I Hope you guys will enjoy this. It took me a long time trying to think of ideas, I noticed that the story was getting how should I say it... slow. So here we are speeding things up a bit.
BPOV
Esme and Rachel were walking back to us and I wondered where Linda was... I glanced at Rosie and she just gave me an 'I don't give a fuck' look. I tried to hide my smile but failed. Edward leaned over to me and I felt his breath on my ear.
"What's so funny love?" He asked me quietly. I bit my lip and held in a shiver that surely tried to get past me. I placed my hand on his thigh and rubbed slowly before replying.
"Oh nothing important. I wonder where my dad is..." I whispered back. I felt him grip my waist tighter and then he whispered in my ear very strained.
"You better fucking stop Bella or I don't know what I will do in front of everyone here," He ordered me. I smirked and removed my hand smoothly.
By then Linda was making her way back to us with her hair put together perfectly and her makeup touched up. I wondered why she tried so hard. Just then the doorbell rang and I looked excitedly at Esme, she winked at me and went to open it. I stood and went after her, hoping to see my dad. Luckily for me there stood daddy with his new girlfriend? She didn't look like his other girlfriends, this one seemed around his age and classy with a motherly look to her. She was thin and slightly shorter than Charlie in heels. She was dressed in a silk crème dress that went down to her knees with a matching crème jacket, but the fabric instead of silk was cashmere. Her heels were white Tory Burch with a huge gold symbol. Her natural blonde hair in an almost bob that went down to her shoulders. She looked beautiful and I smiled at my dad knowing this time he picked someone normal.
"Dad!" I yelled and ran to hug him. He hugged me back and petted my back.
"Bells, I missed you! Where are your sisters?" He asked, and then Alice and Rose ran up and hugged him as well. Esme was smiling along with the mysterious woman. By now everyone was at the entrance including Linda and Caleb.
"Daddy!" Alice squealed. Rose just hugged him and smirked at the woman.
"Who is this dad?" Rose asked this time warmly. The woman blushed and looked around nervously.
"Everyone I would like you to meet my girlfriend Helen Archibald, she is from New York," He introduced us. We all went and hugged her. She surprised slightly by our acceptance of her, hugged us back.
"So nice to meet you girls. Your father talks about you non stop," She said warmly.
"Helen! I haven't seen you in ages, ever since that fundraiser you threw in New York," Esme said shocked and happy. Helen laughed and hugged Esme, and then Carlisle.
"I know I'm so sorry, I was just busy organizing different relief foundations for Haiti," Helen admitted guiltily.
"We already donated to that like so long ago," Linda said in a snob like manner. I glared at her and ignored her.
"That is so great Helen, let us know if we can do anything to help," Alice said to her. Helen nodded and thanked us.
"Well shall we get to eating?" Charlie said patting his stomach, everyone laughed and was guided to the dining room. Esme and Carlisle took the heads of the tables, while each couple sat across from each other.
"So Rosie how are things going?" Dad asked Rose, Rose just looked at him and gave him a smile and then looked at Emmett and said everything was great. "Glad to hear it baby, and Emmett you better make sure you treasure my little girl here," Charlie threatened Emmett half joking. Emmett just laughed and nodded.
"Please, it is your daughter who should treasure our son," Linda said back. Everyone was quiet after that. You could see Charlie was livid.
"Excuse me?" He asked trying to keep his temper at bay. Emmett and Rose looked at each other in panic then at Esme.
"Linda!" Esme chided her. Linda just flipped her hair over her shoulder and raised a challenging eyebrow.
"What? Its not like I said anything wrong. Emmett is obviously too good for Rosalie here," Linda said again. Charlie was red by now. Helen placed a calming hand on Charlie's from across the table.
"I will not tolerate such disrespect of my daughters. How can you call yourself a woman of class when you behave like that!" Charlie yelled at her. Linda stared wide-eyed at him, not saying a word. "Now I will not hold this against Emmett since I know he is a good man for Rosie, but you ever make her feel bad I will make sure you regret it," Dad finished in a deadly tone. I have never been more proud of my dad than then. Rosalie almost had tears in her eyes as she smiled at Charlie.
"I'm leaving! I cant stand being at a table full of untamed low class people. Lets go Caleb," Linda said standing up. Caleb looked at her and then back at the table.
"Sweetie, why don't you just calm down and relax. Everyone here is like family. Now please sit back down," Caleb said quietly to her. Linda looked at him appalled and stormed out of there alone. Caleb looked at us apologetically and sighed going after her. "Excuse me."
We all stared in silence after what had just transpired. Caleb took our side over hers, she must be pissed right now.
"Serves her right," Rose muttered.
"Rosalie!" Charlie said shocked. Rose mumbled sorry and looked down at her hands.
"Well this is awkward..." Esme said with a slight giggle. "Anyone up for the appetizers?" She asked smiling. We all nodded and thanked the waiters who brought out our food.
"So Helen do you have any kids?" I asked her.
"Yes I have two sons, one is twenty one and the other is nineteen," She said wiping her mouth with her napkin. Alice, Rose and I exchanged glances between each other and smirked.
"When can we meet them?" Alice asked excitedly. Jasper frowned slightly at her but she didn't notice. Helen blushed and looked at Charlie for some help. Charlie just squeezed her hand in support.
"Well guys, we were thinking of moving in all together like a real family..." Charlie said slowly. I looked around and tried to grasp the situation. Edward was confused as well.
"What do you mean?" Rose asked impatiently.
"What Charlie means to say is, we would never want to move you from your home and boyfriends and friends so I was thinking of moving here and when my sons are finished with university or on break they can come to our house and we can all be like a family," Helen said nervously.
"So you mean to say is that you guys are moving into our house or we are moving to a different house?" I asked making things clear.
"Well girls, actually I've found a nice place right next to Esme's here. It's two doors down, has seven bedrooms and big enough for all of us..." Charlie explained. I looked at Rose and Alice and we shrugged deciding to give it a go. Though it would be weird having two new older step brothers... maybe it would be fun.
"I guess we can try it..." Rose said. Charlie and Helen smiled at each other and then Charlie looked at Esme.
"Thanks Esme for the suggestion of the house. We could never find things this quickly if it weren't for you," Charlie said. Esme smiled and shook her head saying it was her pleasure.
"So how did you guys meet is what I'm interested in hearing," Rachel asked in a giddy manner.
"Yes, yes!" Alice enthused her point by clapping. Once again I was amazed by how similar Rachel and Alice were.
"Well, I was throwing a fundraiser in New York, just a little one when Charlie came in with his date, Kate Foss," Helen began to say nervously. All of us gasped.
"Kate Foss? You mean the number one British model?" Rose asked making sure. Charlie gave a solemn nod and Helen continued.
"So we met, but obviously he was with his date and I was busy making sure everything stayed on track so then midway into the fundraiser Kate suddenly passed out. It made a big mess so I organized for her to be taken into one of the guestrooms where she could rest and Charlie obviously went with her to take care of her. So there we were in a room with Kate, Charlie and me, waiting for a doctor. Once the doctor came and examined her, he told us that she needed food and was dehydrated. Once Kate woke up Charlie was furious with her for starving herself..." Helen continued.
"Yes but her excuse was pathetic, she told me she had a fashion show in Milan to prepare for. I lost it right there, the fashion show was nearly two months away! Was she planning on eating an apple a day for all of those days? So I decided to break things off with her," Charlie explained.
"Then Charlie and I became very good friends, and we realized we had a lot in common. I of course thought that Charlie and I would never go out because I wasn't a model and all...But turns out he realized after Kate's passing out that he wanted a normal stable relationship. He confessed to me that I was his perfect woman and we gave it a go and here we are..." Helen finished. I was grinning madly, so was everyone around the room.
"Yes, so girls I hope you don't mind Helen being around for a long, long time," Charlie added proudly. Alice giggled and ran up to hug dad.
"This is great! She is perfect daddy!" Alice squealed. Charlie gave a proud nod and looked lovingly at Helen.
"So the main course is ready everyone, please dig in!" Esme stated. We all began to eat happily and as always the food was wonderful when Esme planned a dinner. After the dinner was finished everyone began to say their goodbyes. Charlie loved Rachel and Jim, also he reacquainted himself with Carlisle and they were planning some venture together. The kids, as in us, we just talked between each other excited at the prospect of living like a real family with dad and Helen, and her two sons. Of course our boys didn't like that idea very much. But we just laughed it off as them being over protective and slightly jealous. We agreed to drive Emmett home since his parents left earlier than expected and then Charlie and Helen met us at our house. So it was just us five.
"So when are we moving out?" Asked Rose.
"Within this week, Aidan and Joel are going to move in sometime then too. But they are in University so they can't stay for long," Dad said. Hmm Aidan and Joel eh, pretty nice names... Helen had taste.
"Cool, I guess we should start packing?" I asked. Helen nodded and then it was time for bed. Charlie took Helen to his room upstairs which he never used before and we all went to our own beds. That night I was up most of the night thinking about our new family and what it was going to be like.
The day passed rather quickly, everyone was busy packing. In the evening I got a phone call from Edward, asking to go for a walk by the shore. I readily agreed of course.
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Edward and I were walking down the shore holding hands; I couldn't be happier at that moment and knew that I wanted to be with Edward forever. Just as I thought that Edward pulled me into his arms and hugged me. I hugged him back instantly and breathed in his masculine scent.
"I want to stay like this forever," Edward whispered into the night. I smiled against his shirt and nodded.
"Me too, I always want to be in your arms," I said back blushing. Edwards hold on me tightened and then he released me a little to bend down and kiss me.
"You always will be," He said after the kiss. I gave him a smile and kissed him again. After our kiss I finally realized that school would be ending soon and I still had no idea what Edward was going to do...
"Edward..." I said unsurely, he looked at me concerned with love swirling in his eyes and I bit my lip nervously.
"What are we going to do for university? We have never discussed it..." I finally said. Edward's eyes became worried for a second and confused but then he pecked my nose and then my forehead and hugged me tightly once again.
"I got accepted into Harvard University... I haven't accepted or anything yet, but my father went there and my mother..." He sighed rubbing my back. I clenched my eyes shut and thought for a minute, Boston? That is so far... would we survive? "Say something Bella," He whispered leaning his chin on my head.
"B-Boston?" I whispered shakily. I knew my voice sounded strained and broken. But I definitely didn't want to make him feel bad for getting into such a prestigious school.
"Yea..." Edward replied simply.
"That's great Edward. You worked really hard... you deserve it," I said trying to make it sound more true than in my head. In the end Edward knew I was lying to myself. He pulled away from me and sat me down on the sand with him and took my hands into his and began to play with my fingers.
"What about you love?" He asked me. I bit my lip and looked down at our hands.
"I got my acceptance letter into Princeton last week..." I admitted still not looking at him. I felt his hands leave mine and I sighed depressed. Then I felt his hands under my chin lifting my face to look into his. He was smiling brightly his emerald eyes shining with love and happiness.
"Don't give me that face Bella, Princeton is amazing! It's one of the top schools to go into for public relations. It's not even that far love, we can see each other practically every weekend," Edward said to me softly. I took his fingers from my chin and kissed every single finger tip and then moved over onto his lap and straddled him whilst wrapping my arms around him.
"I don't want to be away from you... what if you find someone better, someone also studying to be a doctor, I don't know Edward..." I whispered trying to keep the tears away. Edward cupped my face between his large hands and kissed each one of my eyes.
"You are so stupid. How could I possibly think of anyone other than you? Have I not proved my love enough for you yet? Do you not trust me that much Bella? It hurts me knowing you really feel this way about me, I thought we were both on the same page..." Edward stated disappointed in me, but he was still gentle and sweet. I let a couple traitor tears past.
"Please don't hate me, I have my insecurities. I-I I just love you so much that I couldn't bear to lose you," I cried out pathetically.
"Bella! Listen to me! Nobody is going to lose anyone! You are mine and I am yours. You don't think I'm afraid that you are going to go to Princeton and meet some guy who is your perfect guy and then leave me? I think about that nonstop because you are so perfect! But I never voice it because I believe in us, in our love! What we have is rare Bella. How would you like me to prove it to you? Do you want me to give you a ring so you know I will never leave you, is that it? Would it make you feel more secure about me?" He asked distressed. I hated myself for making him say those things. I knew a long time ago that he loved me, yet why did I have no trust in him?
"I love you Edward, so much! I don't want you to feel forced to be with me 'cuz I'm pathetic!" I cried out clutching his shirt. He huffed and pulled my face to his and kissed me so hard I almost fainted. It was the most passionate kiss I have ever had to date. I fisted his hair and pulled him even closer while moaning. We made out for a while, after neither of us could hold our breaths any longer we separated and panted against each other.
"You crazy woman, you don't know what you do to me. I get hard just after a kiss from you! You are my drug, my feelings for you are so much deeper than love that I wouldn't even have a word to describe them. I am completely at your will and mercy my love. I will never leave you, ever. The only way you can get rid of me is by you choosing too," Edward said harshly. I cupped his cheeks and caressed them with my thumb.
"You are so perfect. I absolutely adore you! I'm sorry for doubting you," I admitted ashamed. He just smiled and kissed me again and this time neither of us stopped.
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