DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS FROM TWILIGHT. THEY ALL BELONG TO STEPHENIE MEYER.

BPOV

I sat there in shock. What the hell had just happened?

Did he just ask me to marry him? I swear that he just asked me to marry him.

"W-What?" I stammered, not fully comprehending what he had meant. I couldn't seem to form a coherent thought.

"I know how that must sound but...." He took my hand in his own. "I'm not talking about right here, right now."

"Then....when?" I asked slowly, my brain finally able to process what had just happened. Edward had just asked me to marry him, but said not now. I figured it might be a good idea to find out what he meant. Maybe then I could finally put my brain into action again, because it had seemed to come to

"I mean, I know that there's probably very little chance that Renee will relent on her making you move back to Phoenix with her. I mean, you are always saying how stubborn she is and that that's where you get it from." It was true. It was Renee that I got that particular trait from. "I want you Bella. I need you. Every part of you. In every way. I need you to be mine forever. I know until you're eighteen, we can't do anything but I don't care. I want us to be forever. I'm hope that I'm right in thinking that at the first chance you get you'll be back."

I nodded. "Nothing can keep me away." I whispered.

"Then," He took a deep breath. "I know this isn't the best idea I've ever had, I mean I can't say that the thought has never crossed my mind, because it has. More and more. Whenever I think of a time when we could be apart, it kills me inside. I've finally begun listening to people around me. We are meant for each other. I can't live without you Bella. I want to marry you. I want to live with and love you for the rest of my life. I can't survive without you. I know that this isn't the best way for me to ask, and hell, I wanted to make it perfect when I finally did ask you, but-"

I kissed him, effectively cutting him off. "It is perfect." I whispered. "Yes." I kissed him again, deepening it until we both needed air.

"Yes?" He asked staring into my eyes, probably looking for some reassurance.

I grinned at him. "Yes!" I threw my arms around him and we fell back onto the bed, grinning stupidly at each other.

I couldn't believe what had just happened. Edward had asked me to marry him. And I had said yes!

I was going to marry Edward! Granted it may not be for almost a year, but I didn't care. We were engaged and that was all that mattered. Nobody could keep us apart.

Mrs. Edward Anthony Masen Cullen.

It had a nice ring to it.

"What are you thinking about?" He asked me quietly, running his fingers gently up and down my arm.

"Oh, nothing." I grinned at him. "Just about how nice your name sounds with Mrs. in front of it." He chuckled and I grinned at him.

"Silly Bella." He mumbled before leaning in and kissing me gently.

"What about you?" I asked. I was curious as to what was going on in that complex mind of his.

"What about me?" He looked confused.

"What are you thinking?" I tapped him on the nose when I said "you" and he pouted at me, before grabbing my finger and kissing it gently. I giggled and he smiled at me. "Well? What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking...." He sighed and looked at me. "That I don't know if I can survive here....alone....while you're gone." He suddenly became sad again and I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him to my chest.

"It's okay." I whispered, running my hands through his hair. He sighed and buried his head into my shoulder. I heard him sniff and felt something hot and wet hit the skin on my shoulder. He was crying again and I felt the traitorous tears welling up in my eyes. "Hey," I pulled his head up to look him in the eye. "Renee may be able to separate us for a short time, but like you said, the first chance I get, I am coming back here. I promise you that. I know it seems like I long time, and it kills me that I have to spend any amount of time away from you...." I cursed myself mentally for the tears that had begun to fall. "Honestly, I don't know how I'm going to cope without you, but unfortunately, my stupid mother has decided for some reason that I have to. Even so, I know that I will be counting down the minutes until I am back here with you again. And as soon as I am, I am going to be walking down that aisle with you Edward Cullen." I leaned over and kissed him softly.

He smiled sadly as we broke apart and rested his head back on my shoulder. I ran my hands through his hair softly and it wasn't long before his breathing evened out indicating that he had fallen asleep again. I looked down at him and saw that he was still crying, even in his sleep. He looked like a fallen angel. His features were perfect and smooth, wrapped in the caress of sleep and yet marred by the tears that were falling.

I kissed him on the head and settled my head back on his pillows, gently running my fingers up and down the side of his neck. I closed my eyes and went through the events of the day.

First I had been told that I would have to move back to Phoenix. I didn't know why Renee had made that decision, even if she had spoken to Jacob, but I knew that I was going to find out. I'd had to tell the Cullens' and that was hard enough, but nothing compared to the difficulty and pain that was telling Edward. Watching the disbelief, the hurt and pain that ran across his face in those few seconds after I'd told him was excrutiating. I wanted nothing more than to tell him it was a joke. Something that Emmett had cooked up but I couldn't, because it was real. It was happening. And then something amazing had happened. He had asked me to marry him. I couldn't believe that it was true. And yet it was. It may not have been my dream proposal but all that didn't matter when it came from my dream guy.

With those thoughts filling my head I drifted off into sleep, with Edward plaguing my dreams.

EPOV

I woke up with my arms wrapped around something warm and soft. I opened my eyes to see my Bella sleeping peacefully next to me. The expression on her face almost made me believe that yesterday didn't happen.

But it did.

She was leaving. She was leaving and she didn't get a choice. All because Jacob had phoned Renee and told her something that he knew she would worry about. I didn't know whether or not Charlie had tried to convince her otherwise, and I seriously doubted that it would matter. All I knew was that my Bella was disappearing from my life as quickly as she had entered it.

Even with these thoughts running through my head I couldn't help but smile. She had agreed to marry me. I know that it had been a bad choice of timing and .... well, everything else, but in that moment, it was all I wanted. I wanted to marry her. I knew that now. I knew that my life would never be complete as long as Bella was separated from me. She was my other half, she made me complete. I didn't really believe in supernatural stuff, you know, vampires, werewolves, it was all nonsense to me. But I knew now. Bella was my soulmate. The other half to me.

I kissed her gently behind the ear and slowly and carefully unwrapped my arms from her waist and slid off of the bed. Walking into the bathroom, I glanced in the mirror. I looked like hell. Where my skin was normally pale, it was red and blotchy. A sign that I had been crying. My hair was even more disshevelled than normal and even I could see that the light that shone from my eyes, the life that had reappeared since Bella had arrived on the scene was gone. My eyes were dull and drained and I knew why. Because I was losing my life and soul.

Who knew how long we had left together before she had to leave? She had said something about the summer but I didn't know how long that meant.

I knew she had school today, so as I splashed water on my face I came up with a plan for today. I knew that the others were going out tonight. Some charity meal that was happening in Port Angeles that all of the surgeons at the hospital were required to go to. They were allowed to take their families so Esme and the others were all going as well. I didn't want to go and they'd understood, considering the circumstances. I assured them that I would eat when they were gone, and I fully intended to. The plan was to go to Seattle while the others were at school and Carlisle and Esme were at work. I wanted it to be official between Bella and myself. I wanted the world to know that I intended to make her mine when the time came. I didn't care how long I had to wait, she was going to become Mrs. Isabella Marie Cullen. The name had a ring to it and I smiled.

Walking back out into the bedroom I saw Bella sitting up on the bed looking around in a sleepy daze. I couldn't help but smile at her as she grinned when she saw me. She sat on the bed and held her arms out to me like a child would a parent. I smiled and walked over to her and sat down on the bed. She wrapped her arms around my waist and kissed my neck softly. I buried my head in her shoulder and sighed. She pulled back, a slight frown on her face.

"What's wrong, love?" She asked me, kissing me on the nose.

I smiled and shook my head. "Nothing," I looked her in the eye. "I was just wondering if last night really happened?"

"Which bit?" She asked me. "The bit where I told you I had to leave?" Her eyes grew sad as she looked down at her lap. She looked up at me with a small smile playing on her lips. "Or...." Her grin grew wider. "The bit where I told you I would marry you?"

I grinned at her. "Yeah. That one." I leaned down and kissed her deeply, smiling inwardly when she reciprocated. "Mmmm.....say that again." I looked at her again and she smiled.

"I'm going to marry you, Edward Cullen. As soon as I can." I grinned at her again.

I kissed her on the nose. "Yay." I rubbed my nose against hers and she giggled. "But unfortunately, you...."I tapped her on the nose. "Have to go to school." Her face dropped as she looked at the clock.

"Dammit." She looked at me with a scowl on her face. "You're so lucky."

"How you figure that one out?" I felt my brow furrow in confusion.

"Because you don't have to go to school." She pouted at me, so I kissed her, causing her to smile.

"True." I nodded. "But you do. So, go." I nodded in the direction of the bathroom and she pouted once more before climbing off of the bed, grabbing her clothes and walking into the bathroom.

As I got dressed and waited for Bella to come out of the bathroom, I went through my plan for the day. I was going to go to Seattle and work out how to make everything perfect for tonight. Bella knew I wasn't going to the charity meal. She also thought, along with my family, that that might be a bit too much for me to handle. I agreed with them all.

I sat there and ran through how I was going to do this. It had to be perfect. I had to make it perfect for Bella.

By the time Bella had emerged from the bathroom I had everything formed in my head. I knew exactly what I was going to, and I knew that tonight was probably the only night that we would the house have to ourselves for a while. I would have to get everything I needed when I was in Seattle today.

"What are you grinning about?" She asked me, walking across my bedroom towards me. She knelt down on the bed and took my hands into hers. "Tell me."

"Oh, nothing." I placed a small kiss on her lips and she pouted at me. She hated it when anyone behaved this way towards her. She hated people keeping secrets and launching surprises at her. Just as much as I did. I knew that she was going to like this surprise though. I looked at the clock and saw that she needed to get to school. And I needed to get a move on to Seattle to get things ready for tonight. "You need to go, love."

She looked at the clock and her face fell slightly and she looked back at me frowning. "I don't want to go." She whined. "I want to spend the day with you." She reminded me of a small child with that move and I chuckled.

"I know you don't want to, but you have to." I kissed her gently. "I want to spend the day with you too, but you have to go."

She pouted at me again. "Okay then. But....." She pointed at me. "What time is everyone going out tonight?"

"Um, eight o'clock I think." I told her. Actually they were leaving at seven but I needed that hour or so to get everything ready for her to come over, just as I knew she would. "You going to keep me company while they're all out stuffing their faces with people they don't even know?"

"Yup." She grinned down at me. "Of course I am. I can't leave you on your own all night can I?"

"No you can't. But you can get your little ass downstairs and to school otherwise you're going to get into trouble." I kissed her, pushing her off of the bed gently as she complied. She grabbed her bag, kissed my cheek and left just as Alice was yelling for her downstairs.

I followed her down the stairs slowly and saw Alice and Jasper yelling at Emmett to get out of the fridge and get in the car before they became late. I couldn't help but grin at the commotion as Jasper forcefully grabbed Emmett and dragged him out to the car. Alice saw me at the bottom of the stairs and waved at me before running out the door. It was something that I saw practically everyday and yet would never really get used to. My family was completely and utterly insane. But I wouldn't change them for the world.

Now to put my plan to work.

What's Edward's plan?
Can anyone guess? Most probably. It's not that hard to figure out. :P
Please review.
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