The Twilight Twenty-Five
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Prompt: 21
Pen Name: Glitterb1234
Pairing/Character(s): Bella+Edward
Rating: T
Word Count: 464
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The blue water shimmered in the sunlight streaming down on me where I stood on the wooden deck that surrounded the pool. It was perfectly calm and perfectly peaceful, and I reflected again on how glad I was that Edward had chosen to surprise me with a trip to a private Tuscan villa for our honeymoon.
Across the other side of the pool, my new husband stepped through the French windows that opened off the kitchen, deliciously shirtless and wearing his swimming trunks. He spotted me and grinned, then set down his towel and dived into the water with a small, neat splash. I watched his lithe body slide smoothly through the water towards me, then stepped back to avoid the spray as he broke the surface and flipped his hair back off of his face.
"Care to join me Mrs Cullen?" he said, and my heart melted a little as he smiled cheekily up at me, his muscled arms folded on the decking at the edge of the pool and water still clinging to his skin.
Any other day, I would have jumped right in. Today, however, I was in the mood to tease, so I just smiled at him and shook my head, moving backwards towards the sun loungers. "No thanks, I think I'll just lie in the sun for a while."
He let me get as far as the lounger before he came after me. He hauled himself out of the water, and I was momentarily distracted by the way the fabric now clung to his muscular form. That distraction was all he needed to cross the width of the deck and completely catch me by surprise as he hooked one arm behind my knees and scooped me up into his arms.
"Edward!" I squealed, flinging my arms around his neck and clinging to him, even as my legs kicked and I squirmed to get loose.
He ignored me, crossing back to the pool and stretching out his arms until I was forced to let go, then dumping me unceremoniously into the water. I screamed as I sailed through the air, remembering at the last second to hold my breathe and close my eyes as I plunged into the pool. I came up spluttering, trying desperately to flip my hair out of my face as his laugh echoed around me.
Edward jumped back into the water, cannonballing this time so I was drenched again by the splash, and caught me around the waist as I tried to get away. I tried to be angry too, but he kissed me on the lips and I couldn't even try to pretend, kissing him back enthusiastically.
It's hard to be mad at the person who makes you happier than anything else in the world.