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A question of friendship 27: I…
After an hour of searching on Google Edward had finally found a place that sold Vanilla Cheesecake as a desert; Frankie and Bennies. He was glad he's booked a table in advance, although only opening a week before, the British American/ Italian style 50s restaurant was crowded. Frank Sinatra flittered through the speakers while low lights gave off a romantic atmosphere.
"This place is nice." Bella praised walking through the door Edward held open for her. Usually he preferred more up-market restaurants double the price of this one but nowhere in his market sold cheesecake.
"Table for Cullen." He smiled at the young waitress who had gone into a trance. She nodded not taking her eyes off him; something he was used to.
"T-This way sir." She stuttered taking them to a booth on the left.
"That poor girl." He heard Bella mutter "Already under the spell." Edward grinned secretly to himself before helping Bella into the booth. Luckily he'd told the server when booking that his date was pregnant "Thank you." She said pecking him on the lips. Over his shoulder she could see the waitress almost crying. Edward slid in next to her taking the offered menus; if he had noticed her he wasn't letting on. He ordered them both orange juices before pulling Bella closer. With her chin held high the waitress left to get their drinks.
"So do you want an actual dinner or just desert?" Edward asked rubbing her hip softly.
"Hmm." Bella mused tucking herself into his side "Are you hungry?"
"Not really." He laughed hoping it didn't sound as nervous as he felt "I could go for some garlic bread though." The waitress made her way back but Bella noticed three of her shirt buttons had popped open. She placed down the two J2Os, Edward's with an umbrella.
"What would you like to eat?" She asked leaning slightly to give him a better view of her newly exposed cleavage.
"Two lots of garlic bread and I booked a whole cheesecake this afternoon." He answered making clear he was paying no attention to her advances. Bella watched as she got the about to cry look in her eyes again before nodding and taking the menus.
"A whole cheesecake?" Bella asked eyes lighting up, Edward simply grinned "I may finish it before the poor girl sets it down on the table." She giggled.
"Maybe she'll leave us alone if you do."
"She really has the hots for you like every other girl on the planet."
"Mm that may be but I only have the hots for you." He lent down and placed a soft kiss on her lips.
Edward kept his hands from the table worried if they got in her way she'd eat them too. Bella had waited patiently while Edward finished his and the majority of her garlic bread before attacking the vanilla cheesecake. It had been a lot bigger than she thought it would but it hadn't stopped her and now she was determined to finish it. Of course he had purposely had it baked bigger than normal mainly to give him time to plan his speech. Now the time was nearing all his practiced words were disappearing.
"Urgh someone's baked a piece of foil into the cake" Bella huffed digging it out with her fork; she'd been enjoying it up till then and now she wondered if she'd swallowed any foil. Lifting the fork up a ring dangled from one of the spikes. She stared at Edward over it "I thought you had to take of jewellery by law when you cook professionally."
He blinked his nervous shaking stopping "Huh?"
Wiggling the fork "Look the cook's lost their ring." He wanted to laugh, she was so naïve sometimes, but his window of surprise was closing. Quickly he shifted over and got down on one knee leaving Bella to connect the dots.
"Isabella Marie Swann I've loved you long before you knew it, long before even I knew it. I waited so long to tell you and now I'm running out of time to show you. You're giving me two of the greatest gifts ever and I can't wait to meet them. I guess I'm greedy and I want another gift from you; I want your hand in marriage. I know it'll be hard for you later on and I know I'm selfish but I want to tie myself to you in every way; will you marry me?" he was sweating bullets and shaking nervously as he looked up at her. Bella sat in shock, things finally connecting. Edward took her hand in his left and the ring in his right. She continued to stare at one hand then the other momentarily forgetting the packed restaurant around them. Finally the world started to spin again and she realised everyone was looking at her waiting for her answer "Bella?" He prompted fear in his eyes. Two streams of tears started to flow down her cheeks as she separated her fingers to make room for the ring.
"Yes." She cried grinning happily with a nervous twinge to it. Her mind understood why he was doing it but her heart had taken over; he loved her and she knew it. Edward let out a breath Bella hadn't realised he was holding before sliding the ring onto her finger; it fit perfectly.
"Thank you." He told her kissing her passionately as the restaurant was engulfed by shouts and calls of congratulations "You don't know how happy you've made me."
"Ditto." Bella smiled hugging him softly.