I feel really bad for the lack of update, but I have been super busy. Today I have been neglecting a project to get this out so I hope I´m forgiven?

I hope to have the next chapter up during this week - but no promises ;)

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I Do

I swallowed loudly and let out the famous breath I, once again, didn´t know I was holding.

Charlie looked so fragile lying there on the bed. This could have been his last day on earth. Aro or one of his minions could just as easily have killed him. And Charlie would never have known what had hit him.

"You're leaving aren't you?" Charlie looked at me with pleading eyes.

His question took me completely by surprise. I thought about what I was going to say carefully before I answered.

"At some point, yes. But you don´t have to worry about that now," I said in a soothing voice. "Right now you need to focus on getting better and then I believe you have a wedding to attend. Am I right?"

Charlie blushed a light shade of red and looked down.

"Yeah. You´re right, kiddo," he said while he fiddled with the bed sheets.

I would have to tell him the truth at some point, but now was not the time. I couldn´t.

"I´ll let you get some rest, dad, and Sue will be here in a minute. I´ll talk to you later, OK?"

Charlie just nodded and rested his head back against the pillows. I got up from the bed and walked to the door. Before I stepped out of Edward´s old room I glanced back at Charlie. I really had a lot to be thankful for today. Charlie was back, safe and sound. And he hadn´t disowned me yet. I sighed and walked out the door.

The rest of the family was sitting down in the living room so I walked down the stairs to be with them.

"You´re stalling, love," a smooth velvet voice spoke behind me. I loved the sound of that voice. It meant that he was alive, safe and with me. I turned around to face the love of my existence.

"Not at all," I did my best to sound convincing.

"You weren´t a good liar when you were human love, and you´re not a good one now. You don´t fool me," he said with a smirk on his face.

I sighed deeply. "You know me too well," I finally stated and gave my husband a small smile. "It just didn´t feel like the right time. After their wedding, I´ll talk to him."

Edward placed his hands on my cheeks and looked me straight in the eyes. "If that´s what you think is best, love. I´ll be here no matter what."

"I know Edward. Thank you." I gave him a loving, lingering kiss on the lips and soon forgot the audience.

After a while I heard Emmet and Jasper whistle in our direction, Alice and Rosalie hushed their husbands and Carlisle and Esme just chuckled. Everyone was happy and at peace for the first time in what seemed like the longest period of time. Edward smiled between kisses.

"I love you. Forever and always," he whispered.

He had the ability to melt my dead heart every time he said that to me.

"Love you back," I said and flashed him a big happy smile.

"Where´s Nessie?" I hadn´t seen her since the field and now the anxiety kicked in. She was safe now wasn´t she?

"She went with Jake to get some food for Charlie and Sue. Because of all the commotion the last couple of weeks, we haven´t really thought about grocery shopping," Esme answered me and calmed me right away.

"She´s safe now, love. We´ll never let anything happen to her again. Jake will never let anything happen to her again," Edward said while he stroked my cheeks with his thumps.

Soon after that, Sue arrived at the house. She quickly greeted the family and ran upstairs to be with Charlie. The poor woman had just lost her daughter and was led to believe that her fiancé was lost as well.

I was really happy for my dad that he had found love again. And that he had opened his heart again. He truly deserved happiness.

Two hours later Sue joined us downstairs. Nessie and Jake had returned with the groceries and were helping Esme prepare some dinner in the kitchen.

"Bella, may I please have a word with you?" Sue asked me.

I suddenly felt nervous, but I couldn´t quite place the finger on why though.

"Sure," I answered her trying to sound cheery. I motioned for her to join me on the couch since a private conversation in this house was a lost cause anyway.

"Bella," Sue started off nervously. Her hands were shaking and she had tears in her eyes. This couldn´t be good. I swallowed hard and took a deep breath. I could hear Edward´s low chuckle in the background. Stupid mindreading vampire.

I took Sue´s hand in mine and tried to comfort her the only way I could think of. She winced a little at my cold touch but she didn´t remove her hand.

"I wanted to thank you for bringing back Charlie to me. I just don´t know what I would have done without him. I don´t think I could have moved passed all this..." she was starting to sob as she spoke.

"Shhh Sue, it´s OK. I would never let anyone hurt my dad. Never."

"I know," she whispered and placed her other hand on top of mine. "That´s why I wanted to ask you..."

Sue was interrupted by a squealing Alice who was jumping up and down.

"Really Sue?" Alice said between squeals.

Sue looked at Alice and then at me. She shrugged and said,"I guess so."

Alice let out a big squeal. "We have so much stuff we need to do then. ESME!" Alice shouted and ran out the room.

"I have no idea what that was about," Sue said in between nervous laughter.

"Yeah, sorry about that," I answered still not knowing what was going on. "Alice can be a little wacko."

"I HEARD THAT BELLA!" Alice shouted from the kitchen.

Edward, Emmet and Jasper couldn´t hold it in any longer and started a fit of laughter.

"Anyway, I wanted to ask you if you would be the maid of honor at our wedding?" Sue asked a little sheepishly.

"Off course I will. I would love too," I answered.

"Thank you," Sue looked me in the eyes and smiled. "Oh and by the way, the wedding´s in two days."

"So that was what the squealing was about then. But wait. Two days, huh?" I asked.

Sue nodded, excitement shining through her.

"A wedding on Christmas Eve. That´s so romantic," Alice was back in the living room. Still jumping up and down but had toned down on the squealing part.

Christmas Eve. Right. I forgot about that. But being in the same household as Alice also meant that I didn´t have to remember stuff like that.

"Bella, are you alright?" Asked Sue concerned.

"Yeah," I smiled at her. "Just didn´t realize that Christmas was just around the corner."

"Now now Bella," scolded Alice. "Where´s your holiday spirit?"

I rolled my eyes at her and turned to face Sue again.

"I´m so happy for you. Tell me if you need help preparing. Anything at all."

"Thanks Bella," Sue smiled at me, "but I have a feeling that it has all been taking care of?" It came out more as a question then as a statement and she glanced at Alice.

"You don´t have to worry about anything other than being there fashionably late," Alice answered with a wink.

Knowing Alice she would already have the perfect day planned out. In details.

Sue spent the rest of the night in Edward´s old room, nursing my dad. Nessie had brought them their dinner. My little girl was glowing out of joy, her family was safe. Her boyfriend and friends were safe. We didn´t have to worry anymore.

I noticed that Edward and Jacob had entered the house together after Jacob had asked Edward if he could talk to him. I wondered what that was about. They looked happy enough though, so I guess it wasn´t that serious.

The two days flew by way to fast. It was time for my father and Sue to tie the knot. I looked in the mirror and admired the midnight blue floor length dress that Alice had bought for me. Nessie was wearing one similar to mine only hers stopped just above her knees. Nessie wasn´t a little girl anymore, so Charlie had asked her to be his best girl instead of a flower girl. He didn´t think that a best man was only a guy's job.

"We´re no way near to be a normal family anyway," had been his winning point in their argument about it.

I found it rather cute that he had rephrased it as a best girl.

Seth was giving Sue away. All of the Quiluetes were coming and practically the whole town would be there. A wedding at the Cullen house, who would want to miss it?

Alice and Rosalie had run around all morning getting us all dressed up and ready. If you didn´t know them they would probably resemble headless chickens, but they knew what they were doing. Years and years of practice.

When it was almost time to start the ceremony, I stood at the top of the stairs with Sue and Seth, waiting for the cue to go downstairs when Sue turned around and said; "You know he´ll love you no matter what, right?"

"What do you mean, Sue?" I asked.

"Your dad. No matter what you decide to tell him, he´ll still love you. And he might even understand." She gave me a small smile.

"You think he´ll understand?" I asked baffled.

"He´s not as ignorant as he seems Bella, he already knows you´re different. He has just been scared to have it confirmed. He was afraid that he would lose you too. You´re way to important for him, these technicalities will never be in the way of his love and his need for you to be in his life," Sue spoke with absolute honesty in her voice.

"Technicalities?" I asked. "It´s a little more complicated than that, Sue."

"Is it?" she asked back.

"Yes," I answered her lost for words.

"It´s only as difficult as you make it. As you have experienced before, love is a powerful thing. And the love from a parent to a child is even more powerful. Nothing can tear it apart."

I was speechless. Maybe she was right. Maybe Charlie would understand it. Maybe I wouldn´t lose him if the truth came out. Did I have the nerve to test it?

"Think about it Bella. If it was Nessie, would you understand?" she asked me. "Would you be able to forgive?"

"Of course I would forgive her," I blurted out without any hesitation.

"There you have it then," she said.

"That´s different," I argued.

"Why? What makes it different?" Sue challenged.

"Because…" again I was lost for words. Damn it, I had never been good at arguing.

"See," she said smiling.

"Maybe you´re right," I said still not convinced. "But let´s get you down those stairs and up that aisle so my dad will be the happiest man alive."

She answered me with a huge smile and Seth linked his arm in hers and grinned.

Edward was playing the piano, Rosalie and Alice were going to sing a song during the ceremony, and Carlisle was performing the ceremony as he had done so many times before.

Edward started to play and I walked slowly down the stairs. When I saw my husband I lit up like the big Christmas tree behind him. He took my breath away in his tuxedo.

I finally reached the alter and the wedding march started playing. I remembered the last time that tune was played in this very house, although it was fuzzy memories, they were still there.

I smiled at my dad as he laid his eyes on the stunning Sue. Her dark skin glowed in contrast to the beautiful cream colored wedding gown she wore. A tear threatened to come out in the corner of Charlie´s eyes. He truly had found the one to glue his heart back together again.

Charlie and Sue had both said their I do´s and were sharing their first kiss as husband and wife when the crowd started whistling and clapping. They hadn´t had time to prepare their own vows, but it didn´t matter. We all knew how they felt about each other.

Charlie pulled back from the kiss and had the biggest grin on his face while Sue pouted over the loss of contact.

"Sorry sweetheart. But a man´s got to breath," he said as he winked.

The whole room laughed and Sue just gave Charlie a quick peck on the lips. They started to walk out of the living room so Edward started playing the piano again.

Alice and Rosalie started singing in the background. Their voices matching perfectly together.

I'd give anything, and everything. And I will always care.
Through weakness and strength, happiness and sorrow.
For better for worse, I will love you
With every beat of my heart.)

From this moment life has begun
From this moment you are the one
Right beside you is where I belong
From this moment on

From this moment I have been blessed
I live only for your happiness
And for your love I'd give my last breath
From this moment on

I give my hand to you with all my heart
I can't wait to live my life with you, I can't wait to start
You and I will never be apart
My dreams came true because of you

From this moment as long as I live
I will love you, I promise you this
There is nothing I wouldn't give
From this moment on

You're the reason I believe in love
And you're the answer to my prayers from up above
All we need is just the two of us
My dreams came true because of you

From this moment as long as I live
I will love you, I promise you this
There is nothing I wouldn't give
From this moment on
I will love you as long as I live
From this moment on

The party afterwards was a blast. Nothing too fancy, because that wasn´t Charlie´s style. The menu was steaks and beer. True to Charlie´s wishes. Emmet and Jasper were in charge of the barbecue and they were having so much fun with it.

"Boys will be boys" as Esme had put it.

During the father-daughter dance, although the roles were reversed in this wedding, I finally decided it was time to tell him the truth.

"Dad I need to tell you something." I started out verily.

He cocked an eyebrow at me and told me to continue.

"You know about the whole need-to-know-only thing, I think there are some things that have changed into the need-to-know zone," I said. It came out all wrong and I wasn´t even sure it made sense.

"I mean, after what you´ve just been through, I think I have some explaining to do," I hoped that clarified it.

"You don´t have to clarify anything Bells," Charlie said and let out a heavy breath.

"But dad…" I started to argue.

"You don´t have to clarify anything because I already know," he answered.

"You know?" I asked in disbelief.

"Yes." He stated just as simple as that.

"But how do you know?" I asked him. Worried how he had been told and also not quite believing that we were even speaking about the same thing.

"That man that took me, Aro was it? He told me the whole story. Of course I didn´t believe him at the begining, but after a while it all made sense," he explained.

"Wow," was all I could say at that point.

"It doesn´t change anything Bells. You´re still my little girl," he said and hugged me. The song had ended a couple of minutes ago and we were just standing there looking at each other.

"Thank you dad," I said as I hugged him back. "I love you."

"Me too kiddo, me too."

"Just promise me one thing though?" he asked.

"Anything," I answered.

"Don´t leave," he said this with a hurtful look on his face.

"I promise. One way or the other you will always have me in your life," I said to him with determination. I couldn´t and wouldn´t break his heart by leaving him.


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