"Bella?" I heard a velvet voice call from next to me. I sighed I didn't feel like getting out of bed just yet. I was enjoying my dream but I knew I had to. "Bella, love. You need to wake up…" the voice told me
"Hmm…" Was my reply as a buried my head further into his chest. I felt his chest vibrate as he chuckled at me.
"Isabella, do you want Alice to drag you out of bed?" he asked me
"No" I murmured into his chest.
"Then you might want to think about opening your eyes" Edward told me
Slowly I opened them to look at the person I'd been dreaming about. My dreams never did him any justice. He was always that much better in reality. Though I wasn't sure I was actually alike. I felt the past 5 months with Edward had been a dream. Maybe I'd wake up one day and people would tell me I'd been in a coma for ages and I'd dreamed Edward up to be my perfect man. Yet as I laid there looking up at this God like man I didn't ever want to wake up if this really was a dream.
"Morning" I smiled at him
"Good morning love" he smirked kissing me on the lips.
"I like waking up like this" I sighed snuggling into his chest a bit more.
"Me too. Although I prefer it when your asleep." Edward grinned
"Why?" I was confused.
"You just cute when you sleep that's all" He shrugged but I could see there was something else
"That not it? What aren't you telling me?" I narrowed my eyes at him. What could I possibly do when I slept that would put that stupid grin on his face. I would just be sleeping and…"Oh God!" I exclaimed "What did I say?" I demanded
"Nothing bad! I swear" Edward still had that grin on his face.
"Edward!" I whined
"You just said some random things and…." Edward smiled
"And what? What did I say?" I demanded
"That you loved me" Edward's eyes were so intense I couldn't look away from them.
"That's nothing new. You already know I love you" I stuttered. His eyes were making my mind go fuzzy and I was having a hard time concentrating.
"I know that. It's just the way you said it. Just a sigh and that smile that came on your face. It just made me so happy to know that I was the reason for that smile. The fact that you were dreaming about me at all, it makes me feel like I could just fly with amount of happiness I'm feeling" Edward explained
"Well I can tell you right now that I have never and never want to be this happy and in love with anyone else. I love you Edward Anthony Cullen. If you want I will open the windows and shout it out to the whole of Seattle. Also so you know your always in my dreams Edward. Every single one!" I told him.
"I feel like the luckiest guy alive to have you! I love you Isabella Maria Swan and will forever" And with that he kissed me.
It was filled with so much emotion I could feel the tears running down my cheeks. I hadn't felt like this with anyone and I couldn't help the fact that it overwhelmed me. I sometimes would look at him when he wasn't looking and I'd ask myself what I'd done to deserve this amazing man. I thanked all my lucky stars that I had him in my life. To say I wasn't scared that I'd grown so attached to him in just 6 months would be a lie. I had always been so independent, especially after Tyler. I made sure that no boy would ever get that close that I'd depend on them completely again because I was scared to get hurt again. But with Edward I didn't even realize it was happening until it was too late. It scared me to hell but at the same time I couldn't stop it. When we finally pulled apart I placed my head back on his chest. I couldn't remember how such a normal morning had turned into such an emotional one.
10 minutes later I finally left the safety of Edwards's arms and walked into my wardrobe looking for something to wear. I spotted something that made me grin like an idiot. Before Edward could say anything to me I was out the bedroom door and down the hall stopping in the kitchen to find Alice sat with coffee and a newspaper. She started to say good morning but got cut off as I dragged her back down the hall and into my room. Edward gave me a funny look as I let go of Alice and pushed him out the room. Slamming the door and locking it before he could say anything. I turned back to Alice with a grin on my face. She looked back at me confused but I just walked into my wardrobe and came out a moment later holding two tops. As soon as she saw them her own grin covered her face. She nodded at me and with that we started. Alice had gone out of the room and I'd gone into the bathroom to hide from Edward. I could here Alice telling Edward to use her room to get dressed as we were getting ready together. Once Alice knocked on the door signaling that Edward was gone I came out and we got to work on getting dressed.
Today we were going back to college to show Edward and Jasper. We would be staying at a hotel for the weekend and return on Sunday night. So we'd be back in time to pick up Renee from the airport on Monday. We couldn't wait to return to the place that had brought me and Alice together. We planned to meet with our old professors and maybe some old friends that had stuck around the college. Two people Alice and Me couldn't wait to see was Charlotte and Peter. They were our closest friends in college.
"Bella! I just had an even more genius idea!" Alice exclaimed
"Oh yeah what's that?" I grinned at her
"We should swoop! Like we did on graduation" Alice told me
"Alice, you're a genius!" I squealed
"Oh I know" Alice winked.
While me and Alice were getting ready we talked about all the things we wanted to show the boys while we were there. Alice insisted on doing my hair and not even that could ruin my good mood. I let her do what she wanted with it. From the conversation this morning with Edward and to the fact we were going back to see some old friends that we hadn't seen in years had left me in the most amazing mood. I couldn't think of anything that could destroy this mood. Alice finished with my hair and told me to go get dressed. I put on my shorts because I knew that once we got there it would be sunny. I put on my white top before putting on the top that had got me and Alice so worked up. Once we were both dressed we posed in front of the mirror as Alice took pictures of us. Once Alice had decided we'd taken enough photos we headed out down the hall to the boys who were sat in the kitchen. When we reached them they both looked at us. Jasper paused his cup that he was about to take a bit from. Edward dropped the paper that was in his hands. Alice and me just stood there grinning.
"You haven't even seen the best part yet" Alice grinned
With that we turned around so they could read what the back said. The reason for there shocked faces were because the fact that me and Alice were currently wearing out leavers tops from college. When we knew we were leaving college Alice had insisted that we get something to remember our time at college by. So one day we were walking back from one of our boring lectures when Alice had suddenly stopped in front of the school shop. I walked back to her to see what she was looking at and found that she was looking at the school tops that had been on sale since we'd first arrived. To be honest they had been ugly and we'd constantly said that we'd never buy one. So Alice being Alice left me with no clue why she was grinning widely. She pulled me into the shop and brought two shirts in our sizes. I constantly asked her what the hell she would do with them but she just grinned and said she'd explain when she got back to our room. Once in the room Alice put the shirts down and disappeared into her room coming back with all her fashion stuff. Suddenly I realized what she was going to do. She was going to personalize them. I sat down with her and we spent over 5 hours working to make the creations we now wore. Alice had outdone herself with them and I'd known that from the minute we'd finished. She'd cut off the bottom of the top so that it stopped just above our bellybuttons. She then on the back added our names, SWAN and CULLEN. Then she added the words that me and Alice always use to say to each other 'Friends the Family God forgot to give us' and then 'Sisters forever'. I loved the shirts and we'd worn them on our graduation and we'd even worn them to the after party. Everyone wanted to know where we'd got them from and all we could do was say they were one of a kind. Alice had made me promise to keep them at my flat so that when she came over she could wear it when we did return to college. I was just keeping my promise. Obviously right now we'd swooped tops like we did at graduation.
"Now shut them mouths and get your butts in gear. We were meant to leave 10 minutes ago!" Alice told them when they had said nothing.
"Yeah come on! It's a long drive!" I grinned picking up my bag and walking towards the front door. Alice copied my moves and we were out the front door when we heard the boys finally move. I was putting my bag into the boot when felt a pair of arms come round my waist "I see you've gained control of your body again" I giggled
"Well can you blame me? Those shorts with that top! Then the best bit about it the name. Cullen. Isabella Cullen. I think it suits you" He whispered in my ear.
I turned in his arms to face him "I like the sound of that too" I grinned at him
"I'm glad. Did I tell you how beautiful you look?" he murmured into my hair
"No but your reaction was enough" I sighed
"Well just so were sure you look absolutely breathe taking" Edward told me, kissing me lightly on the lips.
With that done we jumped into the car and started the 5 hour journey to college. Though out the journey it was either spent playing stupid car games or just talking amongst ourselves. Then there was the radio that Alice insisted singing to for an hour. Half way through the journey I stopped driving and let Edward take over. We'd all agreed that we'd each take a turn to drive; with me and Edward driving there and Alice and Jasper driving on the way back. Eventually we arrived and dumped our bags in the hotel rooms and then headed out again.
Considering it was 2 in the afternoon and they were all starving they decided to head to a pizza bar that Bella and Alice use to have lunch at. We were seated and enjoying ourselves. Alice though looked like she was about to kill the waitress. As soon as we'd walked in she'd checked out both of the guys. She looked like she was a college student. Unfortunately she'd been flirting more with Jasper than Edward so Alice was the one getting more frustrated by her. When the waitress finally left I excused myself to go to the bathroom and Alice came with me. Once in the bathroom Alice let out a moan.
"Who does she think she is? She's young enough to be his sister and she's looking at him like that! Hello have I suddenly turned invisible or something!" Alice ranted
"Maybe it's the fact she can't see clearly because of the amount of make up on her face. Seriously it looked like she put her head in a cake." I smiled
"Yeah I know! Does she really think that make up can fix the fact that she's ugly. Cause that's the only reason I could think someone would cover there face in that much make up" Alice laughed "Thanks Bella"
"No problem! Plus I didn't like the way she was eyeing up Edward either" I grinned
With that we headed back out into the restaurant. On our way back to the boys we saw the same waitress smiling and flirting with the guys. She lent down to whisper something in Jaspers ear and that was it for Alice "Oh hell no!" she exclaimed walking over to the table "Hey bitch! Yeah the one talking to my boyfriend! Back off!" Alice growled at her "I am going to make this extremely clear to you. He is with me and that isn't going to change and before you think about it he's taken as well!" She told her directing it towards me and Edward.
"You have no right to talk to me like that!" the waitress replied to Alice. Oh dear lord help the poor girl, she had no clue who she was dealing with.
"I have every right to talk to you anyway I want! And right now I am telling you very clearly little girl back off! Go find some other guy because these ones are not interested and never will be" At this point Alice was in the girls face and most of the restaurant were looking at us.
"Alice" Edward stood put his hands on her to stop her doing anything "I think we'd better leave"
"Gladly!" Alice stated. With that we picked up our bags and headed towards the door.
"Bitch" Oh god!
The waitress must have thought that Alice wouldn't have heard her but that wasn't the case because Alice stopped and turned back towards the waitress. "Can I borrow this for a minute" Alice sweetly asked a man refereeing to the jug of water on his table. The guy didn't have time to reply as Alice had picked it up and thrown it over the waitress "Now I'm acting like a bitch" Alice stated and turned walking out the door. I grabbed both Edward and Jaspers hands pulling them out of the restaurant before everyone unfroze. Once outside I found Alice waiting for us with a smile on her face.
"Feeling better?" I asked her. I couldn't stop the smile that was on my face.
"Much! Now I'm thinking we just get some chips and head to the beach and relax for a bit" Alice grinned
"Sounds harmless" Edward stated "No waitresses for you to attack"
"She had it coming" Alice argued and headed down the road
"Yeah but didn't you go a tad bit over the top" Edward tried
"I don't think so" I joined in
"She throw a jug of water over her!" Edward exclaimed
"She called her a bitch!" I defended her
"Only after Alice threatened her" Edward told me
"Still she was all over both of you! I think Alice did the right thing" I stated walking over to Alice
"Yeah she'll think twice before flirting with our boys again" Alice high fived me.
Edward and Jasper actually looked scared of us at that point but me and Alice couldn't care less. She had it coming. I'm sure if it was the other way around they'd have a problem with it. Nobody messes with Alice and gets away with out some horrible memory. We got the chips and me and Alice run up to the wall that we'd spent many a summer night looking out at the ocean as the sun set. Alice being Alice had to get her camera out to take pictures. After I'm sure she had hundreds of pictures of all of us messing around she finally decided that was enough. Me and Alice decided to go get some ice creams and headed off to the stand that was by the beach.
"Two chocolate fudge ice creams please" Alice smiled at the man. She looked like a kid who couldn't wait to have her ice cream. Though I didn't think I was much better. Once we had them we thanked the man and turned back planning on heading back to the boys. But we were blocked by too men.
"Hey, this is Brad and I'm Chris we see you go to the college here but we haven't seen you guys around before" Chris stated
"Well we don't actually go here anymore we use too. We graduated 4 years ago. Were here visiting some friends" I explained to them
"So what's with the shirts? I mean they just sell these really ugly ones here now" Brad asked
"Oh we made them. I took a fashion course so at the end of the year we made them to remind us of the place. So we thought why not wear them when we are visiting" Alice grinned
"Aww that explains it. Still I can't believe they are the same hideous shirts that they sell. I bet you finished top of your class" Chris winked at Alice
"In fact yes we both did" Alice smirked
"What did you major in?" Brad asked me
"Journalism" I told him
"No way! Me too! Did you have Mrs. Tanner?" he asked
"She's still there? She was a complete cow when I had her!" I exclaimed laughing. Remembering how hard she was on us but looking at it now I realized why. Journalism wasn't the easiest career to start.
"She hasn't changed then" Brad chuckled
"Well I'll be honest it's worth it in the end. She's only showing you what it will be like when you get out there" I told him
"I guessed as much." Brad shrugged "Are you guys busy cause we'd be happy to show you around if you want?"
"Actually our boyfriends are waiting for us sorry." Alice stated
"Why don't you go get them? We'll show you all around?" they stated
"Really? Awesome! One sec I'll go get them" Alice was bouncing and run off towards Edward and Jasper. A minute later Alice reappeared with Jasper and Edward.
"Brad, Chris this is Edward my boyfriend and Jasper Alice's boyfriend. Oh and I'm Bella" I introduced them
"Nice to meet you guys. Lets go for a trip down memory lane" Brad grinned
So with that we all walked towards the campus that had once been home for me and Alice. Once on campus we pointed out things and told storied behind them. After an hour of touring around the campus Brad and Chris had to go to lessons. Brad insisted I come and say hi to Mrs. Tanner before I left. I agreed and went with him to his lesson that was with her. Walking down the corridors again it brought back all the times I'd run down here because I was running late as we'd forgot to set our alarms. Brad walked into the class he had and went over to Mrs. Tanner saying something to her. She then turned to look at me as I stood in the doorway. Was it wrong that she still scared the hell out of me even though I knew she couldn't do anything to me? She smiled at me and beckoned me into the classroom. I walked in and up to her desk. The last time I'd stood here was when she'd given me back my final essay with my grade. It was weird.
"Isabella Swan. Well haven't you grown up! One of my best students. What brings you back to my classroom" She smiled at me
"Hello Mrs. Tanner. I was just in the area seeing some old friends and I bumped into one of your students and thought why not come say hello." I explained
"Well that very nice of you. Do you have a spare 10 minutes now?" She asked me
"Yeah of course" I replied
"Would you mind talking to this lot about what its like once they get out of here? About your experience after college?" She requested
"Sure. I'd love to help them any way possible. Although if they end up stealing my job at some point I'll blame you" I joked
"Oh you don't have to worry dear. I haven't had a student as good as you yet. When I have I'll let you know" She smiled. She then walked around her desk and turned to the class "Ladies and Gentleman, I have a great surprise for you. I old student of mine Isabella Swan has come and I have asked her if she would mind answering some questions you may have about what you will do when you leave this place" She signaled to me to start
"Hello, Well as Mrs. Tanner said my names Isabella Swan though I prefer if you just called me Bella. I graduated from here about 4 years ago. When I finished college I thought it would be the best thing ever. I was out of education. I didn't think about the fact that now I had to find a job that would sustain my life. So what I did was I applied for different positions that I wanted to do over the summer and I sent in articles I'd done and hoped that maybe someone would employ me. So one day I get a call from one of the papers I put in for and I almost died when they offered me a job. It took a lot of work to get to where I am today. You will most likely get stuck writing stories on things that you find completely pointless and boring but you have to make them as good as possible because it's them stories that determine your next ones. Before I knew it I was writing about things I love. I guess I was lucky but if you try hard enough and get your stuff out there people will take notice." I told them "So erm any questions?"
"What are you doing now? Are you still at that paper that employed you?" a boy asked me
"Actually I'm on a exchange program in London at the moment and I've been offered a permanent Job at one of the major papers at London" I told him
"Wow! Are you going to take it?" Brad asked me
"Yes I am. I mean its what I've always wanted. Writing about things I care about and getting paid for it. Plus I have some amazing friends back there" I grinned
There were a few more questions about other things and 20 minutes later I left the classroom and headed back to the court yard to find the rest of them. I found Alice jumping up and down talking adamantly to Jasper about something. Edward seemed to be starring off into to space. I smiled walking over to him so I was standing in front of him. He smiled at me and pulled me to him. I wrapped my arms around him. We didn't need to talk which is what I loved about our relationship. We could just stand here like this and be happy. Alice suggested we head back to the hotel and relax for a bit. Then we could head to the beach after dinner and watch the sunset. We all agreed and headed off back to the hotel. Once there I collapsed onto my bed and sighed. I hadn't realized how tired I was until I was laying down. Edward joined me yawning.
"I'm knackered" he sighed
"Me too. You think we've got time for a quick nap before Dinner?" I asked him
"About an hour and a half" he noted
"That will do" I yawned and with that we fell asleep
What felt like 5 minutes later I was being woken up by an annoying beeping sound? I groaned. I was still tired but I knew Alice would kill us if we were late for dinner. I stopped the beeping on Edwards's phone and stood up. Edward was still fast asleep and I couldn't help but smile. He was cute when he slept, his hair more of a mess than normal making him look sexy. Neither of us had bother to change before we'd fallen asleep so he was still in his jeans and blue top. I picked up my bag and pulled out my summer dress I'd brought with me. I had a quick shower leaving Edward to sleep a bit more before I woke him. He didn't take as long as me to get ready so I decided I'd wake him up once I got out of the shower. I put on my underwear and took my hair out of the towel I'd put it in. Once I'd run a brush through it I put my dressing gown on and walked out to find Edward still asleep on the bed. I walked over to him and sat next to him on the bed. I wasn't sure how I wanted to wake him up. I pondered on being nice and kissing him till he woke up but that wouldn't get us up in time to make dinner dressed. I smirked and picked up a pillow. I had to stop myself from laughing and waking him up like that. With the pillow safely in my hands I lifted it above my head and hit him with it. He fell of the bed with shock and I couldn't help the giggling fit I found myself in. I was laughing so hard that I was rolling around the bed. Edward seemed to notice me laughing and then the pillow next to me.
"Bella, that wasn't very nice" he pouted at me.
"I'm sorry but it was just to funny" I laughed still. He did look adorable pouting.
"Nice to know you love me so much" he chuckled. "Bella please tell me you have something on under that robe" he eyes lingered on my body
"Erm…maybe" I giggled
"Bella, we have" he turned to look at the clock "20 minutes till we have to meet Alice and Jasper down in the lobby and you wake me up in nothing but your underwear. Do you really expect us to leave this room?"
"Yes because I won't let anything happen. Now your awake go take a shower and get dressed while I do my hair" I ordered.
"Very well" he grinned and took his shirt off. He knew my weakness for his body and he was teasing me. I bit my cheek and closed my eyes. When I opened them again he was in front of me. He learnt forward and pecked me on the lips. It took all my will power not to pull him to me and have my way with him "see you in a minute love" he smirked
"I hate you" I yelled at him once he'd shut the door to the bath room. I could hear his laughter on the other side of the door.
With that I put my dress on and sat down in front of the mirror. Once my make up was done I decided to leave my hair natural and only added a bit of hair spray to stop it frizzing. I then placed a clip in my hair to keep it out of the way. Edward walked out of the bathroom in nothing but a towel. He was being cruel and he knew it by the smirk on his face. I kept my eyes focused on the mirror and making sure my make up was perfect. The only problem with that was the fact that I could see him moving around behind me getting his clothes. I wanted so badly to say screw it and jump him but I had barley spent time with Alice on this trip. God why did I have to be such a good friend? I mentally cursed myself. Edward eventually put his trousers on and a top. To say I was a bit sad that he'd covered up his chest was true but he still looked fine in his dress pants and green button up shirt.
I finally turned away from the mirror when I was sure I could control myself. I picked up my bag and Edward grabbed his jacket and we made our way down to the lobby we were only 5 minutes late. Alice and Jasper weren't there when we got down and I could just guess why they were late. Apparently they didn't have as much self control as me and Edward. They came down 5 minutes later looking not the least bit guilty; other than the fact that Jasper had lipstick on his neck, which Edward so kindly pointed out. I just giggled as Alice told me to shut up before linking her arm with mine and heading outside.
We arrived at the restaurant we were eating at and thankfully our server was male. Well thankfully for me and Alice not so much for the boys. He was eyeing Alice up but she was completely oblivious as she starred into Jaspers eyes. I had to laugh at that. When I told her why I was laughing she burst out laughing as well. It took a whole 10 minutes for our giggles to subside. Edward and Jasper looked amused. It was just me and Alice and that wasn't ever going to change. We were the type of people who could just look at each other and burst out laughing because we both thought the same thing. She was my sister, best friend and although she could be a pain I loved her to pieces.
We ate our food while Alice and I recited some very old but funny stories. Edward and Jasper in turn told us some of there experiences. I didn't know much about Jaspers past as he didn't seem to talk about it. I didn't exactly mind but when I'd spoke to him about Alice that time he'd been worried more than anything that his past could hurt his future with Alice. What could have been that bad that he thought it would send Alice running? Obviously he'd told her and she hadn't cared about it or they'd worked through it because I'd seen the way they looked at each other. The way they were with each other. They just fit like two pieces of a puzzle. Jaspers calm laidback approach to life balanced out Alice's exciting and carefree approach. I finally understood the saying opposites attract when Alice and Jasper got together.
After we'd finished dinner we headed to the beach to watch the sun set and relax before going back to the hotel. I'd missed being able to watch the sunset over the ocean while I was in England. We'd watched the sunset down at La Push beach but it wasn't the same as sitting on the beach here. It brought back the memories of all the nights me and Alice had ended up here after horrible dates. This is where we'd always go to just relax and chill out. It was our beach, Alice and Bella's beach. We'd named it the rescue beach because that's what it did for us. It rescued us from the horrible reality that was sometimes our lives and allowed us to just relax and forget. We were sat on the beach now me and Edward a bit further down the beach than Alice and Jasper so we had our privacy. I was sat between Edwards legs leaning back on his chest. I loved sitting like this with Edward. His arms around my waist hugging me to his chest. His chin on my shoulder and every now and then he'd place a kiss on my shoulder or neck. It was sweet and it was the small gestures that he did that made me love him even more than I already did. We were sat in silence just enjoying the sunset. I wanted to stay here for the rest of my life. It really was the most amazing view with the most amazing guy I'd ever met, my best friend down the beach completely glowing with happiness and her boyfriend who was totally wrapped around her finger. It was easy; no one to impress, no one to hate just us.
"I love you" Edward whispered in my ear before kissing my neck again.
"I love you too" I turned and kissed him on the lips. I shivered as the breeze picked up and Edward put his jacket over my arms and pulled me to him. I would stay here forever in his arms if I could.
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