Bella's Point Of View

I continued skipping downstairs, halting my fast pace movement when Edward stepped in front of the stair case. His eyes traveled up each stair before resting on me. My pace continued as I slowly completed my descent downstairs, my eyes leaving his to scan the hundreds of thousands of flowers placed around the first floor of my home. They were gorgeous... Tropical and exotic, all looking and smelling more incredible than any flower I had ever known. Each one unique, like a novel. Screaming out stories to me, over the hanging silence that was left between him and I.

From outside, from every open window and crack in the door I could hear the song start. A song I didn't know the words to, but would soon learn to love and appreciate more than I knew.

We were both young when I first saw you, I close my eyes and the flashbacks start. I'm standing there, on a balcony in summer air.

"Isabella Swan, I've lived all around this world for the past century. For thirty-six thousand, four hundred and twenty five days I have roamed this earth alone. Not knowing that the entire time I had something waiting for me, a destiny much larger than I dreamed for myself. Somewhere out there, someone was creating you. Making your hands to fit perfectly in mine. Making your scent my own, personal brand of heroin. I existed, I lived - or so I thought. Little did I know I did neither of those things until the day I met you."

See the lights, the see party, the ball gowns. See you make your way through the crowd and say 'hello'. Little did I know...

"The century I had witnessed no longer existed. I was reborn upon first laying eyes on you. I was human again, able to feel. There were times when I was with you, at your side when I realized I was just pretending to be human. I would always be the monster, your personal predictor, thirsting for your life. I could never offer you a normal life, Bella..."

That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles and my daddy said 'stay away from Juliet!'. And I was crying on the staircase, begging you please don't go...

"So I left. I forced myself to come to terms with what was right in front of me. I was... I am, no good for you. I cannot offer you children, I cannot offer you safety from my own cravings. I cannot offer you what another human could. While I was gone, I had those entire six months to think about things, to miss you..."

And I said, 'Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone. I'll be waiting, all that's left to do is run. You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess. It's a love story, baby just say yes.'

"I am better than any human out there, Bella. I can do things they can't, irregardless of the larger list of things I can't do. I can love you more than anyone in this entire universe. I have an eternity to prove that to you, everyday. I know I can give you anything, everything you want. I know, with practice, I can be the man you dream about each night. I can be your prince."

So I sneak out to the garden to see you. We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew. So close your eyes.... Escape this town for a little while.

My eyes stung horribly as they filled with tears for what seemed like the millionth time today. There was something in his voice... something I had never heard before. Letting me know that he was never going to leave me, he would always love me. I heard forever.

'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter and my daddy said 'stay away from Juliet' but you were everything to me. I was begging you, please don't go...

He stood before me, baring his heart, his soul, his everything. Surrounded by a fairy tale that he created for me. To make me feel like the princess he saw me as, the piece of perfection he created in his mind. I stood before him, in pajama pants never feeling more beautiful.

And I said, 'Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone. I'll be waiting, all that's left to do is run. You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess. It's a love story, baby just say yes.'

I wiped my tears away with the back of my hand as he stepped forward. His soft fingers replacing my own as he brushed the wetness away from my face. Never in my short life had I heard something to beautiful, something that for once, rang true. "I felt so lost..." My words were quivering, trying so hard not to collapse into heavy sobs as they had all the times before. "I believe you... I believe that you found me."

Romeo save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel. This love is difficult, but it's real. Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess... It's a love story, baby just say yes.

My body and my mind were finally in sync for the first time in months, running the rest of the way to him. My arms finding their way around his neck, pulling him into a hug much tighter than I had ever know. His own arms were firmly around my waist, holding me with a passion neither of us had ever experienced. I felt his cold body quivering... sobbing in rhythm with my own. We held each other, and cried

I got tired of waiting, wondering if you were ever coming around. My faith in you is, fading... when I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said:

My tears stained his now dry t-shirt, his lips kissing my bare shoulder repeatedly, as if it were the last time he would ever see me. It took all the strength in the world for him to pull himself away from me, my expression showing off the hurt I felt from the gesture.

Romeo save me, I've been feeling so alone. I keep waiting for you but you never come. Is this in my head? I don't know what to think... He knelt to the ground, and he pulled out a ring and said:

As if on cue, Edward dropped to one knee in front of me, his eyes smiling up at me, though the rest of his body clearly nervous. One of his hands took mine, his other reaching into his pocket, withdrawing a small box. I felt the breath escape my body as he opened it, revealing a ring resembling ones I had only seen in movies. He smiled up at me, before speaking along with the words of the song.

"Marry me, Juliet. You'll never have to be alone. I love you, and that's all I really know. I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress. It's a love story, baby just say... yes."

He had memorized the words of a song, a song that wasn't from his day. The gesture alone made my heart melt. I had no tears left to cry, I had no words. I was lost in a child's book my mother had read to me many moons ago. A princess, locked in a tower soon rescued by a beautiful man on a white horse. My prince was asking me to be his forever. I still felt hurt, the past six months still lingering around us. I could easily tell him that I wasn't ready, that I was still hurting. I could do so, and risk my fairy tale ending.

I nodded.

He picked himself up from his knees, wrapping his arms tightly around me as he lifted me up from the ground in a tight embrace. Spinning me around, his lips pressed against mine with such force, my heart almost failed me. The ring had found itself on my finger during the rush of emotions, both of us now tangled up in each other, ignoring the people that now stood around the room.

Esme was the first to approach us, tearing us from each others eyes as she threw her arms around us both. If tears existed in her world, they would have been streaming down her happy face. Edward took her under one of his arms, hugging her tightly to his body, whispering nothing more than "thank you."

Alice stood with Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie, squealing in delight. I could see the wedding plans in her eyes as I offered my best friend a smile. The feelings of hatred I held against each one of the Cullen's vanished... Left in a horror novel. The princess was saved.

Carlisle stood, shaking hands with Charlie. Welcoming him too, into his family. Charlie wiped the tears from his own face in a many way, shooting a smile and a wink my way. He had been in on the plan the entire time. They all had. I didn't care, though. I didn't have enough space inside me for any other emotion than I was feeling right now. Bliss.

For half a second, I felt my bliss slipping away from me, my eyes darting to Jasper who put his hands up in defense. "I just don't want you to explode..." Charlie eyed him in question, Jasper covering it up, insisting it was an inside joke between the two. I didn't want him meddling in my feelings, not today. I wanted to explode, to feel every bit of perfection, happiness, excitement. I had never felt so alive.

I was pulled into another hug, Edward's chin resting against my head as he held me to his body. "I love you..."

I smiled, nodding beneath him. "I know. I love you."

We were both young, when I first saw... you.