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BPOV

Jasper was driving the car whilst Edward sat with his arm around me in the back of the car. After Charlie had woken up, Carlisle had come in to check on Jacob and had taken Billy aside to tell him that he had just a few days left...or only one....

Rachel and Rebecca's flights should come in about an hour, but we were heading there early just in case. Edward luckily still didn't know about my plan for tonight. Edward and the boys would go out hunting this afternoon, after having dropped Rachel and Rebecca off here, so they would find it easier when they were with Jacob tomorrow. Alice planned to 'make me over' whilst they were out, so I would be ready for Edward when he came in. It would be the first time I had willingly subjected myself to Alice's chosen form of torture.

Thinking about tonight was giving me goose bumps, and Edward suddenly moved away from me when he saw me shiver. I jumped back to him, squeezing him tightly, and Jasper laughed at my reaction, while Edward just sighed and continued the trail he was making with his hands up and down my back.

I didn't like airports. They reminded me of when I'd run away from Edward, towards my death, to try and save him, and since then, I'd always felt slightly put off by them. But with Edward by my side, and Jasper's calming smirking on my other side, I felt better than I did usually.

Rachel arrived first, and she stopped in complete shock when she saw who was waiting for her. I ran up to her first, trying not to laugh at her reaction.

"Hey, Rachel. I'm Bella, you might remember me..."

She nodded blindly, and her mouth opened and closed like a fish as she unashamedly fixated her gaze on Jasper. I could see a range of emotions plaster across her face; shock, amazement, and finally it settled on lust. She managed to shut her and mouth and she gulped loudly. Not helping matters, Jasper decided to make the situation worse, or better from Rachel's point of view. He ambled over, darkening his eyes until they were sexily smouldering at her, and he smirked his quirky smile that made other girls weak at the knees...which was what happened to Rachel. Her breathing quickened, much like mine did in the presence of Edward.

When Jasper reached her, he continued his burning gaze, and Rachel stopped breathing when he picked up her hand and brought it to his lips. I could see her visibly shake when his lips pressed lightly against the back of her hand.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Rachel," he murmured, his Southern drawl exaggerated and making Rachel even more of a mess.

"Nice...t...to meet you...t...to," she stuttered out, completely stunned by him.

Edward chuckled lowly, and I had to bury my face in his chest to keep from laughing out loud at the exchange. It was unfair to Rachel, but it had certainly lightened my day. Rebecca was married, so although she was slightly shocked by Edward and Jasper's beauty, her reaction was not so obvious, and she managed to control herself respectively, unlike Rachel who hung off Jasper's every word, like a little puppy.

Jasper threw his arm around her as they walked back to the car, and I saw her swoon in amazement, and this time I couldn't stifle the laugh. Edward quickly covered my mouth, pulling me into his side and wrapping his arms around me.

"Shhhh," he chuckled, lightly, dancing in a circle with me in his arms, his eyes light with the same amusement I felt. He leaned down and pressed his lips against mine. I smiled and wrapped my arms around his neck, desperate to keep him with me, regardless of the place.

Pleasure shot through my body and curled downwards, moving to my most sensitive spot.

"Bella, you can assault him later!" Jasper laughed from far away. Edward groaned and reluctantly tore himself away from my grasp. I pouted my lips and Edward suddenly leaned forward and licked my lips. I gasped in shock, at his actions and at the intense jolt of electricity that shot through my body at his action.

"Sorry," he said, grinning his crooked smile. "Your lips just looked so...tempting..."His gaze darkened in memory and I laughed and turned away from him.

I tried to walk sexily, putting one foot in front of the other and trying to move my bottom like those on the runway.

But, of course that wouldn't happen to me. Halfway to the car, I tripped and felt warm arms wrap around me.

"Stop taunting me, you little minx," he whispered darkly in my ear, his cool lips making me shiver in pleasure. He suddenly picked me up, bridal style, and carried me giggling to the car.

"Put me down, Edward!" I smiled up at him, my arms encircled around him, contradicting my own words. When in the car, he kept me on his knee, so Rachel and Rebecca could get their own seats. Rachel of course was riding shotgun and I had to stifle more giggles when Jasper started singing along in his still over exaggerated drawl, purely to entice Rachel, and to make us laugh.

For once, I was glad; it was taking the tension away from what we would have been doing. It was the first time in a while where I had properly laughed, the first time I've smiled completely joyfully since Edward came back. I missed it. Hopefully, after tomorrow, I could be truly happy again, and I would be able to smile more often.

"I love it when you laugh like this, Bella...you look so happy," Edward whispered in my ear. His words made me blush and he sighed in bliss as he rubbed his fingertips across my coloured cheeks.

"I feel happy, the happiest I have done in a while. It's....invigorating...it's such a relief," I whispered in reply. I felt his lips curve into a smile against my skin and it filled me with delight that I could make him so happy....I just hoped that tonight would produce the same reaction.

We first arrived at our house; I was dropped off, as were Rachel and Rebecca's suitcases. Emmett was picked up, and Jasper would then drive to the hospital, drop them off, and pick up Carlisle for a quick hunt before he could get back to Jacob.

Alice was waiting for me when I got inside, brandishing her favourite weapons of mass destruction: hair rollers and mascara.

"Bella! You're back! Come on, we only have two hours until they return, and we have to have you completely ready for Edward." Rosalie came up and picked me up, rushing me up the stairs at vampire speed. Obviously, Alice had a lot to get done, I thought sarcastically. No one knew of my plan yet, except for Alice, and we had put up the pretence that we were going dancing. How they'd believed that, I'm not quite sure.

Rose set me down in her bathroom, pushing my head back over the sink and washing my hair quickly. Whilst Rosalie rolled my hair into rollers, Alice moisturized my skin and started pulling and prodding at my face. They blew dry my hair, and when it was done, it curled gently around my face, blowing softly when I moved.

Alice had handed me a pile of clothes and instructed me to change into them. She and Rose exited the room and I was left alone. I put the dark blue dress over the work surface, but something else slipped from the pile in my hands. I gasped in surprise and then annoyance at Alice's audacity. She'd given me underwear, and not just any underwear; the French lacy things that were just a nuisance.

I groaned, and then slipped them on; I mean, anything could help right? And I needed to feel good tonight, just to give me enough confidence to do this....but what if I couldn't?

"Bella," Alice's voice warned from outside. "Don't you dare try and back out now...it's going to go great! Trust me!"

I glared at the door and shrugged on the long blue dress. It trailed along the ground slightly, but when I slipped on Alice's killer heels that she thought I could actually survive in, it fitted better.

I put my hands on my hips and stared at the girl in the mirror.

She was a stranger.

It couldn't be possible.

It was unreal.

The girl was beautiful. Her luscious hair curled perfectly around the soft lines of her oval face. Her skin was pale and creamy; it looked flawless. I leaned forward, trying to find something wrong with her.

Her eyes were dark, but big, making her seem sensual, yet innocent. Her lips were a dark red; they looked plump, kissable even...sexy....

The dress clung to my curves, and the colour was Edward's favourite, and for once I could see why. The contrast between the darkness of the dress and the smooth velvet of my skin was...delectable.

And then I realized it was me.

"No," I whispered to no one in particular. My fingers prodded at my face, trying to check if it was actually me, unable to believe that I could actually look so...beautiful.

I felt like a vampire. Slowly, still stunned, I unlocked the bathroom door and revealed myself to Rose and Alice.

Their faces lit up and Rose let out a low whistle.

"Bella, wow," she simply said, her expression awed. I blushed and Alice clapped happily.

"Now you've got some colour in you, you're perfect. I am brilliant!" Alice exclaimed.

I nodded in agreement; she had managed to turn me from a shy, average looking girl, into a goddess.

However, I still couldn't walk in the shoes. I stumbled out of the bathroom and fell onto the bed. Alice shoved Rose out of the room for a moment, to go distract the guys when she heard their car coming up the drive.

"You okay? Ready for this?" she whispered. I closed my eyes, taking a deep breath to try and relax my racing heart. It was practically thumping out of my chest. I could hear the pounding of it in the back of ears.

I re-opened then and shakily stood up.

"Sure," I muttered inaudibly. And so, I began the walk to my future.

EPOV

I could hear hushed tones from the house, and Alice and Rose were somehow blocking me from their minds. I frowned; had something happened to Bella?

Even the thought hurt me.

Edward, mate, calm it. What's wrong?

Jasper's call of my name caught my attention and I turned to him.

"I don't know. They're hiding something from me."

We began the walk up to the front door together and Rose met us there.

"Emmett!" she hailed, and surprisingly threw her arms around his neck. She pressed her lips against his hungrily, and his thoughts responded immediately.

"Oh, God, Emmett, no! Please," I begged, unable to shield myself from the disgusting images of what he wanted to do to her.

Just then, Alice skipped down the stairs, a huge smile gracing her face. She winked at me, and Rose abruptly stopped her attack on Emmett to go stand next to her, and for once, I think Rose actually squealed. But, their thoughts weren't giving anything away.

I listened closely, and I heard Bella's heartbeat from the room above. It was exceptionally faster than normal and I frowned again, beginning to make my way to the stairs to see if she was okay.

"Edward, wait!" Alice called.

Trust me on this; don't go up there right now.

Reluctantly, I turned back to my sister.

"Why?" I asked shortly. Her only answer was a sweet, knowing smile.

I heard footsteps upstairs; uncertain, stumbling steps across the floor. I heard the tone of her steps change when she reached the steps. She was breathing quickly and unevenly, quite obviously terrified.

What was going on?

But then I saw her, and nothing else mattered.

I couldn't speak, couldn't think or even see. She blinded me. She was in a dress that floated over her curves in the most beautiful way I'd ever seen. She was an angel. She smiled up hesitantly at me, blushing under my gaze, and I ran over to her. I heard the others leave the room, but all my attention was on her.

"Bella....I...I don't know what to say...you...y...you look...out of this world...I...I...."

She smirked up at me and gently hit my arm.

"I made Edward Cullen speechless, has that ever happened before?" she giggled. I stroked her cheek with the palm of my hand.

"No; that's how much you affect me, Bella." I held her away from me and was once again stunned into silence by how she looked. She was so beautiful, my dead heart almost restarted, beating wildly out of my chest.

I groaned, and Bella's eyes visibly darkened at the sound. I pulled her to me, and crushed my lips to hers, unable to control myself. Her body melted against mine and I had to hold her up, my arms running over the silky skin of her bare back. Our lips moved in sync and the feeling of her hot breath, coming in pants against me, had me coming apart at the seams. My eyes creased, and I moved backwards, unwilling to hurt her anymore.

But Bella had other ideas. She pouted her lips, and just like earlier in the day, I had the incredible urge to lick that bottom lip. I leaned forward, and slipped my tongue out, running it along it.

"Ugnn, Bella....you taste mouth-watering," I moaned. Being careful not to let my teeth graze her lip, I took her lip within mine, and sucked on it gently, tugging on it lightly.

Bella whimpered in response, and clutched at me tighter. Breathlessly, she backed away.

"We have a place to be...come on..." She backed away slightly, and tried to fix her hair. Her lips were swollen and I couldn't help but plant another quick kiss on them. She giggled and pushed me away.

"There's clothes in our room for you to change into. Go."

I ran up the stairs and changed quickly into a dark blue tux, that would go perfectly with Bella's dress. When I came down Alice was back and she smirked up at me.

"Have a nice time!" she laughed, handing Bella her coat, and the keys to my Aston. She winked at me before we headed out to the garage. Bella climbed into the driver seat, slipping off her heels.

"Bella, I'm driving."

"No, you're not. You don't know where to go, now just get in," she replied, powerless to keep the smile off her face. To highlight her point she raised her finger and motioned for me to go sit down.

"Fine," I agreed rather reluctantly. I climbed in beside her and immediately, my hands were on her, running up and down her leg. She tensed at first, inhaling quickly, and her heart beat increased.

"Subject's heart rate quickened on contact," I muttered, looking up at her through my eyelashes. She turned to glare at me and then laughed when she saw me. She seemed so free today, so relaxed....so happy.

It was something I needed to see everyday.

"So, are you going to tell me where we're going?"

"Wait and see."

"Please?" I asked, but she just shook her head. I sighed in defeat and settled to watching her as she drove. When she bit her lip, I had to stifle a groan, but I think she might have heard me anyway, since she turned and a small smile crept onto her face, along with a blush.

About 15 minutes into our journey, we began to slow, and we stopped in front of an expensive looking hotel. I climbed out, and opened Bella's door for her, helping her out, and keeping a protective arm around her. A valet came out and Bella threw the keys at him. I saw him stop in shock when Bella walked into the light, and I growled lowly at him, my eyes turning threatening as his thoughts turned less than pure.

He averted his eyes and I quickly walked Bella into the foyer of the hotel. She took the lead then, going up to reception.

"I have a booking under Cullen."

I jolted slightly at the thought of her using my name, of being my wife. Truth be told, I longed for the day she would be mine. I carried a ring with me, just in case the moment happened, when I thought I could ask her...I wanted it to be perfect.

"Certainly, Mrs and Mr Cullen, follow me." This time it was her time to jolt and her heart rate increased again, and didn't slow for some reason as we followed after the woman.

"Are you okay?" I whispered. She nodded, but when she smiled, it didn't quite reach her eyes. The woman led us to an ornate door, and opened it, motioning for us to enter. She closed it behind us and I stopped, speechless again.

"Bella...this is amazing..." I murmured. There was a small table in the middle of a large hall. It was decorated simply, but beautifully. There was music playing softly in the background and I recognised it as Debussy.

"Yeah, I know you can't eat, but I...uh...kind of have to." I lifted her hand to my mouth and pressed a kiss there.

"I love you," I told her and now it was my time to lead her across to the table. I pulled back her chair and she sat down, thanking me. I smiled and sat across from her, watching in delight, and lust, as she once again bit her lip whilst trying to decide what to eat. She lowered the menu and caught me gazing at her, and blushed a deep shade of red. I chuckled and pressed my palm against her heated cheek, ignoring the slight burn that was present in my throat. A waiter came from the door to our left and he took our order but left quickly.

"Thank you for doing this, Bella," I whispered. She smiled at me.

"No problem. I...just wanted to be with you, before everything changes. I want to show you what forever might be like."

Those were our last spoken words until the food came. We just gazed at each other, our eyes speaking more than I'd thought possible. I fed her, my body filling with desire as her full lips wrapped around the fork and pulled the food off. When she'd finished, she finally returned her gaze to mine and she blushed again under the intensity that I looked at her with.

"Would you like to dance, my love?"

She laughed at me. "Edward, I can't dance."

"I'll have you a pro by the end of the night." I stood up and offered her my hand. We walked into a space and I twirled her around, causing her to stumble against my chest. I snorted and kept her in my arms. One hand rested on her bare, lower back, and it wasn't exactly helping my concentration. The other, I moved along her arm and interlocked our hands together. I gently took a step and she hesitantly followed, her grip tightening on me.

"Bella, loosen up, relax...."

"That's kind of hard right now..." she muttered under her breath.

"How come?" I asked. "It's just us...relax..." I pressed my lips against the hollow below her ear, the wetness of my lips making her shiver.

"It doesn't matter..." she murmured, sighing into my embrace. I frowned, stopping my movement across the floor. She sighed loudly.

"I...I planned this tonight, because we need to talk...or I need to talk."

"Go on," I said cautiously.

"I love you, Edward...and I will love you forever...which is why I want something that...that would mean forever...oh God, this isn't coming out right." She wiped her hand over her forehead and I pressed my palm against her chest.

"Bella, are you sure you're alright? You're heart is beating out of control."

She nodded.

"I'm fine...it's just....I wanted this to be perfect, and it's not, and I'm sorry, so I'm just going to say it okay? Please don't try and spare my feelings or anything, just answer truthfully and I'll be fine with whatever you say-well I won't be fine, but I'll live and I know it's stupid, and I know you don't want this, but I have to ask because I want you forever and this way I can have it, in a more formal way and I can say bye to Charlie and Renee and-and-"

"Take a breath, Bella, you'll pass out," I murmured, still having not a clue what she was talking about.

"I guess, what I'm trying to say is...Edward, w...will you marry me?"

AN: AHHHHH!! It's not traditional, I know, that's the point...there isn't anything traditional about these pair! I just mess it up some more....so what do you think??? What will Edward say???

Oh and yeah, as you could probably tell, the Jasper/ Rachel funness was ALL for me! LOL!