BPOV

It was Saturday. I was sitting on the Cullen's lounge watching TV with Jasper. A commercial came on about pools. Jasper grinned and turned to me.

"You know what, Bella? I reckon we should buy a pool!" he exclaimed. That was all it took. Emmett, Rosalie, Alice and Edward immediately appeared, all grinning.

"Great idea, Jasper!" grinned Alice, "We need to get a pool!"

She pulled out her cell phone and dialled a number. "Hello, David! Yes, I'm fine thank-you! Yes, yes, it went quite well! Yes, yes, I think so too! Yes, yes, definitely, yes, of course I will! I was wondering if we could get a pool put in. In ground, yes! Yes, that'd be good! The best pool you've got! Oh! That'd be GREAT! Oh no, cost is not a problem, David. You should know that by now! I was wondering if you could start today, right now. Oh yes, but David, we really need a pool! Heated, would be best. Thank-you, David!" she hit the end button and looked up, grinning.

"Oh, I can see it now! Oh yes, it's going to be great!" she babbled, "They're sending some people over right now to get to work on it. It should take them a week to have it done."

Edward grinned at Alice.

"Yes, and good on you for getting it heated!" he agreed. He put an arm around me.

"How would you like to come over for a swim next Saturday, Bella?" he asked, slightly amused. I grinned, wondering where I had put my bikini…

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I woke up the next Saturday and smiled up at Edward. Just like any other morning, he was sitting there like a statue, making no sound or sudden movements, watching me sleep. I felt safe, knowing he was there. Edward was my protector, my guardian angel.

"So is the pool finished?" I asked, eagerly. He grinned and held up my swimmers. I blushed and took them. He kissed me gently on the cheek. I blushed redder, if that was even possible, and stood up.

"I need a human moment" I told him. Charlie had left for work. I picked an outfit out of my wardrobe and skipped out of my bedroom, down the hall, and into the bathroom. I stripped and hopped in the shower, letting the warm water flow down my body. I rubbed soap all over myself and rinsed it off with the water. I then turned off the taps and hopped out. I dried myself with my towel, thinking about nothing in particular, except Edward, and pulled my bikini on, and threw my short sleeved white shirt and light blue shorts on over the top. I walked out to find Edward sitting in the same chair, in the same spot, and in the same position as he had been when I had left him. He grinned at me as I walked in. I tossed my hair over my shoulder and sat down at the computer, clicking into my emails.

"I need to check my email before we go" I told him. He smiled and came over to me. He stood behind me and placed his hands on my shoulders. I saw one from Renee and clicked on it.

Bella,

How are things in Forks going? I'm sorry I couldn't make your graduation. Phil needed me. I swear Bella, you're growing up so fast and I'm missing it all. You're not the same shy little girl any more, you're older now. Well actually, as much as I hate to admit it, you're an adult. Eighteen years old, wow. I miss you, Isabella.

-Mom

My eyes flickered to the third sentence. 'Phil needed me.' Didn't I, her only daughter, need her? I worried about her every day, but it had been too long since we hate last spoken, face to face, not through emails or phone calls. Face to face. I sighed and wrote my reply.

Mom,

Things in Forks are going great. I understand why you couldn't make graduation, what with Phil's leg and everything. I agree with you! I am growing up… much too fast for my liking. I want to remain a teenager forever. I miss you too, Mom, and I hope to see you soon. Take care of yourself and stay out of trouble. I love you.

-Bella

PS: Edward sends his greetings

I hit the send button and swung around in my chair to face Edward, who was frowning.

"You 'want to remain a teenager forever.'"?

I sighed. We had spoken about this a lot. I wish he would stop bringing it up. He wasn't a bad person. I wanted to be changed, to spend eternity with him. I didn't need my human life, I needed him.

"Yes I do Edward, and I don't want to go there right now. You know it's what I want" I told him, "So are we going to go check out this pool of yours or what?"

He grinned. "You need to get some food into you before we do anything" he reminded me. I smiled at him, then turned and skipped down the stairs to the kitchen. I opened the cupboard and pulled out a box of cereal. I opened the fridge and took out the milk. Then I rummaged in the cupboard for a bowl. I tipped a bit of cereal into the bowl, and then poured in the milk. Finally, I grabbed a spoon out of the draw and began to eat. Edward was watching me curiously.

"Don't you humans get sick and tired of eating the same meals over and over?" he asked. I sighed.

"Don't you vampires get sick of drinking blood over and over?" I asked, "It's just… what we live on. Like with vampires and blood. Vampires don't eat human food, so they drain animals of their blood and that keeps them satiated. At least humans have a wider variety than vampires."

He grinned at me teasingly. "Oh, we can eat human food. It just sits in our stomachs like a rock, and it becomes very unpleasant and… well it's harder to do things." I frowned as I scooped up a spoonful of cereal and stuck it in my mouth.

He sighed and continued. "Like running. If we're full of human food, then while we run, we feel that brick down there pulling us down. Even if we ate human food, we'd still need blood to survive. We crave it. We need it. No matter what, we need blood. This is why we don't eat human food. We hate the brick."

I nodded. I understood what he meant. Being pulled down by a brick… I suddenly felt bad for him. He noticed this and chuckled.

"But don't worry! We Cullen's don't eat human food, so we never need to feel that brick" he explained proudly. I rolled my eyes. I held up my empty bowl.

"Let's head on over to your new pool then, shall we?"

He grinned and held open the front door for me. I stepped out and saw his Volvo parked in the driveway. I got in the passenger side as he stuck the key in the ignition. We pulled out of the driveway and sped along the road, on the way to his beautiful home. He turned on the radio. Debussy. I grinned to myself. Ever since I had told him I liked it he always played it around me. I began to hum under my breath to the radio. I didn't dare look down at the speedometer. Knowing Edward, it was probably up as high as it could go.

"You should have seen Alice and Rosalie fighting yesterday" he chuckled. I groaned. I could not believe I had missed that! Now those were fights worth watching.

"I missed it?" I groaned. He nodded, chuckling again.

"What were they fighting about now? Did Rosalie borrow one of Alice's shirts again?" I asked.

He chuckled as we took a right turn. "No, not this time. It was quite amusing, really."

I sighed. "I was sorry I missed it."

"Don't worry, there'll be plenty more, mark my words. They came out of their rooms wearing exactly the same tops, and, well… you can probably guess the rest" he told me.

I snorted. "Screaming matches? Honestly, I would have liked to see that one!"

We had pulled up into his driveway now.

"Rosalie still hasn't forgiven Emmett for laughing at her yesterday" he said, as we got out of the car. We walked around the back of his house to see the rest of the Cullen's splashing around in the pool. I stood gaping at it, open-mouthed. It was huge! There were stair-like rocks, and perched on the top, up in the air, was a waterslide, leading into the pool. Next to that was a cave, a water fall hid the entrance.

"Wow" I breathed. I threw my clothes off, revealing my bikini, and found myself gawking at Edward. He was shirtless, wearing board shorts. How he dazzled me. He grinned at the look on my face and pushed me into the water. I swam down and grabbed a pale leg. I swam up to the surface to see Alice grinning at me.

"Glad you could make it, Bella. What took you and Edward so long?" she asked, "Edward is such a babbler! Don't you get tired of him droning on and on about nothing in particular?"

I would never get tired of hearing Edward's velvet-like voice, and I certainly didn't think he was a babbler or a drone, and if he was, I had never noticed it.

"BOMBS AWAY!"

I looked up to see Emmett standing up on the rocks next to Edward. They both gracefully dived into the water at the same time. Alice grinned and glared at me. "You're not going to be a klutz in this pool, right?" she asked. I grinned. Swimming was the only thing I could do without making a worldwide fool of myself.

I noticed Alice disappear under the water, swimming through the waterfall into the cave. Curious, I dived under the water and followed her. There was a little seat made of rocks. Alice was sitting there, waiting for me, grinning. I swam over and sat next to her.

"Do you know where we are, Bella?" Alice asked me.

"In the pool!"

She frowned. "No, we're under the water slide! Put your hand on the roof of this… cave."

I leant over and touched the roof with my hand; I felt it vibrate a little. I smiled over at Alice.

"Yes, I can feel someone on the slide! Who…?"

"Emmett."

I looked up at the roof, curiously. What was Alice's point?

"Um… so what's your point?" I asked.

She rolled her eyes and giggled. "I don't have a point, silly! I was just explaining to you… see… well… oh, just wait and see!"

I groaned. "Alice, I'm not good at waiting! You of all people should know that!" I groaned. Even though she hadn't told me, I could guess what she was about to say.

"Well, I had a vision… and I thought you needed to know about the roof… to… guide you" explained Alice. I raised an eyebrow. Not much of an explanation. I took a deep breath and dove under the crystal-clear water; I swam through the water fall and saw Edward sliding down the water slide, Emmett hot on his heels. They plummeted into the water and sent spray everywhere. I held my hand up to block my eyes. I screamed as I felt something grab my leg and jumped up screaming.

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Okay, so I was swimming in my pool and had this idea… vampires are strong swimmers, so I figured they deserved a break from evil, obsessive vampires trying to kill them. *cough* mostly Bella *cough*. The next chapter is in progress. This is NOT a one-shot. But will have a few chapters. Rate & review!

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