rose, between you and mom I'm going to end up deaf."

"Sorry, but he is in the shower. We're getting to go to Mom and Dad's for dinner. It's their anniversary today."

"I know and we have something for them, too."

"Mom told us that you were marrying Bella. Is she there?" I told her that Bella was sitting right next to me and she insisted on being put on speaker phone.

"Bella," Rose started. "I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you so much for whatever you did to save Edward from that wretched woman. You stepped up and helped him where we all failed him. So again, thank you and welcome to the family. Emmett's here. I'll put him on."

"Edward, where the hell are you?" To which I heard a thwack come from Rose and her hissing at him not to scare me off again. "Sorry Edward. But we all miss you and we want you to come home."

"Emmett, I'm not sure I'm ever going to come home to Phoenix to live, but I did promise Mom we'd visit. But, I do have a favor to ask of you if you're willing. Well, it's something I need you and Rose to do for us."

"Of course, Edward, what do you need?"

"Well, you see…" I went on to explain about the Ducati and how impractical it was about to become and how we wanted them to fly up to meet us in Salt Lake City and drive the bike back to Phoenix for safe keeping in their garage.

Needless to say Emmett and Rose were thrilled at the idea of meeting us and more importantly meeting Bella. They were the first in the family to talk to her and they got along really well with her and seemed to really like her. It made me really hope that I could possibly be able to live near my family again in the future and be able to trust that they were going to allow me to live my own life and make my own decisions with only the input of my wife. We told them which hotel we were staying at and we agreed to spend the weekend together visiting before Bella and I took off again. I asked them to wish Mom and Dad a happy anniversary for us and then we ended the call. I was actually really looking forward to seeing them again and spent the rest of the evening bouncing around the villa until Bella grabbed me and insisted I put my pent up energy to better use. Yeah, like I was going to argue with that.

A/N

Ok. Citations first.

The Ute Indians did/do live in the Utah area. I did a general search though to find the story that I put in this chapter as well as the food that they served. I mean no offense if I had incorrect information. Here are the websites that I used:

http:/www(.)indigenouspeople(.)net/twogrand(.)htm

http:/www(.)bigorrin(.)org/ute_kids(.)htm

http:/www(.)windwalker(.)org/nativeamerican(.)html (the resort they stayed at)

If you haven't seen it yet, I posted an outtake as a separate story called FYH outtakes. It's the scene where Edward's siblings confront Tanya after the wedding is cancelled. Fair warning: there is swearing and violence going on in it. As always follow me on twitter as branson101, on Facebook as Princess Sam (those are my baby kitties!), and I started a new blog on blog spot for my stories called Branson101stories. I am posting info there as well as teasers. I don't know when I'll get to write it but this chapter has inspired me to write two more outtakes; Emmett's POV of retrieving the Ducati and their drive back to Phoenix and their parent's anniversary dinner. So keep an eye out for those.