Sunshine and Forever

I leaned on Edward as we dragged out suitcases through the airport. Whoever thought that it was a good idea to get a flight at 6 am is seriously mentally ill. We had to get up at 4 just to get here on time. Edward had his bag slung over his shoulder and was rolling mine with his other hand. I tried to get him to let my carry my own bags, but he refused.

"Edward, give me my bag! I can roll it just fine!" I pleaded with him again. He scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"Don't be ridiculous Bella. You are half asleep and I would like to make our flight. We can't do that if we have to take another trip to the hospital," he replied. I huffed indignantly, but let him go. I knew he was right, I just didn't like it.

"Fine," I pouted. He smiled and pulled me closer into his side and kissed the top of my head.

"We're here!" Alice yelled. I have no idea how the woman has so much energy at 5:30 am. Even Emmett was dragging slightly, and that's saying something. I needed coffee, and I needed it fast. Edward and I waited in line while the other couples went up and got their tickets.

"Next!" a man called out from over the counter. We walked up and stopped in front of him. He was young, just about my age, and fairly good looking. Clearly nowhere as good looking as Edward, but decent enough. He had short dark brown hair and big royal blue eyes. If it weren't for the fact that the most gorgeous man on earth had is arm wrapped around my waist, I would have found the guy cute.

"How may I help you today?" he asked, looking directly at me. Edward's arm tighten around my waist and his eyes hardened.

"We are heading to Cabo," he replied. The man looked over at his briefly, before his eyes flashed back to me and he smiled brightly.

"Name?" he asked. Edward growled under his breath.

"Cullen," he replied. The guy who's name tag said Benjamin, typed something on the computer.

"Mr. Edward and Isabella Cullen?" he asked looking up. His face looked defeated. Wait. Did he just say Edward and Isabella Cullen? I looked up at Edward who had his poker face on. I knew he could see me out of the corner of his eye though.

"Correct," Edward replied. He handed over his credit card and id to Benjamin. He typed on his computer, swiped the cards, and handed over our tickets. Edward placed our bags onto the scale and took the tickets from the guy.

"Have a nice flight," he said in a voice that told me he didn't want Edward having a nice flight at all. Edward grabbed my hand and his satchel, and pulled me away from the counter. I pulled him to stop once we were far enough away where Benjamin couldn't hear us.

"Mr. Edward and Isabella Cullen?" I asked him, putting stress on the word Cullen. He smiled sheepishly.

"They were going to put us in different seats that were away from each other so I told them that this was our honeymoon," he replied.

"Oh so now we're newlyweds?" I asked him angrily. He smiled at me and nodded his head.

"A boy can dream," he sighed. My angry resolve melted right then and there. Sometimes I can be so mad at Edward, but then he goes and says something so sweet like that and I can't stay mad for a second longer.

"You're so corny," I replied as I tried to still look angry, but my lips pulled at the corners. He didn't miss it, and kissed me lightly.

"But you love me for it," he said in between kisses. I laughed and pushed him away.

"Come on my new hubby, let's go find the other," I told him. He laughed and grabbed my hand.

"As you wish Mrs. Cullen," he replied in a snobbish British accent. I laughed and pulled him along to where I saw Alice bouncing around with a now awake Emmett. Rose was standing off to the side, rubbing her temples, as Jasper looked on at the scene completely amused.

"Ready guys?" I called out when Edward and I got close enough where they could hear us. Alice squealed and Emmett whooped. This was going to be a long flight.

We all gathered our belongings and hopped into the security line. Luckily, because it was so early, we didn't have to wait long.

"Now I see the benefits of an early flight," I said once Edward had joined me on the other side. He laughed and nodded.

"Does that mean that you won't fight it next time?" he asked hopefully, but already knowing the answer.

"Nope," I replied, popping the 'p'. He smiled and shook his head at me.

"Coffee?" he asked.

"Oh thank god. Someone with some common sense," Rose said as she joined us. She was clearly not a morning person either.

I practically dislocated his arm as I grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the Starbucks. There was no line, so I pranced right up towards the counter. I'm sure I looked like Alice as I skipped forward, but if coffee was involved, I didn't even care.

"What can I get you?" asked the tall redheaded girl behind the counter. She looked younger than me and Edward, maybe 21 or 22. I smiled at her and looked over at Rose to order first.

"Venti non-fat latte," she said curtly. Always to the point. That was the Rosalie way of life.

"Grande non-fat caramel macchiato," I told her girl. She nodded and called the orders out to the other barista who was manning the espresso machines. As I pulled my wallet out of my purse, Rose grabbed my hand to stop me.

"Nope, I got it," she said.

"Rose don't be ridiculous!" I told her. She smiled at me, but handed her card to the redhead. I huffed, but thanked her and walked away to wait for my coffee.

"Grande non-fat caramel macchiato and a venti non-fat latte," the barista called out. Rose and I both dove for our coffees like a man who was dehydrated and had just come upon a fresh water spring. I sipped greedily at my hot drink as Rose and I walked back to where Edward, Jasper, Emmett, and Alice were all waiting.

"Happy?" Edward asked me as he wrapped his arms around my waist.

"You have no idea," I replied. He laughed at my ridiculousness and kissed my forehead.

"All passengers on flight 1426 to Cabo San Lucas Mexico, now boarding," a voice said over the loudspeaker. Alice squealed and jumped up, dragging Jasper along with her. Emmett did the same for Rose, who looked back at us and mouthed 'help me' as he dragged her along. I laughed and waved mouthing back a 'sorry' and she scowled back. Sometimes I wonder how Rosalie even keeps up with Emmett. Edward and I intertwined out hands and walked up together. We handed the flight attendant our tickets and walked onto the plane together.

Luckily the plane was small so there was no first class. Knowing Edward, he would have gotten us unnecessary first class seats. We piled into the small plane and sat in the aisle in front of Rose and Emmett, but behind Jasper and Alice. As I listened to the flight attendants as they went over safety rules, I put my head on Edward's shoulder. My eyes were heavy with sleep, and no matter how hard I tried to fight sleep, I eventually fell into darkness.

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I woke with a start as the plane landed with a large jolt. I looked over at Edward to find him still asleep with his head back. I had grown to know that Edward could pretty much sleep through anything and anywhere. It must be a doctor thing. He has to work such odd hours that he'll take whatever sleep he can get.

The captain come back on the loud speaker thanking us for flying with them and telling us to come back. As the seatbelt sign went off, I shook Edward's shoulder.

"Edward hon, you need to get up. We're here," I whispered in his ear. He groaned and pulled me into his lap, still heavy with sleep.

"Five more minutes," he replied and gave me a huge smack on the lips.

"No Edward, the plane's landed," I told him, but it was no use. He was out again. Emmett, Rose, Jasper, and Alice were all standing, waiting for Edward and I.

"Guys, a little help here? He won't move," I called out to them. Emmett laughed and sauntered over. He's Edward's brother. He must know ways to get him up without hurting him. He lifted his hand up, preparing to smack Edward. Before I could tell him to stop, he slapped Edward in the side of the head with force. Well, I guess his way of waking his brother up wasn't as peaceful as I thought it would be.

Edward yelped and opened his eyes to see his brother hysterically laughing.

"What the hell Emmett?" he yelled at him.

"Sorry man, but you wouldn't wake up and we're here," he replied through giggles. And yes, I said giggles. Emmett was giggling like a little girl.

"And you couldn't have woken me up more peacefully?" he asked annoyed.

"Bella tried but all you did was pull her into your lap and kiss her telling her to give you five more minutes," he retorted. Edward finally looked down to see that I was still sitting on his lap.

"Oh, sorry love," he told me. I laughed and kissed his cheek.

"It's fine. Well, now that you're up, let's get going," I replied. I jumped off of his lap and grabbed my bag. Edward followed me as we departed the plane behind everyone else.

We walked up the the baggage claim to find all of the bags already circulating around the carousel. Our bags came out quickly and we grabbed them. I walked over to the cab station to get us a cab, but Edward grabbed my hand.

"Bella love, we have a car picking us up," he said as he motioned towards a man holding a sign that said 'Cullen'. I sighed loudly.

"Why am I not surprised?" I asked him rhetorically. He laughed and pulled me towards the man where the others were already waiting.

"Are we ready?" asked the man in a slightly accented voice. We all responded with a 'yes' or a 'yep'. The man motioned for us to follow him, and walked out of the airport to a sleek black SUV waiting by the curb.

We piled in one by one and then we were off.

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We pulled up to the most gorgeous hotel I have ever seen. It was a big white Mediterranean building with a beautiful tiled courtyard with a large fountain in the middle. Everyone stepped out of the car and looked up at the gorgeous building in front of us. A woman and man dressed in all white came up to us, carrying something on trays.

"Welcome to the One & Only Palmilla. My name is Miguel and I'll be your butler for your stay. The rest of your party is already out by the pool. Here are some mojitos to start off your trip," said the man as the woman held out the tray that was filled with six glasses. We each took one and sipped it. It was delicious. I had had a mojito before, but it didn't even compare to this.

"If you'll follow me in, we can get you your room keys and get your luggage sent to each of your villas," said Miguel. I was too shocked to even say anything, so I just followed. This was the most beautiful place I had ever seen.

"What do you think?" Edward asked me. I smiled up at him brightly.

"It's amazing Edward. Thank you," I told him. He smiled and kissed my forehead.

"Not as amazing as you," he replied. I laughed at his once again, corny behavior.

"Come on slow pokes!" Alice called out from in front of us. Edward and I walked faster to catch up with the group. Miguel was standing there handing out our keys.

"Mr. Whitlock and Ms. Brandon will be in villa 2, Mr. Cullen and Ms. Hale in villa 3, and Mr. Cullen and Ms. Swan in villa 4," he said as he handed the guys the keys. Edward took ours and put them in his back pocket.

"Would you like to look around?" Miguel asked us. Alice clapped her hands smiling and nodded her head. Jasper laughed at his fiance and responded to Miguel.

"Yes please. May we just walk around?" he asked. Miguel nodded and gestured towards the rest of the hotel.

"Please make yourselves at home," he said before ducking out of the room. We all smiled at each other hugely and walked back out to the courtyard. Right there in front of us was what looked like a pool with a bar in it. There were people lining the pool as they lounged on chairs all sipping drinks. There was a couple who looked exactly like Carlisle and Esme sitting in a pair of lounge chairs. Wait! That is Carlisle and Esme! I laughed and ran down towards the chairs. I hadn't seem them since the first time we met, but I still talked to Esme regularly on the phone. They still looked as good as ever. Esme was wearing a strapless coral one piece swimsuit that looked incredibly on her with a big black and straw hat and oversized Oliver Peoples sunglasses. She looked up to see me running towards her. (Clothes on profile!)

"BELLA!" she cried out as she jumped off of the chair to gather me up in a hug.

"Esme! It's so good to see you! I've missed you!" I told her. She laughed and kissed my forehead.

"Oh Bella dear, I've missed you so much too! I'm so glad you could all come!" she exclaimed.

"Bella! You look fantastic as usual," Carlisle called out. I jumped over to hug him tightly as well. He was wearing printed Lily Pulitzer swim trunks with octopus and starfish all over it with his persol sunglasses. (Clothes on profile!)

I could see in my peripheral vision that everyone else was greeting Esme and chatting about the flight here. Carlisle kissed my cheek and went to join his wife.

"We were just about to go in and get ready for dinner. We made a reservation at a restaurant that someone on the beach recommended to us for all 8 of us tonight. You kids should go clean up and we can meet back here at 6," he said. Everyone agreed and departed to their designated villas. Edward took my hand and showed me to our villa. He stopped in front of a small white building that was right on the beach.

"Here we are," he said as he unlocked the door. I walked in and gasped. The room was decorated in earth tones, but what was beautiful was the view from the balcony. We could see the beach below us and the gorgeous clear blue ocean streaching out before us. In the distance, I could see the rest of the island. It was breathtaking.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Edward asked me. I smiled and nodded my head, too astounded for words. He grabbed my hand and opened the balcony doors, pulling me outside into the warm air.

"Bella," he sighed before his lips crashed to mine. I kissed him back just as passionately before we both had to break apart to get air. I knew we had to get ready, but Edward was very distracting.

"I love you," he told me as he moved in for another kiss. Somehow, I managed to put my hand against his lips before he reached mine. He looked like a lost puppy.

"Edward," I laughed, "hon we are supposed to meet your parents in forty-five minutes," I told him. He smiled mischeviously.

"We can be quick," he said. I laughed and pushed him away.

"I love you, but I don't want to show up to dinner with your parents with sex hair thank you very much," I told him. He laughed and pulled me in for one last chaste kiss.

"Go shower," he said, pushing me away. I turned around to walk back inside the room when I felt a smack on my backside. I gasped and turned around to look at Edward. He had a wicked smile on his face.

"You really shouldn't have done that. I was going to ask if you wanted to help me take a shower but," I shrugged my shoulders. His face fell as he realized what I had just said. I stuck my tongue out at him and ran into the room before he could get me.

I slammed the bathroom door shut and locked it. Seconds later I could hear Edward trying to open the door.

"Bellaaa," he said banging on the door. I took off my clothes and opened the door a crack to stick my head out.

"Yes dear?" I asked him innocently. He looked at my shoulders to realize that I had no clothes on. He groaned loudly and smacked his head on the door.

"Are you trying to kill me?" he asked me. I laughed and swung the door open.

"What are you talking about?" I said faking oblivion as I stood there in front of him, completely nude. He smiled naughtily and ran into the bathroom before I could shut the door again.

"I think we need to get cleaned up from our day of travel," he said as he swooped me into his arms and walked into the shower still fully clothed. He turned the freezing cold water on and let it spray all over me.

"Edward!" I squealed as the icy water hit me. He laughed and turned the water on hot, took off his clothes and closed the shower door.

"Time to shower!" he exclaimed happily. I laughed and grabbed the shampoo.

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An hour later, we were both fully clothed and showered. It took longer than we expected, but we were only fifteen minutes late. Edward walked out wearing khakis and a royal blue polo. He was wearing his Polo boat shoes and a red braided rope belt. He looked dashing as always.

I ended up wearing one of the dresses that Alice, Rose and I bought yesterday. It was a white lace short sleeved dress. It hugged my body nicely, but was made of different layers. I wore some light blue patent leather pumps that Alice had bought me last year. I looked very islandy. (Clothes on profile!)

We walked up to where we met Esme and Carlisle earlier to see everyone already there. Well, we were fifteen minutes late. Emmett saw us and laughed.

"Finally! What took you two so long?" he called out. I laughed and looked over at Edward who was turning a slight pink.

"Edward decided that he was going to annoy me so I made sure to take an extra long shower to get back at him," I covered for us. Edward looked over at me and smiled. I laughed and looked at everyone else. They all looked great.

Carlisle was wearing seersucker pants and a light yellow oxford shirt with brown loafers. He looked very summery. Esme was wearing a strapless floral dress with cream shoes with a bow on the top. Alice was wearing an off the shoulder pink and orange dress thats made of ruffles, with gold platforms. Rose was wearing a long yellow dress with gold sandals. The boys were dressed similar to Edward, just different colors. Emmett had on a red polo with a large blue pony on the chest, and Jasper had on a light blue polo that was worn out strategically. Everyone looked like they were ready for a week of fun. (Clothes on profile!)

"Ready everyone?" Carlisle said. We all nodded and followed him out to the same black SUV that had picked us up earlier. Everyone piled in like sardines, and then we were off. We pulled up in front of this tiny little shack that I would have passed by if I drove past it. If you looked closer, you could see that it wasn't just any old shack. The building was an ancient old white one just like the hotel. It had beautiful pink flowers climbing up the walls and around the windows. The door was large and wooden and it looked like it was made over a hundred years ago. Carlisle opened the door and allowed everyone to step in.

As soon as I walked in, I felt like I had just taken a step back in time. The entire place was rustic and had a warm glow from all of the candles. There was a small mariachi band playing softly in the corner. It was exactly how I pictured Mexico to look like before there were cell phone, computers, and cars. We followed the young waitress to a large table in the back. Edward pulled out my chair, and then sat next to me.

The entire menu looked delicious and authentic. I ordered the chicken enchilada and a margarita. I sat back and looked around and what I now considered my family. They were all laughing at something Emmett had just said that I didn't catch, but it didn't matter that I never heard it. I laughed along with them just happy to see them happy.

Everyone laughed, ate, and drank until we were stuffed and content. Carlisle paid the bill and we all piled out and back into the SUV.

I stumbled as I got back out of the car when we got to the hotel. Slightly because I was wearing 3 inch heels, but also because I was intoxicated by the mere presence of Edward. The entire car ride, he ran his hands up and down my thigh and rubbed circles on the small of my back with his thumb. I focused on my breathing the entire time, trying to control myself from jumping him.

Edward wrapped his arms around my waist and led me off to our villa as we said our goodbyes to the family. I stumbled again, and decided to stop and take off my shoes. There was no way that I was going to get back to our room in one piece with these things on. Edward turned around confused at my abrupt halt.

"Are you okay?" he asked concerned. I nodded my head as I struggled to get my shoes off. When I figured out that I couldn't stay balanced on one shoe long enough to get the other off, I gave up and sat down on the fountain with a huff. Edward laughed at me as he saw my angry expression.

"What are you doing?" he asked me as he sat down next to me with both of his hands in his pockets. I looked down and held out my feet which still were incased in the death traps.

"I can't get them off," I told him with a frustrated tone. He laughed and stood up. I was about to ask him what he was doing, but I stopped when he bent down on one knee in front of me. He lifted my left leg into the air and kissed my calf as he removed my shoe. He did the exact same thing for my right. He placed my shoes delicately next to me on the fountain. I smiled at him, expecting him to get back up and walk us back to the villa, but when I looked down, he was still kneeling on one knee. His right hand was in his pocket as he played with something.

"Edward are you alright?" I asked him puzzled. He sighed and looked back up at me with his deep emerald pools. What took me by surprise was the intensity in them. The only emotions that I could see in his eyes were pure adoration and love. I was speechless. Edward smiled at me and took my hands in his.

"Bella, from the first day I met you, I fell deeply in love with you. The moment I knew you were mine, I vowed that I was never going to let you go. It may sound crazy, but I am so glad you slammed your car into mine. Without that crash, I would have never met the love of my life. Bella, you are the love of my life. Forever and always," he said. My eyes watered at his sweet words. He reached into his pocket to pull out a small silver ring. I gasped loudly. Was he doing what I think he was doing? He looked up at me hopefully and kissed the back of my hand.

"Isabella Swan, will you marry me?" he asked. I was full on crying by this point. Edward wanted me as his wife. He wanted me to be Mrs. Edward Cullen. I laughed and launched myself at him.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!" I exclaimed in between the kisses that I was planting all over his entire face. He laughed and picked me up, kissing me passionately. This kiss was like no other that we had, had before. We both poured all of our feelings into it. My love for him poured out from my lips, and his replaced the ones that I was giving to him. My feet weren't even touching the ground anymore. He had swept me off my feet, literally. Edward pulled away slowly and put me back down.

"May I?" he said, holding out the ring. I wiped my tears with the back of my right hand and smiled as I nodded and held out my left hand. He slid it on, and it went on easily.

"Perfect fit," he murmured. For the first time, I got a good look at the ring. It was incredible, and unlike any other ring I had ever seen before. There was one diamond that was surrounded by diamonds that were arranged in an almost lace like design. The band was platinum, and practically glowed in the moonlight. (Ring on profile!)

"It's beautiful Edward," I told him as I looked back up at him after examining my ring. Wow. My ring. This was all so surreal.

"It was my Grandmother Elizabeth's. She was Esme's mother. She gave it to me in her will, and left a note along with it. She told me to give it to the girl that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. The funny thing is, it's an Edwardian style ring," he told me. I laughed at the irony of the style. Of course it was. The fact that Edward had given me his grandmother's ring made it all the more special. I was the girl.

I lifted my head up and kissed him sweetly, much more innocent than the last time. We eventually pulled away and looked at each other both purely blissful.

"Ready to go back?" Edward asked me. I nodded and took his hand. He grabbed my shoes and led us back to our villa. I almost wanted to laugh at how this all started. First I literally crash into him, and then two days later, we were a couple. We moved in, and now we're getting married. All because he helped me take my heels off like the perfect boyfriend. I was going to cherish those heels for the rest of my life. They were my new lucky charm.

We walked back to the room, barely able to make it back before jumping on each other. We slammed the door shut, and celebrated our first night as an engaged couple together.

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