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~MDE~
Chapter 19
To:
Subject: One more week
Date: September 3, 2011
My dear Edward,
One week; seven days are all that stand between looking at your photo and looking at you in person. See, I can add mush as well. In all honestly, I love your mush. I think it's amazing when a man can talk about how he feels. I don't know how you were before my letters, but you are far from emotionally unavailable. I have never met a man that can express himself the way you do. You're not afraid to tell it like it is. Don't change that.
I know what you mean about the anticipation. The girls keep telling me I'm worse than a kid at Christmas. I'm told I'm smiling and laughing more, and that I'm just over all happier. I never went into this looking for romance. In fact, I hadn't been looking at all. If you asked me at the end of summer if I was content and happy; I would have said yes. I see the difference now. You make this so much better. You make me better.
In case you didn't realize, you forgot to add your mom's email. I would love to talk to her and say hello. It does scare me a bit. I never did like meeting the parents. Well, no, not that I didn't like it. Those were the wrong words. It always made me uncomfortable. I guess it was always my own insecurities. I just really want her to like me.
So onto Vegas; yes, I placed your bet. You are one lucky man. You won four hundred bucks on that bet. I have it waiting for you. It was fun overall. I didn't lose much, and the bars were a blast. We danced and laughed. It was such a great experience. I can assure you I was more than safe. I will let you in on a secret. When the girls and I go out alone we all have a set of fake rings. They look amazingly real, expensive, and appear to be wedding bands. When we are not with someone, we use them to deter the ones we are not interested in and would take them off when we saw someone we were. They come in great when we do have a boyfriend as well. All we have to do is flash the hand, and poof, they are gone.
I love that your brother can prank like that. Want to know another secret? I love to prank people as well. I think everyone needs a bit of a laugh now and again; as long as it is done with taste and class. Well most of the time anyway.
Thank you for the gift, but you didn't have to. I promise I will try not to open it until you get here. I would love to open it with you next to me. Don't worry about not being able to call. I understand that there are limits on how we can communicate and how often. I will just make use of the time you are here. I have started to plan some things for us to day. Dinner for my birthday is all set up at my favorite restaurant. I didn't plan too much because I wanted your input on some of the things we do.
Well, I am off to finish planning for school. Please stay safe. I will see you soon.
Bella.