Disclaimer: I do not own twilight. If I did Aro would have died a painful death just for thinking of harming the Cullens.
"Edward, what exactly does being your mate mean?" I asked confused.
Now he looked more nervous but even though a part of me was afraid of his answer, a larger part was happy that someone cared enough to get nervous about what I would think.
"Well…mate is your other half. It's the same us being my wife in human world."
"I am your wife in vampire world?" I knew that I should panic but all I could feel was happiness. I realized that I loved him so much that words like wife and marriage began to take new meanings.
"Yeah. Are you alright with it?" he asked.
"To tell you the truth, I am happy about it. I know I met you only a few minutes ago but I feel this intense connection towards you and something tells me that I would not survive if something happens to you." I admitted.
He gave me huge smile as if he had found the greatest treasure in the world.
"I know love. It's because of the mating bond. When we find our mate we feel the connection. It is very strong. The love that I feel for you is eternal." He said with a smile.
Did he just say love?
"You love me?"
"Of course I do. You are my life now, Bella."
I knew he was telling the truth because I felt the same. I loved him more than anything even though we met only a few minutes ago.
I could not even imagine being apart from him even for a second.
"I love you too." I whispered looking at my lap afraid of his reaction.
Suddenly I felt him shift. When I looked up, his face was so close to me that I could feel his breath.
Then he leaned forward and kissed me. It was as if he was pouring all his love into it.
It was sweet and wonderful and the happiness that I felt was beyond anything I had imagined.
As I pulled back to take a much needed breath, I saw my own love and happiness reflected in his eyes.
"All these years I have imagined probably a million times what it would be like to kiss my mate but nothing compares to this."
He said hugging me close to his chest.
"Is it weird to fall in love so fast?" I asked.
"Time has nothing to do with love, Bella. You love when you feel love. There is no time limit for it. Sometimes it takes years and sometimes in a blink of an eye. That is the beauty of it. Besides I have been searching for you for a long time."
"You were searching for me?" I asked surprised.
"Of course I was. Bella, as I told you before, a vampire feels content only when he finds his mate. So we all search for them. It is easy for some but unfortunately I was not among them. I searched for you all my life. In fact today I was so frustrated that I thought of stopping my search and just wait."
"Really?"
"Yeah, I decided that if there was a mate for me, she would find me no matter where I was. And look what happened." He said with a beaming smile which I returned.
"How did you find me?" I asked curiously.
"I always loved the beach. The waves are soothing. So I thought of spending the day here since it was cloudy."
"You like cloudy days?" I interrupted making him snort.
"No Bella. It is not that. Sunlight makes our skin sparkle."
"You glitter in sun?" I laughed hard.
"Bella…" he pouted
"Sorry, you caught me off guard. Please continue."
"So I came here to just relax. Then as I was walking along the beach, I saw you sitting here and felt this intense need to hold you and comfort you but I didn't want to scare you. So I thought I could talk to you. When I saw you crying my heart broke. To tell you the truth, I never realized that you were my mate. But once our bodies touched I felt the mating connection."
"Edward, why did I feel pain and desperation when you walked away earlier?"
"It's because of the bond we share, Bella. Mates feel pain when they are apart. They can also feel each other's emotions."
"Emotions?"
"Yeah. Like when you are happy I feel happy, that sort of thing."
"Oh"
No wonder I felt so happy.
"So Bella, tell me, why were you crying?" he asked.
I sighed and told him about my family. I was not sure why but I wanted him to know everything. Maybe it was the mating bond that made me bare my soul to this beautiful man.
I saw him loose his calm many times as I was telling the story and for some reason I was happy that I now had someone who cared enough to be angry at the people who hurt me.
"Bella, I am sorry for what happened to you. I feel like finding them and just tearing them to pieces." He said getting more angry.
I placed my hand on his to calm him down.
"I know Edward but its ok. They are not worth it."
We were silent for a few minutes, both of us lost in our own thoughts.
"What happens now, Edward?" I asked.
"It's up to you love. I am happy with anything you want."
I knew that he was completely truthful. I knew he would do anything for me as I would for him.
"Forget about what I want Edward and tell me what you want?" I asked.
"Bella, if I had my way I would marry you today and tie you to me in every way possible. I would take you to my house and give you all joys of life. I want to make you the happiest woman on earth, Bella."
My eyes filled with tears. No one had ever cared for my happiness in my entire life then this man comes and my whole world changes. And the best part was that I could see the sincerity and love in his words through our connection.
"Let's do that Edward." I said without any hesitancy. I knew it was impulsive then again I didn't have much to lose. If by marriage I could keep this man forever, I was more than willing to do that.
"Really?" his words were full of surprise and excitement.
"Yes Edward, but I don't understand why you want to marry me if I was already your wife in vampire world."
"Bella, I want you in every way possible which includes human way too but are you sure about this? I don't want you to regret it."
"Edward, all my life I had been the good girl, always thinking hundred times before taking a decision, caring for my unloving family and doing whatever they asked me to and look at my life now.
So yes I am sure. And it is not because of my bad life or anything. It is because I love you. Call me crazy but I love you with every fiber of my being even though I met you only a few minutes ago. I cannot even imagine being apart from you even for moment and if by marrying I can keep you forever, I am more than happy to do that."
"Bella, you don't have to marry me to keep me forever. I will always be with you no matter what"
"I know but I want to call you my husband, you know legally and all that." I said with a smile.
This time he smiled from his heart.
"I love you, baby girl." He said kissing my forehead.
"I love you too." I said and I kissed him.
This time it was more hard and passionate making us both moan with pleasure.
"So Baby girl, huh?" I asked once my heart beat returned to normal.
"Yeah baby girl. Why? Don't you like it?"
"I love it, sweetheart." I said making him smile some more which in turn made me laugh.
"Ok then that is settled. So you want to marry me, huh?"
"So very much."
"Ok then. How about tomorrow?" he asked.
"Why tomorrow? I thought we were marrying today?"
"Bella, I am not taking you to the courthouse or Vegas. You are the love of my life and you deserve a beautiful wedding. Don't worry about anything I will make all the arrangements."
This time I was the one with the beaming smile. I was really touched by the fact that he wanted to give me a beautiful wedding and not a Vegas drive through one.
A single tear fell from my eyes when I thought how lucky I was to find this man.
"No more tears baby girl." He said kissing it
"There is one more thing I want to discuss with you Bella"
"Ok"
"I want you to teach your family a lesson."
"huh?"
"you heard me love."
"But Edward, I don't want to go back. I just don't want to see them again."
"I know love but I want them to suffer at least a bit."
"Edward…."
"Bella, they hurt you and I am sitting here without tearing them to pieces only because of you. So you are going to show them that what they did to you is not acceptable. Bella, this type of behavior should not be forgiven. They were emotionally abusing you and abuse of any type is not acceptable in my book so you have to show them the same pain that they inflicted on you."
"I don't know Edward…."
"Bella, you can and you will show this town that just because you are lonely and alone doesn't give them the right to behave like they behaved towards you."
"But…"
"No Bella, you are going to be strong and you are going to make them experience the same pain you did. Don't worry you will not go back as Bella swan but as Bella Cullen, wife of business man and millionaire, Edward Cullen.
A/N: Happy Birthday Rob! May your life fill with happiness and love!
Happy mother day to everyone! May all your life fill with happiness and love too!
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