(OOC Charlie in this ch.)

"Dad?"

"Yeah Bells?" He asked. He was still so ecstatic to see me happy, so he wasn't mad at me for taking a 'small vacation' with the 'la push boys'. He just didn't know the source of my sudden joy yet.

"Can I have a friend come over tonight?"

He looked up from his newspaper and smiled at me. His eyes were getting wrinkled with old age and it made him look sincere. "Sure! Who is it, Angela or Jessica or-"

"Actually, it's Alice." Charlie's always had a soft spot for her, ever since I broke my leg last June and Alice helped me shower, saving me and Charlie muchos embaressment. It was just the way things were…and it may have helped that she dazzled him a little. Not in a creepy pedophilic way, but Charlie loves Alice.

"Oh, I didn't know she was back, um, yeah, sure I love Alice."(told you) He nodded, but looked less thrilled. What I wouldn't give to be a mind reader…

"She's already here, at the door I mean." I shrugged.

"Thanks for the heads up then." I nodded and went to open the door. Alice widened her eyes at me, but then went over to Charlie's chair.

"Hi Charlie! It's so nice to see you again!" she gave him a hug which Charlie awkwardly returned.

"You too Alice. You girls have fun tonight. Alice—are you hungry? Bella and I have already eaten." I chuckled, but made it into a cough.

"No, I'm good, thanks though." And with that we headed up the stairs.

"He's not going to be too happy to see Edward. I thought he'd be a lot more welcoming towards me." Alice announced once I sealed the door shut.

"I know, I just have no idea what I'm going to do. It's been two days Alice, he can't stay away forever."

"Yeah, I know. It'll just be hard." She admitted.

"Hey girls, mind if I crash the party?" Edward was standing by the open window in the corner of my room. I laughed at Alice's shocked expression.

"Do you do that a lot?" Her eyes followed him to where he sat next to me on the bed.

"Only every night." He shrugged. "Honestly Alice, you should have expected that I'd be here." He laughed.

"Alright, alright. So, what's the plan?" She looked back and forth between Edward and I.

"I don't know. We were kind of hoping you had something." I said.

"It's all up to me then?" She asked, frowning.

"We could just kind of say it, but why would you guys come back—that's the question we're trying to answer." I explained.

"Well, the cover story was that Carlisle got a good paying job in Los Angeles, why would he want to give that up?" Alice reminded me.

"The hospital went bankrupt?" I suggested.

"No, if the hospital had all that money to give to Carlisle, then why would it go bankrupt?" Edward quickly shot down my idea. "Well, here's one. Esme didn't like the big city, so she got Carlisle to move back. Sounds rational." He said, obviously proud of himself.

"That works," I agreed.

"We'll break the news to Charlie tomorrow, but I have to go hide in the closet for a second.

"Why?" Before he could answer my question, Charlie's head popped in.

"Don't stay up too late, goodnight girls." He warned.

"Night dad."

"Night dad." Alice copied me. He laughed and left the room, leaving us to ourselves. Edward came back out of the closet.

"Ugghh, I hate pretending to sleep." Alice rolled her eyes.

"Oh, Charlie's going to bed right now, he won't check on us until he leaves for work in the morning. Are you staying here tonight?" I asked. I honestly wasn't sure what the plan was or how she thought sleepovers worked.

"Ye-AH! I'm going to probably listen to see what you say tonight, Edward always finds it very amusing." She shot him a look.

"You told them!" I frowned.

"There are no secrets in my family, Bella." He laughed. "Our family." There was something more in that phrase that I didn't catch, but him and Alice shared a look that showed me it definitely meant more than he was letting on.

We all ended up going down stairs in the living room and watched a movie for the night. I fell asleep on the couch, while Alice 'slept' on the floor.

"She was real bad Alice." I heard Charlie say. They both thought that I was asleep, but I was really just eavesdropping.

"Really?"

"She was like a zombie. The first couple of weeks she didn't eat or drink anything, that's why she's so skinny. Even now I have to remind her to eat lunch, most mornings she won't even eat breakfast. She didn't talk to anyone, she didn't do anything. She tried to fool me, she tried really hard in the beginning. She went out when I forced her to, but never willingly. She asked for that computer, and I gave it to her. Ever since she got it, she was better. She started hanging around Jake and Seth and all of our old friends, and the improvement was incredible. But there's something I have to ask. Is he coming back?" Uh oh. This was not how we were going to break the ice.

"Yeah, actually we're all back. She's coming over to our house today…"

"What! They aren't like…back together are they?" He asked in a hushed tone.

"Yep. They're good for each other Charlie." She said in her best persuasive voice.

"No, they aren't. You know what he did to her, and that can't happen again." I think it's time to wake up. I got up and faked a yawn to let my presence known.

"Mornin' guys. Alice, are you ready to go?" I asked, pretending I didn't just hear the entire conversation.

"Bells, you're not going over there."

"Yes, I am Dad." I crossed my arms.

"You're not seeing him anymore, I won't allow it." He took the same stance as me, trying to be intimidating.

"Fine." Alice looked at me, wide eyed.

"OH, well, that was easy. It was nice seeing you Alice but I think it's time for you to—"

"I didn't mean fine I won't see him, I mean fine I'll move out." Alice let out a whoosh of a breath and at the same time Charlie gasped.

"You're not old enough! Bells don't do this." He begged.

"I'm going to Alice's house, you can figure it out." I said, taking Alice's hand. "By Dad." I grabbed my keys and slammed the door behind me.

"He'll let you stay, but he's not happy about it." Alice assumed the driver's position and we pulled out of the driveway.

"I know."

"Rosalie, I think we should talk."

"About what Bella?" She wasn't being brutal towards me, but her tone wasn't welcoming in any way, shape or form.

"I just need to know, where do we stand?" I asked, shrugging my shoulders.

"I don't know, Bella." She said, annoyed.

"Yes, you do. You know you don't hate me, I mean sure you act like you do, but if you hated me, then why would you name your baby after me?"

"It was Emmett's idea. I wanted to name her Emily." She rolled her eyes.

"No, it wasn't Emmett's idea and you know that. Please, just, where do we stand?" I asked once again.

She sighed. "I don't hate you Bella. I think, that maybe, if we tried like really hard we could maybe be friends." Rosalie admitted. She was looking at me sheepishly. "I mean, now that I know there's no getting rid of you." She added in the end.

"Okay, that's all I ask." I smiled. "So when can the baby come home?" I asked.

She smiled, just because she couldn't help herself. "Six weeks." (I think this is the earliest you can take the baby, even if you adopted it before it was born. Correct me if I'm wrong.)

"She's beautiful! She's got big blue eyes, but I don't know if they'll last. She's so tiny! Her hair is bearily grown in, and let's just say thank god I'm not human because the mother squeezed my hand so hard when she was trying to push." She was obviously excited. "I just can't wait to be a mother!" She added with a small squeal.

"You'll be great, Rose. I'm sure she'll be perfect."

"Bella, since we are…like friends now, I have a question to ask." She licked her lips and tucked a blonde streak behind her right ear.

"Anything." I wouldn't say no.

"Do you want to be the godmother?" She asked. "I mean, if anything ever happened…immortal related, where I wouldn't want my baby involved, I would only trust you with her. I know vampire lives aren't perfect, but in case we ever crossed any…pro human vampires, I wouldn't want my child exposed. What do you say?" I was smiling so hard my cheeks were starting to hurt.

"Yes, Rose I would love to!" I gave her a hug.

"We should go downstairs, I mean, I'm not sure they'll be very happy with me for keeping you." She bit her lip and then laughed. "You know I got that from you. I've been doing that ever since we left and it hurts like he-" I put a finger to her lips.

"No swearing." Emily was definitely a positive influence on me.

"Jeez, I didn't ask you to be my mother." She rolled her eyes and laughed. I started down the stairs and I heard her sigh behind me. "I am so going to have to get used to that."

"To what?"

"How slow humans are." She rolled her eyes. I sped up, causing me to trip. Rose jumped past me and caught my shoulders before m face met the last landing of the stairs. "Careful!"

"Sorry," I heard laughing from the living room.

"I missed that." Emmett sighed. He patted the space next to him on the couch, which Rose gladly filled. Edward was sitting next to Jasper and Alice, so I sat on the floor in front of him, resting my head on his knees.

"Where's Carlisle and Esme now?" I asked. I hadn't seen them since the whole wolf incident, and we didn't talk much then.

"Visiting BB." Emmett answered. I smiled at her nickname.

"BB." I repeated. "I love it."

"Bella, I've been meaning to talk to you, and so has Alice." I heard Edward say from behind me.

"'bout what?"

"The whole, 'I'm best friends with a wolf' thing. We don't like it." Emmett paused the wrestling game on the TV to listen in.

"How come nobody told me my little sister was hangin' with the werewolves?" Emmett threw his hands up. I blushed, because all the attention was no directed on me.

"Well, they weren't exactly thrilled when I was with you, either." I rolled my eyes.

"But you don't understand. They're new werewolves. Bella, if they lost their tempers with you-ever-then that wouldn't end good." Alice warned.

"I know." I admitted.

"Yet you chose to befriend them?" Emmett was disgusted in me, which made me upset.

"It's you who doesn't understand. You see, when you left, all of my friends wouldn't talk to me when I went depressed. They did. They were my only friends, and now that you're back—you want me to pretend nothing ever happened? I don't think so." I shook my head and raised my eyebrows. I was resting my chin on Edward's knees now, so that I could face him.

"I understand, I just don't want you getting hurt." Edward said. "So I'm asking you to not see them," he thought for a second. "as often." He added reluctantly.

"I can live with that." I nodded.

"Okay, that's all I can ask."

"You're just going to let her off that easy!" Alice whacked Edward's arm.

"Alice, you want to try and knock some sense it to Bella, be my guest—but you forget, this is Bella we're talking about." He said as if that was some significant piece of a puzzle.

"I see what you mean, but still. If anyone can convince her, you'd be the person to do it."

"I know, but I won't make her unhappy to ease my nerves." He stroked the top of my head. "I won't force her into a decision—ever again."

Alice was suddenly far away, into the future how every many days, weeks, months or years. She smiled when she was back. "Alice." Edward said.

"What?" She asked innocently.

"It won't happen. It can change."

"You saw it, it wasn't anything new, and it just became more definite." She shrugged.

"I won't allow it to happen."

"Hey, would you guys mind informing those who aren't freaks what's happening?" Rose asked.

"Actually, we're all freaks except for Bella." Alice said. I rolled my eyes and laughed.

"But, seriously what the heck is going on."

"Well, this is something Edward never told you but—"

"Don't do it Alice." Edward hissed through clenched teeth.

"You don't control me anymore," she threw him a look before continuing. " Edward never told you, but I did see you coming. That first day you came here, I saw a vision. It was of you, either becoming one of us—or dying at a premature age. Edward didn't want to believe it, but with time it only becomes more definite. Neither side gets more likely, but both sides gain defiance. It just became more solid, which means that you will become one of us one day, since Edward won't let you die." She explained with a smile laced across her face the whole time.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked, hurt.

"I didn't want to encourage you." He admitted.

"But—it is my business, whether I die or live." I said, obviously.

"You die both ways Bella! We're not living." He made a face "I don't want this for you."

"But I do." I said with a good amount of finality.

"We'll talk about this later, but not now." He stroked my hair. Carlisle and Esme broke through the doors, both smiling.

"We heard, about the visions. We think now is the time to talk about it." Carlisle looked from me, to Edward, to Alice.

"Let's talk then." Edward huffed.

"Son, have you not chosen Bella? Have you chosen a life with her?" Carlisle asked, completely calm.

"Yes, but—"

"Answer my question. Have you not chosen Bella."

"Yes." His eyes were orbs of furry right now, only intensifying his alarming tone.

"I will not lose a son. Bella will die one day, if she is not changed."

"This is the life I want, the only way I see fair is if we do a vote." I added.

"Alice?" I saw she was ready to give a speech. "One word answer please."

She rolled her eyes and squealed. "Yes!"

"Jasper?"

"Yeah, it'd be nice to not want to kill you all the time." He chuckled, and so did I.

"He got more than one word." Alice grumbled under her breath though I know it was meant for me to hear.

"Emmett, what do you say?"

"I say he-" His answer was muffled by Rosalie's hand.

"No swearing." She winked at me and Emmett rolled his eyes.

"Okay, fine, but I still say Yes." He answered, taking Rose's hand away from his lips.

"Rose?" I asked in a smaller voice.

She sighed. "Bella, I don't know right now. I mean, I love you, and I see life is hard without you, but I would not have chosen this life for myself. I would have wanted to be a mother first, try new experiences. But, I don't say no, I say, wait a little while." She smiled.

I nodded. "Thank you for your concern."

"Esme, Carlisle?"

"You know I already consider you a daughter." She walked over and hugged me in an awkward position, because I was still sitting at Edward's feet. Edward didn't seem so tense anymore, which calmed me.

"And I obviously say yes, Bella, we all love you too much."

I smiled, and slowly asked. "Edward?"

"I agree with Rosalie, can you not wait a while, at least a year or two?"

"I'm already a year older than you, do we really need to separate each other further?" I asked.

"It doesn't matter. Look at Esme and Carlisle, for instance. Esme is 'older' than Carlisle, but can you tell?" He asked. I turned to look at them. I hadn't known that before, and I would have never guessed.

"No, but—"

"Can you wait, at least until graduation?" He asked. I tossed the idea around in my head. I would be able to finish school without being bloodthirsty, which is good. I'd be able to finish it happily, with Edward. I was about to say deal, but Edward got down from the couch and got one knee, and pulled something from his pocket. "Can you at least wait until you are Mrs. Cullen?" He opened a velvet box and I heard everyone in the room gasp. At the moment, all I could think was 'no'. I wanted to be with Edward forever, but did I want to be married so soon? I let my eyes wander the room, around to each member of the family. They were what I wanted, but I just didn't want to be married. They all wore the same panicked masks, wondering what I would say. I knew I couldn't turn him down, when I saw his face, looking nervously.

"Y-Yes." I nodded. He engulfed me into a hug that I would expect from Emmett, not him. I nodded one more time into his chest.

"Well aren't we one big, happy family?" Esme asked.

Her phrase reminded me of my dream, the one with the lambs. It was all happy, until a dark flash. I was going to have to look for any sign of darkness, because I really wanted to relax into a light era of peace with my new family.

I was too wrapped up in my own thoughts to notice Edward slipping a ring onto my finger. It was beautiful, like something out of a 1900's film.

"This must have cost so much." I whispered, tilting my hand to see it reflect light in all different ways.

"Not a dime, love. It was my mother's ring, the one my father gave to her, the one my father's mother gave to him, and the one my father's mother's husband made, back in the 1800's. I hope it's not too outdated for you." He asked nervously. I chuckled to myself.

"It's perfect. I wouldn't want it any different."

I saw Rosalie hum something into Emmett's ear, and he responded aloud. "Because my mother wasn't married! Plus, even if she was, why would I have her ring on my when I was camping in the mountains Rose, why isn't your ring pretty?"

Edward laughed, and when he saw my confused face he said "Rosalie wanted to know why Emmett didn't give her his mother's ring when they got engaged."

"Oh." I laughed.

"Well, maybe you two can start that pattern. You can give that ring to your daughter." I said, laughing. Rosalie looked at her finger, where, even though I never noticed it before lay a diamond ring. It. Was. Huge.

"Queen Elizabeth's jewels had to go somewhere." Edward explained again.

"Really? That's hers?" I asked, dumfounded.

"Aro gave it to me." Emmett smiled. "See, Bella likes your ring." Emmett taunted.

"I didn't say I didn't like it."

"Wait, who's Aro?" I asked.

"The head of the Volturi." Edward told me.

"She doesn't know what that is." Alice rolled her eyes.

"Yes she does." I said, referring to myself in the 3rd person. Seth did that a lot, I guess I picked up some things from all of my friends.

"How?" Alice crossed her arms.

"I have my ways." I decided to torture her, not giving her the answer straight out. Edward laughed, seeing what I was doing.

"No, I'm serious."

My stomach growled, reminding me I hadn't eaten breakfast yet.

"I'm going to need to get used to that too." Rosalie sighed, getting up to get me some food.

"You know Rose, babies eat a lot more often than I do." I said.

"She knows, believe me." Emmett rolled his eyes. "She has all these baby books, she made me read like 5 of 'em." He huffed.

"Well, I thought we'd need to know how to care for a baby." She said, setting down a bowl of cereal for me on the ground.

"You know, I was around babies a lot growing up, I could help you." I said.

"Which is why you're the godmother."

"What?" Alice asked, hurt.

Rosalie looked sheepish, and I decided to explain for her. "Well, she figured that, if she didn't want the baby to be around all this vampire crap, I could take her in for a while. Plus, I know more about babies than the rest of you." I laughed at the fact that there was one thing Edward couldn't do better than me.

"Actually, I think I do." Carlisle laughed. "Doctor, remember?" He asked.

"Just let her have her fun. She ecstatic she can do something better then Edward." Jasper laughed. I turned to glare at him.

"Sellout."

"Couldn't resist."

I rolled my eyes at him with a small chuckle. "Alright, let's get back to the baby. Have you guys made a nursery yet?" I asked. Rosalie looked alarmed.

"We had one in the old house, but since we just got here, we didn't. Oh my god I'm a horrible parent." I chuckled.

"Rose, it's fine you have six weeks. Just use the guest room. Have you ever seen my room? It has a lot of baby stuff in there. There's an antique rocking chair, really nice lace curtains too."

"Yeah, her room never changed into a teenager's room, it was always a nursery. Her father never changed it." Edward explained.

"Oh. Thank god for Bella than." I actually loved designing baby rooms because you can use soft and pastel colors that look great together.

"How do you know so much about babies anyway?" Rose asked, curious.

"Well, before my mom was a kindergarten teacher she worked in a nursery. When I was too young to stay home alone and Phil wasn't in the picture, I used to come to work with her. It's surprising how lenient they are when caring for children, I used to be able to hold the kids and everything. It was really fun, and I became a good nurse just like my mom." I explained.

"Oh. Well, that's cool. My friend had a baby, but I was um…well I never got to see him grow up." I saw her having a mental battle within herself, and decided not to call her on it. The rest of the family's eyes lingered on Rose, and Emmett kissed her on the forehead.

"Yeah…" I nodded and pursed my lips together to stop myself from saying anything further. "So, do you like the mom?" I asked.

Carlisle, Esme and Rose widened their eyes. "Let's just say I'm happy she's giving up her baby." Esme said for her.

"She doesn't have a filter, let's just say that. She's pretty though, which is confusing. Usually, it's not the pretty girls who get caught up in the wrong crowd." Rose explained.

"Enough said, let's move on." I chuckled.

"Mrs. Cullen." Edward said to himself.

"Mr. Cullen." I said to him.

"So, now there are—what, 4 Mrs. Cullens?" I asked, chuckling.

"Well, no. Alice's real name, I mean, when we aren't in school is Alice Whitlock. I think, that we are going to 'change' your name to Mrs. Masen, so that it's a little more personal. It has a nice ring to it, does it not?" He asked. He took my hand and kissed my ring in a very godfather fashion.

"Yeah, I like it. I'll be Mrs. Masen Cullen. That sounds good." The whole marriage thing was a little scary and overwhelming. If we were engaged, then, that would surely mean we'd have to have a wedding sometime, and the wedding can't be too far away because I'm not changing until we're married, but it can't be too soon because we can't be married and in school, plus we're too young and—

"Woah, Bella, you're giving me a headache over hear." Jasper said frowning.

"Why are you so nervous? It's only marriage." Edward said.

I laughed and rolled my eyes. "Only marriage? Edward, I'm not from your time. If you get married at my age it usually means you got knocked up." I said, completely forgetting about Esme. She was like my mother, and I wouldn't have said that in front of Renee. "Sorry Esme."

"Well, are you knocked up?" Edward asked, making me blush.

"No!" I slapped his arm softly, so I wouldn't hurt myself, but the point would still get across.

"Then what does it matter." He shrugged.

"It's what people will think." I said slowly, because he seemed to have a hard time getting this through his thick skull.

"Who cares what people think?" He asked.

"I do, and you of all people should too.",

Maybe marriage was the dark spot.

No, marriage isn't dark enough to blacken everyone's world.

"You care what I think." I retorted, coming back from my thoughts.

"Yes, but you are not just anyone." He kissed my temple, sending my heart through the roof. Jasper and Emmett laughed at the increase, causing me to blush, only making Emmett laugh harder.

"Good to have you back Bella." Emmett smiled.

"You know, I'd say the same, but you are really getting on my nerves." I joked.

He double over in laughter and finally responded "Hey, that's what I'm here for."

Alice rolled her eyes. "It certainly is. He never gets tired of annoying people."

"Hey, some people see the future, some people read minds, some people even play with your emotions. Annoying people is my gift and I take it very seriously." He said with a 100% straight face.

"I wonder what my gift will be." I said aloud, though I was mostly talking to myself.

Carlisle spoke up. "It will be something special, I think, considering that she is immune to Edward's gift." I thought about my dreams, and how they always seem to predict the future. I never really tell anyone about them, so they wouldn't take them into consideration.

"You know, I have the weirdest dreams sometimes. They always seem to predict the future, maybe me and Alice will share a gift." I smiled.

"What do you mean your dreams predict the future?" Alice wondered, wide eyed.

"Well, I've never really said anything to anyone about them before, but my dreams usually come true. A couple weeks ago, I had a baby in one of my dreams, and it was always near Rose. This was before I even knew about the child, and it came true." I explained. I decided to leave out the one I had with the darkness. "I also had a dream of Jacob turning into a wolf before I knew about him, too." I added.

"That's some creepy stuff." Emmett said.

"That's cool, I wonder if maybe you will be like me." Alice said, bouncing a little.

"I just hope I actually get a power." I said. "If not I'm demanding a refund." I chuckled to myself at my own little joke.

"Bella," Edward started. "You do know that, for the first couple of months you won't really be you—right?" He asked.

"I know, it'll be hard to restrain myself, but I'll still be me." I shrugged.

"Not exactly, dearest. Newborn vampires act differently than matured ones. They bearily have control over their emotions, and they can't see the difference between right and wrong. You might be a little…"

"Crazy." Emmett suggested.

"And there's the pain of the bite of the transformation as well." He added. I knew this, it was something I thought about since the first day I wanted to become one of the Cullens. The pain would be hard, and I'd wish I were dead, but it wouldn't last forever, not like my happiness would. "I'm just making sure you're ready for this." He added.

"Edward," I sighed. "it all seems like a small price to give for an eternity of happiness with my family." I admitted.

"As long as you're sure." He kissed the top of my head.

"Bella, I've been dying to ask this question since I saw you two getting married a couple days ago," I rolled my eyes. Of course she saw this one coming. "but, CAN I PLAN THE WEDDING?" I laughed.

"I don't really want anything over the top Alice…" I imagined a huge ballroom wedding where we'd be riding in on horses and when we kissed fireworks would fly. Yep, definitely a signature Alice moment.

"Oh, I won't I'll make it perfect, please?" She begged again, putting her hands together in a prayer position.

"If you promise not to, then…"

"Oh thank you thank you thank you thank you!" She said before I even finished.

"It'll be perfect. Do you have a date set out yet? Colors? What do you want the dress to look like?"

I definitely had a headache coming on. "Alice, calm yourself. I just got engaged like an hour ago and you already want to know the answer to all of these questions?" I said, getting up. A while ago Edward had invested in a medicine cabinet for me in the bathroom. It came in handy at the birthday party…the point was I had medicine.

"Where are you going?" Rose asked, following me.

"Medicine cabinet for some—"

"What, why? Do you feel sick, hon? Do you want to go to the doctors?" Edward asked, making me chuckle.

"If you let me finish," I stopped and stared at him for a second before turning and exiting the living area. The bathroom was down the hall and to my left. I was already inside, but since I knew full well that they could hear my just fine I spoke in my normal voice "I was just going to say that I'm getting some asprin. I have a headache, just go ahead and ask Jasper why." I was trying to open the bottle of pills, but couldn't because of the stinkin' child lock. I finally gave up and took the whole bottle with me, out of the bathroom.

I went into the kitchen to get a glass of water to take with the pills, then finally back into the living room.

"Can you open these?" I asked, tossing the bottle to Edward. He laughed and opened it with ease, then handed it to me. He must've gotten back onto the couch when I left, because now he was again sitting next to Jasper and Alice once again. Just when I was about to assume my position on the ground, he pulled me into his lap.

"How much do you weigh?" He asked, reading the chart on the bottle. I blushed.

"Just give me the bottle, I know how many pills I need." I said, reaching for the small white bottle, but he just held it farther away.

"How much do you weigh Bella?" He asked again, and this time not for the sake of pills.

"That's a personal question, Edward, leave the girl alone." Esme came to my rescue, but that wasn't enough.

"Bella, just tell me." He said.

With one more blush, I finally gave up. "Around..90 pounds." I had lost 20 pounds when I didn't eat, and never put it back on.

"Are you kidding me?" He said, giving me the two pills my body required.

"No." I gulped down the pills. "We really don't need to have a big discussion about it." I got up and washed my cup.

"Bella, it's not healthy for you to be so skinny." Edward said.

"I know, and I really didn't mean to get so underweight it's just—"

"She didn't eat anything the first couple weeks after we left her, Edward. That's how she got so skinny." Alice. Was. Going. To. Die.

"ALICE!" I hissed.

"Well, he needed to know." I looked back at Edward sheepishly, but his eyes were full of remorse. Self-remorse.

"I did that?" He asked.

"No." I said getting up. "I did."

He was about to say something to contradict me, but before he could I said "Listen, I really think it's time for me to go." I grabbed my keys and coat off the armchair and said "I'll see you tonight." before I left.

…..

When I got home the door was locked, and the key that was usually hidden wasn't there.

I pounded on the door "Dad!" It was raining and I was getting soaked from being out in the open.

He opened the door, but didn't let me in.

"Do you need something?" He asked nonchalantly.

"Are you going to let me in?" I asked, waiting for him to step aside.

"Oh, so you and Edward broke up?" No, actually we got engaged.

"No, but—"

"Well, I thought we came to a conclusion. You and Edward are done, unless of course you are moving out." He raised his eyebrows at me, causing his forehead to bend into 100 tiny wrinkles.

"Fine, then I WILL!" I yelled before stomping off the porch and heading back to Edward's house. I hadn't told him I was planning on inviting myself in, but we are engaged.

I finally found the opening to the Cullen's driveway. I drove into it and parked my car in the garage where about 4 other cars were parked. The garage was more of a small house then a shed, so it had plenty of room.

I sat in the garage for a while after I turned the car off, just resting my forehead on the steering wheel and trying to prepare myself. I finally worked up the nerves to go inside, and when I did the whole family wore identical expressions of confusion.

"Back so soon?" Alice asked.

"You were wrong." Everyone's attention was turned to me. I was drenched from head to toe, and my hair was dripping down my already-soiled back.

"About what?" She asked, confused.

"You said Charlie would let me stay, you were wrong." I repeated.

"What are you talking about?" Edward asked, coming over to me. He peeled off my wet coat and shut the door behind me, welcoming me in.

"I'm going to ruin the carpet." I complained.

"I don't care, now what are you talking about?"

I sighed. "When Alice said that you guys were all back, he got all mad. He told me to break up with you, and I said I wouldn't do that, and then we started saying some things and I said I'll just move out then, and then he said not to, so then me and Alice left and I told him to make his decision. He won't let me step foot in his house unless we're broken up." I said teary eyed.

"Bella," He began, shaking his head. "I'm sorry I've done this to you."

I rolled my eyes. "You didn't do anything."

My teeth started chattering together uncontrollably, and it probably had to do with the fact that they never turned on the heat in their house.

"Alice has some cloths you can borrow." Edward said just as Alice threw me some pajamas.

"Thanks." I said, heading to the bathroom.

I changed, then I wringed out my hair over the tub, I found a clip and pinned it up in a French twist before coming back out into the living room.

"So I assume you'll be staying here?" He asked, smiling.

"I thought so." I shrugged. "We are engaged." I said looking at my finger.

"Yes, we are." He smiled at me.

"It's late, I think you should sleep." He added.

"Um…okay…where do you want me to sleep?" I asked.

"We don't really have any beds, so I guess the couch. Sorry, love." He said.

"No—it's fine. It's all kind of short notice." I yawned.

Emmett spoke up. "You know I did some research. Some people think people yawn to show their teeth and scare away any predators, since they can't defend themselves because they're tired. You don't need to do that around us Bellla, those tiny teeth won't affect us." I rolled my eyes.

"God Emmett."

…..

"Forget about us?" I couldn't see the woman talking, because for some reason my vision wasn't working. It wasn't black though, like it would be if you closed your eyes. I didn't see anything, like a blind person would. It's hard to explain really, to a person who can't imagine being without sight. I honestly don't know how I would use words to say what was happening right now.

"Where's your pretty little husband?" A man asked.

"He's away." I said.

"Tut-tut. He shouldn't have left you here, unprotected and vulnerable." The man replied. I heard footsteps, so I assumed he was circling me.

"Say goodnight Bella." The woman whispered. That's when the pain started.

I woke up screaming. It was all a dream I repeated over and over again just a dream just a dream.

"Bella what's the matter?" a voice came out of nowhere. I couldn't see, just like in my dream.

"Just a dream, just a dream." I hummed to myself. The voice was Edward, but it still freaked the heck out of me.

"Bella, are you okay dear?" That was Alice's voice. Someone flipped the lights on and I saw each member of the Cullen family. I screamed, because I hadn't been expecting it. I could still feel the pain from my dream, and I was more than a little jumpy.

"Bella, what's the matter?" Edward asked for the second time. I was sweating.

" Nothing, nothing." I said taking deep, steady breaths to try and calm myself.

"You can tell me anything, love." He asked, taking a strand of hair that was stuck to my cheek behind my ear.

"I'm tired.." I admitted. "I just think I should go back to bed." I took my blankets and fixed them around myself. I shut my eyes tightly, trying to force myself into sleep.

Edward hummed my lullaby into my ear, and right before I drifted off I heard him say "Told you she says the strangest things in her sleep."

A/N: Wowness! That was the longest chapter yet, but I really felt the need to get all of that in there, plus the power's out and there really isn't anything for me to do besides write. Anyway, if you want to know what this dream meant, click the button down there and the update will come out Wednesday!