hey look who keeping her promise. well, at least trying to. i know this is about 2-3 hours late, but hey, it's with a month so i'm doing better, right?

anyways, like i said, i'm starting to like my story againa nd i hope you will too.

Enjoy chapter 16!


16. Just Try and Relax

My eyes popped opened to stop the dream. I was dreaming again, well more like nightmare. It wasn't one of the ones where I didn't study for a major exam or anything like that, however. I wish it was. I could handle dreams like that. It was the dream I had after that night, when Edward was still gone. I didn't know what it meant. Well, I think I do, but I wasn't so sure. I didn't like having that dream for the reason that last time I kept having the same dream almost every night. The last time I had a dream where I was worried something would happen, something did and Edward got arrested.

I try not to look too much into them. I like to think that it was just a coincidence and my dreams weren't trying to tell me something. But I knew I was full of crap. Something bad was going to happen. I don't know when or where, but I know something was going to happen. And it had something to do with that night.

I blame that damn Alec from yesterday. I was doing well about not thinking about that night. When I wasn't thinking about, I didn't have the dream. When I didn't have the dream, I almost believe it didn't happen. But it did. Sooner or later, we're going to have to tell him. Or at least, I will. Better he hears it from me then from the grapevine.

I looked up to my boyfriend that I was on vacation with. He had his eyes closed, making me think he was still asleep. I can't think of the last time he woke before me. If he had a lot to think about most of the time, I'm sure he would find comfort in sleeping too. I smiled at him. Even with this new bad boy attitude he's got going on, he still looks so peaceful when he's asleep.

I looked back at my hand that was still placed on his stomach. I started lightly and slowly walking my fingers along the creases in his abs. I had made it up to his chest for the second time before his hand was placed on top of mine. At first, I thought his sub conscience was telling me to stop. Then he gently grabbed my hand and brought it to his lips to kiss my fingertips.

"Good morning, Beautiful." He said in a tired voice. I looked up expecting to see him looking at me with a smile. I had the smiling part right, but his eyes were still closed.

I chuckled. "You can't possible say with your eyes still closed." I told him.

He chuckled back. "Bella, if I went blind tomorrow, you will still be beautiful. Just because I can't see, doesn't change that." He told me. He opened his eyes and looked at me. "See, still beautiful." He commented before kissing my lips. "Now if we're done pointing out the obvious and you're done trying to grope me in my sleep…"

I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't groping." I told him.

"If that what makes you feel better. Anyways, I'm going to get about another hour of sleep." He added to the sentence he started before. When he said that, I looked at my phone for the time. It was only a few minutes after nine. I still wake up around the same time even when I don't have.

"Why?" I asked as I put the phone back the nightstand next to me.

He yawned. "If you plan on dragging me around the country again, I think I need a little more rest." He explained.

I gave a slight humored sigh by what he was implying. "Not today." I told him honestly. After what happen yesterday, I think we should do more relaxing than touring today.

"What?" he said with false shock. "No boat ride today?" he asked, referring to what I did alone yesterday while he was still sick.

I laughed at him. "You must be feeling better to suggest that." I replied to him.

He nodded. "A lot actually. I guess you're just the kind of medicine that the doctor would prescribe." He joked before kissing my forehead.

"I'm glad I could make you feel better. And no. Believe it or not, I don't really have anything planned today." I told him. I really didn't think about any plans while I was sleep. Sadly, what happen yesterday made me think about something I was trying to stay away from in almost two years. Sooner or later, I will have to tell him. I know we agreed not to talk to anyone because it wasn't what it seems. But still, I can only keep something like that to myself for so long.

Edward interrupted my thought with a laugh. "You, not having anything planned? You're right. I don't believe it." He teased.

I smiled at him, glad that he distracted me. The vacation wouldn't be doing its job if I kept thinking like that. "I thought we could actually do the relaxing part of this vacation. Unless you want to do some exploring today." I suggested.

He snorted. "Hell no. the relaxing part sounds great. So are we spending the day in the room?" he asked as he hugged me tighter.

"I think you had enough of this bed."

"What just happen to relaxing today?" he asked.

"I was thinking something else."

XXX

After finding the perfect spot to get the best sun, I was laying on the towel my mom gave me when she use to take Alice, Jacob and I to the beach with my glasses on to block the sun from my eyes. I reached out to touch Edward's hand. I knew he was there because I felt his presence like I always do when he's next to me, but I wanted to touch him to be sure.

I smiled and sighed happily he grabbed my hand in response. "Relaxing, right?" I asked.

"Yeah, laying on a blanket that's not stopping the damn sand from getting fucking everywhere in my damn shorts. So relaxing." He responded with sarcasm thick in his voice.

I sighed at his tone. I thought this would be relaxing to him. Maybe he just wanted to stay in the hotel because last night was the first time we had sex in what seem like a long time. Maybe I could do something that told him if he was nice and acted the way he was supposes to, it would happen again.

"Edward." I called his attention as I sat up. He looked at me over his pair of glasses that Alice brought us. I looked in my bag that was sitting next to me and I found what I was looking for. I handed it out to him and smiled. "Mind putting some sun screen on my back?" I asked.

He gave a smile and he sat up on his elbows. "Are you just looking for a reason for my hands to be all over you?" he asked, probably knowing the reason already. I just shrugged, knowing I didn't have to say what I was thinking. "Sure, babe." He said as he took the bottle from my hand. He moved behind me before putting the lotion in his hands. I felt instantly blissed when his hands started rubbing my shoulders. I hummed softly and leaned into his hands as he when under the string of my bikini top and started moving along my spine.

He took my hair and moved it to one side of my neck so the other side would be opened. He kissed my neck and then my shoulder. I leaned into him again. For the first time since we're been here, he seemed to be enjoying himself as much as I was. Well, I did until he stopped. "Can you wait for a second, babe?" he said in my ear. I looked at him on the side of my eye and nodded.

While he was doing whatever he was doing behind my back, I pulled my knees to my chest and wrapped my arms around them. I looked around and people watched while I was waiting for his hands to return to my body. I saw a couple sitting by the edge of the water. The guy had his arm around the girl. He placed his hand under her chin and turned her to him. She looked surprised at first then she placed her hand on his cheek and leaned into him. He kissed her a few more times before pulling away. For the first time since I started dating Edward, I was actually jealous of another couple. I remember when my relationship was like that; effortless. Now it seems like we both working so hard to keep this thing afloat.

After a while, he didn't return his hands to me. I turned my head to him and I saw he was on the phone. "What are you doing?" I asked as I turned the rest of my body to him. He held up his finger telling me to wait a second. I rolled my eyes. It was a good thing I had sunglasses on and he didn't see me. I knew he was say something if he did.

"How long have we've been here?" he asked me.

I shrugged. "A few days, I guess." I answered.

"Dammit." He sighed as he pressed the end button on his phone and placed it back next to him. He gave me a smile. I didn't know why, but something about it told he was just trying to distract me. Maybe because it didn't reach his eyes like it should have. "Now where were we?" yep, definitely trying distract me. Too bad it wasn't working like it should have. Hell, like I wanted it to.

"What were you doing just now?" I asked him again.

He shook his head. "Nothing, babe. Don't worry about it."

I tilted my head to the side. I was asking him if he really thought I believe him. "Edward, please don't do that." I asked him.

He sighed hard and ran his hand through his hair. "Okay, fine. I was checking my voicemail again." He finally answered. That didn't seem as bad as he was making it. Why would he lie to me about that? But somehow that wasn't the weirdest thing.

"Didn't you check it yesterday? I didn't think you have a reason to keep doing that. I mean everyone at home knows we're here. And besides if Alice, or Jasper, or Carlisle wanted to talk to us, they know they can call my phone or some…"

"Bella, stop." He cut me off with a head shake. "I wasn't checking to see if any of them called. I was checking to see if someone else called." He said slowly, like he was waiting for me to fill in the spaces.

If he wasn't waiting for any of our friends or family to call; then what was he waiting for? I thought about that for a second. Then I remember the phone call he got when we first came. I knew exactly what he was waiting for.

I sighed and rolled my eyes away from him. "You're obsessing." I stated, not assuming or asking him a question. I looked back him. "Were you really listening to a voicemail from Jasper when I came back yesterday?" I asked him, not really sure if I wanted the answer or not.

He shook his head. "I was listening to that message again. I was seeing if I missed something."

"Like what?" I asked.

He shrugged. "I don't know; like a clue to when he would actually call or something. "

I rolled my eyes away from him again. I saw another couple walking hand in hand. I saw kids running ahead of them. I only assumed that the kids belong to the couple. I'm really starting to hate all these damn couples that looked like they were having such a great time on their vacation. "You promised me you wouldn't do that." I told him in a mumble, not sure he was really listening to me or not.

"I know, babe." He grabbed one of my hands that were wrapped around my knees. But I didn't look at him when he did that. He sighed when I didn't. "I know I promised I wouldn't obsess over this, but I haven't been so close in month. You have to understand that I can't help but to obsess."

"You promised." I said again under my breath.

He sighed hard like he was he annoyed. "Bella, you can't honestly be mad at me about this. You know how hard it's been for me."

I pulled my hand away from his and turned away from him. "Edward, just leave me alone please." I asked him in a small voice. I knew I shouldn't be upset with him. I knew how important this was to him. But this trip was important to me. Him breaking his promise was telling me he didn't care about what was important to me; not anymore.

We sat on the beach without speaking to each other for what seemed like a long time. I was people watching trying to keep my mind from allowing me to cry. I just believe he would just break something so important to me like that. What happen to us? Was it me? Was I feeling so guilty about what happen that I wasn't putting in as much effort as before? Was I not being the best girlfriend I could be?

I saw another couple holding hands and looking at each other. Damn stupid, happy couples.

It heard clicking and tapping in my ear when I was thinking. I looked over to see him looking at his phone. I gave him a confused angry look that I'm sure he wouldn't be paying any attention to even if I had a damn flashing light on my forehead. What the hell was he doing now?

"What are you doing?" I asked with a sigh, knowing that I would regret it as soon as I asked it. He didn't answer me. so what, I was fucking invisible now? "Edward, are you checking your email?" I asked.

He looked up and nodded. "Not that you care, but yes. I was seeing if he emailed me instead of calling." He said before looking at his phone again. I rolled my eyes. As if ignoring to listen to a voice message over and over wasn't enough.

And how dare he say I didn't care? What, was I supposes to be okay that he wasn't paying any kind of attention to me. yeah, it was totally my fault. I may not have been being the best girlfriend lately, but he wasn't in the running for best boyfriend of the freaking year lately either. He had his reasons; both of us did. I knew what our problem was. We were distracted. Well, we came here to relax and to reconnect. That's what we were going to do. Starting now.

"You're right." I said in a low voice. He looked at me over his glasses again.

"What?" he asked like he didn't hear me, though I'm more than sure he did.

I sighed. "I said that you are right. I should understand and it's selfish of me not to. I will leave you alone for the rest of the week. But before I do, can I see your phone for a moment?" I said to him all at once. I knew if I gave him time to response that he would eventually see that I was saying whatever I thought he want to hear and not what I actually meant.

"Why?" he questioned.

"I want to send everyone back home some pictures. We could at least make Carlisle believe that we were having fun. Plus Alice would love to see how the bikini she brought looks on me." I told him the lie I already had in my head.

"Use your own phone." He suggested.

I gave a small smile. He knew something was off about what I was telling him and he was trying to find it. Well, he wasn't going to. Not if I wanted this plan to work. And I wanted this plan to work. Hell, I think I was on the verge of needing this plan to work. "I would, but I left it back at the hotel to charge." That was actually true. I haven't been carrying it, because I thought I wouldn't need to call anyone. And if I did, I could use his, like now. I held my hand out to him. "Plus, your phone has a much better camera." I told him.

He looked at me with hesitation. I took my glasses and put them on my head so he could clearly see the eye roll I was giving him. "I'll just be a second then you can go back to making sweet love to it. I'll give it right back." I told him, with a bitter teasing voice.

He sighed before handing it to me. I looked at the screen. There were four bars. "You know what, there's no service." I lied.

"Bella, what are you doing?" he asked as I got up.

"I'm seeing something." I told him as I walked to the edge of the shore. I walked until the water was crashing into my ankles. I held the phone up like I was trying to get service. I heard him call my name. Before he could think of what I was doing, and tried to stop me, I brought the phone back. I rounded up like I was throwing a baseball and threw it as hard as I could in to the water. I was never good at throwing so it didn't go too far. I didn't care. The only thing I cared about was that it was in water, falling to the bottom like a rock. It was fried.

"Bella, what the hell?" I heard him screamed. I turned and walked out of the water. When I turned around, I saw he was storming to me. He was pissed. Good. I stood there with my hands on my hips to let him know right now I didn't give a damn about him being mad with me right now.

"Bella, why the hell did you do that? You just threw my damn phone in the water. You have any idea what you've just done?" he snapped. He was asking the last thing like he answered it himself.

I nodded. "Yeah, I believe I just threw your phone in the water." I repeated.

"What…why…how…?" he said like he was lost for words.

"Why did I do that?" I asked for him. He looked at me with an angry look and nodded.

"A fucking explanation would be nice." He snapped.

I stood there like his snaps weren't bothering me. They weren't. He was like a two year old throwing a tantrum because his mom took away candy that he already had enough of. At first you feel bad, but then you realize he'll get over it. Yeah, he will get over this. Hell, he might he even thank me. Okay, that last part maybe pushing it a little much, but still. "Acted on impulse, I guess." I said with a shrug.

I started to walk away from him. However, he didn't let me get too far. He grabbed my wrist and turned me back to him. I can't tell he didn't buy what I was saying at all. "Are you trying to tell me that you throw my damn phone in the fucking water because you're still pissed at me?" he asked.

I was about to tell him no; that that wasn't it at all. But when he puts it that way... "Yes; I guess that is the reason I did that. Maybe next time, you'll pay more attention to me." I said as I turned away from him, ready to pull my wrist out of his grip. But he didn't let me. he gripped my wrist tighter and yanked on my arm so I would be facing him again.

"Bella, I give all my attention to you all the time. Just because I'm not all over you for a few days, doesn't give you the right to be selfish."

My mouth dropped and my eyes widen in shock. I used all the strength I had to push him off me. "Selfish! You think I'm did that to be selfish?!" I yelled at him.

He placed his hands on my shoulder. "Babe, can you calm down? People are staring." He noted.

I knocked his hands off me. "I don't give a damn if people are staring at me. Apparently, I'm too damn selfish to care about something like that. What the hell is wrong with you, Edward? I go through all that damn trouble to set up this trip, you ignore me and I'm being selfish? Do you hear yourself?" I asked all in a yell. I don't know why I was angry. I mean it wasn't like he hasn't called me that before. Now that I think about it, I get just as pissed any other time. Who the hell was he to call me that?

Then I realized there was no point in yelling at him. Not anymore. He wasn't going to get it. He was never going to get it until he had a teaching job and things were back to the where they were five years ago. Which means me to the next question: even if he does get this job he's stressing over, will things go back to where they were before? I didn't know. I really wish I did, but I didn't.

I sighed. "Look, I'm sorry I snapped like that. I understand why you're so stressed and obsessive. I heard the message too. I wish you would see that I understand you. I get it, okay?" I said to him in a more calming voice. "But I also wish that you don't think I will be just okay with you not paying attention to me. That's all I want, is your attention." I told him.

"I get that, but I still need a phone, Bella. How are they supposes to get in contact with me if they do call?" he asked.

I shrugged. "They'll just call the house or something. If they really want you, they won't stop because you didn't answer at the first ring." I told him.

"How are other people supposed to get in contact with us?" he challenged.

"Edward, I do have a phone." I remind him.

"Which you left in the room." He reminded me.

I shook my head. "That's not the point." I grabbed his hands and looked at him. "The point is…"

"I know, you want my attention." He cut me off. "But no matter what you say, I don't think destroying my phone was the right way to do that."

I sighed. "You're right." I told him. After I said that, I undid the button on my short shorts. After I slipped them off, I handed them to him along with my sunglasses.

"What are you doing?" he asked me as I pulled my hair into a ponytail with the rubber band I kept on my wrist.

I sighed again before looking at him. "I'm going to get your phone." I told him.

"It most likely won't work anymore."

"Well, I'll get anyways. Maybe we can find someone to get it working again or something." I said, sounding not so optimistic. I knew as well as he did that the phone wouldn't work anymore. Still, if all he wanted was to know I was sorry for, as he puts it, "being selfish". If trying to save his phone was the way to do that, I was willing to try anything at this point. "Besides, maybe it will get you to stop your damn whining." I mumbled under my breath as I walked away from him, not sure if he heard me or not. If he did, he didn't response in anyway.

I walked to where I was to throw the phone before diving into the water to get to the bottom faster. When I got near the bottom, I opened my eyes so I could see where I was going. It was blurry and I couldn't really see anything that looked like his phone. Maybe he saw where it landed. I swam to the surface.

"Do you know where it went?" I called to him. I saw he was sitting on the sand with my stuff next to him, waiting I guess.

"How the hell am I supposes to know, Bella? I didn't even know you were throwing it." He said in bored tone. I groaned. Not because I couldn't find it. I really didn't give a damn about the phone at this point. I groaned because he was pissing me off again.

I turned around and dived in again. My plan was to find it, give it to him, and just ignore him for the rest of the time we were here. But I didn't want to go that. We didn't come here to be mad at each other. What a waste of vacation. And besides if what happened before happens again? With that being said, I think it's time to teach my boyfriend a little lesson.

I'll teach him not to pay attention to me.

So I started swimming near more the bottom than the surface. I was glad I learned how to hold my breath for a long time or this plan would have fail miserably. When I got to the bottom, I sat cross-legged and placed my hand on the ocean floor to weight myself down. After a short while – just when I was about to give up and swim to the surface for some air – I heard the faint call of my name. I couldn't be sure since I was so far under, but I can pretty much guaranteed that there was worry in Edward's voice. Perfect.

I thought about swimming up so he could see where I was, but then he wouldn't be freaking out. Where is the fun if he doesn't freak out a little? I heard him call me again. Again, I didn't rise to the surface; figuring I could hold my breath for a little while longer. But I decided to make it easier on him. I swam closer to the shore.

When I did, I saw him swimming toward me. I wasn't sure if he saw me since I couldn't tell if his eyes were open like mine. Not everyone could see under water. In fact, I don't think anyone can. But I opened my eyes anyways. I noticed that Edward's eyes were barely opened. He looked to be squinting. Good, that meant he couldn't see me.

I swam away from him. Then I looked back to see if he was following me. I saw he above the surface now. I swam over to him and pulled on his shorts. I noticed he whirled around to see what it was. I swam behind him. I popped up and hugged him from behind. He whirled around again; this time he was facing me.

He hugged me tightly then pressed his lips roughly against mine. I pulled away after a moment because I was already short on my air supply after staying under water so long. When I did pull away from his lips, he didn't let me escape as he held me to his body. "Oh, my god, Bella; I thought I lost you." He said with relief. I hugged him around his waist. "But now that I know I didn't…" He pulled back and gripped my shoulders. "What the hell was that? You scared the shit of me. Don't you ever fucking do that to me again. Do you hear me?" he said snapped angrily as he shook me lightly. I couldn't but to giggle at him. "Why the fuck are you laughing? This shit is not funny, Bella." he snapped some more.

"I'm laughing because you seem really freaked out." I told him as another giggle escaped.

"That's because I was freaked out." he snapped like I should know it did. I did know it should, I thought it would be better to hear it.

"Good." I said.

"What, you think it's okay to fucking scare me like that?" he yelled. I just laughed at him again. "Damn it, Bella, will you stop laughing? I'm seriously pissed at you right now." he said. I knocked him hands off and wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him into a hug. He sighed as hugged me back around my waist and pulled me to his body, holding me in a very tight grip. "You don't know how happy I am that you're okay." he said in my ear. His voice softened.

"I would have been anyways, even if you didn't come to save me." I pulled away and looked at him. "But you did. And I glad you did." I told him, all laughter gone away now.

"Of course I was." he said. He looked at me like I should know that. He placed one hand on my face and stroked my cheek. I couldn't help but to lean into his touch. This how it was supposes to be. Easy; just like the other couples on the beach today. For some reason, I didn't hate them as much anymore. "Bella, I don't know what I would have done if I lost you. No matter what, you are the most important thing in my life right now."

"That means you still love me." I said with a serious face.

"Of course I do. Who told you that I've ever stopped?" he asked in a seriously confused tone.

I shook my head. "No one. I just think I was starting to question that." I told him.

"Really?" he asked I nodded against his shoulder, knowing if I looked at him, I might start crying at the turn this day at the beach took. "Why?"

I sighed as I released myself from him. "Because, Edward, you keep shutting me out and every time I tried to talk to you, you cut me off and walk away." I stopped to grab his hands. "I know this job thing is hard on you, but it's not fair for you to be hard on me." I told him.

"I've been doing that?" he asked, genially confused. I nodded. He hugged me tightly. "I'm sorry. I didn't know I was doing that. Believe me; I wasn't doing it on purpose." He said.

I sighed as I hugged him around the waist. "I know. It still hurt." I pulled away to look at him. "I want to help and understand you, but I can't do it all by myself. You have to meet half way. You have to help me." I told him.

He nodded. "I will try to be more opened with you." He promised.

I smiled then reach up for a kiss. "Thank you. One more thing…" I said. He gave me a confused look. "Come swim with me." I moved my hand to hold his.

He nodded. "I think I can do that." He said with a smile before we both started swimming together.

We were swimming for a while before he stopped because he needed to break to rest. I kept going because I didn't need one like he did. I stopped when I heard him call me. "Slow down willya? We're not racing. Besides, I would like better if I could feel you next to me." he said with my favorite smile.

I smiled back. "Really?" I asked. He nodded. "Come and get me, then." I taunted in a seductive tease. I turned away from him before he could say anything back. I looked over my shoulder to see he didn't move from where he was. I gave him a wink before turning away from him and diving into the water like before when I went in the first time to get the phone.

As I swam, I felt something grabbed my foot. I flipped over to see him with on hand around my ankle. I smiled to the best of my abilities. I used my other foot to kick him on the shoulder to get him off. It worked. When his hand was off me, I swam a tad bit faster to get away from him but slow get enough so he could catch me again.

Just like I wanted him to, he caught me again. This time, he wrapped his arms around waist and hugged me to his body. I flipped over to look at him. I smiled at how his hair moved in the water. I placed my fingers on his face then pulled my lips to his. I couldn't get into it as much as I want to because of the water. But that didn't stop his hands from roaming.

I felt one of them move down my side to the string on the bikini bottom. I felt him light pull on it. I smiled, because it was all I could do, as I push him off. I was about to swim away again, but he hooked his arm around my waist. He pulled me to him and swam to the surface. We were both breathing hard and laughing once we got there. He turned me to him and kissed me again. I placed my hand on his cheek. When I did, he started leaning into me more. "I love it when you chase me." I said under the kiss.

He gave a light chuckle as he held me tighter to him. "I love it when I catch you." He replied back in the same fashion.

I giggled as I pulled away. "You catch me only because I let you." I told him.

"Okay, babe." He said softly before putting his lips to mine again.

"Now that I have you, there's one thing I think I should do." He said under the kiss as he moved his hands to hold me. He pulled away and smile. I don't think I liked the smile. Something about it told me to be worried about what he was going to do or say. Before I could ask, however, he was holding me in the air. In the next second, I screaming as I was flying then landed in water on my back. I quickly swam to the surface and spit out water that came into my mouth. I knew there was a reason I didn't like that smile. It was the same one he used to give me before tickling me half to death when I would stay over his house back when we first started dating. I glad to see something from those times was still there. I gave him a confused look. He chuckled as he swam towards me. "That was for throwing my phone in the water."

I rolled my eyes. "I thought you were over that." I said trying to get the water out of my ear. Landing in the water like that made it go in places I didn't want it to go.

He was in front of me now. "I am…now." he grabbed me like before.

"Edward, no." I urged right before he threw me again. I was more aware of what was coming this time. So I quickly closed my eyes and covered my nose and mouth before I hit the water. It worked. When I popped back up, there was no water in my mouth like before.

"What was that one for?" I asked. He swam toward me again.

"For scaring the shit out of me and then laughing at me." he told with a smile.

"Are you finished?" I asked, not wanting to be thrown in the air again.

He shook his head. "One more." He said as he grabbed me again. I sighed hard and made my body limp and let him threw me again. I did the same thing as the second time. For some reason, I went further down than the other two. Maybe because I allowed my body to go limp when the other two times, I was tense. So I took me longer to resurface.

When I did, he wasn't swimming towards me like before. In fact, I didn't see him. I looked around for him. "Edward." I called. When I said that, I felt the water shift behind me. Then I felt someone hug me from behind.

"Looking for someone, beautiful?" he said in my ear then kissed me on the side of the head. "That one wasn't that fun." He admitted.

I rolled my eyes. "Why not?" I asked, humoring him.

He laughed. "Because you didn't struggle. It's not fun if you surrender." He said softly before kissing my neck.

I giggled as he did. "What was the last one for anyways?" I asked him as I hooked my arm around his.

"For doubting my love for you." He said. I could scent the seriousness in his voice. I turned myself to face him. I hooked my arms around his neck.

"Never again." I said with just as much seriousness as him before reaching up and kissing him. He moved his arms to hug me around my waist. He pulled me closer to him and returned the kiss. He moved one of his hands down to my legs and cupped it behind my knees. He lifted me. "Don't throw me again." I begged as I locked my arms around his neck.

He smiled as he shook his head. "Don't worry, I'm not." He moved his face so it was just inches away from mine. "Remember that you'll always be safe in my arms." He said softly before putting his lips to mine again. He moved his lips to my neck. He went to kiss my shoulder. I didn't notice before, but he was slowly turning us in a circle. The water was up to my ankles. I saw how they were moving along the small waves as he turned us. I smiled then hugged myself to him and rested my chin on his shoulder. I loved moments like this.

After he finished the circle, he placed me back in the water. He nodded to the shore, suggested that we go back and to get our things. I nodded, agreeing. I swam around so I could be behind him. Before he could turn around, I hooked my arms around his neck. I told him I was going to ride his back like a dolphin back to shore. He laughed, but didn't protest.

It was easy to ride on his back. All I really have to do was hold on to his neck. When we were close enough were he didn't have to swim anymore, I locked my legs around his waist so he could carry me now. "You could get off now." he said.

"Am I wearing you down?" I teased.

He chuckled. "A little." I laughed too as I hoped down. I was glad we were by where I let my shorts and glasses. I bended down and picked them up before continuing to walk.

"You are such a weakling." I teased as I elbowed him in the side. He gave me a playful glare. I stuck out my tongue to him before I started to walk away from him. However, as I was walking away, something told me he was going to accept my teasing without a fight. The feeling proved me right because before I could get too far, he chased after me. When he got to me, he wrapped his arms around my waist and tackled me to the sand. I laughed as I wriggled to try to get from under him. I could barely move because his arm was locked around my body. "Let me go." I laugh out loud.

"Give me a good reason and I will." I heard him smile. "Maybe." He said in my ear.

"What about because you love me?" I said.

"Wrong answer. That just makes me want to hold you more." He said, still joking.

"At least let me turn over so I could see you." I said, still laughing. He laughed back then loosened his grip so I could turn around. When I did, I smiled at him. I think that was a better sight than sand. "You are such a child." I told him as I wrapped my arms around his neck.

He smiled. "I've heard that."

I shook my head at him. "You're so lucky that's one of the main reasons I love you." I smiled back then pulled him down to my lips.

He started sucking on my bottom lip. I don't know how we could kiss like that when our lips tasted like salt water. I didn't care as I sucked on his lips. I don't think he cared either as he replied back the same way.

He started roaming his hands on my body. His hands felt warm against the wetness of my skin. This reminded me of when we were in his kitchen that one time. But this time, I don't think anyone was going to stop. I returned the favor of the great feeling of the warmth of someone's hands as I ran my hand down the front of his body. I heard him give a light groan under my lips as the tip of my nail danced around the outline of his abs.

I moaned as I felt him move his hand upward. I felt him playing with the string again. This time it was the one around my neck that held the top together. I moaned again as he slowly ran his other hand up and down my side. I felt him pulling at the string around my neck. I knew something was going to happen. And it would've if we didn't get interrupted.

We heard a throat clear. We pulled away and looked up. Both of our jaws dropped when we saw a woman eyes and someone who I was guessing was somewhat like a cop. The uniform wasn't like the one in America, but I could tell.

"I'm going to have to ask you two to leave." The guy in the uniform said. I could easily tell he was from here. The ascent was thick. In fact, so thick that I had to guess what he was saying.

"Umm…we're so sorry." I said, completely embarrassed now.

"Yes, our apologizes." Edward agreed as he stood up. He grabbed my hand and helped me up. I quickly tighten the string around my neck so my top wouldn't fall off. "We will be leaving now." he said as gathered my things he made me drop when he tackled me and handed them to me. I nodded in agreement.

The officer nodded before walking away from us. "You two should be ashamed. There are other people here you know." the woman said with a mean attitude. I could tell she wasn't from here. I could guess she was from America like we were. She must have been here with her family or something for her to get that mad at us.

"We are truly sorry. we don't know what came over us." Edward apologized for us again. I know what came over us, we were reconnecting. But I just nodded. She rolled her eyes and walked away. He turned to me with a smile. He ran his hand through his hair and gave a chuckle. "That was embarrassing."

I couldn't help but laugh nervously. "Yeah it was. I wouldn't have guessed you were embarrassed. You handle it so coolly."

He laughed. "I had to be, I could tell what your reaction was."

"How?"

"I felt the heat from your body." He chuckled. Once he said that, I felt the heat coming again. I bowed my head to keep him from seeing the blush. He laughed then I felt his wrap his arms around me. "Through, I thought it was because of something else." He teased.

I pushed him off. "Let's go." I said as I started walking to our things again.

XXX

After we came from the beach, we went out to eat to a restaurant that Carlisle suggested. It was great, besides the fact that everything and everyone spoke in Italian, I would have been totally lost if it wasn't for Edward, who spoke the language fluently and perfectly without missing a beat. I looked at him amazement when he ordered for me and thank the waiter. I knew he came here with his family all the time, but I didn't know he spoke perfect Italian. And here I thought I knew everything that was Edward Masen. I was glad I didn't. It felt nice to learn something new about him. I couldn't help but wonder what other talents he had.

When the food came, I couldn't help but to try to rush through it. When he asked what the rush was, I just smiled at him. I told him that I would give him a hint. While he waited for me to say something, I slipped my shoe off and gently moved my toes up his leg until he got what I was hinting at. When he did, he asked for the check right away. Call me a typical girl, but hearing him speak a different language like that made him all kinds of sexy. And it made me want him in so many ways. I don't think I ever had so much lust for my boyfriend than I did when I heard him roll his tongue to say a foreign word like he did.

I went to sleep when I felt I was too tired to want any more of him. Okay, when I honestly couldn't take anymore. I was literal exhausted when we were done. Afterwards, I fell into a deep sleep. It was such a deep sleep that it ended up being one of those dreamless nights. I was happy because of the dream I had last night. I didn't want to have that damn dream again. Who knew that the way to get rid of unwanted dreams is to have a day (and night) filled of Edward.

I woke up to humming. When I opened my eyes, I saw Edward pulling up his jeans and singing to himself in a low voice. I smiled at him. It was a song I never heard. I've heard all the songs on his music player and I thought I knew them all. I didn't know this one. I wondered if he was thinking of composing again. That would be nice. He hasn't really touched his piano since he came home. I waited to he finished buckling his belt before letting him know I was now awake. "That's a nice little tune you're humming" I asked him a teasing voice. He jumped slightly when he heard my voice. He looked at me and smiled.

"You're awake." He noted.

I nodded. "Is that something new, Mr. Songwriter?" I asked, still teasing.

He shook his head. "Just a ballad my mom used to sing to me. For some reason it's been stuck in my head since I woke up." He explained. I nodded, a little disappointed.

"Edward, have you thought about composing songs again? I miss your playing." I told him.

He shrugged. "I have. And I actually think I might." He answered. I replied with a smile. When he said that, the disappointment from earlier disappear. "However, I think I need some inspiration." Before I could ask what, he ran to the bed and landed on it on his knees. He moved so he was straddled on my lap and I was locked under him. He placed his hands on either side of my head to sturdy his weight. "Maybe you can be my muse." He said with a smile before leaning down and pressing his lips to mine. I was happy I didn't have to reach up to kiss him. I was still tired and didn't think I had that kind of energy in me yet. I placed my hands on either side of his face and held him where he was.

I pulled away from him. "Why are you so happy this morning?" I asked confused. I don't think I remember a day where he woke up before me and woke up as playful as he was the night before. When I asked that, I thought about it. There was only one reason lately why he would be this happy. "Did he call you back?" I asked.

He rolled his eyes, but kept his smile. "But it's not like I would know. I don't have a phone, remember?" he said. I blushed at the memory. Looking back, it was a pretty stupid thing to toss his phone in the ocean like that. But, he was teasing. That was good. "Nope. I just realized this morning that it's has been a long time since I've watched you sleep. When I woke up and saw how peaceful you still looked after everything that's been going on, it just made realize how fucking lucky I am to have you. I need to stop being an idiot before you leave me for good."

I looked at him in shock. I don't think I ever heard him talk to me like that. If I had, it has been a hella of a long time. "Edward…" was all I could gasp.

He turned his head to kiss my palm. "I love you, Bella. Please, babe, do me a favor and never forget that." He said. I couldn't talk so I just nodded.

The energy I wanted earlier finally came back. Hearing him talk about us, talk about me, like that made me want him again. I reached up and locked my hands together. I pulled him down to me and locked my lips around his. He responded with the greatest of ease. I unlocked one hand and trailed it down his body. I danced my fingertips across his stomach and down to his belt. When I started to unbuckled it, he chuckled. "Seems like I'm not the only one in a good mood this morning." He teased as he pulled back. I looked at him in confusion. He chuckled. "Don't worry, I still want to, but we have time for that later." He got off of me and climbed off the bed. He stood next to the bed as he fixed his belt. He grabbed my hand and pulled me to a sitting position. He sat next to me. "I was actually going to wake you up after I finished getting ready. I have the day planned out for us; along with the rest of the week."

"You do?" I asked with surprise. Since we got here, I would have to drag him to do something. Now he was up and ready before me and has something planned for us.

He nodded as he stood up. "Miss Swan, I will be your new tour guide." He said with a bow. I had to giggle at his act. He looked at me. "If you want me to, I mean." He continued.

I nodded. "Of course I do." I told him.

He smiled as he stood straight. "Good, because you didn't have much of a choice. now come and get up." He ordered as he pulled on the hand he was still holding. I let him pull me out of the bed. "Come on, the faster you get ready, the sooner we can get start. And the sooner we can get start, the more actives that I have planned we can do." He urged as I stretched.

I gave him a playful eye as I walked away from. "I'm going, I'm going." I told him.

"Hurry up, babe." He urged. I could tell he was teasing by what he did next. I felt his hand smack my behind. I gave a light yelp as I turned to look at him. He just gave me his famous smile and wink. He was definitely in a better mood. I decided to walk quickly to the bed room before he decided to hit me again.

When I got out of the shower, he was fully dressed in a light blue polo with his shoes already on. He told me to put on walking shoes so I would be comfortable. When I asked him what exactly did he have planned, he just smiled and turned back to my phone. I was worried when I saw it in his hand when I got out the shower, but then I heard the sound of Angry Birds and knew he was just playing a game to entertain himself while he waited for me. wow, him waiting for me. that was different.

As soon as my second shoe was on, he bended down to tie both of them; tightly. he joked by saying he didn't want to waste any more time and it would quicker if he did it. As soon as both shoes were tied, he grabbed my hand and pulled me out the door.

He wasn't joking when he said he had to the whole day planned. he also wasn't kidding about wearing walking shoes to be comfortable.

The museums he took me to were all filled with beauty painting and sculptures. Of course, the plates telling what the paintings were about were in a different language. One even had their plates in French, which confused me. I asked him if he knew how to read Italian. Speaking it was one thing, reading them was something totally different. He looked at me as if I was seriously asking him that. I rolled my eyes and mumbled of course he did. What could he do? He proved me right. Edward translated everything to me in English. It wasn't as sexy as when he was speaking the different language, but I was happy he did. I wouldn't have understood anything if he didn't.

He pulled me to three different museums, walking to all of them. he said that we could see more of the city if we didn't take a cab. After we got out of the room, he didn't rush me; which told me he was just excited to get the day started. He was patient with me though the walks. He would stroll will me when I didn't feel like walking faster than that and he rested with me when I felt I needed one. He held my hand and swung both his and mine between us as we walked. He was humming the ballad again. I smiled at him. He seemed so carefree. It made me happy to see him that way. It seems so long since I've seen him like that.

While we walking, we heard music playing. He pulled me towards the music which lead us to a park. When we got there, there were about five guys playing instruments. He pulled us to the front and pulled me in front of him. He wrapped his arms tightly around me. when he started singing softly in my ear, I realized it was song he knew. I realized that he was singing along with the lyricless music in Italian. I kept hearing him say the word "amore". I knew enough to know he was saying desire, affection; love. I smiled as I leaned into him.

He started swaying us from side to side as he continued to sing in my ear. His words came out smooth like silk and his voice was as soft as cotton. I felt like he was singing me a lullaby; trying to sing me to sleep, which I was would have said was a bad idea. I let out a sigh when he kissed right below my left ear. His words mixed with his voice was making me melt. I was getting that feeling again. I was trying to hold out until the set was over, but I couldn't. I wanted him so bad that I just couldn't. it was like he was singing to every single cell of my body. "Edward…" I sighed in the middle of a song. He hummed against my skin. "Can we go back to the hotel?" I asked.

"Are you sure?" he asked in a low voice. I nodded. When I did, he released his hold on me and grabbed my hand. He raced us to catch the nearest cab and it took back to the hotel.

It went like that for the rest of the week. Well, not the rushing the back to the hotel as soon as I got a little turned on by his different abilities. I tried to hold out so we wouldn't be in the hotel bed for the rest of the vacation (not that he or I really cared), but sometimes every hormone in me was telling to just freaking jump him already. And sometimes my hormones got the best of me. Like I said, I don't think he cared.

But the thing that went on for the rest of the week was that he was pulling me everywhere. Every day he would wake me up and already be fully dress. He would pull me out of the bed and rush me to get ready, saying we had a lot to do. Then as soon as I ready he would grab my hand and pull me out the door and all around the city. He took me to parks, stores, more museums and anything else he and his family use to do while they vacationed here. Who knew I had to do for him to treat this like a vacation and not a punishment was to get rid of his damn phone? I even took him to the garden that what was his name, Alec?, took me to when I left him in the hotel that one day. Edward lifted me on the wall. He kissed me with so much desire as he held me tightly around the waist so he wouldn't accidently push me off. I held him just as tightly so there was no chance of that.

Now it was out last day in Italy and he suggested something more relaxing for the last day. we were just walking streets and eating Italian ice, switching the cups back and forward between us.

"I never asked you, how did you learn how to speak Italian so well?" I asked as we switched the cups again.

He took a spoonful of ice and put in his mouth before talking. "Carlisle told you that we use to come here all the time. We all know Italian. He thought we should know it for as many times a year we came here. One of the things he stuffed down our throats. But this thing actually came in handy." He said with a shrug.

I nodded as I took my own spoonful in my mouth. "Do you know any other languages?" I asked. He nodded. I smiled. "What other ones?"

He thought about before tapping my hand with the cup hinting he wanted to switch again. I granted his silently wish and switched the cups again. "Umm, I speak French, Spanish, a little bit of Japanese." He answered my question.

"That's so sexy." I told him as I tapped his hand with the cup like he did mine. he did the same thing I did and switch the cups with me again.

He chuckled before taking a spoonful into his mouth. "Yep. That's why I learned so many, so I could get girls." He said sarcastically. He shook his head. "No, Carlisle made all of us learn different languages when he was trying to push us to become doctors. Even when we told him we didn't want to become doctors, he still made sure we were taking classes. He said they would look great when we were applying for jobs. He was right about that at least." He mumbled before taking another spoonful in his mouth.

I nodded. "You said Japanese." I noted. He nodded. "What motived you to take that?" I asked as I tapped his again.

"My mom." He answered as he switched the cups.

"Was she really into Japan culture or something?" I asked.

He nodded. "She loved everything about Japan. Before she died, I promised her I would learn it for her. She died before she could hear me speak it. Besides, none of it really stuck." He explained.

"Shame." I mumbled before taking a spoonful of ice in my mouth.

"Okay, my turn." He said. I looked at him. "How did you learned to hold your breath that long?" he asked referring to when I was under water for a long time.

I smiled. "My mom use to take Alice, Jake and I to the beach when we were younger. He use to challenge us to see who could hold their breath the longest. He always use to win and then gloat about it for days." I said, rolling my eyes at the memory.

Edward chuckled. "That sounds like Jacob." He agreed as we switched cups again.

I nodded. "Anyways, I got sick of him gloating, so I found a way to hold my breath longer."

"What did you find?" he asked.

I chuckled. "I was breathing through my nose." I admitted.

He laughed. "Isn't that cheating?" he asked. I laughed with him as I shrugged. I didn't see like that, but I guess it kind of was. Oh well, it put an end to Jacob's damn gloating so I didn't care.

After we finished with our Italian ice, we kept walking as we held hands; swinging them again. As we walked, we walked pass a small boutique. I pulled him to it.

"Why are we going in here?" he asked.

I sighed. "Alice wants me to get her something and she will kill me if I don't. Maybe they will have something more her style in here." I told him. He didn't say as he allowed me to pull him in the store. The door dinged and the store greeted us by saying hello. We both said it back.

I walked over to where the hats were and picked up one. "You think she'll like this?" I asked him.

He looked at it for a second before shaking his head. "I mean unless she wants to look like a banana." He joked. Now that I looked at it, it was really yellow. I laughed as I put it back. I was about to grab another one when someone called his name.

"Edward?" we heard an Italian ascent. We both turned. The guy had pale skin and black slacked back hair.

"Aro." Edward replied back. The guy smiled at us and walked over to us. Him and Edward hugged.

"Carlisle didn't say you all were visiting." The guy, Aro I guess, said to Edward.

Edward shook his head. "It's just me." he said. I walked over to Edward.

Aro looked over his shoulder. "Doesn't look like it." he said looking at me. Edward turned around and looked at me. He grabbed my hand and pulled me to his side.

"Sorry, this is my Bella. Bella" Edward gestured to me. "Bella, this is my god father, Aro." He said as he gestured to the guy.

"Hi." I said holding out my hand.

"Charmed." He said shaking it. He looked at Edward. "The other two are here as well." He said to him.

Edward's eyes widened. "Where are they?" he asked.

Aro looked behind him and all around the store. "Aww, there they are. Jane, Alec, come here please." He signaled the people to come over.

As soon as he said the name, I bowed my head. This could not be happening. Why the hell does this always happen to me? I was hoping that they would not listen to him. I looked up and saw I was not getting my wish. Do I ever get my wish?

"What is it, father?" the girl, Jane, said when they walked over us. She was the shortest of the three. Her hair was the same color as the guy next to her. They all were pale.

"Edward's here." Aro said, gesturing to him.

She looked at him and smile. "How are you, Edward?" she asked. He shrugged.

I looked at him as to ask who she was. "This is my god sister, Jane and her twin brother Alec." He introduced them. I nodded and smiled at them. My plan was to act as if I didn't know who the guy was; like this was my first time meeting him.

"Nice to see you again, Bella." Alec smiled at me. Damn it; so much for that plan.

I kept my smile. "Yeah, you too, Alec." I said.

Edward looked at him then at me. "You two already know each other?" he asked.

I looked at him. "Uhh…yeah. When you were sick, Alec was kind of my tour guide." I said, telling him the basics.

"Oh." He said turning back to them.

"This is the girl you told me about, brother." Jane said, smiling evilly at me. Alec nodded. "Hum, she's nothing to be heartbroken over." she said after looking at me up and down. What was with guys' sisters? It seem like every time I met someone's sister, they just don't like me. I was starting to think no girl really like me, but Alice. Alec chuckled at his sister.

"What does that mean?" Edward asked.

She smiled at him. "Nothing." She turned to her brother. "I'm going to see where father went." She told him. When she said that, I notice it was just us. I wonder where Aro went and how he left without anyone noticing. He nodded. She turned back to Edward. "Nice to see you again, Edward. Nice to meet you, Bella." she said to us before walking away.

When she was gone, Alec looked at me. He smiled. Something told me I didn't like that smile. "So what are you two doing here?" he asked both of us as he crossed his arm in a causal stance.

"We're on vacation together." Edward said.

"Why?" he asked, tiling his head to the side.

"Bella, thought we needed to get away." He answered.

"Getting away, together?" he asked. Both Edward and I nodded. "Huh, one might think two were dating."

"Well, they would be right to think that, since we are." Edward said.

"Oh." He said like he was caught in an embarrassing moment. He turned to me. "So, Bella dear Edward is the gentleman you were telling me about?" he asked, still wearing that untrusting smile.

I nodded. "Yes." I said, realizing my voice sound small.

"Huh, I thought you were talking about the other one." He said. As soon as he said that, I froze. I can't believe he just said that. "I mean, you never said a name so I was just assuming." He said. I glared at him. I wanted to attack him. Why would he do that?

"Other one?" Edward looked at me. "What is he talking about, Bella?" he asked me. I fixed my face to look at him. I shook my head.

"Nothing." I said, keeping it short. "Can I talk to him alone for a second? I want to get his opinion on something." I said to Edward, as calmly as I could. He just nodded. He kissed me on my cheek and walked away. I turned to Alec, glaring again. "We're going to talk." I said through my teeth.

"Wait, who said I wanted to have a talk with you? You really didn't ask if I did." he asked with a smug smile.

"Fine, Alec can we talk?" I asked, pissed as hell.

He nodded. "Sure, dear." He turned and signaled me to follow him, which I did. I followed him to a far corner of the store. He turned to me. "Now, love, what did you want to talk about? Did you change your mind?" he asked with the same dumb smirk.

"Hell no. I want to know what the hell that was over there." I snapped at him.

"I was just…" he stopped and gave a shocked look. I could easily tell it was as fake as a three dollar bill. "Our dear Edward doesn't know, does he?" I didn't answer him. He should already know that Edward didn't or else I wouldn't be so fucking pissed. "I think we should tell him." he started to walk where we came. I grabbed his sleeve.

"Why the hell would you do that? Do you know what that would do to our relationship?" I asked him.

"I would assume it would ruin it." he said.

"Why would you do that?" I asked him.

"Easy, I don't like being rejected." He said simply.

"What?" I snapped.

"In the garden, when you didn't kiss me. I considered that as being rejected. That was the first time anything like that has happen to me and I didn't like it. So I figured you should be taught a lesson about playing with people's emotions." He said.

I closed my eyes and pinched the bridge of my nose. I slowly opened them. "You cannot tell him. What do I have to do for you to keep quiet?" I asked him.

He smiled. "That's easy as well. Just do what you didn't do that day." He said with that damn smug.

I glared at him. I wanted so badly to hit that look at his face. "You are an egotistical, smug, clingy, jackass. And if you think I would kiss you just to for you mind your business, you're worse than I thought." I snapped at him.

He put on a fake thinking face. "Maybe. I wonder what Edward thinks about it. And while I'm asking him, I could ask what he thinks about you kissing other guys." He started to walk again. Again I grabbed him.

"You can't do that. I'm beg you, please, you can't tell him." I told him.

"Well, you know what to do to keep me quiet." He said with a smirk.

I shook my head hard and fast. "I not going to kiss you with my boyfriend standing right there." I snapped at him a low tone. We both looked Edward's way and he was looking at a toy or something for Angel. I looked at Alec again. "Please, there has to be something else." I almost begged him. I needed him to be quiet about this. I was going to tell Edward when I was ready. And I didn't need this jackass to speed up the process.

Alec shook his head. "Nothing else interest me."

"Please anything, money?" I asked.

He barked a loud laugh like I was saying something crazy. "As if I need your American money."

"Bella, come here. I want to show you something." I heard Edward call to me. I looked in his direction. He wasn't looking at me like I thought he would be. He was flipping through a rack.

"Coming Edward. Give me a sec, okay?" I told him. When he heard me he nodded, still not looking at me. I sighed hard and turned back to the guy in front of me. "Alec, please, give me something here to work with."

He pulled his arm out of my grip and crossed his arms. "You know what I want."

I put my hands on my head and shook it with my eyes closed. How do I keep getting to mess like this? Why do I keep doing things that puts me in mess like this? I know why, because I let other people control what I do by what they do. That made me get an idea.

I dropped my hands from my head with a sigh. I opened my eyes to see he was still looking at me. I smiled. "Fine. Promise me you won't say anything." nodded. I looked behind me to see if Edward was looking for me. It was a good thing he wasn't because he wasn't about to see what I was about to do.

I turned back to Alec. I gestured him towards me with my index finger. He smiled and leaned into me.

I knew exactly what I was doing, but before I could stop what I was doing, I slapped him across the face as hard I could. He quickly covered the red spot my hand left on his face. He looked at me angrily. Just because I didn't know what I was doing, didn't mean I regret it. Not at all. "You're such a fucking tool who needs to mind his own business." I told him before walking away. I walked over to Edward and grabbed his wrist. He looked at me. "Let's go." I told him.

"Did you find something?" he asked.

I shook my head. "I was going to text Alice to see what she would like then I realized I left my phone again. Can we come back later?" I asked. He was confused, but said okay and let me pull him to the door.

"He will find out, sooner or later." Alec called to me as I walked out the door.

"What is he talking about?" Edward asked.

I turned to him and kissed him. "Don't worry about it." I said then pulled him away from the store.

XXX

On the way back home, he held me the same way he did on our way there. He was still scared of heights. Sorry not heights, flying. This time we both fell asleep. The trip wore me out.

When we landed in Seattle, it was dark. When I looked at my phone, it was sometime after midnight. We took a cab home. We didn't drive ourselves to the airport and I figured no one was up to come get come get us.

"Home at last." I said tiredly as we walked through the door of our home.

"Thank goodness." He said in the same tone. He walked over to the stairs and dropped his bag.

"Where are you going?" I asked when I noticed he wasn't going up them.

"Bathroom. I feel like my bladder is going to bust." He said as he kept walking.

I laughed. "Okay. I'm going to check the messages, and then we could go to bed." I told him.

"Babe, just check them in the morning." He said from the bathroom.

"I can't. The light is beeping like crazy. I won't be able to sleep if I don't." I said to him. he said okay.

I pressed the button. Some of them were from Jacob; he was just saying hi and that he and Leah was doing great. Others were from Emmett and Rosalie, telling Edward that Angel missed him; hope she likes the snow globe he got her.

There some from Alice wanted to talk about Jasper and Jasper wanting to talk about Alice. Why did they not get I was out of that? Some were old ones from Carlisle and everyone else that I never got around to checking.

I deleted them until I got to the last one. I didn't recognize the number. I played it.

"Yes, Mr. Masen. This is Mr. Denali. I believe I called you a week ago."


so guess what, i have exam next week but after that, i am off for three weeks. so here's my plan; i want to finish my second (actually more like third if you want to count this one and APL as one and not as two like me), edit it and get at least five chapters posted before i come back to school which i in jan. and i think i could do it. i just need some help. what kind of help, you ask...well, read, comment, review, suggest me to others, anything you can do. please, and thank you.

R & R, Love you guys.

Luv & Rockets. you know what...i'm changing it up for once...Luv & Pop-Tarts (cause i just had one. yum!)