Beta'd by the wonderful Daphodil, any other mistakes are all me! Because I suck without a beta! Just saying…

Chapter 12

Bella

We pull up to Edward's parents house. Our friend's cars are already parked outside. I'm a little nervous to announce our engagement to everyone. Edward takes my hand and gives it a reassuring squeeze.

"Don't worry, everyone is going to be excited." Edward leans over to give me a reassuring kiss.

After my parent's reaction to me seeing Edward, I can't help but to worry about what everyone will think about us getting engaged so soon.

Edward slips out of the truck and walks over to the passenger side to open my door. He pulls me out and wraps his strong arms around my waist, and I immediately feel my nerves disappear.

"You ready to tell everyone you're mine?" He kisses me softly, and I smile up at him.

"Yes." The excitement is bubbling up inside of me.

I'm engaged!

We walk to the back of the house and everyone is standing around talking. Alice is the first to recognize us.

"They're here!" She screams before she runs over to me and smothers me in a bear hug.

"Just tell me! I've been having a feeling all day." I hide my hand behind my back.

"Alice! Let her breathe please. What the hell is going on, Bella, that we had to drop everything and get here." Rosalie stands in all her glory glaring at me, but I don't move.

I can feel Edward's heat behind me before his arms cover me like a blanket on a cool summer night.

He kisses my ear and whispers, "Ready?"

I nod as he takes my hand and presents it to the group.

"We're getting married!"

The screams of excitement and congratulations surround us. I'm taken out of Edward's arms by Emmett then passed to Jasper. I swear my feet never touch the ground. Alice is jumping up and down going on and on about getting wedding planning started right away.

"Let me see the ring!" Esme yells.

She's speechless for all of five seconds before she starts screeching. "Carlisle Masen Cullen! This is your great grandmother's ring. You knew our son was proposing and you didn't say a word to me!"

Carlisle turns a deep shade of red while he stands over the grill flipping the burgers. "Now sweetheart, it really wasn't my news to tell-"

"Well, let's see how you feel about not telling while you're sleeping on the couch!" Esme turns toward Edward and gives him a scowl before she turns back to my ring with a tight smile on her face.

"I'm sorry, Bella, it fits you perfectly! Have you thought about a date, a venue? Oh! A summer wedding next year would be lovely." She gushes pulling me out of Edwards strong arms.

"I'm thinking something a little sooner, Mom. Maybe three to six months. I want Bella to be my wife immediately." Edward watches as Esme pulls me into the kitchen.

I'm basically pushed into a seat by Rose who stands over me with her hands on her hips.

"Are you pregnant?"

"Rose! That would require me losing my virginity earlier than last night. So, unless I am the Virgin Mary, no." I give her a gentle push.

"Now back off, please. I love him, that's it and I'm not defending our relationship to anyone never again." We stare at each other for what seems like forever until she gives me a dazzling smile.

"Good, congratulations!"

Esme shakes her head as Alice and I laugh together. "You girls are too much. Help me get things ready to take outside."

Edward

The women pull my fiancée into the kitchen to talk wedding dates, dresses, flowers, and all that other shit. Emmett, Jasper, and I stand near the grill. I've got a permanent smile plastered on my face and feel like the luckiest motherfucker on Earth right now.

I'm marrying the love of my life.

I never thought I'd settle down; much less find the one person meant just for me.

Damn, she's turned me into the biggest pussy and I love it.

My dad leaves the grill to give me a hug. "I'm so happy for you. Bella is a wonderful woman."

"Yeah, there's no doubt in my head that I'm the luckiest man in the world." Jasper hands me a beer from the cooler.

"Never thought I'd see this day. Damn, Sarge, Congratulations!" He slaps me on my back—hard.

"It's like the end of the world or a miracle. Bella must be amazing -"

"Emmett! Don't make me lay your ass out." I stare his big ass down.

"Glad to see you're still the same Sarge, but seriously, Bella is amazing. I'm happy for the both of you."

The ladies finally come out with all the trimmings for the barbecue. Dad brings the food to the table, and we dig in. Conversation is all about the wedding. My girl sits next to me eating her potato salad and smiling her ass off.

"Bella, did you tell your folks yet? I can't wait to go over wedding plans with your mother. Should we call her after dinner?" My mother rattles on without noticing Bella's sudden change in mood.

"Bella?" My mother says again.

"Excuse me." Bella runs into the house.

"What did I say?" Mom asks me with concern in her eyes.

"Bella's parents don't approve of our age difference. It's not you, Mom." I run into the house and find Bella in the living room looking at pictures of me when I was younger.

She's holding one of my baby pictures with tears in her eyes. I wrap my arms around her waist and kiss her cheek not saying a word.

Tiny lays her head on my chest. "One day we will have a little boy that will look just like you, and I promise to never isolate him or judge him. What sort of parents treat their child like that?"

Her body shakes with grief and I tilt her beautiful face up and then kiss her lips gently while I hold her close. "Tiny, we will never treat our child the way your parents are treating you, and baby, I'm going to do everything in my power to fix this."

"How Edward? The only way is to give each other up, and I'm not giving you up for anyone. I don't know if they will ever come around." She puts the picture back on the mantle.

"I'm sorry, I don't want to ruin our day thinking about them." She pecks my lips.

"You're not ruining anything, baby. Now go clean up and then we'll go out and enjoy the rest of our party." I smile at her determined to find away to get the Swan's on our side.

~~DOR~~

The makeshift party lasts to the late evening. We now have a wedding date and a location. We sit around laughing and joking, all thoughts of the Swans gone for now.

I'm determined to fix this. I'll do anything for Tiny, even deal with her parents. Bella sits on my lap, and I nuzzle against her neck, taking in her lavender scent. My lips graze her expose skin causing a shiver to run through her body.

"Mmmmm." She turns to face me and kisses my lips.

"You ready to go soon?" I squeeze her ass letting her know what I have planned for later.

"I think Bella's turned you weak, Sarge." I turn to face Emmett.

"He isn't weak, are you, Sarge? Bella asks as she kisses my lips.

"Naw, I'm hard all over." I give her ass a little nudge with my hardness just so she can see what I'm really talking about.

"Bullshit! I call Manchester!" Emmett folds his arms and tries to intimidate me.

Oh here we go. He loves this shit. I don't know why he challenges me he always fucking loses.

"You know every time you pull this shit, you lose and I get to slap your big ass." I give him a pointed look.

"What is Manchester?" Alice asks.

"Manchester is a challenge we do in the military. If the person does it they get to give you a nice bitch slap. If the person can't do it, well, you get to bitch slap them," Jasper explains.

Emmett stands up and claps. It's always between me and him. Some days I'm the one getting slapped, but most of the time I'm bitch slapping him.

"Two hundred push ups, right here right now. You look like you've gone soft. I'm worried about you, Sarge." He gives me a challenging nod.

"You know you're going to fucking lose again-" I tap Tiny's ass signally for her to get up.

I empty my pockets keeping eye contact with Emmett. My mother is staring at me with a disapproving look.

"Really, Edward must you curse so much? Bella, I really hope you nip that habit in the bud before my grandbabies come. The first time one of my babies says the word 'fuck,' I will not be responsible what I do to you, Edward Cullen." My mother points to me shaking her head.

"I'll make sure to watch my language in front of the kids, whenever they come." I stand up and give my mother a kiss on the cheek.

Walking over to the concrete area, I throw my shirt over my head and pass it to Tiny. My girl is eyeing me all greedy, the wine she's been sipping seems to have gone straight to her head.

I assume the position and start doing my push ups. The first one hundred are fast, and I hardly feel the burn. At around one hundred and fifty, my body starts shaking and my arms hurt like a motherfucker. Everyone is standing around me now and cheering me on.

"Come on baby! One hundred and seventy nine! Almost there!" I can hear Bella scream in the background.

Emmett kneels down to taunt me, looking me in the eye. "Give up! Your ass can't do it! My hand is itching to slap that pretty face of yours Sarge!"

"One hundred and ninety two!" I grit out between my teeth.

I take a little mini break by holding my body up, and it gives me the strength to knock out the last eight easily.

"Two hundred, Bitch!" I scream out and pull myself off the ground much slower than I started.

I'm all sweaty. Adrenaline pumps through my body causing me to jump up and down.

"You ready to take your hit like a man?" I ask Emmett.

"Bring it on, Sarge." He stands at attention.

"Camera rolling!" Jasper holds up his iPhone.

"Ladies and gentleman, we are gathered here because Emmett manchestered me to do two hundred push ups, and I did it, so now he has to get slapped." I shrug at the camera and then line myself up in front of Emmett.

"This is so barbaric!" Rose screams from the sideline.

"It's what we do, Rosie. Don't worry Sarge can't hit for shit." He gives me a 'fuck you' look.

"Really?" I ask him.

I extend my hand to his shoulder with my palm open, "Shoulder." I say to the camera demonstrating the proper way to slap someone.

I then take my hand and slap Emmett across the face hard as fuck. His head snaps with the force of my hit and his mouth opens. The sound echoes through the backyard.

Can't hit my ass.

"I can't believe you really hit him!" Rose pushes me out the way and then runs into Emmett's arms.

Tiny walks over to me and practically jumps my ass, kissing me hard. "That was so hot!"

"Get your stuff so I can really show you how hard I can slap something else." I pinch her ass and she giggles while running away to say good-bye to my parents.

I start putting my things back in my pocket. My phone buzzes again with another email but this time I notice that Jasper's and Emmett's go off as well. All three of us look at each other, then our phones.

I have two emails. The first one from my supervisor telling me we have another mission and that an official email will go out to my team. The second one is the official email with our orders. We ship out in four months.

Fuck. My. Life.

A/N: Well not three months this time! You all are Rockstars and wonderful for reading the words that come from my crazy mind! I'm writing the next chapter and trying to get to you all soon. I don't want to give a time then I'll panic and fail! You can find me on FB at CC Writes Fanfiction!