Tilting his head forward, Edward whispered hoarsely, his heart beating a gazillion times an hour. "Can I kiss you, Isabella?"

Bella looked up at Edward, at his strong chiselled jaw, his intense green eyes, thick eyebrows, moist lips. Tilting her head upwards, she closed her eyes and let herself fall. In love.

When her lips met Edwards, it was fireworks and magic and butterflies all at once.

His lips caressed hers softly, gently. His tongue licked along her lower lip, begging for entrance. Bella parted her lips, and her tongue began a slow erotic dance with Edward's that made her all tingly down there.

When they finally broke apart for air, Bella collapsed against Edward's chest, panting slightly.

Edward smiled against the crown of her head.

"Amazing, Bella. Exquisite." He said, softly, holding her to him. When he felt her lips curl up into a smile against his chest, his heart pounded so hard he thought it might escape from his ribcage.

"I never thought it could feel like this." Bella mused, as they walked hand in hand back to their cottage.

"Me neither. I.. that... was my first kiss, darling. I'm glad I waited for you." Edward confessed, shyly.

Bella turned to him, surprised.

"But... you're..doesn't mind. it my first kiss too, Edward." Bella blushed.

"But I'm what? Old?" Edward teased.

Bella giggled.

"I'm actually only 25 physically, baby."Edward laughed.

"Well, I'm 18." Bella said, softly.

Edward smiled, at the hidden implication behind that simple number, as his heart raced. 18. Legal.

Later that day after dinner, Edward brought Bella to this study and pulled out a laptop from a drawer. "You want to read the news online?" He asked.

Bella grinned at him. "Si, I want. You know how to use the computer?"

"No, but that's why you're here." Edward admitted, bashfully.

Bella giggled again. "Si, I can teach you this." She said, as she showed Edward how to operate the laptop with ease and confidence. Edward though, was a horrible student. As much as Bella was trying to teach him to use the laptop, Edward as consistently distracted by the uncharacteristic confidence that Bella exuded when teaching him about the computer. The way she was sure of herself at this little thing made Edward find her all the sexier, which wasn't helping his quest to keep it in his pants until they officiated their relationship with a marriage certificate. The smell of her hair, the way she'd accidentally brush against him with her elbow as she typed on the laptop... Edward was completely disorientated and unable to learn the workings of his laptop properly, much to Bella's chargrin.

"Signore! Edward, are you listening?" Bella asked.

"What? Um, sorry babe, no." Edward said, grinning into her hair.

"Why not?" Bella asked, frowning. "Am I teaching too fast?" she asked.

Edward shook his head. Lowering his lips to her ear, he whispered huskily, "You're distracting me, baby." Bella blushed, and lowered her eyes, as Edward claimed her lips once more, the laptop forgotten.

That night, they lay side by side in the dark, holding hands.

"Tell me about yourself." Edward said, as he stared up at the ceiling, unable to believe how lucky he was.

"Um, there's nothing plenty to tell, Edward. I lived in Milan my whole life, in a large bungalow. I spent my time reading, drawing, surfing the net... things that didn't make noise. My parents liked it when I was quiet and out of their way." Bella said.

"You can make as much noise as you'd like here, baby." Edward whispered. "So you never went out of the house?"

"Yes, never. Whatever I needed, I wrote a list and my parents got it for me when they went out. They bought me books and stuff to keep me occupied too, so I supposed they were not that evil." Bella said simply.

Edward shook his head. "I'll bring you out all the time, since no one knows who you are."

"It's alright. But I'm worried that my uncle- James, he may caused trouble here. He's a... bad man. I remember him threatening to shoot my father because my father did not want to hand over my grandfather's inheritance." She whispered, worriedly.

"I'll call Jasper and get him to install some security. Worse off if James comes after us, we can leave. Go to America. South East Asia. Somewhere James can't find us. He can dig for all the treasures for all i care, as long as you're safe, that's all that matters." Edward said, as he pulled Bella into his arms that night and fell asleep with his nose in her hair.

Little did he know, it would be sooner than either expected that James decided to go after them.

The next day, Edward found that his chores took longer to complete than usual. He'd sneak a kiss in between milking the cows and feeding the horses while Bella raked the hay in the morning, then a fondle in the garden when he couldn't resist Bella bent over at the waist yanking carrots out of the soil near noon. Everything Bella did made him hard and horny, and Edward was finding it harder and harder to stick by his catholic principles and remain celibate till marriage.

Finally, finally, Edward was done with the chores for the day. He went into the cool of his stone cottage, and found Bella cooking lunch. The sight of his girl stirring a pot of vegetable stew was too much for him, and Edward groaned as he buried his head in Bella's hair, holding her to him tightly.

"You don't know how delectable you look like that, Bella." He said, lowly.

Bella blushed, angling her head to kiss Edward's jaw. "Me, delectable? I think you mean the vegetable stew, signore." She joked, giggling.

Edward shook his head. "No, no, it's you I want to devour." He growled, capturing her lips with his. Bella responded fervently to his efforts, and soon they were lost in a battle of tongues and lips, and wondering hands. In the midst of their fevered make out session, Edward slipped his hands around Bella to turn off the stove, grazing her bra-clad breast ever so lightly.

Bella gasped at the unfamiliar sensation that shot through her body at that simple contact, straight down down there. Edward froze.

"I'm sorry, Bella." He responded, chagrined, resting his head against hers.

Bella blushed. "Don't be sorry. I liked it." She responded in a low husky voice, that made Edward's pants impossibly tight.

Edward groaned again. "You tempt me, baby. Let's have some of that stew you cook before I eat you instead."

After lunch, Edward looked out the windows as he washed the bowls.

"It's a fine day, Bella. Would you like to go fishing?" He asked.

"Fishing?" Bella asked,curiously.

"Yes. Catching fishes. We could go out to the river just behind the house."

Bella grinned, and in that instant Edward's heart clenched, for she looked so innocent, like a little girl.

"I want!" She said, laughing, pulling on Edward's hand.

Edward laughed and picked her up easily. "Let's go then, Little One."

They sat by the river, side by side, as Edward taught Bella how to cast a rod.

"It's easy, darling. Just hook the worm, then cast the line. Like this." Edward said, as he cast a perfect line into the river, and stuck the end of his rod between two rocks to hold it in place.

Bella stared at the pot of worms Edward had brought, and with a determined gaze, picked one up between her fingers.

"Yes, baby, just poke the hook through." Edward coached.

Bella blinked. "Doesn't it hurt the worm?" She asked, looking up at Edward.

Edward bit his lip to prevent himself from laughing.

"The worm's going to be eaten by the fish, Bella. I don't think it matters very much." Edward said, trying his best to keep a straight face.

Bella frowned. "I feel so sorry for it. Can't you catch a fish without the worm?"

Edward smiled at her innocence. So untainted.

"I'm afraid not, baby. Here, I'll hook the worm up for you. There, just cast the line over your shoulder, and bring it forward." Edward said.

Bella did as he said, and the watched as the line swept forward, and landed in the water with a smooth movement.

"I did it!" Bella squealed, tugging at Edward's arm.

Edward laughed happily, and pulled Bella to sit on his lap as he waited for a fish to bite the bait.

Together, they sat watching the blue sky and green grass.

Suddenly, there was a giant tug on Bella's rod, as the line started straining.

Bella shrieked in surprise. "What is this!" She exclaimed.

"Reel it in! Like this!" Edward said, as he started reeling the fish on Bella's rod in, tugging with all his might.

However, a sudden tug by the giant fish on the other end propelled both Edward and Bella into the river. With a loud splash, both Edward and Bella found themselves standing knee deep in the clear blue water, soaked to the core, with a very large tuna fish trapped between their bodies.

"Oh god. Bella, are you alright? Are you hurt, anywhere?" Edward asked frantically, as he pulled Bella close to him.

Bella laughed, a full out belly laugh. "I'm fine. That was the most fun I had in... forever!" Bella giggled, holding on to Edward's arm for support.

"You found falling into a river fun?" Edward asked, raising an eyebrow, once he was convinced that she wasn't hurt.

Bella giggled again, nodding her head. Just as Edward was about to say something, they were interrupted by an intense wiggling between their bodies.

"Oh! What is this!" Bella shrieked, staring at the large tuna fish trapped between their hips.

"Gotcha!" Edward exclaimed, as he plucked the tuna fish out of the water and dumped it unceremoniously into a bucket that held the other caught fishes.

Bella was still laughing and spluttering. Turning to her, Edward grinned widely and embraced her.

"That, babe, was what made us fall into the river." He said.

"We did it! We caught the fish!" Bella exclaimed, pulling seaweed out of Edward's hair as her hands tangled into the nape of his neck.

Edward laughed, a vibration against her neck that made her shiver most delightedly.

"You're shivering, Bella. Are you cold? We should get out of the water." Edward said, holding Bella at arms length to look at her. What he saw instead made his mouth water and his pants tent.

Bella's white top had turned translucent against the water, revealing her black strappy bra underneath. Looking down at herself, Bella gasped and blushed, and tried to cover up by putting an arm over her chest.

Edward smirked. "Baby, that doesn't help much. And there's nothing that I would not like to see, or that I will not see in the future, god willing."

Bella blushed deeply, and remained sputtering once again, as Edward pulled her along with a strong arm, and picked up the bucket of fish with the other.

"You cold?" Edward asked insistently.

"I'm not, not really anyway. I wasn't shivering because of the cold." Bella admitted honestly. Being sheltered all her lives, Bella had a very different idea of what most people considered private.

"Your touches just make me shiver, in a nice way." She continued matter of factly.

Edward grinned happily at hearing her admission. He loved it that Bella was honest and didn't hide anything from him. It also made his ego grow.

"You think you'd be up to cook the tuna for dinner?" Edward asked, as they walked towards their cottage, his arms over her shoulders.

Bella grinned. "You gutting the fish?"

Edward smiled. "You baking it?"

Life was perfect for Edward, in that moment.

A/N: Sorry, sorry for the delay!

It was chinese new year which I celebrate because my mother's side of the family is chinese even though my dad's Russian, then there was a whole load of drama with my lousy ass computer. ARGH. Anyway, it's up, at last, after sitting in my computer for almost 3 weeks!

I will try to update quicker, probably short 2000 odd worded chapters every other day, god willing:)