"Bella?" Edward said calmly. I could see that this was a carefully perfected façade, that he as extremely curious as to my silence on the car ride home. We had been in the meadow again, where somehow I had rejected his advances. It took a lot more will power than I had expected, but I did it!

"Yes Edward?" I tried to answer without my voice shaking or breaking. To tell the truth, was afraid and nervous as to my dad's response to the 'I'm getting married to Edward' issue. As much as I didn't want to do it, I felt that it was time that he knew. To my relief, my boyfriend, no wait, Fiancée, (shudder) was bullet proof, and I didn't know what his reaction would be.

"You're worrying me, Bella. You aren't this…afraid…usually. Are you sure that you want to do this? You don't have to…" Edward and his worrying never ceased.

"I have to do this, Edward. It is time and he deserves to know. As long as Alice is determined to ruin my…marriage day…" I shuddered at the thought in mid sentence. He didn't respond, but I knew that he noticed it, like everything else… "Charlie deserves to be the one to walk me down the aisle." I didn't see the problem, it all made sense to me.

"Bella…" Edward started and shook his head. I cut him off.

"Edward, I need this. I need closure for them, for me." Edward looked at me funny, like he always did when he tried to gain access to my locked mind, and rediscovered that he can't get in, and then makes a funny face; angry and frustrated.

I heard a sigh from the driver's seat. I looked over at him to give him a 'what the hell' face. The look on his face was touching. "It's ok, Edward. I need it." Now I was playing dirty. I knew that he had his doubts about how much I actually wanted to marry him. He never could retaliate back when I used the 'I need it' excuse. He always did what he thought was best for me, and what I need falls under that category for him, technically.

The car stopped slowly, and the engine cut off. I looked out around me and noticed that Edward had parked at my house, behind my truck. Charlie's cruiser was in the driveway, and I had no reasons to stall.

I sighed and got out of the car. Edward got out behind me and wrapped his arm around my waist. He gave me a supportive glance and I opened the door. My house might not have been as big as Edward's was, but it felt comfortable for Charlie and I. Too much space made us uncomfortable, and it's not like we had many possessions, or money, to buy them.

"Bells?" Charlie's voice rang through the house. It sounded like he was in front of the TV, probably some sports show.

I took a deep breath, and Edward's arm tightened. "Dad? Can I talk to you about something?" Edward tensed at my side. Not a good thing.

"Sure, what do you need?" His tone was cautious now, probably expecting me to say that I was pregnant or something. Not like that was ever going to happen.

Edward chuckled softly, so soft that I barely heard it. He led us to the table where Charlie followed us. I sat next to Edward, and Charlie sat across from us, clearly uncomfortable.

"This had better not be about…" he growled. I rolled my eyes.

I interrupted him calmly. "Calm down dad, it's not that bad. Plus, you told me that I needed to let you know if anything important came up between me and Edward, or if we decided to Elope, remember?"

Charlie stared at me, suspicious, and glared outright at Edward. "Yes…" he said hesitantly. Edward squeezed my hand under the table. I breathed in deeply, and then sighed"Dad, Edward and I are getting married." The words came out in a rush. I felt Edward tense beside me again. Charlie took a sharp intake of breath, his face started to go white. Not Charlie's usual reaction. He had a tendency to go purple and get angry. Charlie was just speechless this time.

I took Edward's and mine entwined hands out from under the table, and flashed my dad the ring that Edward had officially given me before the fight with Victoria, my dad's eyes widened in horror.

"How long have you known?" I assumed he meant about the marriage thing.

"…Only a little over a week, Dad. We were planning to go to Vegas…" Charlie's face finally turned purple, to my relief, and horror. "But Alice ambushed me and she's forcing me into a white wedding." I growled the second part. Edward looked at me, confused. My gaze told him that we'd talk later. He nodded slightly. Suddenly, I saw Charlie grin.

"At least you are letting me know." I was thoroughly surprised at how calm he was taking this.

Edward spoke up beside me. "We have something for you." Edward reached into his pockets, I wondered how many items he could fit into his pockets, and they seemed like forbidden and never ending pits. He pulled out a white envelope and Charlie grabbed it and ripped it open carefully.

"It was Alice's idea, again." He muttered. Charlie nodded and read.

"August 13th? So soon?" He sounded hurt and surprised.

"That was my idea. I want to get the anticipation over with ASAP." Charlie still looked at me. Stared is more the right word. The date of the wedding was less than two weeks away, and Alice was too likely to be out of control at this point.

"You don't actually think that I would have a large wedding and not let you hand me off, do you?"

Charlie smiled. This was likely one of the last times that I was going to see him smile. I almost felt like crying, but I kept my emotions in check. I tried my hardest to smile back. Edward and I got up from the table, Charlie lifted also.

"We really should go check up on Alice and see how much damage she has caused so far." Edward calmly excused us. He could tell that I was going to break down soon.

Note: This is my first Fanfiction enlisted story, and I have the entire story drawn up, just not entirely typed up. Review to tell me what would be better, and the story will get better, believe me, and the storyline gets cool later. Have patience with me.