x o x o

"Ok, well this Sunday, be ready at 7. I'll come pick you up."

I couldn't stop thinking about Edward's words for the rest of the night. After saying them, Alice had mysteriously arrived right on time and they both left together in his Volvo. It was only Wednesday, and I don't think I could wait for Sunday to come. It was so far away from now. What did he want to show me?

Parts of the rest of the week crept by, while others sped by in chunks. I couldn't stop wondering what he wanted to show me. I know that he could tell how anxious and curious I was, because sometimes when I would look at him he would have a small smirk on his face. It was driving me crazy!

On Saturday night, I couldn't help but excusing myself and going to bed early. I was so excited for the next day. I was laying in bed for nearly an hour before I finally fell asleep.

x o x o

Edward stood in front of me, shielding me from something I couldn't see. I could feel a solid rock wall behind me. He was crouched in a defensive position. I peeked around his shoulder and saw a dark figure in the forest. Snow was falling all around us, and freezing cold air was whipping through the clearing. A menacing growl ripped from his throat. As he crouched lower, I shrunk farther against the wall.

Suddenly, I woke up and glanced over at my alarm clock. It was still really early. I leaned back against the pillow and closed my eyes. I was thinking about the dream. What did it mean? Who had Edward been protecting me from? Oh well, It didn't matter, I had more important things happening today.

I decided that there was absolutely no way I was going to be able to go back to sleep now so I got up and started getting ready for the day. Uncle Phil had already left for work, so there was nobody to ask me why I was up so early on a weekend. I had absolutely no idea where we were going today so I dressed casually in jeans, t-shirt and a sweater. It was nearly 7 as I swallowed a bowl of cereal. I couldn't help but to keep glancing out the windows, anxious for his arrival. The day was cloudy, and seemed like it was going to rain. I wasn't surprised.

I leaned down to put my dishes in the dishwasher, and after only a couple seconds when I straightened up again, a silver Volvo had pulled into the driveway and Edward had just closed the driver-side door. He never ceased to amaze me.

The doorbell rang. I rushed to the door and pulled it open. He stood on the doorstep more beautiful than Adonis himself. I felt like the luckiest girl in the world to be spending the day with him.

"Hey, Bella." He flashed his dazzling smile at me. Just like always, I couldn't help but smile in return.

"So where are we off to today?" I grabbed my cell phone from the counter and joined him outside, locking the door behind me.

"You'll see." He spoke mysteriously as he pulled open the passenger door of his car for me and went around to the other side. When we were both in the car, he started the engine and pulled out of the driveway and made his way through town.

"Where did you tell your uncle you were going today?" The question seemed to come out of nowhere.

"Umm…" The truth was, I hadn't told him what I was going to do. Sure, I had told him that I was going out with friends, but I hadn't specified on which friends exactly. "I didn't tell him really where I was going, because I didn't even know." I hoped that was a good enough answer for him.

He sighed and spoke calmly. "Bella… You should have told someone you were coming with me."

I had absolutely no idea what he meant by this and just stayed quiet, looking down at my hands.

I could feel a yawn coming over me and tried stifling it without much success.

"You're tired." He pointed out obviously. "Didn't you sleep well?" The question was innocent enough but he sounded like he knew something that he was keeping from me. I had no idea how I could pick this out of his words, but I could.

"I just had a strange dream that I was trying to figure out. It kept me up last night. Don't worry about it, I'm really not that tired."

"A dream about…?" I could feel the curiosity in his voice, but it didn't seem like he was wondering about the dream, but something else.

"Oh nothing, just one of those strange dreams you get sometimes, you know?" He didn't need to know about it.

'Mhmm." It seemed like he wasn't really paying attention to the conversation anymore and when I peeked over at him I saw a thoughtful, almost amused look on his unbearably beautiful face.

"What's so funny?"

"Oh nothing." He turned and smiled at me. Why did he always have to be so darn cryptic? I turned to the road to notice that we had pulled on to a long, empty road. I didn't recognize it, and that fact was very irritating. I would have liked to know where we were going.

Suddenly, ahead of us, the road just seemed to end. Edward parked the car to the side, and was at my door faster than was humanly possible, but this oddly didn't surprise me at all. I felt as if nothing he did would ever surprise me anymore.

As I got out of the car I looked around us. There was absolutely nothing around us but trees. There was a trail head a little in front of us that disappeared into the thick forest beyond.

I looked over at Edward questionably.

He held out his hand to me. "Do you trust me?"

What a strange question. "Yes." I reached out and took hold of his icy cold hand. He hesitated. I saw something in his eyes as he thought of something.

"Are you sure? Maybe this wasn't such a good idea."

"No, I do trust you. I want to see what you want to show me. It seems really important to you, so it's important to me." He seemed to doubt my words at first, but then decided that he waned to trust me.

Suddenly, he swung me onto his back with unbelievable ease, my arms wrapped around his neck instinctively. After getting over the momentary surprise, I realized how he felt underneath my grasp. His neck felt unbelievably strong, cold, and smooth. I would have thought he was made of marble if I hadn't known better.

"Do you trust me?" he asked again.

I nodded, still confused.

Suddenly, he took off through the trees. The incredible speed left me absolutely breathless. Trees flashed by us on every side, but beneath me, I hardly felt him moving at all. It was the most incredible thing I had ever felt in my life. I looked over his shoulder and watched as he dodged the oncoming trees with blinding fast reflexes. Pure joy, and bliss seemed to radiate from his features. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my entire life. I couldn't help but feel the way he looked. Running like this was breathtaking. Strangely, I wasn't scared at all. I usually didn't like speed, but this was completely different. With Edward I felt a hundred percent safe.

I wondered why he had never shown me this before. It was incredible. But I guessed that there was still a whole lot more to him than this that I didn't know.

He stopped suddenly. I was disappointed that the ride was over so quickly. Edward chuckled softly, as if he knew what I had been thinking. I carefully let go and dropped to the ground. Ahead of us, I could see some sun shining through the trees, which I took to mean that there was a clearing there. Was this where he wanted to go? I looked questionably over to him, and he just motioned for me to continue forward.

I took his hand firmly and we walked together into the clearing.

A/N: Hey! Haven't really been writing lately =P sorry guys =(
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