Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. No, I do not pwn Twilight either. Edward totally pwns James, though (that's gamer talk, n00bs...lol.)

As always, this story is dedicated to The Review Crew... (you know who you are).

I would like to dedicate this chapter to Flamingo1325 for the review that let me know you were enjoying the story. Also to VampireRebel...you have no idea what you're doing to my ego...lol. I am so happy you are so taken with the story...ooo...it just makes me estatic! And Ksangi for that awesome story about the Jump test...that's totally a girl thing and I loved how many of you related to it...lol.

Okay, I know La Push doesn't really have sand, but I wanted sand, so I made sand, dammit...lol. Also, there is no lemon in this chapter, but there will be. Just assume Bella is on birth control due to her period. The whole condom business will just ruin the mood...lol.

Don't worry I wont repeat chapters anymore...I just thought Playing Pool and Throwing Punches was important in both views and I tried really hard to make sure they didn't reapeat too much.

Phew! I just finished, it is 3:44 am, and I am exhausted and VERY happy! I love writing for you guys... you have no idea!! So, I really hope you enjoy

BPOV

A few minutes after Alice left, Edward came out of the bathroom. "Thanks for the drawer. But I think you'll have it back in a couple of days, so don't worry, I'm not moving in." I joked. He laughed.

"I never knew anyone who took showers at six o'clock at night. There might be something wrong with you." I let him know playfully.

"I couldn't stand the forty-five different fragrance I was wearing." he chuckled.

"Oh, admit it, that was totally worth it."

"I admit, the smell was only a minor set back. Today was actually really fun." he said and I just nodded in agreement.

"Hey, I think Esme should be home with dinner by now, so we should head down. Alice said she has a big announcement for us." I told him

We walked down to the kitchen to find everyone there, and sure enough, on the table were multiple boxes of chines take-out. Edward and I grabbed plates and started serving ourselves.

We were all eating and making conversation for about ten minutes, when Esme decided to tell us something that would alter the entire summer.

"Kids, your father and I have some news." she started. "Now, first of all, know that we love you guys very much, and we're not doing this to get away from you. We just need to get away from everything."

I looked around the table to see everyone was just as confused as I was...which was comforting and terrifying at the same time.

"What your mother is trying to say is, she and I will be vacationing in Mexico this summer." Carlisle said.

Everyone just stared at them wide-eyed.

"The whole summer?" Emmett asked.

"Yes, son, the whole summer." Carlisle replied. "We trust you enough to keep out of trouble, not that you've ever gotten into any before. But Bella, you may not want to mention this to Charlie."

I nodded.

"Oh, that reminds me. Alice, you can take care of furnishing Bella's room, can't you?" Esme asked her.

Alice gave an evil smile. "Oh, I think I'll manage." she told Esme. They all laughed while I started to get nervous.

"You took that better than I thought you guys would." Esme said with a laugh.

"Well, we love you." Edward told her with a smile. "We understand that you need a break from the real world. Just don't get kicked out of Mexico." he said with a laugh.

After dinner, we all looked through brochures on Mexico and where they would be staying. Apparently they bought a condo near the ocean. All the girls were talking to Esme and Alice was pleading with her to bring her back a cute dress...typical Alice. We did this until about nine thirty.

"Bed time!" Alice decided.

"Alice, you do realize we're not twelve anymore right?" Rosalie asked with a laugh.

"I know, we just need some bonding time." Alice explained.

"I'm all for going to bed early." Edward said. (A.N: wonder why?...lol.)

"We're having slumber party's tonight!" Alice chirped. "All girls meet in my room to begin the bonding. Bella, you may shower before you come to my room."

"Gee, thanks Alice. You're too kind." I said sarcastically.

"Okay, I guess boys meet in my room?" Emmett half stated, half questioned.

We all left the living room, saying goodnight and good-bye to Esme and Carlisle...they were leaving quite early in the morning.

I ran to Edward's room and showered quickly, knowing that Alice doesn't like to wait. I changed into a pair of pajamas Alice made me buy. They wear little gray cotton shorts and a white tank top.

As I ran out of the bathroom, I collided right into Edward's massive chest. He steadied me and then asked if I was alright.

"Yeah, I would just hate to keep Alice waiting. Who knows what kind of torture she has planned." I laughed.

"Well, who will protect you tonight?" he asked.

"I think I can fend for myself for one night. Besides, as I recall, you weren't that good at it." I told him.

"You know what, just leave." he said playfully as he pushed my shoulder towards the door.

I laughed. "Goodnight, Edward."

"Goodnight, Bella."

I ran to Alice's room to find Rosalie already there. "Okay, first thing first. Let's pick a movie. It has to be a chick flick. Our choices are 'The Notebook', 'Mean Girls', or 'The Princess Bride'. What will it be ladies?"

"The Princess Bride" Rose and I said at the same time.

We watched the movie, laughing especially hard at the priest. We all felt the need to recite the lines with him.

We practically yelled, "Mawage. Mawage is what bwings us togetha today. And Mawage, that bwessed awwangement. A dweam within a dweam...So tweasa yoah love..."

We almost peed ourselves laughing so hard.

At the end of the movie we put on music and sat down for some good old fashioned girl talk.

"Rose, is there a place in this house you and Emmet haven't had sex?" I asked after hearing about the bathtub incident.

"Only Edward's room. He would kill us." she confided. "Oh, don't tell him we did it on his piano. He would murder us."

We just all burst out laughing.

"The piano? That's so 'Pretty Women'." I laughed.

"Okay, Bella. Is are you one of those people waiting for 'mawage'?" she asked, impersonating the priest.

I giggled. "No, I'm just waiting for the perfect man." I stated simply. "I have nothing against sex before 'mawage'." I told her.

"Would you have sex with my brother?" Alice asked.

"Emmett? Hell no." I said, laughing and knowing fully well that Emmett was not who she was referring to .

Rose just hit me. "You know who she means."

I blushed and looked down at the carpet. "Would you?" Alice asked again.

I looked back up to them, blushing even deeper. "In a heart beat." I said honestly.

They just all started laughing, and I had to join in. It was pretty funny, and I was actually quite proud of myself for not jumping him yet.

Talk like this went on for hours until eventually, we all fell asleep in Alice's massive bed. It was nothing compared to being with Edward, but I loved my friends. They always made me feel so light and free. I felt truly loved by everyone in this house.

EPOV

"Goodnight, Bella" I said and then she walked out to the hall. I quickly changed into my pajama bottoms and then walked to Emmett's room.

"Okay, what do we do at these slumber party things?" Jasper asked.

"Alice gave me a list." Emmett said.

"No she didn't." I said, laughing.

"Dude, she totally did. Look." and sure enough, Emmett had a list of things to do at a slumber party in his hand.

"So, what do we do first?" Jasper asked Emmett, keeper of the list.

"I guess we watch a guy movie. I have 'Gladiator', 'Rambo', and 'Predator'. What do you guys want?" Emmett asked me and Jasper.

"I vote 'Gladiator'." I said.

"Sounds good." Jasper agreed.

"Gladiator it is." Emmett said, putting it into his DVD player.

We watched the whole movie, and by the end, I'm pretty sure I saw Emmett crying. When it ended, we decided to have our own gladiator match using Emmett's baseball bats. After countless flesh wounds, I was declared the winner.

"I am Maximus!" I yelled, standing on Emmett's bed. "And you shall all bow to..." just then I was tackled to the ground by Emmett. We laughed until our sides hurt.

"Okay, apparently 'guy talk' is next. Whatever the hell that is." Emmett said.

"I think we just talk about stuff." Jasper said.

"Wow, now that is a brilliant conclusion." I mocked Jasper, throwing a pillow at his head.

"Okay, because of that, Edward, how are things with Bella?" Jasper asked while I glared at him.

"I'm telling her tomorrow." I told them.

"Seriously?" Emmett asked with a worried expression.

"Yeah. She deserves to know, so I'm going to tell her."

"You'll be fine. From what Alice's says, I'm pretty sure she feels the same way." Jasper told me.

My eyes lit up and a smiled formed across my face. "She talks about me? What did she say?" I couldn't help but ask. I had to know.

"Dude, this is supposed to be 'guy talk', not 'girl talk' and right now, you sound like a thirteen year-old girl." Emmett teased.

Jasper laughed. "The way Alice talks, it seems she's liked you since high school. She said she's going to tell you soon."

"You should tell her first. You know, surprise her. That way, you can go all 'Edward and romantic' on her." Emmett suggested.

"I just have to make sure she doesn't want to do it at the beach." I told them. "I already know what I'm going to do."

"Well, you sure do plan. Come on, let's get some sleep, Maximus." Jasper laughed.

We each took our placed around the room. Guys don't sleep in the same bed. And I fell asleep thinking of what I would say to Bella tomorrow night.

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BPOV

I was woken up by my evil best friend the next day.

"Alice, you suck!" I yelled, hitting her in the head with my pillow.

"It's not my fault you're not a morning person." she said as she stuck her tongue out at me. "Come one, we leave for the beach soon." she said as she helped me up. "Now, in the bathroom are the suits I picked out for you. Go in and try them on and pick your favorite. I'll get you an outfit to put on over it."

I did as I was told and went into the bathroom. Sure enough, on the counter there were three swim suits laid out for me.

The first was a hot pink. I skipped right over that one and went to option two. It was a white two piece with silver stitching and a silver flower on the right boob and left hip. It actually looked pretty good on me. But I went to try on option three, and new that three was my favorite. It was a dark blue that contrasted with my skin nicely. There was a diamond crested circle in the middle of the breasts that made it seem quite elegant...if a swim suit can be elegant.

With my choice selected, I walked back out to Alice's room.

"I figured you'd pick that one." she said with a smile. "Here. Put this over it." she handed me a white halter sun dress. It would cover the straps of the suit nicely. And is was long. I went down to my knees, which I liked. Alice handed me a pair of white sandals. Good thing they weren't flip flops...that would end badly.

I walked downstairs with Alice, apparently Rosalie was still changing, so we were the first ones down. Edward and Jasper joined us, shortly followed by Ros and Emmett.

"Let's take my Jeep again." Emmett suggested, and it seemed everyone agreed.

Edward once again had to help me get into the Jeep and crawled in behind me. It was a short drive to La Push. Only fifteen minutes, but the beach was packed. Well, it was Sunday. We grabbed our towels, the cooler, and a football from the trunk and headed down.

EPOV

We got down to the very crowded beach and picked a spot in the sand that wasn't too badly populated. To be honest, my thought process behind this was quite selfish and wrong. Truth be told, if Bella was going to be in a bikini, I didn't want guy staring at her. Although, I knew that that's exactly what I would be doing.

We laid down the towels and set the cooler to the side. All of the guys pulled our shirts of and the girls took off whatever they were covering themselves with. When Bella took off the white summer dress she had been wearing, I was stunned.

She had a deep blue bikini...my favorite color on her. There was a diamond encrusted circle in between her breasts that did nothing by bring my eyes directly to her chest. Her bikini bottoms fit her perfectly. And when she turned and bent over to put her dress down, it was easy to see how perfectly smooth every inch of her skin was, leading right up to that phenomenal backside that she was now shamelessly exposing to me.

"I'm going swimming." I announced. Not waiting for anyone to respond, I ran to the water and dove under. I needed to clear my head from the intoxicating presence of Bella.

Everyone but Rose and Emmett soon joined me. Rose claimed she wanted to tan, but when I looked back at them they were just making out on the towel. What I would give to do that with Bella.

SPLASH!

I was totally knocked out of my thoughts by a splash against my face. I turned and found Bella looking up a little too innocently and whistling.

I started stalking towards her, making my body move like that of a lion stalking it's prey. I had an evil smirk on my face as I trudged toward her.

"Edward." she said wearyingly "What are you doing?" she asked as she backed up. "Edward, stay away from me. I mean it Edward." She started laughing, "Stop it, Edward, you're scaring me." I just kept walking towards her retreating form.

As soon as she turned to run toward the shore, I pounced, picked her up bridal style and then threw her back into the water.

She came up gasping for air while I was laughing uncontrollably. Then, without any notice, she lunged herself at me, tackling me to the water...and I liked that a lot. It was so hot to see her take control like that, and turned me on completely.

Rose and Emmett soon joined us and Jasper had the idea to have a chicken fight battle. Starting out would be Alice and Jasper versus Rosalie and Emmett. Rosalie had never done this before so she didn't quite know what to do, but Emmett's strength heavily outweighed Jasper's. It was a very close battle, but Alice went down just a second before Rose.

So, Bell and I had to take on Rose and Emmett.

"Ready?" I asked after she had climbed up onto my shoulders. She nodded and the fight began. My head between her legs was the most amazing feeling. I already had a full erection and it was only about 30 seconds into the fight. If someone didn't fall soon, I was pretty sure I would pass out from the feelings she was giving me.

Luckily, with a final push, Rose went down and hit the water, leaving us to be the victorious team. Bella lifted her arms in victory and I just smiled up at her from between her legs.

"Okay, how do I get down?" she asked.

"Just hit the water." I told her.

"No way. I didn't fight to win, just to fall into the water anyways." she retorted.

"Fine, just climb down my back then." I told her. Bad idea. When she slid down I could feel her breasts press into my back and slide down with the rest of her body. It seemed to take an eternity for her to finally get off. And then she went off to talk with Rose, Alice, and Emmett, leaving me to just stand there, still thinking about the way Bella's body felt against mine.

"Your first chicken fight. Believe me dude, I know exactly how you feel." Jasper said. "So exactly how hard are you right now?"

"Rock hard." was all I could respond. I was still reliving the moment which was not helping my now throbbing erection.

"Okay I'm gonna try to help you, but just this once." he told me. And then he was gone. I just closed my eyes and tried to swim for a while, but it wouldn't go away, and there was no way I would masturbate here, with people around.

"Hey there. My name's Lauren." a girl said as she walked closer and closer to me. I knew her kind. She was the type of girl that thought she was pretty but in reality looked like a slut and had a snobby attitude. She was a wearing string bikini which showed off more than anyone wanted to see.

"Hi." I said. "Are you lost?" I asked her, confused as to why she was here, talking to me.

"No. I just thought that I could get to know you a little." she said, I think trying to sound seductive, but with her nasal voice, it didn't come out right. "And maybe you could get to know parts of me better." she said, reaching behind her neck to untie her bikini top.

I couldn't watch this, I turned away, when I heard someone yell my name. I looked over to see Jasper waving me over...thank god.

"I'm sorry, I must go, my partner is waiting for me." I said nodding towards Jasper. Her face looked completely shocked as I made my way over to Jasper.

"How's the little problem?" he asked.

I realized that the girl was all Jasper's idea to get my mind off Bella and on to something more disgusting. And that Lauren chick certainly was disgusting.

"Dude, you're a life saver." I told him

"I know." he replied and we made our way to the beach where everyone else had gone to.

"Hey, let's throw the football." Emmett suggested.

The girls agreed to stay out of that particular game. Rose didn't want to break a nail, Alice claimed the only thing she was good at doing with her hands was shopping and Jasper (my sister talking about giving my best friends a hand job...awkward turtle), and Bella claimed she'd rather not put anyone's life in danger today.

So the guys and I threw the ball around for a while, which eventually turned into a game of pass and receiver (A.N: if you don't know what that is, it's when someone is the quarterback and he throws it to the receiver, who is being covered by the third guy, who is the defender. If the defender intercepts it, then he is then the receiver...phew!...told you, I'm a tomboy...lol). I ended up being the champion receiver with 12 catches and only one interception from Emmett.

We went to the cooler to get some snacks. It was already around five and we hadn't eaten anything to due to the fact that we were having so much fun. We had a couple sandwiches and bottled water.

BPOV

The sandwiches were actually pretty good for hading been sitting in the cooler for hours. The day was so hot that we planned to stay at the beach till night fall.

Once we were all done eating, we stayed and hung out on our towels, where we started having a pick-up line off. We just went back and forth telling each other pick up lines and laughing.

"Is that shirt felt? Do you want it to be?" Emmett said.

"Nice shoes. Wanna fuck?" Rosalie came back with.

"Touche" Emmett replied to her.

I looked right at Edward. "Do you have the time?" and then before he answered, I went on to say, "Do you have the energy?" with one eyebrow quirked up and a sly smile on my face. Every one just started laughing and Edward and I joined in.

"Do you wash your panties with Windex? Because I can really see myself in them." Jasper said to Alice.

To which Alice responded, "Do you know what winks and screws like a tiger?"

"No" Jasper said. And then Alice just winked. We all rolled in the sand, laughing.

"Okay, come on Edward, you're the only one who hasn't gone yet." Rose said.

"Okay, are you guys ready?" he asked. We all nodded. He looked right at me, grabbed my hand and started.

"Okay, so I came over here to ask you to dance, but I'm kind of concerned. I mean, we could hit it off really well, end up having a few drinks, next thing you know you're giving me your number because I'm too shy to ask for it, I finally get up the nerve to call and we take in a movie, have some dinner, I relax, you relax, we go out a few more times, get to know each other's friends, spend a lot of time together, then finally have get past this sexual tension and really develop this intense sex life that is truly incredible, decide our relationship is solid and stable, so we move in together for a while, then a few months later get married, I get a promotion, you get a promotion, we buy a bigger house. You really want kids, but I really want freedom, but we have a kid anyway, only to find that I am resentful, the sparks start to fade and to rekindle them we have two more lovely kids, but now I work too much to keep up with the bills, have no time for you, you're stressed and stop taking really good care of yourself, so to get past our slow sex life and my declining self-confidence I turn to an outside affair for sexual gratification. You find out because I'm careless and a lousy liar, you throw me out (justifiably so) and we have to explain to the kids why mommy and daddy are splitting up. That's just too sad. Think about the children. For God's sake, if you dance with me and we hit it off, let's just keep it sexual, because we both know where it's going."

We all just stared at him for a moment, and then fell once again to the ground in hysterics.

"It...it's...such...a...an...Edward...pick-up line." Emmett finally got out in between laughs which made us all laugh more because it was true. It was so long and thought our and perfect for Edward.

We continued for a while and then we all started into separate conversations. We had all put our clothing back on once our suits were dry, deciding we were done swimming for now. It had just turned to twilight and I looked out to the water to see the stars reflecting on it. I t was beautiful.

"Do you wanna go for a walk?" Edward asked me. I nodded my head and he helped me up.

EPOV

The beach had emptied out except for us by the time I asked Bella to go for a walk with me. We were walking along the shore, where the water barley brushed our feet. I let her away from the others and then back onto the dry sand.

When I stopped, I noticed she was staring and the ocean and the stars.

"The stars are so beautiful." she almost whispered.

"Not in comparison." I said looking at her. She truly was the most beautiful sight I had ever seen. She looked like an angel in her white dress and the moon shining on her skin.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

I grabbed her hand and sat down, urging her to do the same, which she did. We sat right next to each other, the only thing in my world at that moment was Bella.

"Do you like the stars?" I asked.

"Yes,"she responded, "I love them. They make me feel so small and like anything is possible."

"Exactly." I told her. This was it. I was going to actually do this. "Lately I feel like the impossible is suddenly possible. Like you and me are possible." I paused thinking of how to phrase this. "It...it's like I looked at the stars every night and I always saw this one star, and at first it just blended in with all the others and I thought nothing of it. But one day, for reasons only known to powers greater than me, that star started shining brighter than anything else in the sky, even brighter than the moon. And then, suddenly all the other stars were invisible to me."

"Well that doesn't sound good." she said skeptically.

"No, it is. It's wonderful." I took both her hands in mine. "If I wanted, I could see all the stars again, but that's the thing...I don't want to . That one star is the only one I ever need to see, and if it were to ever disappear, if ever it faded out of my sight for me to never see again, though all the other stars would return, I would no longer even look up at the sky. Without that star, the sky would hold no interest for me. Bella, you are that star. In the past three days I have fallen so madly in love with you. I was such and idiot for not seeing it earlier...for grouping you with the other stars that could never compare to you. But now that I know, now that I realize, there's not a chance in Hell I would pass up the opportunity to tell you how I really feel. To tell you that I love you."

There was nothing but silence, but as I looked into her big, brown eyes, I could see that they were filling with tears.

"You beat me to it." was all she said.

"What do you mean?" I asked, confused.

"I was going to tell you the exact same thing." she said with a smile. "Well, not the exact same thing. I doubt I would be able to word it as beautifully as you just did, but I was going to tell you today." she said as a tear rolled down her cheek.

"Tell me what?" It wasn't really a question. I knew what she wanted to say, but I wanted to hear it...I needed to hear it.

"Edward, I love you too." she said, looking up at me from under her eyelashes. "I always have."

That was all I needed to hear. I grabbed the back of her head and pulled her lips to mine. It didn't start off soft, like I knew it should have. I was much to in love with this woman to play around with a kiss that was gentle. I wanted her to feel my passion. So I kissed her thoroughly.

I ran my tongue along the her bottom lip and she instantly allowed my access. Our tongues danced with each others before mine went on to explore her mouth. Her taste was the best thing my buds had ever come in contact with.

I wrapped my free arm around her waist and her hands instantly went to my hair, messaging my scalp. I detached our lips so we could breathe, but my lips went to her neck as I pushed her back onto the sand while I was on top of her. I put only enough of my weight on her so that she could feel every indent of my body and I every curve of hers.

I kissed down to the hollow of her neck and she moaned when I let my tongue lick at her before I started to suck on it. I moved back up to her lips, not being able to stand being away from them any longer. He hands released my hair and instead, started trailing up the back of my shirt. Her touch on my skin was so amazing that I couldn't keep a low groan in.

My right hand unwrapped itself and I started trailing it down her side, lightly grazing the side of her left breast. As I was on my way back up, something hit me in the back. I looked up to see our friends standing 30 yards away staring at up. And then realized Emmett had thrown the football at me.

"We're leaving, so you guys can go home and do that in your room." Alice said, with a huge smile on her face.

I looked back down at Bella, looking incredibly sexy with her kiss swollen lips. And I couldn't help myself, I devoured her again and I could feel her smile beneath the kiss.

"Come on guys!" Jasper yelled out. "Do that later."

I got off of Bella and helped her up.

"Don't worry," she yelled at them, "we will."

I grabbed her hand and twined our fingers together as we walked.

Although the ride was only a fifteen minute drive, we had been active all day long. And Bella, along with the other girls all fell asleep on the ride home. So when the Jeep stopped, I picked Bella up bridal style and carried her to my room. I pulled back the covers and placed her in, and then proceeded to tuck her in.

I took off my shirt and trunks and pulled on my pajama bottoms, not caring to put on underwear. I crawled in to the left side of bed, and sighed in contentment. Bella stirred, and then turned to face me. She wrapped herself around my and I gladly held her to me with a smile on my face.

Today had gone so much better than I had ever dreamed. The way she kissed me had been amazing, but that would just be the beginning. I loved Bella. If I lived for all of eternity she would be the only one I'd ever love, and I wanted to give her everything. Everything I had, I wanted her to have too...which included myself.

I wanted to be able to do to her everything I had fantasized about in the past 3 days. I already got my walk on the beach, there were just a couple thousand other things I wanted to experience with her now...and that would just take a week.

"Edward." she sighed in her sleep. "I love you."

I smiled and kissed her hair. "I love you too, my Bella." Yeah, for once I could say it and mean it...my Bella.. She was mine and I would never let her go.

I love being able to be sweet and gushy with Edward...so fun! Wouldn't all you ladies LOVE to hear that? I would. You were all probably hoping for a lemon, but I didn't think it fit just yet. I thought it would be tacky if the went "I love you" "I love you too. Let's fuck like animals." See, just doesn't quite work...lol. BUT please don't worry, there will be lemons once I get the feeling back in my hands...lol. I love you guys. And thanks agian for reading and making my day.

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