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Story:Love That Binds

Author:Twilight51545888

Full Summary:Sequel to 'The Betrothal.' This starts just a few minutes before 'The Betrothal' ends. During their wedding, Bella's Mother comes in and tries to apologize to Bella for the way that she had been treating her. Kind hearted Bella forgives her Mother, and she is soon taught the ropes of the corporate business that she inherited from her late Father. As her siblings try and move on with their lives, Bella is stuck when reminded that the only way to stay married to her one true love is to have a child within a year and a half. What will she do when they discover that Edward might not want to have children? What will she do when he instead wants to focus on his schooling, and become a doctor?
Soon Bella is thrown into a world of confusion and hate as her own Mother plots a corporate take over of the Swan Corporation behind Bella's back. And before the young woman knows it, everything that she has worked for might end up being for nothing. Who can she trust? OOC Edward and Bella

Ages:

Bella: 18
Edward: 21
Alice: 20
Jasper: 20
Jacob: 25
Emmett: 25
Rosalie: 23

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters from Twilight, nor do I own the rights to any of the songs I may use later on

(C)hapter (F)our (:) (C)omming (H)ome (:) (S)cary (M)oments

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As we got closer and closer to the room, I felt more and more nervous. I knew that out of the two of us, I should be less nervous, but I also knew that I just plain out wasn't. I guess it's the factor of who I am with.

As I brought Bella into our room, I watched with a smile on my face as she looked around the room. I was going to set her down, but I decided against it. I brought her over to the bed and laid her down on it, me hovering over her. I looked down at my angel and she giggled. I kissed her sweetly and looked into her eyes for a long moment. To be honest, I wouldn't mind if this moment lasted forever. I couldn't be happier. I was married to my best friend, and we had everything that we could possibly want.

"Edward?" she started, apparently looking for the right words.

"What is it, Bella?" I asked. I could tell at this point that whatever she was wanting to talk about was making her embarrassed, or uncomfortable.

"Do you... I mean, I know you have..." She paused once again, and I think that at this point I caught onto what she was trying so desperately to say. I smiled, but decided that it would be better if I just let her go ahead and say it before I made any final conclusions. She took a deep breath and started again. "You know that I'm a virgin, and that I'm not exactly innocent," she said, trailing off. I took that as my que to start talking, and making her feel batter, so I then took a deep breath of my own.

"And Bella you also know that the women I have been with before mean nothing to me... Nothing compared to what you mean to me."

"But we aren't... The same..." She trailed off, obviously, once again, hoping that I would catch onto what she was really saying. I merely smiled down at her, and brushed the hair away from her face.

"That couldn't matter less to me. Especially since you're the one that hasn't done this before."

She smiled at me, and in that moment... It was like something was telling me that everything was going to be OK from here on out. At least, that's how I wanted things to be. Bella and I would go through many troubles and obstacles along the way, but we can make it through anything... Right?

I bent down and kissed my Bella on the forehead one last time. She wrapped her arms around me.

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As we got on the airplane, I couldn't help but think about everything that had happen. We had... well, let's just say fun while we were away, and I couldn't have been happier. But then the lingering thought of Bella's choice still hung over my head like an annoying fly that just wouldn't go away. No matter how much I wanted to get a fly swatter and just get rid of the bugger.

When we finally landed back home, I couldn't be more happy. Bella and I had actually stayed awake through-out the whole thing, which surprised me like none other, and we had fun just laughing and having a good time. While we were staying at the other mansion, we couldn't have had a better time, and we had lots of fun just being around each other. And to my relief, we didn't even have a single fight while we were there, either.

Maybe we will some day, though. That was one thing about marriage that I was not looking forward to at all. Especially with my Bella. But I guess that we will cross that bridge when we come to it.

When the plane landed in the airport, we were actually a little surprised. The flight went on without a single hitch, and the hours just flew by (no pun intended). As we exited the plane, I could tell that it was very dark. Immediately I took Bella's hand once we were off the oning that lead to the inside of the warm plane. It almost gave my body a small shock when I realized that it was colder here than at the island. The cold air bit at my arms as I wrapped them around my Bella, not wanting her to get cold either.

She was wearing long sleeves at the moment, and I was just wearing a tee-shirt. She laughed at me. Apparently she knew that it was going to be significantly colder when we arrived back. Especially seeing as how we were on an island that was always warm and sunny. No cold days over there.

The lights from the private sector of the airport were the only lights that illuminated the night, aside from the ones coming from the airplane itself. I saw people taking our luggage out of the plane right behind us, and looked around. Though I knew that my parents wouldn't be picking us up, I did in fact know that they sent our limo driver out to get us when we arrived.

I merely had to make eye contact with the tired looking twenty-something-year-old, and he immediately straightened up. Apparently he was as tired as Bella and I were, but we of course were tired for other reasons. Being newly weds will do that to you.

I walked toward the man, and he ran over to get the door for us, and I could hear Bella trying not to laugh at his nervousness. When we got into the limousine, it was only a short while before the car started up. We of course had to wait for people to put our luggage into the trunk of the car, and then make sure that everything was perfectly OK. Just like with the airplane, but not as thorough of a check, I guess you could say.

As we drove my Bella was resting her head on my shoulder, and I could tell that she was tired. But knowing her, she would deny it if I asked her, so I just decided to go ahead and let her sleep.

Pulling up to the mansion, I was tempted to just go ahead and carry her bridal style up to our room, but then I thought that maybe my Mother, or Father were up, or worse my siblings, and I wouldn't want them to see such a private moment.

I woke up my angel gentle, and tried not to laugh when she asked me where she was. I knew that it would only take her a few moments of registration, and after that was over, we got out of the limo. The driver held the door open for us and I held her hand as we went.

Getting out into the night air was chilling, but we were soon inside of my Father's mansion, and I started looking around. Three of the maids went up to us, but soon realized that they were hardly needed. I decided to direct them.

"Our luggage is in the limo," I said, and watched as they scrambled to get everything from the trunk.

I looked back to my Bella, and then took her hand, walking through the well lit house. The lights were hardly ever turned off. And on top of that, there was solar energy that had been gathered up earlier, so we just used that to illuminate the house at night. We actually really were in to the whole green thing, but we didn't tell people that often.

I walked and walked, and soon found myself in the sitting room. My Father was there, and he was speaking to my Mother. It seemed to be a deep conversation, as they didn't even realize that my Bella and I had walked into the room until I cleared my throat. Their heads both snapped up to Bella and I, and Mom did a double take when she saw us together. She jumped up from her seat on the red couch and ran over to hug us both at the same time.

"Oh, you're home," she exclaimed, obviously excited that we had finally made it back from our honeymoon. And that we were safe, too.

She gave Bella one long hug, and I think she whispered something into her ear as well, but I knew that it was nothing of my business. I walked up to my Father as he stood, and gave him a hug as well. I could almost hear the grin in his voice as he asked, "Did you two have... fun?" I felt a blush creep up on my cheeks, but decided to just pull away, smiling.

"Yeah, we did," I said, trying to hide my amusement. But failing miserably.

I looked over at Bella, and she just smiled at me. I guess she was asked the same question, because her cheeks were just about blazing with the redness. it was dying out though, which was a good thing. I turned to my Father once again.

"I'm proud of you, son," he said, patting me on the back. I smiled at that, knowing what he was really saying. Though Bella had always been my love, I used to be a player when I was in high school. And my parents had caught me with several different girls before.

I think that the worst was when Bella herself caught me, and I had to explain to my best friend that I wasn't as innocent as I had been tell her I was. But that is another story for another time. The reason why my Father was so proud of me was because he knew that I was going to be with the one I love for a really long time. There isn't anything that I can think of at the moment that would make us not want to be together, to be honest.

We love each other, and I'm not going to let anything get in our way.

"Thank you," I said finally, looking to both of my parents as Bella came up next to me. I wrapped my arm around her waist, and kissed her hair.

"So?" my Mom started, "What all did you two do?" I grinned at her, and she blushed then. "Edward, please. You can leave out those types of details." We laughed at my Mother's embarrassment, and then I remembered something.

"Oh, shoot... Look, I would love to catch up with you two and all, but do you know weather or not Emmett or Jasper are up?" I asked, trying to not look like I wanted to talk to them as much as I actually did. "I think that I need to congratulate my Brother on the engagement properly," I finished, being as smooth as possible. I knew that that would win my Mother over, but when I looked at my Father, I could tell that he had caught on.

"Oh, of course," Esme said, giving me a kiss on the cheek. "And I believe that they are both up, just check in one of their rooms, dear. Good night, Edward." I smiled at her, we said our good nights, my Father making sure to size me up before hugging me again, and then Bella and I made our way back up the stairs. I was in a hurry, but I hoped that I wouldn't start showing that too much.

Bella P.O.V.

I had no clue what was up Edward's sleeve until it was too late.

So, we made our way back up the stairs, which was actually a little bit easier, seeing as how we had to do that several times while we were away, and then walked down the long hall. I knew where Emmett's room was by heart, and wasn't surprised at all when we walked right in, without knocking. I wasn't too surprised either when I saw Emmett and Jasper sitting with Rosalie and Alice. I smiled at Rosalie, who now had a million-dollar engagement ring on her left hand. She looked up to Emmett with so much love, I almost thought that I should turn away.

As we walked into the room, a surprised gasp filled the room as everyone noticed us and jumped to give us hugs. Well, it was weird being away from them to say the least. We never really were away from each other growing up, so that was a new experience. And did I mention we came home a day early? I guess the pilot didn't really know which day he should be there, but we were already packed anyway, so we just went ahead and took the ride back home.

"Bella!" Alice squealed, almost making my ears hurt. I know that's a mean thing to say, but you get what I am talking about.

"Alice... I missed you guys so much!" I hugged my sister with everything that I had in me, and looked over, seeing Jasper and Emmett saying their hellos to Edward.

"Rose! Congrats!" I said as she sparkled her beautiful diamond ring in my face, making me laugh. She wasn't being a bitch or anything, but she was just trying to have her moment. There haven't been very many for her since our Father died. I shook my head as I pulled away from my sister, trying not to think about my Father in that moment. We were supposed to be having fun, and who was I to ruin it by crying?

"So," Jasper started, walking up to me and enveloping me in a hug, "did you guys have fun?"

Edward and I looked at each other, both catching the second meaning, but me being the only one that blushed. Edward smiled as I pulled away from Jasper, and went over to Emmett.

"Yes, Jasper," Edward answered, trying to hide his amusement, "we did have fun. And thank you so much for asking." I smiled, and looked up at Emmett.

"Have you been good while we were gone?" Emmett make a mock frown.

"Bella, you treat me like a puppy," I smiled at his choice of words as he ruffled my hair, as if I was a puppy myself. "And yes, I was good the whole time you two were gone."

"I bet that you two are just exhausted from everything you have been doing while you were gone," Jasper asked, and I resisted the urge to smack him for asking that. The only reason why I resisted was because Alice beat me to it, making us all laugh.

"Do you think that we can all just talk for a minute?" Edward suggested, trying to make it sound off handed. I think I know what he is wanting to talk about, but at this point, I wasn't too sure. I decided to try and go the easy route.

"Sure thing," I shrugged. "What do you need to talk about, Edward?" I asked, honestly confused.

"Anything," he said, pulling up Emmett's office chair, and sitting down in it. As the others took their seats, Emmett and Rosalie on Emmett's bed as Alice and Jasper went ahead and sat at the foot of the bed, I couldn't help but laugh to myself as I thought about everything that had happen the last time we sat this way in this exact room. Edward had proposed to me that night... I blushed slightly, remembering the night very well.

"So what have you guys been up to while we were gone?" I asked, trying to start up a conversation. Emmett and Rosalie apparently wanted to talk first, and told me all about their wedding plans, and mentioned something that kind of surprised me. They weren't really thinking about getting married right away, but instead wanted to have kind of a long engagement. I was surprised, especially when Rose told me that those plans could change depending on if their circumstances changed.

Then Alice told me that her and Jasper were just becoming better and better friends, and apparently they had gone on three dates since we left. Three dates in one month. That's a good number, if you ask me. She is really excited about helping Rosalie plan out her wedding, and I tried not to laugh when Jasper rolled his eyes at the mention of the word 'wedding'. It was obvious that he just didn't want to feel pressured into the whole thing, and I don't blame him. Poor guy.

And then something else hit me.

"Wait... guys?" I asked when there was a short pause after the mentioning of Alice's planning Rosalie's wedding.

"Yeah?" Emmett answered, and I rolled my eyes.

"Not guys guys, but my sisters," I looked back and forth between them, trying to get what they were planning. "Are you two moving away?" I asked, not wanting to show my pain. I couldn't be far away from my sisters. They are my life, aside form Edward.

"What do you mean, Bella?" Rosalie asked with a laugh, obviously not getting it. Figures. Blondes...

"You two got two different houses in Dad's will, remember?" I tried to jog their memory, not wanting to be mean. As I looked back and forth to each of their faces, and even Jasper and Emmett's, it seemed that realization dawned on them. "Those houses are in Beverly Hills, correct?"

"Umm-" Alice started, trying to remember, but she was interrupted.

"Yes, that's correct, Bella," I strong, yet kind voice from behind startled us as we all turned around to see who the voice belonged to. I was delighted to see my childhood friend Jacob standing there at the doorframe, standing up against it. "Mind if I join your little party in here?" He asked, amusement in his eyes. I jumped up and ran over to him, giving him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. I think I heard a growl from Edward, but I tried to ignore it.

"What are you doing here?" I asked, looking him up and down. Sure, it had only been a month, but I think that in some way he had changed while I was gone. Perhaps he became more of a man, in a way.

"Well, the Cullens were kind enough to allow me to stay here until everything gets situated out," I tried not to laugh at his choice of words. "They also said that you wouldn't mind seeing me when you get back from your honeymoon," he finished, smiling as we walked into the room some more. He ended up sitting on the floor next to Edward and I, and between Jasper and Alice.

"Well, I guess they were right," I said, and then turned back to my sisters. "So, are you two going to move to Beverly Hills, or what?"

"I don't see a reason to move, personally," Rosalie said after a short pause, and looking between her other sister and me. "I think that maybe we could just go ahead and sell the houses; mine at least. I have no real desire to move any time soon." She looked over at our sister and smiled. "What about you Alice?"

She seemed like she was in thought for a moment, which surprised me, but then I knew that she was mocking being in thought after what she said. "Well, I supposed I could stay here," she said overdramatically, and Rosalie just rolled her eyes at her. I smiled.

"I'm so happy!" I squealed, I think surprising everyone in the room. "We aren't going to be split up now!"

"I know right? That means that we can definitely have the weddings here!" I smiled at Alice, and then noticed Edward clearing his throat. I turned and he looked like he would rather be somewhere else at the moment.

"Edward..?" I asked attentively, "are you ok?" He took a deep breath, something that normally was a bad sign.

"Actually," Edward started, "there was something that I wanted to discuss with all of you." The seriousness in Edward's voice caught I think all of us by complete surprise, and I looked straight at him. He was avoiding looking at me, and this confused me a little. "I need to know what Bella and her sisters are going to do about their Mother."

Silence filled the room as I resisted the urge to gasp at what Edward just said. Here I was trying not to think about my family at the moment, and Edward was just insisting that I do. Well, I was trying not to think about my Mother, but who can think about their Mother and not think about their Father when he just died? My head was starting to hurt from all of this, and I almost wanted to lay down.

That was when everything came back to me, and I noticed that all of our siblings were now looking at me, and cautiously from Alice, to Rosalie, but always ending up looking back at me.

"Edward..." I started, not knowing just how much he was going into this, "what are you talking about?" I cautiously looked at him, and then he finally made eye contact with me, giving me one fierce look. Almost as if it was a glare, but not as hateful. To be honest, I never want to see this look on my Edward, or anyone for that matter, ever again. I was just about scared of it, and looked to everyone else in the room, before turning my gaze back to Edward.

"Bella, we know for a fact that your Mother wants to be 'BFF`s' all of the sudden," Edward raised his voice slightly at the texting term, and if it wasn't for the seriousness of the situation, I would have laughed, "and I want to know, here and now, what you are going to do."

I opened and closed my mouth several times, no words escaping my lips, before I finally cleared my throat. "Edward, I have been thinking about this since she talked to me, but I'm jsut not too sure. But to be honest, I think that I should just go ahead and forgive her." His next move scared me more than anything else could.

"Bella, are you crazy?!" he hollered at me, and several things happened in the next few seconds. I immediately felt my heart beat speed up as a flashback from when I was younger came strolling into my mind. And out of the corner of my eye I was able to see Jasper trying to see where Edward would go with this, and weather or not stopping Edward would be necessary with any kind of force. He and Emmett, as well as Jacob stood up and were ready, as if they were going to fight Edward if they had to.

I put my hands up in a defensive manner, trying to calm myself down. "Edward wait a second-"

"Bella, this should be a no brainer!" The hate in his eyes was unceasing, and I could see out of the corner of my eye Jasper trying to keep Alice out of this mess, and I would like to believe that Emmett was doing the same with Rosalie, but I couldn't see him anymore. "You know what she tried to make you do, and you think that you can still forgive that witch?!"

"Edward!" I shrieked, and stood up, Edward quickly following suit. He was right up in my face. "Stop it! You're acting crazy! This is my choice, OK?"

"And you have no idea how stupid of a choice you are making by forgiving her, Bella!" I almost couldn't take this as another flashback came into my mind, and I tried to get rid of it by shaking my head. It worked, cause that just made it seem as though I was disagreeing with Edward.

"But she's my Mother, Edward!"

He opened his mouth to yell at me once again, and I closed my eyes, as if that would make the force of his words any less hurtful. But in the darkness behind my eye lids, I never heard his furious voice in my ears. I actually didn't feel his arms on my shoulders for very much longer, but instead heard the sound of a rustle of clothes coming in contacts with a stronger rustle, and then a loud almost crashing sound as two persons hit the floor. I opened my eyes to see Emmett on the floor over Edward, and then heard the booming voice of my savior.

"You never talk to her like that, do you hear me?" Edward growled.

"Get off of me," Edward called, trying to get his older brother off of his torso, but to no avail, "you weigh a ton!"

"Do you even know what you just did?" Emmett called back, right in his face. It seemed as though Edward was going to think of something to say back, and then realization dawned on him of what had just happen. His face turned ghostly white at the thought. He tried to look past Emmett, over to where Jasper now had me in his arms, but he couldn't see past Emmett.

"Let me go, please," Edward's voice came whispered at the last words.

Emmett, obviously satisfied with Edward's epiphany of just how stupid he is, got off of his brother, and even extended his hand out to help Edward up. Edward opened his mouth, but only a small noise came out as Emmett stopped him from moving forward.

"I think we should just go ahead and get to bed, don't you?" Emmett said over his shoulder at Jasper and I. Jasper handed me over to Jacob, who knew just how to make me feel batter. It wasn't until that moment that I realized I had been shaking, and the tears were streaming down my face.

Edward P.O.V.

Emmett helping me up from where he had tackled me to the ground was something that I didn't think would happen. But then his next words stirred odd feelings in my stomach.

"I think we should just go ahead and get to bed, don't you?"

The thing that got me the most was the fact that he said it to Bella, who was shaking after what I had just done. I couldn't believe it, at this moment. Why would I yell at her? She was just trying to be nice to her Mother, wasn't she? And that is just about her only way to get closer to her past; her Father. Other than her sisters, that is. And I had obviously scared her with her memories, huh?

I had to shake my head to clear the thoughts before I dug into this too far. But as I looked at Bella, I could see that she was just plain out scared of me at the moment.

"Sure," she replied, in a more scared voice than I have heard come from anyone's mouth before. I truly had frightened her, hadn't I?

"Jacob," Emmett directed, getting his attention quickly, "get Bella to bed. And Jasper try to get Rosalie and Alice to go to bed, too." I knew what he meant by this. Rosalie usually stayed up late talking to her sisters, but Emmett just didn't want to deal with that tonight. Usually you can hear them chatter through the walls, so it could get pretty annoying at times.

"Alright," Jasper said, and then looked over to my sister-in-laws. Wait; is it sister-in-laws or sisters-in-law? I shrugged, making Emmett glare at me briefly before turning his attention back to Jasper. "I'll make sure that they get to bed alright. Is there anything else you want me to do?" Jasper sounded like one of our maids at the moment, but I tried to ignore that thought. If I continued thinking about it, I don't know where it would end up.

"No, just make sure that they are OK," he said, turning his attention, and his body towards me. "I have to make sure that Edward gets what he deserves." I gulped, and looked past Emmett to Jacob, and growled at the fact that he had Bella in his arms as she started crying again. I knew that I shouldn't have done that, and the glares that I received from Rosalie, Jasper and Alice as they exited the room as well. I missed Bella the minute she was out of the room, and knew that I truly was in for it, so to speak.

"What the hell is wrong with you, Edward?" Emmett's booming voice yelled to me, and with him being a mere six inches away, I could hear my ears ringing by how loud he yelled. I wouldn't be surprised if Mom and Dad walked in because of how loud Emmett yelled.

"I don't know..."

"The hell you didn't, Edward! You know about that better than any of us, except for Bella herself!"

"I forgot, Emmett, OK? I just was so into the moment--!"

"So you were just so into yelling at her that you forgot to not yell at her?" Emmett was scary when he was mad, and I took a step back, only to find my back was against the wall. Then Emmett sighed, and I could see the soft interior of this gentle giant. He always had a soft, yet protective side when it came to my Bella. He voice when he spoke again was softer, significantly. I almost couldn't believe that the words came from Emmett.

"You know what that creeper did to her, Edward."

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