Disclaimer: I wish I did, but Mrs. Meyer owns both Twilight and New Moon. My only person is Matthew Hix.

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews. I have revised the first chapter, so now Veronica is now correctly Victoria, and Emmit is Emmett. Thanks, here is chapter two!

"Renee is coming?" I inquired nervously.

"When Esme called her she was cautious at first, but after the initial shock she wanted to help plan the wedding. I hope that's ok with you, my dear," Edward answered my question.

I shrugged and followed Edward out onto the porch. The entire family was either standing next to the rail, or sitting on it. Edward gently picked me up, and set me on the railing in front of him. I leaned back into his stone chest, as he wrapped his arms around my waist so I didn't fall off. Then I noticed Carlisle and Esme were absent. Edward noticed my confusion and told me they went to pickup Renee; of course, if she had taken a taxi it would never have found the turn off. My trail of thought was broken when Carlisle's black Mercedes came around the bend.

The car came to a halt, and its passengers alighted. Carlisle went around at a human pace to the trunk and pulled out Renee's bags. Renee swung her purse over her arm, then she spotted Edward and I. She ran over and pulled me into a hug. "Bella we need to talk. I mean you are eighteen and are getting married, you really need to reconsider. I mean you saw how Charlie and I turned out; I don't want that for you. I want you to be happy," she said holding me at arms length her eyes boring into mine.

"Mom, I will be happy. We won't end up like you did, I promise," I responded confidently.

"Mrs. Dwyer, I love your daughter very much. I will do everything in my power to make her happy. Thank you for coming up to help make this dream come true for us," Edward said sincerity ringing with every word.

Renee nodded deep in thought. I looked up at Edward hoping she wasn't thinking about how to talk me out of this. By the look on Edward's face I could tell she was, this was not going to be a pleasant day. Esme sensing our awkwardness invited to show Renee her room. She agreed still deep in thought. I was pretty confident that what ever Renee was planning it wouldn't work, but I had a seed of worry start to sprout.

"Edward what was she thinking?" I was unable to keep the worry out of my voice as I spoke.

"She is planning to plant doubt in your mind about my love for you. After that she will try and talk you out of the wedding. When she accomplishes that she will take you off to Florida to meet an eligible bachelor she has met at her office. Don't let her convince you though. I love you more than anything, nothing will change that. Just don't forget that," Edward said.

Oh crap, "why would she want me to doubt you? Why can't she just be happy for me? But don't worry Edward I love you too much to have silly ideas put in my head," I said trying to sound confident, though I was worried, I knew how persuasive Renee could be once she got an idea in her head.

I followed Edward back into the house; Renee and Esme were sitting on the sofa. When Renee saw us she stood up and asked to talk to me alone. I looked up at Edward worry showing plainly in my eyes. He smiled reassuringly and nodded. I squeezed his hand and followed Renee upstairs to the guest bedroom. It was a nice room, all maroon and crimson. I sat next to her cross legged on the bed, and waited expectantly.

"Bella, baby, this boy has acted just like Charlie did from the minute I first laid eyes on him. You will go through the same thing I did, I don't want that life for you. After the wedding he will grow distant and then not really notice you at all. You will be heart broken. It will take you years to heal. You need to get out while you still can. Come back to Florida with me. You can start over, go to college and find a better guy. I just don't want to see you hurt baby. Please think about this," Renee pleaded.

I did think about it, for three days I thought. I didn't know what Charlie did when he and mom got married, so Mom could be right. Maybe I should go back to Florida with her, meet this guy she found. I might be able to like him as much as I liked Edward. Edward had survived for over one hundred years before I came along, he could just go back to the way things were before I came and complicated his existence. Yes, that's what I'll do. I'll go to Florida and start over again.

I found the Cullen's sitting in the living room watching a movie. They all looked up when I sat down on the couch next to Edward. "Bella, what's wrong?" Alice asked concerned.

Tears started to leak out of the corners of my eyes. "I'm going back to Florida after Charlie's funeral. Renee is right, how do I know I won't end up like her. I can't take that risk. I'm sorry, goodbye," with that I grabbed the keys to my truck and walked out the door.

Renee was staying at a hotel in Port Angeles. The day before I took all my clothes to her room, so all I had to do was say goodbye. I knocked on the door to her suite; she opened the door with a smile. "I am so proud of you, honey. You did the right thing. I met a new guy at my office, by the way. He's twenty two, and is looking for a girlfriend. This could be your chance to move on. Maybe you could give him a try," she said still grinning like a Cheshire cat.

"Sure, that would be great. What's his name?" I really didn't think this would last long, why not give it a chance?

"Matthew Hix," she replied.

The next day was Charlie's funeral. I dressed in a knee length black off-the-shoulder dress with black ballet flats. Renee and I climbed into my truck, and away we went, back to Forks for the last time. When we reached the funeral home I spotted Billy and Jacob immediately. Jacob had grown since I last saw him, he was around 6'4" now. I got out and walked over to them. "I am so sorry Bells. I am so very sorry about Charlie," Billy said solemnly.

I nodded and walked inside, the Cullen's greeted me with waves from across the room. I ignored them, greeting other well wishers. Renee came over with a young man I had never seen before. "Bell, this is Matthew Hix," Renee introduced.

I smiled, he was about 6'2". His eyes were bright green under neatly groomed blond hair. I took his offered hand, he was gentle with me. "I am sorry to hear of the loss of your father, Miss Swan. My deepest apologies," he said kissing my knuckles softly.

I must admit he was quite a gentleman, "Bella, please Mr. Hix, it is a pleasure to meet you," I said politely.

"If I call you Bella you must call me Matt, if you will," he said again totally polite.

"That would be lovely, Matt," I said smiling.

He offered his arm to me to escort me to my seat. I took it gracefully. Then I realized I still wore Edward's ring. "One moment please," I asked.

He nodded. I walked over to the Cullen's. "I believe this belongs to you Mr. Cullen." I said stiffly as I slipped the ring off my finger. I lifted his hand and placed the ring in his palm. I folded his fingers over his palm, and turned and walked back to where Matt stood. I again took his arm, and allowed myself to be led to my seat. Matt asked if he could sit next to me. I smiled and nodded.

I cried through most of the service. Matt put his arm around my shoulder and allowed me to cry into his shoulder. After the service I again took his offered arm, and walked out into the rain. He opened his umbrella so we could walk to my truck and stay dry at the same time. "Miss Bella is that man over there beckoning for you?" he asked.

I looked over to see Emmett gesturing me to come over. "No, he must be beckoning to someone else," I said even though I knew he meant me.

Matt opened my door and helped me in, I said thank you. "I do believe you and I have the same flight back to Florida, would you mind if I followed you to the airport?" he asked.

I nodded. He got in his car and followed me, just as he said he would. It happened that our seats were next to each other on the plane too. This was more then a coincidence, but I didn't mind. I was starting to really like this Matthew Hix guy. We talked about common interests until we touched down in Jacksonville. Matt picked up his car at the airport. It was a Porsche, it only had two seats. We had three people. Renee offered to take a cab, so we could continue to get to know each other.

EPOV (after Bella left the funeral home)

She left, Renee had succeeded. My Bella was gone, she returned my ring. Matthew Hix had swept her off her feet with is gentlemanly charms. I was stunned during the entire drive home. Everyone was silent, not just me. We had all thought that Bella would ignore Renee, we were all wrong. Now she was going somewhere I couldn't reach her, the sunny Jacksonville, Florida. I felt Alice go rigid beside me, I pried into her mind…

(The vision) Bella was dressed in a long white gown, a veil over her face. She was beaming from ear to ear. She was walking down a church aisle; at the end of the aisle was none other than Matthew Hix. (End vision)

Bella was becoming Mrs. Matthew Hix. "How soon Alice?" I asked.

"Three months," was the deadly answer.

In three months I would lose Bella forever. Alice explained the vision to the rest to the family as I stared out the window. If vampires could cry, I would be. The love of my life was getting married to a different man in three months. I had to stop this, get Bella back.

BPOV

It had been three weeks since I had left Forks. I spent the majority of those three weeks with Matt. He was wonderful; I had almost forgotten Edward and the life I had left behind when I left Forks. I was almost sure I loved Matthew Hix. Matt was a gentleman through and through. He was taking me out to dinner tonight. He said he had a surprise for me tonight. I was excited. I was almost ready to go. I was wearing a lavender spaghetti strap dress and matching ballet flats. I was still totally clumsy, so I avoided heels for the most part.

I walked downstairs where Renee and Phil were lounging in the living room. Renee was probably the happiest I had ever seen her. She glowed every time Matt and I were together. I knew she was in on the secret of tonight, so was Phil. I avoided asking them, because even though I didn't like surprises much, this was one time I could handle not knowing. There was a knock at the door at precisely eight o'clock. He was always very prompt. Phil answered the door and let in a beaming Matthew Hix.

Just seeing him made my heart do flip-flops. I waved goodbye to Phil and Renee, and took Matt's arm. He held open my door as I slipped into my seat. He shut my door after making sure my skirt wouldn't get caught. I sighed inwardly as he slid into the seat next to me.

A/N: sorry it took so long to update I had to ask a friend of mine how to first. Then I got caught up in the holiday mess. I am also writing other stories, so keep an eye out for them. Love, Curly-Haired Bookworm

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