Chapter 22

The next morning he kissed me goodbye, way to early while I was still laying in bed. I rolled over and went back to sleep. The rest the week flew by in a flurry of fun. Mornings were spent with my family and his exploring the country; afternoons I watched Edward work; and evenings were with Edward on his yacht. But at bed time, Edward was always there. He even started quizzing me for my architectural boards. On Friday morning, Edward woke me up and said, "Go put on your bikini for scuba diving today!"

"No Edward."

"Actually, it's all right because there's a shorty wet suit waiting in the shower for you."

"Edward, what about after?"

"If you want to come back and change, you can? But you shouldn't worry, you're gorgeous."

"Fine, where are you shooting this afternoon?"

"Shhhh," he said. "It's a secret spot."

"Is that why I can't watch you shoot, today?"

He leaned in and kissed me. Then he said, "I'm taking all day off. Once we're done diving with our families, we're getting on the speedboat and hiding."

"Really?"

"Yes, so is that the real reason why you wanted me in a bikini?"

"Yes, but we'll be back so that we can go to town with our families for dinner and dancing."

"What if I don't want to and I would rather hide all night with you."

"I love you and your idea; but yes we're all going out tonight. We promised. Now go." I changed into the bikini and then pulled the shorty partway up so that it was sitting just under my bikini line.

I came out of the bathroom and Edward escorted me upstairs to the table and chairs for breakfast. I said as I got a glass of orange juice. "By the way, my brothers haven't tried to scare you away yet, have they?"

"No they haven't. I think they are having plenty of fun and are enjoying themselves. Between my sisters and all the activities I arranged for them, they have nothing to complain about."

"I didn't think they would. They're really enjoying having your sisters around. I think they are developing some crushes on them. Last night, they told me they were glad they scared away all the other boys."

"I'm very glad they did to." And I received a kiss. "We're diving with three dive masters today. The three dive masters will pick up our families and come down here with all of our gear."

"Really, we're going out on the yacht today."

"Yes. Now, can I ask a question about your family?"

"I suppose."

"Have any your brothers been married and divorced?"

"No. Why?"

"Do any of them have serious girlfriends?"

"No. Why? Jasper almost got married in college; but two weeks before the wedding he saw the light of day with Maria. She has his first job set up with her daddy's company, their first house and the first six months of their marriage planned out. He walked away with his head held high and a Jazz music contract at the same time. After that, my brothers were both a little skittish around the women and were not looking for any commitments."

"Do your brothers work as hard as you do?"

"Yes."

"We're all very driven," I said finally giving him a little bit of attitude.

"Relax, Bella. You're all driven to succeed. I guess I can't blame you for not knowing how to have fun. It must be a family gene to succeed in business first."

"Edward," and I swatted him. "I think you have gotten me to have fun. Look at my brothers on this trip; they've had a ton of fun this week."

"Hush, my Principessa. I was giving you a compliment. You're an amazing woman and now you're learning to balance your life."

I look at him and said, "You know you're no better than me. You're working your butt off right now and the only reason you're having fun is because we're here."

"Okay, you're right, but my schedule isn't 9 to 5 Monday through Friday."

"Neither is mine, so shut up and come here and put my sunscreen on."

After he kissed my shoulders, neck, face and lips; he finished the sunscreen. Edward said, "C'mon. I see everyone coming," and we met them at the bottom of the boat to load the gear. The captain quickly pushed off and thirty minutes later we were tying off to a buoy. While we had cruised out, the dive masters had given all of us our instructions. Both sets of parents were just going to watch the kids dive. First Emmett, Rose and their instructor went in, followed by Jasper, Alice and their instructor went in. All six of them headed west. Edward and I and our instructor headed east. I was between the instructor and Edward. After about fifteen minutes, we were swimming down near the bottom of the ocean. Edward pointed to something that looked like a trunk and we swam up to it. He picked it up and opened it. As he opened it, there was a note that read, "This is not a proposal, but will you think about becoming engaged to me? I love you, Edward." He looked at my face mask and I nodded yes. He put the chest in my hand and in the bottom of the chest was a beautiful diamond heart pendant. The instructor got our attention. He directed us towards a turtle; we followed a turtle until we came up to the surface and got on the boat.

As soon as we had our gear off for the most part, I was hugging Edward and said, "Edward, I love you. Thank you for the beautiful necklace. Let me get out of this wetsuit and I'll be back."

"Okay, but don't take long. Our families are on their way back."

"Fine, I'll be right back." When I returned, I had switched to my of white sun dress. We all gathered on the sun deck and sat and relaxed talking about the diving as we went back to the dock. Our families helped the dive masters carry all the dive gear off the yacht. I said, "Goodbye to our families as they left.

Emmett turned around and said, "Thanks Edward and sis. But you don't need to wear that cover up. Jasper and I have known how hot you are. That's why we scared all the guys away for all those years."

Rose said, "Bella, Emmett is right you have a gorgeous body; you should have been a model with me. Alice and I will help you get ready tonight. We have the perfect dress for you."

I turned beet red and turned into Edward's chest and said "Go on, get out of here." I slowly looked up at Edward embarrassed by that comment. Once they were out of our sight, Edward reached down behind me, grabbed the hem of my dress and whispered, "Take it off. Actually I'll take it off of you for you." Once it was off, he lowered me to one of the lounges and said, "Your necklace looks stunning on you." We started kissing and then he whispered, "For anything else I want to do, I need to take you down to our cabin."

I whispered back, "So then we'd better go; but not that I'm complaining, I thought we were taking the speed boat out."

Edward scooped me up and carried me down to our bed and said, "We'll still go out on the speed boat; you just distracted me so we'll be a little later leaving."

Edward then made love to me with only my beautiful diamond heart pendant on. After we rolled to face each other, he smiled and said, "Now go make yourself beautiful, so we can enjoy the rest of the day."

"Edward, does it matter what I wear?"

"No, it doesn't because whatever you wear will decide what we're going to do. Go take a shower and I'll meet you upstairs for lunch in about an hour or so." I came upstairs in a beautiful black green and white floral flimsy dress; I had another bikini on under my dress. I put my hair back in a headband. Edward was reading so I came up behind him and wrapped by arms around his neck asking, "Do I get lunch now?"

"Yes, after I get a kiss." He pulled me into his lap for a kiss. As the kiss ended, he held onto the necklace and said, "That's beautiful right there on your neck." After lunch, we got into a jeep and drove all around the set areas so that we could avoid any press. At one beach, I was standing ankle deep in the water when I heard Edward say you are stunning. I pulled my dress off to reveal a beautiful white bikini; I dove into the ocean and swam away enjoying the coolness of the water on my skin.

I heard him say, "You're a mermaid as well as a sun goddess."

When Edward caught up to me, he said, "Now swim back to shore." We did and he laid out a blanket so that we could relax together. Edward quizzed me for my architectural finals.

Around five, we headed back to the yacht. As we walked down the pier together, I was accosted by Alice and Rose. They helped me get ready for dinner and dancing with both our families. They asked me a million questions about Emmett and Jasper. The three of us girls left their yacht together and arm in arm in arm, we came down the pier to find our boys.

After Edward spun me in a hug spin, he whispered in my ear, "You look stunning. It looks like you have new friends with my sisters."

"Yes I think I just met three really good friends that I'll keep forever. Now let's go. The sooner we go the sooner we can get back to the yacht."

We took three cars into town; Rose and Emmett were on one motorcycle. Jasper and Alice were in a second car with my parents. Edward and I rode with his parents to the restaurant. Jake was also on a motorcycle with us. At dinner, Emmett, Jasper and my dad continued asking Edward a million questions about moviemaking. Our families were a perfect match, Edward and I shared plenty of dancing plus we all went out for a few line dances as a group. Jasper said to me, "Bella, you have even learned how to dance. You dance the salsa really well."

"Thanks Jasper. I have had a really good teacher since my brothers scared off all the possibilities all those years ago."

Edward leaned towards Jasper and fist bumped him and said, "Thanks for that."

"You're welcome. Just don't hurt her and keep her protected," Jasper said.

Emmett added, "or else." Rose hit him and I hid my face into Edward's chest as I was flushed in embarrassment. We finally drove back to the yacht; I told my family I'll see you around 11 am, knowing we planned to be in the air by noon.

Back on our yacht in the living room, there was salsa music playing. We started dancing and it slowly turned into dirty dancing. Edward then whispered, "Is that little white bikini on under this?"

I just smiled which took us down to our bed knowing that it was a new white lace bra and panties not the bikini.

As the dress came over my head, Edward said, "Not the white bikini, but this is just as incredible." Edward covered me in kisses, except where the pure white lace bra and white lace boy shorts were at. This time I flipped and pinned him. As I sat on his hips, I helped take his shirt off. Together the rest of our clothes came off, I retaliated and slid straight down onto my Edward and set our pace. "Bella fuck come with me now," and we came as one in a wonderful climax leaving each of us glowing and glistening. Wanting to stay as close together as possible, I laid on his chest with his arms wrapped around me and that is how we fell asleep. At 7:00 am, he woke me up to make love again. Then Edward brought me breakfast in bed. I finally had to pack and shower for my trip home. While I was packing, Edward saw some of the new clothes lying out.

Edward commented, "Bella, I know my mother's designs; I believe most of these new clothes are from my mom."

"Yes, she sent them to me and your sister has given me some on this trip also."

"Bella, they must love you because she's never willingly done anything for my other girlfriends. They've always had to beg in the past or I had to ask for them. I love you, my Principessa."

Edward went with us to the airport. After my family thanked him and told him goodbye, I hugged him and kissed him goodbye. I said, "I love you," with tears coming down my face. My brothers wolf whistle at me and I broke off the kiss. I turned and headed for the plane wiping the tears away.

Edward said, "I love you, too." I ran back into his arms for an even longer kiss. Finally, I had to pull away to get on the jet. Quickly, my father and I headed northwest back to Vegas.

Back in Vegas, we all went out to eat and relived the week in Costa Rica. My mom hugged me goodnight and quietly said, "I know you are sad that Edward is still in Costa Rica and that he loves you and you won't be with him. However when you miss him, text him, call him or remember your happy times; I've never seen you so happy. You have also made your brothers very happy meeting Alice and Rose. I see an interesting family being meshed together. So please stop crying and be the amazing daughter, student, sister, colleague and girlfriend you are."

"Thanks, mom. I needed to hear that and I love you."

On Sunday, I saw my brother's off and then did homework.