I just want to give you guys a heads up about me up-dating. My classes will be ending in just over three weeks. I have a paper due this Tues, but I also have a paper due in two weeks. I have up to chapter 13 done a ready to go. I am working on chapter 14 bit by bit. So if for some reason in two weeks I can't update on time, give me a few days. As I have said on my profile I will not leave you hanging. Once I get this paper done for Tuesday, I will work on chapter 14. Once classes are done (nov 12) I will have a few weeks before I have to go back for winter quarter. I plan on writing alot.

I would like to thank my wonder beta Truth in the Moon. She is so awsome. This chapter wouldn't sound as great as it does if it wasn't for her.

DISCLAIMER: Don't own the Twilight Saga, that belongs to Stephenie. ha ha ha I remembered :)

BPOV

I woke the next morning at 8. I immediately got ready to go to breakfast with Edward. He would pick me up at 8:45. He wanted to be at the diner by 9 a.m. I took a quick shower, blow dried my hair, changed into jeans, t-shirt and tennis shoes.

As I was finishing up, I heard a knock at the door. I quickly went down the stairs to answer it. I knew it was Edward but I wasn't prepared to see how HOT he looked. He was wearing jeans that sat very low on his hips, a light blue button up shirt and tennis shoes. His hair was a perfect mess. He was standing there with his perfect crooked smile; he looked like a Greek God.

"Hey," I said after fully ogling my boyfriend.

"Hey, beautiful," he said coming inside and giving me the most worthwhile kiss.

"Good to see you're in a better mood," I said smiling after we pulled apart.

"Yeah, I did a lot of thinking last night about the trip," he responded.

"I did too after I talked to Rose," I said. "Before we go, I have to finish up putting things away upstairs."

"I'll come with you," he said, following me up to my room. "So what did you and Rose talk about last night?" he asked sitting on my bed.

"I called her and asked about the trip. We talked about it and we also decided that while you two are gone, we are going to spend more time with each other," I answered while putting my toiletries back into my bag.

"What did she say about the trip?" he asked, getting up and following me back down to get my purse so we could leave.

"She said the same things I did. She's worried but she understands. She agreed with me that we both need to support you two no matter what," I answered.

"Thank you. I needed to hear that," he said giving me a hug.

"Come on we should go," I said into his chest. God, I love it when he holds me. I feel so safe.

"Yes, we should," he said, placing a kiss on the top of my head.

We went out to the Volvo and made our way to the diner that was just down the highway. We arrived 10 minutes later and chose to sit in a booth once we walked in.

"Bella, so good to see you. It's been a while since you were here last with Charlie," Cora said; she was our waitress. Dad and I used to go to the diner once a week for dinner. When I come back we try to have dinner here.

"Yeah, last time I was here I didn't have time to come with dad. I was only here for two and a half days," I answered looking up at her.

"Who is there you brought with you?" she asked with a smile.

"This is my boyfriend, Edward. His father is Dr. Cullen," I said, taking his hand across the table.

"Oh yes, I know Dr. Cullen. He is a wonderful doctor. I have met your mother, Esme; she is very sweet and told me about you and your brother. Nice to finally meet you," she said to Edward, shaking his hand.

"Nice to meet you too. Dad loves his work and mom tries to be very involved in the community," Edward replied.

"You two are probably hungry, what can I get you?" she asked.

"I'll have the two egg breakfast with hash browns and sausage links," I answered closing my menu and handing it to Cora.

"I'll have the same," Edward replied.

"Anything to drink?" she asked writing down our orders.

"Orange juice," I answered with a smile.

"Again, I'll have the same," Edward chuckled looking into my eyes smiling his crooked smile I loved so much.

"Ok, they'll be done soon," Cora stated, going to the kitchen to place the order.

Edward and I talked for a few minutes before Cora brought the drinks out. We talked about what happened last night at dinner and how he felt about getting the call.

"Here you go. If you need anything let me know," Cora said setting down our plates and refilling our glasses.

"So, where exactly are we going today?" I asked taking a bite of my eggs.

"I found this meadow when I was on a walk a few years ago. It's nice, quiet, and peaceful. I haven't told anyone about it," he answered looking up from his plate.

"Really?" I asked. A meadow, his private meadow. It's like getting to know a piece of Edward that no one gets to know. To say I was touched would be an understatement.

"Yes, I thought we could have a picnic there for lunch. We could spend all day there talking about everything. The trip, your upcoming classes, what we should do for your birthday when we get back, and anything else that we think of," he explained.

It would be nice to sit and talk about everything. We do need to talk about the trip and his birthday plans/ideas for me. But the most important thing we need to talk about is the trip. I knew he was unsure of leaving me behind for a month. I can see it in his eyes.

"I think that's a great idea. We do need to discuss all those topics in detail. I even have a few ideas about the trip," I explained.

We both finished up breakfast and were on our way to the meadow. He pulled up to the small parking lot in front of a trail head. We got out of the car and got the picnic basket and blankets to take with us. Edward started leading me away from the trail head. I was confused; didn't we need to start on the trail to get to the meadow?

"Babe, where are you going? The trail head is back there," I asked, pointing with my thumb over my shoulder.

"I know. The meadow isn't on the trail. When I found it, I was on the trail but I wanted to sit down for a breather. I found a fallen tree a few yards off the trail. When I sat down I heard a bubbling brook in the distance, so I followed the sound and that's when I found the meadow," he explained, still holding my hand where we stopped 5 feet from the car.

"Oh, well, if this is a faster way to get there; then by all means lead the way," I said waving my hand in front of me.

"Yes ma'am," he chided.

I followed Edward through the brush and into the forest. He helped me over the fallen trees and branches. Since my clumsy self couldn't walk 10 feet without tripping over something, walking across the uneven forest floor didn't help matters. We had to stop a couple of time to catch our breath and rest a bit. The hike was at a slight incline, but we had been walking for a while before we took our first break.

Finally we reached a clearing in the trees. Edward led the way into the most beautiful meadow I have ever seen. There were wildflowers everywhere; the meadow was encircled by the forest. I could see and hear the brook flowing to my left. It was so gorgeous.

"Oh Edward, this is the most magnificent place I have ever seen," I said, spinning around taking everything in.

"Yes, babe, but you are by far more beautiful," he said from behind me, causing me to blush. I turned and just looked into his beautiful green eyes.

He looked so handsome standing there as the sunlight shown down upon him. How did I get so lucky to fall in love with him?

Edward walked to the middle of the meadow and spread the blanket out. He patted the spot next to him. He was sitting there with his knees bent and elbows resting on them. I walked over and sat in front of him in between his legs. He wrapped his arms around me and I rested my head on his shoulder.

We sat there for about an hour just looking at the steady stream of water talking about little things here and there. Mostly about how much we loved each other. We had ended up lying down on the blanket 10 minutes after I sat down. My head was on his chest right above his heart. He had his arms wrapped around me and his hand was tracing lazy lines on my back.

I love when I'm wrapped up in his arms. It's like I can feel his love for me.

"Do you want to eat lunch now?" he asked

"Sure what are we having?" I asked sitting up.

"I made tuna salad sandwiches," he stated, pulling everything out of the basket.

"You made the sandwiches? Since when did you cook?" I incredulously asked giggling at the end.

"Ok, so mom made the tuna salad, but I assembled them."

"I'm sure they would be good if you made them," I said taking a bite of my sandwich.

"Yeah, sure they would, if by good you mean tasting like cardboard," he teased sarcastically. I laughed quietly

"I was thinking last night, that even though you'll be in California, we could still see each other." I looked at him before I continued. He looked puzzled. "What I mean is we can see each other using the web cams we both have on our computers. And that way being away from each other won't be that hard," I finished.

"That's a great idea. I can't believe I didn't think of that. That makes me feel much better about leaving on this trip now," he said, wide smile stretching across his face. I don't think he smiled like that since before he got the call last night.

"I'm glad you're feeling better about leaving for the trip. And I'll be fine while you're gone; I'll have Rose. It's still going to be hard being that far away from you, but seeing you on the computer will make things better. It will also ease my worry about you getting hurt. I will be able to see if you are and you'll have a harder time trying to hide it from me," I explained dropping my gaze to my lap when I mentioned him getting hurt.

"Bella," he said lifting my chin with his thumb and finger. Looking into his eyes all I saw was his love for me. "I'm not going to get hurt. I do this every day, and there's nothing different except that I'll just be fighting fires more often than I do here," he explained, moving his hand to cup my cheek.

"I know, but still you'll be out there doing more than you're used to. …Here you have a fire every few days. There you'll be fighting every day for several hours." I leaned into him wrapping my arms around his waist and resting my head against his chest.

"Baby, I understand your reasoning, but they'll explain everything that we'll be doing when I go back to the station on Wednesday," he said, holding me tighter to him and kissing the top of my head.

"I know I'm still going to worry some though," I said moving so I could look into his eyes.

"Baby, come here," he said

I leaned in again, but this time he took my face in his hands and brought his lips to mine. I thought it was going to be a chaste kiss, but he had other ideas. He started moving his lips against mine. I quickly caught on and started moving mine in sync with his.

Before long I felt his tongue slide across my bottom lip, begging for entrance. I happily obliged. He slipped his tongue in my mouth and was rubbing it against mine. Our tongues danced together so rhythmically it was uncanny how perfect we were for each other.

He moved his hands from my face and down to my waist. I started leaning my way back to lie on the blanket, and he quickly followed. Once laying down he trailed his kissed down my jaw then back up to my ear lobe. I was catching my breath as he nibbled there a bit. I tilted my head to give him better access to my neck.

His fingers danced across my skin as he pushed the bottom of my shirt up slightly, just skimming the edge of my jeans. My skin was burning under his touch, the heat shooting directly to my core. The pads of his fingers gripped my hips harder as he placed hot, open-mouthed kisses along my exposed skin.

I could feel something hard against my leg and I stiffened slightly before I felt his teeth scrape my skin and his body shift until he was hovering over me, my body going limp again. His lips skimmed over a sensitive spot, and I couldn't hold back the moan that escaped from my throat.

"Mmm, Edward,"

As soon as I moaned I felt Edward grind his hips into mine. His erection pressed firmly against my hot center, causing another moan to leave my lips.

He kept sucking on my neck where I'm sure he would leave a mark and grinding his jean-clad erection into my hips. Once again, I was starting to get nervous. I wasn't ready to have sex yet. I loved him with all my heart, but I wasn't ready for that step in our relationship.

"Edward," I said, my voice coming out as a breathy moan.

"Mmm, Bella," he moaned. He wasn't getting what I wanted. I started to move my hands to his shoulders. This only enticed him a little more.

Ok, wrong move, but I had to do it to get his attention.

"Edward," I said again but with more force and pushing on his shoulders to lift him up a bit.

"What, what's wrong?" he asked looking in my worried eyes.

"Nothing," I said moving my eyes down before I continued. "I like where we're at, but I'm just not ready to have sex yet. Don't think I don't love you, because I do. I'm just not ready for it." The words tumbled out of my mouth quickly before my face could become any redder than I'm sure they already were.

"Oh, ok, I don't want to push you until you're ready," he said, brushing his hand across my cheek, causing me to shift my gaze back to him.

"Really? You're not disappointed that I don't want to?" I asked warily.

"No, I understand. For both of us, this is our first relationship, so I understand the need to go slow. We can wait as long as you want to, whether it be three months or a year from now," he stated taking my hand in his after we sat up and rubbing circles with his thumb.

We lay back down again with my head on this chest and him tracing lazy lines on my back with his finger tips. We were just reveling in each other's warmth. We would comment every now and then but didn't elaborate. I felt Edward move beneath me after a while. I tuned my head and rested my chin on his chest to look in his eyes.

"We should go soon if we want to be back for dinner," he said.

"Yeah, I don't want dad to wait too long for dinner after coming off his long shift," I said sitting up.

Edward had decided earlier today that he would join us for dinner tonight and then tomorrow spend most of his time with Esme before we left on Tuesday.

"Alright let's get everything packed up and head back to the car," he said getting up and putting all the food back into the basket. I got the blanket folded and was waiting as he was securing everything in the basket.

We started to make our decent back to the car. Once there, we got in and headed back to my house so I could start dinner. We arrived home just after 6. Dad said he would be home between 6:30 and 6:45.

I started getting all the ingredients for the spaghetti and the frozen meatballs out of the freezer. Edward said he would warm up the meatballs while I got the meat and sauce going for the spaghetti. Dad walked in right t 6:30, just as I was draining the noodles. We all sat at the table and had a pleasant meal.

Dad asked about our day. We told him everything, well not everything; we decided to leave out the part about our make out session. After dinner Edward helped clean up the kitchen before he left to go back home. Dad, as usual, was in the living room catching the sports highlights. After Edward left I went upstairs to work on the manuscript I brought with me from work. After a few hours of working on it, I got ready for bed.

The next morning I woke up with the sun shining in my room again. I started to pack up the few things I could so I didn't have to do too much when I got home from the Cullen's tonight.

The day flew by so fast that I couldn't believe it was 5:30 and I was on my way to Edward's for dinner it would just be us and Esme. Carlisle had to work the late shift tonight, so he wouldn't be joining us. Esme asked how our trip was and asked about if we talked about Edward going to California. We told her the trip was great and that we would talk over web cams while he was gone.

When dinner was done, I stayed for another hour and a half before I went home. I finished packing everything so I would be ready to go the next morning. Edward wanted to leave just after lunch so we could be home by 3:30 or 4.

I had all my bags ready and sitting by the door by 10 a.m. I had said goodbye to dad last night because he had to work early this morning. Edward came over at 11:30. We decided to eat lunch here, and then get on the road. We left shortly after 1 p.m. The ride home went quick. We got to my apartment right at 4. Edward helped me carry my bags up to my apartment. He stayed, and we ate dinner while watching a movie. He left at 8:30 since he had to be at the station early to be briefed about the trip.

I got ready for bed and settled in with my laptop to work on my book some more. I checked on my classes that would start next week. All were English classes, more to help with writing techniques and learn more about famous authors. After that, I shut the computer down and fell into a peaceful sleep.


So, just wondering, do I have any male readers?

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