BPOV

The rest of our honeymoon was spent making love, planning things for the house and spending time on the beach. The night before we were to leave, I took a long bath while Jacob phased and explored the small island. The last time we were here, I was sad when it was time for us to leave. It was different now, because the island belonged to us and we could come where whenever we wanted to. We also didn't feel the desperation we had felt the last time, because we weren't married then so our intimate time together could only be on the weekends when we would escape to our cottage in the woods. We decided to stay there while we waited for the former owners of our house to finish moving their things. We talked about selling it, but decided to keep it as our little get away.

When I got out of the tub, I looked at myself in the mirror checking out my new tan. It was strange seeing myself this color because I had been so pale my whole life. My skin glowed, its color now a golden tan and my hair developing copper highlights from the sun. I looked healthy, vibrant and totally in love, content with my life. I wrapped a towel around me and stepped into the bedroom to put my nightgown on and finish packing our things. I left a pair of faded jeans, a light blue shirt, and undergarments out for myself, then picked out a pair of jeans and a shirt for Jacob.

After I was done packing, I laid down on the bed and began reading one of the books from the little library in the living room as I waited for Jacob to get back. He came in a few minutes later, his black hair all windblown and his cheeks flushed. He laid down an armful of mangoes, telling me how he had found a bunch of exotic fruit trees deeper in the little forest. I brought them to the kitchen, cleaning and slicing them up, then putting the pieces into a big bowl and bringing it back to the bedroom. We sat on the bed eating and talking, but before long the fruit was forgotten and our clothing removed as we made love the first time that night. By morning, we had sex 3 times and finally fell asleep at 2am. We woke up at 8 to get ready, and by 10am Fernando was there to bring us to the jet.

On the flight home, I used the phone that was on the jet to call the owners of the house and arrange a time to come by and sign the papers. They told us we could come by that evening, and I excitedly told Jacob. We landed a few hours later and met the limo driver at the gate. He got our bags for us as we settled into the luxurious cabin of the car. The ride home passed quickly, and we had the driver drop us off at my parents house. I was happy to see my truck in the driveway, all fixed from what Jacob and Embry did to it the night before our wedding. I didn't see either of my parents cars in the drive, but still called out for them when we walked in the front door. Jacob brought our bags up to my bedroom as I went to go freshen up in the bathroom. We still had an hour to pass before we were to meet at the house and sign the papers, so Jacob and I went to check things out at the shop.

The parking lot was so jammed that we had to park on the street. Each dock had a car in it, and I saw Embry and Quil hard at work. They stopped what they were doing when they saw us, then ran over to greet us.

"Jake man, you got back just in time. We have been swamped all week and are completely backed up with appointments" Embry said.

"That's great news, Em! We need to sit down and talk about expanding and hiring more techs to work on all of these cars." Jacob said, looking around happily at the huge amounts of business.

"Hey Jake, I was able to get the loans and grants so I can go to the tech school. I enrolled yesterday and I start in mid September." Quil said, grinning excitedly.

"That's awesome, Quil! But since you are going to be working for us, Bella and I want to pay for school so that you wont have any student loans to pay back once you've graduated" he replied. Quil just stared at us like we had grown two heads, then thanked us and ran to call his family to let them know.

"Wow, Bella, the honeymoon really must have agreed with you with your tan and everything. You look even more pretty than you did before you left." Embry said, blushing.

"Watch it, mongrel, or else you will find yourself tied up in the stock room" Jacob growled, smiling at his friend.

"No way, dude! Do you really think I'm going to let you do that to me again? Hell no!" Embry replied, scowling as he recalled being tied up and locked in the back of the Toyota. We were all laughing when all of a sudden I heard my name being shrieked.

"Bella! Jacob! You're back!" Angela yelled, running up to us and hugging me. If I hadn't developed the strength I did, I would have easily toppled over from the force of Angela throwing herself at me.

"Hi Ang, it's good to see you too" I laughed.

"Damn, girl, you got tan! Look at your hair!" she said, running her fingers through it.

"Among other things we did while on vacation, I decided to work on my tan." I replied.

We all made our way into the office, talking about everything that happened while we were gone. After our wedding night, Angela refused to talk to Embry for several days because she was so pissed off at how drunk he was that night. It took both Sam and Seth to pick his passed out ass off of the dance floor and put him into her car. The motion from the car moving made him sick, so he had thrown up all over her dashboard, which pissed her off even more. She refused to speak to him until the whole car had been scrubbed out and didn't reek from puke. Jacob and I were laughing so hard that we were doubled over, tears flowing down our cheeks. My stomach hurt so bad and it took me a long time to be able to compose myself. Embry just sat there, cleaning his nails and turning bright red.

Angela had done the payroll in my absence, and after that and all the bills were paid we made a profit of $18,000 for the month we had been open. Based on those figures, and the ever increasing workload, we discussed expanding. Embry was going to put an ad in Monday's paper, looking for technicians, and the two of them were going to do all the interviewing. Jacob was going to ask Sam who he recommended to do the construction, and by the time we had to leave to go sign the papers, everything was hashed out. We made plans to go out to dinner with everyone, so I had Angela call our families and friends to let them know.

We pulled up to the house 10 minutes later, both of us practically bouncing with excitement. When they led us inside, I was shocked to notice that all of their furnishings were gone and all that was left were a few boxes by the front door.

"We got done moving ahead of schedule, so you can start moving in on Monday if you would like" Jack said to us as we sat down on some folding chairs. I just looked at Jacob, and we both starting grinning like idiots at the news. Marlene got out a folder, removing the papers from inside and laying them on the little card table.

"Our lawyers hammered everything out while you were gone, and the check you wrote us went through a couple of days later, so everything is all set. All we need to do is sign the paperwork and the house is yours." she said, smiling at us and handing us each a pen. Both of our hands shook as we signed the papers, and once we were done, they handed us each a set of keys, keeping a third set until they had finished moving the rest of their things the next day, and 2 remotes for the garage. We shook their hands, thanking them for having everything done and ready for us, and they walked us to the door. Once they had shut it behind us, I squealed and threw myself into Jacob's arms.

"It's really ours, Jake! Pinch me because I seriously think I'm dreaming" I exclaimed. He pinched me on the butt, then helped me down.

"I cant wait to start moving in, Bells! Do you want to go look for furniture tomorrow? I know we just got back, but I'm really excited to get going on everything" he said, opening my car door and helping me in.

"Sure! I'll see if my mom wants to come with so that she can look at some furnishings for when she redoes the house" I replied.

Angela called my cell just then, letting me know that she was able to get ahold of everyone and they would meet us at the restaurant in a half hour. Jacob and I decided to go straight there so we could have the wait staff set up the tables and have everything ready by the time everyone got there.

As everyone began to arrive, we greeted them and I blushed when they commented on my new tan and hair. I was sad because the Cullens weren't able to make it because they had gone hunting and wouldn't be back until later that week. Once everyone had arrived, we ordered our meals and told them about our honeymoon, leaving out all of the sordid details, of course. After we were done eating, Jacob and I told them about the island and the money that was given to us and what our plans were for it. Our parents tried to argue with us about the trust funds we planned on setting up for them, but we eventually won that argument. We told them that we had signed the papers for the house and were going to start moving in that Monday night. Everyone was excited for us and they offered to help us out with the move and any painting we wanted to do. Renee had agreed to go shopping with Jake and I the next day, so we set up a time and figured out which stores we wanted to go to.

After everyone began to leave, I notice Sam pull Jacob to the side and was talking quietly to him. Jacob looked stressed out, as did Sam, so I knew something was up. I just hoped it didn't have to do with a vampire threat. Jacob came over to me a few minutes later, and we walked out with Sam and Emily. We said goodnight to them, and on the way to my house I asked him what was going on.

"Two more boys phased while we were gone. Colin and Brady. Sam has been working with them all week to make sure they had their phasing under control. I don't understand why they phased because things have been so quiet lately. Sam is also having a meeting with the Pack in two weeks to let everyone know that he's stepping down and that I'm taking over. I just hope it goes well." he said.

I felt my stomach knot up, worried that something was brewing and that it wasn't going to be good. I made a mental note to go talk to Carlisle to see if he heard anything about vampire threats once they got back from hunting. By the time we pulled into the drive, I was so tired that Jacob had to carry me into the house. We didn't sleep much on our honeymoon and it was finally catching up to us both. We got ready for bed, brushing our teeth and other bedtime rituals, and once we laid down we were fast asleep.