EPOV

Bella and I were tangled up in sheets. She was sleeping soundly in my arms and I was happy I had blasted the heat the night before. I could see the faintest beads of sweat accumulating on her upper lip and collarbone and her cheeks were slightly flushed. But that only meant I could hold her closer to me and feel her hot smooth skin press into my own. I placed the palm of my hand on her neck, hoping to chill her without distrupting her quiet slumber. My Bella,
she needed her sleep. Carlisle had made it perfectly clear to me before we left that this should be a relaxing weekend away; carrying a developing half-vampire in her fragile human frame would almost definitely take a toll on her energy,
he had cautioned me.
Well, last night Bella had exerted enough energy for her allowance of an entire 24 hours worth of rest, if I had anything to do with it. We were leaving the next day to go back home to Forks. I was entirely relieved that Bella seemed to like New Hampshire and our East Coast amendments. I still had yet to show her the Cullen Estate we owned that lay on the outskirts of the city. The smaller-scale apartment she and I would share had overwhelmed her enough; I would have to ease that upon her later this afternoon. I chuckled thinking about Bella's continual reaction to the Cullen family wealth. Her constant warning towards myself and my habit to spend money on her, her modest clothing choices even after numberous shopping trips, all on Alice - Bella liked simple things, and that was one of the qualities I admired about her. One of many, I thought to myself, as Bella shifted sleepily under my embrace. I placed her hair out of her face and gently ran my fingers down her rosy cheekbone. I let my mind wander to Bella's other unmatchable and irrestistable characteristics, a hobby I often found myself partaking in during her hours of rest. Bella was smart, unlike her peers,
she had an uncanny eye for detail. She could read people and places and things better than any human I'd ever encountered.
Bella could seperate good, something that was worth a cause, from meager, insignificant trifes that were not worth her time. She was deeper, more complex than everyone her age, and many people older, for that matter. Surrounded by the shallow minds of most teenagers, she never let herself succumb to that commen existence. She was so much more.
Bella's breathing became less shallow, I glanced out at the window and could see the sun, just under the horizon,
spraying reflections of light in the eastern sky over the water. Bella would be up in a few hours. My heart instantly lept at the thought of her eyes opening once more. The way she looked at me, that was another number on my list. She awoke every morning with look, reserved only for me, that made my dead heart beat - metaphorically, of course. I don't remember feeling that alive, ever, even when I was a living human. Her eyes would meet mine every morning and they would grow bigger, almost in amazement. Their change in size would go undetected to a human, but I could see it every time. No monster deserved to be looked at with such love and devotion, but she graced me with it every day. Minutes passed, and the sun slowly rose. I gently moved Bella off of my cool body and replaced it with a few pillows, knowing she wouldn't wake for another hour. I wanted to have food ready, another reminder Carlisle imparted on me before our departure - pregnant women are eating for two. I let a grin spread across my face. My Bella was pregnant. The two of us had created another life, against every odd. It was all real...she had literally given me everything. I gave me hair a quick shake and made my way to the large, bright kitchen, flipping the heat to "OFF" as I passed it.