I do recommend to those who haven't read Mistake Gone Right, you should do so now! This story might seem a little confusing at times, but it IS the sequel to Mistake Gone Right. It might make more sense after reading the first story. You won't regret it!

The News: Chapter 3

The butterflies inside her with having seizures again. Her eyes darted quickly from the front of the car, viewing the road, then back to the side of her passenger window. Nothing would help calm her nerves. Her tightly curled fingers crinkled the skirt of her dress that she wore, making heavy wrinkle marks on her cream colored dress.

Edward watched her every move from his peripheral. Her quick movements, her nervousness making her very jumpy, her eyes darting into every direction that she felt like turning to. She was obviously shaken up by the meeting she was going to have with Charlie again.

"Bella, are you sure you want to do this now? You're awfully nervous." Edward asked her.

The movement to look at him from the passenger seat was at breakneck speed, Edward took her fisted hand and held it in his. She loosened the tenseness in her hand, just a bit.

"I'm glad you're here with me," her voice shook as she spoke.

"Of course, love, wouldn't have it any other way."

Bella picked up his hand and kissed it quickly, then squeezed it tightly in hers, from her nervousness.

Bella seemed to be talking to herself, rather than Edward. "I want to do this. I need to see him," her voice seemed to trail off into a murmur.

As if it couldn't get any worse, Charlie's house came into view. Bella could have exploded from the anticipation, but instead, she grabbed the seatbelt that was on, and pulled so tightly on the belt from her anxious state, that the belt was into two pieces now.

"Oh no! I'm so sorry, Edward." Bella's were sympathetic.

Edward had expected anything to happen.

"Bella, it's alright. Calm down, my love."

"I can't! I'm afraid of what he'll say. I just want his blessings…." Bella let go of the broken pieces of seatbelt and clasped her hands together, preventing herself to break anything else in Edward's car. "I feel like a scared high school kid. This is ridiculous."

Edward parked his car in front of the house and looked at Bella.

"Come here." Bella leaned forward and welcomed Edward's soft kiss on her lips.

It calmed her down a lot, her distraction now somewhere else. When they broke from the kiss, there was something in Bella's eyes that Edward couldn't quite read. Her eyes had seemed hazy, soft, and her breathing became labored.

"Ready?"

Bella was reluctant to speak, still mesmerized by Edward's immaculate perfection. "No," she shook her head.

Instead, she grabbed Edward and pulled him forward to plant a blazing kiss on his shocked lips. The tension in this kiss felt so wonderful against Edward's lips and it brought out his animalistic side for a moment, before he pulled away.

"Bella…"

"I'm sorry," she breathed out, trying to pull herself together. Her hair was almost a jumbled mess and she fixed it as best as she could. She took one more calming breath through her nose and breathed it out of her mouth. "Okay, I think I'm ready."

Edward got out of the car first and made his way to Bella's side, slowly and as humanly possible. Bella stepped out, with a help of Edward's hand, and they didn't let go till they got to Charlie's front door.

"Maybe I should have called him first." Bella stated. She rang the doorbell.

"Maybe. He'll be glad to see you either way." Edward returned. "By the way, you look breathtaking."

Bella looked at him with loving eyes and they crinkled from her smile. "Thank you."

The door opened and Charlie was frozen for seconds before he recognized the ravishing couple on his porch.

"Bella?"

"Dad!" her voice rang perfectly. The smile on her face was full of excitement and love.

"Bella!" he walked forward, ignoring Edward, while Bella flung herself forward at her father to hug him.

"Whoa, kid, you got strong." he breathed out from her powerful hug.

"Oh sorry." Bella loosened her tight embrace and stood back, to let Charlie breathe.

"Dad, this is Edward Cullen." Bella introduced him.

Charlie looked him up and down, with a blank expression on his face, and politely shook Edward's hand.

"It's nice to meet you, Chief Swan." Edward shook his hand with human pressure, making sure he didn't break any bones on his body.

Bella's expression was anxious, while Edward looked comfortable, perfectly at ease. She wished she could be like that, at that moment. The nervousness was gone, thankfully, but now she was fearing how Charlie would react to the news that he would soon hear.

"Aren't you Dr. Cullen's boy?" Charlie asked, suspicious.

"Yes sir, I am." Edward nodded his head slowly, smiling an easy smile.

"Dad…"

Charlie's scowl changed as his view was returned to Bella's.

"It's so good to see you, Bells. What are you doing here?"

"I came to see you," her voice seemed to have a lift in it.

"Hey, why don't you kids come in." Charlie moved, to walk into the house, offering his home to his daughter and Edward.

"Thank you, Chief Swan." Edward said politely, Bella just walked in without a word.

Edward tried to read Charlie's thoughts, but all he could pick out was the emotional stress he was feeling.

What is he doing here? Is he with Bella? He looks too young for her.

Besides the bothered feelings and thoughts that Charlie had, Edward couldn't read the rest of his thoughts. They seemed to just be silent, except for the strong emotions, when he had them speaking in his head. Now Edward knew why, or to a certain extent, why he was unable to read Bella's thoughts. She had gotten that frustrating trait from her father.

Bella sat down on the couch, Edward following her move and sat down next to her. The television was on with a fishing show on and a beer sitting at the side table next to the recliner.

She hasn't changed a bit.

Edward kept Charlie's thoughts to himself till later. Or maybe not, telling Bella Charlie's thoughts would upset her.

"I have some great news, Dad." Bella said, almost hesitantly, but forced it out to not sound so scared.

"Do you now?" Charlie's response was intimidating.

Edward cut in to save Bella the trouble of fumbling over her words.

"I have asked your daughter for her hand in marriage, sir. I proposed and she said yes."

"You're getting married?" Charlie's face was now blank. It was hard to read what he was thinking or feeling.

"Yes!" Bella said.

Charlie leaned over and looked at both of them in the eyes. First at Bella, then at Edward, his seriousness was obvious at this point.

"Isn't he young for you, Bella?" Charlie said.

"He's younger than I am, yes, but not by much, Dad." Bella said, trying to reason with him.

"He's in high school."

"No. He's in college." Bella widened her eyes just slightly, trying to talk sense into her father. "And the age difference is not even factor about how we feel about each other."

"We met in New York, while I was attending school there. It just happened to be an incredible coincidence that she was your daughter."

"Mm-hm." Charlie said, grabbed his beer and chugged it down.

Bella could feel herself getting angry, the feeling rising from her back to her neck. It crept up slowly, but she tried to push it down.

"I just wanted your blessing before the wedding." Bella said, sounding unfeeling now, now that her father was being rude.

"May I speak to you for a moment, Bella? In the kitchen?"

Bella looked at Edward. "I'll be right, okay?" Edward nodded as she stood up to follow her father into the kitchen.

He sat down at the small kitchen table. Bella noted how the sink was full of dirty dishes and there was old food sitting in a pot on the stove. Nostalgia overwhelmed her, looking around the small kitchen.

"I miss this house."

Charlie looked at her, taking in her perfection of beauty. Then he looked around the kitchen too, almost feeling embarrassed.

"It misses you too."

Bella giggled, Charlie just smiled.

"Bella… are you sure he is the one?"

"I have never felt more sure in my life." Bella said, her expressions so sincere.

Edward was listening to every word intently and smiled at Bella's answer.

"Dad, I'm going to marry him no matter what, but I didn't feel complete unless I got your blessing." Bella sat down on the unoccupied dining table chair and put her hand on his. Probably a mistake since it was ice cold to him. Bella's lips frowned a little while she thought of what she wanted to say. "And of course I wanted you there, to walk me down the aisle."

Charlie's face crumpled into a frown also. This was just a moment he didn't want to think of. He was losing his daughter, she was all grown up as an independent woman, now getting married.

Charlie was silent for a long time, the frown still on his lips. He looked up again at his gorgeous daughter. What could he do? He would have come to this moment sooner or later. Emotion overwhelmed him, but he held his tears in.

"You have my blessings."

Bella eyes widened with exhilaration. Bella embraced her father again, this time with more gentleness.

"I still don't approve of the age gap, but just by looking at you, he looks like he makes you happy."

"He's the one, Dad. Deep down in my heart he's definitely the one."

"So when's the date?" Charlie asked, changing the subject. He was saving himself from emotion that wanted to pour out gushingly on the table.

"In about a month."

"Wow, already?"

"We've been planning this for over a year and a half." Bella stated.

"I see."

They spoke for awhile, forgetting about Edward. While he was waiting in the living room, his phone buzzed in his pocket and he picked it up to answer it.

"Hello?" Edward greeted.

There was a squeal on the other line.

"How did I know it was going to be you? I suppose you saw this coming."

"Yes! This is fantastic!" Alice chimed loudly on the other line.

"Will you calm down, Alice? He could probably hear you in the kitchen."

"Oh, you poor sport. You should be excited too, oh brother dear."

"I am," there was a small content smile on Edward's face.

Bella and Charlie had made their way back to the living room, where Edward was still on the phone. Edward stood up, saying his goodbye to Alice.

"I have to go, Alice. Bye." The phone clicked closed. "I'm sorry. That was my sister."

"Alice?" Bella smiled.

Edward could tell that Bella was feeling an overwhelming sense of happiness. This is what she's been dreading for months. Now things had turned out very well for her, and for Edward also. But she has deserved it.

"Of course…" Edward looked at Charlie and his beautiful fiance. "Is everything alright?"

Edward already knew the outcome of the conversation they had privately in the kitchen. His vampire ears allowed him to hear everything he needed to know.

"My dad gave us his blessings." Bella's beaming smile was a sight to see.

"Thank you for your blessings, Chief Swan. I assure you…"

"As long as Bella is happy, then it makes me happy." Charlie looked at Bella, who was fuming with happiness beside him.

Charlie could tell that Bella was in love, the way she looked at Edward. The way she spoke about him when he wasn't around. That was proof in the kitchen when they were alone. It was the same with Edward, the way he looked at Bella, but of course, as a father, Charlie was not comfortable about it.

"You kids staying with your father, Edward?"

"Yes we are. My sister, Alice and my mother have been doing most of the preparations of our wedding. They also planned a small get together at their home, sort of a wedding dinner. The would love you to join us. It's next week. "

Charlie ran his hair through his head, just like Edward did, trying to see if he was open during next week.

"I'll be there. Just let me know exactly when and address."

"Great. I'll let my mother know that you'll be attending." Edward said, with a nod of his head.

"Have you called your mother yet?" Charlie asked Bella.

"Um, not yet." Bella said. "Why?"

Charlie was chuckling to himself. The crinkle at the corner of his eyes were very prominent, while he chuckled almost hysterically to himself.

"I'm just glad I'm not the one to tell her that you're getting married!"

Bella's face was frozen, forgetting the news she had to relay to her mother about her and Edward's wedding. At least Charlie got one good laugh out of this situation today.