Title: Lovers for Eternity

Summary: Sequel to Friends for Eternity! What if Bella and Edward were best friends before lovers? This is a story on how they up as teenagers and into adults where their feelings become more than friendship. All Human.

Disclaimer: I (unfortunately) do not own Twilight, New Moon, or Eclipse they are all owned by the very talented Stephenie Meyer.

A/N: I don't want to drag this story out anymore, so this will be the end. I'm sorry!

Chapter 12: Eternity

EPOV

"What?" I breathed out in a whisper. I could feel the shock written all over my face.

She swallowed and I saw her chin quiver as she forced the words back out after a few seconds. "Edward… Will you marry me?"

"Yes." I said quickly, without thinking. I didn't have to think about it. She was already mine anyway; she'd been mine my whole life.

She brightened and a grin crept up on her face. "Really?"

I walked a few feet closer to her and wrapped my arms around her waist, pulling her to me. "Really."

She made a noise of excitement, sort between a giggle and a squeal. She wrapped her arms around my neck and bent her knees, causing me to be lifting in her up slightly.

"Oh. My. God." Alice said. "It's April Fool's right?"

We ignored her. I set Bella down gently then immediately crashed my lips to hers. She responded quickly by holding me as tightly as she could with one arm, while having her hand on the left side of my face. I kissed her eagerly, running my fingers through her hair and holding her waist. She deepened the kiss and I couldn't think anymore.

We pulled away a few moments later, breathing shakily. Her eyes were still closed as she placed her head to my chest, putting her arms around the middle of my back. I smiled down at her, resting my head on hers and wrapping my arms back around her. She looked up at me after a few seconds and smiled widely. I smiled back goofily.

"Come on. I wanna give you something." I said quickly. I put my arm around her waist and guided her into my bedroom. She sat on my bed and waited while I rummaged through a box of my stuff that I brought home from the dorm room. I finally found what I was looking for, hiding it behind my back, and went over to her.

"What is it?" She asked curiously.

I smiled. "You stole my glory," I playfully frowned then got down on one knee and opened the small velvet box that was now in front of me. "I love you Isabella Marie Swan and I will love you forever. Will you marry me?"

"Hmm… I don't know. That's a hard one…" She said playfully. "Of course I will."

I grinned then took the ring out of the tiny box and placed it on her third finger on her left hand. She gasped as she looked at her, turning her hand and holding it away from her. She had tears in her eyes as she looked at me and smiled. I was on both knees now, looking up at her. I lifted both of my hands up, placing them behind her neck and wiping underneath her eyes with my thumbs. "No crying Bella."

"I'm sorry," She choked out. "I'm just… really happy." She put her hands on my shoulders and pulled me up. I sat down on the bed next to her and she pulled me to her, kissing me. She leaned back against my pillow and reached up for my hand, pulling me on top of her. I nibbled on her ear and felt goose bumps rise on her skin. I chuckled and she pulled my face up, kissing me softly. She put her arms on the side of my waist, starting to raise my shirt up. I froze, pulling my lips away from hers.

"Bella…" I whispered. I didn't want to do this now. We were just fighting a few minutes ago. Hell, we've only been back together for like two minutes.

"What?" She asked, pulling my shirt up higher. I sat up, making her stop.

"Let's not do this right now, okay?"

She pouted. "Why? I love you. I want you."

"Bella… I love you too but we just got back together. The last time we slept together…. Well, it didn't turn out very well." I said. She looked sort of upset as she avoided eye contact with me. Her cheeks started turning red. I reached out for her hand. "What is it?"

She was quiet for a couple seconds. "What it really that bad?"

"Was what that bad?"

She hesitated, turning redder. "The last we slept together… was it bad?"

I stared at her, taken aback. It was times like these that I really wished I could know what exactly was going on in her head. The last time we had been together was… magical. "Bella, don't be stupid," I put my hand on her cheek. "Last time was… amazing; indescribable. I just don't want to do this right now because… This is going to sound really weird."

"Try me."

"I… I want to wait to sleep with you again until after we're married."

She stared at me and was silent for a while. "You… you don't want to sleep with me until our wedding night?"

"Exactly."

"Why?"

"Because… We haven't had sex in over a year and I want it to be… special the next time."

"And it can't be special now?" She whispered in my ear and kissed my neck.

"Bella…" I pushed her away gently. "Please."

"Okay, fine." She scooted back and stared at the wall in front of her, ignoring me.

"Are you upset with me?"

She shook her head no. "I'm just trying to figure out why. I mean, we've done it before. A few times, actually. Why do you wanna wait now all of a sudden?"

"It's hard to explain… I just want it to be… I can't even think of the word… Extraordinary or something."

She smiled and rolled her eyes. "Whatever." She giggled.

"But…" I pulled her back into my arms. "I still want to hold you." I always wanted to hold her. Just having her near me was all I ever wanted. She kissed my cheek and I buried my face in her messy hair.

BPOV

I felt a huge grin on my face as I emerged from Edward's bedroom. Edward was right behind me, placing a hand lightly on my lower back. I turned and he smiled. I turned back to the hallway they turned redder than a tomato when I saw Alice, Jasper, Rose, and Emmett standing there. Edward chuckled and I placed my hands behind my back so they wouldn't see the ring.

"Bella!" Alice screeched as she ran forward and wrapped her arms around me. "I'm so excited!"

"Well, well, well… Who would have thought that quiet, shy, blushing Bella would have proposed to Mr. Romantic over there?" Emmett said, making me blush more.

"Oh, don't listen to him." Rose said quickly then walked over and scooped me into her arms. "You have to let Alice and I plan the wedding! Please?"

I sighed. "I don't want anything big."

"Sure you do." Alice said.

I groaned. "Hey, why don't we elope? That'd be cool, right? No hassle with planning a wedding." Edward spun around from talking to Jasper and looked at me.

"No." He said quickly.

"Ah, why not? Please?" I begged.

"No!" Rose and Alice screamed at the same time; I jumped, startled.

"Why?"

"Because… Don't you want Charlie to walk you down the aisle while you get married in front of all your friends and family?" Alice said with a dreamy expression on her face.

I was nauseated. "Actually, that sounds embarrassing."

"Come on Bella. I'll even get a marriage license thing so I can marry you myself." Emmett smirked. I rolled my eyes.

"I think eloping would be nice. The whole wedding concept is sort of… embarrassing." Jasper said. My face brightened and I walked over to him, grateful that he was taking my side.

"Yes! See!" I screeched.

"No!" Alice and Edward yelled.

"Yes!" Jasper and I yelled back.

"You better get use to the idea because when we get married, it'll be big." Alice jabbed a finger at Jasper. I looked up at him and his face went completely white at the word 'marriage' coming out of his girlfriend's mouth.

Edward chuckled. "A little commitment shy, I see."

"Shut up." Jasper said then slightly and turned pink.

"Hey, since Bella is the one who proposed, does that mean she's the one who has to get you an engagement ring, and she gets nothing?" Emmett asked with an amused look on his face.

"Oh yeah. I'm also going to wear a dress while Bella wears the tux." Edward said sarcastically.

"I don't wanna wear a dress, Edward." I complained.

"Please Bella? Come on… I want a big wedding." He pulled out the baby face on me and slightly stuck out his bottom lip (in other words, it was his sexy face that he used whenever he wanted me to do something because he knew I couldn't say no to it.)

"Edward…" I groaned. Before I could go on, he was kissing me. He pulled away a few seconds later and I stood up on my tippy toes with my eyes still closed, trying to find his lips again. He chuckled and I opened my eyes. He was leaning away from me. I pouted.

"You can have another kiss when agree to an actual wedding instead of eloping."

I sighed. "Will it get all of you off my back?" I asked, looking at everyone.

"Yes!" They call cheered.

I sighed. "Alright fine." He kissed me.

BPOV

Edward wanted me to prepare Charlie, but I just couldn't. I had no idea what to say to him or to my mother or anyone. I mean, I was just getting out of high school and Edward still has college and so do I. This was what I really wanted though.

That night, I pulled on my comfy flannel pajamas. It was the summer, but it was still slightly cold so they were nice and warm. I heard a slight tapping on my window and smiled, knowing exactly who it was. I walked over quietly and opened the window as Edward swung in from the tree. He smiled then went to close the window. I grinned at him as he put his arms around my waist. He ran his hands up and down my back and smiled when he saw goose bumps forming on my arms that were draped on his chest.

I moved away from him and pulled my wet hair from just taking a shower into a pony tail.

"No, leave it down."

"It's all wet." I protested, pulling the elastic through my hair.

He walked over and pulled it out. I mumbled a cuss word under my breath as my hair wacked me in the face. He ran his finger through my wet hair then gently leaned down to kiss me. I kissed him back with enthusiasm. I was the first one to pull away for once and started kissing his neck.

"Isabella Marie Cullen… I like it." He whispered after a few seconds, pulling my head back up and smiling.

"I like it too."

We were both quiet for a few seconds, just looking into each other eyes with our arms wrapped around each other. We slowly made out way to my bed and I cuddled up next to him.

"You know what?" He asked quietly.

"Hmm?"

"We are both very stubborn. We could have been together since like freshman year if we would have listened to everyone telling us that we were apparently in love." He chuckled.

"Well, you know what I think?"

"What?"

"I think that we were always sort of together. Just because we couldn't actually say or show it, didn't mean you didn't belong to me or that I didn't belong to you."

He was quiet for a few seconds. "Were?"

"Huh?"

"You said, 'I think that we were always sort of together.' Don't you mean that we will always sort of be together?"

I smiled. "Yes, I'm sorry. That is what I meant. Forever."

"Eternity." He vowed.

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