Chapter 6

A/N: Thank you so so much for all the support and love! Your comments make me the happiest person even on crappy days. I hope I never disappoint you guys. Thank you once again, I present: Edward and Bella.

Pure bliss.

Bella inhaled the scent of her mate, who was currently sleeping, his chest rising with every breath he took. Bella had never seen a more beautiful sight.

Bella watched Edward's face and noticed his lips turning up into a smile, a beautiful content smile.

What Bella would give to see what her little mate was dreaming of, to see what made him so happy in his dream.

The sun started to rise, the light started to pour through my window, the morning birds melodic song drifted in along with the sun beams.

"No, please no!" Edward whimpered, his eyes still shut.

Bella's attention immediately went to her mate and she started to stroke his back to calm him and whatever drastically turned his blissful dreams for the worst.

"Please, no no no, NO!" Edward thrashed In Bella's arms.

"Hush, my love. Wake up, please just wake up, I'm right here." Bella whispered in Edward's ear, wiping the sweat from his brow.

Green eyes shot to meet Bella's golden ones, Bella could see the sadness and desperation in her mate's eyes and Bella would have killed to have Jasper's ability right now, to take even a pinch of Edward's sadness.

"I'm sorry." Edward mumbled in her neck where his head was buried.

"You have nothing to be sorry for, my love. We all have nightmares." Bella said as she held her mate to her chest, her dead heart ached for him, if she could take his pain and problems, she would.

"It was a memory of my mom." He whispered.

Oh. Bella's eyes filled with tears that would never fall. Bella had lost her own parents so long ago she could no longer bring forth a memory of them clearly.

"What was she like?" Bella asked instead.

"Amazing. We didn't have much in terms of money but she had a heart of gold worth millions. She'd give the shirt off her back and last penny to her name if it meant she could help someone in need."

"She sounds wonderful, I would have loved to have met her." Bella said, her fingers drumming along his back, his shirt was soaked through with sweat but Bella couldn't care less, her mate needed her.

"She would of loved you."

Bella's heart constricted in pain for her mate. This wasn't how it was supposed to go. She was supposed to be human, they would have met under better circumstances. Edward would have courted her and then they would have gotten married and had many babies or many animals. It was supposed to be simple.

Bella heard Esme appear outside the door, "I have breakfast ready for him. Would he like to eat now or I can warm it up later." Bella heard the sadness in Esme's voice as well for Edward. The whole family heard him and what he had said. It was hard to have any form of privacy in a household full of vampires.

Bella whispered at a volume too low for a human to hear, "I'll ask him now, thank you mom."

Bella didn't want to interrupt the comfortable silence they had fallen into but she had heardher mate's stomach grumble a few times and could no longer ignore it.

"Would you like some breakfast, I can smell bacon sizzling." Bella asked quietly.

*LINE BREAK*

Edward turned to look at Bella and couldn't help but stare, she was a goddess in the shadows hidden from the sun pouring through the window, her face so close I could smell her scent. My stomach clenched. Her lips were then on mine and only later on did I realize that I made the first move.

Before Edward could withdraw himself and apologize for kissing Bella without her consent, her arms were around his neck, He felt it again the rush of longing, the sinking feeling that she wasn't close enough, the wave of warmth that left him reeling.

Her mouth was parting his shaking lips, sending tremors along his nerves, bringing him sensations he had never known he was capable of feeling for another being.

She tasted to as close to heaven as he could get on Earth.

Bella's fingers gripped Edward's hair, pulling him closer. Edward's veins throbbed and his hands shook. He had never wanted anyone like this before.

Edward cupped Bella's cheek, letting the cold skin slide beneath his fingers, her face was perfect in structure, Edward likened her skin to perfect marble, like those Greek God statues he'd seen in museums.

Bella pulled back and rested her forehead against Edward's, her eyes as black as coal, she closed them and seemed to try calm herself down.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that." Edward said, shame filled him as he started to pull back but arms of steel held him in place and Edward heard that purring noise again, he realized it was coming from Bella.

*LINE BREAK*

Bella felt it. It was clawing to break free. Claim it's mate.

Claim mate.

My mate.

Claim mate.

Bite mate.

Bella took an unnecessary breath and noticed her mate was trying to pull back, she could see the shame in his eyes. Why was her mate ashamed? Was he ashamed of her? Himself? What they did?

She put her arms firmly around him and pulled him back to her, gently, minding her strength with her fragile human.

"There will be none of that. I wanted you to kiss me, Edward. Did you want to kiss me?" Bella asked her mate, putting two fingers underneath Edward's face, making him meet her eyes.

"I did." He whispered.

"Then what we did is nothing to be ashamed of, it is natural for ma- for two people attracted to each other." Bella quickly corrected herself.

Edward stared at Bella confused, trying to figure out what she was going to say before she corrected herself. He was just about to ask when a knock sounded at the door.

"Come in."

"Hi loves, breakfast is ready." Esme walked in smiling at both of them.

Edward pulled back quickly and stood up, he nearly lost his balance but Bella was at his side steadying him. Edward blushed in embarrassment but returned Esme's smile.

"We'll be down in a minute mom." Bella said giving Esme a look, Edward found it strange but let it go. He started tidying up the bed and folded the blankets and pillows.

"My love, we need to talk." Bella said, her hand on his arm to get his attention.

Edward knew that couldn't be good.

"I need to tell you a few things about me. My family. My past. It will be a lot to take in and if you want nothing to do with me afterwards, I will understand."

Edward knew Bella and her family, could do nothing that would ever make him not want them in his life, in such a small amount of time they had become his family. And Bella, was something more. He had such a pull to her, something he knows is not human but damn did it feel right.

Edward's stomach chose at that moment to make an entrance in a form of loud grumble, Edward blushed.

"But first breakfast. After , we can go for a picnic in one of my favorite spots. " Bella said, her hand held out to him.

Edward grabbed her hand gently and from that moment he knew, whatever Bella had to tell him, would not dull this pull, this feeling for her.

He was hers.