SM owns all. I am posting both POV in this chapter.

EPOV 28

Bella was rattling off things so fast that my brain was trying to play catch up. A year and a half? What was that for? She wanted the four of them close to Emily and Jacob, was she serious? Then, I was back to the year and a half thing again, which I suddenly figured out. Married, us, for that long. Could we make that work? I would need to find some things out about her first. We would need to know basics about each other, right? I mean, we really didn't know that much about one another. I think a round of say, 20 questions might be in order here. Bella was like a General dispatching her troops. It was sexy as hell, too. The information about Jacob concerned me greatly, but Bella said it would not be a problem. Again, I trusted her, but not the dog. I really like the sound of that. I think that I will call him that from now on. Everyone left and Leah went to nap, so I hoped now was a good time for some questions. Bella assured me that we would talk later, but I did not want to wait.

"Now, Edward?"

"It seems that we have some time before we leave, so yes, if that's okay with you."

"I guess so, sure."

"Where do I start? Full name and date of birth?"

"Isabella Renee Swan. March 17, 1985. You?"

"Edward Joseph Cullen. July 7, 1984. Allergies?"

"Penicillin, Morphine, and Green Tea. How about you?"

"Only Penicillin, so that will be easy for us to remember. Favorite color and flower?"

"Gray and Tiger Lillie's. Your favorite color?"

"I don't really have one. I guess maybe green. Gray, Bella really?"

"Yes really, gray. Gray goes with anything, you know. Besides, gray is always gray no matter what color you add to it, be it blue, green, yellow, orange, red or violet. None of those colors make any difference to the name, it is still considered gray, and it has no opposite, because it is its own opposite. My life is different shades of gray always, I can add a splash of any other color, but gray it remains."

"Well, that was deep." We laughed at that then I continued,

"How about Birthmarks or tattoo's?"

"No birthmarks but I have one tattoo of a swan. What about you Edward?"

"No to either, uh Bella, where is your tattoo at?"

"Oh. Ah. It's..Shit, this is embarrassing."

"Come on, it can't be that bad, just tell me."

"Fine, it's on my ass, Edward, happy now?" 'Hell fucking yeah!'

"Do I get to see it?"

"Not today you don't."

"Fine." I pouted a little cause I really wanted to see it.

"Next questions, Edward, just put that tat out of your mind for now."

"Scars?"

"This one on my arm here and a small one on each wrist, here and here." The one on her arm was a 3inch line you could clearly see but the ones on her wrists were very faint. I hadn't ever noticed them until she pointed them out to me.

"How did you get these?"

"These are from when Emmett and I were taken. I had to have surgery on my arm a few times to fix the bone, but the wrists were from the ropes."

"Ropes?" I asked gently, taking her hands in my to examine them. I ran my thumbs over the scars there, very lightly.

"Yeah, ropes, I was tied up because the shackles they used on Emmett were too big for me, and I could slip my hands through them easily. The ropes were constantly digging into my skin, but these small marks are all that remain and Dr. Car told me 'by the time your thirty you won't be able to see them at all.' Of course 30 sounded so old to a 5year old, you know. Now, not so much."

"I'm sorry"

"For what, this isn't your fault you know, Edward."

"I know, but still I am sorry you two had to go through that."

"Thank you. So how many scars do you have?"

"This one on my chin and a few on my left arm and leg." I showed her the ones on my arm, they were really hard to see because I now have hair on my arms.

"I got them from a motorcycle accident when I was 12, gravel really isn't your friend at all. Were you born and raised here?"

"No, born in New York and we moved here when Emmett and I were 2, for my dad's job."

"Me too. What I mean is, I was born in Illinois, but we moved to Washington for my dad's job when I was 5. Your parents names?"

"Charles or Charlie and Renee. What about yours?"

"Carlisle and Esme."

"Esme, that's an odd name and one I don't think I have heard before. Is it short for something?"

"Yes, actually her full name is Esmeralda."

"That is beautiful. What do they do?"

"My dad is Chief of surgery, and my mom owns a design company, but she doesn't work there much anymore. Only when she is needed, she prefers her charity work now."

"My mom too, though she still takes care of our business stuff. Charities seem to be more her speed, these days."

"Um...Bella, you told me to feel free to ask questions so.. What business exactly does your mom take care of?" She was off the couch so fast it was like someone had kicked her. Bella began pacing at a feverish rate before her tirade started.

"You know what, Edward? It appears that none of me works right around you. Not my brain. Not my body and certainly not my mouth." Not her body? What does that mean?

"It's like I want to tell you everything about us, about me. I've never felt this way before, it is almost like a compulsion just to do it without even thinking first. I feel so out of control and I can't be out of control. This job I am trying to do here requires complete focus and control. I just feel so relaxed around you that things just keep spilling out. This has never been a problem for me before now. I don't know maybe I made a mistake and this plan won't work out like I thought? Just being around you, Edward causes me to lose focus. When your close to me I feel like I could combust into a flaming ball of fire at any second. When we touch it's like I can't breathe properly."

I couldn't listen anymore. She felt exactly how I did. I stood up and walked right into the path of her pacing. She stopped abruptly and stared into my eyes.

"Bella, it wasn't a mistake, and your plan will work. Everything you are feeling; I am right there with you. When your close to me it's like my whole body is convulsing and when you touch me it feels like I've been struck by a lightning bolt."

"How can this work then, Edward?"

"I think it will be easier the closer we get to each other."

"Are you crazy! Didn't you hear what I said. How I react to you just being close to me, any closer, Edward, and it could be a comp..."

I cut her off with my lips. This wasn't one of those sweet, tender, mushy first time kisses. No this was raw, wild, and unrestrained. I thought her tongue ring would get in the way but really it didn't. My body was like a live wire that had been stripped bare. I could feel her surrounding me. It was like the first time our hands touched and they felt melted together only this was 100 times more powerful. It felt like our souls fused into one. I could not get enough of her! I needed to be closer, yet I couldn't. We were holding each other so tightly that there wasn't even a minute amount of space between us. Bella began to move away, but I could not let her because I really just didn't want too. She kept pulling away, though, so with one final kiss on her now very plump lips I released her some, but not all the way. We gazed at each other while our bodies were heaving to get oxygen.

"WOW! Edward, I mean that was..."

THIS KISS 28.5

Now he wanted to start. Well, we did have some time to kill. Edward and I questioned each other and learned basics. Simply put, these were the things a husband and wife should know about each other. I felt myself becoming more and more laid back. Edward just had this way about him that made me want to open up. 'That isn't all I want to open up either.' Still, I digress, and put myself back into the conversation at hand. His mom and mine would be like 2 peas in a pod, with their charities. That only entered my mind for a second before I realized my filter broke again.

I was so mad at myself for letting it happen not once or twice, but over and over again. I paced in front of him, finally just letting it all out. I could control nothing around him, this was ridiculous. My mind seemed to turn to jell-o, my body was constantly wanton for him, and my mouth couldn't seem to find the off button.

Edward stopped my pacing by blocking me. His beautiful blue/green eyes staring at me. He felt the same way I did? Was that even possible? This won't work! Closer, he wanted us closer? I knew it, he is crazy. I started raving again, but was cut off by his glorious mouth covering mine. This kiss wasn't soft, slow, or unsure like normal first kisses tend to be. No, this kiss was all need, heat, and passion like I have never felt before. My body was ablaze burning from the inside out. I could feel him all around me. This was different from our first touch. This fire was commanding and persuasive, wanting more, much more. It wanted all of us. It's like our souls liquefied, then danced together before becoming one. This was too much, it was all way too much. I needed to go back a step. I reluctantly started to pull away, but strong arms encircled me, securing me to him with no distance between us. Finally able to pull away, Edward gave me one final kiss on my now tingling lips as we peered into one another's eyes. Both of us were panting for much needed air. WOW! was all I could think at that moment.

"Wow is a bit of an understatement, Bella. I have never experienced anything so, so..."

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