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Chapter 7: The Night

Edward and I said goodbye to the rest of his family, then he picked me up and ran upstairs. He set me down on his bed, and ran downstairs for something. He appeared in the next instant with a stack of papers in his hand.

"Alice wanted us to be productive," he explained.

"Why can't we have one night alone without talking about the wedding?"
"Technically we aren't talking about the wedding. We're talking about our honeymoon."

"Fine, Edward. Be impossible."
"I didn't mean to make you upset. We can have our honeymoon be as long or as short as you want."
"We'll be by ourselves?" I verified.

"Yes. We can go anywhere you want, also."

"Can we go somewhere on a beach?"
"Of course," he smiled. He put his arm around me, and I snuggled closer to him. Edward's cell phone buzzed.

"Hello?" he asked. He paused for a minute. "Okay, Alice, we'll talk about it." He hung up.
"What did Alice want?"

"Is there something bugging you?" I looked down.

"Is the transformation going to hurt?" He lifted my chin, so he could see my eyes.
"I'll make sure it isn't that bad for you." I lowered my eyes, so I couldn't see his topaz eyes.

"What?" he asked. I took a deep breath. I didn't want to ask him this.

"Edward, would you promise me something?"
"Bella, I told you we wouldn't do that until we were married."
"No, it's not that." I shook my head. I didn't want to hurt him.

"Bella, what is it? You can ask me anything."

"I don't want you to be here with me during the transformation." I felt him flinch, but he hugged me closer. I made me feel even guiltier for asking him this.

"Why?" his voice was kind and understanding.
"You're going to be miserable, and I don't want you to have to go through that."
"I'm not going to leave your side, Bella."
"Edward, I don't want you there."
"Bella, I'll be there, holding your hand."

"Fine, I'll just ask Jasper and Emmett to keep you away."

"Please, Bella. I want to be there with you. I want to be the first thing you see with your immortal eyes. I want to give you everything you want, from this moment on."

"Edward, you'll be miserable that I'm in pain."
"That won't change my decision. Please don't make me stay away."
"I won't. I just don't want you to wish I wasn't in so much pain."
"Like I said before, I'll try to make it pain free."

"Edward, where do you want to go for our honeymoon?"

"I was thinking we should go to Florida for a week to visit Renée. Then we could spend a couple of weeks at a deserted beach."

"That sounds great."