He examined my reasons for a brief moment before speaking again.

“Bella, can I lay out a possible schedule for you and trust that you will think of only yourself when you either deny or accept? “

“I guess so.” I submitted.

“Alright, Alice and I have been talking about this, and we predicted that the most preferable condition for you would be in this house, by my venom.” He cringed at the word. “ Is that correct?”

“Yes…but-”

“No,” He interrupted. “Bella, I have this figured out. Just give me a minute to explain.” I fell silent and allowed him to continue. “When you are ready for the change, you would have to first speak to Charlie and tell him that we were going on our honeymoon and then immediately moving to Denali so you could be closer to college. Tell him goodbye, and make sure that Jacob somehow hears our plan. Then, instead of leaving on our honeymoon, I can change you here and give you three days to recuperate and then move you to Denali with us as soon as you were well enough.”

He stopped, surveying my expressions to judge my response.

“But,” I felt myself frown. “I thought you wanted an actual honeymoon.”

“Bella, this is not about what I want, remember? We have the rest of eternity to go on as many honeymoons as we want. This needs to be the way you want it. We only have one chance to get this right. You are sacrificing so much for me Bella, and if you are still insistent upon it, I am going to do everything in my power to make it as easy and convenient for you as possible.”

I chewed on my lip as I considered his words.

“Bella,” He started, “what do you want?”

“I want you, Edward.”

“You have me.”

“No, Edward, I want you for forever.”

“So your saying that you’re ready now?” He seemed surprised.

“Yes.” The word came out as an unintentional whisper. “I am your wife. With that wish fulfilled, all I want is to be less breakable…..and – more time”

“We can wait as long as you wa-”
“No, that’s not what I meant.” I cut him off. “I meant I want more time with you, and I don’t want to get any older.”