Characters belongs to Stephenie Meyer of course. This is just a fanmade story by me. I hope you'll like it.

Edward's POV

Sparkling Sapphire

We drove quite fast to Seattle as we were both excited about this trip, seeing the road flying past us as I accelerated even more, going over a hundred-and-ten.

"Thank you, Alice," I said as I parked the car outside the jeweler's shop twenty minutes later. "For what?" she asked absent-mindedly in return as she got out of my silver Volvo. Her mind was occupied with rings, which was our mission right now. We were here in Seattle to look at engagement rings and such. I was going to propose to my dear Bella later tonight. As much as I tried denying it I knew I was very nervous about this in particular. I had no idea how to do this, and I wanted to do it properly. I wanted to be sure of a "Yes" and so this just had to be perfect. Nothing less.

"For doing this," I smiled. "For helping me pick out the perfect ring."
She grinned. "Anytime, Edward."
I grinned, too.

"I'm so happy for you and Bella!" She ran and hugged me, and my smile just widened.
"Thank you, Alice." I said again, hugging her back.

"Oh," she said then, breaking off, alarming me immediately.

"What?" My thoughts had wandered off, too, but to Bella herself instead. My sister's sudden cry had woken me up from my reverie. I'd been thinking about how I should actually do this later, and what Bella's reaction would be like. I was pretty sure she'd surprise me, like always, but hopefully it'd be in a good way this time.

"You won't see Bella for a few more hours. Sorry!" she frowned. I knew how much she wanted this to happen, too, almost as much as I wanted it to even.
"Why not?" I frowned, too.
"It's going to be a very busy day, that's all."

We walked into the shop and a man in his thirties stepped immediately forwards to greet us. "Hello," he said in this very british accent, with a broad smile on his lips. "Do you need any help?"

Alice smiled warmly at the man. "We're looking for the perfect ring.." she winked at him and inclined her head towards me. "And don't worry about the price. That won't be an issue here."

He was a bit baffled at first, but he soon regained his senses, and smiled back at my sister. "Ah! I suppose this is for one special little lady?" He guessed, glancing at me and I couldn't help but to smile at him as he went behind the counter. "Of course." I said politely, still smiling. How could I not?

"So, what did you two have in mind?" he indicated the pieces underneath the glass-cases in front of him. I walked over there for a closer look, as did Alice.

She looked up at him almost rightaway. Perhaps a bit too soon. "Do you have anything more, what do you say, unique?" He didn't seem to notice though, I sighed in relief internally at that.

A devilish grin appeared on my face for just a second though, knowing how Alice was. I turned to look at the shopkeeper instead, anxiously awaiting his answer. "Of course, Miss!" he said, delighted. We didn't want to alarm the man by correcting him, telling him she was married already, so we kept quiet.
Me and my sister's smiles just widened instead.

"There's one ring.. It's quite expensive.." he started, looking at us meaningfully.
"Money is not a problem." Alice said again, smiling sweetly.
He nodded knowingly. "It's called The Meganium by its maker. It's pure gold and it's decorated with a delicate sapphire at its heart. And a thin wreath of diamonds encircles it.."

As he described it I could see it in my head; me slipping that ring on my Bella's finger. I saw the huge smile lightening up her face as I did it, too, while I was on my knees, asking her to be my bride.
It was perfect.

As I snapped out of my reverie I saw both Alice and the human male watching me cautiously. I chuckled slightly, feeling quite self-conscious at this point. "That's the one."

Alice beamed at me. YAY!, she screamed inside her head and I grinned at that.

"What would you like to engrave it with, Mr..?"

"Mr. Cullen," I told him. "And I'd like it to say.." This was the hard part. The hardest one, in my opinion. A message that could only contain a few words was supposed to describe how much she really meant to me. It was very hard indeed. My reason and life? Perhaps that was too corny, but it was still true though. She was my everything, and I wouldn't want anything else for as long as I lived, which was for eternity so that said pretty much all. My encircled heart? Okay, that was a bit too much.

Then it hit me.

That's so cute, Edward!! It's the most perfect thing you could ever put!!, Alice screamed again. "Thank you," I mumbled, too quiet for the human to hear me.
I turned to look the shopkeeper straight in the face now. "This is what I want you to put.."
His green eyes brightened at my words. "Excellent, sir. I'm sure you're future fiancée will be just thrilled."

"I sure hope so.." I told him as I paid him the amount of money I owed. It would've been very, very expensive in my Bella's eyes, but nothing was too expensive for me if I put it all on her. She deserved so much more.

We'd spent about an hour or two at the Jeweler's before we were ready to leave. It was time to go to the florist now!
It took us about thirty extra minutes to get there because of a stupid traffic jam.
"You saw this coming, didn't you?" I glared at my favorite sister, and she looked back at me, unashamed.
"Yes."

"Are there any more road-blocks up ahead?" I asked, beginning to drum my fingers impatiently on the wheel as I waited for the traffic lights to turn green.
"Not that I can see right now, but this one was unevitable, Edward." she told me, and I frowned.
"Perfect.."

When we finally got there, a young girl named Alexa, it said so on her namecard, gave me and my sister a friendly smile. She was rather petite and she had this long, wavy brown hair that reached her as far down as her waist. Her blue eyes darted from Alice to me, and back. I wonder if they're related.., she mused. I chuckled. Hadn't I heard that question far too many times already? It was getting kind of funny almost.

"What?"

"It's nothing." I said. "Let's go look at some flowers! Do you think she likes roses?" I asked as I went to stand beside Alexa, who got surprised to my amusement, as she was standing amongst the mountains of different-colored roses; black, yellow, pink, red, purple and tiger? That was the oddest thing I'd ever seen; a black and yellow rose, a tiger rose. "I have no idea, Edward." Edward.. nice name..

"Well, I hope she likes them.." I picked up seven red roses as I knew that seven roses meant that you loved the person you gave them to. And I loved Bella Swan more than anything, or anyone, in the whole world, so of course she'd recieve seven delicate red roses from me. I was nothing but thorough.

This trip had taken much longer than I'd expected. Five hours! I hoped Bella was okay, and that she'd have fun while I'd been away. I mused over what she'd possibly done without me. I knew Jasper was there to keep her company, but mainly to keep her calm though. And Rosalie and Emmett were there, too. Our parents had gone away on another hunting-trip. I knew she wasn't as fond of Rosalie and Jasper like she was everyone else, but at least she had Emmett. I knew they liked each other a lot. It made me happy that they got along so well.

I drove as fast as I could to get home, longing to be with her again, and eager for later tonight when I was about to ask her the most important thing ever; Will you marry me, Isabella Marie Swan?

The car's speed increased as I slammed the gaspedal further down.

We were home in no time.

I took the red roses in one hand and the little black velvet box in the other as I made my way up the driveway with Alice walking next to me. She was already too far-out, thinking about wedding dresses and what catering company she should hire and everything else that needed to be fixed before the wedding. I smiled as I joined in on her thoughts, thinking now also on such things. Although she hadn't said "Yes." yet, but I was pretty sure she would. After all, we were practically made for each other. She was my other half, she completed me. Now I just wanted to make it official, so the rest of the world would know this, too; that we were each other's soulmates.

I didn't see it at first as it took me by surprise, but when I finally did realize what I was seeing was true, my eyes widened in shock. My already frozen body went numb. I knew this would haunt me for all eternity, forever etched behind my pale eyelids; the vision of my most beloved kissing my own brother with more passion than she'd ever had with me.

Jasper... Alice's thoughts penetrated my mind as it shut down on its own. I suddenly realized that I was not alone being cheated on. Jasper had betrayed her just as much as my Bella had betrayed me. I took comfort in that, but still.. I could not forget this. Ever.

Hehe. The people I dedicate this chapter to are actually hidden in the chapter! Clever, huh? Yup, if I may say so myself. Very clever indeed. All I can tell yah is that I dedicate this to 5 people. You all know who you are! Lady loves y'all very much! Hehe. I really do hope you liked this chappy!
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