I just got into Twilight so if this totally sucks please tell me so I can make it better in the future! Thanks! Hope you all like it and it does have some New Moon spoilers since it takes place right where New Moon left off – Bella in trouble!
I knew I would give in. It was inevitable. What did it matter if I loved him while we were dating or married. I would love him and that's all the mattered. Edward's proposal would not stay out of my mind, even as Charlie ranted and screamed. I tried to push the proposal far from my mind so I could hear my punishment but then I could only think about Jacob. His hurt and crumpled face as he told me we could no longer be best friends.
"Isabella Marie Swan! Are you even listening?" Charlie roared at me, shaking. I looked to my right where Edward had been standing, the space now empty. "I told him to leave before I killed him." Charlie said darkly as he saw where I was looking. "He knows you're grounded yet he takes you into the woods to do who knows what!" "We were talking to Jacob. He spotted Jacob walking away from the house so we went to talk to him." I lied quietly. It wasn't the total truth but it wasn't a total lie. I just left out how Jacob was a werewolf and Edward, being a vampire, was his mortal enemy.
"That doesn't change the fact about the motorcycle you got behind my back. A motorcycle! You know how I feel about those things! What were you thinking Bells?" He gestured hopelessly to me as if beginning for an answer. Then he began pacing, rubbing his temples. "I wasn't thinking." I muttered so softly that I wasn't sure if he heard. "Well that much is obvious!" He sighed. "Go to your room. Go there and stay there." He said trying to remain calm. I nodded and walked up the stairs. Edward was waiting for me. "How will you do it?" He asked gravely in the velvet voice I loved so much. We heard the phone ring down stairs. "Do what?" I asked as I sat down on the bed beside him. "Hurt him like you will when you become one of us. I saw the look in your eyes when that dog you called a friend left. How can you face leaving Charlie behind? Becoming a vampire is enough mental strain without a guilty conscious." His speech became steadily more rapid as he went on. I saw the panic in his butterscotch eyes.
"You will be there. That's how I'll get through it." I said softly as I put my head on his marble shoulder. Suddenly a plan came to mind. "I've got it." I said jumping to my feet. He watched me curiously as I paced back and forth becoming more excited by the second. "I graduate and then tell Charlie I want to spend some time with Mom in Florida but I want to get my own place. I'll actually move in with your family and that's when you can change me!" I was so excited about this plan. I KNEW it would work; until Edward burst my happy little bubble. "Until Charlie calls your mother and asks how you are doing and your mother says she doesn't know what he talking about." I sat down on my bed and sighed. "Besides," he continued. "I'm not changing you until you marry me. I need to know you are brave enough. If you can marry the vampire you can become one." I opened my mouth to speak but he cut me off. "I already talked to Esme and Alice and everyone else. They all agree with me so it's no use running off to them again." I laid back on the bed, smiling slightly. "Then I have no choice?" "You have a choice. One, marry me. Two, make me follow you in the shadows as you live life. A normal human life." "Then I say yes." I said after a pause. He looked at me suspiciously. I rolled my eyes but my smile grew. "When do you want to say I do?" I asked. I saw his eyes sparkle as a smile leapt across his face. "Seriously?" He asked, breathing fast and hard. "Yep." I couldn't help but laugh at his expression. So happy; so excited; so alive. That thought made me laugh harder. "Of course I'd say yes. I'm sorry it took me so long to decide. I guess I'm a little nervous. Not only about my parents reaction but also if how Alice dressed me for prom is any indication of her fashion sense…well…" I shivered and he laughed even more. "That's not all." I continued, lowering my voice. "I'm scared you'll change your mind." "Bella. We had a deal. I admit I'm not ecstatic about you living in eternal damnation though." His eyes now filled with sadness as he smiled softly. "Don't worry, I'm a big girl." I said, hugging his mammoth frame. He pressed his face into my hair. "I know." He whispered softly.
"Charlie's coming. I'll wait in the closet." Edward whispered. Then he was gone and Charlie was through the door. He looked as if he had been crying which made my heart squeeze painfully. He sighed, composing himself. "Bella, if it's alright with Dr. Cullen, I think…" He paused. "I think you should move in with them for a bit." I almost fell over even though I was still siting on my bed. "Wh-what?" Was all I could say. I was ecstatic yet sad. "Just today, I was able to remember what it was like with Renee. I just don't want to see you get hurt. Then I realized the more distance I put between you and that kid the more you hurt. And I can't live with myself if you go back into that state you were in before. I'm sorry. Call Dr. Cullen tonight if you want to." Then he walked out. Before the door was shut, Edward was by my side. "No need to call Carlisle. You know he'll say yes." Edward said triumphantly. "Something's wrong." Was all I could get out before I was out the door, flying down the stairs. "Dad! Dad what's wrong?"
