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I could feel his frigid hand brush across my cheek, stroking my hair tenderly. The sun peeked In through the curtains of our one-bedroom apartment window, the first sign that morning had come. Opening my eyes, I couldn't help but smile as Edward greeted me with his familiar golden, smoldering eyes.

"Good morning, Bella." He whispered, his statuesque face within inches of mine. I could feel his icy breath dance across my lips, sending shivers down my spine.

Our bodies were delicately intertwined in an organized tangle of arms, legs, and blankets, his larger frame cradling my smaller one. He'd wrapped several blankets around us the night before to ensure I stayed warm. His gaze meeting mine, I couldn't help but suspect that it was his smoldering golden eyes, not the blankets, that kept me warm at night.

I wrapped my arms around him tightly, not wanting him to leave the cocoon he'd encased the two of us in. I loved this- the intimate closeness that came from simply lying next to each other, listening to one another's heartbeats and syncing up our breathing till we lost ourselves in one another.

"Mmmm.." I sighed, resting my head against his chest. "Morning."

"How did you sleep?" he asked, continuing to stroke my hair as the grogginess slowly began to fade.

"Good." I said, a secret smile creeping across my lips. "I dreamt of you."

I could see a slight smile of contentment spread across his face, satisfied he was with me both physically and mentally even as I slept.

"And what did you dream of?" he asked, sincere curiosity in his voice.

I hesitated for a moment, knowing my answer would probably ruin the dreamy euphoric mood. His eyes flickered across my face, reading my hesitation before I could hide it.

Worry filled his eyes as his body tensed slightly, his eyes searching mine. "Bella?" he prodded gently, concern thick in his voice.

A pang of guilt pulsed through me, seeing the strain I was causing him. "I dreamy that your turned me into a vampire." I confessed. His jaw immediately tightened, anguish filling his eyes and contorting his features. I had come to recognize that look- he got it every time we walked about me becoming a vampire or even how our future would look in 10 years with me aging and him staying 17 forever.

"Bella...." he murmured, bringing one of his hands up to rest against my cheek, His body had gone totally rigid, his velvety voice now grave.

"Let's talk about it later." I whispered, running a hand through his copper hair. I could feel the tension slowly ease out of his body as I continued to stroke his hair until the worry in his face was barely noticeable.

Lying together in silence, the mood had almost returned to its blissful state when Edward said the one thing I'd been dreading all morning.

"We've got to get up." Edward urged gently, his tone soft as he spoke. "Today's your first day of college. Being late wouldn't set a very good first impression."

I sighed deeply, snuggling up closer to him. "Are you sure? The thought of staying in bed with you all morning seems much more appealing." I mumbled, pressing my lips against the base of his jaw line.

Edward let out a slight groan, carefully rolling over so that his magnificent pale body loomed over me.

"Behave, Bella." He whispered, his tone ebbing on seriousness but still light and airy. "We talked about this. I don't want to stand in the way of you having a normal future."

"But-"

Pressing his cold, pale finger against my lips, Edward quieted my protests. "You promised." He reminded me, his eyes searching mine.

Before I could respond, a small, perky figure burst into the door to our bedroom.

Screaming, I instinctively surged back, caught up in the tangle of blankets. I could feel my body sliding off of the bed against my will, dragging Edward down with me. Bracing myself for impact against the wooden floor I was surprised when I found myself lying on top of Edward...again.

Somehow he had managed to slide his body under mine, absorbing the impact of the fall. God, it seemed my clumsiness knew no limits.

"Are you alright?" he asked, his eyes scanning my body tentatively.

"Yeah...thanks to you...." I muttered, embarrassment staining my cheeks tomato red as I sat up.

The second I had confirmed I was okay and gotten off of Edward, he shot up, glaring at the figure now standing in the door.

"Alice!"

"Jeeze, take a chill pill." Alice chimed, a chipper smile on her face.

"You can't just barge in like that! You have no idea what we might have been-"

"Doing." Alice finished his sentence, a mischievous grin on her face. I could feel my face becoming even redder- if that was at all possible. Edwards features seemed to be set in stone as he glared down his sister. "You should be thanking me. I'm the most effective form of birth control you have, free of charge!"

Wow, I had hoped to avoid any conversations between me and either of my future stepsisters involving Edwards and I's personal life. Then again, with them living only a few doors down, it was pretty much inevitable. After getting engaged, Edward and I had chosen to move to the city so that we'd be closer to the college I had enrolled in for the fall semester. Naturally, the Cullen's decided it would be a good idea to move in next door....all of the Cullens.

Don't get me wrong, I loved each and every one of them. Alice and I were close as sisters, and Esme was a second mother to me, but there were boundaries that needed to be set if we expected to maintain any semi-normal life like Edward had hoped.

"You guys weren't.......?" Alice asked, a horrified look crossing her face ebbing with curiosity.

"No." Edward replied quickly.

"Thank god." Rosalie called from behind her, joining Alice in the doorway.

The more the merrier....so much for getting back to that blissful mood.

"How did you guys even get in?" Edward asked, obviously annoyed as he took my hand in his own.

"I have my ways." Alice said, winking mischievously. "I had to come help Bella get dressed for her first day of College."

Sighing, I muttered a sorry to Edward under my breath. I hadn't ever come to understand the whole fashion thing, not even with all the hours I'd spent will Alice and the rest of the Cullens. As if I didn't look like enough of an outcast with my plain features and mediocre appearance, my lack of fashion sense made me look like a beggar on the streets compared to the rest of them.

"It's not your fault." Edward responded, squeezing my hand assuredly. "Alice, we have to set some boundaries. You too, Rosalie."

Alice rolled her eyes, skipping her way over to me. "C'mon." she chimed, grabbing my free hand and pulling me toward the two dressers lining our bedroom walls. "Times running out! You can't wear those rags to school." she exclaimed, making a motion wit her free hands towards my plaid flannel pajamas.

Shooting a remorseful look to Edward, he seemed to understand as he let go of my hand and focused his attention on Rosalie. "And why are you here?" he asked, his eyes narrowing.

"Just wanted to make sure you two weren't getting all caught up in the lovesick allure of having your own apartment." Rosalie responded curtly, a smug look on her face.

"That's none of your business, Rosalie." Edward shot back, fire flashing in his eyes for a second. Rosalie shrugged in response, making no move to leave as she leaned against the doorway.

Sighing, Edward glanced over at Alice, who was busying herself with going through my 'extremely lacking' wardrobe.

"Well, well now. What do we have here." Alice said, lifting up a pair of my black lacey underwear.

Oh god. Hadn't I already suffered my fair share of embarrassment this morning.

"Alice!" I yelled, trying to yank them out of her hands as she danced around, keeping them just out of my reach. Damn her and her graceful agility.

I hadn't even shown those to Edward. The price tag was still attached; I'd been hoping to save them for our wedding night....so much for that. We hadn't....been together 'like that' yet. Edward wanted to wait till we got married, and despite my protests, we had eventually come to an agreement.

"Looks like I really do have a reason to knock." she joked, sticking her tongue out at me.

Edward intervened before Alice could drag out my torture, grabbing the hand that Alice had the panties in and taking them from her.

"That's enough Alice. Bella needs to get ready, and right now your more of a distraction than anything else."

"But-"

"Out." Edward demanded, pointing towards the door. With a cute little pout, Alice muttered something about Edward ruining her fun as she left.

"So what the hell is that?" Rosalie asked, anger in her eyes.

"Rosalie, it's none of your-"

"The hell it's not! It's going ot affect all of us if you get her pregnant and-"

"Leave Rosalie." Edward growled, his voice changing from merely aggravated to threatening.

Hesitating, Rosalie shot the two of us one last glare before heading for the door.

Waiting till it had closed securely behind them, Edward quickly moved to lock the double bolt before turning to me. God this was embarrassing. It would've been bad enough trying to fake sexy around Edward with it just being the two of us. Now the whole family was probably going to think I was some horny girl trying to jump Edward the first chance we were alone.....which wasn't entirely untrue.

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