Chapter two!!!

EPOV (again. Haha srry about this, dear readers. It won't work any other way, trust me)

The maid cautiously opened it, and her face brightened when she saw me.

"Good evening sir, the young mistress is right down this way, in her room. If you would kindly follow me, I shall take you right to her, Mr. Cullen, sir," She said brightly, happy that I was back again to court her mistress.

I followed her, paying my respects to the Governor and his wife as I passed them. The butler had taken my coat and hat, which I was glad for. The Swan residence was rather warm and cozy. Comfortable, but not with a large overcoat on.

My breathing spiked as we neared her door. The maid knocked on it.

"Lady Isabella!! Mr. Cullen has come!" she announced, then promptly left, with a nod to me, and wishing me good luck, whilst staring at the ring in my pocket. How is it that the female species happens to be very observant??

Nonetheless, the angel herself came to the door and invited me in. I smiled at her well kept room, the curtains drawn open to let the moonlight through her large window. I had barely turned around to greet her when she ran at me. Grinning foolishly, I picked her up off the ground and twirled her around.

"Edward!" She squealed, laughing happily. "Put me down at once! It isn't proper!"

I put her down, and replied mischievously "And since when did you care what is or is not proper, my dear Isabella?"

She smiled, a twinkle in her eyes. "That is a rather confusing question to answer, . Shall we leave it for later, and discuss the real reason of why you came here tonight?"

Darn. Well, can't hide for long around women. They had a sixth sense. Especially my mother. When it came to tidying up my room.

I chuckled, hugging her close. I hadn't seen her in a week, remember? I missed her.

"I missed you," I said, staring into her deep, chocolate brown eyes. "And I you," She answered, still staring at me expectantly. I took a deep breath. Putting it off wasn't going to make it any easier. And the Governor had already given me his blessing, before I left for Barnesdale. In Barnesdale, I had ordered and bought her the ring. I just hoped that she would like it.

I kneeled down, taking her tiny, fragile hand in mine. She gasped in complete, utter shock. So she really hadn't known, had she? I smirked. Why else would I dress in this uncomfortable yet proper suit? I took out the ring.

"Isabella Marie Swan," I began, too afraid to look up into her eyes, in case those bright orbs that I loved so dearly would hold rejection. "I have loved you since the day that we met, that night that our mothers brought us together. I was nine, and young, yet you were the most beautiful person that I had ever laid mine eyes on. You always are so kind, warm, and caring. I can't help but love you, as I'm sure the others around you can't help but love you too. I promise to love and take care of you until the end of forever. Will you marry me?" I held my breath, nervous and scared. This was it.

She hesitated so long that I thought she really would reject me, and then lifted my head gently with her other hand to look into her eyes. They were full of love and adoration, in that moment, she made me the happiest man on Earth. She couldn't talk, I could see that much. I took the happiness in her eyes to be a yes.

I jumped to my feet, and slid the ring onto her third finger, never looking away from her steady gaze. She threw her arms around me.

"Oh Edward!" She sobbed. I smiled and gently lifted her head up. "Why are you crying? You should be happy, Isabella," I grinned at the use of her 'hated name' as she called it. She thought it too long, yet in public, her family and I always were forced to call her that.

She made a face. "You already knew that I hated that name, Edward Anthony Masen!" Now it was my turn to make a face. She knew I thought that my own full name was rather long too.

Grinning, I asked her "Then why did you agree to marry me? You know that I'm going to be using that name a lot, especially since we're going to have to announce this to everyone in the village." She groaned, just resting her head against my chest. It felt wonderful.

"When are you planning to tell your family the news?" I asked her.

"Right now." Opening the door, she grabbed my hand and tugged me downstairs, to the family room, where her parents were currently presiding in.

"Mother, Father, we, um-" She couldn't go on. I smiled happily and stepped up. "We're engaged." I announced, my face triumphant and most likely shockingly happy.

Renee Swan jumped up and ran to hug her daughter, who was wrapped in my arm. I gave her up grudgingly, laughing as he mother started on about wedding details, and poor Bella made another one of her cute 'save me, please' faces.

"Mrs. Swan-" I began, wanting to tell her that we were fine with an August wedding or a September wedding, and that Alice and my mother would be contacting her shortly to begin planning, but she interrupted me.

"Call me Mother. You shall soon be my son-in-law, so you might as well start calling me Mother, dear. Oh, and, thank you for proposing. I was starting to think that you never would!" She laughingly said. I turned a shad of pink. I had been procrastinating, but only because I wasn't yet sure if Bella would have said yes or no.

"Of course, Mother." I agreed willingly. I saw Bella's eyes light up at that, and I smiled even more. "I'm sure that Alice and my Mother will contact you rather soon, they were hoping that they could plan a wedding sometime." I said sheepishly.

"Oh, that's fine dear! Perfect, actually. We have so much to decide. Now, Bella, what is your preference for…." Her voice droned away, as Charles Swan approached me, a large smile on his face. I saw several maids and scullery maids giggling, watching quietly from the open doorway.

"I'm proud of you, son." He said. "It took me a year or two to ask my wife the question. From the start, I could see that you were a brave lad, full of the right morals. Your parents taught you right." He told me.

"Thank you sir. I really do appreciate you giving me your blessing." I replied, happy that I was going to be marrying the Governor's daughter.

"It's been a long time since I've seen her so happy. You take good care of her now" He added sternly, with the same twinkle to his eye that Bella sometimes had. "I will sir." I answered gratefully. Her family accepted me, and I was marrying my love sometime in autumn, according to Renee's antics by now. Because autumn apparently had the best natural scenes. I smiled, hugging Bella to me once more as we all sat down on a couch or another, listening to Renee rant about her ideas for the perfect wedding.

I didn't mind. It gave me another chance to spend more time with Bella. I smiled slightly, playing with her wavy tresses. Just then, the church bell tolled, long and loud.

I sat up straight. Forgetting my happiness. That bell could only mean one thing, and since it was still being struck, after two minutes, there were a lot of them this time.

Pirates.

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Sakura: soooo….you like?? I know, it was alllll fluff before, but now it's getting exciting!!!!!

You know, I just might post another chapter today…hm. Depends on the reviews!!

So review. And no, I do not think that micchi has started writing chapter two for back in the day yet. SORRY. If this keeps up, I'm going to have to personally kill her, and finish the stories myself!!