A/N All thing Twilight belong to Stephenie Meyer...I just twisted them around a bit.

"Bella, I love you more than life itself, and by some miracle, you love me back." All I could do was nod my head and smile up at him. He turned to face everyone. "So before we leave for college, I am happy to announce that Bella has agreed to become my wife, and we hope that all of you will come help us celebrate of marriage on July 17th"

He leaned down and kissed me, and total silence came over the gathering.

BPOV

Every one was staring at us with their mouths hanging open. I looked up at Edward and whispered in his ear, quietly, so only he could hear "Well, that when over well." He looked down at me and squeezed my hand, just to let me know every thing would be okay.

Suddenly, Alice jumped up and cheered like it was the first time she had heard our news. Running up and hugging us both, jumping up and down. Soon our friends and the Cullen's join in. This is why I loved Alice. She could always make things better.

I glanced over at my parents. Renee was just staring at me, with a strange look on her face. Charlie looked like someone had just told him that fishing was being outlawed. Jacob looked like he was about to explode. I just leaned in closer to Edward, because with him I was safe.

After most everyone had congratulated us they started to leave. I guess they noticed my parents had not really said anything. Within a half hour of our announcement the party had dwindled down to just the Cullen's, my parents, Jacob, Cheyanne and Seth. In almost slow motion we all seem to gather in a small circle, except Jacob who was with Cheyanne and Seth. I would glance at them, and Jacob seem frozen.

I heard Charlie clear his throat and looked up at him. "I have one question." he glared at Edward, then looked over at me "are you pregnant." I was stunned "Oh gawd, Dad, NO, of course not. I can't even believe you would ask me that, here, now in front of.." I couldn't even finish I was so embarrassed.

He knew I was lousy at lying so apparently he believed me. If he only knew how moralistic Edward was he would be amazed

"Sorry, I had to ask. Why now, you both or so young, why not wait until after college, to be sure nothing is going to happen." I snapped my head up "Nothing is going to happen Dad." Edward pulled me to him and wrapped his arms around my waist. " Charlie, we love each other. We are going to college and we are going to be together, and we want to do it right, it was the way I was raise. I know you have issues with me. But I promise you, here, before my family and all the people I love. I will take care of your daughter and will do everything in my power to never hurt her again."

Charlie looked over at Carlisle and Esme, "Are you alright with this?" Carlisle took at deep breath "Charlie, I know they are young, I saw what being away from Bella did to Edward last fall, just as you saw what it did to Bella," I saw Charlie cringe, "I honestly believe that neither of them want to ever go through that kind of pain again. If two people can make a life together work, it is Bella and Edward. So, yes, I will give them my blessing, because I know when the love is strong enough, as their's is, you can survive anything." I smiled at Carlisle, "Thank you Carlisle."

Charlie walked over to me and took my hands in his, he looked at me "You sure about this?" I felt the tears stinging my eyes, because I knew how hard this was for him "I am 100 percent sure of Edward, Dad. I can't imagine my life without, he is my future, so yes, I am sure" He bent down and kiss my forehead and said, "Okay then, you have my blessing...July huh...wow that is so soon." Then he turned to Edward and shook his hand "I only have one thing to say, take care of my little girl. " Edward smiled "I will, sir, I promise."

Charlie turned to walk in the house then turned back to Edward "Just one more thing, you hurt her again, and there is nothing in this world to stop me from tearing you limb from limb, you understand?" I shouted "Dad.." but Edward stopped me. "You have my word, sir, I will do everything in my power to be sure Bella never suffers because of me." Charlie shook his head and walked into the house. I knew today was way to much for him, emotionally.

I looked up at Edward and saw the pain in his eyes. I knew he was thinking of my transformation and the pain I would have to go through. I whispered to him "You won't be hurting me, you will be giving me an eternity of happiness." He looked at me "You will still be hurt, because of me." I reached up and took his face in my hands, "I know you would do anything for me, walk through fire, if it met we could be together, so please, let me do this for us." He nodded his head and kissed me.

I noticed my mother standing with her arms around Phil, with tears running down her face. She was trying not to let me see them. "Mom?" She walked over to me after wiping her face and hugged me tight. "You think I am going to tell you your are making a mistake, don't you?" I knew she was going to hardest to sell, she was totally against marrying young. I started to argue with her, but she stopped me.

"Bella, I know I have told you all you life not to marry young. To live you life while you are young and be sure before committing yourself to another. But you have always been so different from other people. So different than I was at your age. You make a decision and you stick with it. I know what you and Edward have gone through. I see the way he looks at you. I know that he will make you happy and this is what you want, so, I guess I will be seeing you again in July." I was stunned. I was speechless. I had been planning all day what I would say to Mom to convince her I knew what I was doing. I looked at her and did what I did best, I cried. I hugged her. I thanked her. Then she hugged Edward and we all cried.

Shortly after, Renee and Phil left to go back to their room, the Cullen's left and it was just me and Edward. I was enjoying the quiet, just being in his arms, when I remembered something. "Where did Jacob go?" Edward kissed me and said "They left while you were talking to your Mom. Seth told me they would talk to you tomorrow. Jacob was too upset to stay" I shook my head. "He is really going to have a problem with this. I thought after he found Cheyanne he would understand that we don't have a choice. We have to be together. I should go see him tomorrow, after we take Renee and Phil to the airport." Edward stopped me "Not by yourself, he is too unstable and if he gets upset with you and phases..." I said "Edward, I know you don't believe me, but Jacob, would never hurt me." He sighed "Bella, I know he would never hurt you on purpose, but look at Emily, do you think Sam wanted to do that?" referring to the time Sam phased too close to the love of his life Emily, and now she was scarred for life. Edward pulled me close "Please Bella, for me, let me be there. You can call him and we can meet somewhere neutral and discuss this. If he brings Cheyanne, we can help him understand." I kissed his chin, "I will call him, and feel him out on the subject. But I am going to talk to him, even if I have to go to LaPush." Edward just glared at me while we walked to the house. He kissed me gently and said "I will be in your room. I think you Dad might need to spend some time with you."

I walked into the house and into the living room to find Charlie sitting on the sofa looking at old photo albums. I sat on the arm of the sofa "What are you doing Dad?" He smiled up at me, but the smile didn't reach his eyes "Just looking at memories." he sighed deeply. "It is just so hard, looking at this little girl" he said pointing to a picture in the album of me when I was around four "to believe that she is all grown up, about to be a wife.." he stopped and closed the book. He sighed and looked up at me "you find out one day. When you have children, they grow up too soon. Just don't make me a granddad to soon, okay?" If only he knew that would never happen. I put my arm around his shoulders. I know he was uncomfortable with all this emotion as I am "Dad, I love you, and I know you think I am making a mistake marrying Edward. But it's not like that. I do know what I am doing, Edward and I are just right together."

Charlie stood up and gave me a hug. "Well Bells, if anyone can make love work in this crazy world, you can. I have never known anyone who has so much love in their heart, the ability to forgive, like you do. I just want you to be happy, and if Edward makes you happy, then so be it" I smiled "Thanks Dad, I know this is hard for you." He started up the steps, "You going to bed? You have had a busy day with graduation and an engagement." I said "Yeah, I will be up shortly. Just going to clean up a little. Good night Dad....oh and Dad." He turned to face me" Yeah?" "You will always be my number one guy." He just smiled "Good night Bella."

Edward let me sleep late. When I woke up it was almost 10 am. I jumped up knowing we had to take Renee and Phil to the airport at 12 noon, but Edward calmed me down. "We have plenty of time. Go take your shower and I will have breakfast done." I kissed him and went to shower quickly. I wanted to call Jake before we left, and I wanted to do it when Edward couldn't hear. I went down stairs to eat and Edward told me he was going to run home to get his car, since we all wouldn't fit in my truck and I thought, it was great, I could call Jacob, while he was gone and see how he felt about meeting me and Edward this afternoon. Edward kissed me deeply "I will be back in about 15 mins, you will be ready to go right?" I smiled at him "Be waiting impatiently, don't be long."

I ran upstairs to dress so I would be ready when Edward returned, then I called Jacob, Cheyanne answered the phone "Hi, its Bella, is Jacob there." She answered "Hold on Bella" It seemed like it took forever before Jacob picked up the phone, or maybe it seemed that way, because I was so anxious "Bella" I heard Jacob say in a very strained voice. "Jacob, I know you are upset, but we need to talk." He didn't say anything for a few minutes then"Why Bella, you have made you decision, nothing I say is going to change your mind" I shook my head "Jake, you are my best friend and I love you. I need you to understand, please meet me this afternoon so we can talk."

"Are you going to be alone?" he asked "Edward would like to be there, but if you can't handle it we can meet alone." he sighed I think this is a very bad idea, but fine, Cheyanne will be with me, we can meet at the park, say 4:00?"

"Great, thank you Jacob, we will see you then" He hung up. Oh boy this was not going to be fun. I heard Edward's car coming down the street, so I went out to meet him.

The rest of the morning went by way too fast. We got Renee and Phil to the airport, shared hugs and kisses, and promises to be back in July, a few days before the wedding, and then they were gone.

As Edward and I walked back to the car I told him about my conversation with Jacob. He shook his head and agreed with me to keep it together during the meeting as long as Jacob presented no risk to my safety.

Edward and I arrived at the park a little early. We sat at one of the picnic tables and Edward took my face in his hands and made me look at him, "Bella, I know Jacob is your best friend, and you love him. While I will be forever indebted to him for being there for you when I ...wasn't" he voice broke, and I rubbed his arm to let him know I understood, "Jacob is a very young werewolf and can be very dangerous if provoked, so please promise me, you will not get to close, if he appears upset, or that you won't get upset with me if I suddenly pull you away. I need to keep you safe." I smiled up at Edward, "I will be careful I promise, even though I don't believe we have anything to worry about." Edward did not look convinced as his eyes roamed around the park.

A few minutes before 4:00 I heard Jake's motorcycle pull into the park. I was a little nervous watching Jacob and Cheyanne walk toward us. Jacob was my best friend and I knew he would never bless this marriage, but I wanted him to at least agreed to come to the wedding.

You could feel the tension in the air as they reached our table, I saw Cheyanne whisper into Jacobs ear and he nodded. Edward put his arms around my waist and pulled me close to his side.

Jacob stopped a few yards away from us and looked from me to Edward, "Well I guess congratulations are in order." he snarled sarcastically. I looked at him "Jake, please don't be that way.." He interrupted "Can I speak to you alone, Bella?" Edward said quickly "I don't think that is a good idea." Before I could say a word Jacob looked at Edward and said. "Right over there, we will be in your sight." Before Edward could object. I said "Of course Jacob" I turned to Edward and told him "It will be fine, I promise." I knew he would be able to hear every word we said, so that should give him some comfort, but I could tell from his expression he wasn't happy.

Jacob and I walk a short distance away, far enough that Jacob thought we wouldn't be over heard, then he turned to me and said softly "Bella, what the hell are you doing?" I sighed "I am marrying the man I love, what is so hard to understand about that."

"Well first of all he isn't a man, second what kind of marriage can you have, what do you plan to play scrabble for the rest of your life, you cannot have a real marriage with a leech." Jacob shouted.

Jacob was making me angry and I tried to suppress it, because I knew he was upset, "Jake, Edward is a man, and yes I can have a real marriage. It may be unconventional, but it will be real. You know how it is with Cheyanne. How you have to be with her, how she is your life. It is like that for me also. I cannot survive without Edward." he looked down at me an asked "Is that why you are marrying him. So he can't leave again. Because Bella he can, a ring is not going to keep him with you."

I took a deep breath to calm down, "Jacob, that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard you say to me. Do you honestly think I am so shallow that I would marry someone just to keep them with me. I come from divorced parents, I know marriage doesn't guarantee happiness. You know why Edward left, to protect me, and you know why he came back, we love each other, why is that so hard for you to understand?"

Jacob reached out to take my hand and we both heard Edward hiss from across the park, we both rolled our eyes, and Jacob continued "Bella, I love you, I just keep seeing you, how you were when he left, how broken you were. I don't think you could survive that again" I interrupted "I won't..." but he stopped me, "I know you believe in him and have all the faith in the world in your precious Edward" he said sarcastically, "but can you live with never having physical love, he can't give you that, not without killing you, have either of you even thought about that aspect. He is asking you to give up an awful lot just to be his wife, are you sure it is not just another control issue with him? You are his wife, he knows your will always be faithful, you are the one losing, Bella, not him."

I shook my head and started pacing trying to figure out how to make Jacob understand. I was aggravated that he only saw one side and couldn't see that Edward and I were as deeply connected as he and Cheyanne were, and we didn't have whatever this imprinting crap was it was just us, and our love.

"You are my best friend, Jake, but I want you to try to see things from a different perspective. Can you even begin to imagine a minute without Cheyanne in your life?" He shook his head "Okay, Jake, that is how I feel about Edward. I love him with every ounce of my being and I want to spend my life with him. All you see is the fact that he is a vampire and that he hurt me. He did not chose to be a vampire, but he has made the best of what was dealt him. Yes, he hurt me, but his intentions were good, and he was in as much pain as I was. Jacob, look at me." He lifted his eyes from the ground and stared into mine "I need him as much as I love him. There is nothing in this universe I would not do for him, and he for me. I am asking you to understand that. I will not ask for your blessing, or for you to attend the wedding, but it would give me great joy if you would, if you would be my best man."

Jacob didn't say anything for the longest time. He just sat perfectly still, looking at the ground. I knew he was trying to make a decision, that he could live with and would make be happy. Because that was Jacob and I. We always tried to make the other happy, if we could, even if it made ourself unhappy.

After what seemed like forever, he very calmly looked up at me, with tears in his eyes and said "he is going to change you isn't he?" I wasn't sure what to say to him, I couldn't lie to Jacob, I was horrible at lying, but Jake always knew. I just looked at him, he stood up and I noticed his fist clenching. Next thing I knew I was standing 20 feet away from him, behind Edward.

"Edward, that was really unnecessary." I told him, he looked at me "He was getting upset, I will not risk you Bella, please understand that." Edward pulled me tight to his chest, rubbing my back. Cheyanne had walked over to Jacob and they stood there for what seemed like hours, but was probably only a few minutes, before I saw them start to walk back to us. I could feel Edward start to tense.

When Jacob reach a few feet of us I looked at him "Jake it is my choice, please understand that. It is my destiny." He didn't even look at me. He spoke to Edward, very calmly "Can I speak to you, please" then he glanced at me "alone." Edward looked down at me and kissed my forehead as he nodded his head, "Stay here, I will just be a minute." I grabbed his arm and looked from him to Jacob, trying to read something on one of their faces, but they were both stone. I knew Edward knew what Jacob wanted, but he had no intention of telling me. "Wait, Jacob... " Edward just touched my arm and walked over to Jacob as they both moved away. I started to follow but Cheyanne stopped me, "Bella, there are things that need to be said, let them talk, Jacob promised me he would not lose his temper, it will be okay." I looked at her and looked at them, torn about what to do. But I stayed put and just watched.

I was frozen watching Jacob and Edward. They both seemed calm, neither raised their voice. I could hear nothing, but I was sure they could both hear my heart pounding. I was terrified, but I didn't know why.

After about five minutes, they both turned and started walking toward me. Edward reached me first and I searched his face, but he showed nothing. Jacob touched my arm "Bella, if you still want me there, I will be honored to be at your wedding." I looked from Jacob to Edward, both of their faces clear of any emotions. "Of course I want you their Jacob, thank you." He nodded his head, took Cheyanne by the arm and left. I looked at Edward, "Please, what was that all about?" He shook his head. "Just some things he needed to get off his chest. He will be at the wedding, your day will be perfect" He bent down to kiss me, but something was wrong. I could see it in his eyes.

A/N Hmmm Are Edward and Jacob keeping secrets?

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