Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. Stephenie Meyer, however does.

A/N This chapter will be full of lovely fluff, the plot will get here I promise! I just happen to be feeling my estrogen kicking in here lately and I love the thought of this actually happening…

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"I'll call him!" I quickly got up and called Charlie, as long as I included Alice I was sure it wouldn't be a problem. Charlie agreed the moment he knew Alice was going to be around.

Chapter Five

Be My Escape

He had carried me and ran me into his Volvo before I could even feel one drop of rain on me. He slid me into the passenger seat and he was instantly in the driver's seat.

He turned on the radio and before he could put in one of his CDs I picked one myself. He turned his at me and smiled at me slyly. I had put in the CD he gave me for my birthday, just before he left. I let out a sigh thinking of the fact I was older than he was.

We were greeted by Alice at the door, she had a wicked grin across her face and I knew I wasn't going to like the outcome of this. Edward carefully took one of my hands in his and he walked me to the door. He looked down at her and I saw her move her head up and then slowly bring it down. She was agreeing to something. I looked at the both shrewdly, "It's rather rude to talk about someone while they are right in front of you."

He chuckled before he said, "Always the observant Bella." He kissed my forehead and then my lips, "I'll be back to get you, when Alice calls me." I didn't like the sound of this. I looked up at him and he was grinning widely. I turned to Alice and she had that same wicked smile when she dressed me up for prom on her mouth. Oh no. was there any more school dances I wasn't aware of. I pursed my lips together in a grim line.

"You know I don't like surprises." I said sourly.

"I know, but this one, is worth the surprise." He smiled sheepishly and turned to his car.

"Okay, come on Bella, Hurry up! There is so much to do!" Alice quickly grabbed me and told me to take a warm shower.

I sighed and met her demands it would go over a lot quickly if I did just what she told me to do. I quickly washed my hair and body. I loved the smell of their soap; of course it didn't come anywhere close to the way he really smelled. His smell was something that couldn't be bottled. I let out another heavy sigh before I wrapped myself up in a towel.

"Put these on." I quickly looked at what she handed me and began to blush. It was a low cut, red, strapless, pushup, bra and a matching thong. What could be more embarrassing than this?!

"Umm… Alice, I don't exactly think… it umm matters what underwear I'm wearing..." I didn't think I could be any redder, but I was.

She giggled. "Bella it's all for the dress and I have a feeling it will matter…"

I picked up on the key word, dress. "Alice, is there another dance I have to go too?" I sounded sour.

"Something like that, yeah." She smiled wider.

"I don't like the sound of that." I was pouting now.

"Oh Bella, lighten up. Trust me, you'll enjoy every moment of this day." She was so certain; she must have seen me enjoying it already.

"Fine," I pouted, "just make it fast!"

She giggled again, "I'll do my best."

With that she started humming as she blow-dried my hair straight. She had the curling iron on already and began curling my hair. Having a vampire do your hair did have its benefits; she curled all of my hair in less than an hour, something that would have taken me five hours and a couple of burns. She put my gently curled hair up on top of head into a beautiful up do. She arranged the deepest red color I've ever seen, flowers into my hair, so that you could see little red flowers poking out of my hair. They smelled so lovely.

"What kind of flowers are those?" I asked her, genuinely curious.

"Silly Bella, they're red freesias." She giggled as if I should have known. And of course I should have, Edward constantly reminded me of how I smelt of freesias, they were sort of like "our" flower. I blushed again instantly.

"Time for makeup!" she was way too enthused.

"Oh no! Alice, not a lot please! I'm begging you!" I moaned.

"Bella, I already," she emphasized the word, "know what makeup I'm going to use and how it's going to look! I just want you to stay still and don't rub your eyes!" She sounded amused; she must have had a vision of me rubbing my eyes so I nodded sheepishly.

It was another twenty minutes before Alice had allowed me to see my face. She handed me a small hand mirror and I gasped as I saw my face. My eyes had a nice smoky look to them. I had to give Alice some credit; she was truly a makeup artist. My big lips were a bright deep red color; they matched the freesias in my hair perfectly. I had some light blush along my cheek bones, although I thought it would be unnecessary I blushed all the time. I looked perfect; I couldn't even believe it was me.

She smiled at my reaction. "Wait until you see the dress!"

We walked over to her closet and she pulled out the pretties dresses I'd ever seen in my life. I could only imagine how much it cost. I frowned thinking that they had spent money on me it just threw our relationship more out of balance.

"Bella, I didn't spend a dime on this dress so don't start frowning like that." Alice snapped. She must have known I would frown at something expensive. I gave her a puzzled look when she said she didn't spend a dime on it.

"I made it myself! I knew you wouldn't want me to spend any money on you, God forbid anyone ever does anything nice for you! So I took some of my dresses and made this one." She looked at it and smiled again.

"Alice… it's beautiful…"I managed to stammer out that understatement.

It was made of silk. The color was the same bright, deep, dark, red that matched the freesias in my hair and my lips. It was low cut, strapless, and tight around the bust line. Right underneath the bust line was a thick red lace ribbon. The rest of the dress free flowed out. She left me to slip it on. As she came back and made adjustments she looked me up and down and nodded fervently.

"Now for the shoes!" She was ecstatic. I frowned thinking of the footwear and then all the steps I'd have to walk down and let out a low moan, I knew she could hear me. "Bella every vision I've had of you tonight does not including you falling once." She let out a chuckle. I didn't like that she knew something that I didn't, but then again, what could I expect when your best friend is a vampire who sees the future?

She came back with five inch opened toed heels. They had the same red ribbon lace to tie up around my leg that the dress had. I began to slip them on, but Alice stopped me. She began painting my toe nails a bright red so that they matched me perfectly. She waited five minutes before she handed me the shoes again. I slipped them on and wrapped the red lace around my calves and tied a nice bow in the back of my leg. I stood up and surprisingly I didn't fall. You should never bet against Alice.

"You look just as I knew you would! Go ahead, he's waiting for you."

I giggled at her knowledge of Edward down stairs. I was still nervous about those stairs. I began to walk down the stairs and I could see Edward, Emmett, and Rosalie, waiting for me. Like Alice had predicted I didn't fall once. I laughed as Emmett, and Edward gaped at me. Rosalie caught on quick and hit Emmett in the back of his head before he could move away. Rosalie then stormed out of the room and Emmett gave me and Edward an apologetic glance and followed after her.

"Bella." Edward cleared his throat. I liked that I kept him from being able to speak although I knew he had to be dramatizing the whole thing.

He was wearing a nice black tux and he did look amazing. I was utterly speechless.

"Edward." I managed to stammer out. He took my hand and we got into his Volvo.

"Remind me to thank Alice, yet again." He eyed me again and let out a playful growl and whistle of appreciation.

"Whatever dance this is, we better leave early, I don't exactly want to spend all my time on your toes. Look at these shoes! I'm an accident waiting to happen," I paused while he laughed, "more so than usual." I held out my leg and he took in every detail of how I looked at this moment.

I looked out the window and realized we weren't at the school. Where was he taking me? I just kept seeing more trees whiz by. We came to a stop. I went to look outside and he gently tied something around my eyes. If it smeared the makeup Alice would kill me, "You have to do it loosely, I'm wearing eye shadow." I groaned. He let out a soft chuckle and carried me. I lost track of time in his arms all I could do was smell his perfect scent. I loved every moment of being in his arms.

He sat me down on a chair and took off the blindfold. We were in the meadow and there was a beautiful table for two set up with a candle and there was some soft music playing in the background. The meadow was more beautiful than ever. I looked down at the table and there was a plate of mushroom ravioli's. He must have gotten them from that Italian restaurant in Port Angeles. I wanted to cry at his sweet gesture.

"Go ahead," he motioned with his hand, "eat." I picked up my fork and began eating.

"Edward, it's so beautiful." I had finished eating. A new song came on, "Be My Escape" by Relient K, The words were so beautiful, "Because I know to live you must give your life away and I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity and…" It was so lovely and at that very moment Edward grabbed my hand.

"I can hardly wait to start my life with you. I love you and I will never love anyone the way I love you. All my life I thought I was just fine all on my own, but I didn't realize that it was you that I needed. I never knew how empty and incomplete I was until you stumbled into my world. Bella, marry me."

There was so much that I wanted to tell him, but I was at a loss of words. The tears had begun to stream down my face and I went to wipe them away. I thought of my mascara and to my relief Alice had given me water proof makeup.

"Edward you know I can't…" He put his finger to my lips.

"If the reason you are going to tell me you can't marry me has anything to do with Renee or Charlie, I've already talked to them. After much persuasion they both agreed to give me your hand in marriage."

His lovely velvety voice was ringing in my head as I heard, "And I'm begging You, I'm begging You, I'm begging you to be my escape." Over and over again. I was crying now. He pulled out a beautiful white gold ring with two diamonds and one topaz stone in between the diamonds. It was absolutely beautiful.

"It was my mothers. I had them put in a topaz stone, just for you. Bella, will you please marry me?"

I looked at him, his loving expression as he longed for my answer. I looked at the ring then at him and I realized I couldn't keep him waiting any longer.