Because you live and breathe Because you make me believe in myself When nobody else can help because you live girl My world has twice as many stars in the sky

Read more: JESSE MCCARTNEY - BECAUSE YOU LIVE LYRICS

Because you live and breathe Because you make me believe in myself When nobody else can help because you live girl My world has twice as many stars in the sky

Read more: JESSE MCCARTNEY - BECAUSE YOU LIVE LYRICS

AN: Ok if anybody is still reading this thank u I know I said I would post during Christmas but Real Life got in the way and I had some writers block then my last semester started but now I have graduated! So now I hope to be posting even more. So please read and review.

Disclaimer: I do not own The song Because You Live by Jesse McCartney or the Twilight series but if SM would like to share Carlisle or Emmett I would be great lol.

Chapter 9

I could feel my mind trying to wake me up . But I fought it, I didn't want to wake up my dream was to good. I was dreaming that the amazing Carlisle Cullen had told me that he loved me and we had kissed. Then he stayed in my room with me all night. I snuggled into my hard cool pillow. Wait, my pillow wasn't supposed to be hard. I opened my eyes looked up and saw Carlisle's gold eyes staring down at me. I felt a smile come across my lips when I realized that last night wasn't a dream. It all really happened. I looked up at Carlisle again and I saw him smiling too. He leaned down and gently kissed my lips.

"Good morning Isabella." Carlisle said

"Good morning" I said blushing furiously. I looked back up and said "give me a human moment?"

"Of course my dear." Carlisle replied.

I tried to be fast but I had to make sure I didn't have really bad breath or drool marks on my face. It was hard to concentrate because as soon as Carlisle was out of my sight I felt this pull this ache in my chest. When I stepped out of the bathroom and saw Carlisle the ache lessened. I could tell by the look on Carlisle's face that he felt the same thing.

"What is this Carlisle? What is this ache in my heart to be with you?" I asked him.

"I believe that would be the mating pull it is very strong" Carlisle said while getting up to wrap me in his arms.

Once I was in his arms the ache was completely gone and the warmth was back. "Does it ever get any easier?" I asked.

"Over time it lessens especially once the mating process is complete"

I stiffened when I heard that knowing that he meant sex. He felt me stiffen and he pulled away only enough to be able to look me in the eyes. "Listen to me Bella" he said "don't worry I love, care, and respect you too much to pressure you into doing anything your not ready for."

I felt my love for him grow even bigger as I heard his words. I should have known that Carlisle wouldn't make me do something I didn't want to. That was another difference between Carlisle and Edward. I knew Carlisle would never force me, but the way Edward was so possessive and the way he would dazzle me whenever I disagreed with him I was sure that Edward could possibly dazzle me into having sex with him. And to tell the truth that scared me. So knowing that Carlisle would never do that was such a comfort to me.

"Thank you Carlisle" I said smiling up at him "you have no idea how much I appreciate that."

"Of course my love" Carlisle said gently kissing my lips "now do you have any other questions before we begin our day?"

I was intrigued that Carlisle had our day planned but since he asked I did have one other question. "I'm not sure if it's the mating thing or not, but Carlisle is there a reason you don't feel as cold as the others?" I asked. "I mean you aren't the same temperature as me but you are considerably warm."

"Hmmm" Carlisle said thoughtfully. "That could be something to do with the mating, but you must understand though Bella there has never been a couple like you and I in the history that I know of. However it is comforting to know that I'm not as cold as I thought I was." He finished with a smile.

"Well sweetheart" I said blushing slightly using that term. No matter how right it felt it was still embarrassing. "What do you have planned for this wonderful day?"

"Well darling" Carlisle said "if you are agreeable I would like to take you on an official date tonight…after spending the first part of the day at my home with the rest of the family."

I was stunned. On one hand I was so excited that Carlisle wanted to take me on a date, but on the other hand I was scared of seeing the rest of the Cullens especially Rosalie and Edward. I was about to mention this to Carlisle when his cell phone went off. He took out his phone looked at it chuckled then handed it to me it was a text from Alice. It said: "Carlisle tell Bella not to worry. Edward is not here and Rosalie has agreed to be civil. Plus Bella I need to help you pick out your outfit for tonight ;-)."

"Well it seems Alice has seen my fears and has put them to rest as always" I laughed. "So I guess I agreeable to your plans" I said this with a big smile so Carlisle knew I was genuinely happy with his plans.

Carlisle smiled back and said "well how about you get ready and I will go fix you breakfast?"

"Sounds good to me" I replied. Carlisle smiled again kissed my forehead and walked downstairs. I ran to get in the shower. I stood under the warm spray and thought about how incredibly lucky I was to have a man like Carlisle. When I got out I just put on a simple pair of skinny blue jeans and a purple t- shirt. Finally I just threw my hair up in a messy ponytail and put on my beat up old converses. If I knew Alice and I was pretty sure I did I knew that she would have the outfit for my date at her house so I grabbed my cell phone and went downstairs where I could smell bacon and eggs.

When I got downstairs I saw Carlisle at the stove cooking. As I sat down Carlisle put a few eggs and a couple of slices of bacon on and plate and sat down to watch me eat. I quickly finished and Carlisle and I got in my truck and I started the drive to the Cullen house. As I drove I started to get nervous again. As though Carlisle could read my mind he reached down and grabbed my hand and interlaced our fingers. "Relax my love" he said as he placed a kiss on the back of my hand "remember Alice promised everything would be alright and she would know." I took a deep breath as I turned down the long winding lane to the Cullen house.

Before I could take the key out of the ignition Carlisle was already opening my door for me. I took his hand as he helped me out of the truck. He kept my hand in his as we walked though the front door. I immediately half hid myself behind Carlisle still worried about how the rest of the family would feel about me being with Carlisle. I peeked around from Carlisle's back and saw Alice and Jasper sitting together on the couch while Emmett was lounging in one of the recliners. Rosalie was nowhere to be found. Jasper must have felt my confusion and relief because he said "even though Rosalie promised to be civil she still thought it best not to be here when you first showed up."

With that all three of the vampires smiled at me and Carlisle draped an arm around me. Emmett's voice came across the room. "So Bella I see you finally got Carlisle to admit his feelings for you." He chuckled "thank god I was afraid Carlisle's attitude was gonna rub off on me."

Emmett's happy joking manner was infectious. I grinned across at him and said "and how would that be a bad thing you could use a little toning down." I said in a teasing tone. Everything was silent for a moment and then Emmett's booming laugh started and Alice and Jasper's joined in. The next thing I knew I was having the air squeezed out of me by Emmett as he swung me around as he hugged me. "Emmett….can't…..breathe…"

"Oops sorry Bella" Emmett said as he sat me down still laughing. As soon as my feet were on the ground I was grabbed up in another hug from Alice and then a softer more cautious hug from Jasper.

Then I felt two arms wrap around me from behind and Carlisle's voice in my ear saying " see I told you and I love so much my darling Bella." I just leaned back into his embrace and allowed myself to relax in his embrace. After that things were going smoothly even Jasper seemed to loosen up. Emmett got me to play a few games with him on the Wii and of course I lost. But when Jasper played Emmett Jasper won which irritated Emmett he kept yelling at Jasper accusing him of cheating. After about twenty straight games all of which Emmett lost to Jasper Emmett through the controller down almost breaking it and sat on the couch next to me and started sulking like a child. I couldn't help it seeing this big guy pouting like a child was to funny. I started giggling and I could feel Carlisle's shoulders shaking in silent laughter beside me.

We were all laughing at Emmett so hard that we didn't notice Rosalie walk in until she said "Emmett did Jasper beat you again?" We all stopped laughing and I immediately tensed up and Carlisle put a comforting arm around my shoulders. Emmett just nodded his head still pouting. Rosalie perched on the arm of the couch beside Emmett and ran a hand comfortingly through his short hair. Rosalie then looked at me over Emmett's head and gave me a polite nod and said "Hello Bella." I was shocked but I was able to nod back and say "Hi."

There were a few moments of silence then Alice suddenly jumped up and said "come on Bella time for you to get ready for your date." She grabbed my hand and practically drug me up the stairs. She lead me to her room and sat me down on the bed and started throwing clothes at me. "Ok" she said " now I'm not going to tell you where Carlisle is going to take you, but I do know that it's supposed to be casual. So lets see what we can do." She threw me a pair of skinny black jeans with a long sleeved purple top and a pair of black Louis Vuitton ankle boots that miraculously didn't have hardly any heel. I went into the bathroom and changed and when I came out Alice squealed so loud I was surprised she didn't bust my eardrums. "Oh my gosh Bella you look great!" I looked in the mirror and I had to admit I did look pretty good. Alice then curled my hair and let it cascade down my back in waves and then a light dusting of eyeshadow and mascara and a quick dab of lip gloss and Alice deemed me ready. I looked in the mirror again and my jaw dropped, I looked amazing. My makeup was subtle but also enhanced my looks and my hair had never looked this good. I turned around a gave Alice a giant hug. "Oh my gosh Alice I cant believe how amazing I look. How can I ever thank you?"

Alice smiled and said "all you can do is make Carlisle happy, oh and let me plan the wedding."

My smile kinda dropped when she mentioned a wedding. Did Carlisle really want a marriage from me? Did that mean he was going to change me? Because Edward was adamant on never changing me. Did I even want to get married? All of these thoughts were running through my head until Alice was snapping her fingers in front of my face. "Hello Bella" she said "come on Carlisle is waiting for you." I snapped out of my daze and thought right Carlisle and our date I will wonder about these questions later.

When I got downstairs I saw Carlisle waiting on me wearing a pair of dark blue jeans that hung low on his hips and a black zip up sweater over a black t-shirt. The outfit made him look more like the twenty-three years he was when he was changed. When he saw me his eyes lit up and a smile broke across his face. He held out his hand and kissed it "you look radiant my dear." I blushed and said "you don't look to bad yourself."

As we walked out Carlisle grabbed a picnic basket he must have packed while I was getting ready then he led me to his car. As we drove Carlisle never let go of my hand. "So Carlisle" I began "will you tell me where we are going?"

"Well I don't know if you know this but all of us in the family have a special place to us and I'm going to show you mine." Carlisle said.

"Oh wow you mean like Edward had his meadow?" After I said it I immediately regretted it as I saw the smile on Carlisle's face fall before he composed himself.

"So Edward showed you his meadow?" Carlisle asked.

"Yes he did shortly after we met." He was silent for a few minutes after this and I sat chewing on my bottom lip. Then I couldn't take it anymore. "Carlisle" I started "I'm sorry I even brought up Edward."

Carlisle pulled the car over next to a trail and turned and looked at me. "Bella" he said caressing my face "you have no reason to be sorry. It is I who am sorry. Its just it hurts me to remember that you were with Edward before me and I have waited over three hundred years for you and thinking of you with someone else even Edward hurts me and brings up many insecurities for me."

I held Carlisle's hand to my face and I turned and kissed his palm. "I understand Carlisle" I started. "But you must remember I chose you not him. I love you I want you. Now lets forget Edward and show me this amazing spot of yours."

Carlisle smiled and said "of course my Bella." He got out of the car and opened the door for me. "Ok Bella we are going to have to run so would you please hold the picnic basket?" I took the basket from him and scooped me up bridal style and began to run. As he ran with me I realized how different running with him and running with Edward was. When I ran with Edward I was on his back and was terrified that I was going to fall or Edward was going to hit a tree. But in Carlisle's arms I had never felt safer. I knew that Carlisle would never let me fall or let anything happen to me.

When we stopped running Carlisle put me on my feet and took the basket from me and I just stood there and looked on in amazement. Carlisle's special place was truly amazing. It was a meadow like Edward's but it was beside a clear blue lake that had a waterfall falling into it.(AN: If you need help visualizing it think about the lake and waterfall Bella and Edward went swimming in Breaking Dawn part 1). I turned to Carlisle to see that he had taken out a blanket from the basket and had laid it out. He stood there with his hands in his pockets looking shyly at me. "Do you like it?" He asked me.

"No" I said "I love it! It is so beautiful."

"Yes" he said smiling "it is beautiful , but it can not compare to beauty I see standing in front of me."

I blushed and walked up to him and stood on my tiptoes so I could reach his lips. He leaned down so I could press my lips to his. As his lips moved against mine I swear it felt like time stopped and we were the only two people in the world and all of our problems disappeared. When we finally pulled away (because unfortunately I had to breathe) both of us where breathing heavily and raggedly. Carlisle led me to the blanket and sat down and I sat in between his legs with my back against his chest. As we sat there I ate the sandwiches he had packed for me and we talked about everything and nothing. We sat there just enjoying being with each other. What had been hours to me seemed like minutes and then Carlisle was saying it was time to go so I could get home at a reasonable time. I reluctantly agreed. Carlisle ran us back to the car and we started back.

As we drove Carlisle turned the radio on a lowly started singing a song I recognized as Jesse McCartney's Because You Live.

Because you live and breathe

Because you make me believe in myself

When nobody else can help because you live girl

My world has twice as many stars in the sky.

Wow I thought to myself as Carlisle kept driving and singing while giving me small smiles he has a really amazing singing voice. I wondered if all the Cullen have great singing voices. They probably do considering they're vampires. Maybe we should go to a karaoke club sometime. Just when I decided to ask Carlisle about it my phone went off it was at text from Alice. Omg Bella that's a great idea I cant wait we are going to have so much fun!

"Who was that?" Carlisle asked.

"Alice" I replied "Looks like we are all going to a karaoke club soon."

A big smile broke out on Carlisle's face. "Excellent" he said.

AN2: Ok guys there it is chapter 9 chapter 10 will consist mostly of the karaoke bar. I hope u liked it please review!