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Bella's POV

I stared down at the dark obsidian eyes twirling like molten lava staring at me with love, desire and determination. The afternoon sun casting an unearthly halo around him.. making the surrounding glitter with prisms in all hues of the rainbow. The whole atmosphere including the creature at my feet was… surreal…almost ethereal. This god like creature leaning down at my feet was asking me to be his wife his partner for an eternity. He had serenaded me with his musical voice making a list of promises… promises he would keep for the rest of eternity… I had barely heard any of them.. my entire being focused on his glowering eyes. They mesmerised me.. the only words to actually permeate through the cloud of emotions running through me were "Marry me Bella" it echoed through me… my mind whispering them back to me as if in a dream.

I had to answer him.. to do that honestly I had to look within me.. Did I love him? Yes I did. I had at a moments notice left everything behind and gone to rescue him.. I had known that my own life was at stake but I had not cared not given it a moment of thought. I do love him… even at the darkest hour of my life I had still loved him.. loved him enough to give my life for his even though I believed that he did not love me. Did he love me the same way? Yes. I was sure of that. I had seen him fight Victoria for me.. I had seen his struggle to win back my love.. I finally understood that he had lied and left to protect me. It was done with misguided thoughts but still it had been an act of love.. to protect me from the creature he was.. Now on his knee he was asking me to be one.. to be with him forever. To give my life for him.. to stop my heart beat.. well he would still be happy to marry me if my heart continues to beat till death takes me away. Did I want to stay a human?

I belonged to the species homo sapiens, but what was humanity? Was Edward not a human? The answer came to me with such clarity that it astounded me. Of course he was human! He was more human than many of the so called living breathing humans around me. He may not belong to the same species but his values and traits surpassed that of many humans. He was defying his very nature to be human to care.. to love … and to protect us. My decision today would in a way be an end to my own human life… the human existence… but I would still be human. I had already agreed to marry him to be his wife but this was another chance he was giving me to think this through and to make this decision knowing the consequences. He had listed them all in his speech.

As I focused back on his beautiful eyes.. I saw a difference.. there was confusion and insecurity clouding the eyes that once held desire and determination. The love was still there but I could tell that the other emotions were overpowering him.

"Be..ll..a?" His lips were trembling and he was stuttering. I stared at him in surprise. It took me a moment to realise that he was still waiting for his answer. I might have taken longer than I thought lost in my own thoughts. Was I sure? Was I ready to make this commitment? I had an epiphany. A moment of clarity clearing all my doubts. Of course…I had been ready from the moment I set eyes on him. Some sixth sense had told me I was his and he was mine.

"Yes Edward." I felt the warm tears run down my face as I watched the play of emotions in Edwards face. Happiness to wonderment, wonderment to desire, back to happiness. Then without a word he slipped the beautiful ring he was holding into my finger and kissed it with reverence. Then I felt myself floating.. flying to be more exact.. I felt cold lips kissing me like there was no tomorrow.. granite hands running over my body crushing me to his body with brutal strength. I barely managed to breathe. For the first time in my life I felt Edward's strength.. the strength he always held back when he was with me. Should I stop him? Asked to be released? I didn't want to. I loved this embrace as much as he did. This was how it was going to be.. no holding back once I was changed. I was excited at the prospect of experiencing Edward like this. With his guard down completely. At last I could not last any longer. I needed to breathe. I gasped for air while my lips were still captured by his unyielding ones.

"OH my god Bella." He released me in an instant I could see the contrite shame in his eyes.

"I'm so sorry.. are you ok? I forgot love….please .. are you ok? I'm so sorry."

I couldn't answer I was still gasping for breath breathing in through a chest that felt constricted. Edward was running feather light hands all over my body checking to see whether I was ok. I sincerely hoped I would not bruise I knew it would be a nightmare for Edward if I did. I finally managed to string some words together.

"I'm … o…ok.. so ha..happy!" I laughed through my gulps of air. I felt so carefree and so happy! I was going to be Edward's and he would be mine in every sense of the word.

Soft hands carefully laid me down on the blanket.

"Bella.. are you really ok? I'm so sorry.. I was so happy I forgot everything else…" he still looked upset. I was feeling much better. I decided I needed to make things light so I teased him.

"I'm fine Edward.. I'm not that fragile! And I loved the way you held me.. so that's how you really want to hold me! Let's get married soon Edward.. in a month? Will that be enough for Alice to plan a wedding? I want to be with you in every way possible.. I can't wait to be like you so that you don't need to hold back." I finally managed to speak without gulping for air.

A slow seductive smile spread across his face.

"Oh.. you haven't seen anything yet.. it was just the tip of the ice berg.. the things I want to do to you…" Wild excitement ran through his desire filled eyes.

Edward's POV

As I started into her beautiful chocolate eyes I felt like I had won the whole world. Bella would be my wife in just over a month. I did not have words to express the happiness I felt at this moment.

"Oh Bella, love….I'm so happy" A silent tear rolled down her cheek. Why was she crying for a moment I was confused but the perfect happy smile that then spread across her face told me exactly what that tiny tear meant… she was crying with happiness.

"I'm so happy too Edward". With those words she lunged herself at me. I hugged her tightly kissing her without another thought; my need to possess her overwhelming me. I crushed her beautiful lips with mine seeking fulfilment. Her warm hands were running all over me touching me like there was no tomorrow. I was surprised when I heard tearing noises and looked down to see Bella had managed to rip some of my buttons off and there was a tear on my shirt.

"Bella honey.. be patient.." I couldn't help smiling to myself at her enthusiasm. So she wanted me naked this eagerly. Hmm…I was going to have my hands full.

"This stupid shirt won't come off Edward. Take it off." She was still tugging at the remaining buttons. I easily pulled my shirt off. Her greedy hands ran themselves up and down my body and then reached for the button on my jeans. I hesitated.

"Bella…" I admonished her. We were out in the open in the meadow. What if someone walked in? I wasn't even comfortable being nude in front of Bella. I don't think I would survive an intrusion from someone.

"Come on Edward… take it off. I'm sure you would hear if someone came and Alice would warn us. I just made the decision that she should look into my future and warn us if someone walked in." I groaned. Poor Alice! My ever thoughtful sister had left a picnic basket in the meadow for us. She really was going to have a really bad time trying to keep us safe considering the fact that Bella had suddenly become so wild and uncaring about her environment!. The shy little girl I befriended was not there only a woman with needs. And right now her sole attention was focused on me!

"Bella…" She pouted. I sighed. What was I going to do? All my inhibitions were crippling me. I was very uncomfortable and I really didn't want Bella to be upset.

To my amazement Bella suddenly seemed to realise how difficult this was for me and stared right into my eyes. A warm hand reached out to cup my face.

"Edward… it's ok. Let's just sit and enjoy the sunlight… I love watching you sparkle even with your cloths on." She gave me a mischievous smile. Oh! She wanted to see the rest of me sparkle? Even I hadn't seen all of me sparkle.. well one part of me to be exact.

I sat down seating her between my legs so that I could hold her tightly to me. I leaned in brushing away small tendrils of her hair which was shining with red highlights from the sunlight. I started kissing her neck the side of her face every where I could reach. She moved her back against me pressing into me more tightly. I moaned. I was fully erect even without the added pressure. All the images from last night were running through my mind. I wanted to see Bella again like that…. to feast my eyes on her beauty.

Will it be ok if we undid our clothes a bit? I didn't want us to be fully naked out in the open but we could do something I guess.

I slowly ran my hands across Bella's chest. I couldn't resist running my thumbs over her nipples. They were instantly erect. It amazed me how easily I was able to arouse her. I studied our surroundings. The grass was tall and a lot of wild flowers grew around us. We would be covered if we lay down on the blanket and of course if we hear someone we could quickly cover ourselves.

"Bella…." My voice was breathless in excitement. I wanted today to be more special to Bella. Specially since she had made me so happy today.

"Mmm…." Bella leaned back into my chest.

"Bella… love can I see you again." A slow triumphant smile flittered over her face.

"Yes… but I want to see you too…" My indrawn breath was in excitement. I was feeling shy too but it was nothing compared to the adrenalin rush I felt at her words.

"Yes. But we can't take everything off here. So we have to be careful… I don't want to share your beauty with anyone else." I bit her ear. She gasped.

"I don't want to share you either." I groaned. This was going to be one hell of an afternoon..

Please do review.. where do you think this would go? They would wait for wedding night… but …