Edward and I started window shopping till we found the large arts store on the edge of the high street.

I walked straight in and went to grab a basket but I wobbled slightly and hit the door frame stopping my fall.

Edward grabbed me pulling me up straight till I was balanced.

I felt the burning of my blush rushing through my cheeks.

"Damn Elliot." I grumbled as I watched Edward grab a basket for me.

"Let me do that for you." He smiled at me. "So what do we need to buy then?"

I swallowed hard as I realised I hadn't told him why we were here.

He would tell Alice what I had planned or would he?

I stood there and thought for a few minutes on plausible lies to tell him.

None of them would work he would see that I was lying straight away.

Do I tell him?

"If you want the truth, you will need to promise me you will keep silent on what I tell you. You have to swear to tell no one."

I look at him sternly but I can feel my plea seeping through my eyes straight into his. He smiles and nods at me.

"That's not good enough. I need you to tell me you promise to keep your trap shut." I barked at him quietly but forceful.

I was in a no messing, no prisoners taken mood.

"I promise. Now will you please tell me what's going on?"

I looked into his eyes till I was sure he was being truthful.

"I want to thank Alice for all her help the other week so I am buying her the basics for learning to draw in pastels and giving her lessons."

"Um. . . . ." I looked up again to see his jaw had dropped to the ground.

He quickly rearranged his face and smiled at me.

He opened his mouth to talk but I felt like I knew he was about to object so I held up my hand.

"Just don't say it. You can't convince me not to. I really want to do this for her. I need to show her how grateful I am." He smiled again

"I won't say a word I promise on one condition. . . ." I looked at him worried what would he want from me to keep his silence.

". . . . . I get to carry the basket and you remind me to pick up some Emerald ink while we are here. Okay?"

I smiled and nodded, opening my wallet and pulled out the list of things I needed to buy.

While we walked down the aisles filling the basket with paper, pastels,

Oil pastels,

Fixer and as per Edward request we picked up some emerald ink.

We got into a heated discussion over seventeenth century art.

We finally got to the till with everything Edward needed and my stuff plus some extra bits that had jumped into our baskets.

By the time we finally left the art shop we decided to go for lunch.

We were just rounding the corner to pizza hut, not paying attention to where we were going when we bumped in to someone.

We were far too engrossed in our argument over the historical importance of art to notice where we were walking.

It wasn't till I hit them and fell over that I looked up to apologised.

"I'm sorry. I wasn't looking whe. . . . . . ."

I blushed as I looked up to see Natalie standing over me.

"Natalie? What are you doing here?"

"I should be asking you the same thing. I'm here doing some Christmas shopping. You?"

"I'm shopping for a present and I'm out doing some. . . . . ."

"Natalie. There you are woman."

The man interrupting me ran up to her and smiled at her.

He wrapped an arm around her waist and held her tight.

He was big and muscular.

I swear he must spend hours working out in a gym.

He looked very aggressive and irritated he started to try and shuffle Natalie slightly behind him.

I looked at his face and saw a pair of sea blue eyes staring at me, Then I realised he wasn't staring at me.

His hostility was being aimed towards Edward.

Did he know Edward?

I looked at Edward and he was very calm, ignoring the man's behaviour instead he held my hand tightly and looked at Natalie.

I wasn't sure what to do but something had to be said.

I didn't like this situation and the emotions around us.

"Um . . . . Do you two know each other?"

I asked looking at Edward and then the man with Natalie.

"Where are my manners?" Natalie shook her head stepping forward. "Bella this is Chris. Chris this is my sister Bella."

I smiled at him then turned back to her.

"Who's the handsome guy you're with?"

"Edward this is my sister Natalie. Natalie this is Edward, Alice's brother."

Edward took his gaze off Natalie and raised an eyebrow at Chris before kissing her hand.

Natalie and Edward then proceeded to talk amongst themselves.

Natalie talked to Edward and I for a few minutes while Chris stared daggers at Edward

"Bella. We really need to get some lunch." Edward spoke to me when my stomach grumbled.

"Would you like to join us?" I smiled at my sister then looked at Chris.

"I wish we could but we need to get going. I have a meeting I need to attend" Natalie responded with sadness pouring through her voice and guilt in her eyes.

"I'll call you later then and we can organise a proper family catch up then."

"Sounds great to me." We smiled and hugged each other before heading our separate ways.

Edward still looked tense as Chris walked past us.

"What a lovely young man." I heard Natalie say to Chris as they walked away.

I couldn't help but smile as Natalie rarely liked anyone.

We ate in Pizza Hut, we talked about the rest of the afternoon and I enjoyed an hour of unadulterated time together to talk about nothings.

"Where to now?" I smiled at Edward as we stood on to the high street again.

"I think that we should first go and put the bags in my car so they don't get forgotten or in our way." I nodded in agreement and we headed towards the car.

"We could go to Exeter cathedral."

He said as we got near the car and gave me a dazzling smile before adding.

"Then we could go to a Museum."

He knew my magic word and I smiled excitedly.

"That will do me."

We rushed up to the car and threw our bags inside the trunk.

Edward grabbed a small black rectangle from the glove compartment and a messenger style bag from the boot before locking up.

We spent the next twenty minutes walking around trying to find the cathedral.

We finally found the cathedral after it seemed like hours of searching.

Edward insisted on paying our entrance.

I gasped the minute I saw the inside, the place was breath taking beautiful.

Edward then appeared next to me.

"What you thinking?"

"I wish I had bought a sketch pad." I replied without thinking.

"Close your eyes" he whispered in my ear and I did as he asked.

I felt his hands wrap around mine and he gently placed something in my hands.

"You can open them now."

I looked into my hands and saw he had handed me a sketch pad and a box of pencils.

I looked up at him shocked and then back at my hands.

"You know us artist types I always keep a few spare note books with me in case inspiration ever hits me." He shrugged his shoulders

"I thought you might see something you would want to draw. I wasn't sure if you were bringing a sketchpad so I bought one just in case."

I couldn't help but grin as I took them off him.

He was right I hadn't thought about bringing drawing materials with me.

We spent the next two hours wandering around the cathedral.

I thought it was one of the most magnificent buildings I had ever seen.

The windows were magnificent but the arches were even better.

While I drew I think Edward wrote new lyrics or music.

Every now and then I would peek at him and see him running his finger along an imaginary piano.

It was as if he could hear the notes his fingers played.

He was enchanting as he sat in a pew and his fingers moved.

I decided to draw him and half an hour later I looked up from my picture of Edward playing his imaginary piano with his eyes closed.

"Ready to hit a museum now?"

I nodded and looked at the filled sketch pad in my hands.

I had filled it with drawings and doodles of the cathedral - as well as a few of Edward - by the time we left the cathedral.

We walked for a couple of streets until we rounded the corner.

I stopped in my tracks to stare at the building in front of me.

I was face to face with a huge gothic building.

The outside literally took my breath away.

I was now very excited.

I was like a little school girl dying to get into her mother's closet, to be able to walk around in her mothers jewellery and shoes.

It looked like paradise to me. My own personal type of paradise.

"The Royal Albert Memorial Museum." Edward said pointing to the building.

My day just got better once we were inside.

As his words and the scene in front of me sank in a different problem hit me.

I had no space in my sketch pad.

I had nothing to draw in.

We crossed the road and walked into the museum.

My heart fell in love even more with the contents of the building and I was kicking myself even more now.

I should have left some pages free.

I loved the place just from the lobby.

"Here you go." I looked at Edward then down to his hands.

They were out stretched towards me and now there was a fresh sketch pad in them.

I handed Edward the full sketch pad and watched as he put it in his bag before I squealed and ran into the museum.

I was fascinated with the place and wanted to explore its contents.

As I ran into the museum I could hear Edward laughing as he watched me run into the main exhibit.

I spent three heavenly hours in the building looking at the different exhibits.

I saw all sorts of different things from the coin collection to the ancient Egyptian exhibit to clothes and jewellery.

Edward wandered around with me staying close but he wasn't over bearing on me.

He left me to be me and just followed where ever I went.

I caught him a few times just staring at a piece on exhibit.

He seemed to just enjoy watching the little girl inside of me running around enjoying herself.

It was nice to be able to do what I wanted without having to worry about other people.

Edward seemed to just love seeing my excitement at all the little finds and treasures, I was coming across.

Every time I went 'ooh' or 'aha' at the latest treasure I had found his smile would grow.

Every time I squealed in excitement he would walk over to look at it with me and listen to my babble.

He would respond with a chuckle every now and then but otherwise would stay silent and just listen to me.

The puzzle jugs were magnificent and so beautifully made.

He chuckled at my reaction to them.

The 1860s wedding dress was beautiful.

It had a fantastic blue colouring with the beautiful lace and fabric button details.

I looked at him to see his expression his mind seemed to have left the building.

He was day dreaming away to himself till I pulled him out of it when I called his name.

He seemed heart broken when he returned to me.

Whatever he dreamt about he didn't want to leave it.

I spent ages drawing details of it and drawing my own type of design.

Every stroke I made Edward watched with fascination and pining.

He leaned in a few times but with drew away from me just as quickly.

It was like he could sense that people made me nervous and people touching me frightened me.

By the time I had managed to do about a third of the museum.

It was closing time.

Edward looked at my face as the guard told us and burst into a gut wrenching laugh.

"I'm sorry but your face is so cute."

He managed to get out between the laughs. "It was like that guard has just ripped you out of paradise."

"He has ripped me out. I've not managed to finish exploring yet." I lowered my bottom lip and pouted as I started towards the exit.

"How about I bring you back some time?"

"You promise?" He nodded his head.

"Not good enough. I will need to hear you promise me."

"Okay I promise you. I will bring you back to visit again."

I instantly grinned and started skipping towards the exit excited.

I had a promise and I would be holding him to his promise.

We walked back to the car slowly while we linked arms.

It was dark by the time we got there.

I was physically exhausted and emotionally over whelmed with all the things I had seen today.

As Edward opened the boot of the car I threw my handbag into the boot.

"Are you hungry?" Edward asked as he opened the door for me. "Just a little bit."

"How about a drive-through?"

"How does fried chicken sound?"

"Great."

It was only a matter of minutes before we were driving through a nearby Kentucky fried chicken.

Edward then drove us home as I ate talking about the day before I fell asleep in the car.

I noticed I was being gentle shaken awake and my name called.

"Bella." Then a hand on my jacket again as I was shook a bit more.

"Bella." He whispered closer to my ear.

I groaned and tried to roll over.

"Bella were back at your dorms. You need to get inside. It's cold out here."

I opened my eyes to find Edward at my side of the car.

"Bella do you want me to carry you inside?" he smiled at me slightly.

"Oh sorry I didn't mean to fall asleep." I mumbled at him.

"It's okay." He smiled again. "Would you like me to carry you inside?" I yawned then mumbled

"No thank you. I'll be fine."

I got out of the car and Edward shut the passenger door.

He opened the boot and grabbed my bags.

He placed Mimi on the floor and I pulled her handle up.

"Goodnight Edward. Thank you for a very enjoyable day."

I started wheeling Mimi towards the door, that's when I heard the locks go on the car.

I turned around to see Edward walking towards me.

I looked at him confused.

"Just making sure the lady gets indoors safely."

He smiled as he walked me to the entrance.

I turned to bid him good night again but he butted in before I could say anything.

"It was a pleasure to have your company today Bella. I will be looking forward to doing it again."

He smiled at me before turning towards his car.

He was gone before I could say anything further.

I managed to get as far into my room as my bed before I fell on it and went to sleep.

I didn't even have the energy to get undressed and at this moment in time I didn't care.

I just wanted to go back to sleep and hopefully dream of Edward again.