AN: This it the second to the last chapter. The next one is going to be like and epilogue. I really hope you like this chapter :D

Bella POV

Edward suddenly got up and left me all alone at the table. Was it something I said? UGH! I am so tired of dealing with him being like this. If he really does like me at all he would finally just tell me. I don't want to deal with these stupid little games anymore. I sighed angry and slumped down in my chair.

I picked a flower off the center piece and starting pulling off its petals. I had just picked up another flower and started to destroy it when Alice and Rose plopped down on either side of me.

"What do you want?" I asked a little harsher than I should have.

"Wow…who rained on your parade?" Alice asked teasingly. They waited for me to respond, but I stayed quiet and continued to remove all the petals from the flower I was currently destroying.

"Stop taking out your anger on the poor defenseless flowers." Rose said and grabbed the flower out of my hand and placed it away from me. I was just about to reach for another one when Rose slapped my hand.

"OW!" I complained.

"Well stopping difficult! What's wrong?" Rose asked.

"Nothing…" I said not trying to be convincing cause I knew Rose would see through it anyways.

Rose just gave me a look while Alice said, "Come on Bella, just spill it."

"It's…..Edward." I said.

"No shit it's about Edward. But what about him?" Rose said.

"I'm just tired of dealing with him. If he likes me he should just tell me and get it over with. It's not helping anyone that he keeps being so distant. I just don't know if he's worth it…" I said.

"What?!" Rose exclaimed. "Not worth it?!"

"Bella look, I know my brother can be difficult but just give him one more chance." Alice said.

"But, Alice….I just wonder if it's to late…" I whispered.

"It's never too late." Rose said.

"Yeah!" Alice exclaimed. She hopped up from her chair and pulled me out of mine. Rose got up too as Alice began to push me toward the house. "I saw Edward walk in side a few minutes ago. Just go talk to him and don't come back until you do." With a final push I was at the back door.

I walked inside and made my way through the house looking for Edward. I walked though the kitchen and the downstairs. I was just go upstairs to look for him when I got the idea to check the piano. Luckily I did cause when I turned down the hall I saw the light on in the room and when I walked in I saw Edward sitting at the piano with his forehead against the keys.

"Hey." I said. He jerked his head up and looked around the room as if he had been caught doing something bad. Before it could be an awkward silence I asked "Wanted to get away?"

"Something like that." He muttered. He seemed distant and wouldn't look at me.

"So…the wedding has been pretty fun…I guess." I said trying to make conversation.

"Yeah." He said.

"Well your speech was really good by the way. I could tell Rose really appreciated the end." I told him. I started walking around the room trying to make it feel I like I wasn't talking to someone who was less responsive than a wall.

He gave a small chuckle, which surprised me. "Really?" he asked and finally looked at me. I nodded and then he looked down and said, "Your speech was pretty good too. For making it up on the spot."

"Only pretty good? I think it was freaking amazing." I joked.

"Your right it was freaking amazing. But it made me feel incompetent, considering I worked on mine for almost week." He said.

"Oh well I'm sorry then." I said and walked over to the piano.

He sighed and said. "You don't have to be."

"Oh but I am. I am truly sorry I made your speech lame." I said and he laughed.

"I'm sorry too." he said after a pause.

"For what?"

"For being a jerk."

"Oh…" I said some what surprised. There was a long pause in the conversation but it wasn't the awkward kind, where you hope someone thinks of something to say before the silence becomes permanent. It was more of a like… who am I kidding it was totally awkward.

"So…what brings you here on a fine night like tonight?" he asked and gave me one of his lopsided smiles that make me want to smile too.

"Well I'm not much of a fan of parties…or people." I said truthfully even though it wasn't my reason for coming inside.

"So, you just needed to get away?" He asked.

"Something like that." I said quietly.

He nodded then patted the spot next to him on the piano bench. "Come sit with me." Once I was sitting next to him he took a deep breath and said seriously "I have to tell you something." I looked over at him and saw that he was just as serious as he sounded.

"What?" I asked. My hearts started beating faster and my palms began to sweat. My mind started racing with all the things he could possibly say. Rose and Alice did tell me that he was going to come clean about how he feels but I couldn't help let the pessimist inside me tell me he was just going to let me down.

He hesitated for a long time before saying, "I have to tell you something." I could hear the nervousness in his voice.

"You already said that." I told him softly.

"Yeah I know." He laughed and ran his hand through his messy hair embarrassedly. "I'm just not sure how to say it."

"Oh no." I thought "He doesn't like me and is just thinking of a nice way to say it." At least he's being nice about it. "Look Edward, you don't-" I started to say but he cut me off. "I love you." he blurted out.

"W-what?" I stammered.

"I didn't mean to say I love you. I meant to say I like you. But I guess I love you." He said so quickly I could barely keep up with what he was saying.

"I love you too." I said slowly.

"Really?" he asked.

"Yeah, I do." I said and couldn't help but smile.

"Well ok then." He said.

Then Edward suddenly stood put and grabbed my hand to pull me off the bench. "No need to stay in here while there's a party going on." He said playfully and led me back outside without ever letting go of my hand. Just as we got outside I heard cheering and clapping. I looked over and saw Emmett and Rose with Jasper and Alice standing watching us as we came outside.

"Finally!!" Emmett yelled and came up and gave both of us a big bone-crushing hug. Rose pulled him off and gave us a knowing grin. Then Alice gave me an excited hug and kept squealing about "how happy" she was while Jasper laughed at Alice's excitement and just gave Edward's hand a shake.

We then all made our way to the center of the dance floor, by the time we got there the fast song turned into a slow one. Jasper and Alice as well as Emmett and Rose started slow dancing. While Edward and I just stared at each other.

"I can't dance." I said.

"I know." he said. "You told me."

"If I was more than coordinated I would love to dance, but I'm not so I don't think that wouldn't be the best idea." I said and while I was rambling Edward had stepped closer to me and now we were only inches apart.

"Well lets try this…" he said. Then he suddenly grabbed me by the waist and lifted me up to place me on top of his feet so I was standing on his shoes. I smiled and wrapped my arms around his neck and we started to move from side to side.

"This works." I said.

"I thought it would." he said.

As the song ended, Edward placed me back on the ground and grabbed my hand again. He started to lead me out from under the tents that had been set up incase of rain and once we got out from under them I noticed it was in fact raining.

"Edward! Its raining let's go back." I said tugging on his arm.

"Why?" he asked looking down at me. It was raining pretty hard and I knew it wouldn't be long until we were both soaked.

"Cause it's going to ruin my dress and Alice is going to kill me." I argued.

"Do you really care what Alice does?" He asked and gently took my chin in one of his hands and tilted my face up to his.

"No." I said. He was looking at me with such intensity that it was getting hard to breath.

"That's what I thought." He laughed but more seriously added. "I've wanted to do this for a long time."

And then he kissed me in the rain…

AN: And there you have it!! I hoped you liked the end. Please review and tell me your thoughts, not just about the chapter but the whole story.

THANKS FOR READING!!!

PLAYLIST:

Ida Maria - In The End

Paramore - All I Wanted

Something Corporate - Hurricane

Motion City Soundtrack - Fell in Love Without You (Acoustic) (AN: that's the song I was listening to when I was writing that part when Bella and Edward were dancing together.)