Welcome again my lovely readers.
And now, I welcome you to the long awaited Cross-Country Trips! It's been like over 19 chapters since I came up with the idea of having the said trips, and I think now is the perfect time to spring them on you. :D
Also, I will try and have some Italian words in this chapter. :) That's right, the Spain, Grand Canyon and Haunted Places trip won the poll! (I won't be using the Las Vegas trip idea I used; I gotten two awesome ideas for haunted places and I wanted to use both.)
Anyways, I've asked some people if they could help me with translating some English words into Italian. So far, it's going good. But I still need a few more.
And I might divide this first trip in like a few parts. *shrugs* you never know.
But, like I said from the last chapter, I had most of this chapter written out. I will be changing a few things from it from my notebook, but oh well. I'm not going to publish my note book online or anything.
Well, enough of me talking; on with the new chapter! :D
Chapter 36
Bella's POV
"Grr…" I grumbled, as I plopped down on my suitcase, trying to close it.
It was now the last week of March, and we were going on our Cross-Country trip thing Edward and I signed up for back in the end of October. Mrs. Filcher changed the places she had planned for us, but she wouldn't tell us where they were. I'm amazed that the school was able to pull a lot of money together for this trip. There were like 30 or so more students going on this trip, so they had to pull together a lot of money for tickets. Seriously, is this school rich or something?
I grabbed the zipper, then wrenched my suitcase closed, as I hissed, "Yes" in victory. I hopped down from my suitcase, then looked around my room, trying to find my pants. I found them by the closet and I went over to them, pulling them over my legs and buttoning it up. I was wearing a dark blue blouse with a frilly neckline and it was short sleeved; the weather has slightly heated up so it was fine to wear short sleeve shirts again. My blouse was unbuttoned though, because I didn't want to get sweaty from doing last minute packing.
"Bella, love?" I heard the door creak open, as I heard Edward's voice. I gasped and whirled around, as I saw him coming into the room, wearing a dark green t-shirt under a black vest, with black pants and matching converse. He stared wide eyed at me when he saw my blouse was opened, exposing my dark blue bra. "Uh, hey my lion." I greeted him, giggling nervously.
"Oh, um, hello my lamb." He mumbled, not looking away from my chest. I smiled and cleared my throat, nearly laughing as I saw him jump and quickly look up at me. "Glad you enjoyed the little view." I teased, buttoning up my blouse. He shook his head and walked over to me, wrapping his arms around my waist.
"I enjoyed it more than you know." He murmured, smirking. I smacked his arm, giggling. "You're getting very horny lately, Edward." I fake-scolded him, rolling my eyes. "Oh, gee, I wonder why?" he asked sarcastically, chuckling and kissing my lips.
I pulled away and laughed at his pouty lips. "Don't you want to get to the bus on time, my lion?" I asked him teasingly, as I maneuvered my way out of his arms and towards my shoes. "I'd rather stay here and have something else in mind." He whispered to me, wiggling his eyebrows at me. I laughed as I said, "You horndog."
He rolled his eyes before taking my suitcase and my hand, walking out of the dorm room with me behind him. "Oh wait, I almost forget to do something." He said, as he stopped outside in the hall. I looked at him confused, as he went digging in his pockets. He fished out a black box as I gasped. "No, I'm not asking you to marry me… yet." Edward assured me as I sighed with relief and giggled.
He opened the box as I gasped at what was inside. It was a silver banded ring with two topaz stones next to each other. "Edward…" I breathed, as he took out the ring and held it up to me. "It's a promise ring, so that I can show you that I will never leave your side, and stick to you till the end." He whispered; tears began falling from my eyes at his promise, then I threw my arms around his neck, kissing his cheek, neck, ear and finally his lips.
He slipped the ring on my "ring" finger as I looked at it. "Oh, that also reminds me." I said, moving away from Edward and running back inside my room. "Love?" he called out, following me. I moved around my room, before I finally found it. I picked it up, then hid it behind my back. "Come on, my lamb. What do have there?" he asked me, trying to take whatever was behind my back.
"Well, since you gave me a promise ring, I almost forgot to do the same thing." I stated, as I moved my hands in front of me and showed him the ring. It was simple; a silver ring – nothing special or any gems. "I promise to stay by your side as well, through thick and thin." I said, raising the ring. He gave me his hand as I slipped the ring on his "ring" finger.
He smiled and crashed his lips with mine. I threw my arms around his neck, crushing myself closer to him. He wrapped his arms around my waist, then licked my bottom lip. I opened up for him, just as the door opened. "Guys, come on, we need to – AGH!" Alice's voice shouted, as we pulled apart. Apparently, Alice didn't know she would walk in on us making out.
"Sorry Alice." Edward and I mumbled, as we walked out of the room; Edward took my suitcase again. We walked out of the dorms and went towards the bus, as students were either loading their stuff in the bus, or getting on. Edward put my suitcase with his, then we got on the bus. Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie were in the back, as Alice hurried towards Jasper. Edward and I took the last two seats in the back, then Mrs. Filcher got on the bus once everyone was on.
"Alright, alright, settle down, everyone." She called out, standing in the front of the bus; some other teachers were sitting in some seats in the front. "Now, as you all know, you have signed up for a trip around the country, that is until I said I changed our route. Well, I changed it so we could all go to Spain!" we all cheered and whooped.
"And I expect all of you to be on your best behavior, otherwise we'll leave you in Spain." She teased as we laughed as her joke. "Well, I'll give out more rules when we get there, but for now, we're off to Spain!" she exclaimed, as I laughed at her antics. Who knew that going across the ocean would have this effect on my teacher?
She sat down in her seat, as the bus driver drove away from our school. Everyone began talking, while I looked at Edward. He looked back at me, as we smiled at each other. "What's with them?" Emmett whispered loudly to Jasper, looking over at us.
"Puppy dog stares; classic things for couples." Alice hissed back at him, smacking his head. Edward and I laughed at Emmett's pouting face, as he scowled at us.
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The ride to the airport was long, but we finally reached it and unloaded all of our luggage. We put them on the luggage thing, before the teachers led us to a gate. "Now, you all have an hour until we have to board our plane. All of you can either go to the bathroom, go get something to eat, go buy something from the souvenir shops, or stay here with us teachers. It's up to you, but remember to be here on time." Mrs. Filcher explained, before most of us left.
Emmett, Alice, Rosalie, Jasper, Edward and I went over to a little café, and got some coffee with some breakfast. "What should we do in Spain?" Rosalie asked once we sat down. "No clue." We muttered, as she rolled her eyes. We sat, drank and talked for a while, as the time ticked by.
Suddenly, screams were heard from behind me and Edward, as we whirled towards the sound. People began running towards us, as we all quickly stood up and ran from the café. "What's going on?" I asked no one in particular. "No idea, love. But it doesn't seem good." Edward told me, as we ran.
We got to the gates, as we headed towards our teachers. I spotted a little boy hiding under the seats, watching everyone run away, frightened. I shook my head and broke free from Edward's hand, running towards the little boy. "Bella!" Edward yelled from behind me, but I ignored him and headed towards the little boy.
Now that I was closer, I could see him more clearly. He looked about only 2 years old, with dark brown hair and big baby blue eyes. He was wearing a Star Wars t-shirt, with dark blue jeans and black sandals; he was hugging a brown teddy bear. "Hey, what are you doing under here?" I whispered to him, as he jumped and whimpered. "No, no, I'm not here to hurt you. I'm here to help you find your mom or dad or whoever you lost." I assured him. I held out a hand, as he looked at it, before stepping out from underneath the seats and throwing his tiny arms around my neck.
He began sobbing, as I picked him up and cradled him him. "Shh, it's okay sweetie. We'll find your mom, dad or whoever watches over you. Now, can you tell me your name?" I asked him sweetly. He leaned back a little and sniffled, before answering in a tiny little boy's voice, "Andy."
"Andy, now that's a terrific name. My name is Bella." I told him, smiling. He giggled and asked me, "Are you an angwel?" I shook my head, still smiling. "Not an angel, sweetie; just a person who wants to help you." I told him.
"Now, can you tell me which way your parent went?" I asked him. He tapped his chin, before pointing in the direction, where everyone was running away from that direction. I sighed and said, "Well, alright, sweetie. I'll find your parent, but you have to promise to not let go of my neck, and make sure you don't drop your little teddy bear. Got it?" I asked him as he nodded.
I cradled him close to my chest before I took off in the direction he told me; dodging out of the way people that were running. "Bella!" Edward's voice shouted from behind me, as he caught up with me. "Never run away from me like that again, Bella." He scolded me, while I rolled my eyes at him. "Who dis?" Adam asked me, looking at Edward with curiosity.
"This is my boyfriend, Edward. Edward, this is Adam. I'm trying to find his mom." I explained as Edward nodded. "Like I'm going to let you find his mom on your own, love." He told me as I laughed. "I figured that, Edward." I said as he chuckled.
It was clearing up when we ran further from the gate, and we found a woman frantically telling a security cop something. "Ma'am, I know that you lost your son and all, but we're trying to find this lunatic with a gun that's in this airport somewhere. We'll try to find your son afterwards." The cop said to the woman.
"You don't understand! He's my two year old son; he could easily get kidnapped in this place, or get trampled from everyone that ran! Please officer! You have to find him now!" she yelled at him, tears streaking down her face.
"Momma!" Adam screamed, as the woman and the cop turned towards the sound. I now could see that the woman was a little over twenty, with stringy brown hair with grey eyes. "Adam!" she yelled, running towards us. I handed Adam over to the woman, as she peppered his face with kisses. "Thank you so much for finding him." She said to me and Edward, cradling Adam close to her.
"No problem at all, miss. But, we have to get back to our class now." Edward explained, as he grabbed my hand and we began running away. "Bye Bwella and Edwawd!" Adam yelled from behind us.
"Well, what now, Edwawd?" I asked him teasingly, giggling. "I don't know, Bwella." He said back in the same teasing manner. I giggled some more, as we ran up to our gate, where the teachers were looking for us. "There you are! We were about to leave without you." Mrs. Filcher scolded us, as we looked sheepish before we walked onto the plane. But before we did, I looked out the window and saw a bunch of people wearing black suits and looking around the whole place. A helicopter flew over the airport; weird…
When we walked into the coach section and found our seats – where Lauren was sitting in the middle of the three seats. "No, please make her find another seat." Edward whispered to me helplessly. "Lauren, can you move over one seat or something?" I asked her as politely as I could. "Why should I, Swan?" she asked me rudely, not budging one bit.
"I'm sorry but you two have to find a seat; we're about to take off." A flight attendant whispered to us. "We can't sit by her; we don't get along with her." Edward told the flight attendant. "Well, there is one seat back there, and there's another up in front, but not together. It's either those seats or this one." She informed him, as I sighed.
"No, we can sit here." I muttered, as Edward took the window seat and I took the aisle seat. We buckled up and strayed as far as possible from Lauren. She smiled in what was supposed to be "seductive" at Edward and crossed her legs, hiking up her already short skirt. Edward grimaced and turned towards the window. I made a growling noise in the back of my throat and crossed my arms, looking down at my feet.
"Welcome to Seattle Airlines. Our time right now is 7:45am, and our first stop will be Denver, Washington D.C. and we'll be landing at their airport in about a few hours. At this time, please make sure everything that is out is now stowed away somewhere, and please fasten your seatbelts for we'll be taking off in a few short moments." A flight attendant said in a breezy voice, as I heard the plane grow silent.
We took off and left the Seattle Airport behind us, as I still had my scowl on my face. Lauren only smirked in Edward's direction, as Edward kept scooting closer to the window. The plane leveled out, as the flight attendant from earlier came on again. "You're now free to move about the plane. You may also order some coffee, breakfast, anything from our cart."
"I have to go to the bathroom." Lauren announced quietly, as the seat belt picture dinged, meaning she could get up. She unbuckled her seat belt and moved out of the seats, purposely stepping on my feet. She sneered in my direction before moving down the aisle. I made sure she wouldn't be able to see me, then I undid my seat belt and moved in her seat. I bent down and moved her purse in my old seat, then I kissed Edward's cheek.
"Ah, brilliant my lamb." He whispered huskily to me, turning towards me and smiling crookedly, sending my heart in overdrive. "Of course, my lion." I whispered in what I hoped was alluring; it worked as I watched in pleasure to see him shivered. He lifted the arm rest as a flight attendant came by. "Can we have a blanket please?" he asked him, as she nodded and handed him one. He handed her a twenty dollar bill as she looked shocked.
"Keep the change." He told her as she nodded and walked away. I giggled as he kissed my neck. He wrapped an arm around my shoulders and held me close to his side, while he wrapped the blanket around us.
He looked over at the aisle, then adjusted the blanket a little before he dipped his head and buried his nose in my breasts through my blouse. I grabbed his head and kept his face there. Even though this seemed like a very bad time to be touching like this, we couldn't care. We loved each other and couldn't stand sitting one seat away from each other – especially with Lauren in said seat.
Speaking of the she-devil, I heard her clunking her shoes noisily on the carpet, as I yanked Edward's head back. "Ow…" he muttered. "Sorry." I whispered, looking pointedly over my shoulder. Edward looked and realization dawned on his face. He nodded and pulled me closer to him. Lauren came into view and she looked over at us before her eyes popped wide and her jaw dropped.
"You stole my seat, you bitch!" she screeched, as everyone in coach looked at her. "It's just a seat, yeesh." I mumbled, burying my face in Edward's chest. "You still stole it!" she screeched again. "Miss, I'm sorry but if you don't stop screaming, I will have to move you to a new seat in the back so you won't disturb others, like these two here who are trying to look at the clouds." The attendant behind her informed her, while she gestured to me and Edward – where we were looking out the window at this time.
"But-But – she stole me seat and I sit here-uh I mean there." Lauren stuttered out as she pointed to the seats we were in. "Miss, it is just a seat. If you will please follow me." The attendant said, as she walked down the aisle towards the back. Another attendant came by and took out her carry-on from above, as Lauren grudgingly followed behind them, purse in hand.
Alice and Jasper – who were in front of us – turned around and gave us thumbs up; we gave them thumbs up back and smiled.
The plane ride to Denver was long and brutal – well at least to me. I grew extremely tired so I could only stumble at Edward's side when we walked around in Denver's International Airport, before we boarded the plane going over the ocean and to Italy.
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(Time Lapse – 6:00pm in Italy; I'm not really good with time on plane stuff and all. XP)
Finally, we made it to Italy and it was about 6:00 pm here. We took a bus to our fancy hotel, as Mrs. Filcher gave room keys to the students; she and the other teachers paired us up boy/girl.
"Alright, Jasper and Alice – Room 101, Emmett and Rosalie – Room 102…" she started, as she handed out the keys to the pairs. They all went towards the elevators, when Mrs. Filcher finally gave us our key. "Room 132; that room is a little large for you two because we mixed it up a little." Mrs. Filcher explained it to us, shaking her head.
"It's not a problem at all, Mrs. Filcher." Edward assured her, nodding his head. "Well, go ahead and go up there. Tomorrow we'll be touring around and seeing Spain." She told us as we walked over to an elevator and got inside. "A large suite all to ourselves." I purred, as Edward visibly gulped. "Not afraid of anything, my lion?" I asked him teasingly, as the doors dinged open. I stepped through, Edward following behind me dazed.
I sighed and shook my head, as we walked up to our room door. I opened the door and walked inside, looking around the room. The living room was large with creamy white, connected couches with a glass coffee table in front of them. A small bar was behind it, with a sink, a small fridge and a trashcan. And the bedroom was connected to the living room. It had a large double bed with white, silky sheets, a four posted bed with a door leading to a bathroom next to the bed. A balcony with large glass doors were there, a hot tub sitting in one corner.
"Want to go in the hot tub?" I asked him, as he shook his head and smiled before nodding. I took out my new swimsuit – something that Alice wanted for me to wear. (Again with the perverted mind.) It was a two piece that was black and had beads on the thin straps.
After I had my suit on, I turned around and saw that Edward was standing by the glass doors, wearing black and red swim trunks, and no shirt; yay! I walked up to him, carrying my own towel and walked onto the balcony, Edward following right behind me.
I hopped into the tub after I set my towel on the lounging chair like Edward, and he hopped in after me. He took my hand and guided me over to him, where he wrapped his arms around my waist and lifted me onto him, straddling his waist.
"Alone at last." Edward murmured, nuzzling his nose against my neck. I nodded, twirling bits of Edward's hair between my fingers. He traveled his nose up my jaw, before he was at the corner of my lips. He smiled, before he crushed his lips with mine. I moaned and locked my fingers in his hair, as I bent backwards, pulling him with me.
He adjusted so we were standing in the middle of the hot tub, while he picked me up and wrapped my legs around his waist.
We continued kissing like this, that is until Emmett came bursting through our hotel room. "Whoa!" he boomed when he saw us through the glass doors. We pulled apart and glared at him. "Ever heard of knocking, Em?" Edward asked him, as he came out onto the balcony. "Yes, my little bro, but apparently you two were busy and I knew you wouldn't get the door." He countered, smirking. I rolled my eyes and untangled my legs from Edward's waist.
We hopped out of the tub and picked up our towels, drying ourselves off. "Well, what's so important that you had to barge in on us?" I asked Emmett. "Oh, yeah!" he exclaimed, smacking his forehead; Edward and I rolled our eyes. "Alice wanted me to come up here to get you two because the whole class is going out for dinner tonight. Wear the clothes on the couch I left for you." he explained, gesturing to the couches.
He left as Edward and I showered quickly, before drying off again and getting dressed. Alice left me with a short black dress that was a halter, with a black beaded necklace. She left Edward with a long-sleeved red button up shirt and black tie, with black dress pants. I found my black ballet flats and put them on, as Edward put on his black shoes.
We left the hotel room and went down to the first floor, where the class was waiting for us. They were wearing black and red too. "Alright, let's go outside and find our limos and we'll be off to our restaurant." Mrs. Filcher instructed, as we all filed out of the hotel and into the limos.
We drove through Spain and found our restaurant. The host was staring at all of the girls – making the guys, including Jasper, Emmett and Edward, pull us closer to their sides – while Mrs. Filcher talked to the host in Italian; she was part Italian.
We got our large table and ordered our drinks. Once our drinks arrived, we ordered our dinners and everything, then chatted quietly as we waited for our food.
A family with a young woman and man – both with caramel skin and dark hair with dark eyes – and two children; one little boy and one little girl. They were mini copies of their parents, as they all wore formal clothing. The little girl looked at Edward and me, before she gasped.
"Mamma, papà, è Eduardo e Isabelle!" the little girl squealed in Italian. (A/N: "Mom, Dad, It's Eduardo and Isabelle!")
The parents looked down at their daughter and then at us before the mother exclaimed, "Oh mio Dio, è Eduardo e Isabelle!" (A/N: "Oh my goodness, it is Eduardo and Isabelle!")
"Ummm…" Edward trailed off, staring at the family in shock. Mrs. Filcher stood up and went over to the parents and asked, "Mi dispiace, ma cosa vuoi dire? Questi due sono solo gli studenti." (A/N: "I'm sorry but what do you mean? These two are only students.")
The father shook his head and said in Italian, "What do you mean questi due sono gli studenti SOLO?! Essi sono il famoso duo di coppia in Italia - sono Eduardo e Isabelle!" (A/N: "What do you mean these two are ONLY students?! They are the famous couple duo of Italy – they ARE Eduardo and Isabelle!")
The mother and daughter began jumping up and down, as the little girl screamed out to the whole restaurant, "Aspetto! Aspetto! E 'Eduardo e Isabelle! Essi sono tornati!" (A/N: "Look! Look! It's Eduardo and Isabelle! They have returned!")
Everyone in the restaurant looked over at our direction and they gasped too. People with cameras and notebooks, along with news crews began rushing into the restaurant and over to us.
"Eduardo, Isabelle! Perché hai due scompaiono da Italia?" one reported asked, as she shoved a tape recorder in our faces. (A/N: "Eduardo, Isabelle! Why did you two disappear from Italy?")
"Hai scomparire a causa del tuo impegno era troppo pubblico?" another reporter asked. (A/N: "Did you disappear because of your engagement was too public?")
"Sei permanenza in Italia per il bene adesso?" another asked. (A/N: "Are you staying in Italy for good now?")
"Well, so much for our dinner." Emmett muttered, as Edward and I smacked our heads on the table.
There you go everyone! A new chapter where they're all in Spain, Italy!
Sorry if I got anything wrong with the flight and time zones; I'm too tired and lazy to do the math. :P
Anyways, I have Bella's and Edward's promise rings, along with Bella's Dinner dress on my website now, so go ahead and see what they look like.
SO, can anyone guess what will happen in the next chapter?! If someone can guess right, I will dedicate the next chapter all to you! :D
I would like to thank RavenclawRebel and TheGreatAli for helping me with the translating.
So, please review and wait for the next chapter; go ahead and guess.
Bye for now,
~*Lady Lily of Darkness*~
(No preview; can't ruin the fun of the guessing game now can I?)