Sunny

Bella's POV

I sighed contently when I woke up feeling Edward's strong arms around me, his body next to mine.

"Hello Angel," He whispered.

I curled into him breathing in his lilac and sunshine scent. Edward moved to lay on of top me with while balancing himself with his arms. His golden eyes held me captive as he leaned in to kiss me slowly, gently and softly. With each kiss he grew more desperate in his efforts. He wanted me as much as I wanted him and he was not holding back this time. I broke the kiss to catch my breath and he moved to place light kisses along my jawline and down to the base of my neck. He paused, then moved back up my to may jawline as he began to caress the underside of my breast. My heart hammered in my ears and I didn't care that his family could hear at that moment. All I wanted was him, anything he wanted to give me. I wanted more of his kisses and caresses.

His hand traveled slowly down the side of my body brushing the outside of my breast, lingering on my waist coming to rest on my hip. My eyes snapped open, Edward had never touched me like this before. I enjoyed every touch even though I was full of questions. I couldn't find the words to speak my thoughts. His eyes held uncertainty – begging me to let him continue. I nodded slightly, lifting my head off the pillow while crushing my lips to his. I barely registered anything but his cool fingers caressing the skin along my waistline down to the top of my pants, then moving up my body again – leaving a feeling of scorching fire running up and down my body. I lost myself in the feeling with each caress as my center began to throb with desire leaving me feeling nothing but the scorching cold-heat all over my body. I felt the fire all over, even in places Edward had not yet touched. I was wild for him. My body felt hot and flushed. Edward's lips were the cool heat running across my cheek, down my neck and back again before he pulled away. I was left wanting.

I opened my eyes to find him watching me with a barely hidden cocky grin. Instead of feeling self-conscious or annoyed, I smiled back up at him. I could not think of anything that compared to the way he made me feel at that moment.

"Good morning," I whispered, my breath still uneven.

"Good morning," he greeted back. The smile not fading from his face.

"What?" I asked

"Nothing, You're beautiful." He leaned in to place a kiss on my forehead. "Would you like me to run you a shower?" I accepted his offer, stretching as I came out of my sleeping position.

I studied the quiet satisfaction Edward wore as he walked to the bathroom, wondering what motivated it. As soon as I stood up, I felt a slight discomfort in my clothes, which became more pronounced as I walked to the bathroom. I flushed in embarrassment at the knowing look Edward gave me before leaving the bathroom; making my body tingle all over. When I finished my shower, I came back into the bedroom and was immediately kissed and cuddled before heading to the kitchen for breakfast, still dizzy from the way he had made me feel. I stumbled on the steps and Edward caught me. Teasingly, he could'nt resist commenting; "Easy Bella," as he picked me up and carried me the rest of the way.

No one was around. Alice had gone to find Rosalie and Emmett. I was eating breakfast when Edward started;

"I heard you bought a car." I nodded, not trusting my voice because it was a sure give away. Esme and Carlisle were still in the house.

"When do I get to see it?" I showed him a count of 10 fingers, indicating the time when he could see the car.

"You don't seem happy about the purchase," he commented. I shrugged and swallowed the food I was chewing.

"I only bought it because I missed you. Now that you're here, it holds no interest for me." I shrugged. He stared at me for a long moment before repeating what I had just said slowly, as though he needed to understand it.

"Carlisle and Esme think you should take it back." He stated after a few moments.

"No, I'll want it again the next time you go hunting. Why not keep this one for then instead of going shopping again?" I gave him a spoiled answer aware that he was shocked at my behavior. Edward did not say anything more, he just watched me finish my food absorbed in his own thoughts.

All four of the younger Cullen's arrived a few minutes later, Rosalie looking cold and distant. She went to sit on the love seat, facing the glass wall.

"Um Rosalie…" She turned her head slightly in my direction. "Could you walk with me?"

She looked me up and down before starting towards the back door. I shot up and followed her, unsure what I would say. We walked in silence for a few steps moving toward the river while I gathered the courage to speak.

"I heard today is the anniversary of your birth date," I stated, gaining her immediate attention. "I know you don't like the reminder, or to celebrate today and I respect that. I just wanted you to know that I'm glad for this day - many years ago because I'm happy to know you." I stopped there, afraid of pushing her over the edge. The silence continued for a long moment before she replied;

"Thank you Bella. If things had happened naturally I might have liked having you for a granddaughter." I wasn't sure how to receive that bit of information, so I did not reply.

"What did Alice say to get you to come home?" I asked, we had started walking back to the house.

"Not much, just that it was important," she turned to watch my face for the first time since she came back. "What is it Bella?" I could hear the impatience and annoyance she tried to hide in her voice.

"I uh...I did something you might not like." The wrong words slipped out.

"I was in the garage and…"I trailed off watching her facial expression change and her eyes narrow at me.

"What were you doing in there?" she tried to keep her calm

"Parking a car, and I think I might have…yours," I mumbled. Edward was standing protectively next to me in a blink of an eye. Everyone else was outside, too. "Can I show you? please." I hurried toward the garage leaving the two of them staring at each other, giving Edward a chance to get between us. Rosalie did not move until I stopped at the garage doors. "Please Rosalie."

"Bella today is not a good day for me to be upset." She stated, still unmoving.

"How will I know to get you a new car if you won't see this one to tell me what you think?"

"You can't afford to get me a new car Bella."

"I can, with Edward's money," I answered seriously. "Please come. I want to make this better, even if you never forgive me."

She walked slowly towards me, dragging her family followed behind her cautiously. She walked into the garage and rounded her BMW, searching for any damage.

"I don't see anything," she commented.

"That's because you're looking at the wrong car," I threw the Ferrari keys to her which she caught expertly. "Over there," I pointed to the corner of the garage.

She watched me a moment before stating in distaste; "That's not your truck."

"No, it's not. And it's not mine, it's yours. Happy birth-date." I watched as realization dawned on her face. Edward wrapped his hands around my waist holding me to him. I noticed Alice, Jasper, Esme and Carlisle stood closer in similar positions. Emmett was to our right, watching me with a raised eyebrow.

"Bella...I don't – I can't," Rosalie stammered, shaking her head in refusal.

"You don't even know what it is yet," I enticed, stopping her on her tracks. "It gave Carlisle and Esme a shock when the saw it." I winked.

"That's because I thought it was yours," Esme piped in.

"I don't know whether to be happy or frightened," said Carlisle, causing Edward to chuckle.

"He is wondering whether to be happy at your thoughfulness and that the car is not yours, or frightened at the kind of gifts you give; and that you had him and Esme convinced the car was yours" He explained.

"You too, if I remember correctly," I teased.

"I wasn't fully convinced, but without knowing your thoughts I couldn't be sure of my doubt either."

"Hm, you know you've already bought me a similar car?" I casually pointed out.

"I did?" He asked confused.

"Yep, it's in the book." I replied cheekily. "This car was destined to be in the family, except with a different owner." I leaned into Edward watching Rosalie as she followed our conversation with her eyes. She was still stunned. "Go ahead, if you don't like it I'll take it back. I promise."

"Babe?" Emmett woke her from her shocked state with his anxious voice. For a moment, I worried that I might have made her unhappy.

Faster than my eyes could follow Rosalie whirled and uncovered the car in the corner. The big red bow bounced to life, wrapped around the shiny new car. Emmett and Jasper whistled in appreciation. Rosalie looked the car over, walking around it. She moved the ribbon slightly to open the door and sat car roared to life and gently rolled out the garage.

"Wow Bella, that is nice!" Jasper complimented as we made our way out, following the car to the front of the sun broke through the clouds then - Rosalie opened the door to get out the car. I gasped, noticing that all the Cullen's were standing in the sunlight. All of their exposed skin shimmered, making them sparkle like brilliant gems.

My eyes focused on Edwards hands around my waist; I turned slowly to look at his face. There were no words to describe his beauty.

"Beautiful," I whispered, tracing his jaw with my finger tips.

"Did you know about this?" Edward asked me in a quiet voice. I nodded, still watching the sparkles off his skin reflect on my hand.

"Thank you Bella," Rosalie's voice brought me out of my trance. "For your thoughtfulness. I like the car very much," She walked over to give me an awkward hug.

"You're welcome, and I won't do it again if you don't want me to," I offered.

"No no, it's okay. Perhaps we should do it more often," Alice squealed clapping her hands at being allowed to celebrate birthdays. "Once a decade," Rosalie corrected after watching Alice's celebration dance for a moment.

"That was thoughtful," Edward whispered in my ear sending delightful shivers down my spine. Rosalie took everyone in the family for a short drive at different times during the day. She seemed more alive, not withdrawn like she had been the past few days. Edward took me to the meadow, where I played with his hands setting off the sparkles against my skin and the trees around us. We resumed our morning activities wit the same intensity.

The next day was sunny, and I was alone at school. Mike tried to ask me to the dance again – wanting me to go as part of their group – even though he was going with Jessica. Edward was waiting for me at home when school was out. For us, it was another lazy sunny afternoon in Forks spent laying on my bed. My mind had been preoccupied because of my irritation with Mike. I realized hours later that this was the week I would have really talked to Edward for the first time in Port Angeles. This week marked the beginning of 'us' in the books. I sat up, startled by my thoughts;

"Port Angeles.

"What about it?' Edward was alarmed at my sudden outburst.

"The men that tried to hurt me - in the book" I explained. Realization dawned on him;

"I'll tell Jasper and Emmett. We were waiting for some sign that they were there. Last time we checked, we did not find them. I don't want to leave you by yourself."

"I'll be fine, Alice can visit. You will find them quicker through their thoughts" I encouraged.

I wasn't sure whether those men would be there and who they would be preying on since I wouldn't be in Port Angeles tonight. I wondered whether the timing for that was wrong too. I didn't know whether Jessica and Angela were going shopping as they did in the book.

Alice brought Emmett and Jasper over just after sunset. "I think you're right about the men Bella, I can't see Port Angeles clearly when I make the decision to go there," she announced climbing through my window, followed by the boys.

"Is there a reason no one uses the front door to my house?" I asked, watching Emmett's big figure squeeze through the window.

"Yeah, you know vampire rules and all that – you have to invite us in, and you haven't," Emmett answered cockily. I ignored him, choosing instead to focus on the matter at hand. Emmett explained that he didn't want Rosalie to go with them as she lacked the restraint to leave the men alive. After some convincing, Edward agreed to go. The boys were going to find the men and deliver them to the police.

"With some evidence and after some torture," Emmett added, winking at me before he leaped out of my window. I was still surprised he could fit.

I indulged Alice the rest of the evening by playing Bella Barbie. She couldn't keep an eye on the boys because she was blinded. We were both anxious for them to return. Edward arrived just as I was falling asleep. They had found Lonnie, with two other men stalking Lauren. He had arrived in town three days ago, and had just met the men in a bar that afternoon. "She had gone back to the dress shop to change her dress and was making her way back to meet the others for dinner when the men spotted her. Their thoughts were…" he trailed off snarling quietly.

"It's just like it happened in the book. Jessica would have canceled her shopping plans for a date with Mike, on the day Lauren would have joined you for the trip. But this time Mike asked her when you declined his advances because of me." He looked thoughtful, as though he was comparing the book's events with reality. I nodded, too tired to think after seventeen different hairstyles, five makeup applications and twenty seven mix and match outfits; courtesy of my best friend. I drove the Volvo to school the next day. I was by myself, again.

At school, I watched Lauren, Jessica and Angela giggle in class and at lunch. I liked knowing that they were safe, even if they didn't know what danger they had been in yesterday evening. Lauren and I were not friends, but no one deserved to be harmed like that. She tried to get a reaction out of me because I had Edward's car, and she gossiped with a blond girl whose name I didn't know about Jessica's dress during one of our classes. She also let it slip - in a rather loud voice - that she was grounded for the dress she bought because she had spent too much money - but risked it because Taylor would like to see some cleavage. I rolled my eyes, bored. The day was too long – too sunny – and conversations were annoying; I missed Edward. Sudden inspiration filled me; I decided to ditch gym and drove to the Cullen house.

"Bella, did you ditch class? "Emmett made sure to meet me at the front door, outrunning Edward.

"I'm learning from my big brother, wouldn't you agree, Emmett?" I threw back. Rosalie and Alice were out in the Ferrari. I liked that Rosalie seemed to genuinely enjoy the car.

"I think you should meet Charlie," I told Edward, watching his eyes grow wide before he flashed me his crooked smile.

"When?"

"Tomorrow, after school."

I was happy to have Charlie meet Edward. We spent the rest of the afternoon at the meadow. The physical side of our relationship progressed further every time we went there.

The next afternoon I introduced Edward to Charlie, under the guise that he was my date for the dance. In time, Charlie would see there was more going on but the rumors wouldn't surprise him. I was happy to have the Cullen's back at school for the rest of the week. The days without them had been lonely. I had debated whether to make friends with Angela or not but decided against it. I felt sad for missing out on a great friend but I believed I was protecting her from my future world, too. With so many things changing what happened in the books, I couldn't risk having her hurt in some way.

When Saturday arrived, Edward climbed out my window earlier than usual. He swore Alice would kill him if he didn't disappear while she and I prepared for the dance. Charlie was home that day, with no plans to go fishing. It was strange. Alice arrived mid-morning to begin my torture. She spent a few minutes with Charlie first, while I straightened up the house. Charlie had a slight blush on his cheeks that went all the way to his ears when I walked into the kitchen to fetch Alice. I wondered what they had been talking about, but didn't ask. My father looked like he would never be able to pull a straight face again as long as he lived.

Alice and I started slowly, working on our nails first. She gasped later in the afternoon, when drawn into a vision. I waited impatiently for her to come to and tell me what she saw. Her brows were creased. I could tell she was worried.

"I can't see anything. Our futures are black. But we'll be at the dance later. It's the wolves." she stated watching me. I nodded, unsure what to say. It was clear she knew she couldn't see them by now.

"You knew I couldn't see them!" She accused. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I don't know Alice, I couldn't tell you too much from the books," I explained, feeling guilty.

"When do we read the mysterious books, anyway?" she asked, infusing annoyance in her voice

"When you've been good," I replied with authority, then stuck my tongue out at her.

We both heard the male voices downstairs when Charlie opened the door to Billy and Jacob. I watched Alice nervously, wondering if she'd want to leave.

"He's not a wolf." she stated.

"Not yet. So why can't you see him?" I countered; wondering if Jacob would turn soon, especially because Alice was so close.

"Will he turn?" She asked alarmed

"Yes, why?"

"We were wondering how many there will be," she answered watching me carefully. I dropped my eyes, not giving an answer. "You know don't you?"

I met her eyes in the mirror, long enough to give her a silent answer. Jacob knocked at my door then, letting himself in without an invite.

"Oh, hi," He stood awkwardly at the doorway, making no move to come any further into the room.

"You should wait to be invited in Jake. Come in," He took two small steps and leaned against the door frame. Alice was sitting on my desk with her legs perched on the chair. She grabbed my copy of Romeo and Juliet and started fiddling with the pages, ignoring us.

"How have you been Jake?" I asked, breaking his focus on Alice.

"Uh, good. Great. We…uh…came to watch the game."

"Oh joy. We're going to the dance. Alice is helping me get ready. Jacob, this is Alice. Alice, Jacob" I introduced them. They gave each other tight-lipped smiles of greeting.

"I, uh…don't want to disturb you, I just came upstairs to say 'Hi'. So uh.." Jake made an excuse to leave

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"Oh, I'll come downstairs with you to say hello to Billy. Did you bring anyone else?" I asked so I could prepare myself, as I walked ahead of him.

"Nope, just the old man and me." He sounded more relaxed, unlike when he was in my room. "So Alice huh?" Jake asked casually halfway down the stairs.

"Yep, she's my friend and a nice person," I replied as I waited for the sarcastic retort. He scoffed and pulled a sour face;

"Person?"

"Yes, person." We were already at the living room entrance. Charlie was in the kitchen.

"Ah, Bella. I hear you're going to the school dance?" Billy's faked enthusiasm wasn't lost on me.

"Yes, how are you Billy?" I decided to be polite.

"I'm good Bella. How are you?" There was an emphasis in his words, a deeper meaning. I kept my eyes to his as I assured him I was okay. His eyes were searching mine and didn't move away until Charlie came into the family room with their beer.

"Where's Alice, isn't she coming to meet Billy?" I watched Billy's eyes widen at Charlie's question.

"She's in the shower" I answered, excusing myself to return upstairs. Jacob kept his eyes glued to the TV, not calling me out on the lie.

"Everything okay?" Alice asked when I walked into my room.

"I'm not sure. Billy almost had a heart attack when he heard you were here. He's going to try talk me into staying away from you guys."

"He can't do that," Alice snarled. I realized then that the situation must be stressful for her too, but she'd never leave me alone with them in the house. I walked over to her and hugged her tight.

"I love you."

"I love you, too Bella." I left her to go shower.

When I was finished Alice took the curlers out my hair and started applying my make-up. She helped me into the knee length, blue dress and heels she'd bought me. Then she applied a little foundation to cover the bruise on my shoulder. It was visible because the dress straps were thin. She used my hair to hide it. She put on a baby pink high-low, halter neck dress. It made her look like a little baby doll with long legs. We had just finished taking our own pictures when she announced Edward's arrival. We walked downstairs when we heard Charlie greeting Edward. Jasper didn't come in; we didn't want Charlie to ask too many questions. He complimented us and we moved quickly to leave. I ignored looking in Billy and Jake's direction.

"Your father's friend is not pleased." Edward informed when we left my driveway.

"I know. Is he planning anything?" I asked.

"He's going to talk to you, but he doesn't know what to say exactly, since he can't tell you the truth." I nodded in understanding.

"What about Jacob?' I asked, wondering what he was thinking.

"He's quite taken with you…and Alice surprisingly. He's thinking about a lot of things. The stories he'd been told about us while he was growing up and his memories of you two when you used to visit your father. He remembered telling you about us; which means he technically broke the treaty in reality as well as in the books." Edward mused.

I wondered if Jacob was going to be involved in our lives like he was in the books. I knew I didn't want it to happen that way. I had used him, hurt him and rejected him; but paid him back with my daughter in the books. If there were two things I didn't want to happen like it happened in the books…no, make that three things – it was Edward leaving, Jacob and me or Jacob and Reneesmee and the Volturi coming to Forks. I hoped I had it within my power to change those events.

We reached the school and made our way to the gym where the dance was being held. People stared at the four of us when we entered, but I ignored the looks. I decided to relax and enjoy being with Edward, as I calmly let him lead me to the middle of the empty dance floor to a dance