Bella's POV
I was walking from the car back to the house with some stuff I picked up from the store.
"Excuse me?" Someone said.
I turned around and my eyes went wide.
"Isabella Swan right?" She asked.
I didn't know why she thought I didn't know her or wouldn't recognize her, but she continued to play dumb.
"Um, yes..." I stuttered.
"Why are you still here?" She asked.
"I pretty much live here now?" I said.
"Ah, I see I see..." She said looking me over.
She looked at the baby items in the paper bag and cocked her head to the side, sort of like a dog would do.
"You have a baby?" She asked.
"Yeah." I said.
"Funny, I thought-"
"It's not Edwards." I told her.
"Oh." She said shocked.
"Look it's a long story." I told her.
"So not only did they not keep the promise, but there's a baby in the mix now?" She asked.
I shrugged.
"How do you suppose this will work out, Bella?" She said.
"I don't think I have to answer that." I said.
Wrong move. I let out a murderous scream as I fell to my hands and knees. The bag of stuff came tumbling out as it crashed to the ground.
"Care to try again?" She asked.
I couldn't answer, all I could do was scream. I fell down on my side in unbearable pain, I threw my head back as I screamed more.
"That's enough of that." She said walking closer.
The pain stopped, but I couldn't get up. Not only from fear but from the shock of it all.
"I'll have to punish Edward you know that right?" She said.
"No! It wasn't his fault! It was mine!" I gasped.
"How so?" She asked.
"I-I was raped." I whispered.
"Oh." she said.
"And I got pregnant, so that's why he couldn't change me." I told her.
"But he can now, right?" she asked.
"I'm still getting used to being a mother, I can't be a newborn and raise a baby." I said.
"Sure you can." She told me.
I looked up at her.
"We can't have a human knowing about out secret Bella. We had a deal." She said.
"Screw the deal!" I snapped.
She looked at me.
"AHHHHH!" I screamed.
"BELLA!" I heard someone yell.
Edward ran over to me with the family close behind him. I cried out in pain clutching at Edward.
"Stop this right now Jane!" Carlisle hissed.
"We had a deal." she said.
"And we are working on keeping it, but obviously some things came up." He said.
"The Volturi don't give second chances Carlisle, you of all people should know that." She said.
"I know, just give us more time." He said.
"Hmm..." She said.
I cried as my back arched in pain, it was the worst pain I've ever felt, worse then giving birth. Edward looked down at me worried, he didn't know bow much more I could take. A vampire could handle it, but I was a human.
"Please stop! She could die!" Edward gasped.
"Which would only make you change her faster." She said.
I let out another scream before my body went limp in Edwards arms.
"Bella?" He said.
He shook me as Jane smiled, Carlisle rushed over and checked my pulse.
"She's still alive." He said.
"I guess my work here is done." Jane said.
She turned and was gone in a flash, Edward grabbed me and picked me up carefully. He took me in the living room and laid me down on the couch. Alice rushed in the kitchen and back with a wet cloth, he took it and dripped some water on my face. It surprisingly worked, I started to move a little. I let out a tiny scream before opening my eyes.
"Shh, it's over now." He said.
"What happened? Where did she go?" I asked.
"She left. She's giving us more time." He told me.
I nodded before sitting up slowly.
"Matthew?" I asked.
"With your dad at his house." He said.
I nodded again before standing up, I was still in a little pain but it wasn't bad. I walked into the kitchen slowly to get a bottle of water.
"How are you feeling Bella?" Esme asked.
"Okay I guess." I said.
She smiled a little.
"Why now?" I asked sitting down on a stool at the island, "Why is she showing up now?"
"I don't know Bella, I guess Aro found out and sent her." She told me.
I sighed.
"Things will be okay Bella." She said.
"I'm not worried about that, I'm worried about Matthew." I said.
Edward walked in and stood by the wall listening.
"We can protect him." She said.
"I know, and I'm not afraid of that, I just, I don't know." I said covering my face.
"You are worried about bringing him up in all this." She said for me.
I bit my lip and looked at the counter.
"It's okay Bella, don't feel bad for feeling that." She said.
"It's not like I- I don't know how to put this without it sounding bad!" I said.
"You want the best life for him and you don't want him to be surrounded by violence." She said.
"Am I horrible?" I asked.
"Of course not! I understand that Bella! You want the best for you child! I'm the same way! I don't like all this, and for the longest time I wanted to move away from all this. It's not that easy though." She said.
"Yeah, but you guys didn't have all this trouble until I came along." I said.
"Bella, don't start that. I am thrilled that you came along. It killed me to sit there and watch my little boy hurt by watching his sisters and brothers find the love of their life while he was stuck alone. He thought that he would be alone forever until you came along." She told me.
I smiled.
"He loves you Bella, I can see it in his face, he lights up when you walk in the room." She said.
I blushed and smiled.
"Anyway, we are here for you Bella, don't be afraid to say what you feel. We can protect you, and we can protect Matthew and try to isolate him from the bad things." She said.
I nodded, "Thanks Esme."
I stood up from the island and turned around, I saw Edward standing at the wall. I smiled and walked over to him, he grabbed my hands lightly and held them. He looked in my eyes smiling his famous crooked smile.
"What?" I asked.
"I love you." He said.
"I love you too." I said.
He bent down and kissed me.
"You tired?" He asked.
I shook my head, "Not really."
He nodded before leading me out of the kitchen and into the living room.
"Hey Edward, wanna play?" Emmett asked.
"Sure." He said taking a controller.
I walked over to Alice who was looking out of the window.
"You okay?" I asked.
"Oh, yeah. I'm fine." She said.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Jasper and I had a fight." She whispered.
My eyes went wide, "What?"
"I don't even know what it was about, I told him that I wanted to go shopping and he said that he thinks I should relax with all the shopping sprees and that Matthew has everything he needs for a newborn and things just went down hill from there." She explained.
"Wow." I said.
"Yeah, we'll be okay though, I hope..." She said looking back out of the window.
I walked outside after giving her a quick hug, it was strange that Alice and Jasper were fighting. They seem to be the perfect couple, so what about Edward and I? Would we fight too when and if we get married. No, things are different with us. I told myself. I walked off the porch when I saw a car pull in the driveway. Jake got out of the car and rushed over to me.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"I'm fine." I said.
"I heard Jane was here, that chick from the Volturi?" He said.
"I'm fine Jake." I told him.
He sighed, "Okay."
"You came all the way over to see if I was okay?" I asked.
"Yeah." He said.
"You could have called you know, save gas." I said.
"It was worth it, I got to see you." He said smiling.
"How did you find out?" I asked.
"Surprisingly Leah told me." He said.
"Oh, so your talking to her?" I asked.
"Not really, she was around when Jane came, she was hoping Jane killed you." He said.
"Oh." I said.
"Yeah, she doesn't really want me to have anything to do with you." He said.
"Why?" I asked.
"She likes me, remember she made that ridiculous lie up about me? She did it because I told her I didn't like her and she wanted to get me back by getting me kicked out of the pack." He told me.
"So she doesn't want me around you because she cant have you." I said.
"Basically." He said.
"So why was she by the house?" I asked looking around.
"To see if I was here." He told me.
"Oh." I said.
Just then a loud growl rang out and Leah jumped from the trees in her wolf form. I gasped and screamed as Jake threw my behind him. The Cullen's all ran out and hurried over, but stayed back a little. Edward was the closest, watching to make sure I was safe.
"Leah, leave!" Jake growled.
She growled more as she stepped closer.
"I don't love you Leah! Get that through your head! I can see Bella whenever I want too!" He hissed.
She found a way to get to me through Jake, she launched herself at me but Jake was faster. He hit her hard in the face, she whimpered as she backed up but stayed. I hid my face in Jake's back as I glanced at Edward who looked like he could leap for me at any moment if needed.
"I can get Sam here real soon Leah, then he'll know the truth. So I would leave if I were you." He said.
She glared at him before turning away and disappeared through the forest slowly.
"What the hell! Why is everyone against me today!" I said.
Jake laughed, "Don't worry, I got ya covered."
I rolled my eyes and laughed as I hugged him, but Edward didn't look as amused as us. He took a deep breath before turning and following the rest of the family into the house. I walked around Jake to the front and hugged him, he wrapped his arms around me.
"How's the new mama doing?" He asked.
"Okay." I said.
"Just okay?" He asked.
"Yeah, I don't know." I said.
"Your not depressed or anything right?" He asked.
"I don't think so." I said.
"If you are Bella, you can tell me, or the Cullen's, we all care about you." He said mumbling something about Edward and blood sucker but I chose to ignore it.
"I'm fine." I said.
"Okay, if you say so." He said.
"I should be getting inside, Charlie should be bringing Matthew home soon and I want to take a nap." I said.
"Okay, I'll see you later Bells." He said.
I walked up the stairs and turned to see Jake pulling out of the driveway. I walked into the house and up the stairs not seeing Edward sitting on the couch. I walked into his room and kicked my shoes off before climbing into bed and covering up with the covers.
"Tired?" Edward said making me jump.
"Oh," I said, "Yeah."
He came over to me giving me a kiss on the lips.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"Yeah why?" He asked.
"You seemed a little upset when Jake stopped Leah from attacking me." I said.
"No, just a little annoyed." He said.
"Oh." I said.
"It's nothing Bella." He said.
I nodded, he smiled and walked away turning the lights off before closing the door. I sighed and turned on my side before drifting to sleep.
…
"Alice- AHHH!" I screamed covering my eyes.
"It's called knocking... for a reason." She gasped.
"Oh god!" I mumbled through my hands.
"Could you shut the door on your way out?" She asked before moaning.
I closed the door keeping my eyes closed, I gagged as I walked to the room. I shut the door behind me as I looked at Edward terrified.
"Why did you scream?" He asked.
"I... I just walked in on Jasper and Alice doing it. Ew." I cringed.
Edward laughed, "I guess they made up."
"I think I'm scarred for life." I said walking over to him.
He burst out laughing making me glare at him.
"This isn't funny! It was horrifying!" I told him.
"Well, maybe you should knock first." He said trying to stop laughing.
"Yeah well maybe they shouldn't do it when we are home!" I said.
We sat there for a few minutes in silence, I cringed again making Edward laugh more.
"That's something I could have lived without seeing." I said laughing.
"Well duh." He said.
An hour later
"Sorry about that Bella." Alice said walking in with Jasper behind her.
"Please, I want to finish my food thank you very much." I said holding up my hand.
She laughed before sitting next to me at the island.
"I didn't know you would walk in." She said.
"Oh god." I said covering my face.
"Like you don't know what it feels like." She said.
"To be walked in on?" I asked.
"No to you know, do it." She said.
"Well seeing as I was raped, no I don't." I said.
"Well in a way you do." She said.
"Not really, I didn't really enjoy being raped Alice." I told her.
"Yeah, I guess your right." She said.
I rolled my eyes and got up to throw away my paper plate and the rest of my sandwich, I walked out of the kitchen and up to the nursery. I walked into the room and snuck over to Matthew who was sleeping peacefully in his crib. I sighed thinking of what my life would be like without him, I loved him already and I don't regret keeping him, I just wish he had a different father. I walked over to the door shutting it behind me, I went back downstairs and turned the TV on.
"I didn't mean to upset you Bella." Alice said walking into the living room and sitting next to me on the couch.
"I'm not upset." I told her.
"You sure?" She asked.
"Yeah. I'm glad you and Jasper aren't fighting anymore." I said.
"Me too." She said.
…
Edward's POV
"Why wont you tell me what I should wear!" Bella yelled from the bathroom.
"Just pick one of the outfits Alice picked for you!" I told her.
"Ugh! I want to know what this is all for!" She said.
"You'll find out soon enough." I said smiling to myself.
I heard her mumble a few more things before she got dressed, she opened the door and walked out of the bathroom. She was wearing the dark blue V neck dress that came down to her knees, she had on a pair of black heels to go with. She looked at me before looking down at her dress.
"Is this fine?" She asked.
"It's amazing, your amazing." I said smiling.
She rolled her eyes and walked over to me.
"You sure this isn't overdressed?" She asked.
"Bella, relax." I told her taking her hand.
I led her down the stairs and through the living room, I opened the front door for her before leading her to my Volvo. I opened her door smiling, she smiled back before getting in. I walked over to my side using my vampire speed, I had the car started and out of the drive way in seconds.
"So will you tell me where we are going now?" She asked.
"No, you'll have to wait and find out." I told her once again.
Bella's POV
The anticipation was growing, I really wanted to know where we were going. I glanced at Edward who had the same smile on his face like he did when we were at the house. I sighed and looked out of the window, I felt him grab my hand and hold it. I checked my phone again in case of any phone calls from Charlie, he was watching Matthew for us. After a half an hour drive we finally pulled up to the beach, I looked at Edward weird.
"The beach?" I asked.
"You don't like it?" He asked.
"No, I mean, I just didn't expect to come here." I said.
He was at my door in less than five seconds, he offered me his hand and I took it. He walked to the trunk and got out a blanket, a basket and some candles. I giggled as he carried them over to me, I helped by taking the basket from him. He led me to what had to be the perfect spot on the beach, there was a perfect view of the moon and it reflected off the water perfectly.
Edward set up the blanket and the candles before I set the basket down, he knelt down before starting to set up the food. It wasn't a huge feast, a couple sandwiches, chips, and other things, I smiled and sat down across from him. He looked in my eyes before leaning in and giving me a kiss, I smiled setting my hand on his cheek.
"I love you." He whispered.
I blushed and smiled, "I love you too."
"Are you hungry?" He asked.
"Sure. A picnic eh?" I said smiling.
"Yeah." He said.
I didn't want to bring up the fact that he didn't have to go through all this because he didn't eat, but he seemed so excited about what ever he had up his sleeve. I started to eat my sandwich and chips taking a break every now and then to get a drink or to talk to him. After I was finished I threw away my stuff at the nearest trash can and sat back down on the blanket. I blushed again when I caught him looking at me, he stroked my cheek lightly.
"What?" I asked.
"Your beautiful." He said.
"No I'm not." I said.
"Oh yes you are." He said.
I smiled.
"Want to go for a walk on the beach?" He asked.
"Sure." I said.
He helped me stand up, I brushed my dress off and slipped my heels off. I took his hand in mine lightly as we started to walk slowly in the sand. I looked up at Edward who was looking at the sky.
"Is this bothering you?" I asked.
"What?" He asked.
"Walking this slow?" I asked.
"No, as long as I'm here with you." He said.
"Wow." I said laughing.
He smiled his crooked smile, "What?"
"That was cheesy." I said shaking my head.
"Was it?" He asked.
"Totally." I said.
"Dude." He said.
"Shut up!" I said smacking him in the chest.
"Ow! That hurt!" He said laughing.
"I hate you." I said glaring at him.
He "glared" back, I couldn't help but smile and then laugh. I pushed him lightly before running off.
"Hey!" He said.
He caught up with me fast of course, he grabbed me by my waist and spun me around. I screamed and then laughed, he finally stopped and put me down gently. I was still laughing when he bent down and kissed me on my lips. I stopped laughing and kissed him back, he broke it apart though, he turned me around so that my back was against his chest. He rocked me side to side, I smiled as he pulled my closer to him and wrapped his arms around my waist.
"The moon is beautiful." I whispered.
"Just-"
"No more cheesy lines tonight Mr. Cullen." I interrupted him.
"Whatever you say Mrs. Cullen." He whispered in my ear.
I gasped, "What?"
He turned me around grabbing my left hand lightly, he went down on one knee slowly as I looked at him shocked. My mouth fell open slightly and I looked down at him feeling my heart begin to race and my hands get all clammy.
"I love you Isabella, I love you so much, you are the strongest person I have ever known. You have been through so much this year, but you didn't get depressed, you handled it way better then anyone thought you would. And because of that, I have grown closer to the most wonderful most beautiful person in the world, and she's given me something that I thought I would never have in my life, you gave me Matthew even though he's not my biological son I love him like hes my own." He said softly.
Oh God, he's purposing to me, I thought as tears filled my eyes.
"There are no words to describe just how much I love you Isabella Marie Swan, and I would be completely honored if you would become Isabella Marie Cullen." He said taking out a velvet dark blue box and opening it facing me to reveal the most beautiful diamond ring sitting in the middle.
I gasped and covered my mouth with my hand, I looked at him the tears spilling over my eyes.
"So what do you say, will you marry me?" He asked.
I couldn't talk, I opened my mouth but nothing came out. I just cried and nodded my head smiling, he slid the ring on my left hand slowly. I jumped in his arms as he spun me around, I couldn't believe I was going to marry this man.
Jacobs POV
I looked at the ground before looking back up to the two people spinning on the beach, she was marrying him, she choose him. There was no hope left for us, didn't even know I was watching from far away. I took one last look at her as she kissed the bloodsucker, I closed my eyes before walking away.
You got a long chapter, even though I got a total of 3 reviews for the last chapter... I'm going to stop updating if I don't get at least SIX reviews for this one. If not, no more updating.