Authors Notes: Will Bella say yes? Time to find out!!
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Chapter 13 – Love and Hope
"Isabella Swan," he began, "I love you more than anything. You are my stars, moon and sun. I vow to cherish and adore you, and most importantly, love you until the end of time." He pulled out a small black velvet box and revealed a ring.
"Will you marry me?"
My mind whirled. It had happened all too fast. I'm only twenty, and I'm still in college. What will others think? Can't we just take it slow? I panicked. We have eternity, after all. I quickly lost myself in my thoughts of alarm. Soon I realized Edward was talking.
"...don't have to do this, if don't want to; I just thought that seeing as we wish to spend forever together, this would mark each as the other's. We don't have to, if you're not ready." He must have seen my look of panic. I felt sad; obviously he wanted this bad, I could hear the wistfulness in his voice.
Biting my lip, I thought what he told me over and realized something. I wanted to be his, forever. In every way, and this meant marriage.
"Yes."
"What? Yes, you want to wait, or...?" He trailed off, not wanting to hope too much.
"Edward Cullen, I love you and I want to spend forever with you. I wish to be yours in every way, even in marriage," I grimaced a little at that. "I want to be your wife."
Edward gave me a smile too brilliant for words and after sliding the ring into place, he swept me off my feet in a breathtaking kiss.
"So, would you be too embarrassed if I announced our engagement to the whole crew?"
My horrified expression told him the answer.
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"Wow, it's so pretty."
"It belonged to his mother." I blushed, embarrassed.
"I wish I had a guy so devoted. He loves you so much," Katie sighed wistfully.
We were all crowded in the lounge room of our (the Cullens) house. We included Esme, Rosalie, Alice, Sasha, Katie, Sarah, Tami and me. The boys were out hunting, giving us a chance to get together for some girly time, unfortunately. I strongly suspected that the boys wanted to give Edward a bit of a sex talk; I was surprised I hadn't gotten one yet.
"Bella, have you been clubbing?" asked Sarah mischievously.
So this was what they had in mind. I glared at them. "No," I answered curtly.
"That's good, 'cause we're taking you tonight," giggled Alice.
I hesitated. It might actually be fun. What the heck I thought. Sighing, I gave my agreement.
"So I s'ppose that's what the dress you gave me is for?"
"Yep."
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Two hours of torture later and we were giggling at a table in a club called "Flashdance" in Port Angeles. Sarah said it was really good, which is why we travelled that far to go to it. At first I was worried that someone might recognise me, but the girls quickly reassured me that I would be fine.
Bodies writhed to the rhythm on the dance floor and while it looked fun, I was worried about my dancing abilities. Rosalie noticed my glances and was quick to grab my attention.
"C'mon, let's dance."
Everyone was quick to jump up except for Sasha.
"I'll watch the table."
We ran to the dance floor in excitement.
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Sasha POV
I scanned the floor, mostly watching the girls and making sure they didn't themselves into strife, but occasionally I would check out the guys. I wished so desperately for a mate. I wished so desperately for him back, but I knew I would never see him or have another ever again.
I couldn't help but let one small tear trickle down my cheek. Oh, how I wished for another.
Something in the crowd caught my eye. A man, rather tall, taller than the rest, looking out of place and uncomfortable. I looked him over appreciatively. He was rather attractive, with dark skinned that marked him as a Native American and slightly long hair. As I stared at him openly, he sensed my presence and turned to face me.
Our eyes met.
And I felt the beginning of something I had not felt in one hundred and fifty years.
And suddenly hope enveloped me.
After Notes: Who do you think Sasha saw? And more importantly, will he love her?
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