A/N: Stephenie Meyer is the ruler of all! Wanna know why? Cause she owns Bella and Edward! Oh how I wish I was her!

Happy Valentine's Day to all of our lovely readers! As Shannon said on Wednesday in our Facebook group (Edward and Bella's Place), we had a little gift for you. Well here it is. A second chapter for you!

So they admitted their feelings! Who is happy about that? Now they have to endure a separation, but you know the saying…. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." Let's see if it's true for these two!

Chapter 6 – BPOV

The only thing that would have made the last semester of junior year any better, would have been to have Edward by my side. Once I got his email telling me exactly how he truly felt about me, I was lost to him. He owned my heart and I couldn't wait for him to come back to Seattle, to me.

His email made my heart soar and I couldn't answer him fast enough. I would have preferred to tell him in person so that I could kiss him as I told him that I felt exactly the same way, but an email would have to do.

From: Isabella Swan

Sent: Wednesday January 16, 2013 6:02pm

To: Edward Cullen

Subject: Words fail me…

EDWARD!

Okay so words are hard to come by right now, I don't even know how to say this without tears in my eyes… I love you too. So much. So you need to come back to Seattle NOW, so that I can show you just how much! You need to prove to me just how "easy" you really are. Cause that is something I need to know.

When did I start having these feelings for you? Probably when we first met. You've always been the sweetest guy I have ever met. Even as just my friend, you took my feelings into consideration for everything! You don't know how much I truly appreciate that. But when did I realize what I was feeling for you was love? Honestly, I started to think about my feelings during Spring Break of our sophomore year. I KNEW that it was love during our time apart just before you left. I was going to tell you the night you told me you were leaving, but after you dropped that bomb, I kept it to myself. I know you needed to do this, and I am proud of you for knowing what you needed to do.

You are IT for me too Edward. You own my heart, it's with you there in Chicago, so take care of it! When you said you want everything with me, my heart started to race and my mind started creating pictures of everything you mentioned, our wedding, our babies, and even what our house will look like with our family surrounding us and a giant Christmas tree!

The date you came up with sounds perfect. Even before I knew I was in love with you, snuggling on my couch with you was one of my favorite things to do. EVER. So yeah, that night you described sounds about perfect. So hurry your ass up and come back to me so we can do that!

I want you to know right now, your size has never been a factor in how I feel about you. I could care less what size you are; you are Edward and that is all that matters. I love you just the way you are. I will spend every day for the rest of my life showing you that I love you. You are perfect for me!

Before I end this email, I know you are going crazy wondering about my 'long story'. Well, it started in the coffee shop after you ran out. I flipped out on Mike for that stunt he and Tyler pulled. I ended up slapping him across the face, really hard too. He has a nice handprint and a bruised cheek thanks to that slap. I didn't stick around after that, I took off to look for you.

The next time I saw Mike was the night after you came to tell me you were leaving for Chicago. I had ordered some take out and walked down the block to pick it up. He and Jessica were there and I lost it on him, I threw a few insults at the both of them and then Mike threatened to make my life at school a living hell. I threw back at him that my Dad has lots of friends on the police force, so he could try whatever he wanted. Then he decided to grab my arm and call me a foul name, so I punched him in the face. I'm pretty sure I broke his nose. But I haven't seen him since so I can't be sure. Other than a couple of bruises on my knuckles, I'm fine. You know my Dad taught me how to defend myself. So that's my long story… You mad at me?

Please come back to me soon.

All my heart and love belong to you.

Yours Always,

Bella.

After that email our relationship grew so quickly. We sent emails or several texts every day and talked on the phone at least once a week. Trying to celebrate our first Valentine's as a couple that were living across the country from each other was hard. But I came up with a gift that would knock him on his ass.

About a week before the big day, Angie came to spend the weekend with me and I told her my suggestion. After her dancing around my apartment singing "I told you so" she laughed at my idea and told me it was perfect and that he would probably have a 'big' problem every time he looked at it.

Saturday morning we walked into the photography studio that I found online and I looked around at the pictures hanging all over the walls. I had booked a Boudoir photo shoot and I was extremely nervous. There was a beautiful blonde woman sitting at a computer doing some edits to a picture up on the screen. She glanced up when we walked in and gave us a welcoming smile.

"Welcome to Seattle Boudoir, I'm Tanya. One of you lovely ladies must be Isabella?"

I shyly nodded. "I am."

"Well come on in and have a seat. We can discuss what you'd like to have us do for you."

I introduced Ang and explained that she was there for moral support and then I told Tanya exactly what I was looking to do. After a small makeover from Tanya's team, Kate and Irina, and a change into the beautiful blue lingerie set I had bought, Tanya went nuts snapping pictures.

After about 15 minutes of flashes, Tanya stopped and asked me to change into the second lingerie set I had brought with me, and then Irina and Kate changed my makeup, making it a bit more dramatic to match the reds of the new outfit. When I came back into the studio from the changing area the bed had been changed from white satin to black.

"So I want this set of photos to be completely seductive. Who are you having these taken for?" Tanya asked as she was prepping her camera.

"Um, my boyfriend Edward. He is living in Chicago right now, so I wanted to give him something so that he doesn't forget about me."

She smiled at me. "Well then, when I am taking these pictures, you need to get him in your mind, think about what you would want to be doing with him if he was here with you instead of me."

I gulped and nodded, the images quickly assaulted me and I almost moaned out loud. As Tanya started taking the pictures I let my mind wander. What I had going through my mind must have been obvious cause Tanya actually giggled a few times. She took her last few shots from the top of a short ladder so that it would look like the photographer was hovering over me.

"Oh Bella, he is going to love these, I can see how much you want him in your eyes. He is going to go nuts."

I let Ang pick the one I would be sending to Edward for Valentines. She picked one from the first set of photos.

"You don't want to kill the boy dead, do you?" She asked and I laughed.

"No, I need him to come home to me. I think I might save my favorite from the second set for his birthday."

Ang thought that was a good idea.

I sent the first picture along with half a dozen Buy the Bean blueberry muffins by FedEx so that they would arrive the morning of Valentine's Day. I cried like a baby when I got home from class that afternoon to find my gift from Edward. Over the phone that night, he couldn't even get a coherent word out to express how much he enjoyed the picture I sent him.

~~WFM~~

The day before Spring break was set to start, I got an email from Edward telling me that he wouldn't be able to come visit like he had hoped. He was offered an internship that he couldn't pass up. I was a little sad, but happy for him. The rest of that email set me a little on fire.

From: Isabella Swan

Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:16pm

To: Edward Cullen

Subject: A little hot in here.

Hi baby,

I am soooo excited for you. That job is going to look amazing on your resume. I will admit that I am disappointed that you aren't able to come home, but I completely understand. I wish I could come to you, but with the short notice, I wouldn't be able to get the time off. We just have to make sure to add in a couple of extra phone calls during our time off classes.

So will you tell me how much happiness that picture has brought you? I want Every, Single, HUGE detail about what kind of happiness it brought you. And you don't have to worry about anyone coming and sweeping me off my feet. There is only one man who has even a remote possibility of that happening, and he is a couple thousand miles away from me right now.

What am I wearing? Hmm, you know those shorts I have, the ones I got from the school bookstore with Huskies written across the ass… the ones that fit perfectly when I bought them but then shrunk A LOT after I accidently washed them in hot water? So I can only wear them around the house cause a little bit of my butt cheeks hang out a little? Yeah, I've got those on, with my white threadbare tank top. (Can you tell it's laundry day?) ;-) So that's what I'm wearing.

You can woo me any time you want! What do I like about you physically? Do I have to pick just one thing? Well, I can't so here is what I like. I love your eyes. They are so green and expressive. They show your feelings even when the rest of you is hiding them. Then there is your smile. The first time you ever smiled at me, my heart kinda stopped for a second. You have an amazing smile. And your lips. Oh god, Edward, your lips. I spent so much time wondering what they would feel like pressed against my own, or pressed against my neck, pressed against….. K… it's getting a bit warm in my apartment. Sooo, moving on. I love your broad shoulders, and how it feels when my head is leaning on either of them. I love how tall you are, being beside you makes me feel so small, but protected at the same time. There is another part of you that I am pretty sure I will like too… I've never actually seen it, but I have felt it on occasion and it feels… big and um… thick. Yeah, it's definitely getting warm in here.

Don't worry, I won't ever cut my hair. I can't wait to feel your fingers running through it. And, if you do what you said you want to do… Fuck Edward. Come home please. I want to feel your lips on my back, I want to feel your hands in my hair as you tug me closer to you. I just want to feel you.

You need a long shower? I think I might need to pull out the toy Angie made me buy after I had my pictures taken for you last month…. So, you go enjoy your shower and make sure to think of me in there with you.

I miss you….

I love you….

Always,

Your Bell

PS. Pass on my number to Alice. We can make plans to go to lunch or shopping. I miss her and your parents too.

~~~WFM~~~

Two days after Spring Break started, I got a call from Alice. Against her parent's wishes she had taken a year off school to 'find herself' and to figure out what she wanted to do with her life. She had decided on a degree in marketing so that she could go into advertising and had gotten accepted into UDub for the fall. We made arrangements to meet the next day and go for lunch and then shopping.

During lunch Alice told me about her new boyfriend, Jasper. She was scared to introduce him to her parents cause he was a bit older than her. He had graduated from college 2 years before and was working as a History teacher at a local high school.

"So how old exactly is he?" I asked as we were wandering around the mall.

"Um, almost 26." She said as a blush spread across her face.

"And how did you meet him?"

"Through a friend from work, Charlotte. His best friend is Charlotte's boyfriend Peter. Char's birthday was in December and she invited me to the party Peter was having at his place. Jasper was there, and we've been together ever since."

"And you haven't told your parents anything about him? Or even Edward?"

She shook her head, with a little bit of sadness in her eyes. "I've met his parents and even his grandparents, but I am terrified to even tell my parents about him. I mean 6 years isn't really that big of a difference. But all my parents are going to see is that I am still technically a teenager, even though I am going to be 20 in less than 6 months and that he is in his mid-twenties."

"Does he treat you well? Doesn't pressure you into anything?" I asked, cause yes, it wasn't a huge age difference, but with her being so young, it was enough to worry.

"He treats me wonderfully. We haven't even gone beyond making out. He knows I'm not a virgin, but he told me right from the start, he will wait until I'm ready to take that step. The only thing he has pressured me about is wanting to meet Mom and Dad."

"Well maybe you should tell them about him, especially his age. Tell them how long you've been together and go from there."

Our talk helped her a lot. Within a few days she had told her parents and the next weekend she begged me to be with them when she introduced him to Carlisle and Esme. I was happy to be there for her and it gave me a chance to see Edward's parents again.

The next couple of months flew by fast. Before I knew it, it was the end of my junior year and summer was upon us again. I had a few weeks off of everything before I started my full time summer job. I knew Edward was still working as an intern at the publishing house and wouldn't be able to come see me, and thanks to my parents I wasn't able to go out to Chicago to see him either.

I wrote a long-winded email complaining to him about it.

From: Isabella Swan

Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 4:47pm

To: Edward Cullen

Subject: Missing you like crazy

My Edward,

I can't believe that junior year is done. I wrote my last exam this afternoon and now I have almost 3 weeks off before I start my full time gig at the School Bookstore. I really wanted to come see you, but as you know from my many texts and my tear filled phone calls that I have to go with my parents to Scottsdale to see Grandma Swan. I love my Gran Marie… I really do, but I haven't seen you since January. When Mom told me that she and Dad had booked my NONREFUNDABLE ticket so that I could fly out with them, I almost lost it. Mom didn't understand why I was so upset. 'Bella honey, we go to Arizona every summer to see Marie. Why would this year be any different?' I started to cry like a baby. Mom was shocked. But when I was finally able to tell her why I was so upset, she kicked herself and apologized for not asking first. She didn't realize that things between us had gotten serious.

Oh and just so you know…. Mom is ECSTATIC that you're my boyfriend. I won't go into the disgusting details of the conversation she tried to have with me after she found out. Let's just say that she is hoping for pretty grandbabies.

I saw Alice and Jasper over the weekend. She wanted to get me out of my apartment for at least a dinner before my head exploded from all the studying I've been doing. I know you aren't a big fan of him yet, but just wait till you see them together. He calms her over exuberance and she brightens him up. They really are perfect for each other… just like another couple I know. ;-)

Speaking of couples who are perfect for each other… You MAY have a birthday present coming your way. I will be sending it with Alice when she and your parents come out next week. It MAY just be another picture from a certain photo shoot I had done in February… What do you think about that baby? I won't give anything away; let's just say that instead of blue… it's red.

Do you still have the picture from Valentines on your nightstand? I still have the outfit I wore… Maybe I will wear it for you when you come home. Would that be something you would like to see Edward? Or would you like to see it on my bedroom floor after you've taken it off?

I had a dream last night that you came home for the summer and when you showed up at my apartment I met you at the door in that blue corset, some teeny tiny matching panties, sheer stockings and a garter. You removed each piece slower than I would have liked and ran your fingers softly over every part of my body; your lips followed your fingers. I woke up this morning a panting mess, and I swore I could still smell your cologne and feel your fingers inside me as you made me come! Fuck, I'm hot again.

So baby, my question is, would you want to make that dream a reality? Cause I sure as hell do!

Do you know when we will see each other again? From the way our schedules seem to be going, it's almost like I won't see you again until we are both done with school for good! If that is the case, I just want you to know that I am waiting for you. I know you're worried about some imaginary guy coming in to sweep me off my feet, but it's not going to happen until my green-eyed prince comes back to me.

I love you more than you could ever imagine and this time apart just makes me realize that once we are back together, I never want to be apart from you again.

Yours always,

Bella

A/N: So even with the distance their love (and the heat) grows. And yes… Edward is keeping his weight loss from her. He doesn't want her to think that he is doing it for her. Which in a way he is, but he knows he needs to be healthy.