Camping Trip

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, never have never will.

Edward is a vampire and Bella is a human

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Camping Trip

Chapter 4

BPOV

A soft light hit my eyes as we came to a clearing. It was breathe-taking. To the right of us ran a narrow river, with what seemed to be some trace of aquatic life, I couldn't be sure from the distance. The water was dark and I assumed it was either very deep or it simply had a clever way of disguising its depth.

The grass of the meadow was long and green, I expected nothing else from a secret hide-a-way in the middle of nowheresville Forks, WA. The ancient trees reached to the sky, their topmost branches swaying gently with the breeze.

"Edward, this is beautiful, how did you find it?" my voice low, I was afraid I would disrupt the tranquility of this enchanting place.

"Oh silly Bella, this," he softly chuckled and gestured to our surroundings, "is nothing compared to your beauty, and as for how I found it? You forget how I eat and how much free time I have had on my hands." His eyes burning into mine, as if to silently tell me something, something that I already knew, something he wished I didn't love or want me to become. "Before you came into my life, it was not that easy living in a house with three couples with very healthy sexual appetites."

I wrapped my arms around his waist and reached up onto my toes, pressing my lips to his, trying to convey to him the amount love I felt. I wanted nothing else in that moment. I had not one care in the world. The fear I felt for Charlie finding out about Edward, the sadness in my heart from when I still had nightmares from when Edward had left me, the tension of being on numerous hit lists of immortal, deadly vampires, everything vanished as soon as I felt my heart skip a beat for the man I was so unconditionally in love with. Yes, man, not a vampire, not a mystical creature, not a monster. A man. And myself? A woman, hopelessly in love.

Edward pulled out of the kiss so I could take a much needed breath.

"Well, I'm here now," I said in an almost whisper, resting my head on his toned chest, my arms still firmly in place, knowing full well that he would hear me without any difficulty. Edward's velvety smooth voice tickled my senses as he leaned down toward my ear, "I would not have it any other way." He then pecked my lips once more and with a devilish grin, threw me over his shoulder, grabbed our bags and within seconds we were in the absolute center of the meadow. Edward gently placed me on a comfortable blanket that he had just spread out, looked at our camping gear, then returned his gaze to me, "How long do you think it'll take me to set everything up?" his question carried a hint of competition and lots of eagerness, "Quicker than I can blink is my guess," I smiled up at him from my seat on the ground. "Lets test that theory shall we?" He was off, zooming around so fast that all I could see was a blur of colour around me, everything seemed to magically assemble itself, which I would have assumed was happening had I not known tat my vampire boyfriend was behind it all.

I was right, in no time our little camp site was up and fully functional. Edward came toward me and settled himself down beside me on the blanket. I continued to view our surroundings, admiring the peacefulness and tranquility embracing me. The world seemed to freeze in time. It felt as if Edward and I were the only people in existence, and I was completely content with that. It was what I wanted, and to a degree, very possible, well, at least the frozen in time bit anyway. If only he would change me.

"Edward, I want nothing but you," my voice soft but firm.

"You have me my Bella, always and forever." His reply make me smile a bit, this would be easy, so I started again, "Edward, I want nothing but you, always and forever, in the literal sense, as well as the figurative sense." My voice louder and and more clear than before. My declaration caused him to freeze. I had expected as much.

"Bella," his usually smooth voice cracked slightly, "You don't know what you are asking of me.." I had to cut him off, "Yes! Yes I do Edward! I've made up my mind! I know what I'm getting myself into and I accept it openly, I will willingly give you my soul, just to remain with you for the rest of time, Alice has seen it, it's all I can think about, you are all I can think about." I finished my little rant and just looked into his beautiful topaz eyes pleadingly.

"Lets compromise,' he finally said,

"Edward,"

"Bella, hear me out first, okay?"

"Fine, I'll hear you out."

"If you don't bring this up again, for the entire duration of this weekend after this conversation, I will consider your vampirism. Is that a deal?"

I looked into his eyes, and took hold of his hand, a lone tear escaped my eye, "That is all I'm asking, I love you," Edward pulled me int o hug and placed a kiss on the top of my head. "Thank you." We whispered together.

After a while Edward pulled away "Shall we begin preparations for the humans meal?"

I couldn't help but giggle, "I thought couples dined together" I gave him a quirky smile and wriggled my eye-brows.

Edward smiled his perfectly crocked smile, "I am very sorry my love, but I already ate,"

"You didn't wait for me?" I asked in mock sadness.

"Fortunately not, I'm ashamed to say that my table manners are not entirely up to scratch."

"That is the single most silly thing I have ever heard come out of your mouth mister." I couldn't help but laugh as I said that, beginning to enjoy our playful banter I decided to mock punch his bicep, knowing full well what would happen if I tried to use excessive force. Being that I would end up hurting myself more than my beautiful soul mate.

"Come on then love," Edward pulled me over to the cooler box stuffed with way to much food. "What would you like? I'm sure Alice saw all your preferences for the trip and packed accordingly." His voice drifted of, a slightly squeamish look on his face.

"Is something wrong?Is the food rotted?" I asked with amusement.

"To me it is," I was just able to hear him mumble, "I honestly don't know how you can stand the smell of this stuff." Edward was poking through the choices with slight hesitation, almost as if he was afraid that the chicken salad would grow legs and jump out at him.

"It's only because you haven't had this stuff in, about, a century?" I playfully questioned.

Lunch was quite uneventful, unless you could count the repulsed look on Edward's face when I moaned about how good the salad was. In retaliation, I decided to throw a piece of chicken at him. I had never seen Edward move so fast in all the time I had known him.

"I can't believe you did that, it was awful." He mumbled as he jogged back over and took a seat beside me once again.

"Stop being such a spoil sport, it's not like it could kill you, and may I remind you, you eat mountain lion and grizzly bears so don't poke fun at my choice of meat."

Edwards laugh tickled me pink, "Darling, Drinking their blood as not consuming their flesh."

I almost gagged with laughter, "No, drinking their blood is worse." I joked back.

Edwards eyes fell, "I know..."

"Oh, Edward, I was only joking, I didn't mean if like that..." I trailed off, unsure of what to say next.

"I can understand if you want to remain human and continue to eat human food, I won't change you and sentence you to an eternity of blood."

"Oh, Edward, never say that!" panic began to rise within my chest, "I thought we weren't going to talk about this, and just enjoy our trip, but I will say this only once. I LOVE YOU EDWARD." My voice taking a loud clear pitch. "Do you hear me? I love you, and everything about you. I would gladly give my humanity just to remain at your side forever. It was never a question for me and I never doubted in my mind that I wouldn't want to be a vampire. I want to be like you. To be your equal." I grasped his face and pulled myself toward him to place a kiss upon his pained lips.

Edwards topaz eyes burned into my soul, seeing for himself that I meant every word.

"Now, on a lighter note, what's next on our camping agenda?" I placed a smile on my face, reassurance to Edward that I wanted to continue our relaxing mini vacation.