I received some great news yesterday and today! This fic has been nominated in the TwiFic Fandom Awards for Best Undiscovered Gem! Voting for Round 1 starts today and ends Sunday so please go vote if you are so inclined, even if you don't vote for me. There are some truly awesome nominees on the ballot.

Also this morning the wonderful Joanne Riddy notified me that ICUY placed 7th in Best Completed Fic in September over at Twilight Fanfiction Recommendation (Completed)! Thanks to all who voted!

Okay this is the last regular chapter.

Bella parked her old truck and breathed a sigh of relief. She loved this place; she always had…ever since the first time he had brought her here. It made her feel safe and it was the one place she could truly be herself. The only thing missing was him. She winced at the sudden pain in her chest and rubbed it absently. She got out and walked inside the dark trailer. She didn't bother with the lights; she welcomed the dark. She didn't have to pretend with darkness…it was all shadows and dusk, just like her. It was an old friend and one she knew well. She walked over to the sink where a ray of light from the pole outside shimmered through and highlighted a cup. Hmmm…she had thought she had put away the dishes she had used last time she was here. She was always careful of that…she didn't want to attract any wild animals. She quickly washed it and put it away. She walked carefully to the bedroom area and crawled into the bed, fully dressed. She grabbed her pillow and snuggled into it…it was a sad substitution for what she really wanted but it would have to do. She breathed it in and then halted. Tears came to her eyes. It smelled like him. How was that even possible? He hadn't been here in three years. She didn't linger on the thought for too long…she would take whatever whiffs she could get of him. She wept herself into a troubled sleep.

Edward made his way back to his trailer. He had been here for six hours and after a nap, he had woke up and decided to take a walk and clear his head. He had to figure out a way to get his Bella back. He had quickly decided that he would simply pester her until she gave in…that had worked the first time. He grinned a rarity for him these days.

"It's the chase, isn't it?"

"What?"

"It's the chase. You know that I won't go out with you. You know I keep saying no. It's the chase."

"Well, it's fun isn't it?"

He missed them, the way that they had been before it became complicated by his own omissions. He shook his head and walked towards his trailer. He halted when he realized there was car there…a old red truck…Bella's truck. His heart began to race and he sprinted the last twenty feet to the trailer. Had Jasper told her he was there and now Bella was there to pack up her stuff and tell him to leave her alone? Or was she just here like any other night…just to be closer to him while not knowing he was there in the flesh? He would find out in a minute. He took a deep breath and opened the door. He stepped into the living/kitchen area and his breath caught.

She was lying there on his bed, the moonlight streaming through the window and illuminating her. She had his pillow, holding it close to her as she slept fitfully. She murmured in her sleep and thrashed a little. He moved closer to her and reached down and brushed her dark hair from her delicate face to reveal the features he loved so much to look at. She sighed in her sleep and smiled a little.

"Edward." She murmured, still sleeping. She calmed down a little at his touch and snuggled deeper into his hand which rested on her silken cheek.

A tear traveled from Edward's eyes and down his face. He didn't bother to brush it away. He was used to the emotions he felt when looking at her. He could stay this way forever and never get tired of it. She moaned a little and he couldn't help himself. He leaned down and kissed her softly on her lips. She moaned again and he deepened it. Suddenly she tensed and her eyes flew open. She ripped her mouth from his and without her eyes focusing on who was kissing her, she elbowed him in the face causing him to fall backwards onto the floor. She screamed shrilly and darted out of bed and raced for the door. Edward groaned and quickly raced after her. He reached her before she could wrench the door opened and enclosed his arms around her. She struggled and screamed again…he clamped her hand over her mouth.

"Shhh…. Bella…calm down. It's just me. It's Edward." He said.

She stopped struggling and relaxed. He let her go slowly and she turned around to face him, her eyes bewildered.

"Edward?" She said.

"Hey." He said smiling.

She reached up and slapped him directly across his face.

Then she kissed him.

And then she fell against him sobbing.

***WAN***

"Bella…I am so sorry…I didn't mean to scare you…it's alright…Shhh." He rubbed her back and rocked her back and forth.

Bella continued crying, clutching at his shirt.

"What is it? Do you want me to leave? I will if you want. I mean I will leave the trailer but I won't leave Port Angeles. I am here to stay because I have to be near you. You are like air to me; I can't breathe if you are not near me." He rambled, trying to say everything he was feeling.

Bella sobbed harder, frantically pulling herself closer to him.

"Bella? Please tell me what I can do to make it better; to make you stop crying…you are going to become dehydrated if you don't stop." He joked weakly.

Bella took a few racking breaths and pulled away from him, avoiding his eyes. He put his finger under her chin and brought her eyes to his. He looked into their shimmering depths and found his home. He smiled gently.

Bella gazed into his eyes and her lip trembled.

"You're here." She said, disbelievingly and heartbreakingly.

"I'm here." He said.

"I have…I…you…wait…why are you here?" She asked suddenly.

"For you. I am here for you." He said.

"It's been two months, Edward and not a word and suddenly you show up here?" She demanded, shrugging out of his grip.

"Of course I showed up. Even if you leave, even if I am the most stupidest man in the world, I will always show up. Yes, it took me two months to get my head out of my ass…" She shot him an incredulous look. "…ok, three years and two months but I really thought I was respecting your wishes...this last time anyway. I thought you deserved to move on with someone who hadn't hurt you so much but as I wallowed in my self-loathing and misery…I decided to be selfish and say hell with it, I was the only man you were going to be allowed to love." He declared, waiting for her reaction.

Bella just raised an eyebrow and waited.

"I might have come to that conclusion after the Chief was coerced into calling me and offering me my old job back. " He said sheepishly.

"Ah, there it is." She said, shaking her head in disbelief. He walked up to her and forced her to look at him.

"But I came here for you. I wouldn't have come back for anything less…no job is more important than your well-being and happiness. If you are doing okay without me, then just say the word and I will leave. Anything for you." He said softly, tears gathering in his blue eyes.

"I can't…I don't…you are…don't go." She whispered.

Edward smiled the most beautiful smile she had ever seen and nodded.

"Staying right here until you make me move." He said in relief.

"Are you sure about this? Leaving your job, your family, your home?" She asked.

"I have a job, I am hoping you will be my family and my home is wherever you are." He answered simply.

"I am not anywhere ready for marriage or kids with you right now." She warned.

"I can live with that. You have to learn to trust me. I get it." He agreed readily.

"And I want dates and moonlight and romance. No favoring me at work…well, favor me a little…I am in Neuro, too. What else? Oh yeah." She smiled apologetically at him. "No sex." She said.

Up until that point Edward had been nodding and smiling and agreeing to anything she said. At that statement however, he looked at her.

"I'm sorry…What?" He said, praying he hadn't heard her right.

"I don't think it would be…appropriate…to have sex with you before we are married. I mean what would people think? Me, sleeping with my attending…it would be scandalous. People would talk about me and they would say I was sleeping with you to get ahead. I don't really want to deal with that." She said seriously.

"Um…okay. Really? No…that's fine…no sex…yeah…that will be fun. We can do other things like…um…go to the movies and have dinner and go for hikes and jogging and um…play cards…I hear miniature golf is fun." He said brightly.

"Really? You don't mind? I was so worried that would be a deal breaker. I am so relieved." She said smiling. She hugged him tightly. He stifled a groan at her proximity. This was going to suck and not in a good way.

Over Edward's shoulder, Bella stifled a laugh. Yeah right…no sex. Ha! She wouldn't last two days, but torturing him was so much fun. She wiggled…innocently of course…against him and felt him tense. She interlocked her hands at the nape of his neck and leaned back, looking at him.

"I am really looking forward to a nonsexual relationship with you. We will be like friends only closer…we can go to work together, have lunch together, go home together and do things like braid each other's hair and share the moments of our lives…" She smiled slyly.

Edward caught the mischievous glint in her eye and laughed loudly.

"You little minx…" He hissed playfully.

Bella giggled.

"You really had me going there. I didn't want to make you change your mind about us, but that thought alone was killing me. I can't be near you and not touch you or kiss you or…" He whispered the rest in her ear, causing her to shudder and moan. She looked at him, her eyes darkening with lust.

"Let's do that…right now." She suggested hoarsely. She jumped into his arms, wrapping her legs tightly around his waist. He staggered under the force of her attack but quickly righted them and he practically ran for the bed. Thankfully, it wasn't far. He lowered himself down with her on the bed and kissed her deeply. She eagerly thrust her tongue in his warm cavern. Her hands were everywhere on him, squeezing his firm ass, running them up and down his flanks, running them through his hair, reminding him that he was hers. He stilled them and brought them up over her head and held them there. Her breath caught at the dark look in his eyes. He ripped her shirt open and his lips fell to her breasts. His tongue laved her uncovered nipples and then went further down to her navel. Bella squirmed under his careful and somewhat worshiping attention. He leaned down and breathed in her essence through her jeans.

"You smell so good.' He breathed.

"Edward.' She tried to plead, but couldn't form the necessary words.

"Hmmm?" He said, as her flicked open the button to her jeans, his eyes never leaving hers. Neither dared to blink.

"You…inside me…now." She demanded.

He ripped her jeans and panties off and then shucked his clothes off and joined her on the bed. She grabbed his penis and stroked it. He tensed and moaned.

"You are so hard." She said.

"The better to screw you senseless with my dear." He teased.

"Well, get to it then old man, I haven't got all day." She taunted.

Edward growled.

"Old? I'll show you old." He said.

He thrust inside her in one smooth move. Bella threw her head back as he glided in and out of her, slowly at first, then faster and faster. Her nails ground into his back and she vaguely smelled the faint tinge of blood. He winced but kept on pounding her into oblivion, his hard thick penis hitting her cervix with abandon. She moaned and panted and screamed as her body shook under his ministrations. He felt her tense up and shudder and shake and suddenly, his cock was being strangled by her tight channel. He groaned but held off with his own pleasure, wanting her to get every gratification out of their joining. She stopped shaking and he turned her over on her stomach and pulled her up on her knees and entered her again, relentlessly pounding into her. She gasped when he pulled her head back by her hair and swirled his tongue into her ear.

"Oh…god…oh my god!" She panted, her body starting to convulse again.

"Damn…" He moaned, sweat popping out on his brow as he tried to hold off.

"Fuck…oh…harder…" She begged. He switched angles and hammered into her.

"Oh…Edward…right there…I am…shit!" She said as she came hard around him, his own orgasm seconds after hers. She collapsed on the bed and he pulled out and gingerly laid beside her.

"Wow…" He panted, gasping for air.

"That was…just…" She said.

"We are really good at that." He pointed out.

They laid there side by side in silence for several minutes. At one point, Edward covered them both up.

'You came out here." He stated.

"Yes."

"Why?" He asked.

"You know why." She said softly.

"I want to hear you say it."

"No one else came out here…it was our place. We were happy here…in our own little bubble. I guess I just wanted to remember that. Not very healthy but it worked for me." She shrugged.

"Thank you." He said.

"For?"

"Not moving on. God that sounds so selfish. What I mean to say is thank you, for another chance." He said.

"You better make good use of it mister, cause this is the last one you will get from me." She said.

"I promise you with my last dying breath, on my mom's life, on Hale's life…okay that isn't a good example…" Bella giggled. "…that I will never need another chance. This is my last best chance…or whatever." He smiled, charmingly. "I love you Bella Swan."

Bella smiled, tears falling down her silken cheeks.

"I love you too, Edward Cullen."

She cuddled into him as they watched the rain pelt down on the moon roof on his bedroom ceiling, content to spending the rest of their lives just this way…together.

Damn that was cheesy. *cringes*