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B.P.O.V.

As we arrived back at the Cullen's I slid off Edward's back and he immediately took my hand in his. Before we could even make it to the front door a very excited pixie came whizzing out the door.

"Oh my God! I can't believe he finally asked you! Oh I'm so excited! Please let me plan the wedding it will be amazing! I have all these ideas; I really need to speak to Esme." It was a good job she doesn't need to breathe; if Alice had been human she'd have passed out by now through lack of oxygen.

"Congratulations you two!" Carlisle said from the porch. It was only now that I realised the whole family had come outside to greet us. GULP!

"Actually she said no."Edward informed them.

"WHAT!?!" oh no Alice definitely wasn't happy. "But I saw him ask."

"And he did. I just told him no." I told her. Edward gave my hand a reassuring squeeze.

"I think we had better make our way inside and comfortable for this." Carlisle stated making his way into the house; we all followed.

Once we were all seated everyone turned to look at me for an explanation.

"As I explained to Edward when he asked me I have valid reasons for saying no, which I suppose you all want to now know." I looked at all of them nodding, Alice still pouting. "The reasons I said no are that we have a lot to work out before I can even think about marriage. Yes I love him and he loves me but that isn't enough. We only just got back together so proposals are way too soon. We need to be able to talk first and resolve some issues."

"What issues are those?" Esme asked. The ever caring mother that she is probably wanted to know so she could try and help fix them.

"Well the top three on my list at the moment are Victoria, my change and his control issues." I told her with a smile.

"Well Victoria won't be a problem for much longer." Emmett informed me with a wicked glint in his eye; I knew he was itching for a fight.

"Still I would prefer she was dealt with first. Then like I said there are still a lot of discussions to be had about my change." At the mention of this Edward stiffened. Everyone smirked noticing Edwards's reaction; just proving my point. "Then there is Edwards need to be controlling in the relationship. We need to be able to build a relationship up again without the arguments we have been having just whilst trying to be friends."

"But Bella you do want to get married don't you?" Alice asked. I could tell she was going to try and use her puppy dog eyes and pout to convince me about the wedding.

"Actually Alice I don't." Everyone gasped at my answer. "I've never wanted to get married and that never changed once I fell in love. I am only eighteen so I may change my mind; whether I am mortal or immortal. Like I said I've never wanted to get married, but for Edward I would think about it at a later date. Everyone nodded in understanding. "Well if that is all I best get home to cook Charlie's dinner. I bent and gave Edward a quick kiss before heading to the door.

"Bella!" Edward called as I headed to the door. I turned to see what he wanted. "Will you be unlocking your window tonight?" I knew what he was asking.

"Not tonight Edward." He nodded his face looking unhappy. "Walk me to my truck?" he immediately stood to follow me out. Once at my truck he opened the driver's side door for me.

"Edward I know you want to go straight back to how things were before you left, but I cant. It hurt when you left and through my pain I changed." He looked so unhappy at the mention of him leaving. "I can't go back to only having you as my life, it isn't healthy. I want to take this slow and build our relationship back to the point were we are strong together. I hope you can understand that." He nodded and gave me a kiss on my forehead. I climbed into my truck and made my way home. I knew I was making the right decision, if I let Edward spend the night with me tonight it would be too easy for our relationship to slip back into the one we had before he left. I would not let that happen; for my own sanity I couldn't.

AN: Hey thank you for reading; please review! Like I said this was the last chapter. I didn't feel the need to carry the story on as all that would happen is everything that happened in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight world except Bella would be more accertive and friends with Jasper and Rosalie. Thank you all for reading and keep an eye out I'm hoping to be loading a new story soon. Remember to review. lol. Untill next time. Xx