Chapter 10 First Night in Roma

Bella's POV

"C'mon Edward, some husband you're shaping up to be, please tell me." I whined.

Edward looked thoughtful for a moment before grinning widely, "Nope, not a chance."

I groaned. We were going on 'honeymoon' now for a week and I had no idea where we were going, darn Edward and his surprises!

Edward grabbed my hand as he led me out past the terminals and into a more deserted part of the airport.

"Edward, where are we going?" I asked nervously as there became less and less people around.

He must have heard the uneasiness in my voice because he squeezed my hand reassuringly, "Relax Bella, you'll see."

And when he pushed through some double doors to a large private looking runway, I did see.

"You hired a private plane?" I asked in disbelief, looking at the shiny black aircraft that was ready for take off.

"No," he shrugged, "I own it, well the whole family does really."

I gaped at him, "How long? Why have you never told me?"

Edward laughed, he'd probably expected my reaction, "About a year and I never told you because I knew how you'd react, besides, it never came up." He grinned cheekily.

"Oh yes," I said sarcastically, not actually really surprised- The Cullen's enjoyed luxuries such as fast cars, so I should have known there would be a plane, "Because 'Oh, I own a plane' really comes up in everyday conversation."

"Exactly!" He laughed.

"You have an ulterior motive." I accused as we sat in the way too comfortable seats ready for take off.

"Such as?" he raised his eyebrows, looking way too innocent.

"You know that I won't be able to see our destination because it won't be announ…" I trailed off and jolted as I felt the plane start take off. I gritted my teeth.

Edward immediately lifted the arm rest between us and pulled me to his side, rubbing my arm reassuringly. Thank goodness for his strength- he knew exactly how much taking off and landing scared me and he knew well enough not to comment.

"You okay? Want a snack?" he asked once we were in the air and I could take in a decent breath of air.

I nodded, "Thanks, but no to the snack, I'm feeling kind of sick." I told him.

"Baby?" he asked and I nodded again.

"Bathroom's through there on the side of the bedroom." He told me gently, "Just in case."

"Bedroom?" I exclaimed, "This place is like a freaking hotel room!"

He chucked, "You should see the actual hotel room we're going to then." He winked and I groaned.

"Do I even want to know how much you spent?"

"Probably not." He laughed, "Just enjoy it Bella, there's really nothing you can do about it."

I smiled wryly, "I know, I grew up with you remember."

*****

We were now in Rome.

As in Italy, Rome.

Freaking Rome!

The place I'd always wanted to go, and Edward being my best friend, knew this- it had also always been his dream.

I should have known he would pull something like this- the sneak!

I was literally gaping in wonder, the smile huge on my face as Edward drove along the streets to our hotel.

"I take it you're happy with the surprise?" Edward asked with a chuckle.

"Duh!" I said, "Wow this is amazing, thank you!"

Edward just smiled in response.

When we arrived in our hotel room, I took a look around the huge, tastefully decorated mint green honeymoon suite (It was the largest in the hotel) and the luxurious bathroom.

"Wow." I breathed as I explored, I still couldn't believe we were here!

"We'll have to share a bed." Edward said, coming up from behind me where I was standing on the balcony admiring the stunning view, "And forgo the complimentary Champaign."

"No to the Champaign for obvious reasons." I grinned, "And sharing a bed is fine Edward- we've done it before- just keep your hands above the blanket and we'll be fine." I teased him, elbowing him playfully in the stomach.

He laughed, "You never know, it is my honeymoon after all." He teased back.

I joined his laughter, "Yes, but I've got raging pregnancy hormones on my side, you don't want to mess with those." I smiled sweetly at him.

"Point taken." He actually looked scared before we burst out laughing once again.

When it started getting darker, we headed back into the room where Edward turned to me.

"Right." He said with a teasing grin, "We already know what is not happening tonight, so ignore the sexy underwear that Alice presumably packed for you, find your oldest, most comfortable pyjama's and we're having a movie night!"

I laughed, "You're the best friend a girl could ever have, you know that right?" I told him before digging through my bag for the comfy old sweats I usually slept in (I noticed that they were packed at the bottom- I knew Alice had something to do with that.)

"There better be snacks when I return." I said over my shoulder before going into the bathroom.

"Yes Mrs. Cullen." He retorted with a chuckle, "Any cravings in particular?" he asked and I thought about it for a moment.

"Salt and vinegar chips." I said and he nodded.

After a nice, relaxing shower, I returned into the room with my sweats and a holey T-shirt.

"Nice." He said, eyeing my attire.

I pulled a tongue at him and hopped up onto the huge king sized bed, where he'd turned down the covers and laid out a bowel of popcorn and several packets of chips.

"What are we watching?" I asked, attacking the first packet of chips and watching him as he turned on the DVD player under the huge TV.

"Romeo and Juliet first because I know it's your favourite. Then I found this other one that looked good. It's about a vampire falling in love with a human girl."

I smiled warmly at him before chuckling, "That might take us back to our vampire argument again."

Edward laughed and climbed in next to me before pushing play.

Like I usually did when I watched a movie with Edward, I moved closer to him and rested my head on his shoulder while he wrapped an arm around me. I sighed happily- I loved how it was with Edward and I.

"It feels like something should be different." I commented when Romeo and Juliet was finished.

Edward raised and eyebrow, "What do you mean?" he asked.

I shrugged, "I have no idea, it's just a weird feeling I have."

"Like we should be making love?" he teased, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively, making me laugh hysterically.

"You sound like Emmett!" I told him, which caused him to mock glare at me, only making me laugh harder.

"No, if I were Emmett, I'd be saying something like, 'Let's get it on wifey'." He paused before grimacing, "Poor Rosalie."

I laughed harder and swatted him on the shoulder, "Shut up you clown and watch the movie."

He didn't listen of course, and we missed more than half the movie because of our joking around.

Eventually, the day and the jet lag caught up to me and I yawned mid-laugh. Edward caught this.

"You should go to sleep." He said.

"Being pregnant really doesn't help my energy levels." I muttered.

He chuckled, "Neither does being woken up at the crack of dawn by Rosalie and Alice."

I wanted to agree but I was already drifting to sleep with his warm arm still around me.