Christmas chapter! yay! I hope you all like it. Merry Christmas!
When I woke up in the most perfect man's arms I sighed happily and sat up to face him.
"Good morning Bella, love. Merry Christmas!" He bent down and kissed my cheek.
"Good morning to you, my love of my existence! Merry Christmas as well." I caressed his icy cold face.
I heard the coffee pot roar downstairs, and I forgot that Charlie actually was home for a change. "Aw, you'll have to leave in a few minutes Edward, Charlie's actually home."
Edward sighed, took one of my hands and said, "That's okay Bella, I need to pick up your present from home anyway."
"Still no hints?"
"No Bella, no hints, you'll see it soon enough." I pouted at him and started to get off the bed. Immediately Edward pulled me back into his arms and started tickling me. I had no choice but to giggle and give in. Immediately Edward froze and disappeared. I heard footsteps come up the stairs and I pretended I was still asleep.
"Bella?" Charlie said as he opened my door. "Oh I guess you're still asleep. Huh, thought I heard noise."
"Charlie?" I said pretending to be groggy.
"Morning Bells, Merry Christmas!"
"Merry Christmas to you too dad."
"Come down for breakfast, I have cinnamon rolls and eggs already made."
"You? Cooked breakfast? Is it safe to eat?" I said jokingly.
"It seems perfectly safe to me, but you don't have to eat it if you don't want to!"
"I guess I can trust it, be down in a minute." Charlie closed my door and walked downstairs.
"Edward?"
"Yes love?" Edward appeared from my closet, I was worried he already ventured back home.
"Just making sure you were still here." I walked over to him and flung my arms around his neck and we rocked back and forth, almost dance-like. I kissed his cold hard lips and then said, "Well guess it's time for breakfast."
"Yes, you should get some food in your system. I'll be over in a little while, enjoy your morning with Charlie." He gave me another sincere kiss and within a second he was already out the window.
I walked downstairs and saw presents underneath the Christmas tree. Charlie and I ate our breakfast with little discussion. We also opened our presents with few words, except exchanges of thank yous. Charlie got me a new chair for my dorm room, some new CDs, and pepper spray. I gave Charlie a new coffee mug, a couple new books, tickets to see the Seattle Sonics, and a few DVDs. After we exchanged our presents I went and took a shower. When I got out I heard a knock on the door and quickly went and changed. My heart sped up and I was excited for Edward's return.
However, it was not Edward at the door. Charlie opened it with a wide smile on his face. "Merry Christmas Billy and Jacob!" I was slightly disappointed, however this was a nice surprise.
"Bells, you better get down here, I have a good present for you!" Jacob shouted up the stairs.
"Coming Jake, jeez don't have a cow!" I hurried down the stairs with Jacob and Billy's Christmas presents in hand.
I set the presents down on the table and walked over to where Jacob and Billy were standing. Immediately Jacob gave me a bear hug and Billy said hello.
I gave Jacob his present and waited for him to open it. He gave me a smile and tore through the wrapping. He opened a picture frame with a wolf on it and it had a picture of us in his garage together. On the back it said:
Jacob, you are my best friend forever.
"Wow Bella, this is amazing, thank you so much!" Jacob said. His eyes lit up and he pressed the frame to his body hugging it.
I gave Billy a pair of tickets to go see the Sonics with Billy. "Thanks so much Bella, this is exciting!"
"You're welcome, both of you."
Billy gave me a certificate to Starbucks, which I was very happy because buying their coffee burnt a hole in my pocket. Jacob thrust his present into my hands and I opened the box. Inside was a wooden clock in the shape of a heart. It was the most beautiful clock I've ever seen, it was purple with some maple wood around it. I felt the wood and it was smooth and delicate in my hands. "Thanks Jacob, this is beautiful."
"I made it myself, you can put it in your dorm room."
"That was my plan, it's wonderful, really thanks so much!" I gave him another hug and gazed at it again.
Later I went and put the clock in my room and I fixed lunch for everyone while they watched basketball. We all ate in front of the tv engrossed in the exciting game. However, my mind was preoccupied with other things. I was awaiting Edward's return and I grew impatient. I cleaned all the dishes and ran the dishwasher and finally progressed to cleaning the upstairs bathroom and my room.
Finally Jacob got up and announced, "Well Billy and I need to get going, we're having dinner with the rest of the reservation so we should get going. Thank you both so much for the presents and the food. It was really fun."
I nodded toward Jacob and gave him a light hug. "Thank you too Jacob, the clock is beautiful. Thank you too Billy." They left and I was anxious for Edward to come. When he didn't come right away I was concerned. I went back into my room and downloaded more songs onto my iPod. Another hour went by and no word yet. It was already four in the afternoon, had something happened to Edward? The phone rang and Charlie answered it.
"Bella?"
"Yes Charlie?"
"That was Edward, he says he's running late, and to wear something nice."
"Okay..." I said curiously. I looked through my closet and found a nice blue dress. It wasn't fancy, but it was better than my normal jeans and a tee shirt. I went into the bathroom and combed my hair and made myself look presentable. Finally there was a knock on the door. I ran downstairs and flung the door open.
"Hello Edward," I said trying to look calm.
"Hello love, sorry I left you waiting." So he had noticed that I was anxious.
"Oh, it's okay I was just cleaning and doing nothing important."
Edward walked into the house and wished Charlie a Merry Christmas. "Do you think I can steal Bella for the evening Charlie?"
"Well..." Charlie looked cross. "I guess that would be okay. Don't stay out too late."
"I'll be back before midnight Charlie," I said and grabbed Edward's hand.
We walked out to Edward's car and he opened the door for me and buckled me into the seat. He briefly kissed my face and then kissed my lips. We sped to his house, he opened my door, and took me in his arms. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him again. He opened the door and the house was silent. Where was everyone?
"We're going to have an evening to ourselves, just you and me," Edward said deviously. He set me down at the dining table where it had a fancy table cloth, china, and candles set. Only the china was set for once person. "Make yourself comfortable Bella, dinner is almost ready."
I sat down at the table and folded my hands together. I could hear Edward humming and in a minute he came out with my dinner. It looked simply marvelous and it consisted of chicken, mashed potatoes, and vegetables.
"Dinner for the human," Edward said. He sat down next to me and waited while I ate my dinner. Each bite was better than the last; it was strange how someone who could not eat made food better than the finest chefs in the world.
"Edward, this dinner is delicious, how did you do it?"
"Well when you can't sleep you watch a lot of cooking shows, because that's the only thing that's interesting on tv past midnight." He laughed and said, "I'm glad you enjoy it though."
I was very near stuffed when I finally finished it. Edward took my plate and then came out with chocolate cake. I ate that slowly so I could savor every bite.
"Edward, you are going to make me fat if I eat anymore!" He laughed and shook his head and cleared that plate too.
When he came back he took my hand and lead me to the piano. He sat me down next to him and he started to play. I thought it would have been my lullaby, however I did not recognize the tune. Then he started to sing. I had not heard Edward sing before, but he had an excellent voice just like everyone else in his family. His music made my head dizzy. I started paying attention to the lyrics and discovered it was about me. When the song was over he bridged into my lullaby and played that too.
"Edward, you are the most wonderful boyfriend a girl could ever ask for," I said fighting back tears. "I just love you so much."
"Bella, I love you too, you are my big round beautiful sun that shines all the time."
"Since you can't come out into the sun Edward, I've always considered you my moon." He ended his song and faced me.
"I'm your moon? But if the sun shines all the time when does the moon come out?"
"Well the moon can be visible even when it's daytime. However when you were...." I paused for a minute. "...when you were....gone the moon didn't come out anymore."
"Funny, because when I left the sun didn't come out either."
Edward held my face and said, "I guess the sun and the moon can exist at the same time, because I can't live in a world without my sun."
"And I can't live in a world where the moon doesn't shine like it does when you're around." I said.
Edward pressed his cold lips to mine and I felt an electric shock pass through me though it did not frighten me. When he pushed away he whispered my name and stroked my cheek.
"I almost forgot!" Edward said, his topaz dreamy eyes grew wide. "Your present!"
"You mean, none of this is my present, it's awfully nice and I wouldn't expect anything else!"
"Well, I really just wanted a romantic evening with you, and it seemed like a good opportunity seeing as the rest of the family is out hunting tonight." He was gone for a minute and then came back in a flash. "This is for you Bella, Merry Christmas."
He handed me a small box with a bow on top. I opened it slowly and inside were a pair of diamond earrings. They were beautiful and my eyes grew wide in shock. "Edward, these are beautiful, but they look so expensive!"
"I know, but you are worth it Bella." Then he handed me a second box, this one was a little bit bigger.
"Wait a minute, I thought there was only one present?"
"Well, there are two, I just didn't want you to freak out so I said there was only one." I looked at him and rolled my eyes as I opened the box and revealed a diamond heart-shaped necklace. This was even more beautiful than the earrings.
"Edward, you really spoiled me. Thank you so much." Tears began flowing out of my eyes and I blushed a ruby-red color.
Edward helped me put on my necklace and said, "There, now you officially have my heart forever." He kissed both of my cheeks and smiled at me. Edward wiped my tears and held my face to his chest. We sat there for probably half an hour until he said, "I think I probably have to get you home now, Charlie won't be happy with me."
I tried to protest and give him the sad eyes, but he just laughed and scooped me up in his arms. This evening has been perfect in every way. The ride back home seemed the quickest ever. Edward kissed me again before walking me to the door.
"See you in a bit," he said and winked. I walked in the door dazzled and could barely hold myself upright.
"Did you have fun Bella?" Charlie asked.
"Yes Charlie, I really did."
"Oh," Charlie said sounding disappointed. He still felt ill feelings toward Edward, and I knew that was never going to change.
There was an awkward silence for a minute until I said, "Well, I think I'm going to go to bed, I'm bushed."
"Okay Bells, sounds good. Thank you again for the presents."
"And you too dad, Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas to you too."