Author's Chapter Notes:

Well hello!! Hope you all are enjoying the story so far!!! We are having so much fun with it!! This is so far my favorite chapter. It took quite a few hours to perfect it. LOL Hope you all enjoy!!

Special thanks to JMCullen for all her help in making this story come together!!

And as always, a very special thanks to SM!!!

Chap 6

EPOV

I can't believe my grizzly bear of a brother actually thought Rose would "save a horse ride a vamp" while he was wearing that pink skunk on his head. What a weirdo. We waited in line to get onto the Ferris wheel. I hoped Bella was having fun, with the minor exception of the bumper car ride.

Finally it was our turn on the ride and I helped Bella get in. She looked very anxious. I knew she was not very fond of heights, but I wanted to show Bella the twilight stars. Bella made some analogy about the Ferris wheel breaking down and how she would be 'road pizza' but I would walk away scratch free. I had to laugh, "Bella love, I would catch you if anything were to happen. But trust me, nothing will."

As we got higher up, I noticed that Emmett and Rose's car was right above ours. All of a sudden Bella's beautiful brown eyes got wide with anger. "Emmett!!" she shrieked. I looked at her confused. She pulled out a spit wad and showed me. My dear brother had been spitting spit wads at me. I'll get him later. I need to distract Bella as we were going higher up.

"Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star," I said to her as I pointed to the stars. I quoted Carlisle's great-great grandfather, William Cullen Bryant:

"Oh, Constellations of the early night

That sparkled brighter as the twilight died,

And made the darkness glorious! I have seen

Your rays grow dim upon the horizon's edge

And sink behind the mountains. I have seen

The great Orion, with his jeweled belt,

That large-limbed warrior of the skies, go down

Into the gloom. Beside him sank a crowd

Of shining ones."

William Cullen Bryant

"The summer day is closed, the sun is set:

Well they have done their office, those bright hours,

The latest of whose train goes softly out

In the red west."

William Cullen Bryant

She looked at me and kissed me softly. "That was beautiful Edward," she said as I gently wiped her tears away. "It was from my great-great-great grandfather, William Cullen Bryant. He was a romantic poet in the 1800's," I claimed as I held her close.

I noticed Bella looking at some neon sign, but dismissed it as nothing. We continued snuggling as we made our way down. As I helped her out of the car, she grabbed my hand and started pulling me towards the neon sign. 'Uh-oh. This doesn't look good,' I thought as I allowed her to pull me towards the sign that led us to a tent reading 'Lady Zafrina: Fortune Teller.'

"Hell no! Bella, what are you thinking?" I asked her as I came to a halt, pulling her back to me. "Well, I thought it would be fun," she looked at me through those long lashes. Damn, she was good. I hesitated and thought of what Alice would do to me if she knew I went to some phony fortune teller when she was the real thing. "If we must," I said as Bella kissed me while dragging me towards the tent. 'What did I get myself into?' I thought as we entered the tent.

"Wow. Look at all the neat stuff Edward! Oh a crystal ball, tarot cards!" She was very excited to see all this pseudo stuff. I roamed around and an astrology chart caught my attention. "Love, what's your sign?" I asked her as she joined me. "Lets see I was born on September 13, 1990; I guess that would make me a Virgo," I pointed to her horoscope and read it aloud:

"Virgo: The Virgin

You might face the situation of dilemma in your love relationship. You will be quite comfortable and general happiness will be there. Family atmosphere will be harmonious. You will enjoy good relationships with your parents. Marital bliss is assured. You will be inclined to spend on luxuries. An auspicious ceremony could also be celebrated. Virgos are learning to let their hair down and have some serious fun this year! Your love life has been erratic for some time, and this trend does continue. However, this year, you are more likely to have fun with it. Someone may act so far out of character today that you don't even know where to begin as you try to understand his or her odd behavior."

"Wow, I wonder if it's true. What's your sign, Edward?"

"I was born June 20, 1918; I'm a Gemini."

She found my reading and read it out loud:

"Gemini: The Twins

Your relationship will go ahead with your partner. You will make better understanding in between you and your lover/beloved. Both of you will share inner feelings and will provide best support to each other. If, you will follow his/her unique ideas, your planning may meet to their desired destinations Developing an intimate relationship figures strongly in your 2008 forecast, dear Gemini. Learning to share on intimate levels brings you some measure of joy Sexual opportunities are likely to abound, or your focus on one partner becomes more expansive, warm, and intimate. Finding the balance between stability and change is a major theme this year. Your characteristic flexibility is put to the test as outer events shake you out of old or stuck patterns that no longer serve you. Don't be afraid to make a break with the past, but move slowly and cautiously rather than acting on impulse."

'Hmmmm…. I wonder what it means to not be afraid of the past and to move slowly. It couldn't be talking about my intimacy with Bella, could it?' I shook my head getting rid of the ludicrous idea.

"Come on Bella, let's go. This is fake. Besides we have a real fortune teller out there," I said as I pointed to the carnival.

Bella looked furious and would not budge. She was about to say something when we heard someone cough lightly. She spun around and was face to face with a woman.

"Good evening. My name is Lady Zafrina. I hope you found your horoscopes to be interesting?" She said with a smile to Bella. Bella took a step back and came to stand next to me. I put my arm protectively around her waist, "Umm, yeah we did. We were just leaving," I said as I turned to go.

"Wait, let me do a reading for the one you love," she said as she grabbed Bella's hand, guiding her to a round table with a crystal ball and a deck of tarot cards.

"Please have a seat around the table. I need to gather a few more things," she said as she went behind a curtain. I hesitated and reluctantly sat next to Bella, my hand never leaving hers.

Once Lady Zafrina returned, I noticed she had a lot of things and it looked like she was going to drop them. I quickly went to help her as a candle, cloth, and an apple fell from her hands. I reached down to help her and she smiled, "I know," was all she said as I handed her back her things and went to Bella.

I grabbed her hand and looked at her and nodded to the door, "Let's go, she is too weird," I whispered in hopes that the old quack did not hear. She furrowed her brow and said one word,

"No."

I sighed in defeat as the gypsy sat down and asked for our hands. I was nervous. I didn't want her to touch my hand, for it was as cold as ice. It was a good thing I kept a hot pad in my pocket. She read Bella first, giving me time to warm up my hands.

"I see love. A great deal of love," with that Bella looked at me with stars in her eyes.

"I also see family. I see you as you see yourself, helpless but yet strong enough to know what you want, a lamb if you will. Although, I see how you can be portrayed as helpless, you need to know, that you are strong, helpless no more. There is something big that will change your future about to happen. Don't try to stop it, let it run its course, it will all work out. You have a wonderful family that loves you very much and waits for the day you become part of their family; in more ways than matrimony," Wait, what? Bella looked at me with wonderment in her eyes.

"I see a child. With skin as fair as snow, coppery brown locks and dark chocolate eyes. Are you with child, beautiful lady?" she so bluntly asked Bella. "Enough!" I hissed as I grabbed Bella's hand and pulled out of the tent.

As soon as we got outside, I let go of her hand. "Bella, this is ridiculous! Can't you see that?" I yelled at her. How can that old woman think that Bella is 'with child'? She is not and will not be 'with child' if she decides to stay with me. That thought struck me hard. I can't give her children. Why would she want me?

"Edward, this is not ridiculous. I was having fun thinking of the little baby that Lady Zafrina had described. I had a picture in my mind. She looked just like you," she said with tears in her eyes. Great. I hugged her and wiped her eyes and held her face in my hands as I looked into her eyes. "Bella. Love, is that what you want? A child? You know I can't give you that. I want so desperately to have children with you, but we can't. I'm not even sure it's possible," I said kissing her forehead.

She just cried in my arms. I wanted so badly to tell her it would be ok but deep down in my hollow heart, I knew it wouldn't be.

"She said that we are going to be married some day!" she cried into my shoulder.

"You actually believe her, don't you?" I looked at her astounded.

"Yes," was all she said and turned away. I sighed and went to her.

"Bella, I was waiting for the right time to do this but I guess since the old quack is better than I thought," I sat her down at one of the benches, better now than never, I thought.

"Bella. Love, you are my life. I have loved you from the moment I first "smelled" you and looked into your beautiful brown eyes," I chuckled as she blushed, "Even though I crave your blood, I know in my heart that I will not hurt you. I want to spend eternity with you as my partner, my best friend, my wife and my lover. I love you for always and eternity. Will you marry me?" I asked as I got down on my knees.

Somewhere in the distance, I could hear my family cheering. I rolled my eyes and brought my attention back to Bella. I took my mothers ring out of my pocket and opened the little black velvet box. Inside it was a gold ring with an emerald with diamonds surrounding the green gem. She looked at me through her tears and shook her head yes as I placed the ring on her finger.

I stood up and hugged her, twirling her as she cried and laughed.

I set her down and she asked me one of the questions that I couldn't stand to answer, "Does this mean we're going to try to be intimate?" she asked me. It pained me to say this, "My love, we have discussed this. I can't be intimate with you until you are changed; which is an entirely different subject that we will discuss when we get home. I will not hurt you. If I hurt you, I would not be able to live with myself," I explained.

"But I know you wouldn't hurt me!! You have so much self control; you don't know what to do with it!! Damn it! I said yes to your proposal because I love you and want to be with you physically, emotionally, mentally and intimately. Why can't you be with me the way I want to be with you?" she pleaded with me.

All I could say was "I will not hurt you."

She started to walk back to the tent when I stopped her, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going back to talk with Lady Zafrina, you can either join me or wait for me out here," and with that she walked back in the tent.

Just because she got the engagement part right, doesn't mean she has everything else right, I thought as I sulked back into the tent and took my place next to my fiancée. 'Fiancée' I like the sound of that.

Lady Zafrina POV

Unbeknownst to Bella and Edward, Lady Zafrina was listening in.

I knew what he was as soon as he helped me pick up my items. A vampire. I was not afraid, why should I be? I knew his love for the beautiful lady was strong as was hers for him. She was his singer; I could see it in his eyes. Why would he struggle with her intimately? Doesn't he trust himself with her? He should.

His aura was so clear to me. He will be able to be with her while she was still a human. I need to help them see this. She needs to understand why he so protective over her and he needs to understand that he doesn't need to be so protective of her and that he can be with her in the way that they both want.

I understand how sexually frustrated she is; shit it's been 25 years since I have been with a man; I don't wish that on my worst enemy. I may have just the solution to fixing this. The hot vampire boy may not like to do what I want him to do, but it will only work as long as he goes with it.

EPOV

I made note to warm my hands up before I sat next to my fiancée. I gently took her hand and rubbed circles on the top, hoping she knew that everything will be ok. She smiled and I smiled back.

I didn't notice that Lady Zafrina was gone until I heard her come from behind me.

"Now sir, tis' your turn," she said with a knowing smile as she took my 'warm' hands in hers.

"Ah I see many burdens on your shoulders, all but one are not yours. This one is something you hold near your heart. I see there is something that you want to do but not only are you afraid for yourself but you're afraid for the one you love," she looked at Bella's hand in mine when she said that.

"You have to trust yourself my dear boy. You have the power to do this without hurting anyone you love. I see you as a protector, a lion if you please, someone that wont stand by while their loved ones are hurt. You can let your guard down with your true love, you owe it to yourself. I also see a big change in your future. One that your sister would have known nothing about, one that you can not stop," she looked at us with a smile as she reached down next to her to grab something.

I turned to look at Bella and she had become whiter than me. What just happened here? She can't possibly believe that something is going to happen that Alice wouldn't know about, wait, how does she know about Alice??

"Give me your hand ma'am. I need you both to do something, even though one of you will not want to do it," she turned to me when she said that. Whoa. She pulled out a bright red apple, cut it in half and gave each of us a half. "If you will, please take a bite. I'm sorry to do this to you sir but you will have to swallow it," she looked at me nervously.

I looked at Bella. 'Weird faux gypsy woman make me eat an apple say what?' I thought as I was about to get up and leave. Bella looked at me and her beautiful brown eyes begged me to stay and do this, for her. I hissed and said "FINE! But no more apples after this, I hate them!" Hopefully that was enough to get the old hag's suspicions out the door. Bella bit into her apple and handed it back to the gypsy.

I reluctantly did what she asked. I closed my eyes, plugged my nose and counted to three. 1…2…3… I stuck my tongue out slowly and tasted it and hissed before I took a bite and swallowed it. That was so revolting. I handed her back the apple. She placed the halves back together and showed us what it formed, a heart.

"What do you see?" Bella asked eagerly.

"I see a lot of love. As I told him, there is something that will happen to both of you, sooner than you think, that you can't stop. Let it run its course. You both have something very valuable to learn during this change," as she said that, she stood up and walked to the door.

"What's going to happen? Edward, I'm scared," Bella asked her as she hugged me tightly.

"Everything will be fine my dear, everything will be fine," she handed Bella her card, "Here's my card," as I walked Bella out the door, Lady Zafrina stopped me.

"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb!" and she shut her tent on me.

I stood there dumbstruck. How the hell did she know that? I said that to Bella when I first met her. Something is weird here. Emmett!!!! That damn asshole! He set this whole thing up. I looked around for him to pop out laughing his ass off. But he was no where to be found. Bella was shivering. I put my jacket over her shoulders and we walked to the car.

"Edward, you don't think anything will happen do you?" she asked me with fear in her eyes.

"No," but I wasn't too sure myself.

Chapter End Notes:

Sooooo what did you guys think? I wanted to make this long and descriptive. I know Edward doesnt eat food, but for the gypsies "voodoo" to work he needed to eat the apple. lol

So I know one of you were expecting a proposal, and to be quite honest, I wasnt planning on writing it in. I just let my fingers do the typing and out popped a proposal.

Would love some reviews!!!

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