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Bella:

"Don't stop," I groaned. Edward's hands worked expertly over my feet as I sat back in my chair. I loved Alice but hated her at the same time for insisting I wear these stupid heels. Edward chuckled at my response to his massage. I raised an eyebrow and opened one eye. "What's so funny?"

"Oh, nothing," was his response. I loved him but he would never understand what it was like to wear heels for hours just for the sake of appearance. I sighed as I removed my feet from his lap and gathered my shoes. The reception was almost over and Rose and I still had to transfer all of Alice and Jasper's wedding presents to our cars. I grabbed Edward's hand as I stood leaving him no choice but to help me. I passed Rose and Emmett on the way out and motioned for them to come and help.

"Holy guacamole," Emmett breathed as we took in the large pile of presents. It was well over Edward and Emmett's head.

"Well let's get started," I sighed as I grabbed the first present.

Twenty minutes and hundreds of presents later both Rose's and my car was filled to the brim. We reentered the reception area to find Alice at the end of her thank you speech to her guests. Another half hour later and all of the guests were finally gone.

To say I was tired was an understatement. I had never felt this tired in all of my life. Edward was dragging me to wherever I needed to be. I was dead weight.

"Let's go, now, love," Edward's silky voice whispered in my ear. I was leaned against him in turn making him lean against a wall.

"Mhmm," I mumbled. "I have to find Alice first." Edward nodded and led me to find her.

"I'm married!" she squealed as Rose and I grabbed her in a tight hug. We were all squealing soon, causing our boys to roll their eyes as they embraced in the strange man hug. After a few moments together exhaustion was really starting to take its toll on me.

"I hate to," I started but was interrupted by a loud yawn. Rose and Alice chuckled but soon followed in suit which had us all laughing. I gave Alice one last hug before wishing her a great honeymoon and finding my way back to Edward. I hugged Jasper before stumbling my way outside with Edward by my side.

He slipped his fingers through mine as we walked out of the reception hall. I sighed as the cool night air hit me. I was a bit overheated from hauling presents and the whole day itself.

"Ready to go, Bella?" Edward asked as he hailed a cab. I opened my mouth to answer but was cut off by an ear splitting whistle.

"Oww," I answered instead with a laugh. I turned to find Emmett and Rosalie standing behind me, Emmett with a smug look on his face.

"I was doing fine by myself," Edward sighed at Emmett's attempt of hailing a cab. Emmett simply shrugged and his grin grew when a cab appeared quickly.

"We're sharing," Rose declared as she and Emmett climbed into the cab. I just looked at her dumbfounded. I was no rocket scientist but there was no way all four of us were fitting in that tiny yellow cab.

"Uh, thanks but no thanks," I responded. Edward pulled me toward the cab anyway.

"Come on, love. I don't know about you but I'm beat and just want to get home," he reasoned. I looked up at him, fully intending to stand my ground but he quickly pulled out that crooked smile of his and I was a puddle of agreement.

"Move over," I sighed as I pushed Emmett a bit. The three of us sitting together was a tight squeeze so I did not foresee Edward fitting too. I smirked up at him to see what he planned to do about this. Edward, being ever cool, just shrugged and gently tugged me out of the seat. I was about to say 'I told you so' when he sat instead. I stared at him mouth agape. He rolled his eyes at me and pulled me down on his lap.

Ohhhhh, well I feel stupid.

I smiled as I snuggled into his chest almost asleep already. Emmett's large frame prevented Rose from sitting on his lap so she settled for draping her legs over his.

"Not so bad, huh?" Edward whispered in my ear. I hit him lightly before snuggling further into him. It wasn't bad at all.

The rest of the night was a blur. I remember opening my eyes when Edward picked me up out of the cab to get into the apartment but I was quickly overtaken by sleep again.

I scrunched my nose in dislike as sunlight streamed through the blinds the next morning. I felt like I couldn't have been asleep for more than a few hours. I rolled over and away from Edward with the intention of checking the time but was met with the edge of the bed instead. I gave a quiet yelp as I teetered on the side but was quickly grabbed by Edward's strong arms. I chuckled quietly as I rolled back into his embrace. I looked up at him but his eyes were still closed.

"Really, Bella?" he questioned sleepily.

"Oh, hush," I chided as I gave him a peck on his cheek. "I'm going to make breakfast. You go back to sleep." He groaned.

"You know I can't sleep without you," he whined with an adorable pout as he finally opened his eyes. In all honestly I couldn't sleep well without him either.

"Fine," I conceded. He grinned triumphantly as I slid back into his embrace. I began combing my fingers through his messy hair, knowing that would send him back to sleep more quickly. When I was sure he was asleep I slipped from under his arms and into the kitchen. I went to Rose's door to see if she was awake but instantly regretted it when I heard Emmett…moaning.

I sprinted from her door into the kitchen and started busying my hands to get that audio clip out of my head. I decided to make waffles and eggs for everyone since it wouldn't take that long. I needed to make a lot seeing as how Emmett would be eating too. I found my iPod in my purse and decided to play some music while I was cooking. I hit shuffle and began cooking. I smiled as the first song began playing.

There's no combination of words

I could put on the back of a postcard,

No song that I could sing

But I can try for your heart,

Our dreams, and they are made out of real things,

Like a shoebox of photographs,

With sepiatone loving,

Love is the answer

At least for most of the questions in my heart ,

Like why are we here? And where do we go?

And how come it's so hard?

It's not always easy,

And sometimes life can be deceiving,

I'll tell you one thing, its always better when we're together

I stirred the waffle mix as my hips started to sway in time to the lazy melody.

Mmm, it's always better when we're together

Yeah, we'll look at the stars when we're together

Well, it's always better when we're together

Yeah, it's always better when we're together

And all of these moments

Just might find their way into my dreams tonight

But I know that they'll be gone,

When the morning light sings

And brings new things,

But tomorrow night you see

That they'll be gone too,

Too many things I have to do,

But if all of these dreams might find their way

Into my day to day scene

I'll be under the impression,

I was somewhere in-between

With only two,

Just me and you

Not so many things we got to do,

Or places we got to be

We'll sit beneath the mango tree now

By this point I was swaying around the kitchen with my eyes closed singing the lyrics to the song still stirring the mix.

Yeah, it's always better when we're together

MMM, We're somewhere in-between together

Well, it's always better when we're together

Yeah, it's always better when we're together

I poured the batter into the waffle iron and turned the spoon I had used into a microphone as I quietly sang the lyrics.

Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm

I believe in memories

They look so, so pretty when I sleep

Hey now, and when, and when I wake up,

You look so pretty sleeping next to me

But there is not enough time,

And there is no, no song I could sing

And there is no combination of words I could say

But I will still tell you one thing,

We're better together

I turned with my eyes closed to lean against the counter and wait for the waffles to be done when I heard a quiet half cough half laugh. My eyes immediately shot open and a wild blush found its way to my face.

"How long have you been standing there?" I asked as Edward tried to contain his laughter.

"Long enough to see one of these," he said as he shook his hips in a poor imitation of me. I gasped and threw the first thing I could at him which happened to be a spoonful of waffle batter. The beige goop landed on the side of his face with a smack. We both stood stock still in awe of what just happened.

"Edward," I said repentantly. "I didn't..I..don't.." but I couldn't come up with a single good apology. He quirked an eyebrow at me before advancing toward me slowly. He placed one of his large hands in the waffle batter and slapped a handful of it against the skin between my neck and the top of my shirt. I gasped as the cold batter hit my skin. I felt my eyes going wide as I looked from my chest to Edward's face. Edward clutched his stomach as he doubled over in laughter.

"You..started…it," he managed to gasp out between laughing. His laughter stopped when I grabbed a handful of batter and whipped it into his hair. He looked into my eyes for a split second before we both started grabbing handfuls of batter and tossing then at each other. I squealed and he laughed as we covered each other in the sticky substance. I managed to steal the bowl from him and climbed on top of the couch putting me just an inch taller than him. I held the bowl above my head as he stopped in front of me.

"Truce?" I asked, laughing. He seemed to think about it for a minute before he agreed. I made to put the bowl down and leaned down to kiss him but overturned the bowl and the rest of its contents over Edward's hair and face at the last second. I landed with a flop on my back laughing as I looked at Edward. His face was covered in batter and it ran down his face to his shirt.

"Something funny?" he asked as he blew batter away from his mouth. I laughed harder. Before I knew it I felt something dripping onto my own face. I opened my eyes, tearing from laughing, to find Edward hovering above me.

"Edward!" I screeched as I tried to push him away but it was useless seeing as he was way stronger than me. I just laughed as he lowered himself on top of me, supporting himself a bit to keep all of his weight off of me.

"What's wrong, Bella?" he asked innocently as he rubbed his face against mine, spreading even more batter. We both laughed now as he finished cleaning himself on me.

"I feel disgusting," I said after our laughter finally died down. The batter was now starting to dry and crust against my skin.

"You look adorable," Edward said wiping some of my hair out of my face. I stuck my tongue out childishly but he quickly grabbed it into his mouth causing me to moan. I clung to his arms and pulled him down, wanting more of his weight on top of me, loving the delicious friction of our bodies. He slid his tongue into my mouth, dominating the kiss but I didn't mind. He tasted heavenly and I would never tire of it.

"Bella," he finally groaned after a while. "I think we need to clean this up." I nodded my head in agreement but still pouted when he lifted himself off of me. He extended a hand to help me up and we were both greeted by the shocked expressions of Emmett and Rosalie.

"What in the name of all that is good did you two do?" Emmett asked quietly as he looked around. Edward and I just looked at each other and smiled.

"Nothing, Em," I replied. "We just made a little breakfast."

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