A/N: So here's the next chapter! I'm too excited that some of you guys actually read it to make you wait! I have a few chapters stored up, so there shouldn't be much of a wait between chapters. Oh, and it's all BPOV, because I'm a girl and I think like one. If only I knew how boys' brains worked! haha! So, here's Sweetward...swoon!

Chapter Two - Going Home

I flung the door open excitedly to find my very happy boyfriend smiling at me.

"We did it, baby." Edward said, as he pulled me off of my feet and into his warm and comforting embrace. Edward was 6' tall and I was only 5'2, so we made for an interesting pair.

"I'm so glad it's over. Let's go home." I spoke into his warm neck, before placing a kiss just under his ear, before he set me down.

Edward and I were both spending the summer in Forks. Edward, with his mom, dad, younger brothers and sister, and me with my dad. I had just moved to Washington from Arizona to go to university after my mom was remarried. She was moving out of state, so without her, I would be alone in Phoenix. Now that I knew that Edward had grown up in Forks, I wished I had made the move sooner.

Edward leaned down to touch his sweet lips to mine. "Are you all packed, honey?"

God, I loved the pet names he used for me. He was so affectionate. For us only being together for such a short time, we seemed to relate to one another as if we'd been together for years.

I was so excited to see Edward in his element, back in his home town. He was the oldest of four kids and seemed to be an amazing big brother. His brothers Emmett and Jasper were 17 and 15, respectively, and his baby sister Alice was 7 years old. He had pictures of all of them in his dorm room and he talked about them a lot. I could tell how much he had missed them. He told me that he had spent his spring break back home with his family. I thought that was the sweetest thing a college aged guy could do. No beaches and one night stands in Florida for him. He played baseball with his brothers and took his sister to her ballet classes.

He was important to me, and I hoped that his family would like me, as they were what he valued most in this world.

"Yeah. I just have a suitcase, a duffle bag and my back pack. Are you sure you have room for me?" I asked, looking up at him from under my eyelashes.

"Hmm. I don't know, angel. I guess we could always strap you to the roof." He winked. "Come on. Let's get your stuff to the car." Edward walked over to my bed, flung my back pack on one shoulder, my duffle on the other, grabbed my suitcase and his right hand and reached his left hand out for mine.

"Edward." I whined. "I can carry something."

"I know you can, Bella. Why don't you go grab your purse and your journal over there from off of your desk. Just let me carry this stuff for you, okay?"

"Okay." I quickly walked over to grab the last two items in my room. I can't believe I had almost left my journal. In it, I had pressed every single flower Edward had ever given me, and had taped my movie stubs from all our 'dates'.

"Come on, babe. Your stuff is not getting any lighter, here." He laughed. This boy was always happy. I had never seen him upset or angry about anything. Maybe he just hid things well. But, from what I'd seen, and I had been with him a lot, he was very content. I hoped that I'd helped him with that. Only rarely did I see him rub the tops of his thighs like he had when I had first met him.

I grabbed his hand, took one last look around what had been my home for the last 8 months, and followed him out the door.

When we got down to the car, his silver Volvo that his dad gave him as his going away present last August, I was reminded again why Edward was the perfect guy for me. He had half of his bags in the back seat, and half in the trunk, so there was room for my things. He put my suitcase in the trunk, and put my duffle bag on the back seat with my back pack on top. "Any breakables, sugar?"

"No. We're all good." I answered clutching my journal to my chest.

"Yes, we are." Edward answered, closing the car door, then leaning down to kiss the top of my head.

"You are so cute, Edward." I answered, looking up at him, squinting in the sun.

"I try." He winked at me and pulled me to his chest. "Now stop stalling and get your cute bum in the car. We have a couple hours on the road, and my family is dying to meet you." He opened the passenger side door and spanked my butt playfully, before walking around the front of the car to get in the driver's side.

As I got in, noticed two bottles of Coke, three large bags of chips, and a giant tub of gummy bears, all sitting on the console in between our seats. I looked up at Edward, to see him smiling at me. "What's a road trip without munchies?" he asked.

We spent the next three hours talking, laughing and eating. We stopped in Port Angeles so I could have a bathroom break. Edward laughed at me because I couldn't hold it, but I noticed on my way into the gas station bathroom that he was headed towards the men's room. Boys!

When I came out and walked back to the car, he was leaning against the hood, with his legs crossed, waiting for me.

"My brother called me."

"Which one?" I asked as I walked up and leaned next to him.

"Jasper. He's the younger one. Quiet, keeps to himself. Kind of like you." He nudged my shoulder with his. "He's the most sensitive out of all of us. I think he's really missed me. He used to come hang out in my room just to talk sometimes."

"What did he say?"

"Oh, just school stuff. Sometimes girls. You know, guy talk." Edward smiled at the memory.

"No, Edward. What did he say on the phone just now?" I laughed.

He started laughing with me. "Oh. Um, he was wondering where we were. He wants us to come to my house first. Is that okay?

"Uh, yeah, sure. My dad's probably working until around 6 tonight anyway, so I have a few hours to kill before he's expecting me." I grabbed his hand and pulled it up to my mouth, placing kisses on the back of it. "Edward?" I asked, still holding his hand in both of mine.

"Yeah?"

"I'm nervous to meet your family. They are so important to you. What if they don't like me?"

"Bella. I get that you're nervous. You're so shy." He added, tickling my side with his other hand. "But I promise you, they are going to love you. How could they not? They'll see what I see."

Okay. Now I had a whole new thing to be nervous about. Did Edward just imply that he loved me?

"Baby." Edward sighed, stepping in front of me, grabbing my hands in his. "Come on. Relax. Smile. Just be yourself."

"Thank you, Edward. What would I do without you?" I stood up and wrapped my arms around his waist.

"I don't know, but let's never find out, okay?" Edward spoke into my hair.

Edward pulled me around to my side of the car and opened my door for me.

The rest of the drive was fairly quiet. I was admittedly nervous about meeting Edward's family, especially his mom and his brother Jasper. Apparently, his brother Emmett was a fun loving guy and loved absolutely everyone. Edward had assured me that once Alice had me in her sights, she'd never let me go. Apparently, she would love to have a girl around to style her hair and 'do all that girly stuff with,' to quote Edward. His father was always happy if his kids were happy, so I didn't anticipate a problem there.

Mothers were so protective of their children. I was focused on making a good impression with Edward's mom. And with Jasper, being the introverted one, I was worried that he wouldn't be able to express how he really felt, or would think I was taking his big brother, and confidant, away from him.

"Bella, babe, talk to me. You're making me nervous, and they're my family." Edward finally broke the silence in the car.

"I'm sorry, Edward. I'm fine. I promise. I'm just really excited for the summer and all the time we get to spend together. This is going to be an amazing four months."

"It is, honey." he brought my hand up to his lips and kissed it, leaving his lips on my hand for while. "And don't apologize to me for your feelings. I know you're nervous. But, angel, you're going to be great." He placed another kiss on my hand before squeezing it.

We rode in silence for a another five minutes. Edward pulled off the road and started driving down a long side road that basically led us right into the forest.

"We're here."