A/N: This is the final chapter besides the epilogue, I hope it lives up to any expectations you might have! Enjoy!

Ch. 11

Twinkle, Twinkle

I looked at my calendar groggily.

"It's the 6th," I said.

"Yes, and…" Edward said excitedly.

"And Tuesday?"

"It's our one month anniversary!" he practically shouted.

I groaned into the phone. He'd woken me up at 8:00. I didn't have a class until 10:00.

"Edward, you're such a girl! I pressure you to have sex and you say no, you hint at our one month anniversary and get mad when I don't remember it…honestly."

He chuckled. "I'm not mad," he said. "I didn't really expect you to remember it, I was just going to see if you figured it out."

"Freakin…8 in the morning…" I mumbled under my breath. He laughed.

"Sorry," he said cheerfully.

"No you're not," I accused, getting another chuckle out of him. "So is this a special occasion?" I asked. "Do we have to do something fancy?"

"Not unless you want to," he said. "I actually had something fairly simple in mind."

"Simple's good," I said. "What are we doing?"

"You'll see," he said. He was very clearly excited, which I thought was adorable. "Anyway, I have to go to class. Just wanted to say good morning. I'll be outside your dorm at…9:50 to walk you to class."

"Ok," I said, "See you then. Love you."

"I love you, too," he said, hanging up. I pressed my face into my pillow and went back to sleep.

I bugged him all day about it, but he never would tell me what we were doing. He finally told me to be ready at 7:30 and to wear tennis shoes. I asked him why, but again he wouldn't tell. For some reason I was incredibly nervous, but I was ready when he told me to be.

"Where are we going?" I asked, as soon as I was in the car.

He just smiled at me.

"Fine," I said. "I'll be surprised." I looked in the backseat. There was a blanket and a flashlight.

He chuckled. "Why do you want to know so badly? Don't you like surprises?"

"I do," I said. "I'm just afraid we're going to be doing something I'm not good at."

He laughed. "You'll be fine, I promise. This doesn't really require any particular skills."

"Ok," I said. "If you promise."

After a minute, I recognized the road we were on. I raised an eyebrow.

"Edward…we're not going to your house are we?"

"Not quite," he chuckled. "But it is near my house. By the way, have you smoked any cigarettes today?"

"No, actually," I said.

"Good job," he said, smiling. "That's what, two whole weeks without a single cigarette?"

"Yep," I said. "I've found that when I'm with you, I don't really need them."

"That's great," he said. "Glad I could help you out."

We pulled into his driveway.

"Are you sure we're not going to your house?" I asked.

"Like I said, it's near my house."

It was actually quite near his house. In fact, we parked at his house. No one else was home, though. He came around to the passenger door and took my hand, helping me out of the car as if I might fall on my face at any moment. He had the blanket tucked under his other arm. Then he led me around his house, through Esme's back garden, and across a field. There was a wood across the field, and this frightened me.

"Are we going into the woods?" I asked.

"Yes," he said, "but there's a trail we'll take."

I didn't say anything else. The fact that we would be on a trail didn't entirely comfort me, especially since it was getting darker at every moment. I gripped his hand a little tighter. When we got to the edge of the forest, sure enough, there was a trail. It was wide and kept free of rocks and branches and things, which made me feel slightly better. At least my chances of tripping over something were reduced. However, the woods were still big, dark, and eerie.

"Edward, is it safe?" I whispered.

"Of course," he said. "I wouldn't bring you if it wasn't. There aren't any dangerous animals in this wood. There might be a few snakes, but those we'll be able to see and avoid if they're on the trail."

"Snakes?" I squeaked.

Edward pulled a flashlight out of his back pocket and shone it on the ground in front of us. The light instantly made me feel a little better. Edward stopped and turned me to face him.

"I promise I'm not going to let anything hurt you Bella," he said, looking straight into my eyes. Then he kissed me, and I felt much better.

I nodded, and we moved on. It seemed like a long walk, but we finally reached the edge of the woods.

"Oh!" I exclaimed, stepping out of the trees. It was a small round meadow, full of wildflowers, along with light and shadows from the setting sun. It was beautiful, and perfectly round.

"You like it?" Edward whispered in my ear.

"It's beautiful," I whispered back. I followed him to the center of the clearing where he laid out the blanket. He sat down and patted the space next to him. I sat down and we both laid back. We watched the sky in silence for a while.

"Twilight," whispered Edward. "This is my favorite time of day."

"Mine, too," I said quietly.

"Really?" he asked.

"It is now," I said. He laughed. "I've never really had a favorite time of day before, but this definitely wins."

"Why?"

I rolled over and put my arm across his stomach, pressing my face into his shoulder.

"Because you're here."

He smiled down at me. "I love you Bella Swan."

"I love you, too, Edward Cullen."

I sighed and closed my eyes, suddenly feeling sleepy.

He kissed my forehead and whispered, "You are my life now."

I smiled and held him closer. At that moment I knew, if I hadn't before, that I would spend the rest of my life with this boy. This was true love. I could hardly believe something this pure and wonderful could be possible without some sort of catch. Maybe there was a catch. But if there was, we could handle it. At that moment, I felt like our love could handle anything.

After a moment of laying in silence, I heard Edward humming something. It wasn't a song I'd ever heard before, but it was beautiful.

"What is that?" I asked him.

"It's your lullaby," he said. "I wrote it for you."

"It's beautiful," I breathed. I smiled and blushed as I continued to listen to my song. After a moment I looked back up at the sky.

"Oh look," I exclaimed, "the first star!"

"So it is," said Edward, but he wasn't looking at the sky. He was looking at me.

"I love to watch the stars," I said. "They way they shine so bright. You can see them so much better out here, away from the city lights."

"And yet," said Edward, "no star could ever shine as bright as you." He grinned and kissed my forehead. I laid back and looked at the stars, slowly burning their way into the night sky. And then I began to sing a new lullaby.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star…"

A/N: I don't know about you guys, but I'm happy the way this story ends. I didn't want to keep it going for too terribly long since it didn't really have a solid plot, but I hope I still did ok with it. There will be an epilogue that I hope to have posted soon, and I like it, too.

Still working on Standing Still, I'm over halfway finished, while Blossoms of Love is at a ahem stand still (no pun intended...ok, maybe pun intended). Sorry about the lame jokes, blame my boyfriend, he's a bad influence on me.

Oh my gosh Breaking Dawn is almost here! Squeals childishly

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