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Chapter Six – And I found it there in your heart

Oh thinkin' about all our younger years

There was only you and me

We were young and wild and free

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Now nothin' can take you away from me

We've been down that road before

But that's over now

You keep me comin' back for more

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BPOV

It had been a whole week since Edward arrived on the island. A whole week spent together. A whole week in paradise.

Being with Edward made me feel complete. Every spare moment we had (well, I had since he was on vacation) was spent together. Some days, we walked along the beach and sometimes we just sat in my room, just enjoying each other's company. I never felt the need to fill the silence with Edward, just being with him was enough.

My friends had been accepting of Edward, with the exception of Alice. She did talk to him, but when she did, they were curt, one word answers or at the most, two or three. I had tried talking to her to convince her that it was all in the past and that what he did to me then had nothing to do with what was happening now. I knew she would come around eventually but she would never quite forgive him.

On the other hand, Edward had immediately hit it off with Emmett, Rosalie and Jasper. They were all great friends now and it was hard to believe that they had not known each other longer than a week.

And Edward himself was… perfect. There really was no other way to describe it. He was always the gentleman and would always tell me how amazing, wonderful and beautiful I was no matter how many times I told him he was wrong. Those words were more suited to him, not me.

But the time we spent together was not enough. I still had my job and we were right in the middle of the holiday season so the resort was very busy and new guests came in every day. And I was dreading the time in a few weeks when Edward would leave. He had to return to New York and I wasn't going with him.

I hadn't spoken to him about my fears. I knew long distance relationships were hard, but we would make it work.

"Morning Em," I said, walking into the office where the employees worked. "What are you doing today?"

"I'm going jet skiing," he grinned. "Should be fun. Oh, Bella, you had a request from one of the rooms."

"A request?"

"Yeah. Some guy wants you to take him on a hike to that waterfall."

"Me specifically?"

Emmett shrugged, "Yep. You are Bella Swan aren't you? Unless you're some alien who's taken over her body. Oh god, what have you done with her?"

I hit him on the head, taking the schedule from him. "Okay then, I'm off. See you later."

"See ya, Bella."

I made my way up the stairs to Room 251. I was really confused about why someone would ask for me. Who did I know in this resort who would want me to take them to the waterfall?

I knocked on the door and waited impatiently. The sooner I got this over with, the sooner I could be with Edward. Maybe I could bring him to the waterfall? I'd been many times and it really was a sight to see.

"Hello Ms. Swan," I heard a voice say as the door opened.

"Edward?" I asked in a shocked voice. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, if I remember correctly, this is my room," he chuckled.

I threw my arms around him and kissed him, trying to convey my happiness that I got to spend my day with him.

"I take it you're happy?" he whispered in my ear. I shuddered as his cool breath tickled my ear.

"More than that," I said, kissing him again. Our kiss quickly deepened and all too soon, we broke apart, both of us gasping for air.

"Bella, we've talked about this," Edward groaned.

Edward had set many 'physical boundaries' for our relationship, partly because he had been bought up to be a gentleman and also because he didn't want things to move too quickly between us.

"Sorry," I said, even though I wasn't. It wasn't my fault that I seemed to lose all train of rational thoughts when I was around Edward.

He sighed and ran his hand through his already unruly hair. "We'd better get going, we don't want to get you fired."

As much as I wanted to stay there with Edward, he was right. I led me out of the resort and to a truck which we always used to drive to the waterfall. Edward raised his eyebrows at the truck.

"What?" I asked, noticing how he eyed it.

"Is this yours?"

"No, but I absolutely love it, I wish it was mine," I said as I started it up.

"It's an old, rusted Chevy truck which doesn't even work properly," he stated flatly as the truck spluttered to life.

"Hey, don't bag this truck or I'm not taking you," I threatened.

"So why did you come to Hawaii?" I asked after a moment's silence. I had been wanting to ask him this question for a while and I just remembered it.

Edward started tracing nonsensical patterns on my hand, thinking.

"Edward, if you keep doing that, I'm going to crash us into a palm tree," I said tersely.

"Sorry," he apologized before answering my question. "I came here because it was secluded. There would only be a small chance that the paparazzi would follow me. After Tanya broke up with me, I needed to escape somewhere and I just happened to decide to come here."

I was satisfied by his answer and for the rest of the ride, we talked about other things, important and not. We were just happy to be alone, something which we had not had a lot of for the past week.

Soon enough, I pulled up to the edge of a rainforest.

"Is this it?" Edward asked.

"Yeah, because you can really see a waterfall here," I said sarcastically. "No, we have to walk the rest of the way," I told him while getting out a picnic basket which I had prepared easily.

I was a bit apprehensive about hiking to the waterfall, as I always was. Even though I had walked to the waterfall many times before, I was very clumsy and the rough path through the rainforest held many potential dangerous obstacles for me.

"How about I take that?" Edward asked, motioning to the basket, his thoughts obviously on the same wave length as me.

"Thank you," I said gratefully.

Not too soon as well, as the next step that I took promptly made me slip on a slippery rock, sending me to a head on collision with the damp forest floor. Luckily, Edward's arms quickly wrapped around my waist, stabilizing me.

"Thanks."

"Any excuse to have you in my arms," he said, his arms twinkling as he set my upright again. "Still as clumsy as ever, I see."

I ignored his remark and continued walking to our destination.

Soon enough (after many falls and catches on Edward's part), we arrived at the waterfall.

"Wow," Edward breathed.

I smiled at his reaction. Even after many treks, I always felt a bit breathless when I saw it. The clear water cascaded over the edge of a rocky cliff and it sparkled particularly bright today, the yellow sun's rays shining down. The water fell down into a sort of rock pool, so clear that you could see the bottom rocks. On the edge of the pool were many vibrantly coloured flowers and soft grass.

"Can we go swimming?" Edward asked excitedly.

"Slow down for a minute," I laughed, "How about we eat lunch first?"

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Baby you're all that I want

When you're lyin' here in my arms

I'm findin' it hard to believe

We're in heaven

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And love is all that I need

And I found it there in your heart

It isn't too hard to see

We're in heaven

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EPOV

Bella lay out the picnic rug on the spongy grass while I bought out all the food.

"How much food did you bring?" I asked.

She shrugged, "I wasn't sure how many people I would have to take and what they would like." We ate lunch together and I fed her some, watching the way she ate.

"Can we go swimming now?" I asked Bella after we had finished lunch.

"I suppose you can," she said while rolling her eyes, clearly thinking that I was acting like a little kid.

I smiled widely and quickly discarded my shirt, leaving my body clad in only my swimming trunks. I then turned to Bella who had also taken off her shorts and tank top to reveal a small blue bikini underneath.

Small was an understatement. It was made of barely any material and left little to the imagination. It clung to all her curves making her all the more attractive.

"It's rude to stare," she said when she noticed me openly watching her, blushing furiously under my gaze.

I didn't say anything in reply, instead, simply picking her up into my arms and kissing her deeply, my hands brushing her bear arms. She wrapped her arms around my neck and returned the kiss with equal enthusiasm.

Gradually, I moved us closer to the edge of the pool and stopped the kiss when I was literally about to fall in.

"Edward…" Bella said when she realised how close we were.

"Why don't we go for a swim, love?" I said with a small grin. The look on her face was priceless, she look absolutely terrified.

"Edward, you wouldn't dare."

"Wouldn't I?"

"Edward!" Bella screamed when I jumped off the edge.

We both fell into the pool with a loud splash, the cold water cooling my heated body. When we finally emerged from under the water, we were both gasping for air.

"What did you do that for?" Bella asked, splashing me with water.

I laughed at her irritation. I knew I shouldn't, but it was too funny.

"You were going to get wet anyway, love, why delay the inevitable?" I teased.

She pouted and I leaned over to kiss her, hoping I was forgiven. I obviously wasn't since she splashed me with water again.

"You're going to pay for that," I said in a playful growl.

"Oh really, Mr. Cullen? And just how are you going to do that?" she asked with a mischievous smile on her face.

Before she could react, I pulled her body close to mine and kissed her roughly; our lips had been apart for too long.

"Well," she gasped when we broke apart, "if that's the sort of payback I get, I should do that more often."

I laughed and she laughed along with me. I found myself entranced by the sound; she sounded so happy and carefree. It was the most beautiful sound that I had ever heard, it was music to my ears.

We continued to play around in the water for a while longer before Bella took my hand and led me to the waterfall.

"Bella, where are we going?"

She merely smiled before disappearing behind the sheet of water. I hesitated before following her.

I emerged on the other side to a cavern of sorts. There wasn't much light but I could make out Bella's figure in front of me.

"Do you like it?" she asked while I wrapped my arms around her.

"It's amazing, I've never seen anything like it," I replied, kissing her wet hair.

We didn't say anything for a while. Normally, I would be annoyed that I couldn't hear what was going through Bella's mind, but at that moment, I was considering something of my own.

I wanted to say it, I really did. But I was scared. The last person I had told this was Tanya and she had shot me down. What if Bella rejected me too?

But if I didn't say it now, I would never find the courage to say it ever again. I needed Bella to see the change and for her to know what she had done to me. I was certain about how I felt and even if she didn't feel the same, it didn't matter. As long as she knew, that was all that mattered.

"Bella, I need to tell you something," I said gently.

"What's the matter Edward? Did I do something?" she asked anxiously.

"No, nothing is wrong, my love. I just need to say something that's been on my mind for a while and if I don't say it now, I don't think I'll ever get another chance like this."

I took a deep breath before I started to speak, letting the words tumble out of mouth.

"Bella, I've already told you what I was like before I came here. You've helped me so much. When we were teenagers, you were my best friend, the only person who I could connect with. When I left Forks, you were like that song that sticks in your head which you can never quite forget, with the same tune going over and over again.

"As you go about the day, you try to forget the song, try and repress it in your mind. And I did for a while, with Tanya. But then when all the distractions of the day are taken away, you hear the song as clear as the first time that you first heard it.

"Then when we were reunited, it was like… Like the first time I heard a song on the radio with static interfering but the next time you hear the song with crystal clarity and everything is clear. You hear the tune clearly, the words and lyrics, the melody running through the heart of the song.

"I never thought that someone like you could ever exist. I could never, ever thank you enough for giving me another chance, Bella. I know I don't deserve you, I will never know what I did to deserve you. This week has been the best of my entire life and i now know the one thing that I probably knew when I was seventeen, but didn't want to admit. Bella, I love you."

Her eyes widened and her mouth opened, but no words came out. The only sound in the cavern was the water falling into the pool on the opposite side of the waterfall.

Then…

"I love you too, Edward," she said. Even though she was whispering, I could hear her clearly, every word resonating clearly in the cave and it made my heart swell with infinite happiness.

I took her face gently in my hands and kissed her passionately on her lips, then her forehead, her nose, her eyes, her cheeks, her mouth again, each time, whispering, "I love you."

"I think," she said in a barely audible voice, "that I loved you from the moment I first saw you. You were my best friend but I was scared and never thought you could return my feelings."

"I acted too late. If I had just confronted my feelings earlier, we could have been together a lot sooner. I will never make that mistake again, Bella," I promised.

How long we stayed in the cavern, our foreheads touching and whispering our words of love to each other, I didn't know. But too soon, we had to leave.

"I don't want to leave," Bella complained.

"I don't either, love. But I promise you that one day we'll be back," I said, kissing her gently.

We packed up our things but before we left, Bella grabbed my hand and turned me around to her, giving me a loving kiss.

"I love you, Edward."

"And I will always love you, Bella."

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Oh, once in your life you find someone

Who will turn your world around

Bring you up when you're feelin' down

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Yeah, nothin' could change what you mean to me

Oh there's lots that I could say

But just hold me now

Cause our love will light the way

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N' baby you're all that I want

When you're lyin' here in my arms

I'm findin' it hard to believe

We're in heaven

And love is all that I need

And I found it there in your heart

It isn't too hard to see

We're in heaven

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I've been waitin' for so long

For something to arrive

For love to come along

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Now our dreams are comin' true

Through the good times and the bad

Yeah, I'll be standin' there by you

AN: Song is 'Heaven' by Bryan Adams. It's sooo sweet and I like the remix by DJ Sammy as well.

Awww, he said 'I love you!' It was so much fun to write and I hope you like it! Ha ha, my version of the meadow in Hawaii.

Thanks to everyone who has reviewed and please please do!

Next chapter: Not sure. Argh, mid year exams coming up so I haven't even planned it out yet! But if I got some reviews, I'm sure that'd make me want to write it… =D