Nighttime became the best time for me, the way the trees moved with the night wind that came from the north, how the moon would give everything in its sight a blue tint, and how the stars painted how beautiful the world us around me and my family. I loved the cool air, the crisp scent of the trees and snow, the sight of darkness around me, it made me feel human for mere moments.

But Sam made me fall in love with my life even more. I never wanted to picture a life without him, it would be dull and lifeless. I wouldn't see the pure joy and happiness that I would see when he when he would hold me in his arms, kiss me senseless in the forest or gaze at me from across the room. We were more engrossed with each other than before, all from that fateful night of giving ourselves to one another. That night was filled with pure promises of love and devotion, and I was so in love with Sam that I felt like I could fly. The way he held me like he was worshiping a goddess, how me made my eyes roll to the back of my head in pure ecstasy and passion, how he made me scream and gasp from what I was feeling, it was all new to me. But I felt it with Sam, and that alone was worthwhile.

We would still have conversations with each other of where we went in our past, I envied the fact that he's been to most places in the world, yet I went to very few places. But he promised me that he would take me anywhere I would want to go, as long as he was there with me. I didn't need to be anywhere, only with him and him alone.

I constantly thought of marriage, being married to Sam and calling him my husband. It wasn't that I didn't want to marry him, in fact I felt more like a school girl picturing it in my head and being all giddy. I just never thought of vampires being able to be married. Yet I looked at Carlisle and Esme, Rosalie and Emmett, and I see how happy they are as mates and married couples. They were devoted to one another, perfectly happy and mostly in love. I felt bad for Edward on that account, since he was the only one in our family to be alone and without a mate. But I knew he was going to find someone, deep inside I knew he was going to find someone to claim as his mate.

Alice and Jasper, though they weren't married, seemed to act like a married couple. Jasper was devoted to Alice completely, protective of her in every way he could. I could see in his eyes that Alice brought life to him, bringing him hope and happiness. He was never one to smile, but I would see him on rare occasions smiling from the remarks she would give him, or the way she moved around him. She had a trance on him, but I think he was glad to be in her trace.

Alice was becoming a best friend of mine, along with Rosalie. The tree of us would go of and have our own girlish adventures, Esme would join every once in awhile yet she was more content being with Carlisle. I loved being with Rosalie and Alice, having me think of how nice it was to have sister close to my age and sister whom I can relate to. I felt safe with them, along with a burst of female domination. Our talks would be of what regular human girls would talk about: what clothes to wear for our dates, how our mates were simply unbearable certain days.

Sam and I decided to go away from awhile, just the two of us. But before we went off Carlisle wanted to give both of us a gift, something to symbolize our place in the family as members. Sam was giving a wristband of some sort, made of leather and that thick, covering his wrist completely and having the family crest on the top. I got something a little more elegant, a small necklace that had a light silver look to it, fitting nicely around my neck and making me feel more elegant about myself. I then felt officially wanted, like I belonged with them ever since I became a vampire.

Sam took me to Alaska, only the two of us together for two months. Carlisle found us a nice quant place along the coast of Alaska. It was a nice place for only the two of us, although it was fairly big, the cabin having a deep oak color to it and the view of the sea was glorious. But my mind wasn't occupied with what the house was like or what I could see on the sea, my mind was on Sam.

The way we got to Alaska was by the sailboat Sam used in Washington. It was better to be on the boat with him and take our time to go there than run and get there within moments. Sam loved being able to sail on the water, I could see it in his eyes as we were on the open sea, going towards the cool scenery of Alaska.

We spent our more intimate moments on the boat, and later in the cabin that we stayed in. Our days were filled with hunting in the wilderness, feasting on bears and elk that were more luscious than the ones in Canada. I loved to run, it was one of the rare perks of being a vampire, being able to run and dodge obstacles as if I was a animal in its natural habitat. Sam loved to run too, at least he loved to run with me. He was, without a doubt, one of the fastest vampires I have ever encountered. And the way he would run, it was almost like he was in the military, precise and clean.

"We should go someplace warm." Sam said aloud as we were out at sea, the anchor down and the both of us sitting out in the sun. It was a bit cloudy that day, so only a few rare rays of the sun seeped through and made our diamond skin glitter in the sun. I was wearing a dress, my feet bare in the sun as Sam was wearing a cotton shirt and jeans. He hold my hand tightly in my own as I looked over at him, hearing his explanation nice and loud.

"Where would we go?" I asked him aloud in curiosity. He smiled as he looked up at the sky above us both. There was a bit of a breeze going through the sea, making the boat rock with the small movement of the water.

"India." he said in a light tone, having me look at him with a small smile on my face and some hair flying in front of my eyes, "I've always wanted to go to India." The way he spoke about it sounded like he was a child about to embark on a adventure for the first time in his life, with pure excitement and joy. I smiled, moving my hand to run my fingers through his hair. He smiled from my actions, seeing the tenseness in his arms and neck dissolving like steam in the air.

"Perhaps we can go there some time soon." I said aloud in a dream like tone. I heard him chuckle, sitting up on one elbow and looking down at me, moving the hair away from my eyes as my hand moved from his hair to his bare arm, seeing our skin shining in the sun like jewelry.

"For our honeymoon?" he asked in a suggesting tone, making me giggle and trace his jaw with one of my fingers.

"Honeymoon, I like the sound of that." I said in a grin, seeing his smile widen from my remark and he gave me a sweet kiss, "Emma Chang, it does have a ring to it."

"It sounds beautiful to me." Sam said to me in a low tone, his arm going across my stomach and his hand resting on my hip. I kept rubbing his bare arm, seeing that a cloud went over the sun and our skin going back to the granite cold skin as before. I felt the tingling sensation of my powers working on him, but knowing Sam he was going to try and live with it, not wanting to pull away just yet.

"Almost as beautiful as your face early in the twilight hour?" I asked him in a coy tone, seeing him lean towards me, his lips barely touching mine but still I could feel them.

"Just as beautiful as hearing your voice for the first time." Sam replied back to me and I smiled, kissing him softly and seeing his hold on my hip tighten slightly. He groaned and pulled away from me.

"Your ability keeps me grounded, I swear." He said as he went back to being on his back and looking at the sky. I smiled, moving my head to be on his chest and breathing in the cotton of his shirt and how crisp it was on his scented skin. His arms wrapped around me, pulling me close in a protective manner and making me feel safer, I always felt safer with him close by me.

"I do hate having this, since I could kill you within seconds." I murmured, thinking of how horrid it was at time to have this gift.

"You shouldn't think like that. I've gotten stronger to hold against it, being able to hold you longer, kiss you longer." Sam said aloud, kissing my hair, "I do recall when I first met you that I could hardly breathe after touching you for a mere few seconds."

"And I thought it was my looks that did that to you." I said in a joking tone.

"Well, that too. Did I ever tell you what I thought of when I first jumped you?" Sam asked, and I shook my head. I could tell he was smiling, from hearing the content tone inside of his chest.

"At first I thought I was dreaming, running from danger and the mere thought of myself being dead flashed in my mind. And when I landed on you quite harshly, I thought I landed on Aphrodite, such beauty and such a pure image took my breath away in a second." As he spoke I remembered that day, when he landed on me and set my mind reeling on who he was, what he was doing, and why he was so intriguing to me. I, at first, never thought of myself being of sheer beauty and purity, not in the way Sam was describing it.

"Aphrodite..." I said aloud, trying it on on my tongue as I sat up from my spot on the boat, still feel Sam's hand on my lower back. His fingers, thought they were touching my chest, made me weak slightly as he sat up as well. I knew he could tell I wasn't so sure of the name he had given me, since his hand went around my waist and his other hand moved the hair away from my neck to lay a small but delicate kiss there. I shivered from the contact as I felt his smile against my granite skin. His wicked way with me was something I could never escape from: pure love and pure devotion.

"Aphrodite." He whispered to me, making me smile. I felt his fingers under my chin and he moved my jaw over to his direction, having me look in his almond shaped eyes and how golden his eyes were with the sun and the clouds combined. They reminded me of honey, the sweetest honey I must of had when I was human. There was a soul behind them, I've seen it and encountered it.

"Marry me." He said to me in a low tone, almost a husky tone, and my breath was lost. He just asked me to marry him, to be his wife, to be with him for all of eternity. I knew I was going to be with him for eternity, but this new title was something to get used it. I wanted that title, more than anything than to have our bond be official. I smiled so widely, all of my teeth must of been showing form the sheer joy I was harboring inside of me.

"You call that a marriage proposal?" I asked him in such a coy tone that he smiled at me. He then sat up, pulling me with him so that both of us were standing on top of the boat. He took both of my hands in his, how soft his hands felt in mine and how the cool breeze coming through snapped me into reality. I knew then when he got down on one knee, looking up at me with the same look he gave me when I first met him: patience, fear and innocence.

"Emma, I know I have told you this many a time, but I cannot picture a world without you in it with me. Before I met you I was lost, not knowing how I can live in this world as a vampire, but you showed me so much happiness and joy that I need it in my life. You've made me a better person, a better being, and I need you in my life in order to be alive. Will you do me the honor of being my wife?" Sam asked me in a soft tone, his eyes never leaving me and his hands still holding my own. My power was trying to hurt him, but I was fighting so hard not to hurt him, so hard to let him live as he proposed to me. I knew this was perfect, being on a boat with him, just the two of us. So I said the two words that were flooding my mind.

"I do."