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Alice was our initial intruder but upon hearing her gasp everyone came running, worried. And by everyone I mean everyone because it seems as though the Cullen's couldn't stay away for an entire day.

I noticed Emmett was in the back of the large group with a smile on his face while everyone else was asking 1000 questions about what happened. You could tell he had been expecting this after seeing me at the school.

Once everyone was calmed down enough we gathered everyone into the family room and sat down. Edward sat on the couch and I sat on the floor in front of him leaning against his legs. As he told our families what happened he was playing with my hair. Occasionally I would tilt my head back to look at him and he would catch my eyes and give me a crooked smile.

When he finished telling everyone the story he motioned for me to stand up and when I did he pulled me into his lap. I saw Esme smile at the change in position.

"Well I for one am glad to see that this hasn't affected how you feel about each other," Esme stated.

"We didn't want this to have a lasting effect, we just wanted to go back to normal," I explained to her.

Eventually the steady flow on conversation moved on to the wedding. We talked about what was left to do and what everyone's roles were going to be during the wedding. Esme and Renee were planning everything just asking Alice for things such as colors and flowers. After several hours of this the parents decided to go to bed leaving us kids alone.

"I have to admit something," Alice randomly blurted out. We all turned to look at her. "It wasn't planned for Edward to be the best man until I found out what happened with everything. We figured you would be happy if you were back together by then and if not it would force you two to talk," she admitted sheepishly. She was acting as though she thought I would be mad.

I stood up from Edward's lap and walked over and gave her a hug. "I'm not mad," I told with a chuckle. I left everyone in the family room to go get a drink in the kitchen. As I was struggling to reach a cup in a cabinet warm arms wrapped around my waist and lips pressed against the back of my neck.

"Emmett, what if Edward came in right now?" I jokingly asked. Edward growled lightly, turned me around to face him, and moved us so he could lift me with my back against the wall. He gave me a possessive kiss. When we pulled apart both of us were breathing heavy.

Now that I was so close to him I could see his eyes were red from crying and he had bags under his eyes that looked as though they were caused from lack of sleep. I gently ran a finger under his eye. He sighed and leaned his forehead against mine.

"It's hard to sleep without you when I haven't in like a year and a half," he whispered. I just nodded, completely understanding how he felt. I heard a quiet 'aww', we both turned to see the others standing at the kitchen doorway watching us. I blushed and hid my face in Edward's shoulder. I also took a deep breath to really take in his scent.

After I actually got my drink of water we went upstairs so we could go to bed together for the first time in a month. We brushed our teeth then headed to my room and closed the door. I immediately went to my dresser and grabbed one of my stock piled Edward shirts to wear to bed. Edward also came over and tried to grab one but I smacked his hand.

"Can you wear one of those shirts?" I asked while pointing to some of his shirts that were hanging over the back of my chair. He looked at me confused. "They don't smell like you anymore," I explained. He happily obliged. I saw him smile as he put it on probably thinking it smelled like me.

This was actually something I learned in psychology, that scents trigger memories and it wasn't something I really noticed until Edward.

Soon we were lying on my bed facing each other. He had an arm wrapped around my waist and I had an arm wrapped around his shoulder just trying to hold him as close as possible.

"Bella, I am so sorry for everything," he began but I stopped him right there. "This is not just your fault. Both of us were being stupid. I think deep down I knew there was a reason but I was too hurt by catching you and even the idea that you would cheat on me," I explained to him. I didn't feel the need to cry anymore over this subject. I hoped that it would be far behind us sooner rather than later.

"I won't interrupt you anymore. I know you want to talk this out, so let's do that," I calmly told him while caressing his cheek.

"I know there are still going to be gossip because once Alice starts showing everyone is going to know and everyone is going to talk about it. I know Alice is strong enough to just ignore people talking behind her back and we would all help her. But there are two girls who won't just do it behind her back."

"Jessica and Lauren," I spit out their names. Edward nodded.

"I thought that getting one of them to agree not to torment her or anything would help and it would be easier for us to handle Jessica without Alice really noticing any of it," he spoke quickly and then just stared at me.

"I love you," I said under my breath but I could see that Edward heard it from the large smile on his face.

"At the school you were talking about how you did that for Alice because she's like your sister and I thought about how your protectiveness and fierce loyalty to those you love was one of the things I love most about you. And how could I fault you for something that made me fall in love with you? It was in that moment I believed everything you said," I told him softly.

"And you forgave me," he said wistfully.

"There really wasn't anything to forgive."

Suddenly Edward rolled on top of me and began kissing me with an intensity I had desperately missed. When he pulled away so we could catch our breathes he immediately focused on my neck and began pulling at the bottom of my shirt indicating her wanted me to take it off which I happily obliged him with. He moved down so he could focus on my chest. I quickly pulled him up so I could look in his eyes.

"We should stop," I whispered and watched as he practically deflated from my rejection. "My parents, babe," I explained. This was something we were not used to. Parents at my house. "We can be quiet," he whispered seductively in the ear. Before I could respond he captured my lips with his trying to make me forget my reasoning.

"I've missed you so much, Bells. In every way," he emphasized by pushing his erection against me. I knew after that happened that he was going to get what he wanted. Because truth be told I missed him in that way too.

An hour later we were in my shower completely exhausted but wanting to get clean. We washed each other's hair and bodies gently while every so often stealing a kiss.

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