Midnight Dust

Chapter four: Dinner Reservations?

BPOV

"Ugh! Ali-ice!"I whined, "Can you please, please, please just leave me alone? I'm not even going out today!" I saw her expression and winced uh oh… lecture time.

"Honestly Bella!" She said as she stomped her little pixy foot in annoyance "Were you dropped on your head as a baby? I mean seriously what kind of girl doesn't like to get dolled up?" uh, me? "Besides," she added smugly, "Edward will be home in an hour and I made dinner reservations for the two of you."

"But Alice!" as soon as I tried to begin to complain for the billionth time in twenty-four hours I was attacked with a little black dress. Eep!

"Isabella Marie Swan! If you complain one more time I'm going to tie you to a chair and make you watch the shopping network all day!" I gulped nervously "Now go get dressed and don't mess up your curls or make-up!" For such a small person she could be unbelievably intimidating. Maybe this was how people felt about Napoleon. I glared helplessly at her and with as much dignity as I could muster strolled slowly out the enormous bathroom and to Edward's room. Our room now I reminded myself.

Yes I did say it was now my room as well. Edward had rearranged his room where there was now another unnecessary addition to the place. As if the king sized bed wasn't enough there was now a big –huge would actually be a better word- dresser already filled with my new clothes courtesy of Pixie Co.

I sighed and resisted the urge to flop down onto said bed. I don't know why he even bothered with the bed it's not like we use it for anything. Well, anything interesting. I sighed and slipped the dress over my new midnight blue laced bra and panties –courtesy of Alice. I stepped back to look in the mirror and gasped. I looked beautiful! I had never seen why everyone else seemed to say that or what Edward saw in me, I was nothing special. But in this dress I was!

It was a marvel of midnight satin. It was strapless hugged my curves just right with a blue silk ribbon a couple of shades darker that cinched in the dress right under my bust. It was just the right length too, stopping an inch above my knees, long enough to be modest and comfortable and short enough to reveal my pale legs. My skin glowed against the dark fabric. I looked…radiant.

It was beautiful. Too much obviously but I couldn't bring myself to protest against it. I let out a half hearted protest all the same. "Alice," I called, knowing she'd hear me even though she wasn't in the room, "don't you think this is a bit much? Where exactly are we going for dinner?"

Instead of Alice's silver bells replying honeyed velvet caressed my ears. "An Italian restaurant in Port Angels." His lips brushed against the shell of my ear as his arms snaked around my waist. "You remember; the one where we had our first date. It's been remodeled since we were there last." He breathed in deeply and his voice dropped to low murmur. "You look divine my love. Aphrodite pales in comparison to your beauty. Your skin is the moon, your dress the night sky. All that is left is the midnight dust." He swung something around my neck deftly and spun me to face the mirror. I gasped in shock as I took in the fabulous diamond necklace around my neck. "They're on loan from the sprite." He said, cutting off the protest on my lips. It was beautiful.

EPOV



I came home early already dressed for my dinner plans. As I walked into mine and Bella's room my jaw nearly dropped to the floor as I saw my gorgeous Bella twirling before the mirror in a pretty blue dress. I liked that dress. It flaunted her curves and had a low décolletage to show off the milky skin of her breasts. I leaned against the wall staring at her with hungry eyes as fantasies of our much anticipated wedding night played through my mind. Sadly Alice's thoughts interrupted me.

What, are you going to just stare at her all night? We then had a glaring contest.

"Staring at her is a lot safer than going near her right now." I growled too low for Bella to hear. "Give me a minute unless you want to see that little dress in shreds."

"Alice," she called "don't you think this is a bit much? Where exactly are we going for dinner?" Her voice held a touch of wistfulness as she continued to admire herself in the mirror. No. I thought sourly. Knowing Bella she's probably admiring the dress. Whatever. That thought was enough to ground me to reality. She wants to wait. I reminded myself.

"An Italian restaurant in Port Angels." My lips brushed against the shell of her ear as my arms snaked around her waist. "You remember; the one where we had our first date." I emphasized the word thinking about the circumstances that meeting had been under. The differences between then and now. How I'd been so terrified she'd pull away from me. "It's been remodeled since we were there last." I breathed in deeply, she smelt divine and I could feel my voice dropping a few octaves as I murmured. "You look divine my love. Aphrodite pales in comparison to your beauty. Your skin is the moon, your dress the night sky. All that is left is the midnight dust." I swung the diamond necklace I'd bought around her neck deftly and spun her to face the mirror to admire her against me. Err…Allow her to admire it. She gasped in shock –of course- obviously about to complain about the cost. "They're on loan from the sprite." I told her quickly to cut off the protest I could see her about to make. I'd buy Alice one just like it if she'd keep her mouth shut.

She quickly turned and kissed me hard, her hot, soft lips molding themselves around my own. I was startled just as I usually was when she kissed me. My barriers fell for an instant as all I could take in was that Bella, dressed in very little and looking sexier than usual was pushing up against me. My hands were travelling to the back of her dress and…

"Edward don't you dare even think about what you're thinking about. You're going to kill me! Can't you save that for when I'm alone with Alice?" Ugh Jasper…mood killer. I really didn't want to think of my little sister that way. Bella pulled away and smiled innocently at me. So pure, so innocent, so perfect…

"I missed you." Her heart was racing and it was racing for me. Just hearing that was an aphrodisiac. She has no idea what she does to me. Beautiful, beautiful Bella.

"I missed you too sweetheart." I murmured into the crook f her neck before reluctantly releasing her. "Shall we go?" I asked her as I offered her my arm. She took it with her sweetest smile and I escorted her down.

As we began to walk out the front door Alice evil, scheming pixie called to us from up stairs. "You two have fun!" In her most smug, I know something you don't know voice. I couldn't hear anything from her mind except for all the latest dresses she was going to buy for Bella. I could feel my venom rushing downwards and tried desperately to shut her out. Damn annoying little pixie.

Disclaimer: I own nothing not the characters nor the books the credit goes to Stephanie Meyer. I just created this FICTION!

Beta and re-worded by: Phantom-writer3739 [Awesome-est Beta ever] the whole necklace thing was her idea and witting.

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