I know that you are all slightly freaking out over what happened with the last chapter, but I promise you, it will all come out as expected, and there will be a happy ending. Not everything is roses and sunshine. HAHA. Please bear with me. Mama's gonna' make it all better, just you wait.

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BPOV:

I'm such a douche bag. I can't believe I kissed James in front of Edward. At the time, it seemed like the logical thing to do. I was pissed at Edward for having to leave, but he was totally right.

How selfish am I? I was asking him to leave everything he knew up until this point and be with me. Rosalie and Alice told me his confession to them yesterday.

With much convincing on their parts, he decided not go, but that he wasn't going to make himself readily available to us all. Well, I'm assuming it's mostly to me. I did tell him to get the fuck out of my life.

Why am I so stupid? Why can't I just keep my mouth shut and let things happen like they're supposed to?

On the days I worked, Edward would go outside and bask in the sun. I would catch him stealing glances at me from time to time, and my heart broke a little more.

I should just swallow my pride and go explain everything to him. I should tell him how sorry I am that I went off on him the way that I did and that I would at least like to be friends.

But, how can we be friends after this? The guy gives me the most mind blowing sex of my life, fills my heart with complete joy, and is or was my best friend all in a matter of weeks.

It's week three now, and I still have made no progress on the Edward front. I've tried to talk to Emmett and Jasper about it, but they have about as much information as anybody else. He's shut himself out completely. He wants nothing to do with me.

EPOV:

With much debating, I decided to stay in Hawaii. I knew it was going to be a hard task, being so close to Bella, but in the end, I have a plan. It will go one of two ways. Hopefully it will go the way I want, and that will be that. However, I've not been so lucky these days, so it's bound to go to shit.

I spend most of my days indoors, watching TV or reading. When Bella goes to work, I make my way outside and socialize with my brothers and their girlfriends. Seeing them all interacting like that kills me. It should be me and Bella out here with them. Instead it's just me and no Bella. Fuck my life.

I shouldn't be mad at her for freaking out. I mean, we confessed our love for each other in only a short amount of time. She was being selfish for good reasons, and I was being selfish for the right reasons. She needed to understand that once we leave, it's done. I mean, sure there will be the occasional phone call and email, but what happens when our lives get too busy for all of that? I don't know if my heart can take it. So, it's better to cut ties now and save any additional pain.

I was walking to the bank to use the ATM, and I heard a loud gunshot. Everybody ducked, including me, and I heard screaming and people panicking.

I, practically being a doctor and also the son of one, ran to the scene to check it out. There was a police officer laying on the ground, blood pooled around his body.

I checked his pulse, and it was still there, although rapidly slowing. I dialed 911 and informed the dispatcher of my status as a doctor and that she needed to send an ambulance right away and that he was a police officer.

I took my shirt off and applied pressure to the wound. The ambulance came and the EMT's insisted I ride with them to work on the officer.

"Okay, keep an eye on his vitals. We don't want him going into a cardiac arrest and we certainly don't want him to stop breathing." I informed the men.

They nodded and the one got a smirk on his face. "You know, you possibly just saved the police chief's life, bro?"

I looked at him skeptically. Bella's father was the chief of police here.

"Yeah, man. This here is Chief Charlie Swan." The other said.

At that point, I worked harder than ever. I'd already let Bella down by ruining her life, I wasn't going to do it any further by causing her father to lose his.

BPOV:

I got the call around 2:30 telling me that my father had been shot and that I needed to head out to the hospital.

It took everything in me not to throw up, cry, and kill myself all at the same time.

Rosalie, Alice, Emmett, and Jasper all came with me and my heart sank a little bit when Edward wasn't home. Emmett said he went over to tell him what happened, but he wasn't there.

I felt the sadness creeping in. Why should he be there? I ran him off. Now all I wanted was for him to hold me and tell me everything was going to be fine.

We got there and the nurse directed us to Charlie's room. Seems some young doctor saved his life, according to the nurse.

"Dad?" I whispered as I walked into the room.

"Bells!" he nearly shouted. Apparently, the morphine was working wonders. "You should meet the nice young man that saved my life! He's a doctor, too!"

I laughed. "I heard. You're very lucky. I'd like to meet him and thank him if that's okay with you."

"Of course, Bells! I think you should marry the guy. He's got a promising future."

I giggled. "Sure, sure. Whatever you say."

"AH! There he is right now. The good doctor!" He was all kinds of excited. And high. Which is funny.

I turned around and my eyes automatically leaked tears. It was Edward. My Edward.

"Oh. Uhm, Bella." He stammered. I ran up to him and hugged him. He let out a breath and hugged me back.

"I'm so sorry. You're the one that worked on my dad?" I asked, upset and happy all at the same time.

He chuckled and sighed. "Yes."

I leaned up to kiss him, but he backed away. "Bella, we need to have a serious talk. Not right now, because you need to be with your father. But, I will talk to you when you get home, okay?"

I nodded. I was confused. I thought since he wanted to hug me that he'd maybe want to kiss me, too.

So, he walked out and I stayed with my dad until he fell asleep.

I went home, awaiting the dreaded conversation.

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EPOV:

"You wanted to talk, here I am. Let's talk." She said sternly.

I chuckled. She thinks this is going to be ugly.

"Bella, I'm sorry. I should've worded things differently. I don't want you to think that I regret any of my time here with you. If you want me to be honest, this is the best time of my life. I've never felt more alive and more loved than I have when I've been with you. You alone made me feel this way."

She grinned. "Well, I'm just glad that you aren't ignoring me anymore."

Now, here comes the hard part before the even harder part that I hope is going to be very beneficial to all parties involved.

"Bella, when I told you I couldn't stay, it wasn't the right time. At least that's what I thought, but then I realized, it'll never be the right time."

Her eyes glazed over in tears.

I pulled her to me and she sobbed. That was Hard Part number one.

"Now, the really bad news is that I'm not leaving." I smiled into her hair.

Her head shot up and her eyes got big and she had a look of pure shock as she assessed the situation.

"This isn't funny, Edward." She scoled.

I laughed. "No, it isn't. If I were lying, it'd be really horrible. But, I'm afraid I'm telling you the complete truth. Seems the chief of staff here really liked my medical knowledge and has agreed to bring me on and I can continue my schooling while I'm here. He said he'd have it paid for, that 'the island could use a few more good doctors like you' around. Or something like that."

She sobbed. "So, you and me?"

I nodded and pulled her into me. "You and me, my Bella. Always you and me."

I felt so much stress raise off of me. I thought she would smack me and tell me to get the hell out of her face and try to force me to leave.

"What about your brothers and your parents and your family and your other friends, Edward? I can't ask you to leave all of that. It was wrong of me to do in the first place."

I sighed. "Well, I've already talked to my brothers. They don't plan on leaving, either."

Her head shot up again and she grinned even brighter than before. "REALLY?!" She squealed and I laughed and nodded my head yes.

As if by magic, my brothers and their girlfriends came over and joined up in the group hug thing that was taking place.

"We've already talked to our parents, and they're planning on flying out here this weekend to meet with the girls who've stolen our hearts." I told her.

She leaned up and kissed me fully on the mouth.

"Thank you." She said.

"For what, love?"

She sniffled. "For saving my daddy, and saving me. For being you. For everything. Just thank you."

I felt a lone tear fall down my face and I kissed the top of her head.

"No, Isabella, thank you."

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Okay, I hope you find this chapter better. Yes, it's a little short, but what better way to make up to the love of your life by saving their parent? Priceless!

However, this isn't the end of the drama. Nope. It will only get more chaotic in the few more chapters to come. I'm leaving it at a 15 chapter maximum. At the end, there WILL be the whole grand gesture that I so love in these stories.

Also, sorry that it is so short, but I wanted to get it out of the way. Review me, let me know what you want to read in the next chapter! Maybe I can oblige you!

Xoxoxoxo

Kristen aka Wonder Woman