Stephanie Meyer owns the story.

BPOV

I woke up suddenly with a little munchkin hopping up and down on my back calling out loudly "Auntie Bella, Auntie Bella, Prince Edward disappeared".

I rolled over and peeked out my eyelids as the sun was way too bright coming in from the window. "Calm down, peanut butter cup, Auntie Bella has not had coffee"

"But Auntie Bella, Prince Edward disappeared"

I slowly sat up and swung my legs off the bed, sliding my feet into my slippers and pushing myself off the bed. I shuffled my way to the living room where the sofa was as Hannah had said empty. My heart sunk a little. He had folded the quilt and left it on the arm of the sofa. I could not help myself; I picked it up and brought it to my nose. Sure enough I could smell his cologne on the fabric. Man, he smelled so good. "See I told ya, Prince Edward disappeared!" Hannah said jumping up and down again. I put the blanket back on the couch feeling a little foolish. "Well, I am sure he had something he had to do, let's go make some breakfast and get Auntie Bella a cup of coffee"

When I walked in the kitchen, there propped next to the phone was the message pad with a little note that said: Izzy B, you're beautiful when you are sleeping, I didn't have the heart to wake you. I went home to shower and change. What are your plans for lunch? Call Me, Edward…My heart skipped a beat and I couldn't keep the huge smile off my face. It took everything I had not to snatch up the phone and call him. I told myself to have a little dignity and restraint, but my head didn't want to be logical. I turned the pad over as if by not looking at it, that it would become less tempting.

I started the coffee and some pancake batter and began making Mickey Mouse shaped pancakes for Hannah. Hannah got out the butter and syrup and climbed up on the stool at the kitchen island and watched me as I pretended to by a famous chef, flipping the pancakes with a flourish. She giggled as one flopped onto the counter instead of the skillet. I crossed me eyes and stuck out my tongue which made her giggle harder.

After she started in on her pancakes, I pulled out a bagel and stuck it in the toaster.

When I smothered the cream cheese onto the warm toasty bagel, my mind started to drift. I could not help but to day dream about his smile and his amazing green eyes. I felt like a teenager with a high school crush. I thought back to my sophomore year in high school and Mr. Peterson's English class. I had a huge crush on Jason "James Dean wannabe" Hensel. Jason sat underneath the classroom clock in the back of the class while I, along with my friend Alyssa sat in the front row. She would lean forward a few times each day and whisper "Bella what time is it?" when she would catch me peeking back towards the clock. The process was pointless as Jason was dating Anna Luisa Caulder who was perfect in every way, from grades to looks she was a "10".

I wondered what ever happened to Jason and Anna Luisa for a moment.

Oh well, I thought to myself as I drank the last swallow of my second cup of coffee.

I pulled up a chair to the sink so that Hannah could help "wash" the dishes. She would rinse them and hand them to me to load into the dishwasher. She was such a little chatter box in the morning. Chattering on and on about a story she and Angela had been reading at bedtime. She described the princess and the brave prince who had fought a dragon and broke a magic spell. She went on and on about the princess's crown and beautiful pink dress that made her the most beautiful princess of all. It made the prince fall crazy in love with her with just one look. She declared that boys are gross so if the prince kisses the princess she may just throw up cause kissing boys is super gross. I giggled and asked what if the Prince was her Daddy. "Oh, Daddy's are not boys so it's not the same thing, silly" she said with such a solemn face. "Hmm, what if it were Prince Edward?" I asked her leaning in and tapping her nose. "Auntie Bella!" she shrieked looking shocked. "Prince Edward can kiss a princess on the forehead but not on the lips! You can only kiss on the lips if its your mommy or daddy but boys only kiss girls if they are gonna get married. Do you want Prince Edward to kiss you and then you can get married???" I could feel my face flush. "Oh, Um, Well, Um, You see, Um, Hannah," I started. Luckily the phone rang and I snatched it up and said "Hello" "Hey, Bella, its Angela, how is Hannah doing, is she driving you crazy yet?" I laughed, "Nope, we have been having a great time; we were just doing the breakfast dishes. I will have to tell you the humorous story about her conversation at dinner last night" "Uh Oh" Angela said. "Is it bad?" I laughed "Nah, You know kids they just say what ever is on their mind, she is right here if you want to talk with her?"

"Yes, but Bella if you need me I can be there in no time" Angela said with the sound of guilt in her voice. "Angela, we are fine really, enjoy your time with Ben especially since he is a Daddy and Daddy's are not boys, I have been informed" I said with a smile. "Un huh, I just keep letting her think that but I assure you, her Daddy is ALL BOY" she said with a giggle. "Ok, now I am gonna throw up..." I said in monotone. "Hannah, mommy's on the phone" I handed her the phone and finished rinsing the few dishes left and put them in the dishwasher and started to wipe off the counter. I listened to Hannah's glowing report of Edward and eating Mickey Mouse pancakes and sure enough she asked her mom if when Prince Edward married Auntie Bella if that would make him Uncle Edward. Whatever Angela said made Hannah smile really big and jump up and down. "Yeah!! Ok Mommy, love you too! " she said then handed me the phone.

"Ok, Angela, have fun…" I said listening to her laugh and then she said "Uncle Edward huh…wonder if he is ALL BOY too?"

"You dork, I am gonna go, I gotta take a shower. Love ya ." I said "Bye Bella" I heard her say laughing. I hung up the phone and turned around to see Hannah holding up her back pack. "Auntie Bella? Can you make my hair beautiful today?" she said. I smiled. "Your hair is already beautiful baby girl, but yes, I can do your hair. Let's go take a quick bubble bath and then we will call Prince Edward ok?" "Can we call him first?" She asked with the puppy dog eyes look that she knew would make me melt..but honestly like I needed encouragement. I picked up the phone receiver, held it up to my ear took a deep breath, let it out and dialed. He picked up on the second ring, out of breath like he had been jogging. "Hello Bella?" I smiled as he sounded so excited and hopeful that it was me. "What would you have done if it were someone else?" I said my heart doing a little flip. "I would have told them I was waiting on a call from a beautiful brunette and that I would call them later and then I would have hung up on them" he said with that rich velvet voice that made me think of chocolate melting on my tongue. "Will you and Hannah meet me for lunch?" He said that like I wouldn't crawl on my hands and knees over crushed glass to meet him anywhere. "Sure, where would you like to eat?" I asked knowing that no matter what he said I was game. "How about we meet at the Museum of Natural History, they have a café and I think Hannah would like the dinosaur exhibit they have there?" Edward sounded like he thought I would say no. Not in a million years. "That sounds great, how about we meet on the steps at one o'clock?" I said watching Hannah bounce up and down waiting for me to get off the phone. "Perfect, it's a date, and Izzy B I miss you already" he said and my heart did another little flip. "Me too, see you at one, bye" I said and hung up the phone. I looked down at Hannah's expectant face. "Ok, we are gonna meet him at the dinosaur museum" I said and her eyes went wide. "The one with the bones that Mommy took me too?" she said jumping up and down. "Yes, but we will have to hurry to get ready. She turned and ran for the bathroom her little girl cackles echoing behind her and I chased after her down the hall.

One cotton candy scented bubble bath later; I finished Hannah's hair and got her dressed. I turned on a movie for Hannah while I showered, taking extra time with my hair and skin care routine. I started to leave the bathroom and then changed my mind and picked up the bottle of perfume on the counter that I had splurged on because I loved the scent. I pulled out the stopper and looked at myself in the mirror and giggled as I slid the glass down between my breasts and then behind my ears.

I felt a little silly at first but then I thought to myself, "Bella, you want this man, you need this" and then I slid into my black lacy lingerie. I knew only I would know about it but I wanted to give myself that added bit of confidence that comes from power panties. After pulling out half my closet holding up and discarding outfit after outfit, I decided on a black wrap around blouse with capped sleeves and some grey slacks with black flats. I pulled my hair back into a low pony tail using a silver barrette and changed my jewelry to a silver set. I pulled out a thin grey cardigan to bring just in case it got chilly. I went for a classic look with my make up, light and natural with a barely there lip color and gloss.

I turned around and around in front of my full length mirror, making sure that my choices were the look I was going for: classy, cultured, and sophisticated. Perfect, I thought and went to gather up the things Hannah might need slipping them into her backpack.

Thirty minutes later we were walking up to the museum and there standing on the steps like a Greek god was Edward. It didn't escape my notice that the female population that walked past him gave him appraising looks. He didn't seem to notice, instead he was talking on his cell phone with a smile on his face, suddenly he laughed and the sound carried to where Hannah and I were. Hannah heard him and called out "Prince Edward!" I felt the blood rush to my face when a few people turned around and looked at us. Edward just smiled and quickly closed his phone, leaned down and opened his arms. That was all the encouragement Hannah needed, she pulled her hand from mine and ran to him jumping into his arms for a hug. Edward scooped her up in a big hug and then set her back down. He grabbed her hand and then turned to me, his eyes were bright and his smile made me catch my breath.

When I walked up he leaned in and pulled me into a one arm hug and whispered into my ear, "you look beautiful, oh and you smell good too" he added placing a light kiss on the soft skin next to my ear. "Thank you" I said hoping I didn't sound as breathless as I felt.

He grabbed my hand and said "I hope you don't mind but I already bought our tickets?" and headed for the doors into the museum. "Are you hungry? Would you rather eat first or walk around a little?" He asked once we were in the lobby. "Oh, we had a late breakfast so we should be ok to walk around for awhile." I said slightly distracted by the way the sunlight coming in through the windows made the high lights in his hair shine. It took serious restraint not to reach out and run my fingers through it to see if it was as silky as it looked. I felt myself blush when I realized that he had caught me staring. He leaned in and whispered in my ear "I like it when you look at me like that" Oh man, what do I say to that, I decided to play it cool. "Like what?" I spluttered not sounding cool at all. He chuckled and watching Hannah who was starring at an exhibit he leaned in and whispered again "Like, you want to touch me".. A flood of heat ran from my toes to the top of my head and I knew my stupid face was giving me away. "Its ok Izzy B, I was thinking the same thing about you" he said with a smile. Suddenly, some exhibit caught Hannah's eye so she grabbed Edwards hand and pulled him towards it leaving me a second blessedly to calm down and catch my breath. "Bella, Bella, Bella, girl what have you gotten yourself into?" my logical side screamed into my head, but my heart told it to shut the hell up, I mean look at him.

Edward and Hannah were standing in front of a Pterodactyl skeleton. "I love this one; did you know that dinosaurs can fly?" Hannah said looking up at Edward. "Yep, do you know why dinosaurs are extinct? Edward asked back. Hannah's scrunched up her face and said "Everyone knows that...because they smelled really bad" then she rolled her eyes like he was so dumb. Edward threw his head back and laughed out loud and I couldn't help but laugh too.

We walked from exhibit to exhibit, Edward holding my hand as we followed Hannah around. At each exhibit he would point out random things to Hannah that I would never have noticed.

Suddenly I felt Edward stiffen next to me and looked up to see a gentleman who from his jacket worked for the museum walking toward us with a big smile.

"Mr. Cullen! How wonderful to see you sir! Why didn't you let anyone know that you were here? We would have been more than happy to provide you with a docent, as we do all our donors."

"Thank you Mr. King for your kind offer, but I won't be needing any help today, but again I appreciate your offer" Edward said through a forced smile.

"Well of course Mr. Cullen, if we can be of any help what-so-ever, please ask at the desk and I will be more than happy to provide you with what ever you need." Mr. King said in a way too jovial way.

"Again, unnecessary but thank you, if you would be so kind as to excuse us?" Edward said as he grabbed Hannah's hand in his other one and started towards the next exhibit.

He looked embarrassed.

When we stopped he pinched the bridge of his nose and let out a sigh. I smiled at him and rubbed his arm. "Don't worry about it" I said and scooped Hannah up and proceeded to tickle her sides. "Ok, peanut butter cup, lets go get some food in you" I said turning towards Edward with Hannah wiggling in my arms. "Lead the way Prince Edward?" I said and watched a smile light up his face.

"Oh but Izzy B, you have such a lovely morsel in your arms, why don't we snack on her?" Edward said pulling Hannah from my arms and supporting her upside down around her hips with one arm he proceeded to tickle he while she giggled loudly. "But I taste yucky" she gasped out through her giggles.

"Oh, well I guess we will have to settle for café food" he said flipping her over so her feet were on the floor. "I know where it is, come with me" she said grabbing my hand and Edward's and proceeded to swing our arms as she walked along, leading us straight to the café entrance. After glancing at the menu and giving him our selection, Edward agreed to order for us at the counter while Hannah and I found a table. Edward came back with a tray loaded with food. After passing the food out we proceeded to enjoy our lunch, Edward reaching over and holding one of my hands across the table. I was having such a wonderful time, that I didn't notice that a a young pregnant woman had walked up holding the hand of a young girl until she cleared her voice. "Well, Edward I am surprised to see you here" she said her green eyes roving over me and then flicking to Hannah. Edward stood up immediately and reached out giving the woman a perfunctory hug and a kiss on the cheek, the green eyed monster in me roared to life and I quickly looked down at my lap. 'Danae, good afternoon, its good to see you" he said and then looked to the girl with a smile and a nod "Sarah Rose" She smiled and said "Good afternoon Uncle Edward" Wow, so formal for a child I thought.

"Danae, this is Isabella Swan, Isabella this is my sister Danae" he said. Taking his cue, I stood and shook her hand, but my brain was doing a happy dance..sister…sister…she is his sister. "It is so nice to meet you, and this is Hannah" I said turning to Hannah who smiled and waved. She had peanut butter on the side of her mouth from her PB&J that she was eating. "So very nice to meet you" Danae said but the warmth never reached her eyes. She turned her body effectively ignoring me and said "Edward, you are coming to the event next Saturday right? Grandmother will very upset if you don't show up for a little while and mingle and I know that Tanya was hoping to see you now that she is back." I was watching Edward closely and noticed him stiffen and fire hit his eyes. Oh, he was angry. He sat down and grabbed my hand and looked up at his sister. "Yes, I did plan to attend. Although I hadn't secured my date for the evening yet, you are free Bella?" he said with a smile, turning those green eyes on me, and oh there was a different fire in them now. It knocked the breath out of me. He squeezed my hand and it brought me back from the naughty place I was in. From the corner of my eye I saw his sister's head snap toward me. Oh, my! she was livid.

I could feel the red rush into my face. I panicked. On one hand I didn't want to say no to anything he asked and it seemed important to him. On the other hand, every insecurity I ever had about myself flew through my mind in a instant. Could I pull this off? No way Jose, but darn if I couldn't silence that part of me that wanted to smack that look off her face. "Of course, I would love to go" I said putting on my best smile and turning toward Danae "I am sure it will be such fun"

"Yes, well I must get Sarah Rose to her ballet class, it will be so nice to see you both there, oh and nice meeting you Bella.. and um Hannah too" she said turning away and pulling Sarah Rose behind her.

I looked at Edward who was shaking his head. "I love her, she is my sister, but there are times when I think she forgets herself, she really can be a fun person . I know, I know from the look on your face Bella, but trust me, somewhere deep inside there under all that armor is a warm beating heart" he said pulling my hand up to his lips and placing a kiss on the knuckle. "You really don't mind going do you?" he said looking a little worried.

"No, not at all" I lied my stomach squeezing into a knot.

Once lunch was over, Edward refilled our drinks and we sat talking and laughing until Hannah started getting a little cranky. It was obvious that she was getting tired. We agreed that it was probably time to call it a day.

We walked out of the museum and headed for the lot where I had parked my car. On the corner a street performer was using a upturned bucket as a drum, he was really good and we stopped to listen to him for a few minutes as he made the most amazing sounds. I saw Edward walk over and drop some money into the young kids hat. I could tell that it wasn't a dollar bill he had just dropped in there. I smiled and turned away before he could catch me. I instinctively knew he would be embarrassed that I had seen his generosity.

He picked Hannah up and carried her on his back as it looked like her eyes were starting to get droopy. The nearer we got to my car the more nervous I became. Would he kiss me goodbye? What if he didn't. I started to over think and lapsed into silence. Once at my car, Edward stepped back and waited as I buckled Hannah into her booster seat.

When I shut Hannah's door and turned around he was right there. He reached up and tucked a loose tendril of my hair behind my ear and then ran his finger along my face.

He leaned in and brushed his lips softly on mine and I felt my knees wobble. He grabbed my waist and smiled a stunner smile. "Izzy B breathe" he said and I felt my face flame.

Ok, time to stop acting like a dork. I grabbed his shirt, pulled him forward and pressed my lips against his, running my tongue along his lower lip. I felt his heart pounding under my flattened palm on his chest where I had grabbed his shirt. Wow, maybe I affected him the way he does me I thought, but then he opened his mouth taking my tongue into his mouth and oh his taste was heaven. He tasted like cinnamon and sunshine on a warm spring day. I wanted more, I couldn't help it I moaned into his mouth. Again my knees wobbled and he pulled away and chuckled.

"Was that a promise of bigger things to come Izzy B? We have an audience now but whenever and wherever you want to finish this I am there" he said and then kissed my forehead. "I will call you tonight?" he said looking me in the eyes. "Ok, um talk to you later" I said still standing there like a zombie. He laughed and opened my door for me and I got in on automatic pilot. "see you later beautiful" he said and closed the door, turned and walked away. I set there for a few seconds clearing my head until I heard Hannah in the back seat clap her hands. "Oh wait till I tell Mommy that you and Uncle Edward are getting married!" UGH oh crap I thought, I have got it bad.