Chapter 21

Bella~

Bella lay next to Edward in bed. He was stroking her hair with a touch as soft as a moth's wing. All she could think of was how lucky she was to have Edward back in her life and how deeply and passionately she loved him.

She didn't know how long they had been lying there, but out of nowhere Edward shifted. He propped himself on his elbow, turning to face her. HE was looking into her eyes with a gaze that was a mix of happiness and seriousness, she didn't get it.

What they had just done was amazing, at least for her, but maybe not for him. "What is it? What's wrong?" she said touching the side of his face worriedly, caressing his cheek.

"Nothing's wrong everything is perfect. I love you more than anyone has ever loved someone else" he said.

"Then why do you look so serious?"

"Marry me?"

"What?" Bella asked shocked. This was the last thing that she had expected, it came out of nowhere for god sakes.

"Will you marry me?" he repeated.

"Are you serious?"

"Of course I'm serious Bella. I know what it's like to live without you, it's horrible and I never want that to happen again. I want to be with you forever."

"I want to be with you forever too, Edward."

"So, marry me."

"Mmm. How about this, let's make a deal. If we both survive this fight with the Voltouri, I will marry you. What do you think about that."

"I will take that as a yes" Edward said enthusiastically, bending down to kiss her neck moving up and across her jaw line until their lips brush lightly. "Do you want to see the ring?" he asked smiling against her lips.

"You're talking like you already have one" Bella said while quizzically pulling away.

"I do. Want to see?"

"Fine if I have to" she said sighing.

Edward chuckeled and was instantly off of the bed. He knelt down next to the bedside dresser, opening the top drawer he picked up a small velvet covered box and came to sit back down on the bed. Wrapping one arm around her shoulder, he balanced the small box on her knee.

"Where did you get this? I have only been here for a little while and I don't think you would have had time to go get a ring, especially since we have been together practically the whole time."

"I already had it… it was my mothers."

Bella looked at him for a second and when he motioned for her to open the box; she turned to look at it. It was a small inoffensive box but the ring inside was like on she had never seen before. It was a simple band, but on top was an oval that was inlaid with dozens of tiny diamonds that made it sparkle like vampire skin in the light. Bella gasped when she saw it, reaching out to touch the ring all she could say was "it's beautiful."

Bella slowly reached to put on the ring, but Edward was faster, his long pale fingers encased the ring and pulled it out of the small box. Gingerly he takes my left hand and slides the ring onto my finger.

The light that is flowing steadily through the window bounces off the ring throwing rainbows of color in every direction. It was perfect. "Thank you for finally excepting a gift" Edward says unexpectedly which only makes Bella laugh.

Turning around in Bella straddled Edward and touched her lips to his with all of the passion in the world. "Bella" Edward gasped. "You are making this increadably difficult for me to resist you right now, but there are more pressing matters at hand."

"Your right I should call Jake soon" she said rolling off of him and propping her chin up on his chest while drawing small, light circles on his chest with her finger tips. Looking at Edward's face Bella noticed that his eyes were black. "I think we should hunt before I call though, you look thirsty. When was the last time you hunted?"

"About four days ago. What about you?"

"Two weeks."

"How are your eyes so light. You're a newborn your supposed to be crazy and blood thirsty. Yet here you are perfectly in control of yourself and you have gone longer without blood than me."

"It's a gift now get up and put on some clothes so we can hunt." Bella says sternly, getting off the bed and pulling on the clothes that she was wearing yesterday. Bella turned her head at the sound of Edwards laugh.

"Alice stocked the closet full of clothes for you to try to convince me to find you and make you a vampire." He explains.

"oh" Bella walks into the closet in search of an outfit. Just as she finds one and starts to put it on Edward comes in and says "Do you know how torturous it is seeing you put clothes on."

"Lets hunt so we can get back then" and with that the pair ran out of the house and into the woods to hunt.

Edward~

She said yes, she actually said yes. She loves me and were going to get married as soon as all of this is over.

Last night we had been talking on the couch, she told me about Jake and why she was so nervous to bring him here. I finally understood and all of my walls crumbled as we kissed.

I lead her to the bedroom and what happened in there was heaven and I cant imagine myself without Bella by my side. That's why she proposed.

When she kissed me again it was so hard to pull away but I knew I had to, for my family, I had to think of what was best for everyone.

We ended up going hunting and let me say Bell is the best and must controlled new born even when she is around human blood.

Walking back to the cabin I just stare at her. She's so beautiful.

We enter my house. Hopefully someday I can call it our house.

"It's time to call Jake is all she says as she drops my hand and walks into another room to make the call.

A/N: Hey guys I'm just letting you know that I have the next chapter already to be posted and everything. I haven't been getting very many reviews, so I have decided that I will immediately post the next chapter once I get five reviews on this chapter. It will be the same for all of the chapters following this one. in your reviews please give me some ideas because I'm running out of my own.