Round of applause for Stephenie Meyer who wrote (and owns) all the characters in this fic. Thanks all of you for the wonderful reviews! I was beaming last night!

Perfect Confrontations

I awoke with a start the next morning, though thankfully, not from stilettos. What woke me up was much worse—Renee. I knew all too well my mother's views on teen marriages and I didn't want to invoke her wrath.

I didn't realize I was out of bed, panicking and dressing, until Edward's cool arms were around my waist, "Shhh, love. It's early; you still have an hour to sleep. Calm down."

And I did calm down. Edward's musical voice always had that affect on me. As I stopped trying to put on a sock that refused to just slide onto my foot, I went back to my bed and sat, refusing to lay back down—I was too rattled.

Edward sighed and shook his head, "Why must you be so stubborn, Bella?"

"Um, because that's like, the only thing I can do that doesn't involve me tripping over something?"

Edward laughed and then scooped me up, bridal style.

"Where are we going?" I yelled as he jumped out my window.

"To my home, of course. Since it was made clear last night you aren't allowed anywhere but home and school, this is about the only time we'll get to tell them the news together."

I sighed, looking down at my unbuttoned jeans and half-on sock. I still had my blue tank top on. I smiled up at Edward as he readjusted me onto his back.

"Close your eyes," I didn't. Ever since he had come back I hadn't and wasn't going to miss a second. We were at the end of the Cullen's driveway when he stopped.

"Something wrong?" I asked, holding onto his back with all my might.

"No, I just thought it'd be nice to walk together." He smiled down at me and I blushed hopelessly.

I smiled and grabbed his hand as we trudged up the long, winding, and private drive together. As I approached the massive house, I was once again in awe at how beautiful it really was. It was as I looked upon its splendor that I realized I was a mess. My mahogany hair was pulled back in an extremely messy bun and my jeans were basically falling off. Edward looked down at me as I began to blush again.

"My, uh…my pants." I laughed timidly. Edward laughed and let go of my hand long enough for me to adjust my pants so that they were sitting peacefully on my hips.

"You might as well fix the socks as well," he said. I glared at him but pulled my socks on firmly, then slipped my feet into my sandals.

"Happy?" I asked.

"Yes. I was happy from the beginning. I believe it was you who seemed so embarrassed by your appearance." His perfect mouth broke out into that perfect crooked smile and I huffed.

I retook hold of his hand firmly and pulled him along. His smile was never lost as I dragged him to the front door. It was then that I stopped, unsure if I should just enter or knock.

"Oh please Bella," said Edward, pushing ahead of me and into the house, switching roles with me. I blushed but luckily his head was turned.

"We're home!" Edward said in a normal voice, knowing that everyone in the house would be able to hear.

"Oh Bella!" I heard her before I actually saw her; the fragile pixie-like vampire that I loved like my own sister—Alice. She hugged me, knocking me backwards and she was beaming.

"I saw it! I saw it all in a vision, didn't I Jasper?" Alice turned her head in a splash of short black spikes towards Jasper, who was standing a few feet away.

"There's no denying it," Jasper said glumly, "She's refused to shut up about it since she saw the dumb thing." He cracked a small smile and winked at me to show me he was joking. However, he received a glare from Alice that could've iced the sun!

I laughed, "So, when did you see it?"

"Um," she looked down.

"Oh, don't get her started again," Jasper said. Alice glared at him and he smiled slyly before running out of the room at light speed.

"Anyway," she said, turning back to me with a huff, "it was last night. I was so excited!" her smile widened as she spoke this aloud, "Oh! And I saw the wedding too! It's going to be—"

"No!" Edward and I screamed together, startling Alice. Edward laughed and raised an arm, signaling me to continue.

"It's just, I…well, I guess we want it to be a surprise." I blushed, not entirely knowing why but hey, another thing I could do and not trip!

"Well, be expecting a mall trip in the near future." It was then that I smiled, remembering.

"I'm sorry Alice," I said, faking a sincere voice, "but Charlie's got me grounded. I'm afraid I can't do anything or go anywhere besides school." I pouted my lip, but was puzzled when her eyes narrowed and she smiled.

"Don't be so sure," she said with a mischievous smile, "I can see the future, remember? Plus, I'm pretty sure I'm Charlie's favorite." With that she turned around and danced up the stairs towards Jasper.

As soon as they were gone, Rosalie stepped towards me hesitantly. I offered a small, unsure smile and she gave me a grateful one back, "Hi Bella," she said quietly, stepping up to me, "I'm really sorry about, well, everything that I've done," my eyes were on her like glue, not sure if I was imagining this or not, "You make Edward so happy and I was blind. Can you forgive me?" she looked down, her golden eyes muddled.

"Of course I can," I said. She looked up in shock. Then, as realization took over, a huge smile broke out on her face and she hugged me.

"Thank you so much Bella! I know I don't deserve it but I really do appreciate your willingness to overlook my horrible behavior!" she looked from me to Edward, smiling. A completely different Rosalie, "I'm going to help you and Alice pick things out!"

When she said this, my smile dropped. Oh great, another mall-aholic. I sighed and Edward held me in his arms. Rosalie went back to Emmett, who had been standing quietly in the corner. "Congrats you guys!" he said cheerfully, wrapping his arms around Rosalie. They walked out the back door, smiling up at each other.

"Wow," Edwards stunned voice caused me to turn around.

"What? I didn't know you could get dazzled." I smirked and hugged him.

"I've never seen Rose like that. Bella, you truly are amazing," I felt his lips on the top of my hair and I smiled.

We heard someone cough to cut in and turned to see Carlisle and Esme by Edward's piano. Carlisle had his arm wrapped lovingly around Esme's shoulders and they were both beaming. Finally, after a moment of silence, Esme ran to me, hugging me tightly to her.

"Oh, my baby is getting married!" she said, as she moved from me to Edward. He laughed.

"Yup, I sure am. And to the greatest person in the world." I blushed as he said that and Carlisle laughed.

"I'm so happy for you two," he said, his ocher eyes glowing. Esme stepped back and admired us happily before she returned to Carlisle.

"We'll leave you two alone," she said as they retreated to Carlisle's study.

All alone and still a while before school started. Edward sat down and began to play my lullaby. I sat next to him contentedly and rested my head on his shoulder.

"This is absolutely perfect," I said, closing my eyes. I still heard his response as I drifted into a light sleep.

"Yes," he agreed, fingers flying freely over the keys, "and so are you…"

Alrighty there it is! Hope you like it! I still couldn't get over all the great and happy reviews everyone sent me! I was telling all my friends and I wouldn't shut up! Ha. I'm going to try to update every other day but my Biology teacher is a little koo koo and well…I'll see what I can do about that but we're all kind of afraid to make eye contact with her… Enjoy and review please:O)

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