The break between the end of filming and the premiere was blissful for Bella and Edward. Jake was pretty much out of the picture, as he was spending most of his time with Layla. Bella had refused to hang around with them any more because, as she put it, 'they're so nauseatingly happy together that I would puke on their happiness. Did that make sense?' Edward was quite happy not to have to endure the smell, so he didn't make any objections. Instead, Bella and Edward spent a lot of their time walking around New York, enjoying each other's company. It was winter, so Edward could walk around freely during the day, as it was so grey and cold most of the time. Unfortunately, the wet and sometimes icy pavements were near lethal to Bella. Edward was constantly watching her so that he could catch her before she fell on her arse.
'You know, I think we're probably fairly sickening ourselves,' Edward pointed out.
'What do you mean?' asked Bella, watching her feet carefully.
'Well, I know that I'm spending the rest of my existence with you, and you know that you're spending the rest of your life with me. I think that makes us very…' Edward searched for a word.
'Enviable?' suggested Bella.
'Well, yes, kind of,' agreed Edward.
'I disagree,' said Bella. 'I think that anyone would be envious of someone who got to kiss you.'
'No, you,' countered Edward. Stopping her before she could object with a hand over her mouth, he continued. 'My point is that I have no doubts. And although I can't hear your thoughts, I don't think you can disagree with me. We are meant to stay with each other. Which is why I want to move to Alaska with you as soon as the premiere is over.'
Bella stared at him, her mouth hanging open. She looked completely gormless. Almost literally without a gorm. 'Huh?' she finally managed. 'You…me…Alaska?'
Edward nodded, looking worried. 'If you don't want to, that's fine,' he said hurriedly, 'because, you know, it's your life and I have all the time in the w-'
Bella cut him off by leaping on him and showering him with kisses.
'So you do want to come with me?' he said nervously.
'Of course I do you stupid great prat!' said Bella, in a caring way. 'You're telling me that all that lies between me, and eternity with you, is one red carpet…which I have to navigate…in shoes ALICE picks out for me…' She paused. 'Wait a second…I'm doomed.'
A/N: There's a cute chapter in the interim between the last chapter and the next proper chapter. I now have a fixed idea for where the story is going, and it will eventually involve Jacob and Layla, who you may remember from the previous chapter. My plan, children, is to finish this story, although it will be left on a cliffhanger, after around ten more chapters. I will then write the Jacob/Layla story which goes alongside it. THEN, I will write ANOTHER story which has both stories meeting and interconnecting in new ways…intrigued? Head over to my author page and read Little Green Apples which is sort of a preview into the Jake Layla relationship, although it happens after all of these stories I just talked about happen. Confused yet? Oh just go and read it.
