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EPOV

Bella stared up at me in disbelief, the black velvet ring box held open in her hand.

I walked slowly towards her trying to gauge her reaction. "Bella," my voice was hoarse as I tried to swallow the lump in my throat, causing her to look up at me and tremble. "I love you so much."

I stopped, knelt beside the bed, and reached for the ring box, my eyes never leaving her beautiful face. "This was supposed to be your Christmas gift. I've been planning it for awhile now." I deftly plucked my mother's ring out of the box and held it up in front of her.

She stared at the delicate ring, her eyes watering, before shyly gazing back up at me from under her lashes.

"Bella, I fell in love with you from the moment I met you. It took one look into those beautiful brown eyes to see my forever staring back at me. Will you do me the honor of marrying me?" I stared at her earnestly and held my breath waiting for her answer. Please let her say yes.

My palms began to sweat when she didn't answer and I started to bow my head in defeat, when a slight movement caught my eye forcing my gaze back to hers. Bella swallowed hard and blinked back the tears in her eyes as she nodded, thrusting her shaking hand in my direction. I took a deep breath, grasped her tiny hand, and slid the ring onto her finger.

"Perfect fit," I gazed down at her, my eyes adoring as I took her in. My fiancée. The woman I was going to marry.

I gathered her tenderly into my arms and my heart overflowed when I heard her sweet voice whisper. "I love you, Edward."

I bent my head and kissed her softly, before bending my head to kiss the glittering diamond marking her as mine. "Forever."

Bella and I were still wound around each other on the bed whispering soft endearments when the door suddenly slammed open to reveal Emmett, Rosalie, and Renee.

"Get your hands off of my sister!" Emmett stalked towards the bed his face red. "You've done enough already, Masen!"

I was just about to open my mouth to defend myself when three things happened at once. Renee elbowed Emmett sharply in the side causing him to grunt. Rosalie slapped him in the back of the head before muttering something that sounded like 'you are so cut off' and Bella glared at him before hissing. "That's enough Emmett."

I took one look at Bella's face and held my tongue, quickly propping pillows behind her to help her sit up comfortably. Ignoring everyone else I leaned in to whisper to her. "I need to scoot you up on the bed, you've slid down too far."

Bella grimaced and nodded at me. When she was ready she took a deep breath and gripped my forearms so I could pull her up the bed a bit. I held my breath as I moved her, knowing she was hurting. Her small hands tightened their hold on me and a small whimper left her lips as I settled her against the pillows. I had just opened my mouth to apologize when Renee cut me off with an excited screech.

Bella and I stared at her in confusion as she gestured wildly at Rosalie her voice rising to a frequency that I'm sure could only be heard by dogs. Rosalie stared at her dumbly for a moment and then her eyes shot over to Bella's hand resting on my forearm and the small circle of platinum and diamonds that now decorated it.

"Oh my God, Oh my God, OH MY GOD!" Rosalie dashed over to the bed, unceremoniously shoving me out of the way and snatching Bella's hand. "Damn, but that boy has good taste!"

Renee advanced on me smiling widely and I laughed and held my hands up in surrender as she embraced me. "Welcome to the family, Edward!"

Rosalie turned towards me sheepishly realizing that she had not congratulated me yet. "I'm sorry, Edward." She grinned and winked at me. "Us girls are easily distracted by something bright shiny. Congratulations!"

Emmett simply glowered at me from his post in the far corner of the room saying nothing. I squared my shoulders and walked towards him with my hand held out. "Emmett."

He crossed his arms and ignored my hand, inclining his head. "Edward."

Rosalie stormed up beside him. "Oh for fuck's sake! Are we going to play swords? Grow up, Em!"

Emmett turned and looked at Bella. "I take it you said yes?"

She nodded and beamed a beautiful smile in my direction. "I did."

Emmett paused for a moment, staring at her. He sighed deeply as if coming to terms with her decision and then smirked at her with a cheeky grin. "Did you say yes right away, or did you bargain with him, to see what type of deal you could get?"

Bella looked horrified. "EMMETT! SHUT UP! FUCK!"

Emmett just grinned at her and rocked back and forth on his heels before turning in my direction. "Edward, tell me, how do you propose to support my sister? Are you ready to attend to all of her needs and provide her with the kind of life she deserves?"

Rosalie groaned and covered her face. "I can't believe he's doing this."

I grinned back at Emmett, knowing I was about to drop a big bomb. "Well, Emmett, you know I have a good paying job working as an EMT and………"

He lifted his eyebrow and waved his hand encouraging me to continue. Fine, he was walking right into this one. I glanced over and Bella to see her biting her lip trying not to laugh.

"Um, Emmett, there's something else. You see, when my parents died they left me some money…..okay a lot of money."

Emmett stared at me his eyes wide. "Define a lot."

I walked back over to Bella's bed, sitting gingerly on the side and picking up her small hand in mine. I hadn't even told her how much I had in trust. I smiled down at her before answering. "Five million."

Silence. I chuckled and looked back down at Bella. She was staring up at me stunned, her mouth slightly open. "Are you alright, love?"

"Holy shit! Dude….." Emmett was now staring at me incredulously. "That's a lot of table dances."

The thwack of Rosalie's hand against his head followed swiftly and Emmett looked over at his mother's glowering face and opted to stay quiet. It was probably the safest choice for him at that moment.

I ran my thumb gently back and forth on Bella's wrist. "You have to understand, the money, it's mine, but I never felt like I earned it. I keep it tied up in investments and charitable donations because, quite frankly, I don't want to be defined by it. I want to stand on my own two feet."

Renee broke the silence. "Edward, I think that you are quite admirable. Most people would have taken that money and lived a life of spoiled overindulgence." She shot a dirty look at Emmett who shrugged apologetically before grinning over at me.

I turned back to Bella. "Baby, I'm sorry I never told you the whole truth. I just didn't want you to treat me any differently. I should have trusted you enough to know you wouldn't. I guess that's something the both of us will have to work on."

Bella bit her lip and looked up at me mischievously. "Does this mean you'll be my sugar Daddy?"

I laughed softly and grinned down at her. "I'll be whatever you want me to be, little gold digger, so long as you are mine."

The next week past by quickly as Bella injuries began to heal. I never left her side, despite all of her begging for me to go back to her mother's house to get a good night's sleep. Renee had a full house as it was, and, quite frankly, I wasn't ready to put any distance between Bella and I after I had almost lost her.

Arrangements were made to transfer Bella's file to an obstetrician in Seattle and soon as she was cleared by the doctors she would start recording for Atlantic, although Jasper made arrangements for her to do so in a studio in Seattle so she wouldn't have to travel. Atlantic readily agreed to these terms. They still wanted Bella, regardless.

Tomorrow we would be going home. I walked back into Bella's room with two cups of herbal tea just as the doctor walked in.

"Hello, how is my favorite patient this evening?" Dr. Romano's eyes twinkled as he smiled at Bella's scowling countenance.

She huffed and crossed her arms. "I'm fine, thank you, but could you tell Edward that I can drink coffee? I asked him for coffee and he brings me tea like I'm some little child who can't make her own decisions."

I sputtered, dumbfounded. "Bella, love, I didn't mean to upset you. I just thought that tea would be better for the baby."

Aro threw back his head and laughed. "Edward, young friend, welcome to pregnancy hormones! She can have coffee, so long as it's only one cup a day." He looked back at Bella again before facing me, his eyes dancing in amusement. "Besides, I wouldn't want to have to patch you up next when she loses it and bludgeons you with a blunt object."

He walked over to the bed and sat down by Bella's feet patting them comfortingly. "Well you are cleared to be discharged tomorrow morning. I've transferred your file to a colleague in Seattle. He is an excellent obstetrician and I am sure you'll both be very comfortable with him. His name is Dr. Jared Beaver and his office will be contacting you with an appointment."

A tinkling laughed drifted in from the doorway. "Dr. Beaver? You have got to be kidding me! Emmett is going to die!" Alice giggled into her hand as she danced into the room holding a small bag.

Aro gazed over and Alice and laughed heartily. "Jared always said that with a name like his, obstetrics and gynecology was the only field he wanted to specialize in!" He patted her on the shoulder as he walked out of the room. "See you in the morning."

As Aro left the room, Alice stared pointedly at me. "Edward, can you go to the cafeteria and find Jasper? I told him I didn't want anything, but I'm getting thirsty for a coke."

This was my cue to make myself scarce. I knew what Alice wanted to talk to Bella about, because we had been dancing around the subject all week. Tanya. I gave Alice a warning look and left the room, the last thing I wanted her to do was to upset Bella.

As I made my way to the cafeteria I thought back to the teary conversation that occurred between Alice and I on Christmas Eve.

"Edward, I am so sorry. I should have sent her home or gotten her a hotel room. I never thought about how it would look or how you and Bella might feel about my decision to allow her to stay." Alice stared at me wringing her hands, tears rolling down her face.

"Alice, what am I going to do? How can I even explain this to Bella? Not only is she freaked out because of what happened between her and Jake, but I told her about Tanya too." I ran my fingers through my hair again and let my head flop backwards onto the couch.

"You told her about Tanya? Oh Edward, that makes this so much worse!" Alice wailed and threw her arms around me. "I'll make this right Edward. I promise. I'll find her and makes this right."

I pulled back and looked at her tear stained face, smoothing her hair away from her eyes. "It's my fault too, Alice. Its karma biting me in the ass for what I let happened between Tanya and I, and how I handled it. There would be no situation at all if I had chosen differently with her."

I rolled my shoulders and stretched as I walked through the cafeteria doors. Sleeping in a lounge chair left much to be desired. I would be glad to get home to my own bed tomorrow. My own bed……that brought more questions to the front of my mind. Bella and I hadn't even discussed logistics yet.

I sighed as I walked up to the table where Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie were talking. "Hey guys." I pulled out the remaining chair and sat down heavily.

"Hey Eddie!" Emmett clapped a large hand on my shoulder. "What's shaking?"

I turned to Jasper and muttered. "Ali wants a Coke."

He nodded at me gravelly, knowing immediately what I was referring to. "Well, we'll give them a few more minutes, and then bring an extra box of Kleenex and a pint of Ben and Jerry's."

Rosalie sat up straight and honed her attention on Jasper. "Where did you manage to score Ben and Jerry's in Forks, brother dearest?"

Jasper looked over Emmett's shoulder, waved and winked to the red haired older lady working in the hospital kitchen. "I have my ways."

Emmett gasped. "Mrs. Cope! Ewww, Jasper! Gerontophilia much?"

Jasper smirked at him. "You're just pissed because she wouldn't give you any extra fries yesterday."

"She should have given me the fries, I showed her my……" Emmett started, but was cut off by Rose who had her hands over her ears chanting. "I don't want to know, I don't want to know!"

I laughed and stood up quickly. Never mind how you scored the ice cream. Grab it and let's go."

We walked slowly back to Bella's room, me clutching the Kleenex and Jasper clutching the ice cream. Emmett and Rose followed behind us still arguing about the lunch lady. When we reached the room I took a deep breath and the silence and sent a quick prayer to the heavens before pushing open the door and walking in with a large smile. "Hey!"

Bella and Alice were sitting huddled on the bed, crying and hugging each other, looking downright adorable. Jasper immediately hurried over and put his arms around both of them. "There, there…….It's best that you girls talked and hashed it out. Everything will be better now."

Feeling left out and helpless I walked over and sat on the bed pulling Bella gently into my arms. "Are you okay?"

Before she could answer, Rosalie came hurtling over and threw herself into the fray, making it a big group hug. "No more crying. Please. I can't stand it!"

Emmett stood in the door smirking at Jasper and I condescendingly. "Isn't this sweet? I think I feel my sperm cells dying. I need to get in a fight and crush a beer can over my head. Are you pussies coming?"

I stared over at Bella who gave me a quick nod. Apparently it was girl time and I was officially kicked out. I leaned down and kissed the top of her head before heading towards the door.

"Edward!" Her voice rang out, urgent and needy. I turned towards her ready to comfort her again.

"What is it, my love?" I spoke to her softly and lovingly, letting her know I was there for her if she needed.

She looked up at me with her big doe eyes and smiled sweetly. "Hand over the Ben and Jerry's."

I was dismissed.

Okay! So I am so sorry for the long delay! I managed to pull a Bella and slice the hell out of my finger drying a glass. On the dark side, it hurts like a SOB. On the plus side, my sexy medic bandaged me up and kissed it better. Repeatedly……

Leave me some words people! I'm back in the saddle……

Tammy