Chapter 24: First Valentine's Day

"Hey Cecilia."

"Uh um…Chelsea…why are you here?"

"I'm your date Honey. Duh!" She was so energetic. "Wow you look beautiful…well I lied I'm not really your date but I am your tour guide for Yours and Rob's first Valentine's Day together."

"Oh. Okay. Sounds great then." I started to walk towards the car.

"Hold up speedy. I need to blind fold your pretty face missy. That's part of the whole surprise."

"Ugh. Alright…Do your worst." Chelsea smiled eagerly and placed the blindfold over top of my eyes. She grabbed my hands and lead me to the car. We drove for about twenty minutes and then the car stopped. Chelsea grabbed my hand and lead me to hopefully where we were supposed to be. Chelsea was obviously on the phone.

"Yes. Yes. No! Ugh…okay! We'll we are outside." I heard her phone close. "Okay Cecilia…this is part one of your surprise. I still can't take the blindfold off so just trust me on this okay honey bear." I nodded and she grabbed my hand and walked me to an unknown place. "Watch your step." We walked in and she stopped so I had to stop. She reached over and took the blind fold off. Chelsea was wearing a white dress that was knee length and a halter. She looked very pretty.

I looked around and saw we were in the Royal London Opera House. We walked up the isle towards the stage and Leah walked out on stage. "Hello Ladies. Cecilia I was asked by my son to say something about you and how you have changed our family. So I chose to say it here in the Opera House. I have heard from your family that you are a great singer and the first day that we met you I asked what you wanted to be and you said a singer or an actress. So That is why I chose here. You have changed us because you brought our son back to us. If it wasn't for you I don't know where he might be now or if he would even be alive. Could both of you come up here please. We only have five minutes left." Chelsea and me walked up the stage quickly and stood beside Leah. "Cecilia, this has been in our family for years…Charlie's father gave it to his mom and His mom gave it to Charlie to give to me and now I gave it to Rob to give to you. It's his great grandmothers bracelet. Keep this and remember that I love you. Have fun with the rest of your night." She placed the bracelet on my wrist and hugged me tight. She then walked off stage.

"Well Cecilia…We have to be going. I am going to have to blind fold you again." Chelsea blind folded me again and we walked out. "Watch your head" she said as she let me get into the car. Chelsea's phone rang , "Yes, Yes. Leaving now. Be there in 20 minutes. Alright. Goodbye."

We drove for another twenty minutes in silence and then the car stopped again. We got out and Chelsea flipped the phone "We are here. Okay I'll bring her in." She hung up the phone and opened the car door. "Okay Cecilia…this is part two of the night. You cannot remove the blind fold until we are inside." I nodded and we were out of the car. We walked for about five minutes rather quickly and we then stopped suddenly. "Okay Cecilia. I'll take your blindfold." We were standing in the middle of the London Aquarium in the restaurant area of the aquarium. Charlie and Peter walked out together. Both in suits. They ironically matched each other.

"Cecilia my beautiful daughter."

"And Cecilia…my son's beautiful girlfriend."

"Charlie and I were asked to choose a place that reminded us most of you…"

"And your father thought the London Aquarium…because it's a little bit of Gold Coast here in London for you."

"When you first moved here. Your mother and I were extremely sad. When I found out that you were in love I was so happy for you and I couldn't wait to meet him. Now that I've met him…I love him as my own son."

"And Cecilia. When Chloe first told us about you we were unsure but now that I've met you…I love you like you are my daughter."

"Charlie and I wanted you to know that we both love you and hope the best for you and Robert."

"It is time for you to leave us both and move onto the next part. Before you go, we also have something for you."

"Cecilia. Our gift to you…is this." Dad handed me a small white gold bracelet…it was my baby bracelet.

"And this." Charlie handed me another bracelet…engraved on it was Robert Thomas Pattinson. It was Rob's baby bracelet.

"You also have mine and Charlie's love…always. Enjoy the rest of your Valentine's Day honey. I love you."

"And I love You Cecilia." Charlie said hugging me. Dad hugged me too and they were gone.

"Well…Cecilia. It is 6:35 and we have to leave now. We have three more stops to go. I will have to blind fold you again."

"Okay Chelsea." I figured I wouldn't fight anymore. She placed the blindfold on again and we walked quickly to the car. We got in and the driver took off fast down the road. We arrived at the next place in a few minutes.

Before we got out of the car Chelsea removed the blindfold. "This is one of the stops that you are allowed to see going into. This one is called expect the unexpected. Haley and your Mom are waiting for you in that room. You have 15 minutes. I'm not allowed to go in with you. They know when you have to come back out and I will be here. Good luck!" She hugged me tight and then the driver opened the door.

I got out of the car and saw we were at the park where me and Rob first met. Mom and Haley were standing by the pond. "Cecilia. Me and Mom were asked to say something to you and we will make this quick."

"Darling. At first I know Rob and us two did not see eye to eye. Well we were wrong. He is exactly what you said he is and more. We are so happy for you my darling daughter."

"Yes my dear little sister. We always thought you and Emmett would end up together and now we are glad you aren't with him. We are thankful that you got away while you could and found Rob when he was at the epitome of bad in his life."

"My dear. We love you and this is all we wanted to tell you. And that we are sorry for everything we have caused in the past because of us prejudging Rob."

"Little Sis you better get going you have two more stops. Happy Valentine's Day." They both hugged me and I walked back to the car.

I got in the car with five minutes to spare. Chelsea and the driver were extremely thankful. "Your mom and sister told you they loved you and Rob. I now must take you to one of the last places this evening. I also must blindfold you again…I'm sorry Cecilia…we know you hate surprises and all." We drove for about ten minutes and we arrived. "Cecilia…Chloe is inside the house. She has one last thing to say to you and I'll be meeting you out here in 20 minutes." I nodded and got out of the car. We were at our house…There was a note on the door. Meet me up at the roof. So I ran upstairs quickly and met Chloe upstairs.

"Hi Honey bunches." She hugged me tightly.

"Hey Chloe. What is going on?"

"It's a surprise. I'm sorry. You look fabulous by the way." Until she had said that I had never really looked at my dress and she bought me. It was black it fight snug around my upper body, it had spaghetti straps, once it got to my hips it flowed out to about my knees and was mesh like and moved when I walked. The heals were black and high. Chloe went on. "So this is the first place you saw when you first met my brother. He knew you were his life the moment he saw you. Part of me didn't understand why he felt like that so quickly but then I realized…love doesn't wait. Love doesn't make the world go around…it's the people that love in it. Cecilia I love you like you really are my sister. In fact you're not only my best friend but you are truly my sister I never had. So what I have to give you is not tangible but it is felt in the heart. I give you what really matters…a best friend." She hugged me tightly again. "Well you have one more place to visit and I cannot keep you any longer. I love you so much."

"Bye Chloe…thank you so much."

"Anything for you my dear. Have a great Valentine's Day." She pointed towards the door and I walked out of our house quickly. I took a few deep breaths and got back into the car.

"That house represents the new beginning for both of you…inside Chloe told you something that was very hard for her to say. She never had a best friend growing up…it was always Rob or me. When you came she was happy because someone finally was able to be a best friend to her. Now off to your last surprise." We were already driving and Chelsea had put the blindfold back over my eyes. "This is the surprise your blindfold has to remain on the entire time. But as we drive…it's my turn to tell you what I was asked to talk to you about."

"Alright Chelsea."

"Rob asked me to be your date tonight because he can't make it to these events tonight. I know you hate surprises but trust me there is no reason to be afraid or nervous for any of those surprises. All I have to say is that what you and Rob have is special. When I see the two of you look at each other it's like you are looking at each other for the first time and realizing that apart you two have flaws but together you are perfect. You make him happy and that in and itself is miraculous." I felt her arms reach out to hug me. "Oh, Opps! We are here. Remember when the time is right someone will remove the blindfold. Stay put and someone will be around in the next few minutes to come and retrieve you." I heard her get out of the car and her heals click against the ground.

My heart was racing. I spent the whole night with everyone but my boyfriend. Was he bailing out on me? Suddenly I heard the door open. "Sweetie come on grab my hand." It was my dad.

"Dad? You're here again? Where are we?"

"Yes it's me, yes I'm here again and I cannot tell you where we are because I honestly don't know myself sweetheart." I grabbed his hand and he helped me out of the car. "Watch your step honey. I'm going to bring you in and sit you down on the bench inside. Don't worry. I'm here with you. We just have a little bit more to walk not that much farther now."

"Okay dad. I just wish someone would TELL me what and where we are and why Rob is not here with me."

"Sweet heart don't worry." I could tell he was trying to hold back his laughter. "Okay watch your step sweetie it's a little gap." He let go of my hand and then grabbed it again. His hand was colder though. Hmm. "The bench is beneath you…you can sit now." I sat down and waited. Soft instrumental music was playing. It was very beautiful. Although Rob was not here I closed my eyes and thought of him. Picturing he was here with me wherever we were. Dancing under the stars. In fact anything to just be with him tonight on the one night that we should be together. I sat with my dad and something moved.

I gasped. "It's okay honey. It was just the tracks. Don't be so antsy. We will be there in a few minutes. Trust me sweetie Everything will be okay." The few minutes passed and my dad left my side. He grabbed my hand and whatever we seemed to be on stopped.

I still was blindfolded so I couldn't see a single solitary thing. My dad got me up and grabbed both my hands. We walked about 10 feet and he let go of my hands and then grabbed them again. Just than someone removed the blindfold and I saw Rob. He had my hands in his…it was his hands that I had. I felt my heart began to race the second I saw him. Part of me wanted to hit him for not telling me anything and the other part was wanting him right now…that part was stronger though.

He brushed his hands against my cheeks and then kissed me. My heart was racing…this was unlike any other kiss we've shared before. Some much more passion and fire. I could tell how hard he was fighting to keep himself together because I was trying to too. He pulled away and put his hands on my shoulders. He turned me around and everyone was there. Dad, Mom, Haley, Andy, Charlie, Leah, Chloe, Chelsea, and LUCY! He called Lucy. Oh my god! "Happy Valentine's Day sweetheart!" I ran and hugged Lucy.

"Hi sweets, look go back to him…it's Valentine's Day and I'm dying to see his present." She whispered in my ear as she hugged me.

I walked back over to Rob and he smiled that stunning crooked smile. There were candles everywhere since there were no lights in the London Eye's capsule. We were stopped at the very top and you could see all of London. It was absolutely beautiful. "Could everyone please stand." Everyone that was seated stood up. He nodded at them and smiled and then turned back to me.

"My dear love Cecilia…." He took my hands in his and I could feel my heart slowing down. "Since the day we met I knew you were the one I was going to spend the rest of my life with. You are on my mind every second of every minute of every hour of the day. No one else has made me feel this way before. You have made my life complete again. Before you it was dark and dreamless. I wanted nothing more but to die. Then I met you and everything changed. You came into my life hard and fast and you didn't even know it. Cecilia you are my everything, you are my life. There is not a day that I don't thank God for you. My life without you would not exist, it would be worthless and irrelevant. If you live to be one hundred I want to live to be one hundred minus one day that way I never have to live a day without you. Cecilia, you are everything and more to be. I could never in this world want another woman the way I want you nor would I want to. I could never love another the way I love you and I wouldn't want to love anyone ever again because of you." Tears were streaming down my face. He smiled that crooked smile and then got down on one knee. "Cecilia Isabella Greene, will you spend the rest of your life with me?" I laughed through my tears and he continued. He opened the box and inside the box was a diamond ring from Tiffany's. It was absolutely gorgeous. It had three emerald shaped diamonds and it was platinum. "I promise to love you every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every week of every month of every year for the rest of our lives. Will you marry me?"

"Robert Thomas Pattinson, you were always my life. Yes I will marry you. I want to spend the rest of my life together because you have changed me…you have changed my whole family. I love you so much." He smiled that sexy crooked smile and placed the ring on my finger. He got up off his knee and kissed me. Everyone clapped with tears in their eyes. I didn't notice all of them but then the Ferris Wheel moved and our bodies pushed us closer together. The kiss was amazing. Better than the last one. He wrapped his arms around me and picked me up and spun me around while still kissing me. I then broke away. "I love you more than the air that I breathe because it's you that I need. Nothing else…only you."

The rest of the night was spend dancing in the capsule. The Ferris Wheel did two other rotations and then it was time to get off. We said goodbye to everyone and watched them leave. "I love you Cecilia" Rob whispered in my ear when he was standing behind me. I felt his cool breath on my neck and felt like shivering but I didn't. Everything about tonight was amazing. From Leah's bracelet to the baby bracelets to the proposal. "Shall we go home now or do you want to go out to dinner?"

"I have a surprise for you actually…Come with me." He started to walk with me but I stopped. "Wait, no. Your getting blindfolded now." I smiled innocently at him and walked back to him. I kissed him softly, trying to tease him and he put his hand on the back of my neck and forced our faces to be just centimeters apart.

He whispered, "Surprises don't bother me honey. I can read what you are thinking when you are nervous."

"Well…who said I was nervous." He then forced our lips together once more and we only parted for a quick breath of air and then went right back to making out. This was the perfect Valentine's Day. Only was it perfect for him?

"So…Where are you taking me?"

"Hmmm…Good question."

"You don't know?"

"Nope. Well I mean I do but I'm not thinking it." I said kind of singsong-ish. I finally was able to get him out of my mind…or just drive him crazy for a little bit. I smiled at him and put the blindfold on him. He was now my captive.