5. Isle Esme

“Houston?” Bella asked.

“Just a stop along the way

” I grinned. She seemed worried about where air honeymoonwould take place. She didn’t want

me to stay inside, away from the public eyes, when theweather was nice. I knew what she wanted and she knew that part of me wanted that,too.Bella seemed to sleep peacefully from Seattle to Houston. I was always amazed byhow goddess like she looked when she slept. I did not want to wake her, but we had to

leave when the plane landed. I grabbed her through airport, so we won’t miss our next

plane.

“Rio de Janeiro?” She asked still confused.

“Another stop along the way,” I reassured her.

When we were finally on the next plane, Bella seemed to drift back to hersleeping mode. The flight was long and I finally had some time for myself, so I couldthink of what was going to happen when we would reach our destination. I could feelnervousness and scariness and lustfulness, and lots of it.As time seemed to drag on, the plane was almost to the airport. When Bella woke,she seemed alert and focused.I found our things and took them to one of the cabs waiting outside. I gave theman the directions and we started to move. We continued in silence, until the cab driverinformed me we were here. A guessed in my head that Bella was wondering what wewould be doing here, surrounded by boats on a dock. I showed her to our ride, put ourbags on the boat, and then help Bella get on.She sat on one of the seats as I prepare the boat. I loved the way her skin lookedin the moonlight. It gave her a beautiful glow that could only be naturally from withinher.

I knew Bella was nervous and she was probably trying to guess geographicallywhere we headed.I had always loved the speed and the way the wind felt on my skin and hair. Iknew that my life was perfect , Bella was my wife and I her husband, we were alone andtonight was going to be something I wanted since I met her, but I never thought myfantasies would come true, but they were tonight.

Then I heard her. “Are we going much farther?” I guessed she wouldn’t like theidea of us having our honeymoon on this boat. Then I said. “About another half hour,

till we get there.

” I glanced toward her and grinned, she was holding on the seat sotightly. I remembered she didn’t

like the speed. I hoped that would change, when shewould become one of us.

“Bella look there,” I said and pointing, not knowing if she could see what I sa

w. Isaw the palm trees, the rocks and the sand, but what I looked at was the moon, soperfect on the horizon. Then I saw the place we would stay, the large house.

“Where are we?” She said surprised.

“This is Isle Esme,” I said smiling toward her. I drov

e the boat to the dock and turned itoff.

“Isle Esme?” She repeated.

“A gift from Carlisle and Esme offered to let us borrow it” I like this Island, it was

quiet and peaceful and private, maybe I would buy something like this, I thought.I took our things to the dock and came back to my wife, my Bella. She held herhand out for me to help her; instead, I cradled her in my arms, close to me.

“Aren’t you supposed to wait for the threshold?” She whispered.

I grinned again. “I’m nothing if not thorough.” I

said as I walked toward the

house. I heard Bella’s heart beginning to move fast, I looked at her and wondered what

scared her. Did she doubt her decision of losing her virginity and making love with me?

I lost my mind thinking about that, and didn’t say an

ything I would wait.I placed our bags down, opened the door, and waited for her to face me. I decidedthat if she wanted to back out of our deal, it was okay. Then she looked at me and thenshowed her through the house, turning the lights as we went. I slowed down as we

reached the last room and turned on the last light. It was or bedroom, It was big androomy , it had big and long glass windows, white walls and a huge king size canopy bedwith mosquito netting.

“I’ll… go get our things. I walked at a h

uman

’s

pace, thinking about what would

or wouldn’t happen

. I grabbed the bags and checked the temperature. I was a littlewarm, but that was a precaution.As I returned up the stairs, I saw Bella near the bed. I slowly walked to her andtouched the back o

f her neck with one of my cool fingers. “It’s a little hot in here.” I said.“I thought… that would be best.”

“Through,” She murmured, looking around.

I chuckled and I sounded a little nervous.

“

I tried to think of everything that would make this

…

easier.

”

I said. Bellaswallowed loudly from in front of me. Was she rethinking or just nervous.I told myself I wouldn

’

t back out, but if she told me

“

”

or stopped me, I wouldbe okay.

“

I was wondering if

”

I started to

say, “If

…

if maybe you would like to take a midnightswim with me?

”

One-step at a time I told myself, as I took a deep breath.

“

The waterwill be warm. This is the kind of beach you approve of.

”

“

Sounds nice

”

Her voice broke saying this.

“

’

m sure you would like a human minute or two

…

it was a long journey

” She

nodded; I touched my lips to her throat; below her ear.

“

Don

’

t take too long Mrs.Cullen,

”

I repeated my lips at her neck.I strode past her to the doors that led from where we were. I took my shirt off and dropped it down to the floor, and kept walking in to the beach.I knew Bella was nervous, this was perfectly normal for her to feel this way aboutthe first time she would be with someone, ant it was also my first time.I found a palm tree and decided to leave the rest of my clothes on the tree.