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Thank you for reviewing; Rosalies-Evil-Twin, LisaCA, Porcelain-Shadow, Britt, Gnomegirl13, J5girl31012, Terrified To Forget, Jm1708, Sprinter1, AutumnOtts, Wendy, A. Good and Lolz2kaii9! :D I'm glad you all liked the romantic scene!

To Rosalies-Evil-Twin: Wow, that's awesome, girl! :D I'm definitely happy for you, every girl deserves her own Edward. xD

To Porcelain-Shadow: Lol, good luck with that! xD

To Britt: Of course you don't ask too much, it's nice to know that you're so interested. :) Anyway, Edward already knew he loved Bella, but he didn't make a move because he was afraid of hurting her… But let's say that the night he kidnapped her, a little pixie named Alice had a talk with him. :p It will be mentioned later in the story. ;)

To Gnomegirl13: Lol, as soon as I come across a vampire, I'll send him to you. xD

To Jm1708: Yeah, last chapter had a lot of cuteness. xD

To AutumnOtts: That sounds like a nice color. xD Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. :)

To Wendy: Thanks for catching up with the story! :D

Also, to all of you who are, unlike me, going to see New Moon: Have fun! From what I've seen so far, I'm sure it's going to be awesome. :)

Okay, new chapter, enjoy!

Sunlight

A small, flickering light was what woke me up. I was too tired to open my eyes, yet, but I quickly became aware of the fact that I wasn't lying in my warm, soft bed… Instead I was leaning against something that was rather cold and solid.

I tried to mumble something, but I didn't succeed in forming a coherent sentence, and the next thing I heard was his velvety, musical laugh.

"Good morning, love."

"Oh no." I muttered. "I fell… asleep."

"Yes, you fell asleep in the arms of a vampire, nonetheless. Your own safety is obviously still not very high on your list of priorities." He replied in a mocking voice.

"Hmm, I'm insane, you know that." I mumbled in a slurry voice, slowly opening my eyes.

I scanned my surroundings, and I discovered what the source of the flickering light had been. For the first time in months, I could see the sun rising, and a small ray of sun reached Edward's left hand, which was still tightly wrapped around me. The sun made his skin shimmer, and it caused the reflections of little rainbows to dance all around us.

"You're sparkling, Edward." I dryly stated the obvious, still a little sleep drunk.

He laughed again and took my hand in his. "I'm afraid I am… Do you remember that time when I told you that the sun doesn't kill vampires, but does expose them for what they truly are?"

"Oh, sure… And this is what happens." I said matter-of-factly, lightly stroking his smooth, shining hand and watching it with fascination.

"That's right… It looks ridiculous, doesn't it?" He asked rhetorically.

"No… it's pretty." I mumbled.

He snorted. "I'll ask you again later, you're clearly not coherent at the moment."

"I am coherent!" I protested, moving in his lap to sit a bit straighter. "I think you're beautiful, with or without the sparkles…"

"In that case, I'm glad you think so." He said in an amused tone. "Although I'm not nearly as beautiful as you are. Then again, your beauty makes everything look plain and ordinary in comparison, so I can live with that."

"Me? Beautiful? Yeah right." I mumbled dismissively. I would never think of myself as anything other than plain, but it did make me glow inside that Edward seemed to think otherwise. "Wait! What's the time? Aren't we supposed to be at school right now? Am I in trouble?" I blurted out when it suddenly occurred to me that there was also a world outside of the cozy, private bubble in which Edward and I were currently staying.

"Are you always this chaotic in the morning?" He asked curiously, ignoring my panicked question.

"No! Yes… I mean, I'm not sure." I admitted.

He chuckled and pressed a sweet kiss against my cheek. "Relax, love, we still have enough time left to get you to school. In fact, I'm going to take you home right now, before your father notices that you are missing."

"Who cares." I muttered, my mood turning around abruptly when I thought about leaving this place.

"I care…" He said seriously. "If I don't take you back, it will be considered kidnapping, which means that your father would arrest me." He added in a joking tone.

"That's bad." I concluded.

"That's very bad." He agreed, whispering in my ear, causing me to shiver. "I'm sorry love, we can't stay here forever."

"I'm not asking forever… How about a week?" I offered.

He let out a loud laugh. "Nice try, come on you silly girl." He said, carefully lifting me out of his lap and getting up.

He offered me his hand and I took it, also standing up.

The meadow was bathing in the sunlight, and I moved closer to the center of the perfectly round open space, in order to soak up some sun, seeing as sunny days were rare in the area around Forks. I swirled around a few times, gazing up at the sky, which was blue, for once.

"You like the sun." Edward observed, smiling at me.

"Yes, I told you that I lived in Phoenix with my mother before I moved here… Well it used to be sunny every day, you can only imagine my depression when I came to live here, it's no Arizona… By now I've gotten used to the depressing weather, but I do miss the sun sometimes... Don't you like the sun?"

"Yes, and no." He answered, never taking his eyes away from me. "The sun is nice… but it also means that I'm not able to walk around in public places." He reminded me.

"Oh… right. Does that mean that you're not going to school today?" I asked, not even trying to hide my disappointment.

"I'm sorry, Bella. I'm sure you can understand that I can't walk around Forks High, looking like this." His tone was almost apologetic.

"I know… God I hate that stupid sun!" I grumbled.

The expression on Edward's face was highly amused and he did a few steps towards me. "You don't really mean that."

"Of course I do! Because every time the sun shines, you are going to ditch!" I accused him. "Can't I also ditch? I could call Mrs. Cope and tell her that I'm feeling sick…" I added hopefully.

"No you can't, you're going to school." He said in a final tone, taking another step towards me and pulling me into his strong arms.

"Hypocrite." I complained, mumbling the words into his chest.

"I've already graduated eleven times, I can afford to skip a day, you can't." He said smugly, knowing that he had won this round.

"But I still have so many things I want to ask… about you, and about your family." I tried one last time.

"And I will answer each and every one of your questions, but later." He promised me. "And as for my family… I was sort of hoping that I could take you home with me to meet them… soon. Carlisle and Esme… I suppose you could call them my parents… they would love to meet you." He slightly pulled away from me so he could see my face, gauging my reaction.

"Are you sure?" I asked hesitantly, afraid that they weren't going to approve of the fact that their vampire son was dating a human girl.

"Only if you want to meet them, if the idea of meeting a house full of vampires is too scary for you, I understand." He said sincerely.

"No! It's fine… If they don't mind that I'm a human." I started blushing, as if being human was something to be embarrassed about.

"Of course they don't mind, they want me to be happy, and you make me happy, Bella." He leaned in a little and I got distracted, my eyes automatically gazing at his smooth lips.

"One more kiss, Edward." I pleaded, our conversation about parents and family long forgotten.

"You'll be late for school." He informed me in a whisper, his cool breath was caressing my face.

"I don't care."

Without further warning, he pressed his cold lips against mine, and my hands seemed to have a mind of their own, travelling up and knotting themselves into his silky, copper-colored hair, firmly securing his face to mine. I gasped in surprise when his icy tong traced my lower lip, causing my lips to part slightly. His sweet breath invaded my mouth, and I could practically taste him on my tongue.

Too soon for my liking, he ended the kiss, carefully grabbing my wrists and pulling my hands free from his messy hair. I pouted at him, but he simply laughed.

"We've tested my control long enough, for now. I'll take you home." He said, effortlessly lifting me up into his arms and cradling me against his chest.

I threw a brief, last glance at the peaceful meadow. "Will we come back here?"

"I guess we will, since we both love this place." Edward assured me. "And after today, it will also remind me of the most important moment in my… existence."

"What would that be?"

He smiled crookedly at me and lightly kissed the tip of my nose. "You telling me that you love me."

xxx

"Bella… Pssst. Mr. Mason is asking you a question." I almost jumped ten feet in the air when Mike Newton's hissing voice woke me up.

He was sitting at the desk next to me, giving me a wary look. My lack of sleep last night had resulted in me falling asleep during English class.

"Do you mind paying attention, Miss Swan?" Mr. Mason asked in an irritated voice.

"I'm sorry, I didn't feel well last night, so I didn't sleep much." I lied in a reflex.

"Oh… do you need to see the nurse?" He asked, the annoyed expression on his face fading slowly.

"No, I'm feeling better, just need to catch up on some sleep." I gave him my most innocent look.

"Alright then, I'll let it go, this time..." Mr. Mason said, before scanning the room for his next victim. "Ah, Mr. Crowley…"

I let out a sigh of relief and turned my attention back to my textbook, this time trying to actually pay attention and stay awake. A part of me was suddenly grateful that Edward wasn't in school today, because otherwise, him commenting on how he had been right about me needing my sleep, would've been inevitable.

"Are you sure you're alright Bella?" Mike's worried voice came from my left again.

I turned to look at him and rolled my eyes. "Never better." I said, unable to stop the grin that was automatically spreading across my face as I remembered last night.

"You're not feeling sick? I could take you to the nurse." He whispered, staring into my eyes in a way that he would probably consider 'romantic'.

After months of his unashamed flirting, and me giving him subtle rejections, I was sick and tired of him, and I wanted to dodge him once and for all. "No need to worry, Mike, I'm not sick. I just didn't get much sleep because I spent a magical night with Edward Cullen."

Mike's eyes were about to bulge out of their sockets, and I gave him a smile that was supposed to be apologetic.

"I don't like the idea of you and Cullen together." Mike grumbled lowly.

"You don't have to like it." I said with a light shrug. "Since I'm the one who has to be with him, it only matters if I like it."

Mike gave me a last incredulous look before ducking his head, fixing his gaze on his books.

Another problem solved, surely Mike wouldn't bother me after this… Even he couldn't be that delusional.

I gave up concentrating on the teacher's voice, and my thoughts were miles away. Back at the meadow, to be precisely. I wondered what Edward was doing now… Was he thinking about me, like I was thinking about him? Or was it just me, being this pathetic? I made a mental note to ask him about that later.

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