Let the real honeymoon begin. I apologize in advance for any sp/grammar errors that I don't catch. ENJOY!!
CH.3: Airport
BELLA'S POV
I was currently sitting in the passenger side seat of a shiny Volvo with my butt barely in my seat. I was so uncontrollably excited at the moment. Not even Edward speeding mattered. I WAS ON MY WAY TO LONDON!! A smile was plastered on my face. My hyper jumping came to a stop as I felt a hand push my shoulder down.
"Bella please settle down. We're almost to the airport," Edward chuckled.
"I know, I know. But I've never been out of the continental United States before. I've always wondered what London would be like!"
I knew that I had given Edward an extreme ego boost with my comment. The scenery flew by as Edward pushed eighty miles per hour. So many times I had studied the city of London in school. London reminded me of a fairytale land that was huge. With castles and beautiful architecture.
I glanced back at Edward to see him staring at me lovingly. I blushed and averted my gaze shyly. "What?" I asked.
Edward reached over with one hand and caressed my cheek. "I've never seen you like this before Bella. You are actually glowing."
I giggled and took his hand in mine, lacing our fingers together. "I guess I'm just finally feeling the euphoria of being married to an amazing man. Plus I'm on my way to one of the most beautiful places in the world to spend my honeymoon."
Edward smiled his crooked smile, dazzling me instantly and suddenly I couldn't wait to have him all to myself in London. All of a sudden Edward got this huge smirk on his face. I gave him a questioning look, "What's with the smirk?"
He had this mischievous look in his eyes that had a flame of arousal shooting through me. He chuckled lowly, "I think I forgot to tell you before that a vampire's sense of smell is ten times better than a normal human Bella."
I gave him a flabbergasted stare and rolled my eyes. "I knew that," I scoffed. This time Edward rolled his eyes. Apparently I was missing something.
"Bella I can smell you," he stated simply.
Once again, "I know that too." He groaned and focused on his driving for a moment.
"Not just your blood Bella."
"Huh?" I blanked.
The crooked smile returned but more teasingly this time. Edward gazed at me from under those beautiful eyelashes and stated, "Every time, Bella, that you are remotely, how should I say this, turned on by me, I can smell it."
My face flushed several different shades of red as realization hit me. My eyes widened. That means just a second ago… I buried my head into my hands, my embarrassment flowing off me in waves. I felt the Volvo come to a stop and looked up from my hands. If I could sweat drop I would. I hadn't even realized we had pulled into the airport parking lot until now.
Edward was opening my door before my mind caught up with my body. He lifted me from the car and set me on my feet. I made to go around him, but he placed his hands on either side of my head effectively trapping me between him and the open car door. His face lowered so that his lips were millimeters from my own.
The smell of his breath had me dazzled and all my thought process shut down. The sweet, delicious smell of him impairing my senses and sending me into a pleasure high. My eyes drooped as he gazed at me sexily. It didn't even matter that we were standing in the middle of the airport parking lot. I let out a trembling breath and his lips came even closer to me. "Bella," he whispered and his lips sealed over mine. I sighed and wrapped my arms around his neck and his arms went around my waist.
My legs decided to fail me and Edward had to support my weight. He broke away from me after about a minute and gazed at me with love and lust. He went to kiss me again, and I did the hardest thing I have ever done in my entire life. I denied him that next kiss. I place my index finger gently against his approaching lips.
Edward pulled away with a baffled look on his face. I smiled sweetly, "If we keep going we'll either attract a crowd or miss our plane. Save it for the honeymoon hon."
I sashayed past him and popped open the trunk. He shook his head with a smile on his flawless face and came to help me with the bags. I huffed as I lifted the numerous bags from the trunk. "How many bags did Alice see fit for us to bring?" I complained.
Edward laughed and shrugged, "I don't know, but she said that the one with the pink stripe on was for you only. Something about a surprise. Her mind was heavily guarded so I never figured out what it was."
I rolled my eyes and spotted a luggage carrier over near by. I made way to it and pushed it back to the car. "Here. This should help a bit."
"Yeah."
We loaded the luggage onto the cart and finally walked to the entrance of the airport. When we entered, I noticed Edward start holding his breath and breathing deeply through his mouth.
"Edward can you handle this?" I asked concerned for his "needs".
He looked at me reassuringly, "Yeah. It just took me by surprise for a second. All good now."
I sighed in relief. "So when does the flight leave?"
Edward glanced at the watch on his wrist, "Well it's one o'clock now and our flight leaves at three, so let's go get our tickets and baggage taken care of, then we can go get you something to eat."
I nodded in agreement. We made our way to the ticket check in. To both our dismays, the line was forever long. I sighed and Edward groaned. "Well I guess I suspected this," I commented.
"Yes. I guess no matter what time, the airport is always crowded."
The couple in front of us turned to us and agreed wholeheartedly. It was a middle-aged couple. The woman was Susan and the man was Mark. I shook hands with both, "A pleasure to meet you."
"Likewise," the woman greeted, "So where are yall going?"
Edward answered, "London, England."
"Ah yes. The beautiful city of London. We are going to Whales, England."
We both nodded in acknowledgement and moved slightly up in the line. It seemed that Susan seemed to notice my wedding ring at that moment. "Oh you two are married?!" Her tone was shocked with underlying disapproval.
Edward stepped in and calmly told her, "We were married yesterday. I'm taking Bella to London for our honeymoon."
The man had a look of admiration in his eyes for Edward. "I wish I could have afforded a trip to London for Susan when we were married."
Edward smiled slightly, and Susan continued to eye me. I was becoming a little uncomfortable. "Next person please. I can take someone down here," a receptionist called.
I let out a sigh of relief as Susan and Mark were next. "I don't think that woman liked me very much," I grumbled, tartly.
Edward wrapped an arm around my waist, "Don't read to much into it. We're next. Relax."
I did relax and we were called to the next desk shortly. I immediately sensed the attraction the young woman had towards Edward by the way she looked him up and down. Edward, of course, did not even take notice.
"Hey there. What can I do for you sir?" her voice was sickeningly sweet.
"Yes um, I have two tickets for London," Edward replied politely.
The lady nodded and took the forms and pushed several buttons on the computer. "Name please."
"Cullen."
And more typing. The lady smiled as she handed us our boarding passes. "Is there anything else I can do for you Mr. Cullen?" she trailed off suggestively.
I couldn't take it anymore. I shoved myself in front of Edward and made my presence known. "We're fine thank you. Now if you don't mind, my husband and I have to go or we'll be late for our honeymoon."
She quickly tagged our luggage and placed them on the conveyor belt. I gave her one more glare and stalked off.
"Bella wait!" Edward called after me. Damnit I was so frustrated… and jealous! Once Edward had himself at my side again, he took in the angry look on my face. "What has you so upset Bella?"
"That…that girl…grrr. She was trying to come onto you! Ugh!" I stomped through a crowd.
Edward grabbed my shoulder and turned me to him. I stopped walking and sat down on a bench that Edward ushered me to. Once I was sitting, Edward gazed at me intently for a minute. I refused to look at him. My frustration was simmering. I couldn't help it. I was a wife who just witnessed another girl try to come onto her man. Hell no! It's a good thing I'm not a naturally violent person. I really wanted to hit that bitch right now.
"Bella are you alright sweetheart?" Edward asked worriedly.
"No."
He grabbed my face in his hands and looked deeply into my eyes. Comprehension flashed in his eyes and he smiled, "You're jealous."
I turned my face from his hands and looked out into the crowd. "Well yeah. She was hitting on you. Only I'm allowed to do that. It especially pisses me off when she tried to suggest something else."
Edward sighed, "Bella you don't have to be so mad. I'm flattered that you're jealous, but don't be to upset about it alright. I love you and nothing in this world will change that."
I nodded and rested my head against his shoulder. I took a few deep breaths to calm myself. After a few minutes my stomach growled. Edward laughed and stood up, I doing the same. "I guess it's time to feed the human. Feeling better now?"
I leaned up and pecked him on the lips, "Much better." I turned and walked towards the food court leaving Edward to follow behind.
I wasn't really sure what I wanted to eat, so I just decided on a Chick-fil- A sandwich. It was really good! Edward watched patiently as I ate in content. When I was finished I asked him again what time it was. "It is two o'clock, so we have one hour to get through security and onto our plane."
"Well we better get going. God knows how long the security line is going to be, and with my luck, I'll probably set off the metal detector."
Edward chuckled slightly, "Have ever told you that you're a drama queen Bella?"
I lowered my eyes at his innocent expression, "No you haven't."
"Well you are, and I find it highly amusing," Edward said cheekily.
I just let out a human impersonation of a growl and walked towards the security gates. Edward caught up to me within seconds.
"Sorry Bella. I didn't mean to make you frustrated," his eyes were sincere. My gaze softened and I sighed.
"I know. It's just I'm ready to be on that plane already. I guess I've finally found our why I don't travel much."
"Why is that?" asked Edward.
"I hate airports."
Edward laughed and handed me my passport and boarding pass.
We stood in line waiting for about five minutes until we both had to strip off our shoes and place all bags, electronics, and metal objects on the conveyor belt. Just being around a bunch of airport security freaked me out. It's like when you know you're being watched and that uncomfortable feeling overcomes you. I just hoped and prayed that I didn't set the alarm off.
Edward made it through detection safely. Then it was my turn. I took a deep breath and checked to make sure I had everything taken care of. I slowly walked through and breathed a sigh of relief when the machine didn't sound. Edward smiled at my relieved expression and handed me my shoes and my carry- on bag.
Once security was over with, our gate was only about ten minutes away according to the "you are here" map. So we both began the walk to the boarding gate and a question popped up into my head.
"Hey Edward?"
"Hmm."
"Are we riding first class or coach?"
He looked at me like I was crazy. I guess that answers my question.
Instead of letting him answer, I answered myself. "First class."
Edward smiled, "I was actually planning on getting us a private jet, but I knew you would kill me if I did hypothetically speaking of course, so I settled for First Class." I giggled and continued to walk in silence after that.
The gate appeared shortly to us in a moment, and we sat down to wait for the flight lady to take our tickets. I could feel my excitement returning. A smile appeared on my face.
"Excited again are we?" I heard Edward remark.
"Yep." I rested my head on his shoulder and his arm came around the seat to rest on my waist. I craned my neck up so that I could see his face. I was met by a pair of dazzling caramel chocolate irises that held the deepest love that it momentarily took my breath away.
"FLIGHT TO LONDON, ENGLAND AT THREE O'CLOCK NOW BOARDING! FIRST CLASS PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO THE GATE!!"
I looked up and saw that that was us. I grabbed my carry on and walked toward the gate. I handed the lady behind the ticket scanner. She scanned it and gently placed it back in my hands. Edward received the same.
And I finally boarded the plane with my husband. We quickly found our seats in the First Class section. I was pleasantly impressed with the area.
When I asked Edward how much time was left, his soft reply was about fifteen minutes. Then I had yet another brilliant question to ask him, one I couldn't answer for myself.
"Edward?"
"Yes love."
"What is the time difference between the West coast and London?"
Edward gave me a slightly uneasy smile as if he feared my response. "Um, London is about eight hours ahead of the time we use."
My eyes widened. All I managed was an, "Oh."
Then I yawned sleepily. I guess the events from last night and rushing through the airport had exhausted me. Edward stroked my cheek lovingly.
"Only a few more minutes sweetheart and then you can sleep."
He was right. In the next few minutes our plane was soaring through the skies. My eyes drooped, this time with drowsiness. When the seatbelt light went off, Edward loosened my seatbelt enough for me to lie down in his lap. Surprisingly, I was very comfortable. These seats were a lot bigger that the ones in Coach.
I drifted to sleep to the sound of Edward humming my lullaby softly in my ear. I knew that when I woke up, I would be in London, alone with Edward…and completely lost to what time it would be.
That's the end of this chapter. Hope you guys like it. Sorry this one took so long. I wanted to make it longer, and I'm trying it so that the characters don't seem so OOC. Once again I apologize for any errors that anyone may find. Sometimes my computer doesn't catch mistakes. Anyhoo, the next chapter will be up soon. It will also contain Edward's POV and the events that happen while Bella and Edward are away from the Cullen house. BTW, I actually looked up the time changes when I did this Chapter, so the information is correct. I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT CHARACTERS. Stephanie Meyer does.
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