Wow you guys are amazing! I got alot or reviews for this chapter! congrats to bronzehairedfreak1901 who had the 100th review for the story! yayy!!
so i took a vote from all of you that reviewed and it was close but it was decided that there will be a few long chapters for the honeymoon and then we will be moving on to the transformation. so sorry if thats not what you wanted but i promise that these will be fun and interesting.
so i took some ideas from some reviews. so i will dedicate the chapter to everyone that i borrowed an idea from. dedications go to: Gwen and wannabite007. and if you had an idea for one of the other places, your name will be up here for that chapter.
so read and reivew for this chapter and then the next chapters wil come quickly and the honeymoon will come to an end! happy reading!
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Chapter 18
We had just arrived in London and were in the hotel room. I was looking out of the large window that viewed the city. It was late afternoon and I felt a pair of two cold arms wrap themselves around me.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" He said kissing my neck, sending shivers through my body.
"It's stunning." I mumbled back still looking out the window.
"It's even more stunning when we go out and walk around in the city. I have some things planned for the rest of today." He said releasing me and smiling as my face lit up. I always loved the things that he planned for us to do and I was excited to see what we would be doing.
"Ok." I said attempting to skip back to the suitcase to pull out some clothes. Of course I would trip and almost fall onto the floor except Edward once again was there to save me.
"Caught you." He whispered trailing kisses from my neck to my jaw bone. I shivered involuntarily and smiled breathing in his delicious scent. He stood me back up and opened my suitcase pulling out a black dress. I took in a breath as I looked at it.
"Alice bought this for you for tonight." He said handing me the dress. "She saw what we were going to do tonight and packed this. I think that it's perfect."
"It's beautiful." I replied as I began to undress in front of Edward. I could feel him staring at me and I giggled. I pulled the dress on over my head and turned around so Edward could zip it up. He gasped and kissed me. I let out another giggle once we finished.
"How does it look?" I asked spinning around.
"Very sexy." he answered letting out a low growl. Once I was done acting like a model I looked in the mirror. The dress was simple yet it fit my every nonexistent curve and made me feel beautiful.
When I finished looking at myself I turned around and Edward was already dressed. He was wearing a loose, white button up shirt (and left a few of the top buttons undone) and a pair of very dark jeans with a pair of black dress shoes. He looked very sexy, I noted. He picked me up and sat me on the edge of the bed. He dug through one of the suitcases once more and pulled out a pair of dangerously high black heels.
"Do you really expect me to wear these?" I asked as he strapped them on my feet. He chuckled and I stood up and held tightly onto his hand. My grip was so tight it would have probably broken his hand if he wasn't a vampire.
"Ready?" he asked and I nodded as he placed his hand on my lower back and leading me out of the room and down to the lobby. As we rode in the car, I looked at all of the buildings and sights of London. I noticed that the buildings got older as we continued to drive and finally the car stopped and Edward
helped me out. I held on to him and he wrapped his arm around my waist, supporting most of my weight. We were outside an amphitheater.
"We're at the West End." He told me leading me inside the huge theatre. The name sounded familiar and I assumed that we would be seeing a play.
"Oh, Edward." I said gushing over the beauty of the theatre. "What are we seeing?"
"You'll see." He said kissing the top of my head. I rolled my eyes at him and he smiled his crooked smile. He gently pulled me along to seats that were perfect to watch the play.
"Edward?" I said turning to him. "Could you please tell me what we are seeing? It's killing me." I said trying my best to flirt with him. It must have had some effect because he sighed and looked into my eyes.
"Well I wanted to keep it a surprise but since you must know, and I cannot resist you, we are seeing Romeo and Juliet." He told me placing his hand on my knee and slowly inched upward. I grabbed his hand and stopped him as I stared at him in amazement.
"We're seeing Romeo and Julie? That's my favorite!" I said excitedly, releasing his hand. He left it there and moved his thumb in a circular motion on my leg. He smiled his crooked smile and I shivered at his touch and from the excitement.
"Well I knew that it was your favorite and you've never seen it like this before so I thought that this would be the perfect play to see with you." He quietly explained as the lights went down in the theatre and the actors came on stage and began the play.
Edward whispered all of Romeos lines in my ear throughout the play and I smiled as I knew that he was my Romeo. He grinned in amusement as I cried at the sad and happy parts on the play and he kissed my tears away. When it was over I leaned over and kissed him. He deepened the kiss but I reluctantly pulled away. He looked at me in disappointment and I smiled.
"Bella, you'll be the death of me." he said still disappointed that I had broken the kiss.
"I really hope not." I said as I carefully stood up. "Thank you for this. It was perfect." I told him as we left the theatre and climbed back into the car. It was dark by this time and we drove towards the Thames River. I looked out the window and saw a giant Ferris wheel overlooking the wheel. Edward saw me staring at it and nodded.
"We're going on that?"
"Yes, if you would like." He answered. I leaned over and kissed him. This time I was the one deepening it and he pulled away once the car stopped. We both smiled and his eyes were bright with excitement as he pulled me out of the car and helped me to the line to get on the London Eye. The line moved quickly and soon we were boarding one of the compartments. I noticed that only Edward and I boarded
the next capsule before the man closed the door. I turned around and there was a waiter, a table, two chairs, and a bottle of champagne.
"Oh, Edward!" I said hugging him. "This is so beautiful!" he led me to a chair and I sat down. The waiter took my glass and filled it and then did the same with Edwards. I looked at Edward while he did this and he must have sensed my questioning.
"Don't worry, love. The drinking age is younger here than it is back home." He told me reassuringly. I smiled and held out my glass.
"To us." I said as he clinked his glass to mine. "To us." He agreed and we both took a sip of the champagne. I thought that it was really good and Edward tried to mask his disgust as he swallowed it. I giggled and took another sip. I looked out into the city of London and it was even prettier at night with all of the lights. The Eye was over the river and I looked down at the cruise ship sailing thousands of feet below us. I looked back over at Edward who was taking another sip of his champagne. I laughed as he tried to swallow it.
"You don't have to drink that, you know." I told him.
"I know but I want to give you the most human experience ever on our honeymoon, before…" he trailed off because the waiter was still standing off to the side.
"Edward." I said shaking my head. "This is one of the most human experiences that you could give me. You don't have to get sick for me. I don't want that." I said taking the drink from his hand and placing it down on the table. He smiled at me with gratitude and held my hand from across the table. We sat there gazing off into London.
"Look, Edward! There's Big Ben!" I said excitedly, pointing at the giant clock tower. He laughed at my sudden excitement.
"I know, Bella. You can see so much from up here." I said as he traced shapes on the top of my hand. I continued to look out and Edward pointed out major landmarks. Too soon the ride was over and Edward helped me out of the compartment. We walked around for awhile and then I let out a big yawn.
"Tired?" he asked. I smiled and shook my head.
"No. I'm ok." I lied as we leaned on a wall overlooking the river. I was really tired but I didn't want this perfect night to end. I watched the ships and the reflections of the lights on the river and I could feel Edward looking at me.
"What?" I asked shying, blushing.
"It's just that I don't understand how I deserve someone as beautiful and amazing as you." He whispered pulling me into his arms.
"That's funny. I wonder that same thought every day." I said resting my head on his chest.
"Really?" He asked.
"Yes, I mean look at you, a beautiful, sexy vampire. And then I look in the mirror and I wonder what I did to deserve someone as wonderful as you." I explained. I could feel him stiffen against me and he turned me around to face him.
"Bella…" He muttered as he stroked my cheek. "You don't think very highly of yourself. You are beautiful. I am a monster. I shouldn't even exist. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me and I shouldn't even get you." He told me, gazing at me from under his eyelashes.
"Please don't think like that. You do exist and I am yours." I said and then I kissed him. We deepened the kiss and I could feel him smile as I wrapped my arms around his neck. Edward pulled his lips away and I sighed.
"All ways too soon." I muttered. He wrapped his arms tighter around my waist as he led me to the waiting car. I rested my head on his shoulder and when I opened my eyes it was light out. I was wearing a pair of silk pajamas and I was in bed. I looked around confused and I heard Edward laugh as he walked out from the bathroom.
"You're finally up."
"Wow. I don't even remember anything after the car ride." I said, blinking as my eyes adjusted to the light.
"I know… you were tired last night. But I know you tried to stay up." He said grinning as I climbed out of bed and sat down at the table filled with food. I ate breakfast and got ready for the day.
We left and he took me to Hampstead Heath. We walked through the gardens and past the swimming pools. It was a really romantic place that made me forget that we were in a huge city. We spent the morning here, walking hand in hand and looking at everything. We then took a car to the Harrods. Once Edward told me what it was I groaned.
"Don't worry. It will be fine." He reassured me. Harrods was a huge department store that Alice would have absolutely loved. I let out another groan once I saw how big it was when we walked inside of it. "Please. For Alice?" He said dazzling me. I broke away from his gaze and took a deep breath and nodded.
We walked through the giant store and we picked out things for Alice, Rosalie, Esme, Emmett, Jasper, and Carlisle. For Alice, we got a designer dress and, matching shoes. Rosalie got a purse and I picked a music box for Esme. We picked up a large teddy bear for Emmett because he was the 'protector' and Jasper got a new shirt. We picked an old book for Carlisle that Edward said he had never read. Harrods had everything that we needed and soon Edward led me to the clothing section.
"You pick out some stuff. Alice said if you didn't get anything then this trip would be a waste." He said laughing.
"Ok, I'll do it for Alice." I said as I began to pick through the racks. I had found a few items when Edward came back with some clothing.
"I thought that you'd look nice in these." He told me. I laughed.
"You are just like Alice." I said as he pushed me into a dressing room and I tried on everything. Surprisingly it all fit and looked good on me so Edward bought them all. I didn't even want to look at the price.
"I think that I might take you shopping next time." I told him as we carried all of the bags out of the store eventually and managed to load them into the trunk of the car. He answered me with a laugh and we situated ourselves around the bags that wouldn't fit in the trunk.
"How are we going to get all of this home?" I asked as we drove to the next place.
"I bought two more suitcases and they are in the back right now." I nodded and stared out the window. The driver stopped at a little café and we got out and sat at a table. It over looked some gardens and I drank some tea and ate a scone. They were really good.
"Are you sure that you don't want some, Edward?" I said jokingly. "Don't you want to make this a human experience that I don't forget?" I said when he shook his head.
"That's not fair." He said smiling. "You have to make up your mind."
Later that night when we boarded a train with our five suitcases, I made up my mind that this was an experience that I would never forget.
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i wasnt really sure how to end this chapter so i just ended it like this... not an aw moment but still sweet
there are only two more places before bella changes :o so soon thats going to be happening so if you havent given me an idea for a power maybe you want to do that now?
and i'll take ideas for the next honeymoon places because its hard to write about going somewhere and doing things when you have never been there or done something like that... so pleasseee it would make the next chapter come faster because i wont have to research the place and stuff... (your name will be up in the dedications too)
so what are you going to review for? 1. bellas power? (i know alot of you have done this but new ideas are always welcomed) 2. more ideas on what to do in honeymoon (i'm getting writers block on this one) 3. what did you think of this chapter and the story?
so review on that! if you've never reviewed before dont be shy! i love to hear what you have to say! (or rather type) :) so how about 115+ before the next chapter comes up... its 10 or more reviews... thats easy for all of you readers. so click and type away...
