Hey everyone, no exciting author's not this time, but I do want to say thank you all for the amazing reviews I really appreciate all of them! This chapter dedication goes to Creative. because well her review was hilarious and amazing, my brother tends to pms too, so I totally understand! anyway, back to the story!

xoxo, DeViNeRoSe

I OWN NONE OF THE CHARACTERS

When I woke up I found myself curled in Edward's arms under the covers of his bed. I leaned into him, resting my head on his chest so I could hear his heart. It drummed out a steady beat, as if it hadn't been hurt at all last night. It's funny how, even if your heart gets ripped into little pieces, it goes on beating. Although on some level it must not work. Edward's mother had died of a heart attack, but the way he described it, it sounded like she died of a broken heart more than anything.

There was a knock on the door before Alice walked in. She crossed to my side of the bed and sat down. I turned in Edward's arms to face her.

"Hey, we're going to the beach when he gets up." She said gesturing to Edward's sleeping form.

"But Alice, I don't have a suit." I said, sleep still evident in my voice.

"I know, we have one for you." She said getting up and leaving with a wink. I let out a groan, as Alice shut the door. I rolled back into Edward with no intention of getting up. Ten minutes later Alice came barging back in.

"Some time today, Bella! If I come back up here in fifteen minutes, and you are still in this bed, well lets just say, your bathing suit may be subject to change." She said before slamming the door shut. I shuddered as I thought about what Alice would do. Edward was still sleeping as I tried to wriggle my way out of his arms without waking him up. However every time I got close to getting out, his brow would pucker and he'd tighten his grasp. Finally I gave up with a heavy sigh, at this I heard him chuckle. I looked up to see a smile disappear from his face, even though his eyes were still closed.

"Edward Cullen, are you awake?!" He laughed and opened his eyes, looking down at me. I smacked his chest lightly,

"You're terrible." I said rolling my eyes.

"I'm sorry. I couldn't help it." He said still chuckling.

"You were willing to subject me to Alice's torture because you, 'couldn't help it'?" I asked

"Sorry?" He offered with a charismatic smile.

"Nice try." I said as I wormed out of his grasp and got out of bed.

"Bella." He drawled as I walked to his bathroom shutting the door behind me. I brushed my teeth using his toothbrush, went to the bathroom, and fixed my hair.

"That was not very nice, Bella." He said before he put his hands on my hips and guided me back into the bathroom forcibly. My lower back hit the sink and Edward's lips were on mine, causing me to let out a groan. I pushed my body into his as his tongue entered my mouth, he growled and he lifted me onto the sink. Our tongues danced together in perfect harmony, and I felt his hands slip up the back of my shirt to my lower back. The cold of his hands mixed with the heat emanating from my body made me moan against his mouth. His hands pushed my waist into his creating a friction that we both needed, and that was even more heightened due to the thin materials of our clothes. I wrapped my legs around his waist, pulling him closer to me, his hips bucked into mine causing us to moan together. I pulled my lips away from his and began to kiss my way down his neck, I sucked the skin at the bottom, tasting the salt of his skin,

"Bella." He breathed against my hair. My legs detached from his hips and I got off the sink counter, making sure to slid down his body as I did, he groaned. My lips still attached to his skin, I pushed him backwards until his back was against the wall. I pressed my body hard against his. My mouth returned to his chest, my tongue snaked out and licked a ring around his nipple before I bit down on it gently.

"Ungh." He let out, I looked up at him through my lashes innocently knowing the exact effect this would have on him, he looked down at me his eyes clouded over with lust.

He growled and spun me around, pulling me into him so my back was pressed against his chest. His hand pressed flat against my body as it moved from my shoulder slowly downwards. It pressed hard against my breast causing me to moan his name, before it continued downward. His lips latched onto my neck and he began to suck and bite in the most pleasurable manor. Edward's hand was flat against my stomach now, his palm kneading my belly, and was about to continue downwards, I felt lost in the ecstasy.

"Isabella Swan! Where are you?" I heard Alice call from downstairs,

"Maybe she'll go away." Edward grumbled into my neck, I nodded, unable to do much else.

"Bella, if you don't get down here!" She shouted threateningly, that shook me out of my stupor.

"Oh no." I groaned, "She's going to kill me."

"Hold on, I have a plan." He said, pushing me up slightly and walking to the shower.

"Get in." He said turning on the water.

"What?" I asked, Edward laughed,

"Just get in, trust me." He said, I hesitated until I heard Alice's feet on the stairs.

"Okay, fine, but close your eyes." I said blushing slightly as he turned around with a smile. I stripped and jumped into the water just as Alice barged through Edward's bedroom door and banged on the bathroom door. I heard Edward open it and I stuck my head out from behind the curtain.

"Yes, Alice?" I asked innocently. She stared at me with suspicious eyes,

"Just hurry up." She said before walking out in a huff. Edward and I laughed as we heard his bedroom door close. Edward was still laughing as he returned to the sink to grab his toothbrush.

"Um, Edward, what are you doing?" I asked as he began putting toothpaste on his toothbrush.

"Brushing my teeth." He said innocently.

"But Edward, I'm kind of showering, right now." I said, blushing even harder.

"I know." He said with his crooked smile and began rushing his teeth. I shut the shower curtain and proceeded to shower trying to ignore his distracting presence.

"Could you hand me a towel please?" I asked Edward as I shut off the water. There was no answer. I peeked out, he was no longer in the bathroom, and the door was shut.

"Edward?" I called out, still no answer. He was obviously no where near by. I got out of the shower, looked around in the closet and found a large fluffy towel that I wrapped around myself. There must have been a patch of water on the floor, as I went to leave the bathroom. All of a sudden my feet slipped out from under me, I let out a scream of surprise, and I felt my head smash against the side of the tub. I sat up, grabbing the corner of the sink to try and hoist myself up slowly, despite the throbbing in my head, but due to the clumsy nature of myself, my hand slipped and I landed once again on my butt. Only this time it was accompanied by a stinging in my hand, as I looked down, I saw a gash across my hand and blood gushing from it since my hand had been wet to begin with, hence the slipping on the sink. The nauseating, rusty smell of the blood mixed with the knock my head had taken against the tub made my head spin.

"Oh crap." Was all I could get out before the lights went out.

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"She's been up here forever." I heard Alice say from the other side of the bathroom door. I sat up slowly clutching my throbbing head.

"Uff." I groaned as Edward and Alice entered.

"Bella!" Edward said as he rushed to my side, lifting me up so I was leaning against him.

"What happened?" Alice asked.

"I got out of the shower, and I was looking for a towel, which I did find," I said pulling the towel closer around me.

"Then I turned to walk out and I slip, I hit my head on the tub. Then I tried to get up but I cut my hand, and I passed out" I said rubbing the sore spot on my head with my god hand. Edward moved it so he could examine my head further.

"Oh Bella, what are we going to do with you?" Edward said with a slight laugh, before turning to Alice,

"Alice, we should have Carlisle take a look at this. You get her dressed and I'll get Carlisle." He said seriously. Alice nodded and left the room. Edward cleaned up my hand with a towel and a large, square band-aid, then picked me up into his arms and carried me back into his room. He set me on the edge of the bed and kneeled in front of me, taking my face in his hands. He smiled up at me,

"Bella, Bella, Bella, I leave you alone for two seconds and you manage to literally knock yourself out." He said with a laugh.

"I told you I was clumsy." I said with a tired chuckle.

"Come on Bella, let's get some clothes on you." Alice said walking into Edward's room, folded clothes in hand.

"What do you need me to do?" Alice asked thoughtfully.

"Alice, I'm fine, honestly. Just a major headache. Would you mind just handing me the clothes as I need them?" I asked as Edward kissed me on my forehead and went to get Carlisle.

"Sure." Alice said and she handed me my outfit piece by piece. Underwear, denim shorts, and a plain tee shirt.

"Thanks Alice." I said once we finished.

"No problem, I figured you might want to keep it simple, so I brought your own clothes. But don't get used to it." She said seriously. Carlisle knocked on the door at that moment and came in with Edward.

"Hello Bella, how's your head?" Carlisle asked with a smile.

"Hurts." I said simply.

"What happened?" He asked walking over to check my head.

"I slipped and hit my head on the tub, but when I tried to get up I cut my hand. Blood makes me really sick and I guess that plus hitting my head made me pass out." I explained, as Carlisle began to tenderly poke the area around my head. I winced slightly at the pain and Edward came and sat next to me taking my hand in his.

"Alright Bella, I want you to follow my finger with your eyes." Carlisle instructed as he turned on a small flash light carefully in my eyes and moved his finger back and forth. I followed it easily with my eyes. After a few more test Carlisle deemed me safe,

"She seems to have only grazed the side of her head when she fell, and it was more the blood that did her in." Carlisle explained to Edward who was looking skeptical of his diagnosis.

"So can we go to the beach now?" Alice asked excitedly, Edward looked at her as if she had three heads and a horn. Carlisle just smiled, understanding that this was just the way his daughter thought things through.

"No, Alice, I don't think the beach would be the best idea. She should take it easy today, just in case."

"Well, what is she going to do at the beach other than lay down in the sand?" Alice asked.

"Actually, if it's okay I like to take Bella for a ride, nice and simple, to test out the car, plus there is somewhere I'd like to show her." Edward looking between Carlisle and me, brushing some hair behind my ear.

"I think that might be best." Carlisle said, Alice pouted a little, then nodded when she realized she wasn't going to get her way.

Everyone left for the beach after a while, including Esme and Carlisle, and Edward and I headed down to the garage after saying goodbye. He opened my door for me and helped me into my seat.

"Watch your head." He said with a teasing smile as I slid into the passenger seat. I stuck my tongue out at him childishly, he laughed and shut my door. He was still laughing as he got in and started the car.

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Edward pulled over on a side road next to the woods in the middle of no where.

"Edward, where-"

"You'll see." He said getting out and walking to my side to let me out. He took my hand and led me into the woods.

"Are you going to tell me where we're going?" I asked playfully, knowing the answer.

"Nope, you're just going to have to wait and see." He said with a smile.

"But we're almost there, see that clearing?" He asked pointing to something that I couldn't see.

"You and your 20/20, no I can't see it." To this he laughed and we continued our walking. After another five minuets, I finally saw what he had been talking about. There was a patch of light up ahead, Edward stopped walking and gestured for me to lead the way into the light. I did as he said, and came to a stand still at our destination.

"Edward this place is beautiful." I said breathlessly at the sight of the space before me. It was a meadow, but it was perfect circle, filled with bright green grass and wildflowers of every kind and color. I smiled as he took me by the hand and lead me to the middle of the meadow.

"Bella, I have something I want to give you." He said pulling me into his lap as he sat down. I laid my head back against his shoulder and rested my cheek against his neck.

"Edward, you didn't-" I began to protest.

"No, Bella, please. This is important and I want you to have it because, because. Well, to be blunt Bella, I want you to have it because I love you." He said seriously, and I felt my heart stop. I got off his lap and sat on the ground in front of him so I could see him.

"What did you say?" I asked, but my voice barely came out from the shock.

"I said I love you." He repeated watching me carefully from my reaction. As soon as what he said sunk in I smiled uncontrollably and I placed my shaking hand on his cheek.

"Edward, I love you too." I said sincerely, he let out a sigh of relief and smiled back.

"I got worried you didn't feel the same." He said with a relieved chuckle before pulling me into his arms and falling back into the grass, hugging me tight to his chest. We were both laughing, and kissing sporadically as we lay together in the grass, enjoying the bliss that came from confessed love.

"Bella, I have something I want to give you." Edward said after a while of just laying in the grass.

"What is it?" I asked.

"This." He said as he sat us up so that his legs were extended in front of him and I was kneeling between them. He reached in his pocket and pulled a small ring. It had a gold band with three shining emerald stones lined next to each other, they were the exact same color as Edward's eyes. A string of diamonds crossing between each of the stones, separating them.

"Edward, it's perfect, I love it." I said as my eyes teared up.

"It's a promise ring. It was my mother's, I found it upstairs last night with a note attached to it. My father gave it to her when he realized he couldn't be with anyone else but her, and now I want you to have it." He said holding it out to me. It caught in the sunlight and the Emeralds sparkled much like the way his eyes did. I felt my heart skip a beat as he slid it onto my ring finger on my right hand. Once it was on he kissed it before pulling me up and off my feet and spinning me around. I giggled into his neck as my bare feet flew through the air. I couldn't help but laugh as we fell back to the ground and just lay there looking up at the sky, hand in hand, watching the clouds roll by.

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