Chapter 3

RPOV

It had been three months since Jasper and Alice had gotten engaged. It had also been three months since I found the ring in Emmett's apartment. In the past three months Alice and I had signed on with Jessica Mallory Designs and had began working on our clothing line, I had also been to several bridal stores with Alice and Bella looking at dresses for Alice's wedding, all of which lead to dead ends, and Emmett and I had began talking about moving in together. The past three months had gone by fast and were very exciting with all of the wedding planning.

Today I woke up to a beautiful spring morning. I climbed out of bed and walked into the kitchen and started the coffee maker. I had just pushed the start button when I heard a knock on the front door. I looked at the clock on the stove and saw that it was seven o'clock in the morning. I walked over to the door wondering who it could be. I opened the door and standing on the other side was Emmett. He stood there wearing a blue button down t-shirt and jeans. I was standing there in the door way wearing nothing but my Victoria's Secret signature night shirt. I stood there and just stared at him and he just stared back. I kept waiting for him to say something but he didn't. So, I opened my mouth to say something but I didn't have a chance to get a word out because before I knew it Emmett's lips were crushed against mine. At first I couldn't think of what to do because I was taken by surprise and then I finally wrapped my arms around his neck. He broke the kiss and said, "Mmmm, that was worth the drive."

I started to giggle and said, "Well I'm glad."

"Me too," he replied laughing.

We broke apart and walked into the kitchen, "Do you want a cup of coffee?" I asked as I started to get a cup out to fix for me.

"Sure," he said.

I began to fix both of us a cup of coffee and then sat down at the table next to him, "So, did come over just to kiss me and get a cup of coffee?" I asked jokingly and took a sip of my coffee.

"No, I came over because I have a surprise for you," he replied and took a sip of his coffee.

"Oh," I said shocked. A surprise! This had to be it. This had to be the time. I mean it wasn't as romantic as I would like but I was happy and sure that later on I would laugh about it. He was going to propose I just knew it. I moved my left hand closer to him and said, "So what's my surprise?"

"Well, you're going to have to wait. First I want you to go shower and get ready because I have to take you to the surprise," he said.

"Ok," I replied and practically jumped out of my chair and ran to my bedroom. As I showered I thought about where he would take me. I thought of Bella Italia were we had our first official date, I thought of his parents house and my parents house where we had spent hours together, I thought of La Push beach where he had asked me to be his girlfriend, I thought of several different places each of them having a special memory from our past. I got out of the shower, wrapped a towel around my damp hair, put on my robe and then walked out of the bathroom into my bedroom and over to my walk-in closet. I looked through my clothes and settled on a pink t-shirt dress from Abercrombie and Fitch paired with wedge sandals that have a pink smock across the toe. After I was dressed I blow dried my hair and did my makeup. After I was done I walked back into the living room to find Emmett sitting on the couch. "I'm ready," I said and he looked up at me.

"Great," he said and stood up. He walked over to the door and opened it for me. I followed him down to his jeep and then got in and he started to drive.

It seemed like we'd been driving forever. We'd passed by the turn off to my house, we passed by the turn off to Emmett's house, we passed Bella Italia, we pulled on to the highway and passed by the exit that we usually take to go to La Push beach. I was starting to get a little scared. I mean we had passed all of the places that held a memory from our past. We kept driving and eventually turned off on an exit. Emmett pulled off to the side of the road and put the jeep in park. "This is my surprise?" I asked disappointed.

"No, I'm going to blind fold you and take you to the real surprise," he said as he leaned over with a scarf as I turned my back to him. He put the scarf over my eyes and tied it. I turned around and he said, "Ok now look at me," I did as I was told. "Ok, now how many fingers am I holding up?" he asked.

"I don't know Emmett I can't see," I replied. I could tell he wasn't going to let it go so I said, "three."

"Wrong!" Emmett exclaimed and I felt him put the jeep in gear and take off.

I hated being blind folded. It always made me feel weak and inferior and powerless. I couldn't say anything about what was going so I couldn't speak my mind. I could feel us going around curve after curve and up and down hills and around some more curves and then we were on a straight road and then we were on what I figured to be a dirt road and then finally back on pavement. We went around more curves and up and down more hills. Eventually I got tired of being quiet so I asked, "Are we there yet?"

I heard Emmett laugh and then say, "Babe, calm down we're almost there." I folded my arms over my chest and sat back in the seat. I couldn't stand being blind folded any longer. I reached up to pull down the scarf. All of a sudden I felt Emmett's hand on my wrist. "It's not much farther," he said. I dropped my hand away from the scarf and he let go. We rode the rest of the way in silence. I felt miserable. I couldn't see and I really didn't know what to talk about.

Eventually, I felt the jeep turn to the left and then stop. I heard Emmett put the jeep in park and then reach over and remove the scarf. I looked around and didn't recognize anything. We were sitting on what appeared to be another back road. Trees lined as far up the road as I could see. I looked at Emmett and said, "Is this my surprise?"

He let out a small laugh and said, "No, your surprise on up the road a little ways but I wanted you to see the drive up." He put the jeep in gear and started to drive. It took about five minutes before I started to see something begin to rise in the horizon that didn't look like a tree. He continued to drive and before I knew it I saw a house. It was a gray house and as we got closer I could see a balcony extending out from the house to create a covered entry. In front of the covered entry sat two statues of a lion. Emmett pulled into the circle drive and stopped in front of the front door. "Surprise," Emmett exclaimed and I just sat there and stared at the house.

"What?" I asked not really comprehending what was going on.

"Well when I asked you about living together you seemed sort of excited so I figured it wouldn't hurt to look around," Emmett replied. I heard him unbuckle his seatbelt and then get out of the jeep. He walked around to my side of the jeep and opened my door. "Would you like to look around?" he asked as he offered me his hand. I undid my seatbelt and took his hand and got out. He shut the door behind me and led me up to the front door. He opened the front door and I walked inside. The foyer took my breath away. As soon as you walked into the house you saw a fireplace and over the fireplace was a balcony. On each side of the foyer was a set of stairs leading up to the balcony. I walked around the fireplace and entered a great room. It was so beautiful. I looked up and notice that there was a second story gallery overlooking the great room. I noticed that there was a door leading outside to a covered porch that overlooked a lake. I walked back inside and continued to just explore the house. I hadn't said a word to Emmett since we had arrived and he hadn't said anything about the house. He just let me walk around and discover for myself. I walked into what I took to be the formal living room. There was another fireplace and behind the fireplace was a sitting place lined with windows. It was so elegant and perfect. I continued to walk around discovering the formal dinning room, the gourmet kitchen, the gourmet dinning room, and the library. I went upstairs and discovered the bedrooms and bathrooms walking through everyone I came to. I eventually found the master bedroom. I walked in and it had a hardwood floor and a fireplace that formed a sitting room. I walked on into the room and stepped up into a carpeted area that was apparently the sleeping area. I walked back into the sitting area and walked into a door that led to the master bathroom. There was a door off to the side. I opened the door and there was a toilet inside. I closed the door and continued in the room. There were his and her sinks and a glass shower beside a whirlpool tub. I walked back out into the sitting area and found the walk in closet. It was definitely big enough for my and Emmett's clothes. I turned around and saw Emmett standing behind me. I knew that I had a smile on my face. I'd had the smile on my face since we arrived and I saw the house. "So, do you like it?" Emmett asked. I ran over to him and wrapped my arms around his neck and crushed my lips against his. I felt him wrap his arms around my waist and he broke the kiss and said, "I guess that's a yes."

"I love it," I said still smiling.

"Babe, you haven't even seen the outside," he replied and unwrapped his arms from around my waist and took my hand and led me downstairs. I followed him outside and was greeted by a breathtaking view. I looked around and was astonished. There was a great pool and a pool house.

I turned to Emmett and said, "I love it."

"I'm glad because it's ours."

"What?" I asked shocked.

He turned to me and took both of my hands in his and said, "After I talked to you about moving in together I began looking around for a house for us to live in. I thought about us living in one of our apartments and building our own home but then I found this. I came and took a tour of it and I knew as soon as I walked in the front door that it was perfect. I knew that you would love it and after I walked through it I knew that this would be our home that this is where we would build our lives and raise our children. So, I bought it and now I've brought you here and showed you around and now I'm hoping that you'll move in here with me."

"Oh Emmett," I said and wrapped my arms around his neck and just started kissing him. I felt him wrap his arms around my waist and I was over joyed. This was our house it was where we would make our lives and raise our children. This was our home. After I thought this I pulled away from Emmett. All of sudden it registered in my mind how long it took us to get here and how many turns and curves and hills there were. "We can't live here," I said.

"What?" Emmett asked.

"We can't live here," I said and looked him in the eyes.

"Why?" Emmett asked searching my face for an answer.

"Emmett, don't get me wrong, I love this house. It's absolutely perfect but it's too far. I mean I've always dreamed of living near our parents and this is just too far," I said.

Emmett started to laugh and then said, "Follow me," he took my hand and led me over to the other side of the yard. We stood on the edge and looked out over the expanse of trees below us. "Look over there," he said pointing out over the trees below us.

I looked out across where he was pointing and saw what he was pointing at. I could see a clearing of trees that was a road leading up to an even bigger clearing of trees. In the middle of the clearing I saw a house. I looked at Emmett and said, "Is that what I think it is?"

He looked at me and said, "Yeah, it's my parents' house." That's when I knew what house I was at. It was the house up high on the heel behind Emmett's parents' house. It was the house that I had always dreamed of one day living in. I knew the history of the house. A man and woman had gotten married and built the house in 1915. They had lived in the house until both had died. The house continued to be passed down from generation to generation in the family and now Emmett done what I thought to be impossible and bought the house for me, for us.

I looked up at him and stood on my tiptoes and kissed him. "I have an idea. Let's go tell our parents that we're moving in together," I said and Emmett led me back to the jeep.

He drove back down the heel to his parents' house. We both knew that my parents would be there. Our parents got together every Saturday for lunch. Emmett parked in front of the garage and we got out and walked up to the front door. Emmett opened the door and we walked in. We walked over to the living room where our parents were sitting. Esme stood and said, "Emmett! Rosalie! It's so nice to see you two and such a surprise!"

She hugged each of us followed by my mother. "We have a surprise," I announced smiling and clinging on to Emmett's hand.

"Oh now don't tell me that the two of you are engaged. I can handle your brother going out and starting his own family but I don't know that I can handle losing my little girl too," my dad said as he and Carlisle stood up and moved over to stand my their wives.

"Oh Daddy," I said rolling my eyes. "It's not that but you're sort of close. Emmett and I are moving in together," I said.

"Oh my!" my mother said. "Whose apartment are you two going to move in?" she asked.

"We're not moving into one of our apartments," I said. "Emmett surprised me and bought the house up on the heel," I exclaimed and my mother and Esme screamed in excitement and hugged both of us. I hugged my father and then hugged Carlisle.

"Oh we have to start decorating," my mother said and she Esme began to talk amongst themselves about color patterns and what textures would work where. "Come along Rosalie," my mother said as she and Esme began to walk to the library where Esme kept all of her old projects from when she was an interior decorator. I followed them leaving Emmett with my father and Carlisle.

EPOV

I was glad that Rose liked the house. I knew she would even before I showed it to her. I knew that she had always wanted to live in the house on the heel behind my house. I had gotten in touch with the owners of the house and had worked out an agreement with them. It wasn't easy because they wanted to keep the house in the family but in the end they had decided that it would be nice to see the house occupied by a nice family. I couldn't believe that I had purchased the house that Rose and I had looked at for years.

Now I was standing in my parents' living room with my father and Rose's father. "Well son it looks like you are on the path to making a very big commitment to Rosalie," my father said and I couldn't help but notice Mr. Hale tense a little. "Oh I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that. I should've let you go to Monroe on your own and ask for his permission."

"It's ok Carlisle. I talked to Emmett last week and gave him my blessing and wished him the best of luck," Mr. Hale said.

"Is this true?" my father asked.

"Yeah, actually it is. I bought the ring then went to see Mr. Hale at his office at the hospital and asked him for Rose's hand in marriage," I said.

"Well, congratulations son! When's the big day?" my father said and patted me on the back.

"I'm not sure I haven't asked her yet," I replied.

"Now son you know that you have to ask her."

"I know but I don't want to take away from Alice's moment so I'm going wait until after Alice and Jasper are married," I said.

"Good thinking, you don't want to ruin your sister's moment in the spotlight," he said and we continued to talk until Rose finally appeared.

"I've got to get back to my apartment. Alice and Bella are supposed to meet me there to go over wedding plans," Rose said.

"Well I'll have you back before they get there," I said and stood. We said goodbye to our parents and I took Rose home. It wasn't long after that Alice and Bella arrived. Rosalie let them in and I continued to sit on the couch while I heard Alice telling Rose something about a dress that she'd found. Bella walked over to the couch and sat down next to me. "Hey Bells," I said.

"Hello Emmett," she replied.

"So where's Edward at?" I asked.

"He's at the house. He agreed to watch Renesmee while I came over here," she replied and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear.

"Oh, would you mind if I went over to help him? I mean I know how hard Renesmee can be to handle," I said jokingly.

"Now Emmett you know that Renesmee is just as sweet as can be," Rosalie said as she and Alice walked over to where we were.

"I know I was just trying to give Bella a hard time," I replied and stood up. "Well I'm going to go and see if I can give Edward a hand," I said and gave Rose and kiss before leaving.

I drove over to Edward and Bella's house and pulled in the driveway. I parked behind Edward's Volvo and then walked up to the front door. Like always I just walked inside and went into the kitchen. Edward was sitting in a chair next to Renesmee's high chair. "Now come on Nessie take a bite for Daddy," I heard Edward say.

"No," I heard Renesmee reply adamantly.

I walked up behind Edward and said, "Nessie, will you take a big bite for Uncle Emmett?" Her big brown eyes got bigger and she opened her mouth up as wide as she could and Edward shoveled in the last bit of food that sat in front of her. She chewed and then opened her mouth to show me that she had eaten it. "That's my girl," I said and she smiled and reached for me. I let Edward remove the tray and then I picked her up. "How's my favorite girl?" I asked her.

"Em! Em!" she exclaimed over and over again giggling. She still hadn't learned to say Uncle Emmett but I knew she'd learn eventually. She had already proven to be very smart. She was only two and could already say papa, gram, dada, mama, Em, Al, Ro, and Ja. She had the entire family wrapped around her little finger tighter than anything.

"Now Emmett, don't be lying to her," Edward said as he cleaned the tray.

"What ever do you mean?" I asked. I stuck my index finger out at Nessie and let her grab it.

"You and I both know that Nessie isn't your favorite girl, Rosalie is," Edward said and leaned against the counter.

"Well, that's true but Nessie's my favorite niece," I said and she looked up a the mention of her name.

"That's because she's your only niece," Edward replied and we all laughed. "So, what did Bella do send you over to make sure I could take care of my daughter?"

"No actually she trusts you and when I mentioned it she said that you could handle it," I replied.

"Oh, well I'm glad that she trusts me," Edward said.

"Yeah," I replied. Eventually we went into the living room and put Nessie in the floor to play. Edward and I sat on the couch and watched her. We talked about the struggles in our lives to how crazy Alice was about the wedding. Eventually the subject of the conversation was me and Rose.

"So have you asked Rose to marry you yet?" Edward asked. I hated how he always did that. It was like he knew when something would make someone else happy and he asked about it if you hadn't done it yet you felt guilty.

"Not yet, I told you and Jasper I'm waiting until after the wedding," I replied.

"Yeah but I figured you might have asked her and are just keeping it secret," he said.

"Well you're wrong, but we are moving in together," I said.

"Really?" Edward asked.

"Yeah, I bought the house on top of the heel behind Mom and Dad's house. I showed it to Rose this morning and now all we have to do is move our stuff in," I said.

"You planned it. You planned on buying that house and surprising her. Didn't you?" Edward said.

"Well yeah, I mean it's no secret that Rose has always dreamed of living in that house and now I've made that dream come true for her," I said.

"Well I hope that the two of you will be happy there and I also hope that you propose to her very soon so that we can all stop worrying about it," Edward said and I couldn't help but wonder what he meant by all of them worrying about me proposing to Rose.

Sorry it took me soooo long to get this chapter written. I've been super busy with school and writing papers and everything that I haven't had much time to write but my schedule has slowed down a little for now and I'm hoping to write a lot more and update a lot more frequently than I have been. I hope that you like this chapter and everything that is happening. If you have any ideas or suggestions please feel free to tell me because I always love to hear what the readers think. Please review.

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