The New Year had passed and everyone headed home the next day. Our goodbyes were long and tearful and I couldn't help but bury my face into Edward's jacket as we waved at the van that was taking our family to the airport.
Edward took my hand as we walked back inside our building and headed to the elevator.
"We'll see them again in just a few months when we fly out for Spring Break." He said rubbing my back as I leaned into him waiting for the elevator to reach our floor.
"I know." I sniffed. "I just miss them already."
School started up the next day for both of us. Our schedules were the same as last semester. I liked having Fridays off from school so that I could spend more time with Edward in the morning and in the afternoon.
I opened my eyes in the morning before the alarm clock went off. I reached over and switched it off. I laid in bed watching Edward sleep until his eyes fluttered open and met mine.
"What are you doing?" He asked with a smirk.
"I'm watching my handsome boyfriend sleep." I told him while trying to brush his unruly hair off his forehead and out of his eyes. He shook his head and rolled onto his back with a sigh.
"I don't want to get up." He groaned and crossed his arms over his face.
"Close you eyes for fifteen more minutes while I take a shower. I'll wake you up when I'm done."
I jumped in the shower hoping that it would wake me up. I got out and toweled off, brushed my teeth, and got dressed.
I walked out into the bedroom and woke Edward. He stood up and stretched out his long body before shuffling into the bathroom.
"Let me get my brush before you get in." I said as Edward rolled his eyes and turned on the water before stripping off his clothes and stepping in under the spray.
I shrugged my shoulders. I guess he wouldn't care if I was in here while he showered. It's not like I've never seen him naked before. So I started blow drying my hair.
We were both finally ready for the day and headed out to the street bundled up in our jackets. Edward pulled my wool hat over my ears before kissing my cold lips goodbye. I pulled the hood of his sweatshirt that he had on under his coat up and over his head. He smiled and kissed me again before we headed in different directions to walk to school.
School was boring and slow. Since it was the first day the classes were cut short. My last class only lasted for a half an hour instead of the normal hour. I went to the bookstore to pick up the text books that I needed for the classes that I had had today.
I got home and cleaned up the loft a little. Washed some clothes and changed the sheets on the guest room bed. It was almost five and I needed a couple of things from the market to make dinner.
The market was near Edward's school so I thought that I would see if he done for the day. Maybe he would want to go to the market with me and pick out a few things.
I walked into the front doors of Julliard and headed down to the music classrooms. I looked in the windows of a few rooms before I found Edward. The classroom had about twenty chairs that were raised like a small auditorium. The teacher in the front had his back to the class and was writing music notes on the chalkboard that was lined like sheet music. The teacher then played some music from a stereo. Edward closed his eyes in concentration listening to the music.
As I was watching him I felt a presence behind me. I turned to find Tanya glaring at me with her arms folded in front of her.
"What do you think you are doing here?" She sneered. "You don't belong here."
"Well, Tanya, I'm waiting for my boyfriend to finish with his class so that we can walk home together." I smiled at her. "Because we live together." I added just to fuel the fire. I was done letting her intimidate me.
"It's just a matter of time." She laughed without humor.
"A matter of time for what exactly? For him to leave me for you? You are so delusional. Even if we broke up he wouldn't go for you. You're in the same league as James and Victoria and he hates them." My voice remained calm.
"He doesn't love you. You are just a passing phase, little girl." She waved her hand in front of me. "He'll tire of you and come looking for a real woman like me."
"Well, until then, I'm the one that he holds at night while he sleeps." I smirked. Just then Edward came out of the classroom. I smiled up at him to show him that I was OK and took his hand. He gathered up his stuff from a locker and we headed out to the market.
We got home and I told him the conversation that I had with Tanya. He told me that he requested not to work with her this semester and that the teachers were fine with it.
We got back in the groove of school and little sleep. We were both exhausted and went to bed early one night when we both had light homework.
The phone rang and woke me from my light sleep. I looked at the clock and saw that it was only 9:30pm and not an unusual hour for our friends and family to call.
"Hello?" I answered lying on my back. Edward rolled over and rested his head on my shoulder his eyes still closed.
"Hey Bella!" Rose's voice said excitedly.
"Hi, Rose, what's up?"
"I have some good news." She started. "Emmett and I have decided on a date for the wedding."
"That's great. When?"
"Over your spring break! When you are both here."
"Rose that's like a month and a half away. Alice is probably freaking out." I laughed because it was true.
"She is, but I bribed her to settle down by making her the maid of honor. I hope you don't mind." She said sheepishly.
"No Rose, not at all. I mean, she's there with you to plan. I won't be around to help at all."
"Emmett wants Edward to be in the wedding too. Jasper is his best man of course."
"I think Edward would like that."
"What would I like?" Edward mumbled into my neck.
"Go back to sleep, I'll tell you in the morning."
"Oh! Are you guys trying to sleep? I didn't think it was that late." Rose apologized.
"No Rose its fine. We just went to bed. It's been a long week for both of us." I explained. Edward sighed and I could tell that he was already asleep. "Edward is sleeping again already."
"I'll let you go, but I am going to email you a picture of the dress that I picked out for you and the color. They have the store in New York and I have already bought the dress and they will set up a fitting for you. You just have to bring it when you come. I'll have the shoes here."
"I'm happy for you Rose. I can't wait. I'll tell Edward about it in the morning. Love you, Bye!" I said hanging up the phone. 'Love you too' I heard Edward mumble in his sleep and his hold tightened around me. I turned in his arms and buried my face in his chest and breathed him in before closing my eyes for the night.
Spring Break popped up out of nowhere and we found ourselves on a plane to Seattle. It had been seven months since we stepped foot outside of our little world in New York.
Esme picked us up from the airport and took us back to the Cullen home. Edward was ambushed by Alice dragging him to the tux shop to get him fitted perfectly. I was forced to model my dress for Rose and Alice to prove to them that it was perfect.
Rose and Alice's families arrived later in the afternoon along with Charlie. I got to spend the rest of the evening with my dad as everyone else was preparing for the wedding that was to take place the next day.
"Hi Dad." I said walking into his hotel lobby.
"Hey Bells! I'm so happy to see you." He said hugging me and pulling back to look closer at me. "How's school treating you? How's Edward treating you?"
"Edward is much nicer than school Dad." I laughed. "Everything is great. Don't worry so much."
We went to dinner together and he dropped my back at the Cullen's before heading back to his hotel. "I'll see you tomorrow at the wedding." I told him and kissed his cheek before hopping out of the car and heading into the house.
I reached Edward's room and walked in to find him and Emmett sitting Indian style on his bed.
"Am I interrupting some serious 'guy talk'?" I asked jokingly.
Emmett jumped up and headed out the door. I looked at Edward for information.
"He's nervous." He explained. "And for some reason he thought I would be able to give him advice." He shook his head. "I don't know anything about getting married and weddings."
"He just needed someone to talk to."
"How was your visit with your dad?" He asked as he scooted back on the bed so that he could shove his legs under the covers.
"Really good. He asked if you were good to me." I chuckled. "I told him that you were pretty nice."
"Pretty nice." He wondered and put his hands behind his head. "Yeah, that describes me."
I grabbed my pajamas out of the suitcase and changed. I jumped up on the bed and pulled the blankets up to my neck. Edward clicked off the light and cuddled up with me for the night.
Alice's voice was like a siren in the morning. She pounded on our door to wake us up before barging in and pulling me from Edward's arms.
"Come on Bella, we have to start getting you ready." She instructed.
"Alice we have like four hours!" I whined. "I can be ready in less than one hour."
"Nope. We have a professional make-up artist and a hair designer to fix us up today. It takes time." Edward was laughing from the bed. "What do you think is so funny?" She said glaring at Edward. "We're having them take a stab at that hair of yours."
That shut him up. "Seriously? Why?" Alice just smirked as pulled me out of the room.
A few hours of torture later I had to say that I looked pretty good. The navy blue dress was beautiful and my hair was up and had beaded ribbons weaved through it.
The girls climbed into a limo and headed to the church. The men would be following later once they picked up Emmett and Jasper from Emmett's apartment.
The music started and it was time for me to make my way down the aisle. I was caught in a daydream about the day that maybe I would be getting married and Edward waiting for me at the end of the aisle.
During the ceremony I was in a trance staring at Edward looking so handsome in his tuxedo. He winked at me and gave me his crooked grin. I looked away and blushed a little at being caught gawking at him.
The reception was held at the hotel that the families were staying at. It was in a beautifully decorated hall. People were dancing and having a lot of fun. Since no one seemed to care, I indulged in some champagne instead of punch.
Edward asked me to dance and I agreed happily. He walked me out to the dance floor and held me in his arms. We started swaying to the music and I started giggling and couldn't stop.
"Bella? How many glasses of champagne did you have?" He asked looking amused.
"Just one." I lied. "OK, two." I lied again.
My dad came up and cut in on our dance. Edward stepped aside and I took Charlie's hand.
"You look beautiful Bells." He told me. I just smiled up at him still a little giggly from earlier, but I knew my dad would not be happy if he found out that I had been drinking. I put my head on his shoulder and continued the dance. The music stopped and changed tempo to a faster song. We walked back over to the table where Edward was waiting and Charlie handed me over to him.
I fell asleep in the limo on the ride back to the house. Laughter woke me up as Edward was trying to get me out of the car. Alice and Jasper were laughing at me as I staggered a little when I stepped out of the limo.
"It looks like you'll have your hands full tonight." Jasper snickered as I hung on to Edward around his middle for support.
"Make sure to have plenty of aspirin for the morning." Alice added before closing the car door.
We walked into the house, well I swayed and staggered while Edward tried to lead me in the right direction. He finally gave up and picked me up bridal style and carried me to his bedroom.
He set me down on the bed and turned to change his clothes and hang up the tux. While he was doing that I stripped out of my dress and let it pool at my feet. I kicked off my shoes and pulled at the awkward bra that Alice insisted I wear with the dress.
Edward walked out of the closet and laughed at my predicament. He came over with a t-shirt and set it on the bed.
"Do you need help?" He smirked. "That contraption looks complicated."
"Just get it off!" I almost shouted from frustration dropping my arms. He fumbled with the hooks and I swear it took him fifteen minutes to get the thing off of me. It didn't help that he was laughing so hard.
He finally removed it and I through it across the room as if it would feel my anger towards it. He handed me the t-shirt and I slipped it over my head.
Edward lifted the edge of the blankets for me to climb in. He crawled over me to his side and slid under the covers.
"Bella, you are going to feel like shit in the morning." He scolded and kissed my forehead.
I laid my head on his chest and closed my eyes. I hiccupped once and Edward's chest started bouncing my head up and down from his laughter. "It's not funny." I said and rolled away from him.
"I'm sorry." He cooed and wrapped his arm around be from behind before nuzzling his face in my hair and neck. "Go to sleep, drunk girl."