Once out of the water Nessie explained how much fun she had and that she wanted to do it again. Edward and I explained she could do it again with Jake, who also wanted to do it again, before we went back to Forks. Alice was worse though, she was going on and on without taking a breath about how the experience was better than she imagined. It was fun at first to hear she had so much fun but as time progressed, it started to get a little annoying. Jasper was getting a little bored too but had been warned by Alice to not fiddle with her emotions, so that was that thought out of the equation. Then Rosalie mentioned shopping. She complimented on the wonderful shops outside of the island, so Alice and Rose got on a boat and travelled to the nearby shopping centres. They asked me to come along but I politely declined. Overall though we had a fantastic day and everyone enjoyed the experience. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and thought the experience was completely and utterly surreal. Edward and I walked back to the hotel along with Nessie and Jake. Carlisle, Esme, Emmett and Jasper decided to have a race back, something which neither Edward nor I was in the mood for and Jake and Nessie decided to walk with us. Of course, Jake made a few remarks to Edward about being afraid to be beaten by him. Edward handled the situation calmly and simply explained when he was ready, he would have no problem in racing against Jacob. We arrived at the hotel and made our way up to the suite. Esme and Carlisle were preparing dinner for Jacob and hopefully Nessie too. Esme was a natural in the kitchen especially for a vampire. I always offered to help Esme cook but she always insisted it was no trouble and it was always a chance to use the kitchen, so I reluctantly let her do all the work. I had been so used to cooking for my Dad, it had become part of my daily routine so I wasn't used to not having to cook anymore. Nessie and Jacob ran into their bedroom to get their swimming gear, they were going to go for a swim. Nessie was really active, it was hard to get her to relax sometimes, she always wanted to be doing something. As they were about to go out the door Esme called them back and told them dinner was ready, so they decided to leave swimming until they ate. Esme made lasagna and chips for Jacob and chips and spaghetti for Nessie. Nessie dug into her food and ate a proper dinner for the first time in a long while. I couldn't seem to remember how long because everything that has happened in the last couple of months has really taken me of guard of everything else that has been going on and I was only concentrating on keeping my family alive so I was glad I was now back on track and concentrating more on everything that was going on around me. Today was only the second day of this holiday and already I felt like a lot of weight had been taken of my shoulders, I was much more alert.
"Bella, Do you want to go somewhere tonight, just me and you?" Edward asked taking me out of my whirlwind of thoughts. It took me a minute to compose myself again before answering him.
"Yea, Of course." I said with a little too much enthusiasm, "Where are we going?" I asked making a quick recovery.
"You'll see when we get there," Edward answered smugly. I knew there was no point in asking again because he was never going to tell me so instead I crossed my arms and began giving him a silent treatment, something Emmett often did. He stared at me and laughed in amusement. I held my position and my facial expression quite strongly. I guess I wasn't so used to surprises after all. Nessie and Jake finished their dinner, said thank you to Carlisle and Esme, waved goodbye to me and Edward and bolted for the door to the pool.
"I'm not going to tell you what it is, Please be patient love," He whispered in my ear. "Mum, Dad, Bella and I are going to go out tonight and I was wondering, would you mind looking after Nessie and putting her to bed for us?" Edward asked stroking my hair.
Carlisle and Esme had made a start on the dishes, Esme was washing and Carlisle was drying. "Of course son, Go you two and have fun," Carlisle answered really enthusiastic.
"Yeah, We all had our night last night, so it's only fair you have your night tonight," Esme agreed smiling at us.
Edward was still stroking my hair but I was still giving him my silent treatment which I didn't think was going to last long. "Thank you," Edward said to his parents.
"Are you going now?" Esme asked curiously. What is going on? I asked myself of Esme and Carlisle's enthusiasm.
"No Mum, I'm waiting for Alice to come back, she'll be here in just a few minutes" Edward revealed. That's when I broke the silent treatment, when I heard Alice's name mentioned.
"What? What's Alice got to do with it? What's going on?" I asked demanding the answers to all of my questions as soon as possible.
Edward turned and smirked at me. "Patience is a virtue, Bella." He said. Well unfortunately, patience wasn't something I had right now.
"Edward, Please tell me what is going on and what does Alice have to do with this?" I pleaded really wanting an answer now. Unfortunately, playing hard to get wasn't going to work so I had to use this option.
Edward took his hand of my hair and gently placed his hands on my face. "Bella, Please, Will you just go along with this for tonight, for me?" He said.
I was so reluctant to find out what was going on but at the same time I wanted to abide by Edward's plea and do what he asked to make him happy so I agreed. "Ok, Edward, I will go along with this just because it will make you happy. Though just so you know I am not happy about this and hope it will be worth it"
"I hope so too," Edward smiled and kissed my forehead.
There was something suspicious about this whole situation I was now being dragged into especially because it involved Alice. I knew it was for her to dress me up which I couldn't wait to get over with and Alice and I had agreed she could only dress me up on special occasions but the problem was, I didn't know what occasion this was supposed to be. Then at that precise moment, Alice danced into the room with a huge grin on her face followed by Rosalie who also had a grin on her face. What is going on here?, I thought to myself again and again with no answer forming in my head.
"Come on, Bella, Follow us!" Alice smiled walking into my bedroom. Wait, did she just say us?, which means Alice and Rosalie are involved. I was really getting confused now. It has never been Alice and Rosalie dressing me up together. As I was about to ask Edward why were they both involved, he kissed my forehead and loosened his grapple on me.
"Be nice," He said.
I couldn't help but say, "I always am." I got up of the couch and followed Alice and Rosalie into my bedroom. I closed the door behind me and went to sit on my bed as Alice and Rosalie rummaged through my wardrobe. "Perfect," I heard them both say. They both left the wardrobe and came into view holding a purple boobtube dress with a pleated upper bust, waist and bodice, a pair of silver stilettos and a purple bikini. They were all very pretty.
"Bella," Alice said, "Will you go and put these on, please?"
"Of course" I replied though didn't know why I was putting on a bikini. I took the dress, shoes and bikini of Alice's hands and went to the bathroom. I heard them walking over to my make-up cabinet and opening the drawers. Once in the bathroom, I closed the door and looked at myself in the mirror. I always looked at myself nowadays, I couldn't believe how beautiful I was so I kept checking to remind myself. Me being beautiful was something I thought would never happen and here I stood. I slipped into the dress and it came to just above the knee and I put on the pair of silver stilettos. I walked out of the bathroom and placed my clothes onto the pile of other clothes I had wore and went and sat down in the 'make-up and hair' chair. Alice and Rosalie began their make-over much to my dismay but I was adamant not to tell them that, so I tried my hardest to looked pleased.
"So, Are you both going to tell me what is going on?" I asked trying to get them to spill the beans.
Alice was applying my foundation and Rosalie was preparing the rest of the make-up and the hair products. "No," Alice answered.
"But, do you know what is going on?" I asked.
"Yes," Alice answered and Rosalie threw me an evil smirk. "Bella, I would tell you but I am under strict orders not to say anything that's why I am only saying yes and no to your questions so I don't blurt anything out." Alice explained.
I knew exactly who gave her those 'strict orders.' "Well, Edward thought of everything then, didn't he?" I sighed annoyed.
"Yes," Alice replied. "Trust me Bella, you shouldn't be annoyed, actually you should be far from annoyed but then again it is you we are talking about."
What was that supposed to mean? I don't even want to know because I'm already confused as it is. "Well, is there something I should know?" I asked trying to make sense out of something.
"No, I think Edward has everything covered." Alice replied. I sighed and just kept quiet. Alice was now on my lip-gloss. I pouted my lips as she applied the lip-glass to my lips. She already had my foundation, blusher, eyeliner, eye-shadow and mascara on. Alice was so quick at applying my make-up, it had become a part of my daily routine so she was bound to be used to it. But unfortunately for her, it was no longer a part of my daily routine because she wasn't allowed to do anything unless their was a special occasion. I still couldn't think of the occasion. Rosalie now took over and started curling my hair. Alice walked back over to my wardrobe and picked out a load of jewellery. Rosalie gently took pieces of my hair and curled them into loose curls. Alice was putting on bracelets on both of my wrists and she also put a ring on the fourth finger of my right hand because my wedding ring was on the fourth finger of my left hand. Alice then put on a silver necklace and silver earrings while Rosalie continued to curl my hair. I then went into a deep train of thought. What was all this about? Why should I not be annoyed? What was so big that Edward would summon both Rosalie and Alice to dress me? What was the special occasion? All these questions that I needed to ask but I knew no one would answer.
"Does Carlisle and Esme know what is going on?" I asked.
"Yes" Alice replied. Well that explains their enthusiasm then, I thought to myself.
"Finished," Rosalie said. My hair was beautiful. It dropped into loose curls down my back and my make-up was also beautiful. I turned to Alice and Rosalie and said, "Thank you." They smiled and looked happy with their work. They took a look at me and said, "Perfect," at the same time.
"No problem, Bella." Rosalie said. "It was a pleasure," Alice finished.
"Of course it was Alice, I'm glad you made the most of it," I laughed.
Alice's smile turned into a frown and she stared at me annoyed. She still hadn't come to terms with not being allowed to dress me like a barbie doll everyday and anytime I mentioned it, Alice got annoyed. I got up of the seat and walked back out of my bedroom into the living room where Edward was sitting wearing a suit. Where did he get the suit from? Why was he wearing a suit? Again, I didn't know. Alice and Rosalie followed behind and then Alice saw Edward. "Edward, Why are you wearing a suit? Go and get changed right now." She demanded pointing in the direction of our bedroom.
Edward turned to look at me and said, "Wow, you look amazing, Bella." He got up of the seat and kissed my forehead and ignoring Alice he said, "Your beautiful" while holding my face in his hands. Before I got a chance to say so was he, Alice, who stood with her arms folded, said, "Edward, get changed now."
Edward took his hands of my face and turned to face to an outraged Alice. "Alice, I am not going to get changed," He said very calmly compared to his sister's outburst.
"Ohh, Yes you are," Alice replied. "Don't think I'm letting you go out like that" She said and dragged him by the arm into our bedroom as I went and sat down on the couch. I personally thought Edward looked very sexy in a suit but to me he looked sexy in anything or nothing as a matter of fact. I was glad he couldn't read my mind without me letting him because I didn't know how he would take my thoughts. Well he didn't approve of my feelings before when we hadn't tried but I wondered, would he find it funny now? or would he still disapprove?
"Alice, Please let go of me" I heard Edward repeating over and over until Alice finally let him go.
Then I heard Alice say, "Edward, take that suit of you and wear this!" She must've went through Edward's wardrobe too and picked clothes out for him. I could not hear Edward's reply but I think he reluctantly went along with it because Alice came walking out of the bedroom with a huge grin on her face.
"Do I have to dress everybody these days?" Alice asked swaying her head back and throwing her hands dramatically up in the air in disgust.
I then noticed Carlisle and Esme weren't here then I remembered I hadn't saw Emmett and Jasper since we were with the dolphins this morning. "Where are Carlisle, Esme, Jasper and Emmett?" I asked.
"They all went down to the pool with Nessie and Jake." Rosalie answered. Which reminds me, "How did Emmett take the first night of his sex ban, Rose?" I asked laughing.
"Well, when he came into the room last night he said sorry a few times and he was actually really sincere. I felt sorry for him but he was trying to get me to change my mind too, which so did not happen." Rosalie laughed. "Tonight is only the second night though, I think tomorrow he will start and beg though."
"How long are you going to keep it up for?" I asked curiously.
"I will finish the sex ban on the fifth night but he won't know that until that night" Rosalie smirked practically saying Alice and I better not mention anything which I wasn't going to do anyway. Edward came walking out of the bedroom wearing a white long sleeved button shirt and a pair of dark jeans. He was also holding a bag, I didn't know what was in it.
"Much better," Alice said. She walked over to Edward and rolled up his sleeves folding them and making sure they were the exact same length. Edward rolled his eyes at Alice and said, "Are you finished yet?"
"Yes" Alice replied.
"Ready to go?" Edward asked looking in my direction.
"Yes," I answered. I got up of the seat and Edward's held his hand out for me. I intertwined my hand in his as we walked out of the suite. Whenever I held hands with Edward it felt like they belonged with each other, like two puzzle pieces which fit together perfectly without any holes.
"Bye," Rosalie shouted after us. "Have fun," Alice echoed as we walked down the hall.
"Not long to go now," Edward smiled. My curiosity was building and I couldn't wait to find out what this was all about. All my questions were finally going to be answered. We got on the elevator situated at the end of the hall, down to the ground floor and we made our way past Claudia who gave us a slight smile. We made our way past the security guards and out of the hotel.
"How does it feel to have Alice dress you and tell you what to wear?" I asked him. I couldn't help myself from smiling.
"Well, put it like this, Now I know why you were so fed up, she makes you feel like a baby," He answered.
"Well I'm glad someone finally knows how it feels." I laughed. "I hope you keep it in mind for future preferences."
Edward laughed. Then I realized we were walking in the direction of the beach.
"Are we going to the beach?" I asked confused.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, we are." Edward smiled.
I didn't ask any more questions. Instead I just held Edward's hand and walked to our destination. Before we reached the sand, I stopped and took of my shoes. How could I walk in stilettos on sand? I asked myself. "There is no way I can walk through sand in stilettos." I said while holding them in my free hand.
"That's my girl," Edward laughed. Edward opened the bag and took out a towel. He laid it out and put it on the sand. We both sat down on the towel and sat facing each other. He took my hands and said,
"It's now midnight" I looked at his watch. It was now midnight which meant it was a new day. The third day of this holiday had now started which reminded me, Charlie was going to his game today with Billy. He was probably in bed getting a lot of rest for his day ahead. "Happy second anniversary, Bella" Edward smiled. Then it hit me, 2 years today had been the first day since I met Edward and I had completely forgotten. Now all my questions were answered. Everyone knew it was our second anniversary, everyone except me. I didn't even have a clue.
"Ohh No, How could I forget something like this? Edward I am so sorry, I am such a horrible person." I exclaimed in horror taking my hands from his and putting my hands up to my face. I hung my head in disgust and annoyance. How could I forget something like this? How could I forget that 2 years ago today I had met the love of my life? my eternity? I was completely shocked. I didn't know what to say or what to do. I was physically frozen, I was horrified at myself. I wanted to crawl into a hole and not come back out.
"Bella, you have been through a lot, and you are anything but a horrible person. You always think of others before yourself." Edward explained comforting me. He took my hands away from my face and lifted my head up. I didn't like it. I didn't like that he was trying to comfort me when I forgot something important like this.
"Edward, Please stop trying to comfort me, I don't deserve it." I revealed and hung my head again covering my face with my hands. "Bella, will you please stop hiding your face from me?" He asked. "It's much to beautiful to hide it," He smiled.
Edward gently took my hands from my face and lifted my chin up with his thumb. I looked up to his beautiful face smiling back at me. He was too perfect, He should be with someone that would remember something like this. Edward put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a small box. He placed it in my hands.
"Ohh Edward........Please this is too much, I....I didn't even remember what.....day it was never mind buy you a gift." I stuttered closing my eyes. I couldn't bare to look at him while he coped so well. I felt ashamed at myself. I didn't want to hurt Edward's feelings anymore though he didn't seem hurt at all. Why didn't anyone tell me what day it was especially when I asked Alice and Rosalie was there anything I should know?
"Bella, Please, will you stop? I am not hurt, and I don't need a gift, Don't you understand I have everything I want already. There is nothing you could possibly give me, I have you." Edward said taking my face in his hands and pressing his lips to me. "I couldn't ask for more, you beautiful, over-sensitive woman and the day has only started." I clutched the box in my hands. He looked down at it and said, "Are you going to open it?" with a smile forming on his face.
I nodded my head, because I was a little dazed after the kiss. I gently took the lid of the box to reveal a silver heart-shaped locket. I gently took the locket out of the box held it in my hands. I opened it and inside the locket was the colour topaz but it was the exact same colour of Edward's eyes, the exact same colour and at the back of the locket a message was engraved on it. I held the locket up close and read the message which said, To my darling Bella, Happy second anniversary. You are my everything, you make my world complete. I love you more than words can say in absolutely every way, Love you sweetheart, Edward xoxoxo.
"Well, Do you like it?" Edward asked. Like it? That is the understatement of the year.
"Edward, I absolutely love it. It is the best gift ever. Will you put it on? Thank you so much and how did you get the topaz the exact same colour of your eyes?" I asked.
Edward put the locket on and said, "I went to a friend of Carlisle's who is an expert at this kind of thing and I told him I wanted my eye colour in the locket and a message engraved on the back then he did something with my eyes and I wrote down what I wanted the message to say and this is how it turned out. It is so much better than I thought it would be. I figured I'd give you it at midnight to start the day of, I wanted it to be something special."
"It is special. Edward, Thank you so much." I said wrapping my arms around him and holding him close. "If I could cry, Edward, I would be crying right now. This means so much to me, you don't know. I'm so sorry I forgot, I really am."
Edward sat me on his lap and cradled me in his arms. "Bella, Please don't feel bad, Please. I am glad you forgot because it made this evening more special. You have had a lot to cope with over the past couples of months, I'm sure your head has been all over the place."
"That doesn't excuse the fact I forgot though because you have went through everything I have went through and you still remembered." I replied truthfully. I never forget anything and here I was forgetting our second anniversary. I lay down beside Edward and rested my head on his chest. He stroked his hands up and down my arms. "Is there anything I can do to make up for this, to ease my conscience, Edward, I feel really, really bad." I didn't know what to do. I couldn't think of a way that was going to make this better although the day has only just started.
"Actually there is a way you can make it up to me," He said. There was? because I couldn't seem to think of one. "You can stop beating yourself up about this and accept the fact I am not annoyed, Cheer up. It's hurting me to see you like this, I want this day to be special, I don't want you to be hurting and we have the rest of the day to go so please, be happy"
"I'm sorry," I said again.
"And you can stop saying sorry too, you have nothing to be sorry for," He said.
I lifted my head of his chest and touched my lips to his. "I love you Edward." I said.
"I love you to Bella, I love you so much." He replied and kissed me back. I rested my head back onto his chest. "Our daughter has also passed on her wishes and asked me to tell you she said, 'Happy anniversary, Momma."
When I said everyone knew except me, I didn't think Nessie knew but obviously I was wrong. I laughed at how Edward said Momma. Nessie was so cute, although I still wasn't happy that I forgot Nessie made me feel better, so did Edward.
"The family can't wait until we return either" He said. I sighed and laughed, "This is going to be a long day, not that I'm complaining." Edward laughed in agreement.
Edward sat up, I lifted my head of his chest. He stood up and took of his shirt, shoes and jeans to reveal swimming shorts. "Come on, we are going for a swim." He said holding his hand out to me. I took his hand and he helped me up.
"Ok," I smiled.
I was willing to do anything Edward wanted today after I forgot so I tried my best to cheer myself up and enjoy the rest of our day like Edward asked. We walked into the water, which was quite warm, to my surprise. We swam out a little but stopped making sure we were still able to stand in the water then Edward splashed me with water when I was distracted. The water splashed all over me and Edward laughed at my facial expression. He moved slightly away from me as I put my revenge face on. I moved close to him and splashed the water right back at him, twice as much as he got me. I felt like a child playing in the water and splashing about but it was fun. It felt good to feel like a child again. Suddenly a huge wave came and hit us both out of nowhere dragging us farther out into the ocean. Then another one came dragging us back to standing level. The wave dragged me into Edward's arms. He smiled and stared at me, staring into my eyes adoringly. I felt he was trying to dazzle me and then he was going to do something.
"You better not be trying to dazzle me to do something." I pointed out. Edward laughed and said,
"I didn't know I still dazzled you and I promise I'm not."
I laughed, of course he still dazzles me. "Then what are you looking at?" I asked.
"You," He answered. "Your beautiful." We stood in each other's arms soaking. My hair was wet and I didn't even want to know what my make-up was like so I couldn't see how he thought I was beautiful. He turned his head to the moon in the sky and the stars which surrounded it.
"Well, this is familiar," Edward said.
I didn't know what he meant at first then I realized he was referring to Island Esme where we went for our honeymoon. The place where Nessie was conceived. I took my eyes of the stars and turned my head to Edward who was looking at me. He suddenly crushed his lips against mine. His lips were so soft and full of passion, he moved his hands up my back and to my face where he kept them. I wrapped my arms around his neck and then ran my hands through his hair. Although I didn't need to breathe, Edward always flustered me. I took my lips of his and then started heavy breathing. He moved his lips down to my neck and then back up to my lips. The waves swept us back to the harbor but Edward and I didn't take our lips of each other. I could feel the sand below me as Edward's body heat was radiating on top of me. One of his hands was at the back of my head and the other was on my back, his lips moved back down to my neck again and I felt the waves floating beneath us. My lips met his and as our lips moved with each other I rolled on top of him keeping his body close to me as my hands moved through his hair.I loved this day already and it only just started, I wished everyday was like this and why did Edward and I always get passionate in water? I thought to myself. There was only one thing I was thinking about now though and that was Edward's lips moving with mine and his body below me.
Well what did you think about this chapter??? What did you think about Edward's gift for Bella??? This was my first time writing lemons and it wasn't brilliant but I didn't want to go into too much details, I just wanted it to be a special thing between Edward and Bella especially since it is their second anniversary. Hope you liked the chapter!! Please Review and tell me what you thought of it.
