Do You Believe In Fate?

Disclaimer: None of these characters etc. belong to me. They all belong to the wonderful and amazing Stephanie Meyer. I don't think I could ever be that creative. Lol. Stephanie rules!

Author's Note: Hey everybody! I hope you all had wonderful holidays. This chapter is about Bella and Edward's first Christmas together as a couple. Yay!

First Christmas

On Christmas morning, I felt like a little kid again. Bella was sleeping peacefully next to me, looking like an angel. I couldn't wait to give her the gift I'd gotten her. I smiled, and shook her small shoulder gently. "Bella. Bella, wakeup." I whispered. She stirred in her sleep, frowned, and grumbled something unintelligible. I laughed. "Bella my love, wakeup. It's Christmas." I said. I kissed her pouting mouth softly, and her frown instantly disappeared. I loved that – how responsive she was. She sighed.

"Do I have to get up?" she asked sleepily, her eyes still closed. I laughed again.

"Sadly yes." I said. She sighed again, and slowly opened those big brown eyes. She smiled at me.

"Morning." She said.

"Good morning." I kissed her again, a little more urgently this time. She laughed.

"Excited are we?" she asked. I chuckled.

"How could you tell?" I asked. She smiled.

"Just a feeling." She said. I get up, and dragged her out of bed.

"Come on! Let's go!" I complained, as she shuffled across the floor. I saw her try to contain a smile, and fail.

"I'm still half asleep, Edward." She said. I paused, and then swung her around suddenly so she was pressed between me and the wall. She gasped. I kissed her roughly, nipping at her mouth with my teeth, and then soothed the small pain with my tongue. She parted her lips eagerly, and I tasted her fully.

God. Kissing Bella was like slamming back three shots of hard liquor. It seemed to sharpen every sense, until I drowned in everything that was Bella. My blood sang in my veins, and my heart raced uncontrollably. I didn't know what I'd do if I couldn't have this… have her. I pulled away. "Awake yet?" I asked, grinning. Bella glared at me.

"Yes, you fiend, I'm awake." She said. I laughed. She rolled her eyes, but let me hold her hand.

We went down the hall, and Bella knocked on Rose and Emmet's door, and I knocked on Alice and Jasper's. They emerged, bleary eyed and rumpled. "Is it morning already?" Alice asked sleepily. Bella laughed.

"Yes, Alice. It's morning." She said. Alice smiled.

"Good. Present time!" she said. She then danced down the stairs, Jasper following; smiling and shaking his head. Rose rolled her eyes, and yawned.

"I need coffee." She grumbled. Emmet laughed, and kissed her firm on the mouth.

"Come on, Rosie. Let's go get some caffeine in that sexy little body of yours." He said. Rose smiled, and they followed me and Bella downstairs.

My mother had made waffles and hot chocolate for breakfast, as was our tradition. We all sat down at the breakfast table to eat. Bella looked at her waffles. "Mine's the only one with chocolate chips." She said, suddenly. My mom smiled at her.

"That's the way you like them, isn't it? When you came over here, that's the way that we made them for you." She said. Bella blinked in surprise, and then smiled.

"Thanks." she said quietly. My mom just smiled, and nodded.

BPOV

After breakfast and those yummy chocolate chip waffles, we all headed to the tree, much to the excitement of Alice and Emmet, who had been fidgeting in anticipation all through breakfast. Edward's parents sat on the couch, and the rest of us sat on the floor, gathered around the tree. Alice volunteer to be the Santa this year, and happily bounced from person to person, passing out gifts. Once everyone had their gifts, we all torn in. We went in a circle, that way we could all ooh and aah properly at the gifts.

Aunt Liz got a beautiful emerald bracelet from Edward Sr., who got some sort of hand tool whose function was a mystery to me, but that he seemed very happy with. The guys had all pitched in to buy them both a new T.V. The guys each got CDs, videogames, and movies. Rose got a kick ass pair of heels from Emmet who refused to reveal who had helped him pick them out, (though it was pretty obvious with me and Alice snickering under our breath), and a matching purse that me and Alice had bought for her. She had in turn given him a coupon for one free tune up from her on his car, which had him staring at her slack jawed. Rose just smiled slyly. Alice got a Visa card for a shopping spree from Jasper, a new pair of earrings from Rose, and a crystal ball from me. Alice was always joking that she could see the future. The only infuriating part was that 99% of the time, she was right. I'd bought her the ball as a joke. She seemed delighted with it. She'd given Jasper a beautiful leather bound journal from the Civil War era, filled with journal entries and letters from that time period.

Edward and I were the last ones to open our presents. I made Edward go first. "Come on, hurry up!" I whined. He grinned at me, and went at an excruciatingly slow pace. I bounced in place, waiting for him to open my gift. I wanted so badly for him to like it. He opened up the small box, and I watched in delight as his face lit up.

"It's perfect!" he exclaimed. I'd gotten him a watch, in a simple and yet elegant style.

"I saw it when I was at the mall, and I just had to get it for you." I said, smiling. He smiled, and kissed me softly.

"Thank you. Want to help me put it on?" he asked, grinning. I smiled, and secured it to his wrist. It looked good there. "Now for your present." He said. I grinned, and went just as slow as he had. He groaned.

"You started it." I said. Edward sighed. I opened the small white box, and gasped. It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.

It was a swan necklace. The wings of the bird were spread wide, so that they would wrap gently around the wearer's neck, and the graceful head was bent. It was made of sterling silver, and the eyes were small winking jewels. "Oh, it's beautiful." I murmured. Edward smiled. He took it from my lightly trembling hands, and then shifted behind me. He put the necklace around my neck, then swept my hair off my neck so he could fasten it. He kissed the nape of my neck lightly, and murmured, "Merry Christmas, Bella." I shivered, and sighed.

"Merry Christmas, Edward." I replied.

After cleaning up all the wrapping paper, we all bundled up, and headed out to play in the snow. The guys got into a very involved snowball fight, while Alice, Rose, and me built some amazing snow people. Then Emmet accidentally knocked the head off of one of our snow people, and etiquette demanded that we avenge the death. Once we were all freezing, wet, and giddy, we collapsed into a huge pile on the snow. "That was pretty awesome." Emmet said.

"Totally." The rest of us agreed in unison. We all laughed.

We tried to go inside, but Aunt Liz yelled at us. "Don't you dare try to come inside in those wet clothes. Go strip in a bathroom, each of you, and I'll bring towels and robes out for you." She said. We all waited in the kitchen, standing on towels, and waited for each person to get out of the bathroom. I volunteer to go last, since I had gotten the least of the snowballs, and therefore wasn't as wet.

Just as I had finished stripping down to my skin, the bathroom door opened. I screamed. "Oh my god! I'm so sorry Bella! I thought you were already done!" Edward said, his eyes screwed shut.

"Edward Anthony Masen, if you even think about opening your eyes, I swear, I will murder you in your sleep." I growled. Edward grinned.

"You sound pretty cute too, when you're mad." He said. I rolled my eyes, and quickly wrapped a towel tightly around me.

"Alright, you can open your eyes." I said. He did, and then he simply stared.

His eyes snapped with heat, and he started toward me. "You wouldn't dare." I said, glaring at him. He grinned mischievously. "Edward, I'm warning you. Edward, I'm practically naked!" I squeaked. That was all I got out before Edward's mouth came crashing down on mine. His body pressed against mine, and the towel I wore was no barrier at all between us. I could feel the heat and solidness of his body, and I shuddered. His mouth was warm, demanding, and urgent on mine. Then suddenly the pace of the kiss changed, and his mouth was gentle, and tender as it moved against mine. I sighed at the love in that kiss.

"Edward." I murmured.

"I love you." He said against my mouth. Even after hearing him say it at least a dozen times, it still made my heart skip a beat.

"I love you too. Now can I please get dressed?" I asked with a smile. Edward chuckled.

"Yes. Sorry I… distracted you." He said, grinning. I laughed.

"Distracted is a word you could use, I suppose." I said. Edward and I walked out of the bathroom, hand in hand.

That night we had a wonderful dinner, which we girls had actually helped cook. I thought again about how right it felt to be here. But I couldn't deny that it felt like something was missing. First, my mother – I missed her. We always spent Christmas together. Not to mention I felt bad for not telling her about Edward. I mean, I was in love with him for god's sake! But Edward was the most important thing in my life, and I wasn't sure how my mother would feel about that. We'd taken things so far, so fast. I had to ease her into the idea of me having a serious boyfriend.

The second thing missing, was Charlie. I missed him. We'd never been really close, but whenever I visited him, things just seemed to click. He was a lot like me – klutzy, quiet, and shy. But once you got him to open up, he had a great sense of humor, and he was just an all around nice guy. The only thing that I didn't understand in this whole thing was why my parents had split up. I remembered my parents being so happy when I was little. But I also remembered fights. I didn't remember what they were about, because I'd always run away to Edward's whenever they started fighting. I wondered if Charlie would be willing to talk to me about it. I'd go see him tomorrow morning, I decided. I'd put it off for long enough. And I wanted to see what he thought of Edward. I needed at least one parent's support.

So after dinner, I told Edward my plan. "Okay. What time do you want to head over there?" he asked.

"Around ten; I want to make sure he's up." I said. Edward nodded, and then cupped my cheek lightly.

"Are you sure you want to go alone?" he asked. I nodded.

"At least at first. I want some time to reconnect with him, so to speak. Then I want to ask him about my mom. And then, I'll gently ease him into the idea of me having a boyfriend. We may not see each other all that often, but he is still my dad. I imagine he'll be kind of protective." I said. Edward winced.

"You're dad's the chief of police, right?" he asked. I nodded. "Does he keep his weapon loaded?" he asked nervously. I couldn't help it, I busted up laughing.

"Oh Edward, he's not gonna shoot you!" I gasped between laughs. Edward glared at me.

"That's easy for you to say. My parents already adore you." He said. I paused.

"I wonder if my dad will remember you." I said. Edward shrugged.

"I don't know. But it might make the idea of us dating a little easier on him." He said, thoughtfully. I smiled, and kissed him softly.

"Don't worry, I'm sure he'll love you. Who wouldn't?" Edward smiled.

"You might be a bit biased, Bella love." He said. I just smiled, and snuggled deeper into his side.

"I'm not worried." I said around a yawn. As I fell asleep, I touched my necklace lightly, and smiled...

Ending Note: Hey everyone. I'm so sorry this chapter is so short, and that it took so long to get out. I've been busy with the holidays, and then I had a serious case of writer's block. It was one of those times when I knew what I wanted to write, but I just couldn't seem to get it down on paper. Well, screen… you know what I mean. Anyways, I hope you like this chapter. The chapter with Bella and Charlie's Christmas is next, and hopefully I'll get it posted later this week. Reviews always welcome! Thanks again for reading, faving, reviewing, etc. Peace!!!! ~~~~~~~~:D~~~~~~~~