AN: At the bottom. Enjoy =]

P.s. all italics are Bella's thoughts.

Disclaimer: It's not mine.

Even with my back facing the window, I was still able to know the exact second Edward had entered my room. The air in the room took on an electric charge and I felt the bottom of the mattress dip under his weight as he sat on the bed.

"Bella, are you awake?" he whispered.

I kept my eyes closed and stayed as still as I could while trying to keep my breathing soft and regular. He stood up from the bed and seemed to float on the floorboards which meant that I couldn't hear which direction he went in until I felt his cool breath on my face and a chuckle rumbled in his chest as he whispered in my ear.

"Bella baby, are you awake?" He placed a gentle kiss beneath my jaw.

My breath hitched slightly and I willed my frantic heart to slow down. He began placing wet kisses along the hollow of my throat until he reached my collarbone where he sucked lightly on it. I couldn't prevent the moan that escaped my mouth at the feel of his lips and he broke out into full blown laughter. With a groan I rolled over and opened my eyes to find bright honey-colored eyes that danced with mirth staring back at me.

"Did I even fool you at all?" I asked.

"Not for one second sweetie," he smiled.

I pushed my hands against his chest and he understood that I wanted to get up from the bed. He moved off to the side and sat against the headboard. I moved off the bed to close my bedroom door before turning back towards the bed.

"Bella, I must say that you look positively delectable this evening," he purred.

I blushed as I moved back towards the bed and crawled over to where he was situated. I turned and sat with my back to his chest and he pressed his nose into my neck before inhaling deeply.

"I don't think I'll ever get over your scent," he said.

I pressed my back further into his chest and his hands snaked across my waist to rest on my stomach.

I could feel the familiar feelings of want for him creep up my legs and spread across my body when I suddenly remembered the colour of his eyes.

"You hunted."

It wasn't really a question but he answered all the same.

"Yes, I needed to. My afternoon activities left me a little," he struggled to find the right word, "famished."

"That must have required a lot of control, huh?" I asked while rubbing his knee lovingly.

"Yeah it did, but not as much as I had previously thought," he kissed my cheek, "but we'll definitely have to practice it more often as well as...other things."

"Edward, if you could, I think you would be redder than a beet right now," I laughed.

I felt him chuckle and he was going to say something before he stopped.

"What is it baby? You were gonna say something..." I pressed.

"Was it...good...for you?" he stuttered.

I was shocked. I rarely heard Edward get flustered about anything so I knew that he was really worried that I didn't enjoy the afternoon.

Is he being serious??

I turned around to face him and cupped his jaw in one of my hands.

"Baby, if my screaming orgasm didn't convince you that I liked it, then I don't know what will." I smirked.

"Hmmm, you were pretty loud..." he smiled.

"Oh hush, you know you loved it!" I chided.

He laughed, confirming that he did and I breathed a sigh of relief at the self-loathing that had been avoided.

I love the sound of his laugh...so musical

"So baby, tell me how the rest of your evening went."

I recounted the events that took place from when he left including my unceremonious dinner with Charlie and my failed attempt at tricking him into thinking that I was asleep. The banter flowed easily between us as usual and before I knew it, we had talked into the early hours of the morning. I shivered against his chest and he reached beside me to wrap the comforter around my body.

"Hey Bella?" he whispered.

"Yeah baby?" I whispered back.

"Happy birthday."

Shit!...adonisofaboyfriendsaywhaaatt??

My eyes had been drooping with sleep but they shot open as I sat up with a jolt.

"Fuck! Is it the 13th already?" I gasped.

"Bella, how is it that someone can forget their own birthday?" he laughed.

"You know I hate my birthday, I'm already so much older than you Edward." I whined.

"Only by a year sweetheart (A/N it really bothered me that Edward was 17 in the book so I made everyone one year older in the story...it doesn't really make a difference to the story though) and besides, technically, I could be your grandfather." He turned my face to his. "You know none of this bothers me right?"

He gazed deeply into my eyes and I could feel myself getting completely lost in them. My heart rate spiked and my breathing deepened. I could feel his love cloak me and it sent warm shivers across my skin.

Bloody stupid dazzling vampire powers.

"Yeah I know baby, thank you." I smiled and leaned in to place a soft kiss on his lips.

I snuggled back into his chest and a yawn escaped my lips.

"I've kept you up love, you should get to bed."

"I don't wanna go to sleep now, I'm a big girl," I grumbled.

"Bella, you have a big day ahead of you and you get cranky if you don't sleep for long enough," he laughed.

I narrowed my eyes at him, feeling that that there was more to what he was telling me.

"Define big day, Edward."

"Well...I tried to calm her down..." he paused.

"Edward, what is she planning?" I asked although I had an idea of what Alice had in store for me.

"She...may be...planning a birthday party for you," he rushed.

Oh for fuck's sake Alice!

"Dammit, Edward! She knows I hate surprise parties! What the hell?" I raged.

"Baby, you know Alice is only doing this because she loves you," he said with a small smile.

"Yeah well the last one didn't end up so well, remember?" I spat, remembering the events that had unfolded after my 18th birthday.

He stiffened behind me and let out a slow exhale as he too remembered the details.

"Edward, baby I didn't mean to bring that up. I know we've sorted it out already."I resigned.

"I'm ok; I need to remember it once in a while to make sure that it never happens again," he said with a rigid jaw. He looked like he was a million miles away and I knew I had to bring him back to the

present so I did the only thing I could think of.

"Baby, kiss me," I whispered.

His eyes shifted back to mine and I saw the anguish ebb away as he returned to the moment. With a smile he bent his head down and captured my lips in a soft kiss. He tugged my bottom lip into his mouth and began to suckle lightly. My breathing picked up and I parted my lips in a groan. He wasted no time and invaded my mouth with his cool tongue. His cool breath flooded my mouth and I wrapped my hand around his neck and grasped his hair with my fingers. I tugged it and he moaned into the kiss. My heart rate was through the roof and I could feel wetness soaking my pajama pants. Edward pulled away and touched his forehead to mine before inhaling deeply.

"Bella, we should stop before we get carried away. I promise we'll continue this later on today ok?" He looked pained as if it required a lot of control to pull away from me.

"Hmmm, ok sweetie. I'll hold you to it. Will you stay and sing to me?" I asked as I moved to burrow underneath my covers.

He lay down on top of the covers and spooned behind me. His cool breath danced across my ear as his melodious voice sang me my lullaby. I fell into a deep sleep almost immediately which was filled with blissful dreams of Edward.

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I woke up after noon to find that Edward was gone but a beautifully scripted note resided where he had previously lain.

My Beautiful Bella,

Once again, I wish you a very happy birthday. Alice will be around to pick you up at 4.00pm to go shopping. Please humour her and TRY to accept everything she buys you graciously.

I can't wait to see you at your party.

I'm forever yours.

Edward.

I smiled to myself and didn't even feel trepidation at the thought of going shopping with Alice. If there was one thing I would ever love about birthdays, it was the presents. I rushed to the bathroom and took a refreshing shower. I let the hot water cascade down my hair and relax the stiff muscles in my body. I would have stayed longer in the shower but my stomach complained loudly at the lack of food in it. I came out of the shower and wrapped a towel around me before walking out to my room. I stopped short as I looked at my bed. Perfectly placed in the middle was a pair of black skinny jeans and a long pink printed tee. I raised an eye at the brand new pink converses that were seated on the floor and my face split with a grin as I realized that it could have been none other than Alice.

Gotta love that pixie...

I dressed in a quick fashion and sauntered down stairs and paused at the bottom, shocked by the sight before me. Charlie was seated in the couch facing the TV but turned at the sound of my feet on the stairs.

"Oh, hey Bella," he smiled.

"Dad, what are you doing here? I thought you'd be at work," I replied.

"Well I took the morning off to spend with you. It is your birthday!"

"Yeah don't remind me," I mumbled.

He reached beside the couch to grab an object before getting up and walking towards me.

"Happy birthday, Bells." He shrugged before handing me a package.

"Oh dad, you didn't have to get me anything," I said with a blush.

"Yes I did, I know I'm not around much but I thought to get you something to remember your last teenage year by because you know next year you won't be one," he gushed. He wasn't used to saying this much to me in one go and I could feel the emotion behind it.

Well hopefully I'll be changed before then...

I opened the package and found two tickets to see The Phantom of the Opera. I looked back up at Charlie and grinned widely.

"Thank you...really." I closed the gap between us and wrapped my arms around his middle. He stiffened, momentarily stunned by my action but he relaxed into the hug and even stroked my hair.

"Bella, I just wanted to say, I don't want you to attach the events from last year with today ok? Everybody has moved on and I don't want you dwelling on it and getting upset." He voice was thick with emotion and it cracked slightly at the end. I could feel my eyes well up with tears and I hugged him tighter. After a moment, I pulled back from him and wiped the tears on my face. He blushed and looked down at his feet. There was a moment of awkwardness as we both realized that this was probably the most affectionate we'd been with each other in a while.

Who knew he could be such a softie??

"Thanks dad," I whispered with a small smile. "I'm going to make some brunch, would you like some?"

"It seems a little unfair making you cook on your birthday, how about we go out to eat?" he asked.

"Ok, I'll just grab my jacket." With that, we headed out into the day and he drove my truck to the local diner. We ordered a stack of pancakes between us as well as some eggs and bacon. We laughed at the fact that we came out for brunch and ended up ordering breakfast instead. The time passed easily between us and was filled with easy chatter and comfortable silence. I always liked spending time with Charlie as he didn't require much.

"So Bells, got any plans for this evening?"

"Yes, Alice and Rosalie are taking me shopping at 4.00pm and then the Cullens, well mostly Alice, have planned a surprise party for me...again."

He winced slightly at the last word but nodded and bent his head to continue with his food.

"Ok, well, have fun sweetie," he mumbled.

When we finished our meal, we walked around the park opposite the dinner and he told me stories of his adventures with Billy Black and I felt a slight twinge on my chest as I registered that I missed Jacob. Things had become very tense between us since I chose Edward over him and I at least hope he would call me to wish me a happy birthday. With a sigh I returned to the conversation with Charlie.

"You ok there kiddo?" Charlie asked, picking up on my change in demeanor.

"Yeah I am...I just miss Jacob a bit."

Charlie wrapped an arm around my shoulders and placed a kiss atop my hair.

"Don't worry about it; I'm sure he'll come around soon. Come on, we better get you back to the house. It's almost half 3."

He guided me back to the car and we drove in silence back to the house. He dropped me off and mumbled something about going in to work before kissing my forehead and driving off in the Police Cruiser. I scrambled into the house and proceeded to clean up a bit while waiting for Alice to show.

I had plugged my iPod into my ears and got so engrossed in the music that I didn't hear the doorbell ring. I was vacuuming behind the couch and shaking my hips in time to the music but I felt a hard finger tap my shoulder. I yanked the earphones out and whirled around to come face to face with Alice but I didn't realize how close she was. I jumped back with a shriek and ended up falling over the couch and landed in a very awkward position with my legs over my head.

Ouch...shitcocksuckingmuthafucka!

"Oh, fuck that really hurt." I grumbled as I rubbed my arms, legs, neck and pretty much everywhere on my body. I crawled up the couch slowly and peeked over the top to see Alice biting her lip in an attempt to hold back the impending laughter.

"Go on Alice, laugh it up!" I mumbled.

High pitched peals of laughter filled the room and I'm pretty sure that if she were human, Alice would have been struggling to breath she was laughing so hard.

"Wow, Bella that was a lot funnier than my vision," she laughed.

She saw that and still allowed me to fall like that?? Evil little...

"Yeah, thanks for all your help Alice," I griped.

"Oh Bella, I'm sorry." She stepped around the couch and moulded her hard body around mine. She pushed me away and held my shoulders while looking at my face. "Happy birthday, sweetie!" She pecked my cheek.

Any ire I held for her dissolved quickly as she pressed me into another hug. She asked me how my day had been and I told her of my brunch-but-really-breakfast with Charlie and told her about the tickets to the theatre that he had given me for my birthday. She asked me who I was going to take and I answered that I was thinking of taking Charlie because I wanted to spend more time with him.

"That's a really good idea Bella, he'll really like that. Let's finish up here and head out, Rose is going to meet us at the mall." She smiled.

We headed out to her Porsche and she slipped into the driver's seat and zoomed off down the highway towards the mall. We had been driving for about 10 minutes when Alice turned to face me.

"Alice, please face forward, you know it unsettles me when you guys don't watch the road."

"I know Bella, I just wanted to saw that I'm really sorry we left you last year and this party is a way of me making up what was ruined last time," she said timidly.

"It's really ok. I'm ok. I wish people would stop reminding me of last year. Let's just enjoy today ok? I'm even willing to allow you to spend ridiculous amounts of money on me today," I smirked.

She squealed loudly and clapped her hands together in giddy fashion while bouncing on her seat. My eyes widened as I scolded her for removing her hands from the steering wheel. She rolled her eyes before returning her hands and facing the road.

We arrived at the mall in less than 5 minutes and Alice actually drifted the car into a parking space. I gaped at her open mouthed while she chuckled and patted my knee before exiting the car.

That was something straight out of ProStreet!

I fumbled out of the car and glanced around the parking lot to see if anyone had been around but thankfully no one was. I ran next to her and shook my head at her audacity. We quickly spotted Rosalie by the cluster of horny teenage guys ogling her a couple of feet away. She sashayed her hips seductively towards us resulting in giving the teenagers almost heart attacks.

"Happy birthday, Bella." She smiled and pulled me into a hug. I wasn't as close to Rosalie as I was to Alice so I was a bit shocked at her public display of affection but returned it none the less.

"Thank you Rose. You know, I'm pretty sure those guys have creamed their pants from your sexy stunt."

Melodious sounds of musical chimes bounced off the walls of the store as Rosalie and Alice burst into peals of laughter. I joined them in their mirth and something told me that they were used to this behaviour but were still tickled by its regular occurrence.

"Shall we Bella?" Alice asked once we had calmed down.

I nodded and we headed out to get the dresses that we would wear for the evening. Before we headed into the store, Alice stopped in her tracks and turned to face me.

"Ok Bella, for your birthday, I will buy you your dress for tonight as well as future outfits."

"And I will buy you the lingerie you will wear tonight as well as in the future," Rosalie added with a smirk.

I bit my lip in order to stop myself from complaining about it because I knew it wasn't up for negotiation. With a nod of my head we continued into the store.

We had been shopping for about an hour and there was a mountain of clothes that would soon be invading my closet. Rosalie had chosen her dress for the evening. It was an Oasis Belted Peplum Dress that came up about mid-thigh and had two thin spaghetti straps holding it up.

"Damn Rose, you'd think you were the birthday girl!" I laughed as she spun around for me to admire the dress.

"Not to worry Bella, I've found the perfect dress for you," Alice sang.

And indeed she had. It was a one-shouldered midnight blue slinky dress. It had a body-con style and was tied into a bow at the shoulder. It exuded sexiness and innocence at the same time and it made me feel beautiful when I put it on. I agreed with Alice that I wanted the dress and she added it to the 'take' pile. Alice's dress was simple yet beautiful as well. It was a mini dress with a scoop neckline and it had a layered effect to it. Both girls looked breathtaking and I was sure that I paled in comparison to them. Once Alice paid for our items, they arranged for the bags to be taken to the car while we moved on to the next shop.

"Ok ladies, next stop shoes!" Alice squealed.

I just rolled my eyes and followed her into the shop. She had taken it upon herself to color coordinate everyone so that I would be donning blue with red accessories, Rosalie would be wearing red with black accessories, and she would be wearing green with more earthy toned accessories. Once we bought our purchases, we headed up to the lingerie store. Our day had been filled with fun and laughter and we were all having a blast shopping together.

Wow, I can't believe that I'm actually enjoying this shopping trip!

We didn't spend too much time shopping for lingerie because my stomach had begun complaining loudly but I chose a red lace bra and French knickers set. I thought that the idea went nicely with the red accessories I would be wearing and Alice agreed with me. They went around picking out baby dolls and push-up bras and other items at almost vampiric speed before Rosalie hurriedly paid for the items and set up an arrangement similar to the previous two shops we visited.

My stomach made a loud gurgling sound and Rosalie turned to me with an exasperated look.

"Alright, alright Bella, we're taking you to feed IT now...tell it to stop crying!"

"I'm not even sorry Rose, but I am starving so let's go." I grabbed her arm and tugged it harshly in the direction of the food court but she followed lazily with Alice snickering behind her. We arrived at the restaurant after what felt like eternity and we were led to our seats. As I looked at the menu, I saw that there weren't many healthy options on it but I realized that I wasn't at all bothered.

Well I already ruined my diet today with the pancakes earlier...oh well! It's my birthday and I'll eat what I want. I think I'm in the mood for something greasy and totally heart attack worthy.

A waitress arrived to take our orders and I ordered a burger with all the trimmings as well as a side helping of fries and a banana milkshake. When the waitress turned to Alice and Rosalie, they kindly refused opting to go for just a glass of water and a coke respectively. Once the waitress had left, Rosalie turned to face me with a disgusted look on her face.

"Jeez Bella, do you want a blocked coronary before your 20?"

"Meh, it's my birthday," I replied with a shrug.

"That's no excuse Bella, I thought you where all for eating healthy and shit...TWP remember?"

"Speaking of TWP Bella, how's that going for you?" Alice raised a perfectly arched eyebrow at me.

I blushed heavily as I realized that I hadn't given them any updates concerning the matter. Luckily, the waitress arrived with my food and I began shoving the fries into my mouth in an attempt to prevent them from asking me questions, knowing I wouldn't answer with my mouth full.

"We'll wait here all day if we have to Bella, so it would be in your best interest to stop stalling and get to talking," Rosalie said nonchalantly while checking her manicured fingers.

With a sigh I swallowed the food in my mouth and began recounting the various episodes that had happened. From the first failed attempt, to the big fight we had and right down to the making up that we did. It felt good to get it off my chest as I didn't have a sister to talk to, and my mother was miles away, not that I would ever give her any information seeing as it would lead to all sorts of unwanted questions. They listened intently and didn't comment until I had finished talking.

"Wow, Bella, I can honestly say I didn't think our Eddie boy had it in him!" Rosalie was genuinely surprised.

We started laughing at that and Alice suddenly stopped and stared off into space with a blank look on her face.

What the?...oh, she's having a vision.

Alice came out of a vision and a devious smile etched slowly across her face. I was suddenly very afraid of the vision she had just seen. She whispered something very quickly to Rosalie and I strained to hear it but it was in tones that were too low for my mortal ears to pick up.

"Come on Bella, we have to go get ready for your party." Alice was hurriedly packing things away and stood with Rosalie ready to go.

I sat still with my arms crossed across my chest and narrowed my eyes at them.

"Where's the fire folks?" I snarked.

"Oh Bella please, this is not the time for a tantrum. Trust us, you'll thank us later." Rosalie chided.

With a pout I stood up and followed them towards the car park feeling both excitement and dread at what the evening had to offer.

A/N: To start with, thanks goes to my fabulous beta Daniiface. She rocks sumthin special!!

Ok, so I'm in the middle of moving house so my time has not been my own at all. I know that's not really an excuse but that's real life for ya! I promise i've already started on chapter 5...**shifty eyes**

This story is winding now now, it's only got about 2 more chapters (including an epilogue) and then an EPOV.

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