Hi everyone! I'm so sorry about not updating lately, but my computer died on me :( But good news... It's working again!!!! So hopefully I will have a ton more updates within the week, I've already sent some stuff to my beta to get checked.
So since I left you guys such a huge cliffy last time, I'm leaving you with an un-betaed sneak peak. I'm trying to make the next chapter 5k words long, so really this is just a mall portion :) Drop a comment, and tell me what you think of it so far :) And I'm really sorry about the errors, I dont have Microsoft word installed yet on my new computer, so this was written on notepad :( which means no spelling check...
And fyi... this had not been looked over by my beta, so when the new chapter is updated, it may be different. This is not a final draft of this portion.
He wants me to marry him? I just couldn't fathom it. This beautiful Adonis before me wanted to marry me.I just stared at him in wonder, amazed at how I could find myself in this situation. If you would have told me a year ago that this would be my life, I would have laughed at you. But now... I just couldn't wrap my head around it. Only moments before we had acted like hormone crazed teenagers attempting to become one, and now I was completely taken aback by his question.
"Bella? Love, are you okay?" Edward asked as I laid there gaping at him. He sat in front of me on the floor as he leaned over to grab his shirt. "Bella...I'm sorry if I scared you, maybe it was too soon to ask if you wanted to marry me, but it just... came out." He tried frantically to explain. Why was he apologizing, didn't he know that I wanted to spend eternity with him?
"Edward? You just ... we almost... you asked... Wait right here, don't move!" I commanded as i jumped from the couch and dashed into my room. I quickly threw on a dress that Alice had insisted I buy on our last shopping dress and pulled off my sweat pants. I took a quick check in the mirror on my way out and fluffed my hair a bit and ran back out, only to see the most agonized expression on Edwards face.
"Whats wrong?" I asked as I rushed to him and threw myself on my knees directly in front of him so that we were eye level. My hands framed his face forcing him to look at me.
"You changed?" He asked.
"Well I wasn't about to become engaged in sweats and a bra. What would my dad think, or better yet... what would Alice say?" I laughed, trying to lighten the mood.
"You... Your accepting?" He asked amazing, a smile forming on his perfect lips.
"Of course you beautiful, amazing, clueless man. Why would I say no?"
"Oh I don't know... maybe because I'm a vampire."
"Honestly, if I cared about that I wouldn't be here." I said matter of factly. "But wait wait... Lets try it one more time, and this time it had to be traditional. I don't want to have to tell my mom we were about to consummate our relationship and you just blurted it out." I giggled. He smiled at me as if he had just won the lottery and threw me over his shoulder, carrying me to my balcony. With the view of the Charles Bridge and the city of Prague, Edward gently placed me on my feet, kissing my cheeks as as he did so, slowly lowered himself onto one knee, and said the words that would forever change my life.
"Isabella Marie Swan, will you give me, Edward Anthony Masen Cullen, the honor of being my wife?" With an in take of breath, I saw him pull a small box from his pocket. He slowly brought it up, opening it slightly unitl he paused, gauging my reaction, then opened it fully. There in the confines of a tiny velvet box held the most exquisite ring I had ever seen. He slowly pulled it from its setting, holding my left hand. Just as he was about to slide the finger on it he gently kissed my ring finger and looked up at me from beneath his lashes. It took me a second to realize he was waiting for an answer.
"Yes. With my whole soul... yes." I whispered. He smiled once again as he slid the ring on my finger.
"This was my mothers, one of the few things I have of hers. I've been carrying it around in my pocket since the very first day I met you, waiting for the time when i would give this to you." He said. If my heart could melt, it would have done so already. This was the sort of stuff you saw and heard in movies, not in my life.
"It's beautiful Edward. it truly is perfect." I smiled as I pulled him up to me so that I could kiss his lips. We slowly walked over to the love seat that was stationed out on my balcony overlooking the city. We sat comfortably together, wrapped in each others arms. The view or the baroque style city, the Gothic castle on the hill, the bustling Charles Bridge, and the smell of fresh warm pastries from the bakery a couple doors down was the perfect setting for this moment of pure bliss.
"Edward?" I asked, one more thing on my mind.
"Mmm... yes love?" He answered.
"Can I ask you one thing in regards to the engagement?"
"Anything." He said, turning my full attention to me.
"Can we wait until after I graduate for the wedding?"
"After you graduate?" He asked confused.
"Yeah, well this way I can get school over with and I wont have any distractions. Plus, my parents, my mom especially, are very weird about marriage. They really wont like it if we do this before I graduate. I mean, I am still 18. Edward, I want to spend eternity with you, and I know school will always be there for me to go back to. But I know that by marrying you, I have to be a vampire eventually. So waiting until I graduate is more for them, a closure I guess you could call it. If I had my choice, I'd say lets go to city hall and do it now, but I have to give my parents their chance to see me get married and walk down the aisle and graduate college." I explained. I wanted to marry Edward, the sooner the better, but I had to give Charlie his chance to walk me down the aisle, Renee her chance at helping me plan a wedding, both of them the chance to see me graduate college. I had to give them those moments because soon after I marry Edward, I'll never have those chances.
"I understand love," he said thoughfully, "I'll give you as much time as you need."
"Well, I was thinking... Maybe we could tell everyone were engaged anyway. they'll understand that we want to wait until I graduate for the actual wedding. Plus I've been thinking of visiting Charlie and Renee soon and it would be nice to give them some news. Maybe you could come...?" I asked.
"I would love to meet your parents Bella, and you have no idea how much it pleases me to hear that you want to tell everyone about the enagement. There was a part of me that was afraid you'd want to keep it a secret." He chuckled.
"Well, I did think about that for a second, but I figured Alice already saw this happening so I figured whats teh point." I smiled. "Besides, I want the world to know that I'm getting married to the greatest man alive!" I giggled.
"Alive?" He gave me that crooked smirk of his.
"You get the idea." I smirked right back at him. "Maybe you should get me a less special ring though, I wouldn't want to lose this one in one of my bouts of clumsiness." I said worriedly.
"I have faith in you Bella, besides, Alice will see if you lose it or not." He said taking my hand and kissing it. "Have I told you how much I love seeing my mothers ring on your finger?" He asked in a mischievous grin.
"Nn-noo." I stuttered. His lips had moved from my had to my wristd to the inside of my elbow, up to my collar bone, to te side of my neck, up to my chin and finally to my lips.
"It's absolutely...mouthwatering." He breathed.
So I hope you guys enjoyed that sneak peak, and again, I am sorry for the grammatical errors! Please drop a comment and tell me if you like it thus far, or if you think I should change something before the final chapter is released :) Thank you!!!!!!!! And the shout-outs will be in the next chapter if you commented on my last chapter.