In celebration of The Host being released today and the wonderful Stephenie Meyer who created these wonderful characters, I thought that I would post a chapter!! Thank you so much for those of you that review. You truly brighten my day with your words of encouragement and help! You aid me and keep me going and for that I am forever grateful! Without further ado…

Bella:

"What are you doing?" he asked me with amusement thick in his voice and I wiggled around on the bed. Alice had taken the opportunity to buy a bed for me in Edward's room while we were out for the day. I have to admit, initially I was not happy about this. I mean, seriously. It is unnecessary for them to go out of their way to buy me a bed and take over Edward's room with it when I am the only one in the house that even needs to sleep. But then Alice brought it to my attention that I had to sleep somewhere and that, while I could sleep on the couch, it would not be quite as comfortable for Edward to stay on the couch with me and that he would not be able to sleep through the discomfort like I would. Edward then proceeded to try and dazzle me and said that he didn't mind in the least having a huge bed take over his room and that this way we could come and visit much more often. So, admitting defeat, I gave in and let it go. Honestly though, this bed it MUCH better that the couch.

"I'm stretching," I replied. "My muscles are really tight from sitting all day, first with Alice and then at the meadow."

"Sure they are," he said and I could hear the teasing in his voice.

I stopped stretching and rolled over so that I could rest my back against his chest.

I didn't realize how close I was to the edge of the newly acquired bed and I almost rolled off. Thankfully Edward has great vampire reflexes and was able to wrap his arms around me before I could tumble to the floor.

"Whoa, that was close," I said and snuggled closer to Edward.

Edward chuckled his reply. "What am I going to do with you?"

"Love me," I said quietly.

"Always," he replied. "But it is nice to know that some things never change though."

"How so?" I asked. I had a feeling that I knew where this was going.

"You are still my clumsy Bella," he said softly.

"Mister, don't you start on that again. I already told you, I am not as clumsy as I used to be."

"Sure," he said teasingly.

"It's true. I'm just not used to sharing a bed with anyone so as you can see it is not my fault."

"Really?" he asked in a weird but very serious voice.

"Really," I said with a slight frown. I couldn't figure out what I was hearing in his voice.

"Not even Jacob?" he asked quietly.

Okay, I have to admit that one threw me.

I turned in his arms so that I was facing him. "What kind of question is that? What is this Edward?" I asked trying to read his face in the slight moonlight coming through the window wall. "Is this jealousy?" and as I asked I knew that I had hit the mark.

"Are you jealous?" I asked with a slight giggle.

"This is not funny Bella and it is a valid question," he said with a slight frown.

"I'm sorry. You're right, it's not funny," I said. "No Edward, I have never shared my bed with anyone but you. Jacob and I were no where near that level of a relationship. I told you, I may have loved him but I have only ever been in love with you," I said quietly.

"Well, I know you said that but I also know enough to know that you don't have to be in love with someone to sleep with them," he said quietly.

"Well I do," I said kissing him as deeply as I could.

After a while he pulled back and I rested my forehead against his. "You know, this is oddly reminiscent of a certain conversation we had when we first started our relationship."

"I know," he said with a smile in his voice.

"Does this mean that we have come full circle?" I asked

"I don't know," he answered. "I would like to think that we are not back to where we began. I think that we have grown too much to ever be those people again."

"I agree. I love you Edward," I said quietly. "You are my love. You are the only person that I have ever wanted to have that kind of a relationship with, Edward. I look forward to the day that we can share ourselves fully with one another."

"Wow, that was all said without one single blush," he murmured and immediately I felt my face warm.

"There it is," he said running his fingers down my cheeks. "I was wondering if I had lost my effect on you."

"I'm not embarrassed to say that I love you and that I want to love you with everything I posses; and that includes my body," I said kissing his lips quickly.

"You keep amazing me."

"How so?" I asked.

"It's hard to put into words, you are so much more secure in yourself than you were. You were already very mature but this is different. If I didn't know any better, I would say that you have been around as long as I have," he said kissing my forehead.

"It is amazing what happens when you are lacking a pivotal part of your existence," I said. "I know what it is like to lose you. With you gone from my life I was lost and now that I have you back I can say all of the things that I never thought that I would have the opportunity to. I am not going to waste our time together," I finished quietly.

"You make it sound as thought we have limited time together," he said quietly but very seriously.

I looked away from him but he held my face between his hands until I met his eyes.

"Bella, talk to me," he pleaded quietly. Anguish was filling his voice as he looked deeply into my eyes. I honestly had no idea what he would find there and worried about what he saw as the crease in his brow deepened and his eyes turned slightly panicked.

Trying to erase the panic that I unintentionally caused him I answered with the only honest response that I had. "I really don't know what to say, Edward."

"What are you thinking?" he asked.

I thought for a moment but could tell that the silence was killing him. It was so much harder for him when I was thinking quietly.

"Edward, I honestly don't know. My thoughts are all jumbled right now and I can't keep any one thought separate from another. The only thought really sticking out in my mind is that I love you," I said.

"I will never leave you, ever again," he said with my face still held between his palms. He was searching my eyes for understanding and belief of what he was telling me. "I want to keep you with me forever. I NEED to keep you with me and I need you to need me forever," he said in a voice think with passion.

"Rationally I know that Edward. I know that you won't leave me again but…" I trailed off, unable to finish my thought.

"But I filled you with doubt," he said quietly letting go of my face and looking away from me. He was trying to hide the hurt he was feeling but I knew him too well for that.

"I wish I could say that that's not true," I said in a whisper. I laid my hand on his cheek until he met my eyes again.

"I will prove my love to you," he vowed.

"It's not your love that you have to prove to me."

"What then?" he asked.

"You are very strong willed. You are a good person and I love that about you. I love that you strive so hard to be good. Ultimately, you are going to do what it is that you feel is right and what happens if you decide that you are not right for me again?"

"I have to accept that you have to decide what is right for you. I did what I thought was necessary and it turned out very wrong. You were right when you told me that I had taken your choices away. I do not ever intend to do that again. I may have been very foolish in my decisions regarding us and our future, but I am a quick learner and I do not make the same mistake twice. You were also right when you said that this is our future, not just mine or your. This future belongs to both of us and we have to decide what is right for us together."

"Wow." I said quietly. "Edward Cullen, you yourself have matured as well. You sounded your age just then." I was in awe.

"Let me just say that I understand what you meant when you said that missing a pivotal part of your existence changes and mature you," he said pulling me tightly to his chest. I couldn't keep the tears that welled up at his words from spilling over. He bent his head down and gently kissed them away. After my tears had dried I felt exhausted. I tried to hold it in but could not quite stifle the yawn that broke free.

"You need to sleep now Bella."

"I'm good," I said unconvincingly. I did not want to waste a single moment with him.

"Sleep now, we have an eternity ahead of us to talk," he said kissing my head.

"I love you Edward," I said quietly.

"And I love you my Bella," he murmured.

"Mmm. I like that," I said as I snuggled closer into his side and rested my head on his chest.

"What?" he asked as his arms wrapped tighter around me.

"That you called me your Bella."

"You are my Bella," he said in to my hair

"Always," I mumbled. Eternity. He and I have eternity together. I drifted to sleep with those happy thoughts, thoroughly content and secure in my future with him.

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