20 years after Breaking Dawn

Chapter 2

He was about to say something but before he could speak I pushed past him and pulled him toward the beach. He followed me letting me lead the way and I knew without looking at him he was trying to figure out how to word what he was about to tell me. Then when we got to the water's edge I sat just above the tide and pulled him down next to me. As soon as we sat down he started to explain. He said "I am so sorry. I didn't mean for you to think that I was ignoring you, I was trying to surprise you" This completely caught me off guard. I really wasn't ready for him to say he was trying to surprise me and as soon as he saw how confused I was he pulled out some pictures and handed then to me. As I looked through the photos I started to cry and I knew what I had wrong; he was planning some trip for us. The pictures were beautiful but all I could think about was what I had thought and how bad I felt for thinking that because I always knew in my heart that I was wrong but I convinced myself I was right when I wasn't. When I started to notice everything else other then the pictures I noticed that Edward had pulled me toward him and I was crying into his shoulder. I could tell that he had no idea why I was crying so I stopped and when I looked up he asked me why I was crying. I really couldn't explain so I just let him read my mind and he understood, I had felt bad about having been wrong about everything and I had even left. I got up and pulled him up with me. He asked me where we were going and I told him to just follow me. I took him to the other end of the beach, through a small forest, and down a short path then we were in a little clearing. The clearing was surrounded on 3 sides with forest and the other over looked the ocean. The clouds were disappearing and I knew we wouldn't be here long; we had to get back to my mom's before the sun came back out, even though it was sunset but I thought that I would show it to him. He asked me how I knew about the place and I told him about how my mom had showed me this when we had come down so Edward could meet my mom. I could tell he was surprised I still remembered how to get here after about 20 years and the transformation into a vampire. I sat in the middle of the clearing and Edward sat right next to me. We just sat there looking out at the water for about 10 minutes then Edward laid down and pulled me down so my head was on his chest, and he said that he was going to surprise me with a vacation and that he thought I had started to figure it out so that was why he didn't talk to me because he wanted me to leave the office before I figured out the whole thing. Then before he could finish talking I lifted my head and kissed him. He asked what that is for I figured you would be mad. I laughed and said yes and I kissed you because I love you I always have and I feel bad now. He smiled and I kissed him again and this time he tried to keep me there but I pulled back because the sun was coming back out and there was still something that I had to ask him before we went back to my mom's house. So I sat up and he sat up with me, he asked me what was wrong. I told him "Nothing but there something I need to ask you" he nodded his head so that I would finish so I went on "My mom got a letter from Phoenix high school and I am invited to the reunion and I wanted to go but I really want you to come with me just in case. He smiled, laughed, and said he would go if it made me happy. Now the sun was almost out and we both noticed at the same time because we both stood up and we walked back to my mother’s. When we got back on the beach I could hear my mom calling me, I wondered how long she had been doing this but Edward beat me to asking him and he said it was about a half an hour. So as soon as I was sure we were close enough that I knew my mom could hear I shouted back to my mom that I was coming and Edward and I both heard her take a deep breath and settle down. The calmness disappeared when she saw me and Edward walking toward her my hand in Edwards. When we got to my mom I told my mom "Edward came about 45 minutes ago and he explained everything and it turns out that I had everything wrong."She calmed down again because I bet she thought he knocked on the door, kissed me, and I forgave him, while I was thinking this Edward looked at me and shook his head and said "Yes" and that was it I never got an explanation but what she doesn't know is with Edward he always gave me an explanation and a very long and never ending apology. So as I talked to my mom, Edward stayed quiet because he knew my mom wasn’t happy with him at all but she understood what I told her. We went inside then to continue talking then when it got dark we went and sat outside. When we went inside the second time it was about 11:30 and I could tell my mom was tired so I told her Edward and I would sleep in the living room so she wouldn't have to find sheets and everything for the extra room. She seemed content with this and she went up to bed, as soon as she was upstairs I laid down on the couch and started to read the book I had brought with me and Edward was on the chair next to me, I think that he was waiting for me to talk to him. Then around mid-night Edward came over to me and leaned over me and said "Will you please talk to me, I am going crazy just sitting there "he pointed. That made me laugh because now he knew how I had felt for the past month the funniest thing was I never even intended to do this. So I said "What do you want to talk about" He said "Anything, I just want you to talk to me" I laughed and said while still laughing "Ok, but I still don’t know what to talk about" He suggested I tell him what I did when he was "ignoring" me, he didn’t say that but that is how I’m going to put it. So I decided if I would see if he would believe whatever I said. I told him "Well I went into town for a week; I saw my dad and went shopping." He nodded as I said this "I also hung out with Jessica, Angelia, Eric and Mike. His head stopped all of the sudden as soon as he heard Mike’s name. As soon as I looked at his expression I started to have a laughing fit, he just looked at me and asked what was so funny I thought he sounded mad. I said "Why do you sound so mad" all though I already knew and then continued before he could answer "Relax I just saw Jessica and Angelia, Eric and Mike were out of town they each went to visit their cousins", Edward was very sensitive about me seeing Mike even more so since I have become a vampire because he drools over me more now than he did before. He did relax then asked me why I had told him that, why I had lied to him. I responded with the truth and said "I wanted to see if you would believe anything I said" He looked at me with a funny, kind of mad and confused, and maybe a little hurt expression on his face and said "Of course I would believe you love why shouldn't I you never lie you sometimes just don't tell me the whole truth." I acted offended and said I used to do that I don’t any more, I tell you everything and you know that. He laughed and said "Bella I love you but I can still tell when you are hiding something from me and I know you’re doing that now." I said ok I am still a little mad at you. Edward lifted my head and said "You have a right to be mad at me Love" he then kissed me. Then after about 5 minutes I pulled away and pulled him up on the couch next to me; he smiled and he laid in the back with me right in front of him. As soon as I had laid down he had pulled he against him and wrapped his arms around me. I snuggled up against him and put my arms over his, he put his head on my shoulder. I felt like no one could touch me there in his arms. I felt safer than being protected by everyone and everything. We laid like this for the rest of the night and every once in awhile we would talk about something randomly thought of or he would kiss me if he couldn't think of anything else to talk about. This continued till about 8:30 the next morning when my mom came down and what Charlie would have complained about my mom thought was sweet that we were lying tougher like this. It was raining again so Edward and I decided we were going to take a walk. I told my mom where we were going because I didn't want a repeat of last night then we left. We sat on the beach under an umbrella we had brought and he talked about anything and everything but mostly the conversation was always about the reunion and what we were going to do if it was sunny and the solution was the simplest and well commonsense; that we don’t leave the house. Then in about 3 hours we went back to my mom’s to pack and leave. My mom was sad to see me leave so I told her I would come visit soon and stay a little longer and maybe bring down Nessie. When we got off the plane in Phoenix thankfully it was raining and it was supposed to be cloudy the whole weekend. As soon as we were unpacked I went shopping and to my surprise Edward came with me, probley because he still felt bad and didn't want to leave my side and to my surprise as well as Edward's I only spent 30 minutes shopping; this is the fastest that I had finished shopping in about 19 years. As soon as we were back at the house I remembered what my mom had told me; that I should go through my closet and when I went through it I found a dress that I never wore and I decided that I would wear that. We went to the reunion and we both had a good time. My old friends and I had so much fun tougher we decided we would spend the following night tougher shopping. When I told Edward he was happy I was spending more time being more "human" even though I was NOT human and spending time with my friends. When we got home that night we talked and Edward was telling me more about the island he had showed me pictures of but I could tell that he had a surprise he wasn’t telling me about so I said "So what is the surprise you are trying to keep from me?" His response was "You know you see more then you are supposed to when you look in my eyes," I smiled and laughed and said "I have to be good at it if you can read my mind why shouldn't I be able to read yours, although trying to figure out your thoughts takes more concentration then letting you read mine." Now we were both laughing and we somehow ended up kissing for hours. It was so bad that we couldn't even remember what we were talking about for a minute or two. We also realized it was night again so I went to get ready to go out with my friends. I wore a pair of skinny jeans, a pair of high heeled boots, and a strapless dress-like top also so Edward wouldn’t get mad I put a light jacket on. As I left Edward caught me by the waist and kissed me, he said goodbye, and he opened the door for me. I said bye and went to my friends waiting in the car. We shopped for hours. When we pulled up to the house I could hear Edward watching a movie so I decided I would go around back, through my bedroom window and then I would go downstairs that way. But my plan didn't work very well because he was listening for me and he heard me open the window and ran upstairs. He asked how my night was and why I came in through the window. After I answered all his questions I went to call Nessie to see how she was because I hadn't talked to her in about 3 weeks. Edward was right behind me the whole time listening for something it seemed and he was trying to ashore me that she was ok and that I didn't need to call her but I was pretty much blocking him out and I couldn't figure out why he was trying to talk me out of this I thought he had figured out that he can't talk me out of most things anymore. I think that he still thinks he can still do that by kissing me like he could when I was human and my first couple of years as a vampire. Also I don't know why and it's not that I mind it but he has been kissing me a lot lately, he still felt bad and I was kind of getting tired of his apologies. When I got off the phone Edward wasn't behind me and it kind of freaked me out because he was just right there, but I knew he was playing a trick on me and sure enough when I walked into the living room he was there and he looked up, smiled and said "Miss Me" and it was a little sarcastic. I laughed went over and sat next to him then he pulled me onto his lap, somehow he was still stronger them me, and kissed me again but this time really long. When he was done kissing me I asked him what was wrong and he acted conflicted so I decided that I would have to make him a little mad at me to get him to tell me so I sais "What you don't trust me enough to tell me what is going on."It felt really bad to say this because I knew and would bet everything that it wasn't true, and that he trusted me with all his heart. I was right it did make him mad but it worked the way I wanted it to. He said "First nothing is wrong and second the good news is that Nessie's school called and told me that she was graduating at the end of the month." I was extremely happy and I was even more extremely sorry about saying what I said to him to get him to tell me. The last thing he saw in my face and he started to laugh so I got up and walked up to my room and since we were still at my mom's house Edward had no idea where I was so he had to check all the rooms. As soon as he found me, which didn't take long he asked me what was wrong and why I walked away from him. I told him he said sorry and then I remembered what I wanted to ask him in the first place. I asked him if he wanted to go out with me and my friends. He asked where we were going and I told him to a dance club/bar. We went and we all had a good time. And that was the end of that night for the couples. The next day we left to go pick up Nessie and to go see my friends that lived in Paris and attend their wedding and talk with Aro for some reason. As we got off the plane in Paris it was raining and I was really surprised because I was almost positive that it would be sunny and we would have to figure something out but this saves us a lot of trouble and possibly being exposed so that was good. As we drove to my friends house I could tell Edward was worried about something so I asked him and he smiled. He said to me that he wants to know how I can read his face so easily. He asks this a lot because it still takes him awhile to figure out my thoughts by looking at my expressions so I laughed and shock my head and said "That is my way to figure out what you are thinking and you don't need another" but I could tell by his expression that he disagreed but he said nothing. We road in silence for the rest of the way and I knew he was still thinking of ways to get the secret of how I figure him out so easily out of me. I will probably end up telling him how I do it sooner or later and he would be happy he had another way to figure out what I am thinking all the time. We got to the church and we were there for two hours and then I told my friends that I had to go and they all said good bye. So on the way to Italy I asked Edward to stop being sorry and he agreed to make me happy but I could tell it would come up again. As we arrived at Nessie's school I was really happy I hadn't seen her in over a year and I wanted to so bad I missed my Nessie. We walked in and signed in then we went to see Nessie in her room and she was happy when she saw us and ran to hug us. The next hour she graduated and then we went to see Aro because he wanted to talk with us. As we walked in to the throne room Aro welcomed us and I put my shield around Nessie just in case. So Aro started to talk and I knew right away what he wanted and he didn't stall he just came right out with it. He asked Edward to fight with them against a conflict in South America and in return he would leave our family alone in the since of any of us joining him. Edward seemed conflicted so he told Aro that he would think about and tell him tomorrow so Aro gave him a number to call and allowed us to leave.