Chapter 20 A Proposal

BPOV

Upon reaching the meadow I was blown away with the setup. Twinkle lights had lined the path, helping guide the four wheeler. What appeared to be net lighting hung from the trees creating a star-lit effect. In the middle of the meadow was a gazebo, Chinese lanterns hanging from it.

Edward gently led me over to the gazebo and sat me down on some cushions arranged inside. He pulled out a plate of strawberries and begun to slowly feed them to me. I suck his fingers into my mouth, in order to gather the remnants of the juices left there. He stared into my eyes the while time and I love to see his eyes darken in hunger and lust.

"God Bella, you are so sexy."

I replied to his comment with a smile. After going back and forth feeding each other a few strawberries he drew us onto our knees.

"Bella," he said while holding my hands, "you are the best thing that has ever happened to me. You are beautiful and strong; you know when to push me and when I just need to be left alone. You take such good care of my family, but most importantly you are my muse and my love. There have been so many times I've wanted to ask you this but it never seemed right until know.

"Bella, my muse, the love of my life, will you marry me?"

A large grin spread across my face before I jumped him, squealing, "Yes, yes of course I'll marry you!"

He sighed a smile, slipped a ring on my finger and then kissed my breath away. We rolled so I was on my back and he was hovering over me. He lifted our combined hands to kiss the ring that now resided on my left hand.

"It's beautiful Edward."
"It was my grandmothers. She gave this to me a few days before she died. I asked her why she didn't give it to Emmett since he was the oldest and she just laughed."

"Edward," she whispered, "I had this dream last night. In my dream I saw you and a girl, arms wrapped around each other, surrounded by kids. Her arm was wrapped around your shoulder and on her ring finger, this ring."

"With that, she shoved the box back into my hands. What did she look like," I questioned, smirking, she replied, "She was beautiful, long, luscious, chocolate brown hair, crinkly smile, brown eyes that have a slight glint to them. Her skin is pale, but has an ethereal glow in the moonlight. Her laugh is contagious and full, unhindered by common courtesy. He neck is long and lean, like a swan. More importantly, you'll love her as soon as you see her.

"And she was right. When I saw you in that bar…"

"Honky-tonk," I interrupted with a smile.

"Honky-tonk," he parroted back. After a quick peck to my lips he stated back his story. "When I saw you in that honky-tonk, all I could think was 'that's her, just as beautiful as Nana described her.' And now, here we are, and you said yes and I love you and…"

I silenced his rambling with a heated kiss. We spent the night in the gazebo, tangled up underneath the stars.

EPOV

The next morning after waking up in each other's arms, Bella leaned on my chest.

"So, why did you propose at night?"

"I wanted to be the first to propose at night in the meadow"

"Aw, that was so sweet," she responded while peppering my face with kisses. We ended up havin another "romp in the hay" so to speak, before heading back to the farm. I had talked to some of the girls, including my mom, who promised to have breakfast ready upon our arrival.

Of course, the food was artfully arranged and the house cleared out. Stuck to the fridge was a note explaining that everyone had gone to the park in town to have some competitions.

"Looks like we got the house to ourselves for a little bit," I grinned as I wrapped my arms around her waist. "What do you want to do my love?"

"I want to eat breakfast with my new fiancé and then I want to head to the park to meet up with my family. I want to show off my soon to be hubby and the amazing ring his grandmother left me."

"My grandmother was always intuitive, that is where Alice gets it from."

"Well, I for one am glad that she saw me coming because I love you and I feel like I've waited a lifetime to get to you."

"The fates pushed us to be together they set my family and yours on a collision course to find each other. And our families fit together so perfectly the Universe had to be involved in our lives somehow, I just know it."

After a quick breakfast we took a shower, together of course, and then got dressed for the day. I drove her truck to the park with Bella in the middle seat wrapped around my arm. Breaking the silence she mumbled into my arm, "What do you think everyone will say?"

"I think they will be extremely happy for us. I also think the women of the family will attack you wanting to see ring and then…they are going to start bugging us about wedding plans."

"Yeah, you're probably correct. At best, we know they love us."