A/N: I haven't got much to say, except that this story is slowly moving towards its end, unless anyone has an idea. (okay, maybe half is finished, but still) Feel free to tell me in a review if you think that you've got an idea that will fit good into the story. And keep reviewing, please! I love reviews! (who doesn't? but still) And also, sorry if it has taken a while since my last chapter, I just have had a lot to do. It will probably take a while to the next update too, but I will write as much as I can.

I felt how the guilt slowly but securely grabbed me as I thought about the kiss.

Jake had fallen asleep where he was working on his bike. I smiled as I saw how the peaceful look on his face appeared. He should always look like that, always.

I decided to go home, I felt guilty. It was best to just do it, to just tell Edward that we had kissed. I was positive about the fact that he would be furious, but I could impossibly go around pretending as if nothing had happened. It would eat me from inside.

I tried to be as quiet as possible as I left the room, and to my relief, Jake didn't wake up. I looked at him one last time before I left. He was beautiful where he was lying.

When I returned to the truck, I saw that Billy was rolling his way up the parking lot.

"Hi," I said and waved insecurely at him.

"Well, hello Bella!" he said and rolled the wheelchair a bit further forward. "Mind giving me a hand with this?" He pointed at the wheelchair. "That lazy son of mine didn't come to greet me as you see." He continued as I rolled the wheelchair up to the house. "Are you leaving this early? Where's Jake anyway?"

"Er – he fell asleep at the garage. I don't think he had that much sleep this night."

Billy muttered something under his breath. "Yeah, you're right. If I had to decide, he would be with his pack a lot less. He's leaving me home alone, you see."

By the time he had finished speaking, I had securely sat him in the living room.

"Thanks Bella."

"No problem," I said. "I, well I have to leave now, have some stuff to do." I smiled weakly. "Bye."

He nodded in understandingly. "It's fun to have you here Bella. Come back soon." He gave me a meaningful look, and I could swear that he was trying to tell me something; that I shouldn't spend too much time with the Cullens. He obviously knew that they were back, but how could he?

His gaze made me feel as if someone had punched me in the face, so I walked briskly to the truck without uttering a word.

I drove as slowly as possible back to Forks. I dreaded for the moment when I would have to tell Edward about what I had done, it was unforgivable. I couldn't believe how I could do such a thing. Even though I knew that I had feelings for Jacob, it wasn't an excuse for kissing him.

I sighed at myself, how could I be so stupid? Edward would be so hurt; I hated the way I knew he would react. The look on his face that was excruciating to me, and how he would try to hide his feelings and tell me how he didn't mind.

A surprise met me when I drove across the border a silhouette met me a few feet after it. I knew instantly that it was Edward, and I sighed again. Of course I was happy to meet him, but now I'd have to tell him.

He was smiling to me, and I stopped the car. He was next to me in seconds.

It was he who opened the door, and he smiled even wider.

"Hello," he said happily and gave me a light kiss on the lips. "Bella, you absolutely reek of werewolf." He wrinkled his nose as he pulled away.

I smelled insecurely on my arm to see if I smelled bad, but I didn't.

"I don't smell bad!" I said. Personally, I thought that I smelled quite good, I smelled like Jake.

He didn't answer.

"Why aren't you at home?" I asked, not wanting to bring up the kiss quite yet.

"Charlie got back home," he said simply.

"'Key," I answered.

He smiled. "Are you disappointed?"

"No, not at all. I was just expecting to meet you in my room, that's all." For once, I was speaking the truth.

"Sorry," he whispered and kissed me again, more deeply this time. It was difficult to pull away, but I managed to. It felt wrong to kiss him before I had told him about Jake.

"Why are you pulling away?" he breathed into my face when I released my arms' lock around his neck. "I thought this was what you wanted, Love. I want it, badly," he added with a chuckle.

"This is all I wanted," I replied and pulled further away from him, very reluctantly. "It's just that… I need to tell you something."

I looked hesitantly at him. He didn't seem to notice that something was wrong. Instead, he just smiled his crooked smile at me, and I could feel my heart flutter. How did he do that to me?

"I…" I was so embarrassed. I didn't know where to begin, and what to say. Edward would be furious no matter what I told him. But mostly, he would be hurt. So hurt. I was almost on the verge of tears when I thought about the look he would have on his face.

"What?" He smiled, dazzling me.

"I was with Jake this afternoon," I started hesitantly.

"I know that Bella, why are you sounding so afraid? Did he do anything to you?" His voice grew darker in the last sentence.

"No," I answered quickly. "It's just… I – I think I'm in love with him."

"What?" He couldn't hide the surprise in his voice.

And there it was, the look on his face that I had been dreading to see the whole afternoon. His lips turned into a white line, and his, now golden, eyes were not full of liquid. It looked as if they were hard as stone.

My lip started to tremble when I saw him like that, and one small tear found its way down my cheek. He wiped it away before I had time to react.

"What are you saying?" he whispered. "Do you want me to leave? I can, just tell me and I'll be gone, forever."

"No, no no! NO! No, don't leave me again, never." I stepped out of the car on unsteady legs and threw my arms around him. I sobbed silently against his chest. He comforted me and caressed my back, but I could see that he was confused.

"Don't you love me anymore?" he whispered, and I heard that he couldn't hide the disappointment, the grief in his voice. I couldn't stand it; there weren't any words in the world to describe the throbbing pain in chest.

"Of course I still love you," I whimpered. "I can never stop loving you. You're the most important thing in my life. I love you, forever."

"I don't understand," he whispered into my hair. "You told me you were in love with Jacob."

"Not as much as I'm in love with you," I persisted desperately. "I love you."

He flinched. "I still don't understand."

"We kissed," I whispered silently. "I couldn't do anything about it, it just happened." I looked up at his beautiful face; a dark shadow was covering his eyes. I could see how disappointed he was. "I'm sorry, I thought about you all the time Edward. I'm sorry," I repeated. "I love you, forever."

"And I love you," he said darkly. "But I still don't understand. Do you want to be with him?"

"I want to be with you, always," I said quickly. I was a bit surprised; he wasn't furious but it was even worse to know how hurt he was. That was even worse. I could take it if he was angry with me, but the fact that I had caused the look on his face was more than painful. "What can I do to make you happy again?" I said silently. "I'll do anything for you."

"Never mind," he said and sighed. "What's been done has been done. But if you only want to be friends, I will understand, it's your choice completely."

Was he never going to get that he was my life? "I want you forever Edward. I'm just sad because I can never satisfy Jacob, he can never be more than my friend. I choose to give my life to you, Edward, you."

He chuckled under his breath, and I saw that his sad expression on his face had gradually begun to fade away. "Marry me, then," he said, just loud enough so I could hear. "Then we'll be together forever.

"What?" I took one step back and backed into the truck's door. Had he just asked me to marry him? It felt as if a cage with butterflies had been released inside my body and flew around inside of me. I felt like jumping up and down with joy, did he really want me enough to marry me?

There was nothing else in the world that I would rather do than marry him. To say the enchanted words that would unite us forever, I do. The thought of him and me together forever made my knees fold under me. It was like a dream coming true; nothing, nothing at all, could make me not want to marry him. He was so beautiful where he was watching me, smiling widely. I forgot how to breathe.

I couldn't help it, but I immediately smiled widely. "Are you serious?" I whispered, but not because I was afraid or unhappy, because I was so glad. "Do you want to marry me?" My voice was hoarse at the last word. "Me, Bella Swan?"

He chuckled and pulled me closer to him. "Of course, I love you. There's nothing else I want to do right now."

And then, with no gesture to warn me about what was going to happen, he went down on one knee and looked deeply into my eyes. "I don't really have a ring," he muttered apologetically as he took my hand in a firm but gentle grip. The gesture made me catch my breath. I couldn't believe what was happening. Was Edward really proposing to me?

"Isabella Marie Swan," he started, and I realized how small tears started running down my cheeks. Was I really the one to cry right now, I had never thought I would? But I couldn't deny it; I wanted him just as badly as he wanted me. "I love you, no matter what happens. I will love you forever, and I hope that you will love me too. There's nothing more important in my life than you. That's why I'm asking you, would you –." He paused, looked down at the ground, and then back to my face again. "Will you marry me?" he said and smiled the crooked smile that he knew I loved.

At first, I was too stunned, too amazed, to understand what had happened. I just opened my mouth with a loud pop. Then I realized that he was waiting for my answer, and I exclaimed:

"Yes! Yes, Edward. I love you, of course I will marry you, I –." He rose from his position on one knee and stopped me there, putting one finger on my mouth.

"Shh," he hushed me. "That's all I needed to hear." And then, he kissed me like he had never done before. There were definitely no boundaries, and I felt healed from every single bruise I had had from his abandonation immediately.

He pressed me into the car's door, and I could feel how every inch of my body was pressed against his. His gentle fingers were braided into my hair, and I was never going to let go of my grip around his neck, I didn't want the moment to end. Never had I been so happy.

I almost fainted, right then and right there. I immediately knew then, that this was the happiest moment I had had in my entire life. To know that I was going to spend my entire life with Edward was overwhelming; there was nothing to compare it with, nothing. It was all just pure happiness.

He slowly pulled away, and placed three kisses on different spots in my face. When he took a small step back, I instantly followed and wrapped my arms around his cold torso.

"Thank you," I whispered into his chest.

"For what?" he asked as he wiped away the last tears from my face.

"For everything, everything you've given to me. Thank you, I love you. I just, I can't put in words how grateful I am."

He kissed my forehead gently. "The only thing that matters is you."

In that exact moment, a topic, which definitely was worth thinking through, crossed my mind. Charlie didn't even know that Edward was back, and now, all of a sudden, we were engaged. I could only imagine his reaction, but I was sure about the fact that it wouldn't be pleasant.

"How about Charlie then?" I asked as he came closer to kiss me again.

He chuckled. "Is that really what you are thinking about right now?" He smiled the crooked smile that I loved, and it was suddenly very hard for me to stand on my legs. Would I ever grow immune to the effect he had on me? Not if I could decide, I didn't want it to go away.

"No, of course not," I said, a bit embarrassed. "I just –."

"It's fine," he interrupted me. "It's just not what I was thinking about."

"And what is that?" I teased him and wrapped my arms around his neck, placing a small kiss on his lips.

"I was thinking about how breathtakingly, menacingly beautiful you are right now."

"I'm nothing compared to you," I whispered while leaning my head against his neck.

He chuckled under his breath. "You don't know what you're talking about."

A/N: Oooooh! Edward proposed!!!!! Review please! And sorry for any spelling mistakes.