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A/N. Hey guys, I just want to thank all your wonderful reviews throughout this story, they meant a lot. Yet, I am sad to say, this is the last chapter. The next chapter will be the epilogue, so thats where this journey ends. Next, the referred song in the last chapter was, "My front porch looking in" by Lonestar :) Finally, My story, "Ordinary Pass By" is officially up, so I would be extremely grateful if you checked it out, and possibly reviewed :D
P.S. This will have a small Edward POV in the middle somewhere, but only a small portion then it will be back to Bella's :D
Well thank you guys again, now on with the chapter!
Chapter 9
Holiday Surprises
I slowly awoke as soon as I heard and smelt food being cooked from the kitchen. When my eyes fluttered open I gave a small squeak due to the fact I was in a dark velvet room, yet it gave off a romantic glow. It took me a few moments before I remember this was Edward and I's new home, just ours. My heart grew at the idea, almost at the same rate that smile of my face did.
I took in another deep, making sure everything was still real, and when I finalized this was not a dream, I let my feet have their way and made my way down to Edward. As slyly as possible I peeked around the corner, only to find no one in sight. I gave a slow sigh, then looked around the house, food was cooking and yet everything was quiet, too quiet.
"Edward?" I whispered to nothing in particular.
"Yes, love?" Said a soft voice from behind, causing me to jump 5 ft into the air.
"Edward! Don't scare me like!" I said breathlessly, turning around with a bright blush.
"Oh I'm so terribly sorry," he began in mock guilt, " will you ever forgive me?" he asked, pulling me into a hug.
"Well I don't know, Mister Cullen, what do you think I should do?" I whispered, looking up at threw my eyelashes.
His breath hitched making me smile bigger, "Well, Miss Cullen, since it is the holidays I think you can find it in your lovely heart to forgive."
My smile brightened, " Then be it. I forgive you, dear Edward" I said playfully. Edward's loving grip on me tightened as he bent down to capture my lips with his. Soon I was pressed up against the counter, getting lost in my own lust. Then all to quickly Edward broke the kiss, pressing his forehead against mine, my lips on their own accord tried to regain his. That crooked smile that I would kill for slowly appeared as Edward plopped me down in the chair.
"Breakfast is cooking love, and I would feel terrible if I forgot to feed you" he said lightly turning back to breakfast. I just giggled, then remember something.
"So its' Christmas already?" I spoke softly, staring out the window.
"Yeah, I guess it is" laughed Edward.
"You know, I haven't yet celebrated Christmas in Forks. Except that one time when you were, well, that time I guess I wasn't really here" I mumbled.
"Well, then I am honored to be the first you spend it with" smiled Edward as he sat down next to me, placing the food in front of me. Tears filled my eyes, which slowly found their way to meet Edward's.
"You remembered?" I whispered slowly.
"Bella, I could never forget" he replied, pulling me close. Breakfast that morning was mushroom ravioli, coke, and piece of paper that read, "Be Safe."
"I love you so much" I whispered, trying to cover up my small sobs.
"I love you too Bella, but you must get to eating we have to meet the family in a hour" he replied smiling, stealing a ravioli. I stared at him in mock horror and decided to get some revenge. After I was done enjoying such a symbolic breakfast I asked Edward to come in as I washed the dishes. He was happy oblige, I smiled, He'll never know what hit him.
When I heard Edward enter the kitchen I turned to him slowly, looking up at threw my eyelashes. His eyes grew a shade darker, and a small crooked smile appeared on his flawless face.
"Bella," he began in a what sounded like a purr, " ether your wanting something, or your planning on making us late for the Christmas party."
"Well, why don't you come here and find out" I replied playfully, motioning for him to come forward with a finger. With his crooked smile growing he slowly made his way toward me, this was going to be to easy. When he was close enough to get, but not totally dazzle me I quickly spun around, grabbed the sink hose and turned back around with a playfully wicked glint in my eye.
Edward's face moved from confusion to playful horror. My clutch on the nozzle tightened.
"Bella, put the hose down" Edward breathed, slowly backing away. I stepped closer, my evil smile growing.
"Ah, but this is what you get for stealing a delicious ravioli" I replied in a low sexy voice, causing Edward to loose his train of thought, this I took advantage of. With a quick push of a finger water began to spew from the hose and drench Edward, this was causing me to laugh uncontrollably. Within 30 seconds Edward was soaking wet head to toe, this added to his handsomeness.
"You know, the new look suits you" I giggled.
A low, loving growl erupted from Edward making me jump backwards, trying to let him keep his manliness.
"Bella, you shouldn't have done that" whispered Edward, then he shot out after me. Me being a still new vampire caused me to be quicker, I gave him a slight kiss on the cheek and whispered, "Catch me if you can" before dashing out of the house and into the forest.
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I got quiet a ways before I heard footsteps as light as mice's, this made me push faster with joy. As I ran, Edward close behind it was like nothing matter, just Edward, I, and running. The possibilities were endless, yet I understood where I was headed, the reason was a medium size package that held my love.
Then sooner than expected I was where I wanted to be, in our meadow. It was absolutely beautiful, snow covered every inch of anything that stood everything shone like millions of diamonds. It was breathtaking. Slowly I made my way to the middle of the meadow and waited for my husband to arrive, which luckily wasn't long.
I felt my expression brightened as Edward finally arrived, happily I ran over and tackled him into the snow. He was completely dry now, his hair in a messy disarray, his clothes rumpled and windblown.
"I see you caught me" I whispered into the crook of his neck.
"I see I did. Now you must have a taste of revenge" he replied playfully.
"Oh? And what is wrath I must endure?" I asked, raising a eyebrow.
"No kissing for a month" he said with an all-to-straight face. Mine on the other hand dropped as I drew in a ragged gasp.
"A month!?" I exclaimed, jumping up off him.
"Yep. A whole month" he said smoothly, propping up on his elbows. I turned toward him with puppy dog eyes, and quivering lip. When his eyes met my gaze, his face dropped in guilt.
"Bella! I'm just kidding, don't cry!" he whispered, pulling me close. A smile creeped upon my face, this was turning into being a very interesting Christmas. After a few moments of silence I pulled away slowly and took out the package from behind me.
"Merry Christmas" I whispered, handing it to Edward. When his hands touched the paper, I saw something I have never encountered before, Edward's eyes flashed a brilliant emerald green for a quick second before turning back to a mostly gold. Before I could say anything, Edward began.
"Bella, you got me something?" he whispered, rubbing his hands slowly over the package.
I laughed, moving so I sitting next to him, " You didn't think I would forget, did you?"
"No, no! Yet, I didn't think you'd actually buy me something. I mean your love is all I need" he whispered, turning the package over.
I smiled, turning to look at the trees, "Edward. I didn't buy it. I made it" I said so quietly I wasn't sure he heard. I was wrong.
"What? You made this? For me?" he sputtered, his eyes growing.
"Buying something didn't seem to mean as much as something that I could make from scratch. Now open it before I go insane" I giggled, encouraging him with my hands.
He gave me a wide smile before quickly tearing of the paper and reveling a journal with a leather cover. With a deep breath I saw Edward expression move from curious to understand, his lips twitched with an urge to smile, his eyes glowed.
"Well,
open it" I smiled, opening the cover to reveal more of what it
meant.
( E.POV )
"Buying something didn't seem to mean as much as something that I could make from scratch. Now open it before I go insane!" Bella urged. I couldn't help but give her a big smile, this was to much of her, all I would ever need was her love. This gift, she made from scratch and even though I didn't know what the paper beheld, I already loved it. Then so I didn't cause my angel to go insane, I quickly removed the paper and reveled a journal with a leather covering.
Love washed over me, I took in a deep breath and stared adoringly at the piece of work my love had created. I was sure my eyes were glowing with the love that erupted from inside me, this was so much.
"Well, open it" My angel cooed, her soft hands moving to open the cover. What I read next was so loving that if I were to die right then, I would have died happy. In the covers of the journal read :
You, is all I want.
Your voice is the most wonderful of sounds,
Filling me with the thought of what I have,
It always holds me joy, unless it tells sad tales of departure,
Your embrace is what holds me together through the days,
Making me realize I have my own personal glue,
I have my own true love,
Your eyes pull me to places I never wish to leave,
Holding me there, captivated.
As I finished reading loving tears rose into my eyes, and I slowly turned to look at the goddess who wrote the words.
(B.POV)
As Edward finished reading the words that I spent many hours upon writing, he turned to look at me slowly. When his eyes met mine I saw they were glazed with tears, this worried me.
"Edward, what's wrong?"
"Oh Bella, your everything that I could ever ask for" whispered Edward, shutting the journal, and pulling me onto his lap.
"Bella, I love you" he continued before pulling me into a deep, meaningful kiss. This kiss meant so much, it held so much that I hated when it ended. As Edward pulled away he gaze a quick glance at his watch.
"Love, we should get going. Alice will be angry as it" he sighed, standing us up.
I sighed, and placed my hand in his, "Alright, well we have to stop off and get everyone's presents and the car." I smiled, we exchanged a quick kiss before heading our way home.
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20 minutes later we were getting out of the car and getting shouted at by a very angry Alice.
"YOU GUYS WERE SUPPOSE TO BE HERE 2 HOURS AGO!" she shouted, taking us by the arms and leading us to the house.
"We're sorry Alice, but Bella decided to give me my present separately this morning" Edward replied coolly.
"WELL THE WHOLE FAMILIES BEEN WAITING AROUND THIS MORNING FOR YOU GUYS! WE ARE AT COMPELTE LOSS ON HOW TO STUFF THE TURKEY!" Alice exclaimed, letting go of Edward and pulling me into the kitchen.
"I'm sorry Alice! But I'm here now, so let's get Christmas on track?!" I said, my temper slipping.
"Alright then! Well first of all how do you stuff the turkey?" asked Alice, pointing at the huge turkey that sat on the counter. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes, then began my work on Christmas dinner for 8.
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"Finally!" I exclaimed 2 and half hours later, setting the turkey down on the dining table. I took my gloves off and took my spot next to Edward. Quickly everyone was taking a handful of ether turkey, cranberries, or pie; This was defiantly a very interesting Christmas. I mean who knew vampires would soon be eating human food, and enjoying it.
"Holy crap! This is awesome Bella!" exclaimed Emmett.
"Yeah Bella, your going to have to cook for us every Christmas from now on!" smile Jasper.
"You know, Esme, Rosalie, and Alice helped you guys!" I said, defending my sisters and mother figure.
"Yeah, but without you we would ended up stuffing the turkey's head!" joked Rosalie. The rest of dinner went on with good cheer, and talks about how Emmett planned to take over the world. Life being one of the Cullens' would never be dull, I was sure of that.
Later on, after the table was cleared and we were all crowded into the living, Rosalie and Esme stood up. That's when I realized they were practically glowing,.
"Everyone, Rose and I have a very important announcement!" exclaimed Esme, looking lovingly at Carlisle.
"Bella, Esme and I have to give all our thanks to you. If not for your love, we would have never gained this experience" whispered Rosalie, a bit embarrassed, I smiled wide at her and Esme.
"Well we just wanted you guys too know, " Esme paused, pulling for a dramatic effect, " that me and rose are pregnant!" The entire room went more silent, as if it were possible. Then all in unison, everyone jumped up and cheered.
"Oh my god! We're going to have a baby!" Carlisle and Emmett exclaimed, both grabbing their wives joyfully. I smiled up at Edward who had happiness written all over his face. As soon as Carlisle and Emmett were done embracing their wives, I made my way over and gave them excited hugs. This was truly an amazing Christmas. The congratulations went around for quiet a while longer until it was present time.
"Alright, everyone find your presents!" Smiled Esme, clapping her hands together. In what seemed like a angry mosh pit everyone stumbled to the tree, we probably looked like a herd of vengeful 6 year olds. As quickly as I could I picked out all of my presents, and retreated to the couch. When I seated so did everyone else, we all had 8 presents. 7 of mine looked like boxes that held a ring, and the last one that looked it held a bigger set of jewelry. I sighed, and picked out the first one, it was from Alice. I unwrapped it slowly, not sure of what it would behold. It was a velvet box, wearily I opened the box and gasped at the contents.
Inside was very small yellow Porsche, it was a charm for my bracelet and it looked exactly like Alice's real car. I looked up at Alice and gave her a big smile.
"Alice is beautiful!" I mouthed
"Thanks, I knew you'd love it!" she smiled in return. Easily I clipped the car to my bracelet and began to open my other presents. As I opened them they all turned out to be charms. Emmett's was a furry little bear, Rosalie a diamond star like Edward's heart, Esme two silver doves, Jasper a small silver quarter-note, and Carlisle a silver key. Finally, it came time for Edward's present, I took the elongated box, unwrapped it and opened it. Happiness filled me, inside was a pearled chain, with a silver heart and in the middle was a smaller, sapphire one. (A/N Picture on profile ) I carefully removed the beautiful jewelry from the box and looked wide-eyed at Edward.
A crooked grin appeared on his face, his hands took the necklace from my hands and he moved around quickly to place it on my neck. When he came back around to sit down, his smile grew.
"Bella, you look beautiful" he whispered. Suddenly Alice appeared with a hand-held mirror and I stared in awe at the breathtaking accessory.
"Edward" I breathed, looking at him with love filled eyes. He took me in his arms and gave me a passionate kiss. When we pulled away, I gave him a warm smile, and hug.
"If this is eternity, then never let me go."
The End.
Alright, so this is the longest chapter I have ever written and I hope it turned out well. I know it may have been kind of rushed but I didn't want to drag on with everything. So, I will be posting a epilogue to officially end this story.
Again, I thank every each and one of you who have read this story and reviewed, it has meant so much! I hope you guys will check out my other stories, I promise those I am working on very hard to get everything right.
So thank you all, Merry Christmas!
Much love,
Prettykitty!
