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Chapter 13 – The proposal

Edward POV

I walked slowly behind Bella as she maneuvered her way down the stairs, the ring in my trousers felt as if it was burning a hole in my back pocket. I had wanted my proposal to be a surprise not just to Bella to my whole family too, that dream was crushed now. I had wanted everything to be perfect, a moment she would always remember but now I'd have to speed up the process a bit in case one of my siblings got a little over excited and decided to spill the beans to my future wife. My wife, I could get used to that.

I was bombarded by my family's thoughts as I held Bella in my arms as she slowly drifted back off to sleep.

I wonder how he's going to do it, thought Alice maybe he'll take her away somewhere nice, to some Caribbean island, ooh I'll have to go shopping with her; she'll have to have nice clothes for the big moment. I hope he takes photos for us all to see.

I was so engrossed in Alice's thoughts that I didn't even notice the six vampires stood in front of me.

"Well?" whispered Esme, "how are you going to propose?"

Maybe having my family's help in this wouldn't be so bad.

Bella POV

I woke up in an entirely different place than when I fell asleep, I was lying in Edward's giant kind sized bed, with deep red sheets surrounding me, the room was aglow with thousands of tiny little candles illuminating a path of rose petals which, if followed, would take you out of the bedroom door. This place had been transformed within the space of a couple of hours.

I slipped out of bed following the petals that scattered the floor out of the doorway and towards the balcony that overlooked the entrance to the house where Edward's gorgeous piano was. Like a scene out of Romeo and Juliet; there was my lover waiting for my by the moonlight.

We met in the middle of the balcony, where without saying him saying a single word, I knew precisely what was to come. My only clues the adorable smirk on his face and the ring box in his finger.

Edward looked me in the eye, smiling and winking cheekily, as he got down on one knee pulling open the little box in his hand and holding it out to me.

"Isabella, I love you more than you could ever imagine, please will you do me the honour of becoming my wife, my Mrs Cullen?"

I stood in shock for a minute, revelling in the amazing moment, until a clearing throat made me look around. Stood on the floor below us were Edward's family and I guess now mine. I had already started to think of them as my own family, which reminded me, the answer to the question.

I nodded my head dumbly, words not yet coming to me, Edward's face lit up like a child on Christmas.

"Is that a yes?" he whispered.

"YES, yes, yes, of course I'll marry you!" I squealed. Edward picked me up, wrapping his arms securely around my waist and spinning me around saying over and over again how much he loved me. Cheers were coming from below, as we looked down and saw our family clapping and smiling. I was getting married.

Edward POV

Tonight could not have gone any better than if I had had months to plan it. I must be the happiest man, dead or un-dead, in the world.

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