**I bow down to Stephenie Meyer… She created Edward, how could you not want to bow down to her? That being said, We don't own Twilight – she does. You bowing yet?**

A/N: So Edward has reached his weight goal! I don't think I have ever been this proud of one of our characters as I am right now!

Chapter 10 – BPOV

From: Isabella Swan

Sent: Tuesday March 25, 2014 7:22pm

To: Edward Cullen

Subject: Miss you

Hi baby,

We just got back on the ship after spending the day wandering around a market in Cabo San Lucas and then enjoying the sun and sand on the beach for a few hours. Even though I was angry with my parents for booking this trip without talking to me about it again, I can't deny that so far it has been a wonderful experience. The only thing I haven't liked is that I have to share a stateroom with the buzz saw I call Dad. I think in the last two nights, I've slept maybe eight hours total thanks to his noise. Mom gave me a pair of ear plugs to use the rest of week, so hopefully that helps!

I wish you were here with me. We could have laid out on that beach together, you could have rubbed suntan lotion on my back and my legs. I wore a blue bikini. Mom took a ton of pictures and I've attached some. You will probably like a couple of them. You can tell I had been in the sun most of the day, I had a bit of a pink tint to my skin, and the little blue bikini shows that pretty well. ;)

Did Alice and Jasper arrive safe? How is the visit going so far? Do you want to kill your little sister yet? LOL DON'T tell her I asked that. I love her, I truly do, but you really have to have a lot of coffee to be able to handle her!

Sorry this email isn't longer, but internet usage is expensive on this boat! I will try to email you one more time this week, and if not, I will call you when we get back to Seattle on Sunday afternoon!

I am counting down till I see you again. Two months baby!

I love you so much!

Always, Your Bella.

The rest of the cruise my parents had taken me on was beautiful. As usual the only thing that was missing was Edward by my side. I was insanely jealous that Alice and Jasper were able to spend an entire week with him, while I was with my parents.

The cruise my parents had taken me on was a week long and had departed from Los Angeles. They had wanted to surprise me with the trip by showing up at my place and taking me to the airport. But Mom happened to call when I was trying to find decent flights online to surprise Edward for spring break.

I remember that conversation very well.

I was scrolling through several different airline sites trying to find an affordable flight between Seattle and Chicago when my phone started buzzing on my desk I glanced down and almost didn't answer when I saw it was my mom calling. But I hadn't talked to her in a few days, so I sighed and answered.

"Hi Mom."

"Hi sweetie. How's things?" She asked in her usual happy squeal.

"Good, just working on the computer." I said as I typed another airline into the search box.

"Anything interesting?"

"Yeah actually. Just trying to find a decent flight to Chicago for spring break. Alice and Jasper are going and I really want to see Edward, so I thought I would tag along."

I heard Mom gasp and then under her breath it sounded like "We did it again."

"Mom, what's wrong? What did you do again?"

"Oh Bella, I'm so sorry. You're Dad and I thought we would surprise you with a nice trip for your spring break. The three of us are going on a Mexican cruise. We fly out of Seattle on March 22nd and our cruise leaves L.A. on the 23rd."

I immediately felt the tears spring to my eyes. "Mom, why didn't you or Dad ask me what I wanted to do? Don't you remember the last time you booked a trip without involving me in the decision?" I began playing with the charms on the bracelet Edward had sent me for Christmas, something I had started to do when I was bored or upset about something. It was one physical connection I had to Edward, and since I couldn't physically have him there with me to help ease what ever was going on, I fiddled with the bracelet.

"I am so sorry baby girl. Dad and I were toying with the idea of going on this cruise, just the two of us. But then we realized that it was the same week as your spring break, we decided that we would pay for you to come as well for an early graduation gift. I am so sorry. Please don't be upset." She pleaded.

I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down enough so that I didn't freak out on her. "Mom, I appreciate it, I really do. I'm just depressed. Since he moved to Chicago, we've only talked on the phone, sent texts or emails. Because of the time difference and both of our schedules, we haven't even had a chance to Skype. I just want to see him. I miss him so much." By time I was done pouring my heart out I was in tears.

"Oh honey, I am so sorry. Please don't cry. Is he moving back when he graduates?"

"He is, he actually graduates in May. He will be back here May 24th."

"Well, that's not too far off." She said trying to make me feel better.

"No, it's not. And I was toying with the idea of asking him to move in with me."

I heard mom take a big breath in. "Move in with you? Like live in your apartment together?"

I couldn't tell if she was shocked in a good way or a bad way. Then I heard her sniffle.

"Mom?"

"Oh my baby is growing up!" She said between sniffles. "Oh I'm so happy for you! When are you going to ask him? OH you were going to ask him when you went to visit weren't you?"

I sighed. "I was thinking about it. I was going to talk to Alice first. She obviously knows her family better than I do. I don't want to ask him unless they would approve."

"Oh honey, Carlisle and Esme love you like you're one of their own. Ask him. Maybe when he moves back, he can just move in with you."

We finished up the phone call with me getting all the information I would need for the trip and then I emailed Edward to let him know what had happened. I would have called, but it was already after 8 in Seattle, so he was most likely in bed. His reply showed his disappointment, but understanding at the same time.

~~WFM~~

As expected, Edward LOVED the pictures I sent him from the cruise. Especially the ones of me on the beach in the blue swimsuit!

I didn't get to see Alice for a few days after I got back. But the Wednesday after classes started back up she invited herself over. I was in the middle of my first paper of the term when she started buzzing my apartment. By the time I made it to the door to let her in, she had buzzed at least twenty times!

When she started tapping like a little wood pecker, I rolled my eyes.

"Holy hell Alice. What the fuck?" I asked as I opened the door.

"Bella, I need to show you the pictures I took in Chicago!" Alice squealed as she walked into my apartment. Once she mentioned pictures, I was excited too, I wanted to see if she had taken any of Edward. The crappy mismatched schedules were still there, and we hadn't had a chance to Skype at all and I really wanted to see a recent picture of him.

She pulled her laptop from her bright pink bag and set it on my kitchen table. Once she had it running she popped in a memory card and started going through the pictures. I was disappointed, not a single picture of Edward. Although, one shot caught my attention. It looked like she was trying to take a picture of the large Ferris wheel at Navy Pier but right in the center of the shot was a really hot guy showing off his abs as he pulled a sweater over his head.

I snorted a laugh. "Alice, we're you trying to take a picture of the Ferris wheel or the hot guy. I mean holy abs, and that chest! Wow. But c'mon, you caught that, but couldn't get me a single shot of Edward?"

She looked over at me with a grin as she tried not to laugh at my outburst. Then she completely ignored my question as she asked, "So you think that guy's hot huh?"

"Well yeah, but I would have loved to see a picture of Edward rather than that guy."

Alice looked like she wanted to say something, but chose to laugh instead. I just shook my head at my friend and finished scrolling through her pictures. They were great pictures and I was a bit sad that I didn't get to be there while she took them. I decided to think about happier things. Like the fact that it was less than two months till Edward was moving back to Seattle. I also remembered that I wanted to talk to Alice about asking Edward to move in with me.

"So how was your trip to Chicago?"

"Oh Bella it was fantastic. The change in Edward is amazing. He really loves you." She said with a huge grin on her face.

"I love him too Alice. I just wish we hadn't wasted so much time before he felt that he needed to get away from certain people and situations."

"I know Bella, but he will be back home soon and you can move on with your lives together."

I smiled and nodded my head. "I can't wait. I miss him so much. I wanted to talk to you about something."

She looked at me with a question in her eyes.

"Um, well, I've been toying with the idea of asking Edward to move in with me." I didn't even get my next thought formed before she was squealing and wrapping me a hug.

"Yes! You should so do that! I think it is a fantastic idea. You know you two are perfect for each other, and even though you haven't been together as a couple for very long, but you've known each other almost 4 years." She started babbling, talking about making my apartment a bit manlier so that Edward would feel comfortable. I just shook my head and let her talk.

When she finally ran out of wind she smiled at me and squealed again. "So when are you going to ask him?"

"Well, we never seem to be able to mesh schedules enough to Skype, and the last few weeks, and thanks to work picking up for him and his finals just around the corner, it has even been hard to get on the phone at the same time. So I think, once I actually get the courage to ask him, that I will do it through email. I mean it has worked for us, and I need to do it before he comes home." I rambled out.

"Bella, breath!" Alice almost shouted. I gave her a glare and she just gave me a cheeky grin.

"Whenever you're ready. He isn't moving back for almost 2 months. You have time. It's not like he is lining up an apartment to move into, if you don't ask him, he will just go back to Mom and Dad's until he figures out what he wants to do. So don't rush."

I smiled at her. "When did you get so smart?"

She laughed and shrugged. "Maybe Jasper's brains are rubbing off on me or something."

We spent the next half hour talking about her trip and how much Edward talked about me. "He was almost as bad as you are!" She said with a smile.

It took me quite a while to gather the courage to ask him to move in with me. But I did, less than a month before he was due back home. It was the day he was graduating. I knew he wouldn't be back for two more weeks, but I knew if I didn't do it, I probably never would.

From: Isabella Swan

Sent: Saturday May 10, 2014 11:42am

To: Edward Cullen

Subject: Happy Graduation

Hi my sweet man!

When you get this you will officially be a college graduate! I can't express how happy and proud of you I am. The last 4 years have been a long hard road, but you've made it, and I know for a fact that you are stronger than you were when you started! I love you so much and I can't wait to see you in two weeks!

OMG You will be back here in TWO WEEKS! That means in two weeks I will be in your arms. You will be in my BED! I cannot wait. I honestly feel like every conversation, every email, every text has been one huge bout of foreplay! You'd better watch out baby, you won't know what hit you when you walk off that plane!

Do I get to pick you up at the airport? Your parents won't mind will they? I know they are in Chicago right now watching you graduate, so I hope that I can pick you up without stepping on any toes!

So, I have been building up my courage to ask you a very important question. Alice has been pestering me to ask you since the week after spring break, and I wanted to ask you right then, but the courage wouldn't come. You know that I still have issues with believing that you truly love me, and that you want to be with me. So I am just going to come out and ask.

Baby, when you move back to Seattle, would you want to move in with me? You know I have plenty of space. The only thing we might need to replace is the bed; my little single would never hold the two of us. Plus with your height, a king might be a better choice; I think your feet might hang over the end of a queen. We can change anything else you would like to. Alice suggested a bunch of things, but I told her you could pick – that is if you say yes. You can say no. I won't be upset if you say no. I'll understand.

Okay, I am so done rambling now. But think about my question. I would love for you to be here with me always.

I still can't believe that you are going to be home in two weeks!

I am going to end this here. I know you are going to be with your parents for most of the weekend, so I don't want to keep you from them for too long.

I love you so so so much, I can't wait to be in your arms again.

Always- Your Bella

Edward replied to my email with a resounding yes! We were going to live together! Esme was so excited for us, that the moment she landed back in Seattle after Edward's graduation she called to ask me to meet her and Alice for coffee. So a week before Edward was due home, I was sitting in Buy the Bean waiting for Alice and Esme. I was early, so I ordered myself a tea and took a seat near the window. I cringed when I saw Mike Newton and Tyler Crowley walk in. Thank god they didn't notice me.

I heard Mike from across the room as he stared bragging about some trip to New York City that his parents had given him as an early graduation gift and how he was going to miss a few days of class so he could take in the Big Apple. I just rolled my eyes as he went on and on about hoping to bang a New Yorker. All I could think was 'what a douche'!

Alice and Esme arrived soon after and we settled in for an afternoon of bonding. Esme was so excited for us and told me that she had spoken to my mother and they wanted to throw us a small party after my graduation; which was three weeks after Edward was due home. I agreed, but only if Alice didn't take over and invite everyone she knew. Alice rolled her eyes, but conceded.

The last week before Edward was due home seemed to go on forever. I cleaned the apartment every day, so that it would be perfect for him. Dad came to Seattle for an afternoon with a truck so that we could pick up the new bed Edward and I had picked out online. I spent the entire day before he was due to arrive home in the library. I wanted to get as much work done that I could, so that I could take a few days off of studying and concentrate on really reconnecting with Edward. I stumbled into the apartment around midnight, not even checking my email before I passed out on the couch. I woke up the next morning with just enough time to shower and run to the airport. My man was coming home!

A/N: Eek! He's coming home!