(Bella POV)
June 20… AGAIN:
Everything was ready; it was the right day again, I was in my rightful time, and Alice did a phenomenal job. (If you haven't figured it out yet, Bella had Alice help her plan a BIRTHDAY SURPRISE party for Edward) (Oh yeah, if you didn't figure that out, there is another Birthday Surprise… the TITLE!!!)
Even though not as much my old friends as his, we got everyone to come, everyone that is who was in Forks for the summer; Jessica, Mike, Angela, Eric, Ben, Charlie, the whole wolf pack who were thankfully allowed on the Cullen land, Tyler, and even, unfortunately, Lauren. They all came. I guess they had a great time at my graduation party and Edward's and my wedding. Edward was in for a surprise. Then I realized what was missing; I didn't get him a gift. But what was I going to give him. I'd probably end up giving his some money. I started feeling guilty over it.
I told Edward to meet me in the meadow outside our cottage at this time and he wasn't there. Every guest was there and the whole family. Everyone but Edward.
"Did you forget to tell Edward to come now," Alice asked, sounding irritated.
"No, Alice. But I know why he isn't here. I'd better go check on him and get him over her," I said. Before any questions could be asked, I sprinted off and up to Edward's room.
"Knock knock," I said entering the room.
He jumped up and hid the new picture he was looking at.
"Bella," he breathed and was at my side.
"What were you looking at," I asked, trying to sound true, even though I knew.
"I don't know," he said and kissed me. He knotted his fingers in my hair and locked my lips with his, ensuring that I couldn't escape, even if I wanted to.
When he let go I flew out of his arms and to the picture. It was still the one of Edward and me. I looked up at him and he was smiled a dull smile.
"What's wrong," I asked him.
"The picture is wrong. I used to have a picture of myself and… anyways, now it's you and I. It's not bad but…" he explained.
"You want your old picture of Victoria back," I guessed.
"How did you know it was Victoria," he asked.
"You'd never believe me."
"Oh… did… did you… change the picture?"
"Yes. Only because I didn't want to repeat what happened. Don't ask about that either."
"Alright."
"Oh, I forgot. Happy birthday," I whispered in his ear.
"Thank you," he said, obviously not worrying about how I knew that.
"What do you want for your gift," I asked.
"You."
"Easy enough. And it is a gift for both you and me," I said, knowing what he meant.
"So…do you want to," he started, moving even closer to me.
"Sure, but you will have to catch me first," I said with a devious look in my eyes and I sprinted off. I knew he was faster than me so I pushed myself to go faster than ever. I arrived there and got in line to surprise him as he arrived.
"SURPRISE," we all yelled.
His jaw dropped. I walked over to him and hugged him close to me.
"I told you, Happy birthday," I whispered.
"You put this together for me," he asked.
"I did have a little help from…," I started.
"ME," Alice butted in.
"Thank you, Alice. Thank you everyone," he said a louder.
Then he bent over to kiss me.
"Mostly, thank you to my wonderful wife. Bella, you are the best gift anyone could have," he said, mostly to me.
"Stop bragging, Cullen. You already got the girl," I heard Mike mutter in the background.
Edward growled a muted growl under his breath.
"Ignore him, Edward. He's right," I told him.
"He's 'right'," he asked.
"You did 'already get the girl'," I quoted.
With that, he bent down to kiss me.
Alice played DJ with the help of Jasper and Emmett for most of the party. For the last song, Alice found the first song that we danced to together. The one we danced to at prom. She called us to the dance floor, well, the grass, and played the song. We danced to it, just as we had the first time, and then Alice invited everyone else onto the floor.
"Bella, thank you," he whispered in my ear.
"Edward, you have no reason to thank me. I should thank you."
"For what," he asked.
"For being my husband. For everything. I love you," I said.
"Well that's a relief," he said.
"What do you mean?"
"I was beginning to think that you didn't love me back," he teased.
I laughed and then laid my head on his shoulder, completely content. I looked around and saw everyone dancing with a former sweetheart, except for Angela and Ben; they were still going steady.
At the end of the party, Edward and I went into our cottage. We exchanged gifts and settled in for the night.
