A/N: I know it's been awhile since I've updated, but I had everything typed out and then my computer froze so I couldn't save it, go figure. So I had to retype the whole chapter meaning I couldn't update my other stories. Sorry about that guys.

By the way, I just found out yesterday that my cousin is going to the Outer Banks on Tuesday and wants me to go with her. So this will be my last update until I get back which will be Saturday, but I probably won't update until Sunday. I would update this Saturday, but Breaking Dawn comes out (!) so I won't be talking to anyone that day. Also I get to go to the midnight party tonight!! I'm so excited! I made a t-shirt with my friend that says I 3 Emmett, and on the back it says Normal People Say Glitter, Twilighters Say Edward!! lol, yea me and my friend are nerds when it comes to this book...

August 1, 2008

I don't own anything still.


I was standing downstairs looking at the blurred figure run up and down the halls upstairs. Edward decided to go for a picnic today, even though it was the middle of February. He told me he wanted to do something special for us, since we are together again. Well, at least I think we are after the roof scene.

He rushed pasted me and out the door and then was at my side once more. "Are you ready to go love?"

I smiled and nodded my head. "Yes I am, but do I get to know where we are going?"

He shook his head. "No because that defeats the purpose of this being a surprise. So if you would so kindly put this on," he said handing me a bandana to put over my eyes.

"You're kidding right?" I asked laughing at it as I took it out of his hands.

"No, I'm not. Bella, I want this to be completely a surprise to you." He took it out of my hands and went behind me to put it on for me. "There, you look lovely."

I rolled my eyes, but he couldn't tell. The next thing I knew, I was being lifted up into the air and carried to his Volvo. He helped me in and shut the door. When he got in and turned on the car and grabbed my hand as he pulled out of the driveway.

"Edward, is this really necessary? I mean I could just keep my eyes closed and not look. Do I really have to have this bandana over my eyes?" I asked impatiently.

"Yes it is Bella. Please be patient for me."

We seemed to be in the car for a half an hour or so, but I wouldn't know how long it took an actually human to drive so we could be out of the state by now. Suddenly we stopped and the car door was opened. Edward grabbed my hand and helped me out of the car.

He put me on his back and started running. I couldn't tell how far, but it was pretty far because it took as a good ten minutes. Finally he stopped and put me down. He then walked behind me and whispered in my ear, "Take of the blindfold, love."

I lifted it off my eyes and gasped. We were in the middle of a forest. But ten yard away was a waterfall. It wasn't a small one either, it was huge! We were looking up at it, however, and at the top you could see a blanket already there for us to sit on.

I turned around and hugged Edward. "This is amazing Edward. It's so peaceful out here. How did you find this place?"

He smiled at me and kissed the top of my head. "I didn't. Alice and Jasper found it a long time ago. This was where Jasper proposed to Alice. Also Emmett and Rosalie had one of their weddings here. You can say it's a place for romance."

I smiled at him as he took my hand in his. Then we ran up to where the blanket was. Edward sat down first and then pulled me down onto his lap. I put my head on his chest and closed my eyes. "It's so beautiful out here," I whispered.

"It is, isn't it?"

I nodded. "Can I ask you a question?"

"You can ask me anything, Bella," he said softly kissing my head again.

"Where are we?"

He chuckled. "We are actually in Canada right now."

I opened my eyes then and looked around at our surrounds. Downstream you could see a deer drinking out of the river. I sighed, happy I wasn't thirsty right now, or I would have ruined this. I snuggled back a little into Edward's chest and he put his arms around me.

"Bella, can I ask you something now?" he asked.

"Sure."

"What is the thing you want the most out of this life?"

I shook my head quickly. I didn't think that was going to be the question. I've actually never thought about it before. I sat there for a few minutes trying to figure it out. "Well, I'm not sure exactly. I mean I've never thought about it before."

"I'm sure you have. Everyone who has gotten changed thinks of what they would want to happen during their new life. You have to have thought of something earlier."

"Well, why don't you tell me what you want the most out of this life."

"I want you."

"You already have me, Edward," I said smiling.

I felt his shake his head. "Not like this Bella. I want you as my wife. I want to spend the rest of eternity with you. Before I just wanted a mate, but once I met you I just wanted to keep you safe. Now that you are one of us," he said wincing, "I just want to spend every moment of every day with you. I never want to be parted from you again. That's what I want out of this life."

If I could, I would cry right now. But since I can't I turned around and kissed him softly on the lips. I thought he would pull away, but he didn't. He wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed me back. Then we rolled to the side and I felt his hand go up and down my side. Then he started to kiss my jaw line, my neck, my eyes, and then finally my lips again.

When we pulled apart, panting. He held me close to him like he used to. Then he chuckled softly. "You know, you almost had me forget about what we were talking about before this," he said waving in between us, "happened."

I groaned and pulled back from him a little. "I really don't know Edward. I mean I wanted a family and I got Nathan, Austin and Charlotte. Then I wanted to see you guys again and I got that. I haven't thought about it much after that," I said looking down sheepishly.

He stared at me, seeming to study me and then rolled his eyes. "Bella, you know you aren't the best lair out here. Tell me, please?"

I took a deep, unneeded, breath and then looked up at him. "I want you, Edward. I want just want you want. I want you. I want to spend the rest of my existence with you. I never want to be without you again."

He smiled, his famous crooked smile, at me and then kissed me softly on the lips. But he pulled away too quickly. "Bella, I love you."

"I love you too."

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"Bella, get out of the shower! We have to get semi-ready before Alice and Rosalie come over!" Charlotte yelled through my bathroom door.

I groaned and got out of the shower. Today was Saturday, meaning the dance. I'm very excited, but at the same time very nervous. When I finish drying my hair, I got on my dress that Alice bought for me ages ago. Well, it was only a few weeks ago, but it seemed like forever ago.

A knock came to my door, and before I could turn around Alice was at my side. "Bella, it looks gorgeous on you!" she squealed. She was in a black dress with pink at the top of it and pink strips Cris-crossing around it.

Rosalie slowly walked in with her elegant red dress that had silver beads coming down the 'V' neck and over the top of it. She walked up to me and Alice and looked at us both and smiled. "Very nice."

Charlotte then came in, in her purple dress that folded up a little down the dress. "Bella, you look so good! I'm so glad you are wearing that dress."

Alice, Rosalie and Charlotte all helped me get ready and then a knock came to the front door. The guys were all here. In came Nathan, Austin, Emmett, Jasper, and then Edward. They all had black suits (except for Nathan who had on a white one) and all their ties matched their dates dress.

Nathan came up to Charlotte and me. "You two look beautiful," he said kissing us both on the cheek. "Have fun, and I will see you there. I have to go pick up my date now." Then he left us all.

See Nathan was going with a human. A girl named Darcy Martian. She has had this huge crush on him the whole year, and since we all have dates and he doesn't he decided to accept her invitation to the dance. Austin and Charlotte didn't think it was a good idea at first, but I talked to them about it. I couldn't say no because I would be a hypocrite then.

When we got to the dance, all in separate cars, we all met up to go in together. I looked at Edward, who looked so handsome, and smile at him. "Are you happy, Bella?" he asked me.

I nodded my head. "Of course I am. At least this time I don't have a broken leg," I said teasing him.

When we walked into the dance, slowly eyes started looking at us. I felt like everyone was watching me, well except for Nathan and Darcy. They were looking at each other dancing to the music. I couldn't help but smile at them.

Edward then took my hand and led me to the dance floor. The DJ called out a flash-back slow song. I'll Be by Edwin McCain came on. Edward pulled me closer to him and whispered in my ear. "What are we going to do about Nathan and Darcy?"

"What do you mean?" I asked worrying about what he may say.

He chuckled. "They are going to steal our thunder with being the new vampire/human couple."

I giggled and looked at them. Darcy didn't seem at all worried about his body being ten times colder then hers. Instead she had her head on his chest and Nathan held her close to him. "I don't know, but I think it's really cute. It's nice to know Nathan is no longer alone, hopefully."

"She's clearly happy. She's wondering if he will kiss her tonight, or ask her out," Edward said smiling. "At least I know what she's thinking."

I smiled looking down. "Unless I block her."

"You wouldn't," he challenged.

I shrugged. He smirked and kissed me softly on the lips. "I don't think you would."

I rolled my eyes. "Probably not because I want to know what she's thinking as well."

He laughed as we swayed to the music. We stayed like that for most of the dance. We danced almost every song together. Except one I danced with Austin and the other I danced with Nathan just because we wanted too.

When I was dancing with Nathan I thought I should ask him about his 'friend'. "So, what's going on with Darcy exactly? Are you going to tell him about us?"

He rolled his eyes at me. "Bella no. I can't right now. I mean I don't know if I could trust her with that. I mean what if I told her and she laughed at me and told everyone else about me? What would we do then? Move? I don't think the Cullens would move right away with us, and then you would be heartbroken again."

"Nathan, the Cullens will come with us anywhere. If they don't, I know for a fact that Edward would. But Nathan, if keep on wondering if you can trust her or not then you may never find out if she is 

what you've always wanted. I mean Edward couldn't read my mind. I was the only person who was like that. That probably made Edward wonder if I could be trusted, but he took a chance and now look. We are perfectly happy together. I mean sure things didn't go like we wanted them to, but we're together."

He nodded. "I know. Look, just give me a little bit more time with her and I'll see if I can trust her or not. Then I'll just leave her or tell her and have her run away from me."

"Can I ask you one more question?" I asked.

"Sure."

"Don't you ever thirst for her blood? I mean I know Edward always had trouble with me and my blood, and he was older then you. Are you okay around her?"

"To tell you the truth, no. Haven't you noticed how much I have been hunting now? I have to so I don't expose us to everyone."

I smiled at him. "You really like her don't you?"

He looked around the gym until her saw her looking at us. "Yeah, I do."

The next song Edward and I danced together again and Nathan was dancing with Darcy again. The rest of the dance Edward and I never left each other's sides. When it was over we all went back to my house to hang out. Edward pulled me upstairs to my room whenever everyone was too busy singing Karaoke, pretty badly I might add.

"Edward, what are we doing up here? The party's downstairs," I said as he pulled me over to the couch.

"I know it is, love, but there is something I would like to ask you away from everyone else," he said.

"Ok," I said confused. I looked at him and he was looking sort of nervous about something. "Edward, what's going on? Are you okay?"

He chuckled and smiled up at me. "I hope I will be soon." He got off the couch and kneeled down in front of me. My eyes went wide when I knew exactly what he was about to do. "Bella,"

"Oh Edward," I gasped.

"Bella, I have loved since the first moment I laid my eyes on you. When you didn't run away from me when I told you about my 'life' I knew you were the one I was supposed to be with. You always believed that I had a soul and a chance of happiness, in my damned life. You believed it so much, that I started to believe it too. When I left you twenty-three years ago, I never thought I would happy again. Then when I learned you died, I wanted to die. I never wanted to be apart from you, but I felt like I had too to protect you. Now that we are together again, I want to make sure we will always stay this way." He paused and reached into his pocket. "Isabella Marie Swan, will you marry me?"


A/N: Oooo, cliff hanger! Sorry it's so short, but I really have no time today (volleyball party & Breaking Dawn party), but I wanted to update while I still could. The next story I'm going to update is Not Always You and Me. I should have a new chapter up by Monday morning… or late Sunday night. Then I'll try to update The Impossible Miracle before I leave for vacation.

PS. When I come back from vacation, I won't be able to update from Monday-Thursday because have soccer try-outs. Sorry, but I'll try to if I can… Thanks for being patient with me!