DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING! STEPHENIE MEYER OWNS IT ALL!
"Are you ok?" Edward whispered in my ear as he came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist.
"Yeah, I guess." I mumbled.
"Really? I somehow doubt that." He said and I could feel his smirk against the side of my face.
"Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be getting ready? Alice will kill you if you mess this up." I said and a hint of a smile was forming. Edward could always manage to make me smile, even at my worst.
"I'll deal with Alice. I was getting ready when I realized that I needed your help with my tie." He said, still holding me by my waist.
"You know how to tie your tie. Esme taught you and Emmett in middle school." I replied while leaning back into him, enjoying the feel of his arms around me.
"Fine, I just wanted to see my beautiful girlfriend. Are you really going to get mad at me for that?" He was smirking again because he knew he had me.
"I'm not mad. As I said earlier, I'm fine." I sighed. He really wasn't going to drop this.
"You're lying." He whispered.
"Please. Just drop it." I begged.
"No. Now what's wrong?" He asked.
"Ok, fine. It's just a weird day. It doesn't seem real." I responded, if possible leaning into Edward more.
"I know it is but, it's not like the world is ending right?" He asked.
"Just mine, I think." I half laughed.
"It's not as if you are dying. I think you're being a tiny bit dramatic. How much time have you been spending with Alice?" At this I just laughed.
"I know. It's just graduation. That's what I have been telling myself for the past hour and a half." I knew how I sounded and I hated it. I hated being this dramatic, to use Edward's words. I wasn't normally this bad. I mean, sure I had my days where I was a little over the top. Usually I was mocking someone or something and was being over the top on purpose.
"Then what's the issue?" He asked as he kissed my neck. That was one of his tactics he used to calm me down.
"It's that much closer to the real world. You aren't nervous at all?" I asked in near hysterics.
"A little but, I think that's to be expected." He answered while still working to calm me down.
"It feels like, everything I know is vanishing." I could feel the tears getting to the point where I couldn't control them.
"How is everything vanishing? We're all going to be together again." He turned me around to look me in the eyes.
"Oh really? You call us all going to different colleges being together?" I asked starting to get angry.
"This was supposed to be a graduation surprise." He said with a sad smile.
"What?" I was now truly confused.
"They are going to be upset that I told you." he mumbled, mostly to himself.
"What?" I asked a little louder to get his attention.
"Emmett and Rose are coming back and going to Seattle, for school this year. They wanted to be closer to home. Alice and Jasper have talked and Jasper is coming home too. The only reason they tried long distance was because Jasper really liked the school. Esme and Carlisle wanted Jasper to go to the school he wanted. So, they talked to Alice and Jasper. Alice and Jasper decided they would try it for a year and see what happened. Jasper missed Alice way too much to even appreciate the school. He decided it doesn't matter where he goes as long as he is with Alice." He was smiling so big by the time he finished this. I knew that as hard as the separation was on me, it was so much harder on him. It was a quiet household now. Alice and Edward were used to having three other siblings around and now they only have each other. I was glad everyone was coming home.
"So we'll all be in Seattle?" I asked with my first real smile of the day.
"Yes and I believe we will be living together too." He smirked.
"I would love nothing more than to live with you and the rest of them but, I don't think my dad would be ok with that." I replied already imagining that conversation with my dad. It wouldn't be good.
"Alice already covered that. She told him it would be safer than living on campus because you would be close to Emmett, Jasper and myself. It would also be safer than commuting because we would be close enough to campus you wouldn't have to worry about breaking down and being stranded in the middle of nowhere. Now you just need to talk to him a bit and make sure he knows that this is what you want. I'm fairly certain that he'll let you." He was still smiling.
"Even with all of that, there's no way he'd say yes." I said.
"Alice also might've mentioned that we have two apartments next to each other." He smile changed into the smirk that made me go weak in the knees.
"So she lied." I stated.
"Not technically. We do have two apartments. She just let Charlie believe that we would be using both." I had to laugh at this. This was a Cullen family trait. Alice used this little trick a lot.
"You rented two apartments just so Charlie would let me stay?" I asked.
"No. Carlisle and Esme have had them for a while. They used the one when they went to Seattle for a get away. They got the other one a while ago thinking it might become useful one day and now it has. It's close to campus and in a really nice neighborhood. Plus, I think it's close to a big mall which is good for Alice. You know how scary she is when she can't shop." Edward explained. I laughed, remembering the few times Alice couldn't get to a mall. Edward was telling the truth, it was a scary sight to see. "So you see, Carlisle and Esme were more than happy to let us use the apartments and they trust us. So, What do you say?" He started to kiss my neck again. This time using it to get his way instead of calm me down.
"I'll talk to Charlie. As long as he says yes..." It was at that point that I couldn't hide my excitement anymore. I jumped up, wrapped my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist. "I'm beyond thrilled." I whispered in his ear and started to kiss his neck.
"You're sure you won't mind living with us? With me? I don't want to rush you." He said while still holding me.
"No! I love your family and... I love you and you are definitely not rushing me." I blushed.
"I love you too." He said while lifting my chin up so I had to look him in the eyes. "And, I suppose that you pretty much live with us as it is." He smiled.
"Although I do have one request." It was now my turn to smirk.
"What's that?" He looked at me curiously.
"A lock. That way Alice can't get into our closet and get rid of the clothes she deems unacceptable." I laughed.
"That can be arranged." He laughed and then kissed me.
"Ha ha. You two are hilarious. I just don't understand. I'm helping you two look your best. If you had any sense of fashion I wouldn't have to dress you guys like you were three." Alice glared at us from the doorway. Edward let me go after I tried to hop down.
"Alice, do you always have to listen in on our conversation?" I asked blushing and smiling.
"Yes, because I have nothing better to do with my life." She responded with heavy sarcasm. "I came to tell you two that it's time to go. That's when I heard you talking about locking your closet." She laughed and bounced off.
"Of course." I sighed.
"Come on, Love. You don't want to be late, do you?" He smiled at me and led me down the stairs and out to the car.
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