Author's Notes

This story starts after the last chapter of Eclipse but before the epilogue. Well this is my first Twilight series story so I hope you like it. Please read and review!

Disclaimer: As everyone probably knows, basically all ideas and characters came from Stephanie Meyer. Thank god for creating her! Though I wish I could claim Ed as my own. ;-)

"Edward, do we have to do this?" I was very anxious-probably a little too anxious-about telling Charlie the news. It wasn't everyday that he heard about his one and only daughter getting married, especially straight out of high school. We were headed to the house now-with me on Edward's back- and he could probably feel me shaking.

"Bells, you were the one that wanted to do this in the first place! I don't see why you're making a big deal out of it now. But if you really don't want to..." He changed his gaze to look at me with wary eyes. I knew that look far to well by now.

"Great, now you're guilt tripping me! You just know that I could never say no to you," I grumbled. He smiled my favorite half-crooked smile and it knocked me breathless. I wasn't able to say anything until we reached my house. "I hope you're ready for what you're about to get. This could get very ugly."

"I certainly hope not," he said with a sly grin. "I wouldn't want anyone being too rash and getting hurt." He laughed at me when I realized that he was talking about me. I playfully smacked him in the arm, which hurt a lot, and stalked toward my house. If I hadn't been so worried, or scared, I would have gone straight inside. But the fact that I knew Charlie was home kept me from doing this.

"Bells," Edward came up from behind me, placing his arm around my waist. I looked up at him, a worried expression crossing my face. He smiled encouragingly at me before leading me to the door. "Everything will be fine."

When we stepped inside, we were greeted by an extremely grumpy Charlie. Oh crap. This is gonna be interesting. Edward's arm tightened around my waist as he said, "Good evening, Charlie."

"Edward." The brief nod from Charlie only showed that this was going to be hellish. "Did you two have a good day?"

"It was fantastic," I muttered feebly. Charlie's look turned questioning at my tiny voice. It must of also had something to do with the flush creeping across my face and how shaky I was compared to normal.

"Anything wrong? You seem a bit...worried."Charlie grinned and I knew he was hoping it had something to do with me and Edward. Well it did, but the news was going to be a bit more different than what he had in mind.

"Well erm..."

"Charlie, how about we sit down," Edward said. Ugh. I wish he wasn't always so calm. It was just a wee bit frustrating at times-mostly when I'm nervous. "So we came to give you some news. Don't jump to any conclusions and please don't freak out."

"Okay, I'm listening." Charlie frowned a little and furrowed his brow. I don't think he really liked Edward telling him what to do.

"Well as you very well know, Bella and I are very close. We've recently been discussing a lot of things like-"

"WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!" Oops. Wrong thing to scream. I figured that out when Charlie turned purple and passed out. Stupid nerves.

Edward ran to grab some smelling salts-he kept them in my room just in case-and ran back down the steps right as I splashed Charlie with water."Dad?"

"I told him not to freak out-"

"Will you shut up for just a second!"

"Bella?" Charlie slowly began coming around and Edward helped him to the couch. "What's going on?"

"We were, um, just telling you about our engagement." I waited for the explosion but nothing happened. I looked at Charlie's face but it showed no emotion. Slowly I walked to the couch and sat next to him. "Dad? You okay?"

"I thought that was just a bad dream," he muttered. He looked over at me and smiled weakly. "I really am happy for you Bells. It's just that this is so soon! I would have thought you would wait till at least college." He sighed and I instantly felt concerned. Who was going to take care of him when I was gone? What happened if someone-or something-attacked him and I wasn't here?

"Dad, I know it's soon but Edward really loves me. I'm going to go through with this but what gonna happen to you?" Charlie immediately started laughing when I asked this.

"You sound like you're expecting me to commit suicide or something! I know it won't be the same around here without you but nothings going to change about my sanity." He smiled and hugged me tightly. "I'm so happy for you two. Now I'm just worried about you telling your mom." I gulped.

"I forgot about that little detail." All color drained from my face and I looked to Edward. He just smiled warily, expecting the worst would come from Renee. It was probably true. She was pretty bad about hearing news like this. Especially since this is how hers and Charlie's marriage started. "Are we calling her or visiting her?"

"You know her better than I do," he scowled. "Though from what I do know about her, I say it would probably go better if we visited. We'd take Alice with us too," he added hastily, seeing Charlie's disapproving look about Edward and I going on a trip together by ourselves.

"That's a great idea!" Charlie and I said this at the same time, making all three of us laugh. Then I added, "Plus, Alice's charm always helps out with making things go smoothly."

"So when do we want to go?"

"Tomorrow, I guess." Edward looked at me skeptically to make sure I was telling the truth. He realized I was and look turned serious.

"We'll have to get plane tickets tonight then. Are you sure about this?" I smiled.

"No but we have to tell her sometime. Maybe she'll take it well and be like Alice, wanting to help set it up and everything." My smile turned to a frown. I actually hoped she wouldn't be like that. That is, considering that we don't need someone else helping and Alice wanted to do the whole wedding by herself anyway.

"Sounds fine to me," Charlie said. "Should we call her and tell her you're visiting?"

"No. Renee prefers things to be a surprise." Kind of like what we're about to spring on her. I stood up and walked over to Edward, "Well if we're doing this tomorrow then I need to go pack. Help me Edward?"

"Actually I was hoping to have a private word with Charlie."

"What?!" I was shocked. Since when did Edward ever want to talk to Charlie. I checked his eyes to make sure he wasn't hungry and placed a hand against his forehead-for Charlie's benefit. He scowled. "Are you insane?" I whispered.

"Maybe, but I need to do this. Now go upstairs and stop worrying that I'm going to eat him." I blushed and he gave me his favorite crooked smile. He knew that smile could get me to do anything. It was like hypnotizing someone.

"Fine," I grumbled, marching up the stairs and pretending to slam my bedroom door when truthfully, I was listening at the top of the steps. I heard Edward first.

"Lets go outside. I have a feeling that she's still listening." I could hear Charlie chuckle as they made their way out the door, leaving me fuming at the top of the stairs. I walked into my room to start packing, releasing all of my anger onto my things. What were they saying that could be so important?