A/n: okay, people, its wander not wonder, damn it!! Sheesh. Every single fic I've read with that word in it has been misspelled. Ugh! Use the right words in the right context for god sakes.

Sorry, I'm a grammar/spelling nazi. Forgive me.

Awwww, last chapters suck. I never know how to end a story, but I think I like how I ended this one. Well, no scratch that, I LOVE how I ended this, although it wasn't supposed to get that serious near the end, but oh well. Its fantasmic (yes, that's a word, I swear. Me and my friends made it up in like the 8th grade or something). I tried to make this chapter as funny as I could. And I think there are some pretty funny parts but that's just me. You'll have to give me your opinion on that.

"My lungs collapse as I'm gasping for air, I'll breathe you in. You are my oxygen alone…Say "so long," say "goodnight," and just hold out your hand…Wake me up from this nightmare. Wake me up, I know that i am drowning…" – Wake Up Call, Hawthorne Heights.

Christmas time in Livingston. This was going to be interesting. Don't you think?

Alice was already freaking out on a daily basis, but thank god she wasn't allowed to buy presents for anyone – except me, since it was my first Cullen Christmas (apparently I had to be initiated). They gave up on the whole gift exchange thing in the 80s when Edward and Alice kept ruining the surprises. They probably ran out of stuff to give, too.

I really didn't want anything, I had everything I needed already, but Edward told me to just humor everyone.

It had been about six months since I found the Cullens and I was finally starting to adjust to life here in Montana. I still couldn't believe the fact that we lived so close to a celebrity. I found myself constantly wondering what he would think if he knew that eight vampires lived near him.

I finally got around to actually unpacking everything about a few weeks ago – what can I say? I'm a procrastinator.

I missed Forks – I had no clue why since I hated that place until I met Edward – and I definitely still felt horrible about leaving so abruptly (that's a big 'my bad' on my part, I admit. Poor Charlie).

But since I had been a vampire for a little over a year now, my eyes were now the same golden color as Edward's, so I could finally go out in public without those stupid contacts. I was planning a visit to Forks after the New Year. Charlie would like that; he'd probably have a coronary when he found out I was still alive – well, in a manner of speaking – but he would like that I came home, even if it was just to visit. I think it would please Carmen to know what I was planning, too.

I was finally getting my power under control, which was a good thing for Emmett because now I didn't beat him every time we wrestled. It wasn't my fault that physical contact made his strength mine. It took me a long time to be able to control that one. Oops. Heh. I totally didn't mean it that one time when I accidentally threw him across the room and shattered the bay windows. I'm still paying Esme back for that one.

The best part of my power was that I could turn it off if I wanted to. Edward was particularly partial to this since it meant that I couldn't read his mind all the time. I would constantly read his thoughts, but out of respect for his privacy, I didn't. I really hoped he knew how much that bothered me; I liked knowing what was going on in that head of his.

"Bella!!!" Alice screamed from somewhere in the house. Great, what now? Alice had been on a rampage since yesterday. Something about visions, shopping, Denali, not being ready…and something else I didn't catch. Whatever.

I opened my eyes and sat up in bed but did nothing more to leave the confines of my room. I was hiding from Alice; she was planning something and I didn't like the glint in her eyes when she spoke to me this morning. The whole shopping part of her speech made me very wary of going anywhere near her, but at least I knew that Kate and Carmen were coming soon. I missed them.

A soft knock on my door pulled me from my thoughts. Rosalie poked her head in and smiled when she saw me on the bed.

"Alice is looking for you," she informed.

"I noticed," I grimaced. "Do you know what she's planning?"

"No clue, but she did want me to help, so she's probably going to use you as a Barbie doll again."

"Again?" I groaned. That was twice in one week. Alice didn't even need a reason to make me over anymore; she just did.

I'd forgotten to turn off my power because I had been listening to Edward's thoughts. I was trying to see if I could catch what he was getting me for Christmas. No such luck. He was getting good at the whole blocking me out of his head thing. He knew how much it pissed me off too.

Just then I had a vision of Alice, Rosalie and I in Alice's bathroom. I was, at least, in my choice of clothing, but Alice was doing something with my hair and Rosalie was playing with a huge pile of make-up on the counter.

"Damn it," I cursed when the vision ended. "Well, at least I get to wear my own clothes this time."

Rosalie's eyes almost bulged out of her head. "She's going to let you pick your own outfit?"

"Its progress," I shrugged.

"True," she nodded. "But she's never done that before. This is…wow." Rosalie at a loss for words? This day was just full of surprises.

"Bella!!!" Alice called again.

I groaned again and fell back on the mattress.

"She knows where you are, you might as well come out," Rosalie said.

"I'd prefer to put this off as long as possible."

"Bella!!!" Alice screamed even louder this time.

The problem with my power was that when I took one persons, I took everyone's within a hundred yard radius. So when I was poking around Edward's head, I turned everything on (hence the vision), and collectively the entire Cullen family, save for Alice and Rosalie, started yelling at me in their heads to make Alice stop screaming (yes, even Jasper). Their anger was also radiating at me like a freaking forest fire. I didn't even bother trying to calm everyone down; there was no point, they would resist.

Bella, please! Emmett silently begged.

Oh my god, make her stop! Edward said.

"Alright!" I shouted and heaved myself off the bed, but not before turning off my power. I'd had enough.

Alice ended up not doing much to my hair, except making it straighter than it already was. I thanked her profusely. I hated curls.

Rosalie didn't do much in the make-up department, either. She knew how much I would freak out if she over did anything.

Overall, I didn't look too different. I didn't even know why Alice bothered playing cosmetician today. Maybe she was finally giving up since I wasn't human anymore. I smiled at the possibility. It was a very unlikely possibility, but there was still a small chance that it was true. I hoped.

Rosalie was just finishing with my eyeliner when I heard the car coming down the driveway. I knew instantly that it was the Denali coven. As soon as the smile appeared on my lips she stepped back and let me run from the bathroom.

I was almost out the door when Edward intercepted my path. I pushed him out of the way and shouted behind me, "Notnowgottago," so fast that I barely understood it myself. I could feel the confusion even without Jasper's power. I didn't understand why, he had to have heard the car pulling up.

Kate was just shutting her door when I tackled her. I didn't mean to, my excitement was getting the better of me. But nonetheless we were rolling around on the grass and I was hugging her with as much strength as I thought I had inside me.

"It's nice to see you too, Bella," she giggled and hugged me tight.

"I missed you," I whispered and finally let her go.

She smiled. "I missed you too. It's not the same without you."

Someone behind me clear their throat. I knew it instantly as Eleazar. My smile grew wider, if that was even possible, and I turned around to give him a hug.

"It's good to see you, Bella," Eleazar chuckled and surrendered me to Carmen.

I didn't think it was possible for vampires to be pulled into bone crushing hugs, but I seriously thought I was going to crack a rib from the force of Carmen's strength. I didn't even know she was that strong.

"Can't. Breathe," I choked out. Not that I needed to breathe or anything, but I wasn't going to take a chance on the whole bone breaking thing.

"Right, sorry," Carmen relaxed a little but still hugged me. I think if she could, she would have been crying right now. "How have you been? Are you alright? They're treating you well?"

"You're sounding like my mother, Carmen," I laughed.

She glared at me. "Of course I'm sounding like your mother. I do tend to think of myself as a mother to you. Now shut up and answer my questions."

"Wow, three moms in one lifetime? I'm on a roll!"

"Bella," Carmen rolled her eyes. "Answer the questions, damn it."

"You just told me to shut up, how can I answer if you told me I can't talk?"

"Please, Bella." Her patience was running low at this point and I was on the verge of laughing hysterically. I was resisting though, I didn't feel like facing the wrath of Carmen today. That wouldn't be good.

"I'm fine, Carmen," I finally answered once I was sure that I wouldn't start laughing. "And if the Cullens didn't treat me right I would have come straight back to Denali. You know that."

Carmen sighed. "I'm sorry. I worry too much."

"Trust me," I tried to keep a straight face, "I've noticed."

Ugh, would Carmen stop hogging Bella! Irina thought, I haven't seen her forever and I haven't even said hello yet.

Wow, I totally forgot I had my power on. Maybe I did it unconsciously again; I still did that sometimes.

I laughed and slipped out of Carmen's arms. "Irina, she isn't hogging me."

I turned around and gave her a hug. Even through her surprise at answering her thoughts, Irina still managed to hug me back.

"Tanya, come here, I want a hug from you, too," I waved her over and threw my arms around her shoulders.

I finally led everyone into the house and filed them into the living room where they stared at me with completely and utter shock on their faces.

"You…you just read my mind," Irina managed to say.

"Oh," I nodded, "my power. Right."

"Yeah, right," Kate said.

"Um, well," I smiled sheepishly, "I sort of borrow other vampires' powers. Everyone hates it though. I don't understand why; it's a very convenient gift, if you ask me."

"It's bad enough with one telepath in the family," Rosalie called from her room, "We don't need two."

"Yeah, well, bite me," I yelled after her.

Alice stepped into the room but I didn't notice until she said, "Bella," she rolled her eyes, "someone already beat us to it." And then she was gone. Kay, that was weird, right? Yeah, definitely weird.

"Is that it, though? Do you just borrow a vampire's power?" Eleazar asked.

"Well, no. If I borrow one power, I take all the powers within a hundred yards. So if I were to read your mind, I would be able to manipulate your emotions and see visions, too. And any other powers that were in the vicinity."

"Except mine!" Emmett screeched.

"Doesn't that get tiring?" Kate questioned, ignoring Emmett altogether.

"Yeah," I nodded, "it does. But I can turn it on and off, so it doesn't get too exhausting."

"Thank god for that." Edward said from behind me.

I turned around and glared at him. "I resent that. I like hearing your thoughts."

"Yes, you've mentioned that on numerous occasions," he rolled his eyes.

I was getting exceptionally unobservant lately. I didn't even notice when Edward came into our room and sat down on the bed until he was literally on top of me and trying to get the ear buds out of my ears.

"Hey," I snapped, trying to slap his hands away, "hey! No touching!"

He sighed and rolled his eyes. "We have a stereo for a reason."

"I like my iPod better."

"Happy Christmas Eve," he smiled down at me.

"Already?" I gaped at him. Wasn't yesterday like December 15 or something? Being immortal sucked sometimes; you really lost track of time.

I made a move to turn off my iPod but Edward caught my hand and stopped me. "Don't, I like this song," he said.

I blinked a couple times, surprised. "You like Hellogoodbye?"

"You can stop looking me like that now," he mock glared. "And yes, I do like Hellogoodbye."

"As much as I like that you're laying on top of me, could you move? You're kinda heavy."

"Gee, thanks," he said, rolling off of me.

"No problem," I smiled sweetly. I turned on my side to face Edward. "What time is it anyway?"

"Uh," he glanced at my iPod, "Just after two in the morning."

"Wow," I giggled, "talk about pulling all nighters."

"You're ridiculous," Edward shook his head.

I shrugged. "I might be, but you love me."

"Unfortunately," he mumbled.

My mouth hung open from shock. I suddenly felt like I was on a roller coaster and we were going down the highest drop. "Excuse me?" I finally whispered. My mouth was still open and I was starting to hyperventilate.

"I was kidding, Bella," Edward reached out to touch me, but I wouldn't let him. I slapped his hand away.

I slipped off the bed as fast as I could but Edward still managed to catch my arm. I was really wishing right now that I could cry because I definitely needed too.

I tried to pull my arm away but he wouldn't let go.

"Bella, I was kidding, you know I love you."

"Yeah," I retorted, "unfortunately."

"Bella," he pulled me to him, "Bella, you know I was kidding."

I tried to get away but Edward had me between his legs and his hands were gripping my shoulders. I was trapped. The only thing I could do was turn my head away so I didn't have to look at him.

"Bella, sweetie, look at me," he lifted a hand from my shoulder and turned my cheek so I was forced to look him in the eyes. "Please, Bella, forgive me. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you, I was only kidding."

"That is one sick joke, Edward Cullen," I replied, still trying to avert my eyes so he couldn't dazzle his way into making me forgive him.

"I know, and I'm sorry," he took his other hand off my shoulder and placed it on my other cheek. I had no choice but to look at him now.

I took a deep breath and shut my eyes and then Edward's lips were on mine. Wow, okay, wasn't expecting that one. I was on the verge of forgiving him when he finally pulled away.

I glared at him. "You're still not forgiven."

"Please?" he pouted.

I sighed. "You're not getting off that easy. Do you seriously expect me to forgive you just by kissing you?"

"It used to work," Edward shrugged.

"Well, it's not working anymore," I said.

"Will asking you to marry me make you forgive me?" he asked suddenly.

My jaw dropped. If I had a working heart right now, it would have stopped when he asked that question. "Huh?" I managed.

"Marry me," Edward insisted.

I stayed silent while I tried to compose myself. It took a few minutes but I could finally talk again.

"And here I thought you would go all out and be like super romantic man or something when you proposed," I said.

"Is that a yes?" he looked hopeful.

I shrugged and smirked, "Maybe."

And then Edward was smothering me with kisses. Seriously. Every inch of skin on my face and my neck was being kissed. Not that I minded, though.

But that's when it really hit me: Edward proposed. And I said yes. Holy shit, I was getting married.

"Edward," I whispered. He stopped kissing me and stared at me, waiting for me to continue. "You just proposed."

"I did," he nodded.

"And I said yes," I was still whispering.

Edward's face fell. "You…you don't regret it do you?"

"No!" I shrieked. "No, I just….I need to process this."

"Okay," he said.

"I…I think I need to lie down."

Edward picked me up and put me on the bed. I shut my eyes and started taking deep breaths and let them out slowly.

When I opened my eyes, I was in Edward's room, but I was on his couch. In Forks. And I had a heartbeat.

And that's when I knew I was awake.

Wow. Oh man. That's intense. Now go read the epilogue.

Tunes;
Wake Up Call – Hawthorne Heights
Space – Something Corporate
Make Damn Sure – Taking Back Sunday
Call N' Return – Hellogoodbye
Burn (Alleged Remix) – Alkaline Trio
Fiction – Kids in the Way
Hey Juliet – LMNT (download, this. It's hilarious)
Dead! – My Chemical Romance
Comatose – Skillet
Breathe – Michelle Branch