Author's Notes: Short chapter, but sweet.
Chapter Four: A House in the Meadow and Back Down the Path.
"We really should..." She whispered quietly against his lips, her words trailing off, she really didn't care what they should do. She just wanted to stay here, forever. Edward leaned in for one quick peck before he pulled away.
"That's quite a change Miss Bella. I'm usually the one who needs to stop these things." he said, leaning in to rubbing noes again. He gripped her closely, his golden eyes looking over her shoulder and into the deep forest, towards where the truck was.
She laughed, "And usually I'm the one who gives in first." Smiling she followed his gaze for a moment.
"Are you ready to leave?" he asked her to her ear, taking in her scent once again. She thought for a second before turning to look back at him.
"No." She answered finally. "But I don't think I will ever be ready to leave." She added. Her eyes fixed back onto his. Her fingers interlocking behind his neck. Edward looked at her again.
"I feel the same way, except when I get hungry, I'll probably want to leave." he said, putting her down. She smiled as he spoke, ignoring the shudder fighting to fly through her when he mentioned getting hungry. He put his hands on her hips, pulling her closer and tried to get her to dance with him. Her arms still locked behind his neck, but she resisted moving, she still hated dancing.
"You got your way at prom. That ought to be enough for you." She smiled, resting her head against his chest. Edward lifted her on his feet and kept swaying.
"But prom was just one time. There will be many chances to dance." he spoke, not shifting his body from hers at all. He made her move, dancing to the soundless music.
"As long as your mine, there will be many chances to dance." he whispered, hugging her close to him.
"I think we should just build a house here." he whispered to her, putting his head on her, swaying gently. He didn't want to leave just as much as she didn't.
"A house sounds nice." She whispered, closing her eyes and inhaling a lungful of his scent. This moment was perfect. He was glad she agreed to the house.
"We'll build it over there, we can't put it right here in the clearing, it would ruin our fun." he explained looking over at a spot with few trees.
"I'll move the tree's so they won't be in our way, only my family will know where we'll live, so they can come everyone once in a while. It'll just be us there. Wouldn't you love that Bella?" he said, smiling at her.
She smiled as he talked about the house, "That'd be perfect, as long as there was no dancing involved." She grinned, looking up at him, but she made no attempt to move away from him, partly because she knew he could stop her but mainly because she didn't want to. She was perfectly happy to stay in his arms forever.
Edward smiled. "That's where you are wrong love." he chuckled placing his lips gently on hers.
"We should really get out of here now. Everyone will wonder where we headed off to." he said looking down at his little Bella. He knew she probably would protest, but they really had to get out of here soon before Charlie threw a flip. He would probably have him arrested for some unknown reason. He suppose that's what he got for going after the sheriff's daughter.
"I guess we should." She sighed releasing his neck from her grasp. She looked down slightly, knowing he was right, of course. Charlie was the issue here, he'd probably consider shooting Edward if they didn't get home soon, as neither of them were in her fathers good books at the present time. She looked back up at him,
"Do we still have time to visit your house?" She asked, she'd lost all sense of what time it was, that was one of the side affects of spending so much time with a dazzling vampire.
Edward shrugged at her. "I don't know, it depends on you. How late do you want to be?" he asked her, grabbing her hand and leading towards the exit of the forest. His eyes didn't leave her for a moment, knowing well enough that she could, would, fall at any moment now. It was getting late now, but the time they reached the house and said hello to everyone, she would most definitely late. She laughed as he pulled her towards the trees, keeping her eyes on her feet to try and prevent the trip threatening to occur by her moving.
"How late will you let me be?" She asked, glancing up at him briefly. Her free hand ran through her hair, trying to keep it out of her eyes. He shrugged again, closing his eyes and giving her a playful smirk.
"I don't know, as late as you want to be." he chuckled, leading her through the forest. A few moments later, he looked back at her.
"I'm surprised you have fallen yet." he grinned at her, teasing her for her clumsiness. One of the things he had to always worry about with her, especially since she seem prone to accidents like this. He was probably just jinxing her by saying that, but he would be ready to catch he when she fell, and she would fall. There was no question about that.
She laughed "I know I'm surpri..." Her words failed as she tripped over and started to head towards the ground. This was just typical, but this time it was his fault, he'd jinxed her. Edward quickly reacted. He jumped down, catching before she hit the ground. He looked at her, sending her a apologetic look.
"I'm so sorry Bella. That was my fault." he said lifting her to her feet. He wrapped his arms around and hugged her, showing her he was sorry. He let go slightly, his arms still wrapped around her.
"Yes. It was your fault." She laughed looking up at him.
"I can carry you the rest of the way. I won't run. I don't feel like running. I rather take my time." he threw out of his month in a hurry
She laughed again, and thought for a moment, "I think I'd rather you ran." She smiled, she had her own reasons for wanting him to run, but she wasn't going to share them just yet. Her eyes shone in the setting light, as she looked up at him. Edward smiled, quickly picking Bella off her feet and into his.
"Close your eyes." he whispered as he began to hurry off to the truck. He glided through the forest with ease, looking down at Bella ever few seconds. She closed her eyes tightly as they ran, holding herself close to his chest. He held her closer to him ever time they came close to a tree, knowing how terrified she was to hit one. Edward quickly emerged from the forest and hurried over to the car, placing Bella down.
"Now, explain why you wanted to run when I was giving you lots of chances to walk?" he asked her, crossing his arms to her. He was quite interested in hearing her reasoning.
As he set her down she smiled, "Is it so wrong for me to want you to be happy?" She asked with a smile, mirroring his movements by folding her arms across her chest. Her eyes fixed on his, sparkling with her smile. "Well, is it?"
Edward looked up to the sky and thought for a moment. "Yes." He answered finally.
"But if you don't want to tell me, I'm fine with that." he said, walking towards her and hugging her closely. He put his head on hers and then pulled back from the hug, giving her his crooked smile. Her smile, more or less.
A slight tint came to her cheeks as he smiled her smile."You're really fine with not knowing what's going on inside my head? That's new." She smiled at him as he walked towards her, laughing as he hugged her.
Edward shook his head. "No, not at all. But I doubt you will tell me." he said chuckling and hugged her close again.
"And why would you doubt that Edward?" She grinned, "Besides the fact that you're right." She laughed. He laughed with her.
"Shall we go somewhere else now?" he wondered, looking up into the now night sky, the moon and stars blazing down on them.
"Where do you want to go?" She asked, following his gaze to the skies.
"Well, I'd love to go back and star gaze, but you had other plans?" he said looking down at her, then following her gaze back to the stars. They were magnificent tonight, brighter then any night before, probably because he was here with Bella, and everything seemed more real.
"As a matter of fact, I did have other plans. Like going to visit your family?" She made it sound like a question but it wasn't really. She wanted to spend as much time as possible alone with him, obviously, but she was also desperate to see Alice and the rest of the Cullen family. Edward sighed.
"Emmett's probably going to tease us about being gone the whole day. I'm sure Alice saw as heading back a few times, and then our plans changed." he grinned holding her hand and smiling at her.
"Let Emmett tease us, it'll be nice to not be the only one he's teasing." She laughed.
"I drive this time? I really think you should let me get you a nice new car. Like a nice little blue speedy car. Like a BMW?" he said, pulling her to the truck, and laughing. He knew what she was going to say, but there was always a chance right?
"No. I'm driving, and I'm keeping my truck. It goes plenty fast enough for a normal person." She let out a slightly exasperated sigh, sure his obsession with speed was more to do with the 'y' chromosome than his being a vampire. He sighed and shrugged, walking her to the drivers side and opened to the door for her. He pushed the door away and did a flight attendant routine and waved his arm towards the seat, grinning smugly.
"After you Miss Bella." he said, his golden eyes fixed on her, watching her laughed lightly before climbing into the truck's cab,
"Why thank you Mr. Cullen." She grinned as she slipped the key into the ignition. She turned to look at him, the moonlight reflected off his skin making him appear even paler than usual, if that was possible. She ran a hand through her hair resting on the back of her neck for a moment, her eyes not leaving his. Edward smiled at her, placing his hands on her seat and leaned it, placing his lips on hers. He pulled back a moment later and was in his seat buckled up in a moment. He leaned against his window and grinned at her, reaching out his hand to pull on a small curl in her hair.
"Shall we go then?" he asked, still playing with the strand of her hair.
"The family will be quiet upset if we delay them any more, they have probably waiting around all day for us to show up, naughty us." he grinned crookedly. She smiled as he kissed her, and didn't even try to bother watching him cross to his side of the truck.
"I suppose we really should go, shouldn't we." She sighed for a moment, then she started the engine, considering just how frustrated he'd get with her if she drove incredibly slowly. How long would it take before he tried to take the wheel? She smiled to herself as she pulled out onto the road.
Authors Notes: I want a guy to whisk me away and dance with me and say he's going to build me a house *sigh*.