Chapter 4

If I was not so content sitting perfectly still I would have been fidgeting out of excitement. As we pulled into the spacious garage, I could only imagine what would happen next. Did Edward send everyone away just so we could have sex? No that wouldn't be it because there has been times where we were too wrapped up in our moment to go out of earshot, so sex might be involved but it was not the surprise, although that would have been wonderful either way. Could he have gotten me some new trinket? No, Edward usually just tells me when he gets me material things. I could not figure out what this surprise was.

So are you going to give me any type of hint? I thought to him. I was ready to beg for him to tell me what was going on. The house was completely deserted except for the two of us and I really wanted what he had to give.

"All in due time Bella, love." Edward replied coyly.

He held my hand as we moved swiftly into the house. There were no humans around so there was no need for us to act like we were human. As we look out the huge window that replace a wall, we saw the sun setting and just held each other as we stood there gazing out into the distance.

"It's time." He said.

Time for what, Edward?

"Your surprise, of course."

I had almost forgotten about that. Just standing with him in his embrace was enough for me. I did not want to move from this spot, but curiosity got the better of me.

Ok let's go.

He grabbed my hand as we leapt out of the window and into the forest. He started to run, missing trees by millimeters. I was right behind him trying to keep up. As he slowed I realized we had past the stream that ran through our forest and everything looked very familiar.

"Close your eyes and I'll lead the way" Edward told me. I did as he requested and he swooped me up into his arms and I could feel the wind swooshing past me while Edward was sprinting to his destination. When we stopped he told me to keep my eyes close as he rested me on my feet. Edward held my hand and led me down a pathway. Everything smelled a little different. It smelled like a forest with fresh evergreen trees, dirt, the water from the stream, and a few deer. But it also smelled like concrete, plaster, paint, something that smelled like steel or iron, glass and other items that didn't belong in a forest.

"You can open your eyes now." Edward stopped beside me and as I opened my eyes, I could not believe it.

"Edward you rebuilt it!" It was our cottage. It was there new with two stories this time. It looked like a mini glass mansion. The outside of the house was just about all glass, you could clearly see the reinforced metal frames that supported the glass. I could see that inside the house there was an elegant winding staircase to the second floor.

"Of course I rebuilt it. It was my fault it crumbled to the ground in the first place."

"Don't you mean OUR fault Edward?" I remembered how the cottage had gotten destroyed in the first place.

About a year after the incident with the Volturi I could feel my newborn strength starting to slip away so I put the strength I had left to perfect use. While Renesmee was with Rosalie at the house, I decided to seduce Edward that night, not that it would be much of a seduction. While we were at the cottage I put on one of the skimpier numbers Alice had supplied for my wardrobe. Edward was in the living room doing some reading so I made my way into the living room and stood right behind him while he sat completely still as if he didn't see me enter the room. I then decided to be a little coy.

"Well if you can't see me then maybe I should go put some clothes on." Edward immediately scooped me up and whisked me down the hall to our bedroom.

That night we literally had earth quaking sex. It was the best yet. I felt the cottage crumbling around us as we pulsated from room to room having sex. I never wanted it to end. I didn't care if we were buried under the house just as long as our lovemaking didn't stop. Finally as the walls and ceiling started to cave in we decided that we did not want the rest of the family to come out after hearing the house fall and see us having sex. We put on what clothes we could find and went to the main house. As soon as we stepped foot in the house the room filled with laughter. Then Renesmee spoke.

"Aunt Alice is that why you asked me to bring over grandma's vases and grandpa's paintings?" Renesmee was about the size of a 6 year old now

"Yes Nessie, since your parents have decided to redesign the cottage I wanted to make sure we got the valuables out of there." Alice giggled.

I was glad that I had won that arm wrestling match with Emmett because if I hadn't I probably would have heard about the cottage for the rest of forever.

"Shall we?" Edward asked as he gestured toward our cottage.

"Please lead the way." I said. I still was in awe of how beautiful our cottage was.

As we entered through the door, I noticed it was made of a heavy steel or iron. I just guessed that all the reinforcements were to keep us from tearing down a second home. The front door immediately put you the overly sized living room. The interior of the house was painted a very light cream color. The living room had a very plush, soft, deep blue carpet, I could guess why Edward picked blue for our carpeting, he always loved the way blue looked against my skin, we always did do a lot of things on the floor, since we barely ever made it to the bedroom. The living room had a lovely leather furniture set facing the fireplace that was in the middle of the room. I gazed upon the fireplace; there was something familiar about it.

"The brick fireplace was all that was still intact so I thought you would like it if we kept it."

"Oh, Edward! I love it!" He always did go overboard when it came to making me happy, but then again I always did the same for him.

As he led me past the fire place and down the hallway past some of my favorite paintings, we stopped at a door; it was the only door in the hallway. Edward opened the door and we walked in. This was a very large bedroom with a full size canopy bed against the wall that led to another closed door. There room was painted canary yellow and except for the wall were we entered and the adjacent wall with the bed and the other door the rest of the room walls were glass windows that looked out onto the forest.

"Is this our room?" I asked Edward as I examined the room making my way to the other door in the room.

"No. This is Renesmee's room. You should know that bed is too small for us." Edward said as he smiled the crooked smile I had always loved. As I got closer to the door I was unsure if I wanted to open it.

"Go ahead, open it." Edward gestured towards the door.

I opened the door. I wasn't surprised at what I saw. The door opened to a closet that was the size of my bedroom when I was human living with my father Charlie. It was filled with nothing but clothes, all with their tags still on. They were all sorted out first in color, then by dressy or casual, and by tops and bottoms.

Is Alice responsible for this? I asked Edward half knowing the answer.

"Of course she is. Who else uses every excuse the can to shop?" Edward laughed at the thought.

Then I noticed at the back wall of the closet there was another door. I walked through the closet and opened the door. On the other side of the door was a beautiful bathroom. It was very elegant with marble counters and ceramic floor tiles. The bathroom had a beautiful classy vanity mirror; even the smallest of flaws could be highlighted by this mirror. It was almost like being at a spa. The shower was separate from the very large tub. The tub had whirlpool jets like the ones you would find only at the most expensive of spas. By this point I was getting a little anxious to our room.

"So when do I get to see what's upstairs?" I asked Edward.

"We can go see it now if you like."

"Let's."

Edward grabbed my hand and led me out the closet, through the bedroom, and back to the living room. Once we got to the living room I strode over to the winding white staircase and started to climb the stairs. Before a second had passed, I was at the top of the steps. When I got to the top of the steps I was in another bedroom. It was much larger than Renesmee's room. The walls were a teal color; it reminded me of our honeymoon on Isle Esme, an island that Carlisle had bought for Esme. The Bed was very large with soft plus pillows and blankets, but the frame had a unique smell to it.

"The bed frame smells funny, what is it made from?" I asked Edward curiously.

"It's made from titanium, so there's no breaking it, unintentionally that is."

I laughed at knowing that extra precautions were taken when it came to this house. I did not bother to look in our walk in closet because I already new what was in there since Alice had been doing the shopping. Our bedroom was surrounded, for the most part by glass walls. One of the glass walls had a door that opened up to a balcony that looked to the stream in the forest. We went out onto the balcony into the cool, fresh air. I filled my lungs, taking in all smells and digesting them. Something hit me that made me realize that we hadn't hunted for about two weeks, and I was thirsty.