OKAY...CHAPTER 13!! please let this be a good chapter! sorry i havent updated much...school...blehhh T-T
But anyway, sorry if you hate this one. nothing really happens...jsut BellaxEdward fluff really...PLUS they go to Alaska. oh and btw, you should read the details about Alaska home.ITS SUPPOSED TO BE EXTREMELYLARGE AND BEAUTIFUL...at least in my mind it is. xD
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CHAPTER 13 – ALASKA, HERE WE COME
BELLA POV
Edward and I were still kissing when the song ended and a new one started – we were just standing there in each other's embrace. It was perfect…that was until someone dared clear their throat.
Emmett.
I felt Edward's lips curl into a smile on my skin and pull back as he grinned crookedly at me. I couldn't help but smile back, so thrilled that Edward was officially a part of my love life.
We were so lost in our own little bubble that I hadn't even noticed that most of my friends were watching me, toothy grins plastered on their faces. I swear, if Alice's smile widened anymore, it would break her face.
Allie and Madison were silently squealing, there mouths and eyes wide open. Alice and Rosalie were smiling smugly at us, and Jasper and Emmett were giving each other high-fives. Trevor was clueless, and the look on his face told us that much.
I turned back to Edward, who was smiling at me with the utmost love and desire. It felt very, very flattering.
He wordlessly pulled me in for another quick kiss and murmured, "I love you," again. I knew that if I were human, my heart would have accelerated and I would have been blushing.
"I love you, too, Edward," I replied with a smile.
Edward chuckled and picked me up bridal style as I wrapped my left arm around his neck and rested my right hand on my stomach. He carried me effortlessly over to the rest of our 'crew', who carried brilliant smiles on their faces.
"You guys are so adorable!" Allie and Madison squealed simultaneously as Trevor wrapped an arm around Allie's waist.
Alice looked at me with her head cocked to the side.
"Um, Bella, where did all your lip gloss go?" she asked, feigning horror. I thought for a moment before turning to Edward, who was sheepishly wiping a substance off of his perfect lips.
Alice sighed. "Next time, we are not going to apply anything to her lips," she told Rosalie as Rosalie nodded in agreement.
Xxx
I lay on my back on Edward's bed with Edward on my left, playing with strands of my hair.
Another week had gone by, the last week of Forks at the moment. It was Thursday, the day before I'd leave tomorrow with the Cullens. I'd already said good-bye to all of my human friends, and I almost missed the fact that I couldn't cry – properly that is. As I lay there, playing with my necklace, my thoughts wandered to Jacob and the werewolves.
Is he still alive? If he is, is he okay? Is he dead? Had he imprinted? What happened to him after I left? What happened to the rest of the pack? Are there any of them left?
"What are you thinking about, Bella?" Edward murmured quietly, kissing my left hand in which he was holding.
"The pack," I sighed reluctantly as Edward wrinkled his nose in disgust. "Sometimes…I wonder what would have happened if I'd never been hit by the car. And no, I would not have lived a happy human life," I mumbled, staring at his perfect face.
Edward sighed as pain washed over his face.
I put my right hand on his cheek, lightly rubbing small circles with my thumb.
"You're not happy…" he said, his expression concerned.
"Correction: I wasn't happy," I replied with a small smile. "But that was because you weren't in my existence the way I wanted you to be. And now that you are my soul mate, I couldn't ask for anything better," I whispered, kissing him gently on the lips.
"Not even Alice to never give you another makeover?" Edward mumbled as his lips moved along my jaw.
"Not even," I replied honestly.
"You're amazing," he murmured.
After a few minutes of comfortable silence, Edward asked, "Bella, are you moving in with us because you want to or because Alice forced you to?"
"A little bit of both…" I mumbled in reply. But then I smiled reassuringly at him. "I don't know, though, because at that time I was more…well, I wasn't exactly your soul mate and the thought of being with you was different than now," I added cautiously, hoping to not hurt his feelings.
I watched with relief as Edward's lips curled up into a dazzling smile before touching my own lips.
"Alright you two lovebirds!" Alice shouted as she danced into the room with Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper, causing us to break apart. "Bella, you've got everything you need loaded into Edward's car and sold your old house, right?" she said, looking at me as I nodded.
"Woot! We're going to Alaska!" Emmett said cheerfully as he elbowed Jasper, who rolled his eyes.
Alice tossed me a digital camera, and in return, I stared at her quizzically.
"She wants us to go take pictures to remember everything, even with our vampire memory," Edward whispered to me, glaring at Alice with the last part.
"Oh," I murmured as Edward and I both stood up.
"Don't forget to grab your coats! It's going to snow," Alice hinted with a devilish smile.
Edward and I chuckled sheepishly before we grabbed our black coats and headed out to the driveway.
"Hmm, do you want to enjoy a last Forks motorcycle ride with me?" Edward asked playfully, a small smile tugging at his lips.
I grinned back at him. "Definitely."
He chuckled and handed me my red helmet and jacket before getting onto the motorcycle.
"What? No helmet for you?" I asked incredulously.
Edward laughed. "Please, Bella, if anyone needs a helmet, it's you," he teased as my favorite crooked grin spread across his face.
I scowled at him.
"Hey, um, Edward?" I asked as I slid onto the motorcycle behind him, wrapping my arms around his waist.
"Hmm?"
"Can we stop by the Forks Cemetery?"
Edward hesitated before answering. His eyes were weary. "Sure, if that's what you'd like."
I nodded.
Soon, we were zooming down the trail that leads to Forks Cemetery. Alice wasn't kidding when she said it was going to snow, because by the time we arrived at the vacant lot, light particles of ice were cascading from the darkened sky.
Edward followed behind me as I walked around on the wet grass in search of Charlie's grave. When I found it, I squatted down and felt a sharp pang in my chest at the sight of my father's grave.
Charlie Swan
1964 – 2007
Great resident of Forks and beloved father
"I'm sorry, Dad," I whispered as I stared at the gravestone. "I'm sorry we didn't have much time together," I mumbled, my voice cracking slightly. "Did Jacob visit you often while I was away?" I said with a forced laugh that sounded more like a dying cat.
"You know, if I had been able to visit you that night, I would have cooked you your favorite meal," I said. "Or watched a whole season of football with you. Or anything else that I never got to do with you before you and I both died."
Then I sighed. "Time passes, Charlie," I said, using his first name. "But I'll always love you. You were an awesome father," I added as I gently kissed his gravestone before standing up.
I looked over at Edward, whose expression was unfathomable. He was standing silently off to my left, his hands in the pockets of his black coat.
I walked over to his stiff figure and kissed him on the lips with all my might, my arms around his neck.
We broke apart and rested our foreheads against each other's, staring into one another's eyes. Edward's golden orbs were piercing and sad.
"What's wrong?" I asked my voice filled with concern.
"Sometimes…" he started as he picked me up and put me on the motorcycle a split second later. "Sometimes I wonder whether changing you was a right or wrong thing."
A half second later, Edward parked the motorcycle at the end of the trail, took my hand, and we both wordlessly ran vampire speed through the forest and into the meadow. When we arrived, Edward gently pulled me towards a tree, sat down, and pulled me onto his lap, wrapping his arms around me.
"Why do you think it's wrong?" I asked quietly as I rested my head on his left shoulder.
"Bella…it was hard to watch you mourn over Charlie's death. I mean, I ended everything for you, and if you were dead –"
I put a finger to his lips, stopping him mid-sentence. "If I were dead, I would definitely not be here right now, enjoying my existence," I interrupted him sternly. "When life gives you eternity, you make it what you want it to be," I said with my eyebrows raised as Edward let out a chuckle.
"Did you take that from the 'when life gives you lemons, make lemonade' line?" he asked incredulously.
"Does it look like it?" I said playfully. "You see, Edward, in this case, I did not get lemons. I got –"
"-you got your soul damned," he interrupted me.
"Nooo," I said. "I got a second chance to be with you. Got it?" I asked, raising my right eyebrow. "Losing Charlie and Renee and even Jacob – " I gulped at Jacob's name " – are nothing compared to the thought of losing you," I said matter-of-factly as I chaste-kissed him.
Edward cocked his head to the side.
"Honestly," I said truthfully, my eyes wide and innocent.
Edward leaned down and kissed me gently. "You are amazing," he mumbled against my lips for the second time today.
I smiled and wound my fingers in his bronze-colored hair just as he tightened his grip around my waist and rested his right hand on the side of my left knee.
Edward pulled back, his breathing ragged as he frowned and stared at the hand on my waist.
"What's wrong?" I asked, completely clueless.
Edward stuck his right hand into the pocket of my coat and sighed when he pulled out the digital camera Alice gave me.
"Oh, yeah," I said, remembering. When I was with Edward, nothing really mattered besides him.
I took the camera from his hand and said, "Smile for the camera!" before Edward put his hand in front of his face, covering up his incredible smile while the camera took a snapshot.
"Edward!" I said, feigning annoyance. This only made him laugh harder.
"Please?" I begged. "Just for my scrapbooky," I said in the best childish voice I could manage. His eyes were filled with amusement.
I sighed when he didn't budge. "Don't make me dazzle you again," I threatened as I stood up, Edward following.
"I should annoy you more often if it leads to flirting," he teased with a laugh as he took the camera from my hand, aiming it at me. "1, 2, 3," he muttered as I heard a click.
I grinned at him, took the camera, and put my lips to his cheek and took a picture of that. After I heard the click, Edward wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me in for a passionate kiss. I laughed after we broke apart.
"Alice's vision just came true," I said breathlessly as I took a picture of Edward.
I'd actually had a great time; I managed to get a picture of a snowflake, Edward and me kissing, Edward with snow in his hair, and a picture of the two of us doing funny faces in the camera…well that was me. Edward just smiled like a mature 140-year-old vampire.
Also, somewhere during the photography session, we'd somehow gotten into a mini snowball fight (which I got several snapshots of), which resulted in both our clothes being soaking wet from the snow – that was fun. I'd pulled Edward into a deep kiss and sent a wad of snow through his hair at the same time he managed to get snow onto my waist and lower back. Ah, the things you can do in a snowball fight.
When the two of us arrived home, the whole family was hanging out in the living room. Jasper and Emmett were playing yet another round of Halo 15, and, of course, Jasper was winning. Alice was flipping through a fashion magazine with Rosalie, Esme was chuckling quietly at the sight of her sons, and Carlisle was reading a really, really thick book.
After Edward and I walked through the door, everyone looked at us with huge grins on their faces.
Alice got up and handed each of us a pair of clothing.
"So," she said, eyeing me and then Edward and then me again. "How was the uh…kiss you thought you'd never have, Bella?"
Edward pressed his lips together, fighting a smile.
"Very, very sexy (is that possible? Or would 'hot' be a better choice? Oo)," I said jokingly as the whole room burst into laughter. Edward let out a chuckle. "But anyway, here are the pictures I'd taken, Alice," I said, handing her the camera as she gleefully took it out of my hands and flipped through the pictures with Esme and Rosalie.
"Your photography skills suck, Bella," Alice muttered as she stared at the picture of the kiss between Edward and me.
"Well, sorry, mom," I growled. "I was a bit preoccupied, in case you hadn't noticed."
Xxx
"All set!" Emmett said merrily as he slammed the trunk of the Mercedes. "We're going to Alaska!"
Jasper sighed. "It's not the first time, Emmett," he said calmly.
"Excited, love?" Edward whispered from behind me, his sweet scent filling the air.
"Yep," I answered truthfully as he opened the passenger door for me before arriving at the driver's side.
Emmett and Rosalie were taking the Jeep and leaving the red convertible in Forks, Carlisle and Esme were taking the Mercedes, Alice and Jasper were taking the yellow Porsche, and Edward and I were riding in the silver Volvo.
Soon enough, we were driving (why didn't we take a plane? Oh, because Edward said that he 'could run faster than ride in a slow airplane'.) to the Alaskan home.
The ride was comfortable. Edward played some Claire de Lune for me, as well as some of his old and new compositions from a CD. We also talked about when we thought the werewolves would discover the secret, and about Alaska.
I was absolutely awe-struck when I stepped out of the Volvo and drank in the sight of the Cullens' Alaskan mansion. It seemed twice as large as the one in Forks, and was, of course, in the middle of a forest away from civilization. Surrounding the house was a spectacular view of the mountains in the distance, as well as a sea of green along numerous hillsides. In the distance, I could see a clear blue lake with a sturdy wooden bridge leading out to a circular porch in the middle of the lake.
And the three-story house was even more breathtaking…wide, tall, and spacious as well. The outside of it was a light cherry wood color, smooth and welcoming. The front double-doors were white.
The inside was beautifully adorned with various shades of white furniture, like the home at Forks. From the doorway, you could see the voluminous living room off to the right, a large, curving glass staircase with iron rails on the left, and a deep hallway leading to the family room straight ahead. Even further to the left of the staircase was the incredibly large kitchen, with granite countertops and smooth wooden cupboards and a tile flooring. The view from the doorway to the family room revealed a large glass wall-sized window, and it appeared that the entire backside of the house had glass walls.
"Wow…" I said breathlessly, my eyes darting around the room. And this was only the first floor.
"Like it?" Emmett said as he walked in, carrying more luggage than any human man on Earth could carry.
"I…I love it…" I replied just as Edward walked through the door carrying both of our belongings simultaneously.
"Oh, um, need help?" I asked, looking at him. Edward chuckled and shook his head no.
"I'm fine, thanks Bella," he said. Then his eyes lit up. "Want to see our room?" he asked, his eyeing the staircase.
I nodded enthusiastically.
Edward dashed up the stairs vampire speed with me following closely behind. In no time, we were at a tall white door with a silver handle at the third story level of the house.
I cautiously opened the door and almost dropped dead at the sight. My jaw dropped and my breath caught in my throat.
The room was absolutely…extraordinary. Incredible. Remarkable. The walls were white and the floor was a fuzzy golden carpet. The room was extremely spacious, about the side of four average elementary school classrooms put together, or maybe even larger, I believe.
The room was located in the back far left of the house, and the wall in front of the doorway was a huge wall-sized window with draped light gold curtains. Somewhere on the left of the window was a glass door that led out into a porch that viewed the gigantic backyard and mountains in the distance. Also along the left of the window stood a brand-new, black grand piano that seemed to glow even in the dimly lit room. On the right of the room were two white doors, one that led to a grand bathroom and one that led to a large walk-in closet.
Opposite of the right of the window was Edward's entire CD collection, along with a stereo system and a cherry wood bookshelf filled with all of my favorite books. A little off to the right of the doorway laid the enormous and inviting king-sized bed with golden covers and pillows.
"How…how much money did all of this cost?!" I said breathlessly.
It took me a moment to realize that Edward wasn't with me. I could smell his scent, but he was nowhere to be seen.
"Um, Edward?" I said, looking around the room. Suddenly he appeared behind me, making me jump.
"Sorry, love, I was putting everything away while you were observing our bedroom," he said with a crooked grin. "So, how do you like it?"
"It's remarkable," I answered truthfully. "Everything here is just so…incredible!" I squealed as Edward kissed me sweetly.
"I love you, Edward," I murmured as I allowed myself to get lost in his golden eyes.
"I love you more, Bella," he replied with my favorite crooked grin before he kissed me again.
Sure, I didn't have Charlie or Jacob with me. But with Edward and the rest of the Cullens here, nothing could be better. And, with no sign of werewolves, they may never even discover me…right?
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