Its not mine! *Running into the corner to cry* This stuff is all Stephanie's! But they are my minions right now! Muah Ha HA!

Bella

"How long have you been looking for me?" He asked after a moment.

"I've been here for a week now. I wasn't sure where to look for you so I chose a hotel that was in the center of the city. I've kind of been working my way around, showing your picture to people to see if they remembered you. It has been slow going, not only because of the language thing but also because I wanted to be back at the hotel before it got dark. I really didn't want to get lost in the city at night."

I had enough trouble finding my way back to my hotel during the day; the city at night terrified me. I felt him shudder and hurried to continue before he was able to say anything about me wandering around the city alone.

"Then I found someone, a woman of course, who remembered seeing you a couple of times." I remembered the glow in the woman's eyes when she had looked at the picture. I understood completely. Even in a photograph Edward was stunningly gorgeous. Fortunately the woman had also been able to speak English and had given me the information I needed.

"She told me that she had seen you in the courtyard and that it was probably my best bet. So I have been camped out there for that last few days, waiting to see if you came by."

I had been so worried that he would not show up. I had planned on only spending one more day there after today before looking around the city again. It was a good thing he decided to go for a walk today. Thinking about that reminded me of something.

"I have a question."

"What is it?" he asked.

"Earlier, when you first saw me, why did you turn and walk away?" It had been so shocking and I wanted to know what he had been thinking. To my surprise he looked almost embarrassed by the question.

"To be truthful, I didn't think you were real." He looked sheepish.

"Really?" I was surprised. I couldn't believe that he had been having doubts that I was real. I had thought he was angry at me for being here.

"Yes. I thought that my imagination had run away with me, giving me delusions. I thought that because I was so desperate to see you again that my brain was giving me visions of your face to appease me." His perfect lips twisted self-consciously.

I shook my head. It still thrilled me that he wanted me as much as I wanted him. I had been thinking he would disappear and he thought I was a delusion. The thought of Edward having hallucinations was funny to me for some reason and I giggled.

"Are you laughing at me?" He scowled but I could see the amusement in his eyes.

"It's just funny because I was kind of thinking the same thing when we were talking before. I was worried you would disappear." I giggled.

"Not a chance. You are stuck with me now." He smiled as he said it but I could hear the promise in his voice and smiled.

"You're damn right I am. I've followed you this far and you are not going to get away."

Now that I knew he loved me and wanted me I would follow him anywhere. I reached up and kissed him on his cold flawless jaw. He bent his head down and captured my lips with his. One arm held me to him and his other hand moved to my neck, holding me in his kiss. I wrapped my arms around his neck and ran my fingers through his soft hair. I could kiss him forever but too soon he released me. I wrapped my arms around his waist and rested my head on his chest, totally content.

I am not sure how long we sat there, just holding each other, when my humanity reared its head and my stomach grumbled.

"Dinner time for the human?" Edward asked, amused.

"I suppose so. I don't remember the last time I ate." I had been so nervous about seeing Edward I hadn't had much of an appetite. I realized now I was ravenous.

"Well that won't do. Let's go get you something to eat." He put his arms under me and lifted me up, standing at the same time, but he didn't move. Curious I looked up and he was staring down at me, his eyes soft.

"You don't know how happy it makes me, having you in my arms again. I had thought I would never see you again and now to be able to hold you again…I can't even find the words to describe it." He bent down and brushed his lips to mine, before lowering me gently to the floor. Before he could release me completely I wrapped my arms around his waist.

"I feel the same way. I have missed having you hold me and thought I would never be able to feel your arms around me again. Now I feel like a kid on Christmas morning." I laughed. Edward was better than any gift I had ever received.

He kissed my nose. "Come on, let's go get some food into you." He unwrapped my arms from his waist and took my hand.

We walked down the stairs and out through the hotel lobby into the now darkened streets. I had never been out when it was dark outside. I knew that it was dangerous at night for a woman alone no matter where she was, much less a foreign country. There were lots of people in the streets and I could hear music pouring out of a cantina across the street.

A drunken man stumbled towards us and stopped, looking me up and down. He reeked of sweat and alcohol. I could feel Edward stiffen next to me. The man leered at me and said something in Spanish that I did not understand, though I was able to pick out the word "beautiful". Edward growled something back at the man and I could see him register Edward's presence for the first time. He backed away quickly from the furious look on Edward's face. He crossed the street and ducked into the cantina.

"What was that all about?" I asked. Edward took a deep breath and smiled down at me.

"Just another man who can't help but find you irresistible." He laughed at the dubious expression on my face. "I just made sure he understood that you were taken."

I laughed. The look on his face before told me he had let the man know more than that. "Okay, but next time try not to scare them so badly." I laughed again.

"Next time?" His voice was amused.

"Well you said yourself I am sooo irresistible." I pretended to bat my eyelashes at him.

He laughed. "Indeed you are." Then he bent to brush his lips against mine.

There was a small restaurant on the corner and we stopped there. It was an enchanting place. The tables were small and round with small candles in jars in the middle. There was soft music playing in the background. The atmosphere was very intimate and it felt like we were the only two people in the world. Edward translated the menu to me in his velvet voice and told the waitress what I wanted. She pointedly ignored my presence and flirted in Edward's direction but he ignored her, staring at me the whole time. She looked at me disbelievingly before leaving to get my food.

I reached across the table to take his wintry hand in mine. He raised it to his lips before setting our entwined hands back on the table.

"So what are our plans from here?" I asked. The word our secretly thrilled me.

He smiled. "I was thinking we could spend a few more days here, give you a chance to really see the sights, before going to see my family in Denali. We can spend a couple of weeks with them before we have to be back for the start of school."

Before we have to be back…the words were so beautiful to me and I felt tears form in my eyes. It hit me for the first time that Edward and I would really be together again. He saw the tears in my eyes and became alarmed.

"Bella? What's wrong? We don't have to go to Denali if you don't want to; we can stay here or I can take you back to Forks or-." I cut him off before he could panic.

"No, I want to see your family again. I was just starting to realize that I really do get to be with you, that's all." I wiped my tears away and beamed at him.

He smiled at me adoringly.