'Diamonds and Pearls' by Prince "If I gave you diamonds and pearls would you be a happy boy or a girl? If I could I would give you the world but it's all I can do to just offer you my love... There will come a time, when love will blow your mind, and everything you'll look for you'll find. That will be the time that everything will shine so bright it makes you colour blind..."

It had started as just another grey day in August.

Renesme had gone down to the beach with Jake for a couple of hours while Carlisle and Esme had gone hunting. The men had been out doing some guy stuff somewhere meaning that I had snatched a couple of hours of covert shopping with Alice and Rosalie in Seattle. It had been bliss. But then again, every aspect of my new life is.

Sporting numerous carrier bags of clothes Alice had bullied me into buying I had gone to our little house to change and unpack. When Edward was back I wanted to show him what I had been black-mailed into by my sisters-in-law for sympathy and so just laid everything out on our large bed.

My Dad was taking Jake and Rene, as I called her – I hated Nessie – out tonight so we had an unusual night of peace. A night alone for once. The one down-side to an extensive family: little time to yourselves.

I had changed into a long blue gown me and Alice had argued over for twenty minutes at least; she saying that it would drive Edward mad with the colour and all, and me saying the price tag was driving me mad. Just because I had been given Cullen Credit didn't mean I had to spend it, did it?

In the end, I had bought the dress. And given up fighting Alice on buying any else she found that she deemed acceptable for me to wear. Shoes, jewellery and lingerie – we had managed to restock my already abundant closest twice over in a little under four hours. That part I was proud of – we knew how to shop hard.

The creak of the door had alerted me to my husband's homecoming; even now the word distils coils of excitement to stretch within me. I had listened silently as he entered the house, closed the door, took of his coat and walked through the lounge and kitchen in search of me and our daughter.

As he neared the door of the room my breath sped up, no doubt alerting him to my presence. I turned away from the door, taking a deep breath to try and steady my nerves. Heaven knows why I was nervous. Maybe it was simply Edward that aroused peculiar reactions with me. Whatever it was, I wasn't complaining – this emotional tidal wave was welcome with the hard, warm embrace that encircled my waist right then.

"Hello my love." Three simple words and yet it felt like my heart was soaring; a purely mental thing I know, since my heart hasn't moved in over eighteen months. Feverish lips pressed themselves against my neck, moving achingly slowly upwards to my ear where they parted to allow moist breath to form words in my ear. "Been shopping?"

He sounded amused and that made my mouth move into a smile too as I turned within his arms to welcome him home. He was spectacular, truly truly spectacular. And I knew I would never get used to the awe-inspiring view that was now attached to me in every way. I welcomed him heartily, pressing my lips to his as if they were as essential as air. To me, they were.

"Yes," I whispered almost silently against his mouth, looking into his eyes that were shining down at me. Two beacons of golden auburn.

"Find everything you went for?" This conversation was unnecessary but we continued it anyway as his hands followed the contours of the dress over me drawing me against him and to the floor urgently.

"Pretty much. I don't need to go again let's put it that way..." I interrupted myself with a gasp as his teeth lightly pressed into my shoulder only to have the skin soothed with butterfly kisses in the same spot. Damn, he was good.

"Are you sure my love?" His hands pushed the dress straps off my shoulders as I frowned. Had I promised to get him something? Or to get something for Rene? Had I forgotten the one true aim of the trip?

"I don't think so..."

"I, heard, you were short one item. A little birdy told me..." Edward laughed into my hair as he leaned around me to figure out the clasp to the dress. It didn't take him long and then I was sitting in a puddle of silk.

"Whose thoughts did you pull that out of?" I laughed tugging at his top shirt buttons impatiently.

"Rosalie's. In this case she is the most unreliable. She knew exactly what I was looking for." Finally my hands could reacquaint themselves with his marble chest and I sighed in satisfaction. He laughed lightly at my expression but I didn't care.

"Which was?"

"Shall I show you?" Edward drew back so I could see his face. He loved giving me presents. He loved finding things that I couldn't for the life of me locate. Loved getting things down for me. Loved opening doors for me – being able to be right there besides me, where he truly belonged, for the whole world to see. Myself, I wasn't too keen on the gift aspect of this relationship but I humoured him; I did get some pretty shiny's out of it and he seemed happy. A fuss like the one I had put up over my engagement ring didn't get me anywhere.

"I think you'd better..." I answered stretching out to get comfortable as he pulled back further. After a flame of a gaze seared my skin he reluctantly stood and left the room for a moment – returned to his coat – and came back into my arms.

In his hands was a small box: never a good sign. Without a word between us he handed it over and I slowly opened the top. Inside was the most perfect pair of earrings I had ever seen.

Long with tear-drop endings, that were exactly the same colour of my dress, one of the problems I had been having this afternoon. They fell from two ice blue studs where they would connect with my ears, through every colour of blue imaginable through a series of stones, definitely not semi-precious. The large tear drops were my dress-blue. Each stone shone in the light as I held them up for closer inspection my breath truly gone now. These would certainly class under the sparkly section of the presents I had received.

I was speechless. I loved them immediately; knowing Alice would approve whatever I wore them with. What was bothering me was how Rosalie had known exactly what earrings to project to Edward, to go with my dress.

"Where had she seen these before?" I asked quietly, gently stroking one tear drop with a finger.

"Just a magazine I think..." Edward waved dismissively.

"Tell me." I whispered huskily drawing closer to my husband. He swallowed hard and seemed torn as to whether to give in or not.

"Tiffany's... Does it matter?"

"You bought me Tiffany earrings on a whim?! Of course it matters." I scoffed eyeing him suspiciously. "So it was a catalogue not a magazine then..."

"Same difference." Edward rolled his eyes at me as I examined my present again. They were white gold then not silver, that much was pretty much guaranteed – Tiffany's didn't do masses of silver earrings, and what they did were mostly studs. "Do you like them?"

"Do I like them!? I love them!" I exclaimed throwing my arms around Edward. When we connected a bolt of energy ran through me making me shudder as he groaned and held me as I started to move away. "I just wish you had bought them for some occasion..."

"Every day with you is an occasion worth celebrating my Bella..." His hands were fire on my back; pleasure filled fire, there was no way there could ever be pain her, within this burning embrace.

"But still," I murmured against his shoulder, dropping my head to rest there, lying contently encircled in his arms.

"I love you," he whispered in my other ear this time and I shivered. Sparkles of light from the earrings reflected off our skins too from the light above making the moment shimmer as it was imprinted on my memory.

"I love you too..."

I knew there was one gift I could give him in response to my beautiful earrings that would make him almost as happy as I was now. We had tried it various times over the beginning of our time together and my control was better now; only the biggest of Edward's distractions managed me to pull away from holding my shields back.

"Put them in for me?" I asked calmly and Edward smiled, drawing my hair to one said whilst pulling one the trinkets from the box. Quickly and easily he put it firmly in position and with a kiss he left that ear, sweeping my hair to the side again.

This time however as he slid the back of the earring home, I let my elastic-like shield drop down to my ankles like the dress.

Edward's hand stilled where they were holding my neck as I projected images into his head - my perspective of memories between us. I had known before I dropped it what I would project and now as I did I felt the skin of Edward's palms heat mine.

Our wedding...The honeymoon...

My rebirth... Seeing Renesme...

Our first night at our little house...

Renesme's first birthday... Mine and Edward's own private celebration...

His hands began to move, testing my bounds of control. They drew gasps and moans as they went and when I knew I couldn't last much longer, I began testing which memories got the most reaction. Of all the ones that flashed through my head, Edward's eyes shone the most seeing my perspective of our engagement and our first new year's eve together. It was a tie. There may have been some slight difference but I was past the point of being able to tell...

With a final sigh I let it spring back into place and Edward brought his lips to mine. As quick as lightning, his fingers were interlaced with mine holding tightly between us. Happiness filled my brain clouding any need to breathe or move, contentment made my muscles feel refreshed and invigorated, pleasure overloaded my senses to make the moment non-sensical and boundless.

After a moment that felt infinite we drew apart in eagerness. I kissed Edward's cheek tenderly and traced his features with my fingers, staring deep into his eyes.

"Thank you," He murmured breathlessly smiling slightly at me, his eyes were hooded showing that my gift had had the desired effect.

"You too; these are exquisite." I smiled in response, sighing happily.

"You're exquisite. I love you my Bella. You're blindingly radiant, sparkling everywhere in my gaze. I want to give you everything, the world, all I have – a pair of Tiffany earrings just isn't enough..." I laughed lightly at his words making him quirk an eyebrow.

"I don't want the world silly." I smiled pulling him close again. When he was right where I wanted him, I spoke again hoarsely this time, hopefully for the last time that night. "All I want is you..."

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