OOOPPPPSSSS! I forgot to put on the disclaimer... we all know the characters of the Twilight series belong to the almighty Stephenie Meyer who we all hope to become one day... Only because we want to own Edward... With that said, I don't own anything, I just like to play around with Carlisle, Esme, Charlie, Renee, Phil, Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, Jasper, Bella... but mostly Edward... YUM!

Ending of Chapter 2:

As we pulled into the driveway, Renee came bounding out of the house toward our car. She was so excited to see us and was jumping up and down outside my car door. I took in a huge breath and exhaled releasing all the knots that were in my stomach as Renee opened my car door and reached in to pull me out...

"BELLA!" she screamed, "Oh I have missed you!"

"Hi mom!" I grinned as I got out of the car.

Renee stepped back and took a better look at me, her eyes were wide in disbelief...

"Bella... something about you is different..." she shook her head and kept looking at my face...

Chapter 3

I giggled at her reaction, hoping she didn't pick up on the stress I was feeling.

"Mom... I'm married and just very happy!"

"Yes, I can tell... you're absolutely glowing..." Renee pulled me into a hug as we stood in the driveway. "You're freezing Bella! Lets get you inside and warm you up a bit!"

Phil met us at the door, "Hey you two! How was your flight?" he looked happy to see us.

Edward chuckled, "Bella thought is was really long..." Edward put his arm around my waist, "thankfully we have almost a week to rest up before having to fly across the country!"

"You guys didn't pick a very good time to visit... it is unseasonably cold and we have a few storm systems moving through and the chance of sunny warm weather is not looking good..."

I tried to down play my excitement of the weather outlook, "Oh, thats too bad! We would have really enjoyed laying out on the beach and playing in the sand and ocean..."

Renee stepped closer to me, putting her hand on my shoulder, "You will just have to come again when we have our normal hot and dry weather! There is nothing like spending the day on the beach!"

The rest of the night we sat around discussing 'college' life and our future plans and goals. It wasn't until Renee and Phil said their 'good nights' and were safely in their room for the night that I was able to finally relax. We sat in the family room with the TV on low.

"Edward, I don't know if I will be able to be here for the full 6 days..." I closed my eyes, whispering to make sure Renee couldn't hear, "Renee is so observant that I am scared she is going to figure out our secret..."

Edward sighed as he pulled me onto his lap, "Things will be fine... We can go on a small road trip in a few days and stay the night at a hotel to give you a break..." Edward nuzzled into my neck, "we can hunt and have some alone time..."

I closed my eyes, leaning into him, "mmmm, that sounds perfect... alone time..."

Edward chuckled, "yes... alone... nobody we know around..." his right hand rubbing my back while his left hand rubbed down my thigh slowly.

"mmmmm..." was all I could muster up as I turned my face to his, crushing my lips to his...

We could tell by Renee and Phil's heartbeats that they were fast asleep in their room, but I still felt the need to bring Edward to our room so that we would not be disturbed or walked in on.

Edward pulled me to the bed as he slowly undressed me. He stared into my eyes as his hands traveled down the front of my shirt, unbuttoning each button as he progressed down my shirt. As more and more of my chest was exposed, his smile got wider and wider. When he finished with the last button on my shirt, he brought his hands up to my shoulders, pushing my shirt down my arms, letting it fall to the floor. With his hands on my shoulders, he pulled me to him, smiling as he whispered, "You are so beautiful Bella..."

No matter how many times we have made love, I always cherished each moment, savoring every kiss and touch. I loved feeling as one with Edward as we held each other, hearing each others thoughts. This time was no different as we concentrated on being together, letting our love and desires take over.

We spent the rest of the night in our room reading and talking. I picked up a magazine and was flipping through it, looking for something to spark my interest. I stopped on an article about what attracts people to their mates... I giggled as I read one theory about smells...

Edward looked up from his book, "What are you reading that is so funny?"

"Just this article about different things that attracts people to each other..." I tilted my head to the side and grinned widely, "Can you guess what made it onto the top 5 list?"

Edward marked his page before closing his book and setting it down, "hhhhmmmm..." he moved closer to me, "your luscious lips..." he leaned into me, gently kissing me, I could hear the playfulness in his voice as he continued, "your beautiful butterscotch eyes..." he reached over to glide his fingers gently over my eyebrows, "your perfectly shaped body-" He started to inch his way closer to me seductively. I was too amused in my article to let him side-tract me...

"Well, you're right one one and close on the others..." I touched the tip of his nose... "The one I found amusing was that people are attracted to their mate by their smell..."

I smiled as Edward smiled his crooked grin I loved so much. "I would say the author of that article is definitely on to something..." Edward then pulled me close and kissed my neck as he inhaled deeply taking in my scent.

As we laid on the bed my memory was sparked with curiosity to something Edward had started to tell me on our flight, "Edward, you never finished telling me what you and Carlisle came up with as to why I am so repulsed by the smell of human blood..."

Edward rolled onto his side and propped up on his elbow to look at me. He studied me for a moment before brushing a few strands of my hair out of my face and tucking them behind my ear. He smiled and kissed me gently on my nose before speaking...

"Bella, you were so repulsed by the smell of blood before you changed... it literally made you sick. You have always been compassionate and concerned about your newborn stage, fearing that you would take someones life... You knew about the vegetarian lifestyle and wanted that before you were changed. Carlisle and I believe that your decision to become a vampire and the knowledge that you held prior to your transformation changed your craving of blood from that of a human to an animal..." Edward paused, watching me closely, "It is incredible to watch you adjust so well to this life... It seems so natural for you..."

I smiled at Edward as he finished telling me his theory. It made sense to me... "Honestly Edward, it feels natural for me. I don't look back on my choice to join you for eternity with any regret... I love our life together. I love every second we have spent together and feel nothing but excitement and anticipation for what is to come..."

I jumped as Edwards phone beeped, Edward looked at the screen before flipping it open, "Alice..." Edwards eyes widened as he got up and motioned me to follow him to the family room. "Thanks, we will be careful..." He flipped the phone shut as he turned the TV on and turned the volume down low so it would not wake Renee or Phil.

"Edwa-..." I began, worried...

"Ssshhh..." Edward shook his head.

I turned my attention to the television and gasped. The storm that was approaching was huge and powerful. I looked at Edward who returned my gaze.

"Alice said that we have 2 hours until the storm hits and it is going to cause a lot of damage here in town. She suggested waking Renee and Phil up and driving as far inland as we can get..."

I must have had a panicked look on my face because Edward pulled me close and whispered in my ear, "Everything will be just fine... we are far ahead of this thing that if we leave in the next 20 minutes we will get Renee and Phil completely out of harms way..."

I took in a deep breath and looked at the clock. It was 3:30am... How am I supposed to explain why we are not sleeping at this hour? With the time change and having traveled yesterday... we should be exhausted and sleeping... if we were human that is... I took in a deep breath and looked at Edward before heading for their room.

Renee and Phil were groggy and confused as I tried to explain that we needed to leave the house and drive as far inland as possible to escape the storm... They kept saying that it would just blow over and everything would be fine. It wasn't until Edward came in to help that they finally realized they were not dreaming and we needed to get out of town quickly.

Renee ran around the house gathering important things like photo albums and some personal items. Phil grabbed their important documents just in case they needed them. We were out of the house and on the road within 15 minutes. We were speeding down the freeway in our rental car listening to the news when Renee broke down.

Edward kept his attention on the road as Phil tried to comfort her. I didn't know what to say but added comments occasionally like, "it's going to be ok mom", "things will be fine", "maybe the storm will weaken and miss your house entirely".

We drove until we were to Tallahassee before stopping for gas and to take a break.

"How much further do we need to go? Can't we just wait it out here?" I asked Edward while Renee and Phil were in the gas station.

"I think we can stay here... let me call Alice first..." The phone rang before Edward could finish his sentence, "Alice..." Edward breathed, he kept his eyes on me as he listened to Alice speak. I waited for Edward to hang up with Alice before I questioned him about what Alice said...

"She said we are safe here and that we should be able to go home tomorrow. There will be a huge mess to clean up and we will probably want to help with some rescue efforts when we get back..." Edward spoke softly, pausing for a moment before gathering me up into a big hug. We were interrupted by Renee clearing her throat.

"Oh!" I exclaimed, "Are you guys ready to go?"

"Yeah, Phil is just getting some coffee for the road." Renee tried to sound calm. I knew that she was just a bunch of nerves after being woken up so early in a rush to abandon a house she may or may not be able to come back to.

"Mom, we are going to find a hotel to check into for today and with what the weather reports are saying, we should be able to go home tomorrow..." I trailed off as I watched her eyes well up with tears, "Mom... things will be fine." I moved to her side, pulling her into a hug to reassure her.

Phil came out to the car and watched as Renee composed herself before handing her a cup of coffee. "Are you ok dear?" he asked sweetly.

"Yes, I just am worried about the storm, our house, our friends..." Renee's face went pale in an instant, "Heavens Phil! We need to call our friends and tell them to get out of there!" Her voice was now high pitched as the stress and agony came through, "how could we be so selfish and not think..." She broke down into sobs... Phil pulled her into a hug, "They will be fine honey... we will call them right now..." Phil pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and started pushing buttons as Renee reached for her phone, wiping away her tears with her sleeve.

"Lets go find a hotel to stay in tonight" Edward said calmly. Renee and Phil glanced up at Edward and nodded as they quickly conveyed the warnings to their friends to get of the city and as far inland as they could... They continued down their contact list until they had called everyone they knew back home.

We found a nice hotel with 2 suites available not far from the freeway. As exhausted as Renee and Phil looked, we got checked in and found our rooms to get settled in for the day. Edward and I put our things in our room and set off to find their room. Phil answered the door, letting us in. Renee was sprawled across one of the couches pushing buttons on the remote looking for something to watch on TV. She glanced up at me and smiled weakly before returning her attention to the television. She looked frazzled and exhausted. I was worried about her as I watched her struggle to stay calm.

"Mom..." I began, "when did you eat last? Lets order some room service for you guys so that you can eat and then take a nap..." I paused and looked at Edward, "I know how tired me and Edward are and you got just a little more sleep than we did..." Edward yawned for the effect and stretched his arms, "We are going to go back to our room and order some room service and then take a nap too... How about we meet up later this afternoon when we have all had time to rest up?" I watched my mom as she listened to my suggestion.

"That actually sounds like a good idea... Room service is just so expensive, why don't we just go down to the restaurant instead..."

"Mom... this hotel, and everything that comes with it, is our treat to you... don't worry about the cost, just make yourself comfortable and enjoy it!" There was a lot of compassion in Edwards voice as he spoke to Renee.

Renee yawned as she stood up from the couch, "really, it's not a problem to go down to the-"

"Seriously mom!" I started, "Just lay down and enjoy... Room service is FUN!" I moved to the desk and grabbed the menu and walked it over to Renee, "Order what ever you like! I do suggest the strawberries and cream for dessert..." I shot a look at Edward and winked, "just relax and try not to think about why you are here... focus on Phil and how much you love him..."

Renee blushed as she looked at Phil, "I think I could handle that..."

"Alright... We are going back to our room, but if you need us, our room number is 813, call us..." I grabbed Edwards hand and pulled him to the door as Phil pulled Renee closer and they examined the menu for room service.

I giggled as my mom looked up at Phil with stars in her eyes. I was so happy so see how much in love they were...

Authors Note:

So terribly sorry I took so long to update... Please forgive me... I got sucked into Boycotts and Barflies by vjgm and couldn't pull myself away... I will try to be good now and get back to writing my story and only enjoy others on the side... It will be a few day before I can write again... motivate me with love... (grins &giggles)

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