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Previously on Planet Twilight: He pulled the cover up over us; and we both sank into a deep sleep, neither caring that we were sleeping directly on the floor with pieces of our bed scattered around us.

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Bella POV

I awoke the next morning finally seeing, by the daylight coming through the windows, the destruction we had caused last night. I couldn't help but giggle.

"What is so funny this early in the morning, Angel?" Edward asked groggily, just having woken up too.

"Oh, nothing, just the fact we are lying on a mattress that is lying directly on the floor; and there is a bunch of splintered pieces of wood surrounding us," I said.

He looked around, finally taking in the destruction; he seemed proud of himself. "Oh, well, I will have to replace the bed for Esme. Let me carry you to the bathroom; and while you do your morning routine and taking a bath, I will clean up this mess. I don't want you getting any splinters anywhere, so I will take care of it. Take your time, and I will also get the cooking stove heated up for you too," he said

He scooped me up, carried me to the bathroom, and placed me on my feet just inside the door. I started my bath; and while the water was filling the tub, I did my morning routine. Soon the tub was filled, and I settled into it for a good hot soak. I could hear him making all kinds of racket in the bedroom, but it didn't seem to take him long to clean it up. Through the bathroom window, I could see him as he went into the spring house and came out with an arm full of food. After about a half an hour, he came in the bathroom and told me that he had the cook stove heated up; and that he had gone to the spring house to retrieve milk, eggs, butter, bacon, and jam. He said he was hungry for biscuits and gravy, eggs, and bacon this morning.

By now, I was starting to shrivel up; and when I went to stand up, he wrapped a towel around me and helped dry me off. He said my dress was lying on the bed and for me to start breakfast. He said that he was going to take a bath and put on some clean clothes; he had just put his previous day's clothes on to clean up the broken bed.

I left out of the bathroom and slipped on my dress. I walked through the living area to get to the kitchen. I got the coffee pot ready and set it on the stove so it could percolate. I put the pan I was going to use for the bacon on the stove to heat up. I made up the biscuit dough, rolled it out, and then cut the biscuits with a drinking glass. I put them in the pan and then placed them in the oven. I laid the bacon in a skillet to fry and cracked the eggs open into a bowl and mixed them up, so that they would be ready to cook while I made the gravy. I fried a couple of skillets of bacon and set the pieces on a towel to drain. I pulled the biscuits from the oven and set them aside. I poured the flour in my bacon grease so it would brown and I started the eggs in another skillet. After adding milk to my browned bacon grease/flour mixture and finishing up scrambling the eggs, everything was about done. As soon as it all was complete, I plated up the food and set it at little table that was in the kitchen area. I poured us up a couple of cups of coffee and also set the milk and sugar on the table.

He came into the kitchen after having his bath and kissed me on the cheek and patted me on the butt, and then he sat down to eat. I joined him at the table; and again, the meal was eaten in relative silence. We were just enjoying the ambiance of our quiet little get-away. Toward the end of the meal he said that he wanted to take a hike to a particularly beautiful place that he wanted to share with me. He told me to pack up some nut butter and jelly sandwiches and bottles of water, and he would retrieve some apples when he carried the unused items back to the spring house. He said he had laid out some leggings that I could wear under my dress, so that my legs wouldn't get scratched. He said that the path from the main house to the get-away cottage was a wide path, but all others running through the forest were much narrower.

I got up from the table and cleaned everything up; I also added to the picnic the leftover biscuits and bacon. I was getting the backpack ready when he handed me a blanket to put in it. I made one last trip to the bathroom, threw my hair up in a ponytail, and put on my leggings, which I noticed had an overlapping opening covering my private area. I guess he had plans for this place he is taking me and wanted to keep my clothes on me. I had pretty much gotten used to not wearing panties anyway, so these didn't bother me. I put on some socks and the shoes that I had worn on the hike here yesterday. When I was sure that I had everything, I told him that I was ready to leave.

We left out of the cottage hand in hand and crossed the stream on a cute little bridge that went across it. The path weaved through the forest for what seemed like a few miles and then he had me close my eyes as he pulled me forward. He told me to open my eyes; and I saw the most beautiful waterfalls, and the whole area was covered in flowers and streams. He pulled me over to a spot that had a higher vantage point, and I could see the whole area. He laid out the blanket, and we sat down. That is when I noticed them, a unicorn and her foal.

"Edward you have unicorns on Twilight?" I asked.

He told me they were an endangered species, and that there had been unicorns on Earth. But their horns were so valuable that they were hunted into extinction. It would be the same way on Twilight, if they weren't protected. So they have several inside the walls of the community, and it sort of serves as a nature reserve.

"Are they friendly? Can you get close to them?" I asked.

"I have never gotten close to one; I am pretty sure they are skittish around humanoids of any kind," he said.

I began to think how I wished that they would come closer. The mother picked up her head and looked at me. She wanted my assurance that I wouldn't hurt her or the baby. I assured her that I meant no harm. Before I could explain to Edward what was going on, her and the baby headed for us. He, of course, thought she was coming to attack and jumped up, crouched, and started growling. I quickly stood up and told him that it was okay; that I had been talking to her, and she was friendly. He looked at me like I was crazy. I told him, faen remember, and it finally dawned on him what was going on with me. He said he had forgotten that earth faeries and faens could talk to animals.

All this time, the unicorn had stopped her progression to get closer to me and kept her distance and was watching us warily. Edward sat back down and told me to be careful. I told her that it was safe, and she began her approach again. She got close enough for me to rub her nose. Her hair was so soft and silky. Her foal came up and nudged me, and I told her she was adorable. Her thoughts she sent me didn't seem that intelligible yet, but she was radiating love for her mom. I asked Edward to give me the apples out of the bag and split one in half. I gave the whole one to the mother and fed the baby hers, by giving her a half piece at a time. They ate them; the mother thanked me, and slowly wandered off.

Edward was sitting there speechless, looking like he didn't know what to say.

"You can read people's minds, but you think it is strange that I can talk to animals?" I asked him.

"It will take some getting used to, but that was pretty awesome. Except for the fact that I might have wanted that apple later," he pouted. I told him that he would survive; and if he wanted an apple that bad, he could get one when we got back home. He grabbed me and rolled me onto the blanket and started tickling me, which soon led to kissing and his fingers roaming

He soon found the opening in my pants and began an assault on my nub, and he dipped his fingers into my core and it was pretty obvious I was ready for him. He undid his pants and pushed them down a little and then he slowly entered me. He looked into my eyes, and I could almost feel the love pouring out of them. He picked up a slow rhythm and I could tell he was trying to be gentle because the ground wasn't exactly soft, and he knew this fact. He cupped my face with his hands and peppered it with soft kisses, all the time slowly easing in and out of me.

"Baby, I love you so much. You are perfect, you feel so good. I love being inside of you, becoming part of you," he cooed and moaned.

My hands were running through his hair, and I pulled him in for a kiss. His lips met mine, and they seemed to melt together. His tongue entered my mouth, and I let him explore; and then he sucked my tongue into his mouth, and he let me explore. We ended the kiss with soft pecks, and he moved his mouth down to my neck. I tilted my head to the opposite side to give him better access to my neck. His thrusts were getting harder and more determined; and then I felt his fangs descend, and he bit into my neck. I came instantly; the feeling was unbelievable. As he drank, I felt like I was floating on a cloud. He then came while he was still drinking; his growls muffled by my neck. He then retracted his fangs and licked my wound.

He pulled me close and whispered over and over how much he loved me. We stayed in this position for quite a while. Until my stomach started to growl, and then he righted us; he straightened and re-fastened our clothes and said it was time to eat. He was happy that I had put the bacon and biscuits in the bag as well; he said that made up for giving away his apple. Of course he was smiling the whole time he said this, only trying to find something to aggravate me over. We enjoyed our meal while observing the animals and surrounding nature. I had packed so much; we had some leftover over food. I was wondering in my mind what I should do with the leftover food. I didn't know if the animals would want it. Then, I heard thoughts in my head of someone saying they would eat it.

It sounded like Jacob. He asked if we were decent, and I thought 'yes'; I looked at Edward, and he was looking amused. I asked him out loud what was so funny. He said it was Jacob, and he is in wolf form; and I must be able to talk to him because of this fact. Slowly the huge russet wolf came down one of the paths.

"He said he heard you wondering about feeding the animals, and then all he heard was 'yes' when he asked if we were decent. He must only be able to hear you when you are directly thinking about animals or speaking directly to one," Edward said.

"I must only be able to hear him when he directly speaks to me because I didn't hear any of that," I said

By now, Jacob was right next to us and said the reason he asked if we were decent was that he never knew when we would be; we seemed pretty eager to keep our clothes off of each other all the time. Edward laughed, and I blushed at that comment. Jacob said to give him a minute, and he would be right back. He went behind some bushes, and then came back out in human form in a pair of shorts. He sat down on the grass, saying it was safer than the blanket; he said he could smell what we had been doing on the blanket. That again turned me into a blooming rose; it was still going to take some getting used to, all these enhanced senses everyone had.

I handed him the bag and told him he could have the rest that we had eaten our fill. Edward asked if he or Seth had encountered anyone who shouldn't have been on the property, and Jacob said that they had found no recent trails. There were old trails all over the place from Victoria and James from the previous week, but nothing new. He said he was surprised to hear me when he was in wolf form. He said he can't hear Edward; that Edward has to speak out loud to him. I told him I was glad I only heard when he talked directly to me; I wouldn't care to hear it all. Edward said he doesn't like hearing it all, but doesn't have a choice. He can choose to listen or not to listen. But once he listens into the thoughts, he gets them all.

Jacob stayed and talked a little more, but said he had to get back to patrolling. He thanked us for his lunch and went back behind the bush to phase back. He took back off down a different trail from the one he had appeared. We decided to head on back to the cabin, so we gathered up our belongings and repacked the backpack. We made it back to the cabin and bathed and checked to make sure that we hadn't picked up any crawly bugs along the way. We cuddled in front of the fireplace until it was time for me to cook.

After dinner, we snuggled back in front of the fire, each with a book. I must have drifted off to sleep because the next think I remembered was being picked up and carried to bed. He removed mine and his clothes, and we settled onto our mattress on the floor. It really didn't matter to me where we slept; as long as Edward's arms were wrapped around me, I think I could sleep anywhere.

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