DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS FROM TWILIGHT. THEY ALL BELONG TO STEPHENIE MEYER.

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I asked you what POV you wanted for this chapter and the PMs came throught loud and clear and it was almost unanimously Edward POV. So here he is.

EPOV

It turned out that the party only took place on the cliffs until sundown. Bella told me that when the sun began to set, the whole thing moved onto the beach with a driftwood fire. She told me that it was one of the prettiest things that she had ever seen. I begged to differ on that one. I knew something that was a whole lot prettier, and she happened to be sitting curled up in my lap.

I didn't know how long we'd sat there, nor did I care. All I knew was that I was sat with the only person I wanted to be with. Although I did have to admit, it was quite amusing watching the people around us making complete morons of themselves. Note to self, I thought. Never drink.

"Hey, you guys." I heard someone call. I looked up to see Seth jogging up to us, looking slightly out of breath. He was grinning from ear to ear as he stopped in front of us.

"Hey," Bella said casually.

I looked up at him, shielding my eyes from the sun that was setting behind him, so I could see him clearly. "Managed to escape Quil then?" I asked and he at the two of us grinned sheepishly.

"Not for long." He admitted, looking slightly embarrassed.

"She still not calmed down?" I asked him, a smile of my own spreading across my face. I knew that she wouldn't calm down for a while now, and it was funny to know that Quil was still on a manhunt after Seth.

"Nope." He said, popping the "p". "So, you guys heading down to the beach?"

"They starting up the fire?" Bella asked, sounding excited. She looked at me smiling, and started practically bouncing up and down in my lap. It was like having another Alice around. I rolled my eyes and she giggled, snuggling into my chest. I kissed the top of her head and looked back up at Seth.

"Not yet, but the sun's setting pretty quick, so probably within the hour or so." He explained. I noticed he was glancing around nervously, probably watching for any oncoming attack from Quil.

"Still watching for are for Quil, huh?" I asked, smiling at him. He looked at me, his expression explaining that he knew he was in trouble. I found it highly amusing. Quil was normally one of the most passive guys I know, probably coming second only to Jasper, who just had an unnerving way of calming people, but hell, you mess with Quil's girl, there's hell to pay.

"Uh, yeah. He's on a murder mission." I laughed at Seth's response, nodding my head. He was right.

"He still not let it go?" I asked him, grinning as he scowled at me, still looking around for impending danger.

"SETH!" I heard Quil's voice boom over the crowd and Seth looked to Bella and myself, panicking. We both laughed at his distress and he scowled at us again.

"You haven't seen me, alright!" He stated forcefully, before running off into the crowd again. Moments later an infuriated Quil marched over to us.

"You guys seen Seth?" He asked us and we shook our heads.

"You still after him?" Bella asked, innocently, and I had to fight not to laugh. This was too funny. It had to have been at least two hours since Quil started his rampage. Anyone else would have given up by now. But not Quil. When he was like this he was as determined as Bella or myself.

"Damn straight! He knows not to give her Skittles. She's still wound up!" He was pissed.

"Hey, maybe you should introduce her to Alice." I suggested and he raised his eyebrow at me skeptically, questioningly. "You know, my sister?" He still looked confused. "Small, black hair, incredibly over-excited." Nothing. "Kind of looks like a pixie."

"Oh, yeah." Quil laughed, realising who it was I was talking about. ""Maybe. Are you sure she can handle Claire when she's like this?"

"Are you kidding?" I laughed and Bella shook her head at Quil, her expression stating that he should know better than to ask a question like that. "The way Claire is now, is how Alice is always. You think Claire's bad, you should see Alice after a cup of coffee."

"I still have nightmares." Bella said, sounding scared and I kissed her temple.

"Okay." Quil stood there grinning at the two of us. "I'm gonna go hunt down Seth."

"We're gonna head down to the beach." Bella said standing up and holding out her hand for me to take. I did and she pulled me up gently, grinning. "I wanna see the pretty flames." Quil just grinned and jogged off in the vague direction that Seth had taken. "Come on." She pulled me along.

We walked down to the beach, braving the thin, winding path that led us down the cliffside. Thankfully, the path wound down alongside the cliff and not jutting out from it. That could have been dangerous for any normal person, but for Bella it would have been absolutely perilous, with or without me there to catch her.

When we got down to the beach, we saw that many others had made their way down there already and some were gathering around the enormous wood pile that had been constructed. Bella grinned at me and pulled me forward so we could see it more clearly. We stopped and sat down on one of the numerous blankets that had been set out especially for this part of the night. I noticed that there was a steady ring of people forming around the pile as the sun got lower and lower in the sky.

"Twilight." Bella whispered, leaning into my chest. I nodded, and kissed the top of her head.

"A sign that everything has to end." I mumbled into her hair and she nodded.

"Even the good things." She sounded sad and I knew what she was thinking about. It was the same thing that had been plaguing my thoughts over the last three weeks.

"Hey," I placed a finger under her chin and pulled her face up so she was looking at me. "We are not ending." I kissed her softly and she reciprocated, deepening it slightly. "Ever." I mumbled against her lips and I could feel her smile.

"Promise?" She whispered as we broke the kiss.

"With everything that I am." I promised, meaning every single syllable. I wouldn't let her go. Not in my heart. Something told me that after the phone call I had with Renee earlier on, there would be no let up in that area, so I had to make sure that every single moment I spent with Bella was special. I would spend the summer making her feel like a princess. Whether she likes it or not.

We were broken out of our moment by people shouting and cheering and I looked to the centre of the circle to see Sam standing her with a lit piece of driftwood. People began to chant for him to light the fire and he stood there grinning. He was enjoying it. I could see that he was. And hell, why shouldn't he? We were on his home turf and he was the one with the wood that would light the fire, signally the party's transition into it's night stage. After a minute he complied and threw the lit wood into the woodpile, where it instantly caught fire.

Bella was right. It was beautiful. The flames that engulfed the wood were not red, yellow and orange as they were normally, but they were blue, sometimes giving off little green sparks. It was entracing to look at and I found that I couldn't take my eyes away.

"It's the salt." I heard Bella mumble from her place on my chest.

"Mmm?" I looked down at her confused.

"It's the salt that gives it the colour." She explained. "Isn't it the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?"

"I can think of one thing more beautiful." I mumbled, kissing Bella's head again. She smiled up and me, and pressed a kiss to my jaw before settling back down and watching the flames.

I looked around the circle and saw that almost everyone sat around it was entranced by the flames, just as Bella was. I heard someone turn up some music somewhere else on the beach and I had the feeling that people were dancing around, making even bigger fools out of themselves than they already had. I had a sinking feeling that my brothers and sisters were included in that group. None of us were huge drinkers and I hated to think what would happen if and when they got their hands on some alcohol. I could tell you now that Esme and Carlisle wouldn't be pleased if they ever found out. Which knowing this small town, they probably would.

I let my gaze shift around the circle and it landed on a girl who was sitting there staring at me. She looked slightly familiar but I couldn't place where I had seen her before. I couldn't tell how tall she was as she was sitting down, but she had curly brown hair, that bordered on frizzy and a round face. She kept on staring at me, even when she seemed to know that I was looking at her. It started to creep me out. When I made eye contact with her, she just grinned and waved at me, in what I think she thought was a seductive manner, which only served to creep me out even more. What was is with girls here? Didn't they see that I was with Bella? I turned away from her and kissed the top of Bella's head. She looked up at me, smiling and pressed her lips to mine softly. When I looked up again I saw that the girl that had been staring at me had disappeared. I was grateful. I hated people staring at me.

After a while, people started dispersing and the crowd around the fire lessened. I stood up, stretching and pulled Bella up after me, holding her close to me. She sighed and ran her hands up and down my arms, softly. I kissed her forehead and she leaned her head against my chest lovingly.

"Hey, Bells." Alice bounded up to us, grinning from ear to ear. "Jessica Stanely is giving you the biggest death glare I have ever seen."

"Really?" Bella lifted her head off of my chest. "Where?" Alice turned and Bella and I followed her gaze. I saw the same girl that had been staring at me when we were sat around the fire. Only this time, it wasn't me she was staring at. It was Bella. And I'm telling you, if looks could kill, Bella would be sat with the other burgers on the grill right now.

Alice turned back to the two of us, smirking. "Looks like somebody's jealous." She commented in a singsong voice.

"Really?" I asked confused. "Of what?"

"'Of what'? You silly boy." Alice scolded me, tapping me on the arm. I feigned hurt and she smirked at me. "Of you, of course."

"Why?"

"What do you mean why?" Bella asked, looking up at me, her face showing me that she didn't believe that I had just asked that question. "Because you're gorgeous. No! Stop it." She said, when I grimaced at the compliment she gave me. "You are! Do you not see how many girls have been eyeing you up today and tonight?"

"No." I said, honestly. I really hadn't paid attention to any of the girls here. Aside from one. "You're the only one I've noticed." I smiled and she kissed me gently.

"Aww, you two are cute." Alice cooed. "But seriously, Edward, I know I'm your sister, so don't take this the wrong way but you have gotten hot. Anyone else would have takn full advantage of that fact. And by the looks of it," She looked around quickly, at what I wasn't sure. And I had the feeling I didn't want to know. "It looks like there are a fair number of girl's wanting to take advantage of you." She poked my chest and Bella giggled.

"I guess its a good thing that I got him first then, isn't it?" She said grinning up at me. "'Cause he's all mine."

"It's only you, love." I pressed my lips to hers, smiling.

"Edward!" I heard someone shout. I broke the kiss and looked up to see Sam running towards us. "We've got a football game starting up. You wanna play?"

I shook my head, grimacing at the thought of playing football. "I can't." I said, simply.

He stopped in front of us. "Ah, come on, man." He was grinning at me now. "It doesn't matter whether or not you can play. It's all fun after all."

"No, I mean, I actually can't." I shook my head and he looked confused. "I'm only allowed a certain amount of exercise, and I'm pushing it going to the gym with Emmett as it is. I mean, I would, but it would probably get back to my parents and everyone at some point and I really don't have the energy for all of that."

"Oh," He looked stumped. "Yeah, I, uh, I didn't think of that."

"Hey don't worry about it." I smiled at him and he grinned back. "Maybe next time, you know, when the leash is a bit looser." He chuckled and I grinned at him, thankful that I had erased the uneasy feeling that that moment had caused. "Sorry."

"Nah, don't worry about it, man." He turned around and started walking back towards where the game was starting up. "Next time, though." He called back and I laughed.

I looked down at Bella and saw that she was smiling up at me, her eyes filled with love and pride. "What?" I asked her and her smile widened.

"I'm proud of you, you know." She sighed.

"What for?" I was confused now.

"Well," She looked out at the beach and then next to me. "The Edward that I knew when I first met you would never have come to something like this. And he would never have explained to Sam so freely as to why he couldn't play football. He would have stayed home, cutting himself off from everybody." I frowned at her alternative for what I would be doing had I been the same person I was when we first met. "Okay, bad choice of words. But it's true." She smiled at me lovingly. "You have come so far and there are no words to say how proud of you I am."

"You don't need words, love." I assured her. "I know." I kissed the top of her head and she wrapped her arms around my neck, pulling my head down crushing her lips to mine.

We broke the kiss and smiled at each other. I pulled her close to me and inhaled her sweet scent of strawberry and freesia. How one person could smell so divine was beyond me. Just inhaling her scent could calm me down and bring me into a complete sense of security. If I could bottle her scent then I would have done in a heartbeat.

"You wanna go check out the football game, Sam mentioned?" I asked and she nodded, smiling.

I took her hand and we walked slowly towards the crowd that was beginning to form around the game that was being played. I looked and saw the absolutely enormous guys from the Quilette reservation playing against the smaller, whimpy looking guys - aside from Emmett - from Forks. It was clear to see who was going to win. I had to laugh at the pathetic attempt that the guys from Forks were putting up against the other side.

"You wanna take bets?" Bella asked me, giggling.

"Nah, I'm pretty sure who's going to win." I chuckled and she nodded against my chest. I looked down at her and she smiled up at me, taking her eyes off of the game. I pressed my lips to hers gently, and she wrapped her arms around my neck, deepening the kiss. I loved the way her lips felt against mine. The ways her lips molded and moved with mine in perfect syncronicity. I felt her tongue brush against my bottom lip and I parted my lips allowing her access. She slipped her tongue into my mouth and I relished the taste of her. She was something I would gladly taste over and over again. She tasted sweet and heavenly. I never wanted it to end.

"Hi," I heard a slightly nasal voice call from next to me. I, grudgingly, broke the kiss with Bella and looked up to see the girl that was staring me at the fire standing there. "I don't think we've met. I'm Jessica." She held her hand out, batting her eyelashes at. Did girls really think that guys thought that was sexy? 'Cause I sure as hell didn't.

"Jessica." Bella said, her voice fakely sweet as she looked at the girl I now knew as Jessica. "Meet Edward. My fiance."

Jessica's face fell slightly at the mention of the fact that I was Bella's fiance, but she quickly regained her composure. "Is that so?" She looked me up and down, making me feel even more uncomfortable than I already was. "Well. You look....different."

"Thanks, I guess." I didn't really know how to respond to that.

She smiled at me sweetly, walking up to me and running a finger down my arm. I stiffened and closed my eyes while I waited for her finger to leave my arm. I felt my breathing pick up pace when it, became more than a finger and she laid her hand on my arm. I didn't open my eyes, but I knew that Bella wasn't happy.

"Jess, what are you doing?" Bella snapped.

"What?" I heard Jessica ask innocently.

"Get your hand off my fiance." Bella growled. Yes, she growled. The hand didn't leave my arm. "Now."

"Jeez, Bella, what is your problem?" She snapped, as I felt her hand leave my arm. I relaxed slightly, and opened my eyes to see a look of anger on Bella's face. She was glaring at Jessica who was giving Bella a smug smile.

"My problem?" Bella snapped back. "My problem is that you can't seem to keep your hands of someone who clearly belongs to someone else."

"'Belongs to'?" Jessica asked. "What kind of psycho freak are you?"

I looked at her, disgusted at her treatment of Bella. "Excuse me?" I said to this girl. She looked at me and smiled. "As a matter of fact, I do belong to Bella. As she belongs to me. And no one is going to change that fact." Her gaze flicked to Bella and her eyes darkened, before flicking back to me, her smile widening. "I love Bella. She is my fiancee. There is no opening for anyone else to even attempt to take her place. Because it won't happen."

I looked down at Bella and I saw her gazing up at me, her eyes filled with love and adoration. She leaned up and pressed her lips to mine gently, sighing as she pulled away.

"Fine," Jessica huffed before walking past me slowly, trailing her finger down my arm again. I cringed away from her touch, but she, like the others, didn't take any notice. Bella did though and I saw her eyes darken as she glared at Jessica. "If you ever change your mind, then you know where I am."

"I don't think I'll need you." I placed a finger under Bella's chin and pulled her face up, her lips meeting mine in a passionate kiss. I poured all my adoration into that kiss, showing Bella how much I loved and needed her. I felt my heart leap when she reciprocated, putting as much love and adoration into the kiss as I was. There was no one but her. I could love no one but her. No matter how much they wanted me to. I broke the kiss, purely because I needed to breath, and smiled at Bella. She smiled back at me and laid her head on my shoulder.

"You never know." Jessica retorted, smiling smugly at the two of us. Bella turned and smiled smugly back at her, before placing a kiss on my exposed neck. The feel of her breath on my skin, made me smile as it tickled the area she had just kissed, feeling surprisingly cool.

I looked over to Jessica and saw her scowling at Bella, before looking at me and storming off. I couldn't suppress a chuckle at her reaction. Honestly, I thought that it was obvious that Bella and I were together. How could anyone not see that? Especially after standing there, watching us kiss like that, she seemed to be under some delusion that if she stood there and smiled at me enough, I would drop Bella like a hat and rush to her side. Or at least that's what it seemed like.

That would never happen.

I wouldn't let it.

I would be Bella's, forever and always, just like I had promised. I felt through her kisses that she was making the same promise that I was, and it felt amazing to know that someone felt that way about me. I had never thought that it would happen. Hell, I had never thought that anyone would find me attractive, let alone love me. But it seemed that I was wrong. I had found someone to love, and who loved me. And here, girls were hitting on me, even with my fiance, my Bella, standing next to me, my arms wrapped around her, my lips pressed to hers. Some things were a bit warped in the way that they worked.

I told myself in that moment, that I wasn't going to dwell on the fact that Bella was leaving. I would put all my energy into making as many memories with her in the short time that we had as I could. I would do whatever I could to make this the best summer of her life. I didn't know what I would be like, or how I would deal with it when Bella left, but I told myself that I would deal with it, or not, when I got there.

But the summer was about Bella and Bella alone.

She deserved that at least.

"Hey," I whispered as she resumed watching the game. "You wanna go get something to eat?"

She looked up at me and smiled. "Yeah." We made our way towards the barbeque and stopped in front of it. It wasn't the most appetising looking food, but I knew that I had to eat something. She handed me a burger and I reminded myself that it wasn't like the burgers that were sold in fast food places. I had to remind myself that these were barbequed on a grill and not deep fried in fat. It seemed to help as it wasn't as hard to eat as I thought it would be. Of course, Bella finished hers in about ten seconds flat and had another one, but then again, that was Bella. She was starting her second one and grinned up at me. "Wha'?" She asked her mouth full of burger.

I couldn't help but laugh. She had a knack for making me laugh, when if it was other people doing something like that, I probably would have been fighting the urge to throw up. I hugged her tight to me and she giggled.

"Be careful." She warned. "Anything gets on that shirt of yours, I'm not taking the blame."

"Blame?" I asked confused.

"Alice." She confirmed, looking up at me.

"Oh, yeah. I get that now." I smirked down at her. "You're scared of her aren't you?"

"So ar you!" She shot back.

"I never said I wasn't." I told her and she smirked at me before pressing her lips to mine. "Mmm, that I agree with." I murmured as we broke apart. She rested her head on my chest and I looked around, watching for people I might know. I saw that the football game had turned into a mass fight. I wasn't sure if it was serious or not, but I did know that there were lots of arms and legs flailing around, in the firelight, kicking up so much sand that people had to take a good couple of steps backwards. Well, they had to step backwards a couple of feet to one, avoid the sand, and two, to avoid getting hit by anyone involved.

I felt Bella stiffen against me and I looked down at her, to see her eyes fixed on one spot. I looked over to see what she was looking at and saw instantaneously as she cursed.

"You've got to be fucking kidding me."

Sorry to leave it there, but, you know I was feeling mean.
I hope you don't hate me for that one.
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