A/N: So, decisions decisions decisisons. Shall we continue with the story?


Chapter 3

"Edward, I don't know how to tell you this." I snuggled into Edward's arms. We were laying in sand and the water sounded in the background.

He removed a strand of hair away from my face. "Don't worry love, you know you can tell me anything."

I sighed and watched the seagulls pass over our heads as Edward traced patterns on my arm. "I got…" I was cut off by this annoying beeping sound. "What is that annoying sound?"

Edward chuckled and placed soft kisses on my face. "It's time to get up love." He whispered in my ear.

I held on tighter to him. "I don't want to go. I have to tell you something." I begged him.

Edward shook my shoulders lightly and my eyes flickered open. "What did you need to tell me?" he asked looking all sexy and amused.

I shook my head. "I don't remember." I tried to brush it off.

Edward shrugged and sat me up. "Are you going to get a shower?" He asked me.

I yawned. "Yeah, might as well."

I crossed the hall to the one bathroom and mentally slapped myself. I couldn't believe that I almost let out the only thing that I didn't want Edward to know. Stupid, stupid, stupid, Bella. I smacked myself in the head and stripped stepping in the shower.

I had just gotten the conditioner out of my hair when a certain pixie glided through the room. "Good morning Belly- welley- poo!" Alice exclaimed.

I groaned. "I'm getting out. Don't ever call me that again."

She frowned. "Well you need a code name for camp."

I turned off the shower and stuck a hand out of the shower to grab my towel. I pulled it into the tub and started to dry myself. My skin started to prickle as the bathroom draft hit my skin. I stepped out of the shower to see that Alice was precariously applying her makeup.

"Code names?" I asked.

She nodded. "Yup, we have to have codenames. It's something that the camp does. We pick codenames and then we tell the kids our real names at the end of the week."

I nodded. "Really, does it have to be something we are or something?"

She shrugged. "I guess not, but that kind of defeats the purpose."

I nodded. "Are you going to pick the names or do we have to pick our own?"

She grinned evilly. "Well, I guess you could pick your own name. Or, I could pick them." She put down her eyeliner and started to apply her lip gloss.

I clutched my towel tighter to me. "That's okay. I'll pick my own."

Her face fell. "Okay, I guess that's okay." She paused. "I think I'm going to go with Pixie or something. I was actually thinking of sort of an animated couple theme. I might be Wendy and Jasper could be Peter."

I laughed. "That would be perfect for you. What do you have for Rose?"

She shrugged. "I don't know. I was thinking about Beauty."

Then it dawned on me. "And Emmett could be Beast."

She grinned. "That would be perfect."

I realized that I was still in my towel so I made my way back to the room. She followed until Edward shut the door in her face to give me some privacy. "Thanks." I whispered not loud enough for Alice to hear.

He winked at me and went back to finish packing various things. I slipped on some comfortable clothes and got lost in thought of what names Edward and I could be. "So, what's your name going to be?" Edward purred in my ear wrapping his arms around my body.

I shrugged. "Alice wants an animated couples theme."

He smiled. "I have it, Eogo and Abu!"

I scrunched my nose. "I was thinking of Thumbelina and Cornelius."

"Let me be your wings. Let me be your only love. Let me take you far beyond the stars." I always knew Edward had the voice of an angel, but to randomly sing out classic kid songs? It was kind of… hot.

I started at him my mouth agate. "Did you just sing "Let me be your wings"?"

He nodded. "Yup, I always had a thing for Thumbelina when I was younger."

I rolled my eyes. "Oh, so you're in to strawberry blondes?" My mind drifted back to Tanya.

He shook his head. "Nope, she was just so carefree. All she wanted was for someone to love her." He paused. "Not to mention that she has her hands all over the prince the first time they sing that song."

I giggled. "Yeah, I remember. But now that I think of it, their story kind of matches ours."

He tilted his head. "Oh really, how so?"

I shrugged. "Well, he sneaks in her house at night, he likes to ride fast on his bumble bee, and he saves her in the end."

He turned me around so I was facing him. "I love you." He whispered in my ear.

I smiled. "I love you too."

He placed a soft kiss on my lips and I melted into his body. I loved how we just seemed to fit together. I had never been too sure about marriage since my mother and father. Now that I thought of it, there was no one I would rather marry then Edward. He was perfect.

The door flung open and Emmett stuck his head in the door. "Come on loser, you're going to ride with us to the airport." He looked at me. "You too Bella."

I ran to Emmett and jumped in his arms. "Emmett! It feels like I haven't seen you in forever."

Emmett hugged me back. "I know, I miss you."

He set me back down on the floor and I slipped on my flip-flops. "Well, lets go."

Edward grabbed his bag and Emmett grabbed mine. I followed behind the two of them and darted off into the few room to make sure that everything was turned off. A thought dawned on me. This would probably be some of the last times we would live in this apartment we'd called home for half a year. Alice would be off to Seattle University along with Emmett, Rose and Jasper. Edward would be at Julliard, and I would be… undecided.

We clambered into the jeep and when we picked up Jake from la Push I ended up sitting on Edward's lap to make room for him. The ride to Seattle airport was actually pretty eventful. I watched contentedly just to be in Edward's arms. I wasn't sure how long I would have to go without Edward's touch if I decided to take the scholarship.

"What's my name?" Jake asked as Alice explained to Rose and Emmett what their new names were going to be.

Alice grinned. "Why Wolf of course."

From the look on his face I could tell that I wasn't the only one confused by the name. "Why?" He asked.

Alice sighed. "Because wolves are protectors." She stated obviously.

My mind wandered back to the scholarship. It was definitely a big offer, maybe the offer of a lifetime. I knew that I couldn't have both but I just wished I could. If I were to ask anyone they would tell me that long distance relationships don't work. I knew it was extremely hard on Edward and me even though our bond was so great.

"Bella?" Edward shook my arm.

"Hum?" I asked still in my daze.

He flashed me a crooked smile that got me daydreaming of other things… all of them involving Edward. He chuckled and gave me a little push. "We're here."

I snapped out of my thoughts and crawled through the seats and out of the jeep. I jumped down, with help from Em, and examined my surroundings. We were in the middle of a huge parking garage and just looking through the cement pillars made my stomach flip.

"Breath Bella." Edward cooed into my ear.

I nodded and concentrated on breathing while shutting my eyes. I followed the rest of the people this time carrying my own bags. I stayed in between Jake and Edward until we reached the baggage place. From there I stayed with Alice and Rose while the guys took care of all the yucky baggage stuff.

"Bella, are you okay?" Rose asked me.

I nodded. "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

She shrugged. "You just look a little out of it."

"I think Edward noticed it too. He was a little tense in the car." Alice slipped in.

I raised an eyebrow. "Tense?"

She nodded. "You know, he couldn't take his eyes off of you. He watched as you stood in a daze watching the trees as they went by. He knows something is up." Alice slapped a hand over her mouth. "Oops."

Rose whipped her head around to me. "What's up?"

I gave in knowing full well that Rose would either coax it out of me or beat it out of me. "Someone submitted my application in for a scholarship. I ended up getting accepted into Stanford's young writer's program. It's a full paid scholarship except for books that I may need. It also includes room and board."

Rose's mouth dropped open. "Are you freaking serious? This is huge!"

I nodded meekly. "Yeah, but all my plans for New York are already set. We've got everything from the apartment to the furniture set."

Rose gave me a tight hug. "You'll figure it out." She paused. "You can't just pass up this opportunity though."

I nodded. "Yeah, you're only the third person to tell me this."

The guys started heading back over to us and I looked back at Rose. "Hush, hush. Yeah I know." She smiled and I watched as Edward threw his head back and laughed.

"What are you four geniuses laughing at?" Alice asked the obvious question.

"Some girl just hit on Edward." Em replied. I quickly wrapped my arms around Edward's waist and pulled myself closer to him. "Don't worry Bells, you should have heard her pick up line."

Rose wrapped her arms around Em's waist and battered her perfect mascara eyes at him. "And what was that Hun?"

"So, you're a guy." Emmett said breathlessly as he got lost in Rosalie's eyes.

Alice sighed. "That girl's got magic."

I untangled myself from Edward and looked up at the large flight board to see when our flight was. Before I knew it we were sitting in our seats and I was trying to calm my breathing as the airplane was taking off.

"Breathe Bella." Edward reminded me.

I sunk back into the seat and as soon as we were up in the air, I was out like a light bulb.


A/N: That was a lot of filler stuff I know. It was necessary though. I can't just have her wake up and be at the camp… that would be a little weird. I know Jake doesn't seem to be too involved with the story but he's still in it for a reason. (Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match.)

Thumbelina? That was just something that popped in my head so I went on Youtube and looked it up. It's perfect even if I haven't watched it since I was five!

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