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

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Also, I went to check my post today, and I received a letter and a package, both from a girl I haven't spoken to in literally years. She'd written me like a five page letter - hand-written as well - and she remarked on how much she liked my stories. I was like WTF?! I literally haven't seen or spoken to this girl since I was in year 8 - not sure what that is for people in USA or other countries but I was 12 when I last saw her, so I guess you can work it out from there - and I'm 20 and in university now. I won't tell you what she wrote in the whole letter because it is ridiculously long, but she told me what I have been reading from you guys in your reviews. I've never really put much into my writing skills but 1000+ reviews (from Saving Edward and Alive Again combined) can start to change a girls' mind you know. I want to say thanks for all the reviews. You guys are really starting to make me believe that I might be a bit of an okay writer. Not that I believe it fully, but I'm starting to.

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Anyways, I'm going to shut up now and carry on with the story.

EPOV

To say that I was a little nervous when I saw the two guys sat in the living room would be a lie. Being honest, I was more than nervous. And hopefully that didn't come through in my behaviour.

I recognised one of the guys as the unnamed one at the beach with Jacob. He looked just as nervous as I felt, and I knew it must have been slightly daunting for him to be here, in my home, surrounded by my family.

The other guy I didn't know, but I saw that he had the same dark skin and hair that Jacob, Seth and the other guy (whom I was later told to be called Embry) had, so I deduced that he was from the reservation along with the others.

I didn't really know what I was expecting but I was surprised at the way they fit in so well, so quickly with the family. I had been taken aback when Embry had apologised for his behaviour on the beach. I knew that he hadn't known the full story, only Jacob's warped view of it, so I didn't really blame him for his behaviour. And I had told him that, sincerely. I didn't blame him. After all, they had been friends for a long time.

I wasn't too impressed with the news that Bella had been to see Jacob, but she was doing what she thought was right. What she thought would help. And honestly, how could I be mad at her when I had done exactly the same thing in calling Renee. I couldn't be mad at Bella full stop. She just had that effect on me. Even if I could I didn't think I would be. She might not have told me that she was going to see Jacob, but I could see why she didn't. I think it was for the same reason that I didn't tell her that I was going to call Renee. She probably thought that I would try and convince her not to go, just as she would try to convince me not to call Renee. I wouldn't have stopped her from going, as I knew that it was something that she needed to do. I would have worried like hell about her, but I wouldn't have stopped her.

The two of them were considerably laid back, seeing as they hadn't really spent any time with my family other than on the beach. Unless they had met up other than that without my knowledge. And if they had who could blame them? They seemed like good guys.

The only time, after meeting Sam and Embry, that I felt nervous was when Sam suggested the barbeque on the reservation in a couple of weeks. It didn't escape my notice how he invite the whole family rather than just Bella. Sam didn't seem like the kind of guy who would invite people to something like that without liking them, unlike other people would. I couldn't help but smile at his kindness even though inside of me I was panicking a little.

When they left, Emmett and Jasper had plans to meet up with them for a two-on-two football match on the beach one afternoon next week. I thought that it was great that the two of them were getting on so well with my brothers. Normally, my brothers, or anyone in my family for that matter, took a while to warm up to anyone. So seeing them like this with Embry and Sam was something that made me smile.

I went back to the living room with Bella and we sat down on the loveseat that was opposite the TV. She wrapped her legs around mine and burrowed her head into my chest, sighing softly. I kissed the top of her head and ran my fingers through her hair gently.

"Are you sure you're okay that I went to see Jacob?" She mumbled against my chest, before turning her head to look up at me.

I looked down at her and smiled. "Yeah." I reassured her. "I told you. I know that you did what you thought was right. Like I said, whether or not it was for the best, we'll have to wait and see, but....you went with your instincts and what you thought was best. How can I hold that against you? How can I be mad at you for going with your heart and mind?" I kissed her forehead as she looked up at me. "Those are some of the things that I love about you. You follow your heart. Not many people don't have the courage or the heart to do that."

She sighed and reached up, pressing her lips to my jaw. "What did I ever do to deserve you?" She whispered and I pressed my lips to hers. She smiled at me as we broke the kiss. "So....what did you do today?"

I bit my lip, hoping that she wouldn't kill be for calling her mother without telling her. "Well ... I kind of need to talk to you about something." I confessed and she gave me a confused look.

"What's wrong, love?" She sounded worried now.

"Nothing's wrong. I think." I looked at her cautiously, trying to gauge her reaction. "I, um, I called your mom today." I whispered the last part looking away from her eyes, down at our intertwined.

"You did what?" I still didn't look at her, but her tone told me that she wasn't happy. "Edward, why did you do that?" She took my face in her hands and forced me to look at her. "Why, Edward?"

"Because I wanted her to know the truth." I told her straight, not wanting to keep anything from her. "I thought that if I could explain to her what really happened in my past, and I thought that maybe if she heard it straight from me it would....I don't know....aid her in reconsidering wanting you back." I said the last part with a cautious air about me. I didn't know what she was thinking or what she was going to do. Bella had been an unusually hard person to read, even though I had spent a lot of time with her since I met her. I still didn't know how to read her. Which was very frustrating, as most people I could read like an open book.

"Oh, Edward," I couldn't tell whether she was angry, disappointed or what. "You didn't have to do that for me." She looked me in the eye and I saw that there was a slight pink tinge to her cheeks. "I mean, Charlie and I have been trying to get through to her since she told us, but with no luck."

"I know that," I told her. "That's why I thought that it might help hearing it from the horses' mouth. As it were." She chuckled slightly, and I thanked god for the sound. I didn't know whether I could handle being on Bella's bad side. "You're not mad?" I asked my brow furrowing.

She gave me a quick kiss and grinned. "No," She sighed. "No I'm not. Like you said, your heart told you where to go and you listened to it." I smiled at her. "And besides, I can't really be mad at you, when I went to see Jacob without telling you." She grinned at me as I rolled my eyes. "So I guess we're even."

"If you're mad you can tell me." I told her. "You don't have to pretend your not because you went to see him."

"That's the point though." She chuckled. "I'm not mad. Just tell me next time you plan to call her."

"Well, I didn't really plan on calling her. It was just a spur of the moment thing." I explained, intertwining our hands again. I had missed the feel of them on my skin and I needed that back. Even if we were entangled in a mess of arms and legs on the loveseat.

She thought for a moment. "Hey!" She exclaimed suddenly, making me jump. "How did you get my mom's number anyway? I don't remember giving it to you, and I had my phone with me in school, so...."

"I, um, kinda went to see your dad." I bit my lip again.

"What?! You asked Charlie?!" I nodded, slowly. "And I saw him this afternoon! He could have said something to me about it."

"Well maybe he just didn't want to upset you. Or..." I offered. "Maybe he thought that it would be better that you heard it from me instead of him. I don't know, but I'm sure he had a good reason for not telling you."

She huffed and folded her arms, sitting there thinking. I hoped that it wasn't me she was mad at. Her eyes grew slightly wider as she realised something and turned to me. "Oh, yeah." She said softly. "I forgot to tell you."

"What?" I asked, using up my turn to be confused in this conversation.

"Charlie knows." She whispered. I cocked my head to the side, silently asking her to ellaborate. "That we're engaged."

I could feel my eyes grow wide. "What? How? When-" She placed a hand over my lips to stop me.

"This afternoon before I went to Jacob's. I wanted my dad there, you know, as kind of a moral back-up, because believe it or not, my dad actually likes you." She told me softly. I nodded and pressed my lips into her finger, earning a small giggle from her. "And anyway, Jacob knows that we're engaged, and I know that he's going to have told Billy, and I didn't want him to hear it from either of them, especially in the middle of an argument. I would have waited until you were there as well, but I knew that if I didn't get this stuff with Jacob over and done with soon, I never would. So I told him." Her face creased up in slight worry. "Are you mad?"

"No," I said, removing her finger from my lips and kissing it again gently. "I'm more worried." Her brow creased in confusion again. "About when I should expect Charlie round to castrate me."

She laughed. "He won't be around. Like I said, he likes you. He was actually okay about it. Which I was confused about. I was expecting him to blow up at me, but he just....didn't. He sat there for a minute or so after I told him. He looked pretty calm, and then he asked to see the ring." I raised my eyebrow, waiting for her to tell me her father's verdict. "Well, the whistle that he let out at seeing it told me that he liked it." I grinned.

"So he's really alright with it?" I was skeptical. Even with her reassurance I was still nervous about the next time I had to face Charlie now that he knew I intended to marry his daughter. "I mean really? You're not sugar coating anything are you?"

She shook her head. "Though he didn't look too impressed when he thought that you'd gotten me pregnant." I felt my eyes widen and she laughed. "When I told him that there was something I needed to tell him, he automatically thought that I was pregnant." I relaxed slightly. "I won't be, don't worry. I'm on the pill." I nodded and leaned down to press a kiss to her lips. "I love you." She mumbled against my lips.

"As I love you." I breathed placing a soft kiss onto her nose. She giggled and pulled me down for another kiss, to which I had no objection.

"Ahem!" Someone cleared their throat behind us and we broke apart, sheepish grins on both our faces. "Getting cosy are we?" I looked behind me to see Alice and Rosalie standing there. Alice had her arms crossed over her chest and Rosalie had her hands on her hips. They were both staring at us, huge grins on their faces.

"Maybe." Bella said, smugly, leaning her head on my chest. I chuckled and kissed her on the forehead.

"Aww!" I heard the two of them squeal and I rolled my eyes.

"You two are so cute!" Alice squealed sitting on the sofa that was adjacent to the loveseat.

"You really are!" Rosalie smiled widely at the two of us before taking a seat next to Alice. "You are perfect together."

"Yes, and the two of you are ruining a perfect couplely moment!" Bella shot at the two of them, giving them both evil glares. I couldn't help but laugh. For the first time, Alice and Rose actually looked a little scared of Bella. They knew how much we both treasured our relationship. It was quite funny to see.

"Love?" I whispered in her ear. "It's alright. They're just jealous."

"Hell yeah!" They both cried.

"Language!" I heard Carlisle shout from the other room and we all cracked up laughing. Trust him to hear bad language when he was in other parts of the house. Although I will admit, it could have been a lot worse.

"Seriously." Rose carried on after our laughing fit was over. "I would give anything to have what you guys have. Just looking at the two of you makes me want to sit down with a trashy romantic movie and my two best friends. Ben and Jerry." She grinned at her little joke and I couldn't help but smirk.

"Well, why don't we?" Alice suggested. "I mean, the lovebirds might be sat there, but we can still watch a girly romantic movie." She smirked at the two of us and we stared back. I honestly didn't care if they wanted to watch a girly movie. As long as I was with Bella, I didn't care. Some might say that I was whipped. But I saw myself as being in love instead.

They grinned at each other as Alice went to chose a movie and Rosalie went to get the ice cream.

"Why don't we stay, just to annoy them?" Bella suggested, smirking at me evilly.

I grinned at her. "That is a perfect idea." I leaned down and kissed her.

"Hey Rose!" Bella called, nearly deafening me. "Sorry love." She said to me. "Can you bring us some ice cream!"

"Rocky Road?" She called, knowing that we would have her favourite flavour of ice cream in the freezer somewhere.

"Yeah!" Bella shouted back. I made a point to move my head slightly this time, not that it did any good. "Two spoons!" She called and I looked at her inquisitively. "You know, just in case you might want to try some." She smiled at me sheepishly and I kissed her forehead.

Rosalie walked back in and handed Bella her tub of ice cream, and I rolled my eyes at how big it was. She pouted at me and I gave her a chaste kiss, causing her to smile and her eyes to glaze over. I chuckled as I turned to Rosalie who was smirking at me.

"The two of you really are too cute for words." She placed Alice's tub of ice cream on the coffee table and curled up underneath a blanket on the sofa with her own tub of ice cream and dug in.

"Aren't you supposed to wait until the movie to start before you start with the ice cream?" I asked her and she shrugged as Alice walked in. "What you got there?" I asked her as she placed a DVD into the player.

"You'll have to wait and see." She said smirking. I knew that face. It was obviously a really girly film that she had put in. I didn't really care. I would probably pay more attention to Bella than the movie.

She pressed play and settled herself down on the sofa next to Rosalie, grabbing her ice cream and sliding under the blanket that Rose had brought in with her. The movie started and I rolled my eyes at the title of the film.

"A Walk To Remember?" I asked her questioningly. "You know this film makes Bella cry."

"Really?" She asked in mock surprise and I shook my head at her, accusing her with my eyes. "Oh, I must have forgotten."

I shook my head again and rested it on Bella's, which was now leaning against my chest. I kissed the top of her head and she sighed.

Alice and Rose were right. No matter what doubts I may have had or may have in the future about my relationship with Bella, everything was perfect. I had her and she was all I needed to feel content.

And it was moments like these that proved it.

Sorry it's a little short, but it felt natural to end it there. It just felt right.
The next chapter will be a longer one. I can feel that now. :)
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