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Chapter two

Bella Pov

"I- Yes," I stuttered in surprise, tears in my eyes. Edward moved my promise ring to my right hand before slipping on my new ring. The face was a long oval, set with slanting rows of glittering round stones. The band was gold – delicate and narrow. The gold made a fragile web around the diamonds. I'd never seen anything like it.

"Wow," I muttered, staring at the beautiful ring on my finger.

"Do you like it?" he asked, as he stood up and took his seat again.

"I love it, how much did you spend?" I asked, looking up accusingly.

"I didn't spend anything, it was my great grandmother Elizabeth's," he said, finishing his dinner.

"Oh," I breathed, feeling quite honored that he would give me such a gift as a family heirloom.

"Goodnight, my love," Edward was saying as we arrived at my door.

"Goodnight," I said, turning to face him. He smiled broadly as he pulled me into his arms. His lips pressed down on mine and I wrapped my arms around his neck. Suddenly we were pressed against my door, his hands at my waist wandered down to my hips, pulling me tightly against him, and I froze. He froze too, pulling away with his eyes wide.

"I'm so sorry Bella, I didn't mean to get carried away," he said, running a hand through his hair. I looked up into his eyes for a moment, I trusted him, right? I should trust him, since I had just agreed to marry him... Any unpleasant thought popped into my head – if I couldn't handle him touching me now, like this, how would I handle it when we were married? Well I would just have to try and remedy the situation now. I could do this, right? I took a shaky breath and forced a smile onto my face. "Edward...would you like to come in for a while?"

He studied my face for a moment and shook his head, "No, Bella, I don't think that would be a good idea."

"Ok, I love you, thanks for everything tonight," I said, cheering up considerably, as I stepped forward and wrapped my arms around his waist. I closed my eyes, his arms carefully wrapping around me.

"Goodnight sweetheart," he murmured, into my ear.

Sunday Night

Bella Pov

I smoothed out my black skirt nervously, we were having a family dinner at the Masen's for the first time, it was a new tradition in the making. Edward was picking me up in five minutes.

There was a bang at the door before I heard Emmett's voice.

"Bella! Open up!"

I ran to the door and unlocked it, I opened it to find Rose and Emmett standing there, utterly drenched from the rain.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" I asked, letting them in.

"Edward sent us to pick you up, Carlisle needed his help on something." Emmett said.

"Oh," I said, hiding my left hand from Emmett.

"Are you ready?" he asked, glancing around.

"Yes, let me get my purse," I said, walking back to the kitchen to get my purse and phone.

The ride to the Masen's was long and quiet, Emmett cursing at several cars that got in his way. Rose hitting him in the head each time didn't stop him either. Finally, we were pulling up into the drive way to the white house. The door opened and Edward ran out with two umbrellas, one already over his head.

I opened the door slowly, waiting for Edward to make it to the car. Edward stopped at Emmett's door first handing him the other umbrella and then came to my door and helped me out. Under the umbrella we ran to the covered porch, stopping to close it. I turned in his arms and reached up to kiss him on the cheek. His arms tightened around me as he looked down at me.

"I love you," he said, a smile on his face.

"Same here," I said, leaning against him.

"Hey! You love birds get in here already!" Alice yelled from the door.

I stepped back out of his arms and he took my hand in his, we turned and walked inside. Alice pulled me away from Edward and into the kitchen.

"So, what's going on with my brother?" she asked, as she helped set the table with Esme.

"You'll find out soon enough," I said, grinning, making sure to keep my hand hidden with my purse.

"Bella, dear, go tell the boys that the food is ready," she said, shaking her head with laughter.

I nodded and walked into the living room where the men were gathered around Emmett and Edward, they were wrestling. Edward barred his teeth in concentration as he flipped Emmett over on the floor.

"Boys! It's time to eat!" I called, annoyed but worried about Edward.

I turned and walked back into the dining room where Rose and Alice were quietly discussing something. I took a seat across from Alice and Rose. The boys were talking loudly when they entered.

"I bet Edward can't keep his hands off of Bella for the rest of the night," Jasper was saying.

"Oh, I bet he can. Twenty Bucks," Emmett said, grinning while shooting Edward a warning glance.

"Fifty," Jasper said, rubbing his hands together.

Emmett took his seat next to Rose and Jasper next to Alice. Edward slipped in next to me and I glanced over at him for a second.

"I can't touch you so don't tempt me," he said, laughing.

"Well I think I can still touch you," I said, slipping my hand under the table towards his knee. I gave it a squeeze and he glared at me.

"Yes?" I asked innocently.

"Please, don't torture me," He begged.

I laughed and took my hand away, intending on being good. Dinner went by slowly, with all of us chatting on this and that. Towards the end of dinner, Edward cleared his throat.

"We have an announcement," Edward said.

"Yes?" Esme asked and Carlisle looked up expectantly.

"Bella and I are getting married," he said, his eyes on me. I smiled and lifted up my hand so everyone could see the ring.

"Ooh, is that Grandmother Elizabeth's?" Alice asked, reaching across the table to grab my hand and examine it.

"Yes," Edward answered.

"How lovely," Rose commented.

"Are you pregnant?" Emmett asked, furious.

"No!" I shouted, glaring at him.

"Are you sure? Dad wouldn't like this," he shouted back.

"Dad loved me and would have wanted me happy," I growled. "Besides, he would understand that I am twenty-two years old and can make my own decisions And yes, I am sure I am not pregnant," I hissed, turning and pressing my face into Edward's shirt. Edward's arms wrapped around me, and I heard Jasper clap his hands excitedly.

"Cough up, Emmett!" he said gleefully.

He was ignored.

"I'm sorry Bella," I heard Emmett say, ashamed.

"It's ok," I said, sighing, and pulling away.

"I'm going to take Bella home," Edward said, standing and pulling me to my feet.

"No, wait," Alice said, standing up.

"What?"

"We're having a girl," she said excitedly.

Jasper suddenly got quiet and I turned to look at his face - it was white. I nudged Edward in his direction and Emmett followed Edward as he pulled Jasper out of the room. Carlisle sighed and trailed out behind them.

Alice busted out crying, "He's going to leave me," she wailed.

I ran to her side, hugging her, Rose and Esme quickly joining me.

When we had finally calmed Alice down, Jasper walked back into the room.

"Alice, honey," he said, sitting down next to her and pulling her into his lap.

She just sniffled a bit, looking utterly pitiful.

"Alice, honey, I'm sorry, I love you, I'm just so scared! I'm afraid I'll hurt this baby, I'm afraid I'm not ready to be a father," he said, his hand rubbing her bump.

"Oh, Jazz," she said, tightening her arms around Jaspers neck. "You'll be a wonderful father."

As she leaned in to kiss him we all trooped dutifully out of the room to give them some privacy.

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