Disclaimer: *Still torturing Edward* Hey Alice!
Alice: OMG! Hey ... what's your name?
Disclaimer: It's disclaimer but I think it needs jazzing up a bit.
Alice: Definitely. Let me see. *Thinks for a second* Okay, I have several options. Disclaimer girly, disclaimer chick and, my personal favourite, Alice's new shopping buddy!
Disclaimer: OMFG! Really?
Alice: Yeah!
Disclaimer: *Squeals* OMFG! Wow! I can't wait!
Alice: Me neither. But I'm going to call you disclaimer girly cause it's easier. And we can go as soon as I say the line.
Disclaimer: Okay. Let me go get my bag. *Runs out room to get bag*
Alice: She doesn't own anything.
Disclaimer: *Runs back into room* Okay I'm ready! Lets go!
*Run out of room together and go shopping*
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Chapter 9
Bella's point of view:
The flight captain let us know that we were just about to land so after Edward had fastened his seatbelt he produced a thick ribbon. Every time we had come near anything that might give me a clue as to where we were going Edward had covered my eyes or ears or both. He'd even confiscated my passport so I couldn't check the visa. Now we were at the foreign airport he was going to cover my eyes twenty four/seven so I couldn't tell where we were.
'You know I could think of better things to do with that ribbon Edward.' He looked at me and smirked.
'Like what?' Ha! He had no clue where this was going.
'Oh y'know. The usual. Gag, hand restraints, chok-' Edward caught my lips in his to silence me. We kissed for a second then he pulled away.
'You have a very dirty mouth Miss Swan.' He said in a serious voice but his eyes were alight with humour.
'Well, you didn't seem to find it that offensive an hour ago in the toilet Mr Cullen. In fact you seemed to enjoy it very much.' I wasn't joking either. We were officially members of the mile-high club. He winked at me and produced a set of earplugs. 'Those won't work you know.'
'Oh, I beg to differ. Carlisle invented these and tested them on himself with Alice and Emmett screaming in his ears. He didn't hear a thing.' I pouted and he tied the ribbon round my eyes. 'I'm not putting the ear plugs in yet. I still want to talk to you.' I turned to him and used my hands to find his face. He smiled as my fingers traced his lips. He took my fingers in his hands and put them on the seats next to me. I didn't see him lean forward but his lips came into contact with mine. I was instantly craving more. I wasn't disappointed. Edward's hands slid under my shirt and I trailed my hands down to the waistband of his jeans. Our tongues fought for dominance in our mouths and I eventually gave up, he always won. Then someone tapped my shoulder and we broke apart. I slid the blindfold up from over my eyes and saw a flight attendant. We had our chairs on full recline in the first class section so we were horizontal and Edward was practically lying on top of me.
'Ummm ... Could I ask you to put your chairs up for decline. And I know it isn't really my place but you are okay aren't you miss? I was slightly worried when I saw the blindfold.' Edward and I flicked our chairs upright and I turned to the attendant.
'I'm fine thanks. Edward just wanted to make sure I have no clue where we are going.' She smiled and nodded.
'Well, have a nice time at your destination.' She smiled and walked off. The second she was gone Edward whipped the blindfold back down and bunged the headphones in. The flight guy was making an announcement I guess. It was the weirdest sensation ever being without my hearing. I was so used to hearing everything. I felt the plane start to descend and about two minutes later the plane bumped as we touched down. Edward clutched my hand tightly and led me though the airport. I couldn't hear a thing but when we got to the passport check Edward removed my blindfold. I received no clues as to where we were. After the airport we got into a car and Edward drove us somewhere. After half an hour of driving Edward lifted me out of the car and we got in an elevator. He removed the earplugs when we got in the elevator and I sighed as I regained my hearing.
'Any clues yet?' I asked and Edward chuckled.
'Nope. But it will only be a couple more minutes. Patience, love.' I smiled and nodded at him. We stood in comfortable silence until the elevator doors gave a quick ring and opened. Edward grabbed my hand and led me out. 'I had to call in some favours so I could make this private but I did it in the end.' His soft hands gently pealed back the blindfold and I gasped. It was twilight and we were .... no way .... We were on the top of the Eiffel Tower! I'd wanted to come here for ages! The view was amazing, all the lights of the city twinkling up at us.
'Wow. Edward, it's amazing. And you made it private. That's so ... So romantic!' I gushed. I threw my arms around his neck and kissed him quickly but passionately. When I let go he looked at the view, nervous.
'Bella. I brought you up here to say something to you. And promise you won't interrupt me no matter what I say, okay?'
'Sure. I won't interrupt at all.' He smiled at me.
'I don't like the way things are in our relationship.' I felt my face slip into a horrified frown. 'The whole boyfriend /girlfriend thing isn't enough for me. I brought you up here to ask you something so serious.' He knelt down and I felt my face change from a horrified frown to a shocked smile. 'Bella, will you marry me?' My eyes pricked but no tears came. I wiped my eye out of habit. He produced a black velvet jewellery box and opened it. There was a delicate white gold band nestled in the velvet cushion with a pattern of diamonds across it. It was so delicate and gorgeous. It was perfect.
'Yes.' I whispered, nodding like an insane person. 'Oh my god, yes! A thousand times yes!' My voice was louder this time and Edward slipped the ring onto my finger. He stood up and I wrapped my arms around his neck and his wound round my waist. He kissed me delicately.
'Thank you.' He whispered back. 'Mrs Cullen.' He said and I giggled. 'I like it.' He stated.
'Me too. More than you can imagine.' I told him and we kissed a bit more. About an hour later the elevator doors dinged again and a man in a tux came out.
'Congratulations on your engagement.' He said in a very French accent. 'We have your car ready to go to the airport now.' We nodded and walked back into the elevator. I understood my outfit now. Alice had dressed me in a blood red satin cocktail dress that had no sleeves and was only a few inches long. I was wearing it with black leather gladiator sandals with a five inch heel and had my hair curled. My make-up was simple, pale lips and cream foundation with mascara and black eyeliner. Edward was wearing black tux pants and a white shirt with the top few buttons undone. He was gorgeous.
'Are you blindfolding me again?' I asked. Edward snickered.
'Nope. We're going to catch a flight to Malta then I'm driving us somewhere on a little speed boat until we get to our destination. And I'm not telling you what our destination is.' He smirked and I scowled at him. We went through the airport quickly this time and, sure enough, got on a flight to Malta. This flight was quicker, only an hour and a half, and we lay our first class seats back to horizontal again so we could lie together. We had our legs intertwined, our bodies pressed against each others, our hands linked together, cradled between our chests. We lay in silence for the most part except for occasionally whispering each other's names, "I love you" or "Mr (or Mrs when Edward said it) Cullen". I didn't notice when the seatbelt sign came on and neither did Edward because once again a flight attendant came up to us.
'Awww. You two look so cute together like that.' How did she have such a good English accent? I thought this was France to Malta. Shouldn't she have a French or Maltasian accent.
'Thanks. We just got engaged.' We smiled at each other at Edward's answer.
'Well, congrats! But we're about to start our decent so would you be able to put your seat belts on and your chairs upright.' I could hear the jealousy in her voice as she said congrats. Muahaha, he was mine, all mine. Oh crap, now I'm starting to sound obsessive.
'Sure.' We muttered together and did all the things she said. She smiled at us and walked off to check the other passengers. We descended again and as soon as we got through the airport Edward ducked into a sleek black Mercedes. Edward drove like a maniac and we reached the docks in ten minutes. He carried both our suitcases and dropped them into a dark-grey speed boat which had a roof. Compared to the sailing yachts it looked fast. Very fast. Edward jumped into the boat and helped me down into it.
'How fast does this go?' I asked him when he started the engine.
'Three hundred mph. It's the fastest speed boat in the world. But we'll be cruising at a steady two hundred and fifty mph instead.'
'Hmm. So how long will it take to get to our destination?'
'About nine minutes. It's only twenty seven miles from here.'
'And when will you tell me where we're going?'
'As soon as you can see it.' I nodded and the boat sped up as we broke the harbour. Before I knew it the boat was speeding along at a steady two hundred and fifty mph, just like Edward had said. About seven minutes later a dark shape broke the surface, it was a little island.
'Is that it Edward?' I asked pointing out to the island. He chuckled and nodded.
'Yes. This is it.' I was nearly jumping up and down in excitement.
'Well, will you tell me what it is then?' I said, my voice quavering, threatening to break into an Alice squeal.
'Well, as soon as Alice found out I was planning on proposing she decided to buy me this island. It was so we could have a holiday here, away from the family.'
'Alice bought you an island!?! Is she insane!?!' I yelled. We were nearly there by now, it would take thirty seconds maybe.
'Yes to both. But the good thing is that it will be sunny all week long and very nice temperature. And there are no humans here so we can sunbathe and things if you want because no one will see.' Wow, it did sound nice. The boat pulled up at the little dock and Edward shut the engine off. I checked my watch. It was two am. 'Are you coming Bella?' He asked and I nodded. He held my hand and helped me up out of the boat. I remembered I had something to tell Edward.
'Ummm ... When we get to wherever on the island we're going I have something to tell you. It's nothing bad. In fact it's really good but we need to talk about it.' Edward raised an eyebrow.
'Oh? What is it?' I smiled at him.
'I'll tell you when we get there.' He huffed but continued to lead me through the dark. Eventually we arrived at a little cottage. It was only one story and quite big. Edward picked me up bridal style, nudged open the door and carried me inside.
'Hey! We're not married yet!' Edward laughed.
'I don't care. It just so happens that I like carrying you around. I like having you near me.' I kissed his chest where his shirt was undone.
'I'll be close to you for the rest of forever. But only if you put me down.' Edward chuckled and placed me softly on my feet. I looked around. The first half of the cottage was open plan, one part was a kitchen/dinning room and then in front of that was a lounge. It looked exactly like my downstairs floor. There was a wall and when I peeked through I saw a bedroom with what I assumed (and hoped) was an en-suite. That looked like my bedroom. I led Edward along to the lounge and sat down on the big white sofa. Edward sat down next to me. I curled up against him and he started to play with my hair.
'Will you tell me what you were going to tell me now?' I nodded and snuggled deeper into Edward's side.
'Well, you know when we fought the Volturi. Aro said he only had three powers. Well, he lied. There was a girl who had a power. It's not an offensive or defensive power. Basically, she can make a vampires reproductive organs work again. So we ... we can have kids if you want.' Edward looked at me.
'Really?' He was smiling slightly.
'Yeah. I didn't want to talk about it at your house because your family would have heard. I am going to ask if any of them would like me too use my power on them but I wanted to talk to you first.' Edward's smile was bigger now.
'That's amazing. You'd make a great mother Bella.' I smiled at him.
'Do you really think so? I think you'd be an awesome father.' And I did, I could see him taking his son to football practice or teaching his daughter to swim.
'Yes, you'd be brilliant.' I smiled at him. 'But what would the baby be like? Would it be human?' I knew this would crop up.
'No. The baby would be a vampire but it would age quicker than a human until it reached sixteen. It would possess the strength, speed and feeding patterns of us as well.' Think of the tantrums, sigh.
'But wouldn't it be like an immortal child?' I knew that would crop up as well.
'No. The child's intellect would be very advanced. By the time it was twenty four hours they would understand every single word that we said. They would walk, talk and everything by the time they were one week old and gain a year of development every two weeks or so.' The girl I had inherited this power of had been thinking about her power before I'd killed her because Aro hadn't mentioned it so I knew exactly how this worked.
'Wow. It sounds like super baby.' We both chuckled at his comment, especially as he had said "super baby" in a really deep voice like an announcer off a comic book cartoon kind of thing. 'What about you, I mean what happens before we try and while you're pregnant?' Always overprotective. He was so sweet.
'We wouldn't be able to try for a few days because as soon as I get my ovaries working I'll get a period but that will probably only last a few days. Oh, and I will be PMSing loads so it will be a few days of hell for you.' I smiled at him sweetly and he looked slightly worried. 'But I'll only be pregnant for two months and the whole child birth/labour thing will be the same as if I was human. And I'll lose my baby weight in under an hour.' Edward looked slightly confused. 'What's wrong Edward?'
'I'm trying to decide whether putting up with you PMSing for a few days is worth a baby.' He said looking innocent but there was a gleam in his eye. I hit his arm and gave a huff, turning round, folding my arms and pouting. 'See what I mean?' He asked. Before I could respond he'd jumped up and was now straddling me, pinning me down. He started to tickle me and I was almost crying with laughter.
'Stop! Stop!' I begged.
'What will you give me if I stop?' He asked.
'A baby.' I said and he paused, placing a finger on his chin and adopting a thinking face. His mistake. I pushed him off me and darted into the bedroom, giggling madly. I heard him get up and he started chase after me, laughing as well. We chased each other around the cottage for a while before we collapsed on the sofa laughing.
'So what do you think?' I asked him. He was fiddling with a piece of my hair. Again.
'About what?' He asked, absentmindedly.
'Do you want to try? For a baby, I mean.' He continued to play with the piece of my hair but pulled me closer.
'I want to. But only if you want to.' He whispered in my ear.
'I want to too.' I whispered back. 'But when? Now or in a few weeks or after the wedding?'
'Well, I think it might be better now because I think you'd be better around less people when you're PMSing.' I hit him again. 'Really though, I think we should now.' I smiled at him.
'Okay.' I stood up and pulled him with me. 'Put both of your hands in mine. The two people who are going to mate together have to join hands for this otherwise it won't work. You may feel slightly weird but don't let go of my hands okay?' He nodded and placed both his hands in mine. I closed my eyes and focused on Edward. It took me about a minute to get his sperm working again and Edward shifted his weight from foot to foot during the process. Then I focused on my ovaries and felt a really weird tingling sensation as they started to work again. A minute later I opened my eyes and grinned at Edward. 'All good.' I said and he smiled at me. Then I doubled over as a sharp pain hit my stomach. I fell on the floor and curled up in a loose foetal position.
'Bella!?! Oh my god Bella! What's wrong!?!' Edward's panicked voice came through my head. I opened my eyes and saw him kneeling next to me. I smiled at me.
'I'm pretty sure I didn't get cramps this bad when I was human.' I said and Edward relaxed. 'Edward, honey, do you think you could nip back to the mainland and get me some sanitary towels. I didn't bring any.' There was a knock at the door and Alice walked in. Wait, why the hell was Alice here?
'I saw you and decided that I'd save Edward the trip and bring you some.' Something landed in front of my face. I opened my eyes. A pack of green Always was resting there. Well, this was embarrassing. I stood up, wincing at the pain, and went and sat on the couch. Alice came over and sat on an armchair while Edward sat next to me. 'So ... I'm going to be an auntie soon.' Alice said conversationally. 'I can just see a mini-Edward or Bella running round. And you better tell Rosalie about your power before Edward gets you pregnant or she will hate you forever.' I sighed. Rosalie really wanted kids. She would think I was totally selfish not telling her or anyone about my power. Like I needed her to hate me more.
'Yeah. I might phone the family now actually and tell them all via loudspeaker.' Alice giggled at my choice of words. 'Why are you hear anyway, Alice? I'm guessing you didn't come just to bring me these.' I said holding up the box of Always.
'Oh well, y'know. Just thought I'd come and ask if I could get your wedding dress for you without you seeing. I found the perfect one and it's gorgeous -' I interrupted her.
'And you already got it.' I finished. She nodded at me shyly. 'That's fine with me Alice.' She nodded and squealed.
'Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!' She cried and ran out the cottage. I looked at Edward.
'Is she coming back?' I asked him.
'Nope.' He said, popping the "p".
'Well, that was random but nice.' I said then wandered off to the bathroom.
Bella and Edward having a baby! I didn't see that one coming. Again, I lie, I actually did. I had it planned since about chapter 6. Muahaha. R&R and check out my other stories. They are all of equal standard (ie: crap!) tehe ;)
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