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AN: Once again I apologize that it has been more than 2 weeks, but I promise that I will never drop the story. I am committed to see this through. I hope you all like this one. There is a surprise in store! Read on : )

Chapter 16

BPOV

The glimmer of sunlight streaming through the blinds was my first clue that morning had arrived. Not wanting to greet the day just yet, I rolled over onto my side reaching out for the warmth that I knew would be there to meet me, but I was slightly startled to be greeted by cool sheets and an empty bed.

Disappointment filled my thoughts as I came to the realization that Edward was already up and moving for the day, and that put my hopes of some morning snuggling and other possible activities to the back burner.

Stretching to shake loose the last remaining moments of sleep, I rolled over and looked at the clock on the bedside table. It was only a little after 8, so at least I hadn't slept the day away. I noticed that there was a folded piece of paper on the table next to the clock with my name written in a familiar script on the front.

I reached over and grabbed the note and smiled to myself as I read its contents.

My beautiful Bella-

I am watching you sleep right now and you are the most beautiful creature in the world. When you wake up, get dressed in warm clothes and be ready to spend some time with me outside today. I have some plans for us. I am hoping that we can start some of our own traditions together.

Love you more than you can ever imagine-

Edward xo

I smiled to myself. Both at the thought that Edward had written me such a sweet note, and for the idea that Edward wanted to create our own traditions together. Traditions meant he was planning a future for us. That was an idea that made me truly ecstatic. A future with Edward held such promise and hope!

I rolled out of bed and quickly dressed in my warmest clothing that I had at Edward's and made my way down the stairs towards the kitchen. My stomach rumbled and I wanted to grab something before we set off to do whatever Edward had planned. Surprises were not always my favorite, but I had faith in Edward.

I walked into the kitchen and there was a plate of fruit and some pastries sitting there with a glass of juice, but Edward wasn't there. I didn't take too long to ponder his whereabouts because my stomach reminded me once again that it was empty and needed to be filled.

Just as I was finishing my breakfast, Edward walked through the door that led to the garage. He was all dressed in his parka and ski pants, and his cheeks were tinged pink from the cold.

"Hey there baby," Edward greeted me and walked over to wrap me in his arms and kiss my neck. His cold nose sending shivers through me as it made contact with my skin.

"Ohhh, that's cold," I giggled in response before hugging him closer to me not caring about the temperature.

He chuckled against my neck before releasing me enough to look at my face.

"Did you sleep well? I see you got my note and breakfast."

"Yes, I did and thank you for both. You are too good to me," I replied lightly running my hands down his cheeks.

"Mmmmm, no such thing," he said releasing me and walking over to the closet to grab my coat.

"Are you ready to start making some traditions with me," he asked with a bright smile as he helped me into my coat.

"I am always ready for anything you have planned," I quipped back and winked so that he would get that I wasn't talking about just his surprise. Now that we had crossed that last barrier in our relationship, I was anxious to see where else that might lead.

His eyes darkened at the innuendo of my words, "Well we will just have to make sure that I keep you busy then today won't we?"

Once again I felt a shiver ripple through me, and I knew that it wasn't from the cold this time.

"Why don't we head out and take care of my first plan and then we can work through some other ideas that have been rolling around in my head?" he asked still looking lustfully at me.

Knowing that if we didn't leave right then that we would never get to his planned out day, I quickly nodded my head as he motioned towards the front door. As I walked past him, he swatted my ass and smirked at me.

Oh he was definitely in a mood alright!

I was surprised when I walked outside and saw that there was a snowmobile parked near the front of the house with the engine quietly purring. Attached to the back was a long sled-like board that was empty except for a few straps. The snowmobile was similar to the one that Edward and I had ridden awhile back, but it was smaller and sleeker, and I guessed that it was also faster.

I must have had a quizzical look on my face because Edward stepped up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist before resting his head on my shoulder and speaking in a low voice, "All part of the plan my love."

"Where did this one come from? It looks a little different than the one we rode before." I questioned.

"This one is my own personal one. We all have them, but when I am doing patrol stuff I take those. Mine is by the same company, but it goes just a bit faster!"

"Just a bit my ass," I scoffed in his direction. I knew full well that he and his brothers had a need for speed!

His answering chuckle was all the confirmation I needed before grabbing the helmet he handed me and climbing up behind him. I had no clue what we were going to be doing, but I knew that he wasn't going to tell me so I figured I would just wait it out. I would find out soon enough.

Just like the first time, the ride on the snowmobile was exhilarating! Not only did I love snuggling into Edward, but there was a certain feeling of freedom as we drove through the trails of the private area surrounding Edward's home. The last time we had explored the deeper areas of the resort we were on resort property, but now we were riding through the trees and clearings that were not public domain. It was still hard to fathom that this was the world that Edward had grown up in.

We rode for about a half an hour or so before Edward slowed the snowmobile down as we neared a cluster of various pines and evergreens. As with the rest of the resort, it was pretty with the fallen snow and sunlight gleaming off the icy surfaces, but this particular area didn't seem overly significant or unusual. All that was around us was a cluster of about 15 tress that were relatively the same size.

What we were doing here?

Edward climbed off the snowmobile looked graceful as always and helped me to climb off as well. He led me to the center of the cluster of trees and turned me so I was facing him. I was getting more confused by the minute. Nothing was making sense.

"Baby, I brought you out here because I want to start a tradition with you that I can only hope and pray will last a very long time. Having you with me and my family yesterday was so incredibly special to me that there are no words. I have never wanted to share any of those special moments with anyone before until I met you. Now I want o share them all and make new ones as well."

I could feel the tears start to sting my eyes at his sweet, heartfelt words. This man was truly amazing and he was all mine!

Edward reached up with his hand and gently brushed the tears away that were forming at the corners of my eyes and kissed both my cheeks before kissing my lips,

"Baby, I brought you here so that we could choose a tree together. I have never bothered with putting up my own tree because Esme always had one at the main house and I didn't see the point. Now I want to do this with you. I want us to pick out our own tree and decorate it together. I want to make love to you under our tree in front of the fireplace and share all of this with you."

There was no stopping the tears that were freely falling down my cheeks now. I had never loved someone liked I loved the man standing in front of me bearing his heart's desires with me.

So I did the only thing that made sense at that moment, I threw myself into his arms and crushed my lips to his as hard as I could. Edward responded immediately by kissing me back with equal strength and desire. Edward slowed the kiss first and I groaned at the loss of his lips on my, earning another chuckle from Edward.

"Sweetheart, I would love to continue this, but the current surroundings are not exactly conducive to making love to you and taking my time about it, which I intend to do in the very near future. What do you say that we pick out our tree and then we can continue where we left off back at home in front of a nice fire and our tree?"

Our tree! I liked the sound of that!

"Sounds good to me! Let's find us a tree!" I replied before grabbing Edward's hand and walking around the grouping of tress that were surrounding us.

We wandered through the grouping discussing the merits of each tree and narrowing our choices down. I was continually drawn back to the same Blue Spruce that stood of to the one side of the cluster. It was lush and full with a near perfect shape. I had returned back to tree again before turning to Edward with a smile.

"This is it!" I exclaimed putting to the tree that had caught my eye several times.

"I agree, baby. This is the perfect tree to start our first tradition," he smiled at me with a radiant grin before walking over to the snowmobile to retrieve the saw that he had stored earlier in the day.

It took a relatively short period of time for Edward to cut the tree down and secure it to the sled at the back of the snowmobile. With having my arm still in the stupid cast, I couldn't really help Edward. Not that he would have let me anyway!

The ride back was just as exhilarating as the ride out, but this ride was filled with the anticipation of seeing our tree placed in the house, not to mention the promises of spending some time in front of the fireplace with Edward! My heart raced with just the idea of finally being with Edward again. Once was definitely not enough!

When we arrived back at the house, Edward pulled the snowmobile around to the front door. After helping me out of my helmet and placing a few searing kisses along my jaw and throat, told me to go ahead in and he would bring the tree in and get it set up for us.

I knew that this would take a few minutes, so I figured I had a little time to put together a little surprise of my own.

"Since you won't let me help you get the tree settled, do you mind if I go take a nice bath to warm up?" I knew that he would never let me help him, so I might as well use my time wisely.

Edward groaned at my query.

"Bella, you are going to be the death of me! Now all I can think about is you in a bathtub full of bubbles!"

I grinned at his comment. I hadn't really considered what my words might mean to him, but what a bonus for me! Seeing Edward squirm as a result of something I said made me feel even more confident in myself and my abilities in the seduction department.

Choosing to not respond with words, I let my actions speak for me. I leaned in gave him a not so chaste kiss and walked towards that house swaying my hips as I went.

EPOV

Damn, that woman was out to kill me! It took all I had to not run after her and throw her over my shoulder and have my way with her right that second.

Taking a few deep breaths to steady my raging hormones, I started to unhook the tree from the sled, so that I could get it set up in the house. I couldn't wait to see it all set up near the fireplace.

Spending the day with Bella finding the perfect tree to call "ours" was amazing. It only proceeded to show me that I wanted to share many more moments just like that one with her at my side.

I managed to get the tree into the stand that I had already set up fairly easily. Although I had never had a tree of my own before, I had certainly helped with this task at my parents' house many times over the years. Once the tree was up and settled near the large glass windows, I stood back and admired the beauty of the scene in front of me. I couldn't wait for Bella to see it.

I decided that I would start a fire and light a few candles around the spacious room. I could hear Bella moving around upstairs and knew she would be down soon. Once I had the fire crackling in the large stone fireplace, I lit some candles and turned down the lights. The sun had set and the stars were just beginning to peek out in the night sky. I had to admit that the scene was quite breathtaking in its natural beauty. However, it held nothing, compared to the beauty that was Bella as I turned to see her walking down the stairs.

She was gorgeous! She had put on a white, silk bathrobe over a white and lace nightgown, and her rich, brown hair was tumbling loose down her back. I had a funny feeling that Alice may have been behind her ensemble, and I made a mental note to thank her later.

Her cheeks were tinged with a slight pink from the bath and I could smell the slightest floral fragrance wafting in my direction. My pants tightened in reaction to the vision of the angel in front of me, and I silently reminded myself that I couldn't just charge over there and ravage her. That wasn't what I wanted for us tonight. I wanted to show her how much I loved and needed her every moment of my life.

I crossed the room to her in three strides and wrapped her up in my arms, inhaling her sweet scent as I placed wet, open mouthed kisses along her throat and the exposed part of her shoulder.

"God you take my breath away," I murmured in between kisses to her soft skin.

"Mmmmm," was her only response as she fisted her hands into my hair and pulled me closer to her.

I slid my hands down to encircle her waist and lift her up. She responded by wrapping her luscious legs around my waist, so that I could carry her over to the pile of blankets I had laid out on the floor by the fire place.

I gently laid her down in the soft fleece and chenille nest, so that I could look down at the beautiful vision in front of me. Her eyes were darkened by the lust and desire that was emanating from her. Her breathing was coming out in short, quick pants, and the blush of her cheeks was now covering most of her exposed skin.

I had to take several deep breaths to maintain my focus on what I wanted the night to bring. As soon as I felt some semblance of control, I reached down to release the ties of her robe. The silk slid apart easily and fell to the floor in a soft pool, leaving her arms and shoulders bare.

"Breathtaking," I whispered before laying myself beside her and trailing soft kisses up her arm until finally reached her soft, pink lips. The quiet moan that escaped her mouth as we kissed only added fuel to the already ardent fire that was coursing through my veins!

Her hands reached up and snaked around my neck to pull me closer to her. Once she had achieved that, her delicate hands began to wander down my back and slip under my shirt. My skin automatically searing as her nails lightly raked across my lower back. She gave a tug, indicating she wanted to get my shirt off, but with her cast still in the way I knew she couldn't manage that without my help. Hating to pull away, I gave her another deep kiss before leaning back and pulling my shirt over my head.

"Now that makes us a little uneven, don't you think?" I whispered to her, as my hands slid under her lace and silk creation, so that I could slide it up her smooth skin, lightly brushing across her nipples as I went. Her breathing quickened as I tossed the fabric aside and latched my mouth down onto her breast.

"Edward," came her throaty groan as she pulled me closer to her and arched her back in response. God the things she did to me.

I kissed my way across the valley between her breasts and gave the other equal attention which received another throaty groan from Bella.

Her hands ghosted down my back until her fingers slipped into the waist band of my jeans causing me to lose focus for a moment. Before I could regain my composure and return my attentions to her beautiful breasts, she had her hands on my hips and was pushing me to roll over onto my back.

In the next moment I was on my back and Bella had straddled my hips and was popping the buttons of my jeans quite quickly given the fact that her one hand was not as useful as it should have been.

"Now it's my turn for some fun," she purred into my ear as she snaked her tongue out to lick at my ear lobe.

Damn she was going to put me over the edge!

Her uncasted hand slid into my boxers and firmly grasped my length in her hot, little hand before slowly moving her hand up and down my length with just the right amount of pressure and friction. If she kept up I would be done in mere seconds. I felt like such a hormonal teenager when it came to Bella.

"Baby, if you keep that up, I won't last two more minutes," I rasped out before succumbing to the unbelievable sensations that were coursing through me at that moment.

"Well that won't do will it. Do you have any other suggestions?" she whispered against my neck as she peppered my throat with hot kisses.

"As a matter of fact I do!" I replied.

Within seconds we were both completely naked and she was sitting above me with a look of sheer lust and hunger on her face. Not being able to stand it any longer I positioned her above my and guided her hips down until we were completely joined together.

Both of us pasued for a long moment to revel in the magnificent sensation of finally being together again before she slowly began moving her hips against mine. The feelings and sensations that coursed through me were like nothing I had ever felt before.

"Oh god, Edward. I'm so close."

Those words in and of themselves almost did me in at that moment!

With a few more hard thrusts we were both falling over the edge of our own releases.

Bella collapsed onto my chest and we both worked to steady our breathing and wait for our hearts to slow to a normal pace.

"Baby, that was amazing," I whispered into her hair as I drew lazy circles up and down her back.

"I have to share that sentiment," she whispered against my chest.

"I love you so much, Edward," Bella whispered before her eyes fluttered closed as she fell asleep on my chest.

"Love you, too," I whispered back kissing her forehead several times.

I knew without a shadow of a doubt that I was going to spend the rest of my life with the woman in my arms, and I would never let her go.

***

We both must have dozed off curled up against each other in the nest of blankets with the heat from the fireplace emitting a warm glow.

Eventually I felt Bella stir next to me and stretch against my body. The feeling of her naked skin rubbing against mine was causing all sorts of reactions.

Bella giggled into my neck when she felt the obvious erection against her stomach.

"Hold that thought champ. I think that some food might be in order before we go for round two!"

As if on cue both our stomachs rumbled at the same time obviously agreeing with Bella's idea.

"Fine," I pretended to pout to which Bella simply leaned over and kissed my pouted lips and stood up throwing her robe back on much to my disappointment.

"Just so you are well aware I am only agreeing to this so that you are fully energized for our later activities, Miss Swan!" I called to her retreating back.

She promptly yelled back over her shoulder, "Bring it on, Mr. Cullen!"

Fuck me! She had never called me Mr. Cullen before and I'll be damned if it didn't turn me on even more!

I was just sliding my jeans back on when I heard the doorbell ring at the front door. I knew that I wasn't expecting anybody, so I didn't bother to throw a shirt on or do up the button my jeans because most likely it was Alice. I planned on shooing her away as fast as I could so I could get back to Bella.

I swung the door open ready to kick Alice out, but it wasn't Alice at the door. It was a man I had never seen before, but my immediate gut reaction was a feeling of distrust. He stood there wearing a pair of dark jeans and a leather jacket with his hair pulled back in a low pony tail.

He gave me a cursory glance, noting my state of undress.

"Can I help you?" I questioned standing in the doorway making sure that he understood that he was unwelcome.

"Is Isabella here?" he asked looking cocky and self assured.

"May I ask who you are?" I questioned not for a minute willing to tell him anything about Bella until I knew his purpose.

As he opened his mouth to answer, there was a loud crash behind me and an audible gasp from Bella. I turned immediately to see what had happened and Bella was standing there with a pile of broken dishes and glasses at her feet looking white as a sheet.

"Bella?" I questioned starting to move towards her scared that she was going to pass out.

Before I could take a step in her direction she managed to croak out, "James, what are you doing here?"

AN: Well who would have saw that coming? Wonder what he wants? Thought…