Disclaimer: Still not mine... :o(

A/N: The good news is that I was able to put a lot of time into the first sideshot! It will be elderly Bella's POV and will be touching on a lot of subjects. Which means it'll be MUCH longer than the chapters of this story. My goal is to have it done and polished so I can post it in tandem with the last chapter of CBTM. Be sure to have me on author alerts for the sideshots. I'm tenatively calling it Come Back To Me: Extras. I know, it's not very original but I'm open to suggestions. :o) Now on to the morning after...

Enjoy!!

Chapter 13: Bliss Interrupted

EPOV

Does anybody know what day today is? This day? This, ladies and gentleman, is the best day of my life.

Hands. Down.

I was concerned that, being a virgin, she might have been a bit sore after this morning's love making. I even tried to be a gentleman and refuse her advances when we woke despite my obvious…erm, 'excitement' over her very naked body pressing and rubbing against mine. She, thankfully, would not be denied. We made love again …and again. And yet again. We've held each other when we slept and took turns kissing each other awake. I've told her I love her countless times. She's told me, too, whispering in my ear over and over as I drifted to sleep and in between kisses across my chest when she tried to wake me. This is where I am meant to be. This is my life now. Just Bella and me. We have the rest of our lives stretching out before us to laugh and love and live, together. She knows it, too. It's there in her eyes. The promise of tomorrow. My heart feels swollen, pushing against the walls of my chest. It's a great feeling.

Having finally sated one hunger, we have moved onto another. We are now sitting in the middle of Bella's room and we're happily enjoying an impromptu picnic on her plush carpet -in complete and utter post-coital bliss. I think it's about late afternoon or early evening. Alice dropped off a tray of food for us about twenty minutes ago. Dear, sweet Alice, I could kiss you. I didn't even realize that we hadn't eaten all day until I opened the door to find her standing there, food in hand. Suddenly, I was starving. She didn't seem to even struggle under the heavy tray of cold chicken, fruit, cheese and assorted breads and rolls. She even brought a bottle of wine. She wasn't surprised to see me answer the door either, despite my attire. I was barefoot, wearing only my trousers and an open, untucked shirt. My hair must have been a fright, too, with Bella having spent hours running her hands through it and tugging on it. Alice just handed me the heavy laden tray, smiled, twirled about and danced down the hall back towards the elevator and lobby.

Bella reaches over and pops a grape into my mouth trailing her fingers across my lips. She is just so sexy sitting there, facing me, with her hair unbound falling in loose waves over her delicate shoulders and wearing nothing but a simple silken robe.

"Mmm," I hum my approval and take a drink of wine.

"You will marry me, won't you?" She blurts out.

I sputter and cough in shock and bring my napkin up to my mouth to keep any food or wine from escaping. I try not to laugh at that but the chuckles can't be held in.

"Edward?" she asks with a look of concern.

I cough again and clear my throat to answer. "Sure." Then I chuckle some more. And just like that, we're engaged.

She eyes me warily. It must be because I'm still half-laughing at her. I probably should clear this up before she sends those four boxing brothers after me…

I flash my dazzling smile at her. "I'm just laughing at the way you asked, love, that's all." I drape the cloth napkin back over my thigh and lean in to give her a quick kiss.

"Oh good," she sighs. "For one moment I thought you had a wife and children back home."

I put down my food and take both her hands in mine kissing the back of each hand. I can't help but get lost in her eyes. I can't believe she's really mine. I take a deep breath and sigh her name. "Bella…"

She smiles and says softly, "I want to be everything to you."

"You are, love." Keeping eye contact, I brush the hair off her shoulder and lightly massage the nape of her neck. "You are," I repeat and give her another quick kiss.

We both smile and return to our food. "Tell me more about yourself, my love."

"Well, ummm…" Where do I begin?

She doesn't notice my hesitation and continues with the line of questioning. "Where you born in Chicago? Do you have family there? When did you start to play the piano?"

"I-"

Excited by her new topic she rushes on. "What sort of music do you write? Anything for musicals? I've never been cast in a musical before. I would love to act in a play with your music… That is assuming I would ever want to act again after last night…"

"You will." I assure her with a smile. I am already looking forward to the next time I see her shine on stage. I take advantage of her temporary silence and give her a soft lingering kiss.

"Good music," I say as we part.

She tilts her head and furrows her brow, "What?" So. Cute.

"Good music." I wink at her over my wine. "I write good music."

Comprehension dawns and she giggles. "I never let you answer, did I?"

"No." I try and look stern but fail completely. I just can't seem to keep a smile off my face for long no matter how hard I try. She's biting her lip again. Doesn't she know that drives me crazy?

"What time do you think it is?" She asks as I lean closer.

"I don't know," I place a not-so-chaste kiss on her soft lips, "And I don't care." kiss "I love you." I lean in for more but she pulls away with a small laugh.

"Fine, I'll look then." Coming to her knees she reaches over to my waistcoat, where it's slung across a chaise along with my jacket, and fishes out my pocket watch freeing the fob so she can sit back down with it.

She runs her tiny fingers over the engravings admiring the detail before flipping it open. My God, I find every move she makes fascinating, I internally sigh. I don't think I will ever tire of watching her. "It's six o'clock," she exclaims with a shocked smile.

I chuckle, "Really? I don't feel sleepy, somehow. Do you?"

"No," she sighs and runs the chain of the watch fob through her fingers again and again apparently lost in thought. She then looks at me tentatively and gives me a coy smile. "The first thing I intend to do for you is-"

"You've already done it," I interrupt her with a wink.

She blushes and laughs giving my shoulder a playful shove. "The second thing, then."

"What's that?"

She bows her head and looks up at me through her long lashes. "Buy you a new suit?" she offers and then pops another grape in my mouth with a giggle.

I raise an eyebrow and chew. "What?!" I say jokingly indignant. "I don't understand. Nobody seems to like my suit," I huff.

"Well, can you blame them?" Bella chuckles at me from her spot on the carpet.

"Now wait just a minute." I pull my self up from the floor and stride over to the chair where my jacket and waistcoat lie. "I happen to like my suit. Just what's wrong with it?" "So what, if it's ten years old?" I pout.

"Fifteen years," Bella corrects me giggling at my antics. "At least!"

"Fifteen?" I ask surprised.

"Mmhmm," all smiles, Bella hums her answer.

I guess that antique dealer took me for a ride. "Well… I think it's fabulous," I defend it, pulling on the waistcoat without buttoning it. "Here, let me show you." I shrug into the jacket, too, smoothing down the lapels and do a quick turn to try and sell her on it. "See? It's really great. It's in first class condition. The sleeves fit, which is pretty good for me because my arms are like nine feet long. It's got pockets everywhere." I flash her the lining of the jacket really hamming it up as Bella giggles behind her hand. "Look at this. I could pull rabbits out of here. OH! And here is the best part," I explain digging out a coin to show her. "There is a little penny pocket hidden right here for emer…gen…" I trail off as I look at the coin in shock.

It's just a shiny copper penny dated 1980.

This penny doesn't belong here…

…and neither do I.

Bella takes her hand from her mouth and her smile quickly fades as she looks at me furrowing her brow. "Edward?"

No… I start trembling and gasping for breath. It feels like all the air is being sucked out of the room being replaced by a crushing darkness.

"Edward, what is it?" The panic is rising in her voice as she watches me go pale and begin to hyperventilate.

No, no, no… I fall to my knees.

"What's wrong!?" she demands, frozen to her spot on the floor in fear.

Bella. I can feel the darkness closing in, coming at me from all sides. I reach my shaking hand out to Bella wanting to hold on to her, wanting to hold on to this time, but she's across the room, too far away. I can't seem to breathe but it doesn't matter because I can feel it all slipping away.

"Edward?!" Tears trail down my Bella's sweet face as she looks on in terrified confusion.

Bella. I can't call to her. I can't reach her. I can't touch her or hold her to me and kiss her and love her.

I can't stay with her.

All I can do is watch her fade away as the darkness consumes me completely.

"Edwaaard…!"

A/N: Who saw that coming? Remember to review and let me know what you think. :o) Reading your reviews is better than feeding a half dressed Edward grapes... well, it's a close second at least! ;o)

It's almost over. These last four chapters are pretty much my favs. Yup, only three more chapters to go. But at least we have the sideshots to look forward to, right? :o) I'll be posting the next chapter Wednesday... maybe sooner.