"Um… Edward?" I asked, worried.
"Yes?" he said not looking at me, still concentrating at something in his hands.
"What exactly is that?" Edward stopped looking at it and looked at me with the look of laughter in his eyes. We where sat in my truck, waiting at traffic lights, to get to his house. I was driving for once, because he wanted to see how confused I would get on the way there.
"Your birthday present."
"Edward." I looked at him. He held it up. It was a key. I didn't want anything for my birthday, but a key?
"It's a key to a farm. A mountain lion farm to be precise."
I raised an eyebrow. "A mountain lion farm?"
"Yes, for when I change you." He struggled on the last words, and I knew it pained him to say it. He looked down at the key, and then looked at me through his eyelashes. "Your not going to change your mind about that, are you?" I shook my head immediately as if it was a programmed response. "Didn't think so." He looked down at his present to me again sadly. I placed my hand on his, taking the key. As always he was ice cold, but surprisingly warmer than the day's temperature.
"I love it." I smiled, and he smiled up at me looking at me with his black eyes. He had purple rings under his eyes. I let go of the key, and his smile went into a confused frown. "It looks like you need to use that. You look really thirsty."
"And it looks like you need to use your eyes with driving. The traffic lights went go about 2 minutes ago." He laughed.
"Crap!" I suddenly was aware of the honking behind me, and people going around me to carry on with getting where they need to go. I was so lost in his beauty that the real world melted around me, and I found it hard to breath again. Soon my breathing pattern will become so irregular when Edward was around, Charlie would want to send me to the hospital. Charlie … "Crap again!"
"What is it?" Edward looked worried by my random outburst.
"I forgot to tell Charlie I was coming here." I said quietly. I had already resumed driving, but I had a feeling I had missed something else.
"You needed to turn left at the last turning. It's not your day today is it? And, please, don't swear again." Edward added. I swore sometimes he could read my mind, because I was about to swear again. That's not what I had missed though. I racked my brains for what I had forgotten. "By the way have you got Alice's birthday present?" I groaned at what I had forgotten. "Guess not then." He smirked. Then something else hit me.
"Why have you got my birthday present today? I was nineteen only 6 months ago. Its another six months till my … my twentieth birthday."
"I had realised that Bella. I was just hoping that you would agree to my proposition before yours ran out."
"What is mine again?"
"You want to be a vampire before you are twenty." Edward said in a dead – pan voice.
"Oh yeah." I said wanting to ask him something. I wasn't sure if I should, I didn't want to upset him. "Can I ask you something?"
"'Course Bella." He said evidently distracted.
"It may hurt your feelings."
"My feelings can cope." He was still distracted.
"Why do you want to marry me before I become a vampire?" I flinched when he growled.
"I have told you before. Its all about human experiences." I sighed defeated again. I admit I didn't try that time, but I had no answer to that.
Edward suddenly edged closer to me in the car and put his arm around me. I closed my eyes momentarily and took a deep breath, I needed to concentrate on driving. When I breathed in, I smelt his amazing smell. I never gave it credit when he was gone. He kissed me on the cheek, and then whispered into neck with his cool breath, "I'm so sorry about this." I was confused at first, then as I saw the opening to his house I saw a brand new car, with a big bow on it, saying 'For Bella' on it.
"Alice has given me a present on her birthday?"
"It's the only reason that she wanted to have a birthday party." He shrugged.
"Edward." I said in a huff.
"Please at least be thankful. She does love you, you know."
"Yeah so do you but you don't buy me cars." I said to him in a grouchy way when he opened the drivers door for me.
"That's because I have learnt the art of knowing when you don't want something. You are going to have to take it you realise? Give it to Charlie or something."
"Who said I didn't want it?"
"Well you implied it. Whenever I offer you a car you say no." he said in a confused and slightly pained voice.
"That's fair enough. I don't want it but I will still drive it here so she sees me driving."
"Thank you." He kissed me lightly on the lips. He turned away to walk to his house. "We would get here a lot faster." He muttered.
I gasped dramatically. "Are you commenting on my driving?" I asked stroking my truck. His crooked smile surfaced and he laughed as walked towards me.
"Why yes I am. And what are you going to do about it?" he teased.
"No kissing for one month." I said defiantly.
"Really?" He raised an eyebrow, still teasing.
"Yes."
"Really really?"
"Yes yes."
"You could resist this," he picked me up and put me on the bonnet of my truck and kissed me full on the mouth. Naturally as ever, I responded with too much enthusiasm. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me closer to his ice cold body. My arms rested on his shoulders and my hands where playing with his hair. I knew he would stop anytime soon. But he didn't, he let it carry on. We must have been there for 3 minutes kissing as passionately as he would allow until it was necessary for breath and me to stop. "For one month?" he gasped.
"I..." I was gasping for breath and he laughed.
"Of course you couldn't." he smiled and he swept me up into his arms so he was cradling me. He was still laughing when he did this.
"Ok, one week." I said, joining in with his laughter of my hopelessness to resist him. He shook his head as he opened the door.
"One day? One hour? One minute?" We kept on with this banter until I ended up with one millionth of a nano second when we where in his living room. Neither of us noticed of course, because we where locked in each other's eyes. His, still black from thirst held a golden glow. He bent his head down to kiss me again. I couldn't respond with as much enthusiasm because my feet weren't touching the ground, but I was breathless all the same.
"Could you put my daughter down please?" Charlie said unexpectedly.
"Oh my gosh!" I yelled and Edward was so surprised that he dropped me. I fell to the laminated floor with a crash and Edward was by my side in an instant. He stroked my head lovingly and looked upset. Then in an instant he looked shocked, then pained. He lifted up his hand and it was soaked in my blood. He laughed.
"You always bleed at my house don't you?" he giggled, restraining himself because my father was in the room. Jasper walked into the room, looking confused. Alice turned around quickly and ushered him out of the room.
"I said put her down not drop her you idiot." Charlie said sternly. He tried to push him aside but Edward's strength overpowered him. Edward stared at him blankly. Charlie didn't like being defeated in strength, so this added to his annoyance towards Edward. "Move you imbecile!"
"Dad! Don't you dare talk to him about that!" I said horrified.
"I will if I want. All he ever does when he is around is cause trouble. He is NO good for you Bella. Mike Newton however …" he trailed off.
"Dad I would never love Mike Newton."
"You don't love him, it's just a teenage fling. Its stupid and idiotic." With that, Edward stood up, looking more pained than I had ever seen him. He walked out of the room and into the kitchen. I heard the water running to wash his hands of my blood. I looked at him and I thought I saw a single tear run down his face. But then again I always saw things that weren't true.
"Oh shut up dad." I said getting up. I swayed a little because of my head, but then I was set on finding Edward. He wasn't in the kitchen, or in the corridor. No doubt he was in his room, because he was way too fast for Charlie to notice him. I passed and ignored Charlie when he tried to take me home. I walked up the stairs, the pain of my head taking full effect. I carefully knocked on his bedroom door and then allowed myself in. He was sitting on the floor with his legs dangling out of his long panel windows. His head was bowed and he was motionless. I walked over to him and sat behind him. I wrapped my arms around him, and I felt him relax a little. He turned around, picked me up and hugged me with as much force as Jacob did.
"Was he right?" He asked quietly.
"What?" I shrieked. Edward jumped and I let go of him. He looked down at me confused. I slapped him. Hard. Accidentally.
"Ow! That actually hurt! You are going to be one strong vampire!" he cried.
"How dare you actually believe him? Why would you do that? You know how much I love you!" I shrieked again. Edward looked at me with a straight face and then burst out laughing.
"I guess I was stupid. And for that slap … you are not getting any kisses for 1 month!" He laughed. "And…" He picked me up and put me on his back suddenly, running and jumping into the woods that was behind his house.
"Edwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrsdddddddddddd!" I screamed as we flew flawlessly through nature.