We spent most of the day inside the house, it was raining outside. We flipped on the T.V. and watched some discovery channel. But most of the time we weren't paying attention. The way he positioned his body was extremely proportional to mine. It was like he molded his body to fit mine next to him. I leaned back into his chest, getting his sweet scent under my nose, and I smiled. This vampire, I thought to myself, was unlike no other.
"Alice!" I yelled as I opened the door. She had come for a quick visit before we would tell Charlie the news.
I was nervous about how he would react – I thought that he would be angry, since after Edward left me and came back, he didn't really accept Edward like the first time.
"Alice, have you seen the future lately?" I was curious.
Edward and Alice glanced at each other with a certain look. The look they had when they knew something I didn't, which happened a lot.
"Don't worry Bella," said Edward, "Charlie is going to be fine. He knows how much we love each other, and even if he doesn't really like the idea, he can't do anything about it, because it's your decision."
I knew he was right, but I couldn't help think about what Charlie would think, what he would feel like after the news. I turned to ask Alice if she could tell me what he was going to say.
"Oh, well I should get going…You know...there's so much stuff to do and so little time..." Alice said, as she kissed both of us goodbye and ran out the door. I hated it when she did that. All of a sudden the door opened, and Charlie came inside. Now I knew why Alice was in such a rush to get going, it was because Charlie had arrived.
"Hey you two, what's going on?" asked Charlie as he hung up his coat and gun holster on the rack.
"Oh hey Char-I mean dad, can we talk to you?" I asked. I could see Charlie had a suspicious look on his face.
"Are you in trouble?" he asked.
"No…." I replied.
"Haha, if you were, I would know," he laughed, "Just having some fun kiddo, what did you want to tell me?"
"Well, me and Edward have really exciting news to tell you," I put my left hand behind my right hand to he wouldn't see the ring, "don't worry I'm not pregnant or anything."
Edward chuckled a small bit, but then took my left hand in his hands. Charlie looked to see what was going on. Then he found it. He saw the ring that was on my hand. His mouth started to hang, but I couldn't tell if he was surprised or angry. His expression wasn't easy to read.
"Is that an engagement ring on your finger?" he asked amazed. He took my left hand and looked at the ring. He felt the diamond and looked at the design of the actual gold. He looked up at me, searching my eyes. I was filled with excitement because I had finally told Charlie what I was going to do, what was going to make me happy.
"Wow….," he got up from his seat, "I can't believe this, but my baby girl is getting married! Congratulations!" He gave me a very huge and tight hug. I was confused, he was happy? I mean, I thought he would be, but wasn't this a bit much? It didn't bother me though, I was very happy. I smiled as I looked up at him, as he gave me a kiss on the cheek and gave me one final hug.
"Congratulations, Edward, now I know you'll be taking good care of my daughter now, will you?" Charlie said. He shook his hand, but then pulled him into a big hug. I was extremely surprised. I looked at Edward, he was equally surprised as I was.
"I'm going to go call Renee, she might take the news hard but she'll come around," he said in an excited tone.
"Dad, not to disagree with your, mood, but where did all this happiness come from?" I asked him. I knew that ever since Edward had left, Charlie didn't like him at all for causing such pain.
"Well kiddo, even though I still have a little place in my heart that hurts thinking back for what happened between you to, I have to accept the fact that you two are really in love with each other. I still think that you are too young, but I can see that you both complete each other." I was appalled by his answer. Never would I have thought that Charlie would be so understanding.
He left to go into the kitchen and use the phone. I went to Edward and wrapped my arms around him. He took my face in his arms and gave me a passionate kiss. There were no words possible to describe how I felt about him.
We went over and sat back down on the couch. He put his ear on my chest to listen to my heartbeat. He smiled as he listened to it.
"Bella, are you sure you want to give this up?" he asked me. His question made me flinch back. After that day in the meadow, when Edward had said that he would've done it then and a few other things too, why would he be asking me again?
"Yes Edward, I've had all the human experiences I need, and now I'm ready to be immortal." I told him. Ever since we had been together, I wanted him to make me a vampire. I would join his family, go hunting with them and be happy. Edward didn't really understand that but he slowly is starting to see. This way, we'll be together for eternity, and hey – my soul belongs to him anyways. Even though I couldn't really get the fact out of my head that me and Edward hadn't done one last thing…surprisingly we were close, at the meadow the other day, but I just wasn't ready. Right now it's good that Edward can't read my mind, because that would have been embarrassing.
He took my hand. Oh how I loved him.