Disclaimer: Twilight and its many lovely characters aren't mine nor shall they ever be, but a girl can dream.

Chapter 2

The Flashback

After getting ready, I went back into my room to see Edward looking like a Grecian God listening to my cd player.

"What are you doing Edward?"

He seemed to be caught up in the music.

"Oh I was bored since you take forever to get ready, so I decided to walk around your room. Then this lovely little cd player so happened to be on your desk. I didn't think you'd mind, so I started to listen to it."

I felt the blush rise in my cheeks. The disc in the player was the one he gave me for my birthday a year ago.

"I didn't know you liked my present so much Bella." Smirking, he took off the headphones and grabbed my coat for me.

We went outside into the sprinkles of rain and just as I pulled out the keys to my truck, he snatched them from my hands.

"What did you do that for Edward? I was going to drive!"

He dangled the keys in his hands and then made a fist around them.

"Well for one, you don't even know where we are going and even if you did it would take us forever if we were in "that"(he pointed to my truck), and two you probably don't know the way to where we're going."

I grumbled while we walked to his Volvo "Well, you didn't need to take the keys away from me…"

He only turned his head, and smiled.

When we were a good distance away from my house I let the questioning commence.

"So Edward," I started to twiddle my thumbs," Would you mind telling me where we are going?"

"Well first my house, Alice and everyone else are expecting a play by play of how Charlie reacted, even though Alice could probably tell them herself; and the rest is of course - a surprise."

I sighed knowing I wouldn't be able to get anything else out of him.

Arriving at his house I realized, I would have to relive last night all over again. He opened my car door, and grabbed my hand. The feeling of anxiety washed away from me, because I knew Edward was right by my side. We were greeted by all of his family looking like they were anticipating for me to come in and spill all the information right then and there.

"So…Bella, how'd it go?" asked the pixie-haired Alice.

"You should know the answer to that Alice." Edward retorted, obviously trying to give me time to gather my thoughts.

I then sat down on the couch and began to tell them what happened.

Charlie had been sitting down watching TV when Edward and I came in with the ring on my finger. I tried to do what I usually see in the movies, and how people break the marriage news to their family and friends.

"Dad, Edward and I have something to tell you. "

Charlie muted the TV.

"Oh yeah Bells, what is it? You guys breaking up? "

"No dad! It's quite the opposite…you see…dad…Edward and I well, we're getting m-married."

Silence swallowed the room making me feel like I was suffocating in it.

He slowly turned his head to see the ring that was on my finger, which was currently occupied with Edward's own hand.

"Oh god Bells, why?" His eyes looked like tears were getting ready to seep through.

And here I was expecting an atomic bomb to blow me off the face of the earth when I told Charlie the news. I still can't imagine Charlie crying, it just isn't him. He didn't even cry when I said all those hurtful words to him when James was tracking me. Charlie was throughly hurt and it was all my fault. I can't even think of how he would react if he ever found out what I would become.

"Well dad, Edward and I love each other very much and we decided to take our relationship to the next level by getting married." It felt so weird confessing our love to him.

"But Bella, you're so young and so is Edward. I thought I could prevent this from happening, but I knew this day was inevitable ever since he came back from LA and you guys were together again. I tried to be the strict father and limit your time seeing him, but I guess even I can't stop true love."

I felt tears swell up in my eyes. Charlie has never talked so caringly about mine and Edward's relationship. I let go of Edward's hand and rushed over to Charlie to hug him. This was the goodbye for him, and I wanted this moment to last forever, well almost. He finally stood up out of his chair and looked like the Charlie I knew.

"Edward, I swear if you do anything to hurt my Bella, I will hunt you down and make you pay for it."

"Dad!!!!" I couldn't believe Charlie had just spoken those words to Edward. In a way it was pretty funny imagining the scenario.

"Mr. Swan I promise I will protect Bella with my life and I will never do anything to harm her."

Ah, my Edward, such a gentleman.

Charlie sat back down, pleased enough with Edward's statement.

"So are you guys going to go to college first?"

"Well you see Mr. Swan, Bella and I were planning on getting married before the year ends."

This time the silence felt like a gag around my mouth.

"What!" "Bella, I will not let you get married that soon!!!!"

"But Dad you just said you were ok with it!"

"Yes, but I didn't say I was ok with having it that soon!"

If I told him my ulterior motive to me wanting the marriage so soon, he would surely have a heart attack. I had to say something.

"I'm sorry dad but that's when we want our wedding, if you don't want to attend, that's your choice, but you're welcome to come."

"But, Bells, you're my only daughter, I only care about you."

"I know dad, that's why I want you to come to the wedding, even if it's this year or the next."

Charlie looked like we just had boxed 12 rounds and I gave him the KO punch.

He heaved in heavily, "Ok Bells just promise me you know that Edward is the one you truly want to be with."

"Trust me dad, he is."

I looked into Edward's eyes and smiled at him, he smiled right back.

A/N: Don't worry readers, I will be posting up more chapters as soon as I have time. Comments and critiques are appreciated!