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Chapter three!! Yeah....didn't know what to call it soooo...The Castle it is!

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight….

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The Castle

"Simple…I've lived here all my life." he said, kissing my hand lightly, as he pulled me along the narrow road. That's when it dawned on me, who he really was. Prince Edward.

Before I had a chance to voice my thoughts, I heard a squeak of the gate. We both turned our heads to be met with caramel colored hair, and soft green eyes.

"Edward, dear are you in here?" I heard the woman say, she hadn't seen us yet. "Right here." Edward said, holding my hand a little tighter, I looked up into his eyes. He smiled at me.

"Why did you run out from your own ball-…Oh, who's this?" the women said noticing me for the first time.

She wore a green dress, that fit her body perfectly down to the end of her torso, it was a haltered top, with three black flowers embroider into it. It puffed out at the waist coming all the way down to her ankles. I noticed there was a tiny silver crown in her curly brown hair, and gasped.

I knew who it was immediately, even if I've never seen the Queen before, I have heard rumors about her, and there was no doubt in my mind that this wasn't her.

"Mother I would like you to meet Bella-" Edward said, giving me a little push forward, so I could greet her.

"Bella this is my mother, Esme." he said, as the woman, Esme, pulled me into a tight hug. I blushed and mumbled a 'hello', before pulling away. She smiled brightly at me.

"Hello dear." She said, releasing me. I brought my hand down to my side, but it was quickly taken hold of by Edward again, not that I was complaining. "She's a lovely girl Edward." She smiled at me, I, of course, blushed a deep shade of red.

"Why don't you show Bella around the castle, the ball's almost over after all…You can stay over if you like dear." Esme said, with a hint of hope in her eyes, as she looked from her son to me. I nodded, not trusting my voice at the moment.

"Well I'll see you soon.-" she said to Edward, turning around making her dress and hair twirl behind her. "-It was nice to meet you Bella!" Esme called over her shoulder before she walked out of the garden, a smile on her lips.

Edward sighed from beside me. "Please forgive her. She's a little…forward at times." he said, looking down at me with bright green eyes. I smiled sheepishly at him and nodded.

"It's okay…I'm sure that's how she reacts to every girl that's around you anyways." I mumbled, realization dawned on me. All he was doing was trying to be a gentleman…he didn't want anything to do with me…

"Now-" he said letting go of my hand, to hold out his arm for me. "-would you like to see the rest of my home Isabella?" he said in the most magical voice I've ever heard, as I looped my arm with his in a trance.

I nodded my head as he began to pull me out of the gardens and towards his home…the castle. He was humming to himself the entire walk there, smiling widely at me.

"Bella?" he said all of a sudden stopping when we reached a fancy grey arch that would lead into the castle. "Yes Edward?" I turned my head, only to be mesmerized by his beautiful face. Our noses were almost touching, his hot breathe hit my face.

I looked at his face. His eyes, his nose, his hair, his lips…. I felt an urge to kiss him right then and there, as he stared back at me.

"I know we've just met and everything, but..." he stopped, turning pink. "Yes?" I asked still in a daze after he grew quiet. He sighed. "Never mind." he mumbled, turning around and dragged me along into his home.

An hour later he had showed me practically the entire castle, except for a few rooms which were being occupied at the moment as we entered the evening's night air.

"And this-" he said pushing open two giant golden doors. "-is my room." he told me, allowing me to step through the bright colored doors and into an even brighter looking room.

The walls were white and the ground was covered by shiny, marble tiles. What really caught my eye was the bright red curtains hanging from the golden-trimmed window, which made up an entire side of a wall. A balcony led out, looking out at the beautiful lands.

A giant king size bed laid in the middle of the room, covered by a silky red cloth colored sheet, a small table was placed beside it. I sighed, it looked similar to the one I had before my father had been killed.

A small tear ran down my cheek as I mesmerized every inch of the room. I faintly heard the door shut behind me, I turned around to come face to face with emerald eyes, and smiled.

"What wrong?" Edward said, his eyes were worried. I looked at him in confusion, then remembered the lone tear that still laid on my cheek. I wiped it off furiously, with my hands and then brought it down to my sides, ignoring his question.

"Bella." he warned taking a step towards me, grabbing my hand in the process. I sighed. "It's nothing…Don't worry about it." I smiled at the warmth in my hand now. He chuckled and pulled me towards his bed.

"If it was nothing then you wouldn't be crying about it." he mumbled. "Tell me what's wrong, please?" Edward asked, as he pushed me down gently onto his bed so I was laying down, my head on a red silken pillow.

My heart beat raced as he laid down next to me. The bed shifted from his weight. I sighed, as I looked into his deep green eyes, that were pleading for me to answer him.

"It all started when my father met a women in the market…" And so I began my story. An hour and a half later I had finished and was crying into his chest, as I finished telling him how my step-mother had ruined my life. His hand was placed, protectively, on my back, as the other one held my head close to him.

'He'll never want me now… Now that he knows who I am, he'll never want me!' I cried even harder as I thought that.

"Shhh, Bella…It's okay, I promise-" his tone was so gentle that I had to look up at him. His eyes filled with something I couldn't describe, happiness, anger, sorrow, bliss, joy…. What is it?

Edward stroked my back with a soft pale hand. His eyes became fierce in a second. " She won't get away with it Bella. I swear." he said, kissing me lightly on the forehead, making my heart flutter.

I choked back a sob, sitting up, to look down at him. "No Edward. Please don't get mixed up with her…Please, she's killed everyone that I've loved…I don't want to loose you too." I half whispered to myself, falling back to cry onto his chest again.

We stayed like that for a few more minutes, until I heard a clock strike midnight. My eyes flashed open, I shot up from the bed and gasped.

"Oh no…" I mumbled to myself. I was suppose to be home an hour ago! My face became pale as I thought of the things my step-mother would do to me.

Last time I had been late, I had been beaten by her, slapped across the face, kicked in the stomach. It had hurt so much. My eyes started to flood with tears again, hopefully she was too drunk to notice that I had been gone….

"Bella, what's wrong? What is it?" His voice was frantic, a strain between worry, and apprehensiveness. Eyes widened in concern.

"I-I have to leave, I'm sorry Edward." I cried, pulling away from his arms, and running out the door, not knowing where I was going. I heard his voice follow me in shock, then heavy footsteps.

I didn't dare look back, I had to get home. If I looked into those beautiful eyes, carved into the face of an angel, one more time, I might get permanently lost in them. I ran faster then I thought possible, and soon came upon familiar looking doors.

As I began to run across the ballroom, something popped into my mind, with a wave of astonishment. I was in love with Edward.

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Okay, so that's chapter 3! Now review!

Oh and did anyone see the Twilight movie yesterday?! OMG! I loved it!

-Nicole