A/N: Sorry for the long wait! I've just been working out the final details for the ending. There's about 5 or 6 more chapters, and I'm working on them ALL right now, so bear with me.

EPOV

"Edward…"

I faintly heard as I stirred. I opened my eyes and was immediately blinded.

"Argh…" I grunted.

Suddenly, something shifted in my arms. I opened my eyes again, slowly this time, and saw Bella lying in my arms.

I grinned as last night's events came flooding back.

I relaxed immediately and sighed, tightening my arms around her.

"Edward…" She sighed.

I began stroking her hair as I stared at her. Bella looked even more beautiful in the morning light. She had a faint pinkness on her cheeks, probably because of the sun, and her body temperature was extremely warm, considering she was wrapped up in my arms and our sleeping bags.

Her eyes abruptly fluttered open, and she turned so she was facing me.

"Good morning, gorgeous." I whispered.

Bella blushed and kissed my cheek. "Mornin'."

"How did you sleep?"

She rested her head on my shoulder. "Best sleep I've ever had. The calmness of being outside really made it more peaceful. That and the person sleeping next to me."

I almost blushed. "Mmm. I know what you mean. Are you hungry?"

"Not yet. But soon."

We lay there for a little longer, enjoying the peace of the outdoors. I couldn't help but think about how much my life had changed since I accepted Alice's plan. I'm so glad I did. I couldn't even imagine what my life would be like right now, if I hadn't. But I'm positive that Bella and I would have met under other circumstances. We were just meant to be. Fate. Two puzzle pieces. I'm absolutely sure, that she's the one. The one for the rest of my life. I had finally found her. The one who I could experience the joy of true love with. Exactly like Jasper and Alice. And probably Emmett and Rosalie too.

"Do you want to go for a walk before we leave? We could grab breakfast at Denny's after if you want." I murmured.

"Sounds like a plan."

Bella stood up and helped me up too. I slid my hand into hers and pulled her towards the water.

We walked down the beach, with the cold water running over our feet.

"I don't want this to end. Do you think I could sneak you into the dorms?" Bella said.

Ha! If only you knew that I spent every night in your room. Dressed as a girl.

"I wish I could… but don't worry. We'll be seeing tons of each other, either way. I've actually been meaning to ask you. Would you want to make us… official?" I asked hesitantly.

I had been looking out onto the lake when I heard Bella say, "I'll only answer when you look at me."

I tore my eyes away from the blue water and looked into her beautiful brown eyes.

"Actually…" She breathed and paused for four torturous heartbeats. "I'm surprised you even have to ask. Of course, I want us to be official. So how about some ice cream, boyfriend?" Bella snickered as she pointed to a nearby ice cream stand.

"Race you there, girlfriend." I winked and took off running. Well more like jogging because I was being nice and letting her win.

"HEY!" She squealed as I heard her following behind me.

I settle for a tie, as we both reached the stand at the same time.

"What can I get for you? And I don't just serve ice cream. I can get you anything." The guy working there asked. I noticed how he was only talking to Bella and I had to suppress a sudden urge to knock his lights out.

Bella had already clocked in on his attempts at flirting with her and blushed uncomfortably.

"What would you like, babe?" I whispered in Bella's ear.

"Strawberry, please."

"A chocolate cone and a strawberry cone." I said growled to the guy, hating the way he was staring at Bella.

I wrapped my arm around her shoulders and she responded by wrapping an arm around my waist.

He gave us the cones, and as I paid for them, I saw him open his mouth to talk to Bella.

"So, do you live around here?" He asked seductively.

"Wouldn't you like to know." She replied as she walked us towards a picnic table.

As we sat down, I took several needed deep breaths. "I'm sorry for the way I acted over there. I just didn't like the way he was looking at you. You're way to irresistible for your own good."

Bella's cheeks reddened. "That's okay. I'm sure I would have reacted the same way had that been a girl flirting with you. You're way to handsome. The world cannot take it!" She said dramatically with her hands.

I burst out laughing and she shoved her ice cream cone into my nose.

"Hey!" I retaliated by dabbing mine onto her cheeks.

After five minutes of us wrestling and smashing ice cream in each other's faces, our laughing finally slowed.

"You… look…" Bella gasped. She couldn't even finish her sentence, for I had already put the last bit of my cone in her open mouth.

"Now I'd have to say that you look pretty cute, there, Miss Swan." I said flirtatiously.

"Right back atcha mister. But I'm sooo sticky. Should we just jump in the lake?"

"Wouldn't hurt."

We took off running towards the lake and dove in, clothes and all.

As I came up for air, Bella tackled me, landing on my back.

"I'd say that we didn't think this entirely through. Now our clothes are all wet." I said.

Bella chuckled quietly and took off swimming towards our stuff down the beach.

When we finally emerged a couple of minutes later, I handed Bella her towel.

"Oh shoot!" She cried.

"What?"

"I should have called Rosalie. She was probably worried sick because I didn't come home." Bella began frantically searching for her cell phone.

"Hey, hey. Don't worry. I had Bob pass the message along." I said, trying to calm her down.

She took a deep breath, and then smirked. "Always a step ahead of me."

I snickered as I rolled up the sleeping bags and packed everything up in the trunk.

I turned around and saw my girlfriend staring out onto the lake.

Girlfriend. Man, she's your girlfriend! Bella Swan is officially yours.

I couldn't help the humungous smile spread across my face as I thought about her being my girlfriend.

I walked up quietly behind her and wrapped my arms around her waist. I felt her lean her back into my chest, and sigh.

"What are you thinking?" I breathed as I placed a kiss just below her ear.

"How beautiful it is out here. I'm really gonna miss this."

"Don't worry. We'll be back." I said in a fake Arnold Schwarzanegger accent attempt.

I felt her laugh as I pulled her towards the car. "Come on! There's a plate of pancakes at Denny's with my name on it!"

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I pulled into the Starfield parking lot and turned off the car.

After a wonderful breakfast at Denny's, I was sad to have to say goodbye to Bella. I loved being around her. As a girl and a guy. But it had more advantages when you were the guy, especially now her boyfriend. I didn't want to say goodbye because I'd miss not being able to kiss her or hold her.

And it'd be that much harder being around Bella now as a girl, knowing that I couldn't wrap my arms around her and kiss her passionately.

I sighed. "I really wish I didn't have to leave."

"Me too." Bella placed her small, soft hand on my cheek. "Good thing we had half-day, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to stay out with you… And don't worry. We can go see a movie tomorrow night, if you want to. Maybe double with Bob and Rose?"

I smiled. "Sounds perfect."

I leaned in to place my lips against hers. I kissed her softly for several minutes before I heard someone knock on Bella's window.

"You two love birds done macking?" Emmett yelled, attracting attention.

I got out of the car and walked over to open Bella's door.

"Hi, Bob." Bella blushed, obviously embarrassed by Emmett's loud outburst.

"Heyya. You two kids have fun last night?" He winked, causing another round of blushing from Bella.

"Yes we did, thank you very much. Now quite embarrassing my girlfriend." I said as I wrapped an arm around her shoulder and she buried her head in my chest.

"NO WAY! I totally popped the question to Rose too. Well not marriage cause that'd be insane. Although the wedding night, would be awesome…" He trailed off as if thinking about it.

Rosalie smacked his head.

"Ouch, Rose. Just kidding."

"So how was your night?" Rose smirked at Bella.

"It was amazing. He took me to this camp ground and we built a fire and fell asleep under the stars." Bella's cheeks slightly reddened.

"Aww, that's so romantic!" Rose gushed. "And you'll never guess where we went! Or better, what I found out about Bob."

"Hey! He finally told you that he knows every single Spice Girls song by heart and that he sings them to get himself psyched before a football game?" I asked innocently.

"DUDE!" Emmett boomed as he slugged me. "She didn't know that."

"Although that is fairly interesting…" Rosalie smirked. "Bob is afraid of heights."

I burst out laughing. "Are you serious? Wow. I never knew that. Oh, wait! That's why you refused to jump off that rock freshman year at Kelso Lake."

Emmett's cheeks visibly reddened. "Enough humor at my expense."

"Anyways, so we went on the ferris wheel, and it sorta broke down, so I had to keep Emmett occupied…" Rosalie smiled evilly.

Emmett gulped. "And boy, was I occupied."

"So then you stayed the night?" Bella asked, after she stopped laughing.

"Well when we finally got back, it was past midnight. So we just watched a couple of movies and I slept in Angela's bed."

"Speaking of Angela. I don't think I saw either her or Alice at all last night." Rosalie mentioned.

Shit. "Whoops. That'd be my fault. They decided to go watch a movie and crashed at Alice's friend Cynthia's place. I was supposed to tell you, but it, uh, slipped my mind."

"Getting a little too friendly with Bella, eh, Eddie?" Emmett cracked.

Poor Bella's face turned beat red, and she looked up at me. "Nope, we were friendly enough."

The bell suddenly rang and Bella jumped. "Class starts in twenty minutes! We really have to go! Sorry, boys."

I pulled Bella behind a tree so I could say goodbye to her. "A little privacy."

She reached up and wound her arms around my neck, bringing my mouth down to hers. I happily obliged and pressed my lips against hers.

Our lips moved together in sync for at least five minutes, as we swayed on the spot.

Bella pulled away, and I groaned.

"I know." She said as she was breathing heavily. "But I really have to go. SO movie tomorrow night?"

"Wouldn't miss it." I kissed her forehead. "I'll call you tonight."

I walked her back towards Emmett and Rosalie who were making out on the hood of my car.

I resisted the urge to throw up as Bella giggled quietly. I stooped and picked up a pinecone and threw it at Emmett's head.

"IN THE NAME OF THINGS HOLY!" He yelped and knocked Rosalie off the car. "Eddie I'm gonna kill you."

Rose huffed as she dusted herself off and grabbed Bella's arm.

"LATER BOYS!" They yelled as they took off running towards the main building.

"Thanks for ruing the moment with Rose." He shrieked as he caught me in a headlock. "Next time things get heavy with you and Bella, I'll show you my inner Spice Girl and blow paprika all over you."

"Paprika?" I laughed as he tightened his grip around my neck. "Is that all you got, Spice Girl?"

My phone suddenly rang and Emmett loosened his grip so I could answer it. I checked the caller ID and saw Alice's number.

"Hey, Alice, what's up?"

"OH MY GOD……… EDWARD!" She screamed, in total panic.

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Ooh, cliffy! I'm mean aren't I? It had to be done… SUSPENSE!

Another one done, had to get it right because it shapes the upcoming chapters. This was sort of a filler chapter, so I still hope you liked it!

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