A/N: So we are finally getting somewhere with these two, they are together, and Edward knows about Alice's vision...but how will that change things for them?? And what will happen when they get to Alaska and someone comes for a visit???
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Chapter 11
Bella enjoyed the run to Alaska with Edward. Alice had agreed to drive up her things, wanting to give Edward and Bella the time together to just be with one another. Bella was excited about going to Europe, and couldn't wait to truly start her life with Edward. She kept trying to run ahead of Edward but he wouldn't let her
"Why won't you let me go ahead?" She finally asked as she made a stop.
"You might get hurt." He said and watched her face. "And you don't know where you're going." He added, trying to make his over protectiveness less noticeable.
"I'm a vampire I can't get hurt and I can find my way." She countered, "Edward I'm not helpless or clumsy. I can take care of myself." She added and he nodded.
"I know, I'm just so use to protecting you. I know you aren't helpless but I still worry about you." He said and she went over to him.
"I love that you want to protect me, but you can't always do that. I can take care of myself."
"I'm trying," he said and she kissed him.
"I know and I think I can help." Bella said and took off towards a heard of caribou she heard off in the distance. With all the time they spent together, he never watched her hunt. He couldn't watch her wrestle an animal for food. Edward knew she wanted to prove herself so he let her go and watched. It went against every instinct he had, but he let her hunt without interference. "See, told you I'd be fine." She said as she dusted herself off and approached him.
"It doesn't make it any easier." He said as he pulled away from the rock he was leaning on. Bella laughed when she seen the dents from his fingers on its surface.
"Clearly, but we'll work on it. Because I'd rather have overprotective you, then be without you."
"Hopefully you can have just me."
"Either way, I have you. One just won't drive me as crazy."
"I'll try I think I've made you crazy enough already." He said and she laughed. "Hang on spider monkey," he said as he pulled her up on his back and took off for his family's home. Within a few hours they were walking up the stairs.
"It's beautiful."
"You know Esme," he said and they went inside. Bella wandered around while Edward went in search of his old room. He smiled when he seen that it was just as it was the last time he was there. He smiled, knowing they would be comfortable there until they took off for Europe. The room reminded him of his old bedroom in Forks, the last time he truly lived with his family for an extended period of time. Bella came up behind him and kissed between his shoulder blades.
"Talk about blast from the past."
"Ya looks just like the last real room I ever had." He said and turned to face her. "Why don't we get cleaned up, everyone should be here soon." He said and she nodded. "I'll find some clothes for you to borrow until your stuff gets here." He said and kissed her before she headed to the bathroom.
Edward found some clothes in his drawers but knew they'd be too big on her, and headed to Alice and Rosalie's rooms in search of something better. Before he could find anything, he heard someone approaching. He headed downstairs and to the door, pulling it open to find the one person he was hoping to avoid while in Alaska.
"Edward you came home," she said as she launched herself at him.
"Tanya, its good to see you." He said and pulled away from her. "Tell your family thank you for looking after our house while we went to Forks."
"You know we'd do anything for you Edward," she purred and he shivered at the thoughts running through her head.
"Look Tanya, there's something you should know," he started but was interrupted by Bella on the stairs.
"Edward, I thought," she started and froze when she seen Tanya.
"Love sorry, I heard someone and didn't get a chance to find you those clothes. But everyone should be here soon with our bags." Edward said as he ignored Tanya and turned to wrap Bella up in his arms. Tanya was so thrown off by the embrace, that she didn't have time to cloud her thoughts before Edward whipped around and glared at her.
"Edward," she tried knowing what was running through her mind was upsetting him.
"No get out." He growled and Bella grabbed his arm.
"Edward calm down," she said and he started to pull away. "Please, for me." She whispered and he closed his eyes and relaxed. "Tanya I think it's time you go, I'm sure we'll be over to see your family once everyone gets here." She said as politely as she could.
"You can't…." she started and Edward growled again.
"She can and she did, now leave." Edward said and opened the door for her. Bella just stood there watching the scene unfold, seeing how angry Edward was. After Tanya left, Edward slammed the door and Bella went over to him, wrapping her arms around him.
"Hey what's wrong?" She said and he shook his head.
"Lets find you some clothes." He said and pulled her upstairs, but Bella just stood there waiting for him to answer her. "She doesn't want us together, and what was running through her head…" he said and stopped, reaching to grab the bridge of his nose in an effort to calm down. "She had no right to speak to you like that."
"It's ok," she said and stood on her tip toes to kiss him. "It's over and she's gone, it's just the two of us." She said and he nodded. "I'm going to find something to wear, how about you get a shower and try to relax." She said and pushed him towards the bathroom. Bella pulled some sweats from his closet, still worried about what Tanya was thinking that made Edward so upset. She knew Tanya would never want her with Edward, but this seemed to be something more. She only seen him this upset once before, and it didn't end well.
By the time Edward got out of the shower, he was calm and in control of his emotions again. But Tanya's thoughts were still running through his mind. No matter what he did, he couldn't seem to make them go away, it was now that he was really hating his vampire memory.
Bella didn't want to upset him anymore and didn't bring up Tanya's visit as they waited for his family to arrive. Instead, she curled up on the couch with him and reread Pride and Prejudice for the hundredth time.
"Honey I'm home." Emmet called as he came through the door. Edward ignored him as Bella got up to go see Alice. The moment Bella seen Alice, she knew they needed to talk.
"I'm going hunting with Alice." She called and practically dragged Alice out the door, Rosalie not far behind.
"Aren't you going to go with them?" Jasper asked as he sat down.
"Nope, I know what she wants to ask her and I don't want to talk about it." He said and turned the page in his book, not wanting to discuss the issue any further.
"You sure don't see like a man that finally got the love of his life back and is planning on asking her to marry him."
"Don't go there Jasper," Edward said as he got up. "I was clear on the not discussing it issue." He said and went to find Carlisle, wanting to get the ring before Bella came back.
"Edward, seems there's something you're avoiding." Carlisle said as he opened the safe and handed a box to Edward.
"It doesn't matter," he said and started to look through the jewelry as Carlisle sat behind his desk.
"If it didn't, Bella wouldn't have ran out of here the way she did, and you wouldn't be so on edge. Last time I seen you, you were over the moon at the idea of spending eternity with Bella. But now…"
"Fine…" Edward said and rehashed what happened when he got to the house with Bella and Tanya's visit. Carlisle listened and waited until Edward was finished before he said anything.
"I'm not saying she was right, and she definitely had no right to talk to Bella the way she did. But you had to expect this."
"I knew she wouldn't be happy, but the way she was acting, the thoughts she had…" he said and shuddered at the memory. "That was completely uncalled for, it was beyond shock. It was cruel, she tried to act as if Bella wasn't there, and then wanted to hurt her." He said and Carlisle laughed.
"Maybe she didn't realize that Bella's a vampire now, invincible just like the rest of us." Carlisle added, hoping to get a smile out of his son but none came. "Edward, I know that you are upset, and that you hate the way she acted, but…"
"I still have to deal with her. I know, I just don't want to be alone with her, or Bella to be alone with her. It already took a lot for Bella to even come here…" he said and read Carlisle's mind knowing he knew of Alice's vision. "Bella was always insecure with us being together, never thinking she was good enough. That hasn't changed, and Alice's vision made that worse. Then to come here, and the first person we see is Tanya, just made it worse."
"Wait, I knew Alice had a vision of you getting married, I didn't know that it was Tanya." Carlisle said, finally seeing how all this came together for Bella. "I understand," Carlisle said and Edward nodded. "I will do my best to make this stay here as short as it can be. I don't want either of you to be put into a situation that makes you uncomfortable. Especially since you have some big plans ahead of you." He said and for the first time since Tanya's visit Edward smiled. Just thinking of Bella becoming his wife put a smile on his face. It was all he ever dreamed of since he met her, and now it was finally a reality.
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When Bella left with Alice, she kept running until she couldn't hear anyone in the house anymore. She figured Edward knew why she ran with Alice and Rosalie, but didn't want him to hear their conversation right away. She needed to talk, and she needed to do it with someone that wasn't Edward.
"Alice, I'm guessing you seen it?" Bella asked and Alice nodded while Rosalie stood there confused. "Do you have any idea what upset him so much?"
"Tanya's never been quiet about her feelings for Edward. Especially after he walked away from you she tried even harder to get him to notice her, to want her." She said and Rosalie looked at them confused still. Bella took a breath and recapped everything for her, including the vision Alice had.
"Oh, I bet I know what she was thinking then." She said and went over to Bella. "Look, I know you may be a vampire now, but your insecurities stay with you." She said and Bella nodded. "So seeing her near him, even if it was innocent put you through the ringer. But for Edward it was different, Tanya doesn't always cloud her thoughts for him. Usually she wants him to see what she's thinking, the possibilities that would put the two of them together. Its here way of making him see what she thinks they can have with one another. Only this time she didn't close her mind off fast enough, meaning he seen what she thought of you. Something I am sure was not a pretty sight. You are her competition the one person she could never beat. You are number one to him, then and now. You always will be and she hates you for that, you did something she has wanted to do for so long and never was able to. You won, you got Edward mind body and soul. I can only imagine the colorful things going through her head." She said and Bella nodded.
"I tried to calm him down, but her being there was making it worse. So I asked her to leave and…"
"She refused," Alice said and Bella nodded. "I'm sure she had something colorful to say to you."
"Ya, but he cut her off." Bella added and Rosalie laughed. Bella gave her a weird look, she knew that Alice would talk to her, try to put things into perspective. But for Rosalie to be so supportive, that was new for her.
"Look, we may not be the closest, but you're family Bella, there is no doubting that. Edward loves you and isn't giving you up, not now, or ever. So if we have to make Tanya understand that, then so be it. We stick together." She said and Bella hugged her, and then quickly pulled away.
"Sorry," she said and looked at her feet but Rosalie laughed.
"You need to toughen up Swan." She said and Bella smiled.
"I'll work on it," she said and they stayed out while Alice and Rosalie went hunting. Bella enjoyed running, working off the remaining frustration she had for what happened with Tanya earlier. As Bella headed back to the house, she felt better about what happened, knowing she had someone on her side. Of course she had Edward, but having Alice and Rosalie was different. She had someone to talk to, someone to confide in that wasn't directly in the situation. With that, she knew they would make it, she would get him forever -- even if she had to ask him to marry her herself!
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