A/N – Sorry for the delay. I have finished my other story so it won't be as long between updates.

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EPOV

Apparently good news travels fast. The ring had barely been put on her finger before the rumors started flying. Small towns were notorious for the speed at which gossip traveled. I hadn't even delivered Bella to her home before the phones started ringing off the hook. All it had taken was for Lauren to see Bella admiring her ring on the way home from my house and after she pulled her jaw off the ground she pulled out her cell phone. A simple call to Jessica started the ball rolling and I think half the town knew about it by the time I pulled into her driveway. I was amazed at how many people in town had three way calling and the texting was off the charts.

Of course with Lauren being the first one to deliver the news it took a malicious twist right from the beginning. By the fifth phone call not only were we engaged but Bella was pregnant with twins. Thankfully I had asked Charlie before I proposed or else I could only imagine the reaction that he would have.

Apparently I wasn't the only one with Charlie on my mind. One second Bella was admiring her ring and the next second she was gasping.

"My Dad, what am I going to tell my Dad? He's going to kill us, well maybe not you but me most definitely." I could see her beginning to freak out so I had to calm her down.

"Bella, it's okay," I rubbed her back to try to soothe her. "I already talked to him. He already knows that I was planning on asking you." She looked shocked.

"You asked Charlie for permission? Do people even do that still?" Of course people still did that. Did she not realize that I was old fashioned? Of course things had gotten a bit out of order in the past few months but there are always exceptions to the rules. I'm nothing if not flexible after all. Speaking of flexible I wonder how flexible she would be after her change. There were some things that I had in mind that weren't even feasible at the moment but soon enough. I would figure out a way to bring them up later. Oh…what did she say? I had a feeling that I had just missed something.

"Earth to Edward, you know for a vampire you tend to space out an awful lot. What's going on up there," she tapped me on the forehead. That one simple touch was felt throughout my entire body. It just occurred to me that we hadn't celebrated our engagement properly. I would take her home and then wait for her in her room to show her just how excited I was to make her my wife. Perhaps I could convince her to wear something from Victoria's Secret…

"Edward? You are beginning to worry me," damn it I was losing it here.

"Sorry my love, just thinking about how happy I am that you said yes," she smiled and held up her ring again. That should distract her for a minute. Where was I again? Oh yes, Victoria's Secret…blue lace, down to there, no on second thought up to there. I could see her putting her hand down so I shook my head to focus on the present again.

"What did my dad say when you asked him? Did he threaten to kill you? Did he kick you out…well obviously he didn't because we're engaged but it couldn't have been easy. Wow Edward I can't believe you asked him. I bet he reached for his gun. You were lucky he was off duty because otherwise who knows what might have happened. Engaged, we're engaged…" I could tell that she was going to continue rambling unless I found a way to stop her. I pulled the car over and she didn't even notice.

"Bella." No response.

"Bella." Still nothing.

"Bella!" Wow, she was rather unobservant sometimes. Well desperate times call for desperate measures. I moved closer to her and still she talked. I kissed the back of her neck and although her voice got lower she still talked. I didn't think that smacking her would go over all that well since I would probably break her and all so I resorted to other tactics. Sticking my tongue out I licked the back of her neck and moved around to the front and started moving down. My hand moved down her thigh and back up again.

She froze and her mouth finally stopped moving. I stopped moving at the same time and she moaned in protest.

"Bella we are stopped on the side of the road in downtown Forks. No one is watching now but there is only so far that we could go. I was trying to distract you and take your mind off Charlie so let's get to your house now before he comes looking for you," I started the car again and began to drive.

"Well you certainly distracted me," she readjusted herself and I congratulated myself on my successful tactics. "Also Edward before you get too proud of yourself I'll pay you back for that little tactic later on."

BPOV

Stupid dazzling vampire. He thought that he was so smart, distracting me by kissing me and touching me. Two could play at that game but I would wait until the moment was right. He wasn't the only one with endless patience in this place. He did get my mind off Charlie though. Even though he had talked to him I knew that once Edward was gone I wouldn't be able to avoid talking to him. I knew that this was right though so Charlie was going to have to understand.

We pulled up in front of the house and Edward walked to my side to open my door.

"It's going to be okay don't worry," he wrapped his arm around my shoulder and we walked through the door together. Charlie was waiting for us in the living room. The television was off and he was just sitting in his chair staring off into space.

"Daddy?" I knew that I was playing dirty but I had to use whatever I could in this situation. "We have something to tell you," I was including Edward in on this.

"I know Bella, I know. Mr. Perfect over there asked me first so I know what you are going to tell me," he looked at me finally and he looked lost.

"Okay, well would you like to see the ring?" It was a beautiful ring. I knew nothing about diamonds but I knew it was beautiful and this was Edward after all he wouldn't get anything but the best.

Charlie looked at it absentmindedly and muttered something about it being nice and then wandered out of the room.

"Well that was interesting," I looked to Edward to try to get some idea of what was going on in his head.

"He'll come around. Today was a lot for him to take in so just give him some time," he came over and hugged me. "I'm going to head out so you can spend some time with him. I'll be back later on," he gave me a quick kiss on the lips and then he was gone. I went and looked for Charlie. I found him in the garage going through his fishing supplies.

"Dad," he jumped when I spoke and after a brief pause he turned to look at me.

"Bella please understand that I'm happy for you it is just all sort of a shock to me still," he sighed and looked away from me as if he was ashamed of what he had just said.

"I understand Dad. You've been more supportive than I have had any right to expect," I walked over to him and gave him a big hug. "Besides Dad I couldn't do this without you. I'm counting on you to walk me down the aisle." He smiled at me and hugged me back and I knew that he would be okay.

We spent the rest of the day going through his fishing gear and other stuff in the garage. Neither of us said much but it was still one of the best days that I had ever spent with my dad. He insisted that we go out to dinner as a celebration of my engagement. He even asked if Edward would like to join us and I declined telling him that I wanted some time with just him. At dinner he told everyone that we talked to about my engagement. I could tell by the look on people's faces that most of them knew already but the shock came from Charlie being so happy about it. As everyone stared at me I knew one thing was certain. I was dreading school tomorrow.

It had been a long day so after we got home I cleaned up the kitchen a bit and Charlie headed upstairs for bed. I waited a little while to ensure he was asleep before I headed to my room. Edward was already waiting there for me and he had a rather large smile on his face. He was definitely different than he had been when I first met him. That Edward was angry and sullen. This Edward finally realized that he deserved to be happy and I intended to spend my life making sure that he was.

He had his hands behind his back and when he brought them forward I saw that he had a single red rose in his hand.

"For the future Mrs. Cullen," he held it out to me and smiled that special smile.

"So how much of the town knows about our impending nuptials," I asked as I walked over to him. He held out his arms to me and I stepped inside. Although the coolness was always a bit of a shock it was a welcome one.

"Well if I were to give a ballpark I would say it was somewhere in the 80%-90% range but of course that is just an estimate," he kissed the top of my head, the side of my neck, the crook of my arm. I knew he was trying to distract me but I really couldn't bring myself to complain.

"So what are the rumors? Dying of some incurable disease, you lost a bet, I'm pregnant," I meant these as a joke but then noticed that his smile faltered a bit before he kissed my stomach. He continued to kiss me but I stopped him by putting a hand on his head. "Edward?"

"Pregnancy seems to be the prevailing theory. These ignorant fools can't believe that I...," he stopped suddenly as if he realized what he was about to say.

"They can't believe that you would actual want to marry me?" He looked away and I knew that I was right.

"Bella, ignore them. They are all jealous and stupid if they can't see how lucky I am that you would agree to spend eternity with me," he moved quickly and his face was in front of mine. His cool breath filled my senses. "Their loss," he whispered before attacking me.

I was vaguely aware of landing on the bed before he covered me. He was everywhere at once, his hands, his lips, his body. I knew that there were other things to talk about, other things to say but nothing else mattered and I allowed myself to get lost in him.

He moved just long enough for me to get some air and to remove our clothing. I was panting but I didn't want him to stop. He stood there for a second and just looked at me. He looked up and down my body and took in every inch of it. I began to squirm under his examination but he would have none of that.

"Stay still my love. You are exquisite," he moved his hands along my body now and I tried to think of something, anything that would stop me from moving. My eyes were squeezed closed because if I watched him during this I wouldn't be able to remain calm. "I love you," he whispered over and over again and he moved his lips along every inch of my body.

Screw what people thought, screw them not understanding. They were all jealous. Everyone wanted Edward. I could always tell when the thoughts were particular bad because he would pull me closer to him. Why should I waste anymore time worrying about it he was mine and that was the way it was meant to be.

I opened my eyes and looked at him. His hair was falling over his head as he licked along my thigh, then my ankle, then my knee, stomach, throat. What was I thinking about again? I reached over and pulled on his hair, needing him and no longer willing to wait.

Even though I was pulling rather insistently on his hair he took his time cherishing every inch of my body. It wasn't like I was hurting him so he acted like he had all the time in the world even though he was driving me insane. Finally after what had seemed like forever his lips were on mine again. I pushed my body up against his needing to have all of him.

His response was instantaneous. Before I could even think to beg him for more he was inside me. We both moaned at the immediate feeling of gratification. He was less controlled than he had ever been. Not in a way that was hurting me but in a way that was turning me on immensely.

"Mine," he whispered against my lips as he thrust into me. "Your body, your soul, it's all mine forever." His movements were quicker and my body tensed as the sensations become too much for me.

I shoved my head into my pillow as I moaned his name over and over again. I was his, I would always be his. He continued to move inside me, he was grunting and moaning now and I felt my body tighten again. We moved together, sweat glistening on my body as the only sounds that filled the room was my frantic breath.

"Bella…Bella…Bella," his voice got louder as his movements got faster. It wasn't long before we both were shuddering. He pulled me to my side and looked at me while I caught my breath. I tried to hide a big yawn from him but he saw everything.

"You do realize that when you're changed you'll never have to sleep again," he rubbed my face with his hand and placed a kiss on my nose.

"Whatever shall we do with all that time?" I moved closer to him. His body was still warm from his nearness to me.

"Well I can think of a few things. Travel, read, watch movies," he kissed me lightly again and I melted against him suddenly not so tired anymore. "We can always play Scrabble too," I laughed as he wrapped his arms around me.

"Hmmm…why don't we practice? There are a lot of words that I'm not sure how to spell," he got a devious look in his eyes and we proceeded to practice for most of the night.

Hope you enjoyed, working on the next chapter now. Thanks again for all the support of this story!

Jaime