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Chapter 5:

The rest of the night was dreamless, thank goodness. I woke up shaken from the previous night. Edward was there, contently staring at me. He would have more questions now, no doubt. I noticed that his eyes were at their darkest, and the dark bruise like shadows under his eyes were a shade of deep purple.

"You're thirsty, you need to go hunt." I worried when he wouldn't leave me; I also worried when he did leave me. I was whole now that he was back from my persona dark ages, I was whole again, or was I? I pushed that thought to the back of my mind and waited for his response.

"I know," There seemed to be a tint of anger in his black eyes, "I can not force myself to leave you right now though."

"Go hunt close to home then and I'll spend some quality time with Alice at your house, okay?" I knew this was the farthest thing from okay, but he ignored his thirst until it became unbearable.

"I suppose that would be a suitable solution… I will be hunting only fifteen minutes away though. I'm not leaving right now though. One day won't kill me." I could hear the hesitation and a little bit of humor towards the end.

"I think you should go today. There isn't anything going on here, and you can call Alice to see if anything unusual is coming for today." I found my solution reasonable.

"No." I was stunned that he would just say a flat out no. Usually there was an explanation behind everything. He would reason, but now… it was a no.

"Just no?" I asked bewildered by his bluntness.

"Yes, and I am not that thirsty anyways, nothing too unbearable." I could tell he was suffering, maybe not a lot, but there was definitely some pain being inflicted.

"Edward," I began, "You need to hunt, it is so necessary!" I tried to reason this with him but, he wasn't reasoning.

"No." A lovely crooked smile spread onto his face. He had something panned for today, I couldn't figure out what though. This was bad, very bad. It was a surprise.

"I'm getting a surprise today, aren't I?" I moaned; he merely just nodded. I was getting annoyed with him. Why, I did not need anymore surprises; I'd had enough for a life time so far. "I hate surprises Edward!"

"Maybe you'll like this one." I saw a hint of chagrin on his pale face. What could this surprise be?

"I really don-" before I could finish my sentence Edward was next to me on my bed moving his lips with mine. I didn't have time to wonder why he was acting like this, or question it. He was usually so gentle, but right now he seemed to put more into his kiss, and I could tell. The kiss was so exuberant, much more strong than others. Before I knew what was happening he had stopped. The pale walls of my room were spinning and I was lightheaded. He was gazing at Elizabeth Mason's ring on my left hand. I admired the ring for a moment too while I caught my breathe. I was about to comment but I really had nothing to say; except that it was magnificent. The sudden admiration of the ring and the kiss had to have something to do with the 'surprise'. I doubted that that was my surprise. I could only think of one other time where he was so… excited-the night I agreed to marry him. This was a bad sign, this meant that my 'surprise' had something to do with the wedding. I would bet my college fund on it. What was it though?

Edward was still admiring my beautiful ring. "It isn't a bad surprise, I promise." It sounded like he muttered something like 'In my eyes at least' after that.

"Great," I said, my voice thick with sarcasm and implications.

"Trust me Bella, please." He stared at me with his pitch black eyes. These eyes didn't have as much affect on me as his liquid topaz eyes did. I quickly looked away anyways, because I knew he could influence me with his features and appearance.

"I do trust you, but is Alice involved?" A guilty look spread across his face.

"Sorry, but I couldn't leave her out of this surprise." Fantastic. Now there would be pink frilly stuff everywhere… I loved Alice but she can get really carried away at times. Him confirming that he could not let Alice out of this, that meant that it definitely had something to do with the wedding. I was pretty positive… unless… No, I quickly pushed that thought away. He said it wasn't a bad surprise and turning me into a vampire was not something he wanted to do. Maybe… Just maybe, Jacob would be there. I thought about this for a minute, whatever it was I was sure, if Alice was involved, it would involve people. She would do the right thing and invite him, whatever it was, I knew it.

"Do I get a hint?" The smile playing around his lips earlier broke through and he wore a beaming smile. For a second I thought I saw a glimmer of topaz in his dark eyes. What was that? He was thirsty… There was never even a shimmer of topaz in his eyes when he was thirsty. I forgot about that and moved on. My thoughts were suddenly interrupted by another breathtaking kiss. I was really confused now. But I was not going to argue. Then it hit me, he was thirsty, there was no way he would do this while he was thirsty… I was overwhelmingly curious now.

"There, that is your hint."

"What?!" I didn't like his hint and I was still curious about him kissing me with his deep thirst. I of course did not mind but, he usually did. The hint was unfair and unsolvable

"That was your hint." He was beaming now. His black eyes were glowing; it was single most weird thing I had ever seen. His eyes, they were glowing black. This was unordinary-a they never did that.

"That… hint… made… no… sense…" I noticed how slow I was talking due to thought, but only after I had said it.

"What's wrong? Did I dazzle you again?" He seemed very smug. This kind of annoyed me.

"No, you did not, and I was just thinking, that's all." This made his smile disappear. Keeping my thoughts to myself was something that drove him crazy.

"What were you thinking about?" He asked in the most amazing voice un-humanely possible. I was determined not to be influenced by him.

"Nothing." This pushed him over the edge.

"Bella! PLEASE tell me what you are thinking! It drives me mad to not know what the cause of the look on your face means." I just shook my head with my lips pressed into a thin line. "Bella…"

"Edward, fine, I am thinking that what ever your surprise is has to do with our wedding," I half told the truth, but I didn't think he would be fooled for long. He seemed to take this in , but I could tell he was onto me.

"There's more," he finally said. I froze. I knew he would see right through me, why was he always so observant.

"Nope." I lied, knowing it wouldn't hold him off.

"You are a terrible liar Bella; you didn't honestly think that you would fool me… Did you?" There was a tint of hurt in his unusually sparkling black eyes.

"Well… no, I didn't." He had defeated me; like I knew he would. I wouldn't give in though. I wasn't going to tell him my observations.

"Then why did you even try to fool me?" He waited patiently for my response.

"I love you…" I murmured though I knew I didn't stand chance getting him sidetracked. He chuckled.

"I love you too, but you are not going to distract me. So, what's wrong with my Bella?" He really did seem concerned, not curious at all. I knew I did not deserve him, this was a thought I found myself thinking often.

"Well… I was trying to decide what my surprise might be." I twisted my words into mostly-truths. He seemed to settle for this though I knew I didn't fool him once again. Why did he have to be so amazing and I was a boring old human who was just a but over paranoid.

"Okay, if you don't want to tell me, that's alright." He kissed my hair and I just sat there thinking some more. I could tell that he was burning with curiosity. I reached up to touch the dark circles under his eyes and tell him he really should go hunt, but when I was just inches from his marble skin, he jerked back quickly almost making me fall off of the bed.

"What was that for?" I asked offended.

"I'm sorry, I thought… I was distracted." I knew this could not be true because his gleaming dark eyes were always on me trying to uncover my hidden thoughts. I scowled at him.

"How is that possible Edward? You were staring at me. I did notice." He didn't look ashamed at all.

"I was… thinking." A mocking smile pulled at his lips. I scowled at him deeper and turned my head away, "Don't be mad at me Bella. I'm sorry." I looked up at him; his deep black eyes burned at me. This was very unusual, they were black, they did not burn. This was all wrong. Was this another one of his surprises?

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It was almost 3 o'clock. I was cleaning up Charlie's lunch when he came over to help me was the dishes.

"So Bells, what's on the agenda for today? Are you hanging out with Edward?" That was strange, he never mentioned Edward; especially since we told him about the marriage. He usually suggested going down to La Push or doing something with Jacob.

"I don't know dad, I don't know if he wanted me to come over tonight or what." He didn't look surprised enough.

"Oh… well then." This was very unlike him. Why did he want me to go over Edward's? Was he in on this surprise too? This was becoming extremely aggravating. I was in the middle of a mental rant when the doorbell rang. Charlie didn't seem surprised at all while it mad me jump.

Alice was at the door. Why was I not surprised?

"Hey Bella, want to come over to my house?" I didn't miss her meant to be hidden wink to Charlie. The line she had said sounded like something suspicious and like it was from an old movie anyways. I looked at Charlie he had his eye crinkling smile on.

"Go ahead Bells." I moaned I knew Alice wouldn't let me get away with staying home. I sighed and reluctantly walked to the door. Alice's face lit up.

"Alright," I sighed. I saw Alice's yellow Porsche sitting in our driveway. I thought she wasn't allowed to drive that around Forks. This puzzled me further. Charlie poked his head out to see the Cullen car this time and raised his eyebrow at the stunning yellow car.

"Nice car," he said.

"Thanks." Alice danced to the drivers side and gracefully slid in while I fumbled with the seatbelt.

"Where exactly am I going Alice, and where's Edward he said he would be here to pick me up later." I already knew that it was going to be her picking me up.

"He's at home. He wanted to give me a chance to drive my new car." I could tell there was more to the reason but I also knew that she would not tell me. We were on the path to her house and I could see that there were no cars parked in the Cullen's driveway. This was a very bad sign.

"Where are all of your cars?" I asked still frightened of what surprise I was going to get.

"Oh, we parked them somewhere else; you know, trying to clear out the drive way a little more." Yes, definitely a bad sign.

"Couldn't you see that whatever you are planning, I would be difficult about?" I waited for her answer for two long minutes.

"Sort of… I did, but I left it that way." She wore a beaming smile. I groaned.

We were getting out of the car and the house was too dark. Great. A new surprise, their house was never dark. I could almost guess what it was now as we walked up the porch steps of the glorious house. My fears were confirmed when we walked into the door.

"SURPRISE!" A chorus of people shouted as we, or more I, walked through the door and the lights flicked on and blinded me.

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