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I sobbed quietly when I woke up. It was seven in the morning and my head felt like it was going to burst.

Wasn't Edward going to supervise me last night?

Silly boy probably got himself drunk too.

AH MY HEAD!

"April" Edward groaned.

"Shh, stop" I whispered. "Don't talk"

Whoever invented beer should be in hell right now.

We curled into each other and shared our pain.

"Hey" I popped open an eye. Edward squeezed his eyes in contrast.

"What" he groaned.

"Can you go buy me some Tylenol?"

He didn't answer, instead slowly he got out of the bed, when did he take off his pants? Nice boxers by the way, score for Edward.

"Oh and Edward" I called trying not to be too loud.

"WHAT!" as soon as the words left his mouth he regretted it. We both groaned in pain.

"Smart move" I said rubbing my temple. "A water bottle would be nice"

"You owe me" he muttered as he pulled on his pants. Then he left the room.

Slowly I pulled the covers over my head. When the hell did I take off my clothes? I was only in my bra and underwear. I would have thought that being so drunk I wouldn't even have thought about taking off my clothes.

Five minutes later I heard Edward get in.

"Did you get it?" I croaked.

No answer.

I felt the bed sink where he sat.

"Hey"

"What happened last night?" he asked quietly.

"We robbed a bank"

"I mean it"

"Well I don't know, what is the pain in your head telling you?"

"I went down to the lobby to get some tylenol Tylenol and apparently the night clerk saw us come in last night"

"Ok you're making this sound bad, what is it?" I threw the covers off of my head and looked at him. His face was grave. "And what did we get naked in front of him or what?"

"No but apparently you flaunted you're new wedding ring at him"

What the fuck was the first thing that came to mind but instead of saying it I looked down at my hand.

"This shit is plastic Edward" I said.

"Doesn't it make you wonder what happened though?"

"Pass me the Tylenol, this requires too much thinking and my head hurts."

"Here" he passed me two pills and a water bottle.

"Wouldn't we have some certificate or something?"I said after I swallowed.

"Yeah" he turned his body to reach for something. When he turned back there was a paper in his hand and my heart dropped to my vagina.

"What's that?" I asked without taking it.

He began to read it out loud. When he finished he looked up at me. We both sported looks of being caught redhanded.

"Whose jasper and Rosalie hale?" I asked.

He looked at me like I had grown a third head. yeah it wasnt thhe big picture but i was still curious about it.

Simultaneously both of our faces turned into wide grins and we melted into puddles of laughter.

"Where did you get that from?" I gasped.

Edward took a few calming breaths before he was able to answer.

"You gave it to the clerk and told him to hold it for you while you slept. "

"how nice of him" I took the certificate to look at it.

"I thought this was going to be worse" he said sounding relieved.

"What?"

"Telling you we got married last night. I expected you to blow up on me and demand why I wasn't guarding you"

"I do wonder that but there's a bigger matter at hand"

"Which is?"

"Simply that were married" I shrugged.

"Right…what's going to happen now?"

I turned to look at him in amazement.

"Well you better not be hoping to get rid of me Mr. Cullen because that won't happen until this week is over."

"Well Mrs. Cullen" he said this slowly and stressed the name. "I won't be getting rid of you even after this is over. You're too entertaining to let you go"

Mrs. Cullen I could get used to that.

I shook my head.

"Good but I don't think our parents will be too thrilled about us being married. I figure that we can't do anything about it right now. So let's wait until the end of the week and then when we get home then we can quietly sort this out. Our parents don't need to know anything about this."

"Well aren't you one smart cookie" he cooed.

"Moving on" I said rolling my eyes. "Would you like to explain to me how it is that you and I woke up nearly naked?"

"Why are you asking me?"

"Because you're the one that said you would look over me dumbass. And what did you do? you went and got drunk"

"So? It's not like I raped you" his eyes widened as he thought about it.

"I think I would know if I had been raped" I got up and headed for the bathroom.

When I came out I was happy to say I was still one hundred percent virgin.

"You'll be happy to know that you are not a rapist Edward" I said sitting back down.

"Hoorah" he said unenthusiastic.

"Okay! Now that that's over with, wherever shall we go today dear hubby?" I batted my eyelashes at him. He got into the bed threw the covers pver his head and lay beside me.

"Do we have to go somewhere? I'm tired"

"A hangover can't stop us. Come on Edward the week is almost over" I whined in the most annoying voice I could make.

"April it's-"he took a look at his phone. "It's Thursday. We still got till Sunday. Three days if you count it."

"Four counting this one"

"Just where do you plan on going?"

"Anywhere except Vegas. We've done enough here"

"please." He pleaded.

"Okay but Vegas isn't the best place to get over a hangover, let's go to a quieter place."

"Like?" he turned on his back. "Wait! I know where."

"Where?" I asked enthusiastically.

"Did I ever tell you my mother's great grandfather was Spanish?"

"So you're mother inherited a house here? In Spain?"

The flight to Spain took a total of seven hours. Most of the time we slept. When I got up from my seat my bones cracked. The time in Spain was ahead of the U.S by eight hours so when we arrived at Barcelona it was ten.

I thought we were going to stay in Barcelona but Edward surprised me when we took a bus to the town of cadaques.

"Uhu, my great grandpa was Spanish and my grandma was Italian. She was from a wealthy family and he wasn't. They fell in love but her parents didn't approve. When they saw that she wasn't going to leave him they disinherited her and kicked her out. My grandpa's family took her in and soon they moved into a little cottage of their own. Which is the same house my mother is now in possession of. " he said resting his head on my shoulder. Most in the bus slept so Edward and I, who had plenty of sleep in the airplane, whispered.

"Wow their story is inspiring."

"Yeah it is. I always love to hear my grandma talk about it"

"Grandparents always have the best stories" I agreed. "Did your mother live in cadaques?"

"She lived here the first three years of her life then she and my grandparents moved to the U.S."

"Have you been here often?"

"Just twice. When I was really small and last summer. I really loved it here, the town is so nice and quiet. "

"Like forks?"

"It has better weather, and it's more beautiful."

"I bet it is." I looked out the window. It was dark and there was nothing to look at but trees. "How are we going to get in?"

"There's always a spare key. Our closest neighbor goes in there about once every two weeks to make sure everything is clean."

"Did you ever think you would bring a girl over here?"

"Not really. Mom always said this house was going to be inherited to me because I like it more than Alice. I just never thought I'd be coming here with my wife." I could hear his smile.

Throughout the day we kept making references towards our newlywed status. They were jokes, but I knew there was meaning behind his words.

I think both of us liked this idea more than we should.

"Should I feel special for this?"

"Very. I always thought this place was so beautiful. I didn't think anyone apart from my family should be here. But I suppose we are family now. Now I think you are the only person worthy of sharing this place with"

I turned my head to his hair.

"Thank you" I murmured.

"For what?"

"For sharing this with me."

"Only with you" he said softly. "Were almost here" he whispered and looked up to kiss me.

About twenty minutes later we made it to cadaques.

When we got out at the train station, Edward took my hand. "And now we walk"

The town, though it was dark, it was undoubtedly beautiful. The streets and everything was just like a little paradise.

"I see why you like it so much" I said as we walked hand in hand along the bay. "It has its charm"

"You like it?"

"I love it. You'd think after living in forks all my life I'd be sick of small towns. But it seems impossible to not like it here"

"It's possible, Alice hates coming here for the lack of malls."

I laughed. "Well she sounds like an interesting girl."

"Oh she is. Annoying but she's great. You'll like her, and she'll love you when you meet"

I wonder when it was that we started looking at the future as if I was perfectly healthy. Maybe deep inside I was getting hope for my life. Well hope is always a good thing to have, or so they say.

"Here we are" he announced. Just across the street sat a small cottage that seemed like it had come straight from a fairy tale. What made it more astonishing was that it had great view of the bay. I saw why Edward would love it here.

"It's beautiful Edward" I said as we crossed the lonely and dark street. The sound of the sea created a calm and mellow atmosphere that I'm sure was lovely when people slept.

"I told you" he responded as we stepped onto the porch. He looked into one of the flower pots that carried beautiful white calla lilies.

"Aha" he pulled out a single old fashioned key.

"That's a beautiful key" I said. He turned to look at me oddly. "I have a thing for old keys" I explained.

He chuckled. "Mom likes them too, which is why she kept this one. It's the original key to the house. She has the copy of it, always carries it in a chain around her neck."

"That's nice" he turned and opened the door. It was painted, that much I knew but I knew not what color it was.

"Welcome" he said standing aside to let me in.

"Thank you" I smiled and stepped inside with my bag.

He followed inside and turned on the lights before he closed the door. Even with the door closed I could still hear the water, I smiled at that.

The cottage was tastefully decorated. The furniture though it looked new it was no doubt meant to resemble the old times. Renovations had been done to it but the house was kept in the past. A beautiful Spanish home. I loved every inch of it, I wouldn't mind living here if I had the choice.

"Let me give you a tour" Edward said... nervously?

Why nervous?

There were three bedrooms, Edward pointed out which was his and which was Alice's and his parents.

"There used to be a fourth bedroom but mom turned it into a bathroom. The original bathroom still stands, but it's outside and no one uses it. This room-"he opened the door next to his own room. "This was the entertainment room. my grandmother used to play here with his brothers and sisters when it rained. Otherwise they were always outside.

Mom kept most of the things in here. The old rocking chairs, the grand piano. Even the old board games our grandparents had. Though she just had to add a TV and a computer for us. It's the past mixed with the present."

I looked around. Pictures covered the walls, old paintings and portraits of what I assumed to be Edward's great grandparents and his grandparents. There was a family portrait of his family; it was the most current one.

"Who painted?" I asked as I took a look at the old paintings.

"My great grandpa and his oldest daughter. They had five kids, my grandma was the third."

"Wow" I said running a finger delicately over the watercolor paintings. One was a painting of the bay, in the sunset. "I like this one" I said looking at it for a long time.

"It's one of my favorites too. I actually took some that I like back home. Their in my room."

"I'm afraid I never noticed. I'll have to look at it when we get back."

"Yeah you will"

I turned to look at him.

"It's beautiful Edward. All of it, I can't think of a better place to be at the moment. Too bad the hangovers gone, guess were a bit late."

His eyes searched mines as he walked towards me and interlaced our fingers.

"Yeah. You're right; do you think we wasted our time then?"

"Of course not, it's one of the best places to be in. and it helped me to learn more about you and you're family. So no, we aren't wasting time."

He smiled, what was that that I saw in his eyes. I couldn't put a name on it.

"I'm glad you like it" he whispered, his lips inches away from mines. I closed my eyes when I smelled his warm homely breath. His lips pressed against mines softly.

I could hear nothing but the sea and our breaths.

A shudder ran through me, he noticed and pulled away. That look in his eyes was gone.

"Come on lets go get some blankets.

We went into his room; there wasn't much about him in here. Just a couple of pictures and books. The rest was things that had probably been here since this house was new.

"I know we slept a lot but I still think we should try to sleep. Or else tomorrow we'll be too tired to look around. It looks better in the day, trust me, you won't want to miss it."

"All right." I took out my nightclothes and toothbrush and went out to the hallway and into the bathroom. There's no such thing as too much sleep in my book.

When I returned, washed and all ready for bed Edward was reading a book.

"You're turn" I said when he looked up at me.

He smiled set the book down, grabbed his things and left the room.

I crawled into bed. The blankets smelled like they had just been washed. It was cold, so I couldn't wait for Edward to come back so I could snuggle into him. In the mean time I took out my journal and began to write a new entry.

"Time's up" he called ten minutes later. His hair was still damp. "Time for bed."

"All right." I closed the book and put it on the bedside table. Edward got into the bed next to me and immediately I scooted towards him. I could always count on him to be warm. He looked at me as I snuggled into his side. He chuckled and turned off the light. The moonlight filtered through the single window in the room. The sea made me feel at complete peace.

"You know you've been very calm today" he said in the darkness. He turned to me and put his arms around me.

"That's probably because I slept through most of the day and I had a massive hangover."

"Right" he said in that sweet voice of his. "You should drink more often."

"I don't think I will. If this time I ended up married I don't want to imagine what else I could be capable of."

"Come on, surely marriage isn't that bad."

"It depends who you're married to. So I guess I got pretty lucky it was you."

"Doesn't matter anyways. In a few days we'll initiate a divorce"

He didn't sound as happy as he should probably be.

"Yeah" I said. I didn't sound very content either.

"We don't have to" he said quietly. I don't think I was meant to have heard it. I answered him anyways.

"No we don't"

There was a moments silence between us that felt like a lifetime.

"Do you want to?" he said quietly. Unsure on whether we should talk about this.

"I really like you" I offered.

"Enough to be married to me?"

"Yeah I guess…all I'm saying is that maybe we could leave it like this and see how things go. In time if either one of us wants to-you know- end it…then we file for a divorce."

"I like that idea better" he said.

"I do too"

"Will we tell our parents?"

"Yeah…eventually. I think they have the right to know that their children married each other while they were away."

"I see you're reasoning… I was thinking"

Why did he always start like this?

"Naturally" I said as I had said many times before.

"Maybe…we could treat this-uh- as maybe our honeymoon."

My stomach lurched and was immediately filled with overwhelming butterflies. I wanted to scream and jump…was it of happiness?

"Really?" I asked. He didn't answer.

But I felt his lips on mines. He kissed me then slightly pulled back to whisper. "Really"

I didn't have to think about it when I pulled his lips back to mines. I never thought about this before but I had no doubt that I was ready and this is what I wanted.

There was no hurrying, we both wanted this to be as special as possible. We took our time learning each other in the dark.

I couldn't keep my feelings away anymore. Though I never realized I was trying to block them.

In less than a week I had managed to fall in love with a complete stranger. I had managed to run away with him, I had managed to marry him and I had managed to lose what was most important to a girl to him. I had no regrets about any of this. I was the happiest I'd been in my life.

"April" Edward whispered. "I love you"

I had no time to respond the pain came after he uttered the words.

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