*Revised.

All Standard Disclaimers Apply.

Love is a Battlefield.

Chapter Twelve.

Bella's Point of View.

I sighed softly, laying next to Alice in her bed with my eyes closed. The night's earlier events with Edward kept replaying in my head, keeping me from falling asleep. I couldn't believe the way I reacted. I must have looked like a child to Edward. Was he regretting being with me now?

My eyes opened when I heard Alice's door open. My back facing it but I could only assume it was Carlisle checking to makes sure I was where I was suppose to be. I sighed, staring at Alice's serene sleeping face. Like Edward would want anything to do with me tonight.

The door closed slightly and I heard foot steps head towards the bed and my heart began racing. What was Carlisle doing? I sucked in a deep breath and closed my eyes tightly as I felt him lean over me. "Bella, are you awake?" I let the air leave my lungs at the sound of Edward's voice and I slowly turned my head to look up at him, our faces mere inches apart.

He was staring into my eyes with that lovely lop sided smile of his plastered on his lips. "Yes." I said breathlessly, biting my lip as my heart went into a frenzy.

"Good." He said softly, pulling the blankets down my side. "Come with me."

I sat up and cocked my head to the side, looking at him. "Where to?" I asked and he reached out for my hands.

"To my room, of course."

I took his hand and he pulled me to my feet carefully and I smiled. "But your father?"

"Carlisle and Esme are already asleep. Plus, we aren't going to do anything." He said softly, pressing his lips against my cheek. "I can't sleep. I want you in my arms."

I blushed, letting him lead me towards the door. Once in the hallway he closed Alice's door before wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me back against him. "What about tomorrow morning?" I asked as we slowly made our way down the hall towards his room. "You know when Alice wakes up and sees me gone..."

Edward chuckled. "She'll assume we were being naughty and won't say a thing." He said as we walked into his dimly lit room. "Can you live with that?" He asked, releasing his hold around me and turning to close the door.

"Yeah." I said slowly making my way over to his bed and sitting down, sighing. "Shouldn't you be upset with me?" I asked as he came over and sat down next to me. He grabbed my hand and squeezed it gently.

"What do you mean?" He asked softly.

I heaved another heavy sigh and stared down at my feet. His bed was so high off the ground they barely touched the floor. "Because of the way I acted earlier." I said softly, my voice hardly a whisper. I wasn't even sure if he had heard me at all.

"Bella." He said releasing my hand and pushing me back against the bed. "If I was upset with you do you really think I would have dragged you in here?" He asked crawling on top of me, each of his hands on the side of my head. I bit my lip and he shook his head. "No, I wouldn't." He chuckled, leaning down and kissing my lips gently.

I reached forward and snaked my arms slowly around his neck, pressing my lips more firmly against his. "Mmm." He purred against my lips. "We should talk." Edward said as he rolled off me and pulled me gently on top of him. I sat up, straddling his waist, peering down at him pouting. I didn't want to talk. I wanted him to continue kissing me.

"About what?" I asked, crossing my arm overs my chest, still pouting down at him. I shivered as I felt the warmth of his hands as he slid them up my shirt and lingered there on my waist.

"Our future." He said softly, his thumbs caressing my skin gently.

I blinked. "Our future?" I repeated questioningly. "What do you mean?"

Edward took a deep breath and his grip on my waist tightened ever so slightly. "Next year we graduate." He said simply, pointing out the obvious. "Are we planning to go college together? Are we planning to go to college?" He bit his lip after taking a deep breath and I felt him tense. "Are we still planning to be together?"

"Forever..." I whispered, feeling panic bubble up inside me. Tears burned in my eyes and I fought to hold them back as I stared down into his eyes. Was he breaking up with me? The more I tried to make myself understand what was happening the more upset I got and it soon got to the point where I could no longer keep my tears back.

I instantly felt Edward's hands on either side of my face. He had quickly moved me to his lap so that he could sit up. "Bella?" He said softly, his voice deep with emotion. I couldn't understand why he sounded so upset when he was the one breaking up with me. I knew he was angry with me about earlier.

"You made me promise you forever." I said, quickly pushing his hands from my face. "And now you are breaking up with me?" I moved to slide off his lap but he threw his arms around my waist and pulled me back to him roughly.

"You misunderstood." He said, his hold tightening as I struggled to free myself from him. "Bella you've misunderstood me. Please." He begged, his voice trembling with fear and pain.

"Then explain it to me." I said as I stopped struggling and leaned against him. "Make me understand because as far as I was concern our plan was obvious."

He buried his face in the crook of my neck and exhaled causing me to shiver as his warm breath caressed the sensitive skin there. "I just want to be sure that I'm not forcing you with me. That you are here because you want to be. You see Bella, I'm extremely selfish. I take what I want when I want it. Not at all caring what anyone else feels, and the moment I first laid my eyes on you... I had to make you mine."

It only took me a moment to understand and I gently pushed him back, forcing his eyes to meet mine. "If I honestly didn't want to be with you Edward I wouldn't be." I said softly, reassuringly. "If anything I'm afraid you are going to realize I'm not as great as you seem to think I am, or someone better is going to come along and I'm..." My voice cracked a little and I had to take a deep breath. "And I'm going to lose you."

Edward shook his head. "There is no one better than you Bella and I hope that one day you'll let me show you how truly wonderful you are."

I smiled softly and pressed my forehead to his. "So, we are good?" I asked still feeling unsure.

His smiled matched mine and he leaned forward, pressing his lips gently to mine. "We're perfect." He said softly, his lips lingering against mine.

"Good." I whispered. "There is one more thing I want to make clear though."

"Okay?"

"I promised you forever Edward." I said simply, my eyes baring into his.

"You did." He barely whispered.

"I don't make promises that I don't intend to keep. I promised you forever and you'll get forever." I giggled as his arms tightened around me and he pulled me down with him as he laid back down on his bed.

"I love you Isabella Marie Swan." He said, his mouth trailing sloppy kisses down my neck.

"I love you too Edward Anthony Cullen." I giggled softly.

I shivered as his mouth moved lower down my throat, his teeth gently scraping and nipping my flesh there. A spark of desire began burning in the pit of my stomach and I moaned softly, my hands slipping up the bottom of his night shirt. I felt his breath hitch under my touch and I couldn't help but smirk.

"Bella..."

Edward's Point of View.

"Bella..." I murmured, feeling her hands set fire to my stomach as they made their way up my chest. I slowly allowed my arms to loosen around her waist and drift down to her hips, my fingers pulling her firmly against me.

I lifted my mouth from her skin completely and flipped us in one swift movement. I removed Bella's hands from under my shirt and sat up, straddling her waist.

"Edward..." She whined softly, her eyes baring into mine and I felt myself shiver at the intensity. Her lips curled out in a soft pout and I couldn't help but smile as I leaned down slowly and pressed my lips to hers.

"Don't make that face." I murmured softly against her lips. "You know I wouldn't deny you anything." I grabbed the bottom of my shirt and sat up a bit so that I could pull it over my head and throw it off to the side.

I knew as soon as my shirt had hit the floor and Bella's hands were back on my chest, her fingers gently caressing and tracing the muscle beneath her fingertips, that this... that were moving too fast once again. Like earlier that day in the meadow, but this time I wasn't sure I had the strength to stop us... To stop myself.

I felt Bella's hands clasp around my neck and she slowly pulled me down, claiming my lips in soft gentle kisses. "Bella..." I murmured, my hands trailing up her sides, pulling her night shirt up with them.

"Hmm?" She purred against my lips, her soft tongue tracing the lines of my bottom lip slowly. I moaned softly as she sucked my bottom lip into her mouth and I knew then that I liked where this was heading. Unlike earlier I wasn't afraid. I knew that no matter what happened Bella would always be at my side.

I moaned softly as she released my lip from her mouth, my mouth crashing down to hers hungrily and savagely. I lifted her by her hips and she wrapped her legs around my waist. She pulled her mouth away from mine. "Edward..." She panted heavily as I gently lifted her up to pull her night shirt over her head. There was nothing more that I wanted right now than to ravish her completely.

I wanted her... No needed her more than I needed oxygen to breath. She had become my air. There was a frantic knock on my door and I tensed above her. I looked down at her face and she bit her lip and closed her eyes tightly. Did we wake my parents?

"Edward?" I sighed at the sound of my sister's sleepy sounding voice. Bella noticeably relaxed beneath me as well. "Is Bella in there with you? I can't find her anywhere."

Please excuse any errors. I will be be editing this at a later time. Didn't get to finish reading it through today...

Well, this isn't how I wanted this chapter to end and I apologize for both the wait you all had and it's crappy-ness. I know I promised you all smut in this chapter and you would have got it, but my cousin is kicking me off the computer and I won't be able to get back on at all today, or sadly this weekend. So, unfortunately, there will not be an update to One Night in Vegas this weekend. This will be the only update guys. Next chapter will have Twice the smut. That is a promise that I will not be NOT be breaking.

Also, I want to thank you all for your support. It means so much to me. I want you all to know that just because I'm not updating or typing up my stories doesn't mean I'm not thinking about them, or you. I outline all my chapters in a note book. I've got everything planned out. I've even started my sequel to Vegas.

Thanks again for all the love and support. I love you all dearly.

Anna.