A/N – I'm back once again. This chapter just wouldn't come to me but it is finally done and I am already working on the next one so enjoy!

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LPOV

I had the music blaring and I flipped down the visor while waiting at the light. I admired my reflection in the mirror as I applied my strawberry lip gloss. Looking in the mirror I ran my fingers thru my hair and admired my reflection some more. I really was the best looking girl in this town. I couldn't wait until after graduation when I could get out of here and move on to the bigger and better things I was destined for.

As I reluctantly put the mirror back up I heard the unmistakable purr of a certain silver Volvo. There was only one person in town with a car like that. Confident that I looked my best I licked my lips and flipped my hair back over my shoulder. I timed it so that I could nonchalantly look over my shoulder just as he was pulling up and put a teasing smile on my face. I looked over and had to resist the urge to roll my eyes when I noticed that she was him. Of course she was with him. She never left his side. It was like she knew that if she let him be alone for any longer than necessary that he would realize that there was someone better out there. Someone like me! I had more to offer him than she ever could.

I looked through the windows of the Volvo as they pulled up and I could see that Edward was laughing. She was actually making him laugh. It was a sound that I had never heard and I couldn't stop staring at them. What was it about her that captivated him? I had tried and tried to figure it out but couldn't come up with anything that really set her apart. She was at best average. I just couldn't see what he saw in her. If he was with me I could show him things that he didn't even know existed, we would be a perfect match. He belonged with someone like me not someone like her.

I couldn't stop myself from looking over at them. He looked so perfect sitting there in the driver's seat. I coughed a little to see if he would notice me but his eyes were on Bella, always on Bella. She was looking at him and he was smiling at her. That amazing smile that took my breath away whenever I saw it. She turned her head forward and I could see that she was smiling too and that was something you didn't see a lot of.

Then she held her hand up in front of her and I saw the unmistakable gleam of a diamond on her ring finger. It couldn't be. This had to be some kind of joke. Perhaps Dr. Cullen had asked Edward to pick up Mrs. Cullen's ring from the jewelry store and she was trying it on as a joke, yes that had to be it. But then Edward leaned down and kissed the tip of the finger with the ring on it and then kissed her.

My head fell over from the shock I had just experienced and I hit the horn on the steering wheel. I jumped away quickly but I could see Edward laughing as he drove away. I'm not sure when the light had turned green but I pressed on the accelerator and made my way through the intersection before pulling out my phone. It rang one…two…three times.

Answer damn it answer

Finally she picked up the phone.

"Jessica you will never believe what I just saw?"

"What?" I could tell she had perked up immediately so I filled her in on everything. She was silent on the other end.

"Jessica?" At least I wasn't the only one who was shocked by the news.

"Why? Why do you think that he proposed to her?" It was something that I hadn't thought of. The whole idea seemed so unbelievable that I really hadn't had a chance to fully process it.

"I bet she is pregnant!!" That had to be it. "He is such a gentleman of course he would offer to marry her. Poor guy," we talked for a few more minutes each of us trying to figure out a way to comfort Edward in his time of need.

"Okay Jessica we have some phone calls to make. We are the first ones with this information and it is our right no our responsibility to share it with everyone. I'm going to call Taylor and you call Mike. I'll call you later on tonight so we can discuss school tomorrow." We got off the phone and I immediately began dialing again.

MPOV

I looked at the caller ID. Jessica. I debated for a second as to whether or not I should answer the phone. She probably wanted to go to the movies, or dinner, or something. That girl always wanted a piece of the Mike. I mean who could really blame her but it did get tiring sometimes. Especially since I wasn't stupid, I knew that I was only a substitute for the person she really wanted. No matter what happened lately it always seemed to come down that damn Edward Cullen.

I still hadn't forgiven that marshmallow colored freak for stealing my girl. Okay granted she wasn't my girl at the time but it was inevitable. We were meant for each other. He wasn't good enough for her. That whole family was a little off. I mean they had the money to invest in some mystic tan and yet they persisted on maintaining their ghastly shade.

The still ringing phone interrupted my thoughts. I picked it up before it went to voicemail.

"Hey Jessica how's…." she cut me off before I had a chance to finish my sentence.

"They're engaged Mike. ENGAGED!" I pulled the phone away from my ear. I had no idea what she was even talking about.

"Hello to you too Jessica. Why in the world are you screaming at me?"

"Didn't you hear me? They're ENGAGED?" Well getting louder didn't help me understand her any better.

"Of course I heard you Jessica, I'm not deaf. It would just help if you let me know who exactly you were talking about," I could think of no one we knew that would be getting engaged. No one that would upset her this much. Unless…..

"Edward and Bella are…" and that was all I heard. She kept ranting on the line while I closed my eyes and sat down.

"Why in the world would she marry him?" I asked and Jessica actually laughed.

"I think it's the other way around Mike. It's obvious why anyone would marry him but what does she have to offer? Word on the street is that she is pregnant," I instantly saw red. She wouldn't have let him touch her, there was no way. If he had violated her and then gotten her pregnant then it was up to me to defend her honor. I was the only one who should be touching her. I dreamed about touching her, her supple skin, moving the hair away from her neck and kissing the soft rise of her breasts as she moaned against me….

"Mike? Mike?" Damn it I was still on the phone.

"Jessica I need you here now." She would have to do. All I knew is that I needed someone to comfort me right now and I was pretty sure that she felt the same way.

"I'll be right over," with that we hung up and I went to my room to hide the pieces of paper on my desk that had Bella Newton written on them over and over again. I crumpled them up and threw them in the trash. I held back the tears that threatened to overwhelm me as I sat on my bed and held on to my teddy.

Mrs. Cope POV

I hung up the phone after Mr. Banner had called me. Edward Cullen and Isabella Swan were engaged. Even though we were a small town these things didn't happen too often and this was big news. Especially when it involved the Cullen family, there was very little known about them and it seemed that the Swan girl was the only one that any of them actually talked to. Well to be honest it seemed that her and Edward were doing a lot more than talking. When you had worked in high schools as long as I had you began to notice what the signs were when they moved their relationship to the next step. Those two definitely had. They weren't overt about it like many others before them had been. They weren't getting caught in the janitor's closet or behind the school but you could still tell.

Still though marriage was not something I had expected to hear about. I wonder if they would have a big wedding? To be honest we all wondered if she was pregnant. I wanted to believe in true love as much as the next person but life and experience jaded you. You begin to realize that life isn't the fairy tale that you are told about when you are a little girl. Real life takes work and true love doesn't always exist. With a sigh I went back to the kitchen to make dinner. Obviously my life hadn't quite turned out the way I had expected but Isabella was lucky. Edward Cullen seemed about as close to Prince Charming as you could get. There was no doubt that he was handsome, had money, the entire family was easy on the eyes and he treated her like a queen. I don't think that he ever let her out of his sight. While some might consider that a bit stalkerish I thought it was sweet. She was a bit clumsy after all and someone had to be there to catch her if she fell.

Oh well I was happy with the life I had. I suppose I could be happy as long as someone had found their happily ever after.

EPOV

I hated to leave her side but I could hear Charlie moving around and I knew that I had no choice. He had given up on doing random room checks so it might have been okay but I had to change anyways.

With one last kiss to Bella's forehead I wrote a quick note and made my way out the window. I kind of missed the bars on the windows, I enjoyed showing off my mad welding skills to Bella. Every woman liked a man who was good with his tools. Okay, I needed to stop that line of thought. I had obviously been listening to Emmett far too much.

I ran across the forest and into the house to find everyone sitting in the living room watching television. I looked to the screen and started laughing.

"Teen Wolf? Really?" Emmett looked at me and smiled.

"It's a classic Edward. I mean who wouldn't want a werewolf who played basketball at their school." Of course according to Emmett it was every schools dream. I remember that when it first came out Emmett dragged me to the movie theater over and over again because he found it so amusing.

"Wait why in the world are we discussing movies? I believe congratulations are in order my dear boy. You actually got her to say yes. I must say that I was surprised that you actually got her to agree to it. I hope that she knows what she is getting herself into to. I pity anyone who agrees to spend eternity with you," he punched me in the arm before looking at me. His face became serious before he began talking again. "Seriously though Edward congratulations you deserve it."

Everyone else came up and congratulated me before I went upstairs to get ready for school. I knew that today might be difficult that no one would actually believe that we were actually in love. I would try my best to make this as easy as possible for Bella because she would bear the brunt of the disbelief. Picking out my clothes I got dressed quickly and was heading out the door when Esme stopped me.

"Edward I know that you are on the way to pick up Bella but I just wanted to let you know how happy I am for you. You deserve this Edward please don't ever doubt it," she gave me a quick hug and with a warm feeling inside me I headed out to pick up my fiancée.

BPOV

I woke up in the morning alone and reached around frantically for Edward only to find a note.

Charlie was waking up so I had to leave. Soon I will never leave your side.

I love you.

Edward

The thought of never having to be away from him made me get out of bed with a smile. The smile quickly faded when I realized that today I would have to face everyone at school. Everyone already looked at us like we were some kind of walking science display that I couldn't imagine that the news of our engagement would make things much better. There was no doubt that everyone at school knew already. Edward had already made that much clear. I got up and got dressed and decided that I really didn't care. Everyone deserved to be happy. My father accepted it and was happy for me and that was the opinion that I really valued in this town. Screw everyone else!

I ran down the stairs when I heard Edward knocking on the door. I opened the door and he immediately pulled me into his arms. His lips found mine and any residual worries I might have had were immediately gone. I ate something quickly and Edward held me close to him as we walked out to the car. We were at the school in no time and I took deep breaths while I waited for him to come to my side and open the door. I could do this. I had nothing to be ashamed of and nothing to hide. The door opened and Edward looked down at me with a large smile on his face. To say that he was happy about this would be an understatement. I had never seen him smile this much. I knew that he used to feel like he didn't deserve happiness. It was nice to see him actually embracing his happiness that we had and to know that I was the source of this happiness made our engagement much more special to me.

He wrapped his arm around me and kissed me on the top of the head. I noticed that almost every single person in the parking lot was looking in our direction. I looked at Edward to avoid making eye contact with anyone and was surprised when Alice was suddenly in front of me.

"Oh Bella," she hugged me as tight as she could without hurting me. Letting me go she grabbed my hand to look at the ring and barely contained a scream of delight. "Congratulations! Have you thought about what you would like to do with the wedding? I have some ideas if you would like…." I cut her off before she had my entire wedding planned. I wouldn't be surprised if she already had the invitations ordered.

"Thanks Alice. You'll be the first person I'll talk to if I need anything. Edward and I haven't discussed wedding plans yet. I'm sure you will know what is going on before we do though," she hugged me again and Edward and I made our way to our first class.

All through the halls it got silent whenever we got close to anyone. People stared, people pointed, but no one said a word to either of us. That is until we got to class. I could tell that Lauren had been waiting for us and Edward placed a kiss on my head when he saw her. He leaned down and whispered in my ear.

"Don't let her get to you. I love you don't forget that," he walked me to my chair and sat down next to me. Lauren moved so that she could sit in front of me.

"So Bella I hear that congratulations are in order," she had a fake smile on her face that made my stomach turn. "So when is the due date," she coughed. "Oh, I'm sorry. I mean when is the wedding?" I knew that was what I was going to be facing all day but it was really a small price to pay in the long run. I looked over at Edward and although he looked worried he smiled at me. She looked at my stomach, "I imagine you don't want to wait too long."

I was trying to formulate a response but Edward beat me to it. "You're right Lauren, I don't want to wait too long. I love her and can't wait to make her my wife," he leaned across his desk and kissed me on the cheek. Everyone around us disappeared and all that mattered was Edward.

"Disgusting," I heard Lauren mutter as she stormed off. Hmm…perhaps this could be fun. She spent the entire class staring at us. To be fair the entire class stared at us, to be more precise they stared at me and watched my ever move as if somehow now that I was engaged I was a completely different person. Even our teacher couldn't help but stare at us. Edward was right it seemed as if everyone at the school already knew about our engagement, it saved me from having to talk a lot but it was hard not to miss the whispers around the room and the constant glances at my stomach. I felt as though I should have worn a tube top to show people that I wasn't pregnant.

We made it through the rest of the class without incident and Lauren left us alone for the rest of the day although we could see her talking to other students while pointing at me. I looked to Edward to find out exactly what she was saying but he just shook his head.

"Believe me, you don't want to know," he wrapped his arm around me again and led me to our next class. This time the person who was sitting there waiting to talk to me was someone who I was happy to see. Angela came up and hugged me as soon as we walked in the door and despite the fact that she had always kept her distance from Edward she gave him a light hug too.

"Congratulations to both of you," I could tell that she was genuinely happy for us. It was nice to finally have some support here at school. "I knew that it was only a matter of time." She gave me one last hug before we had to sit down for a class where once again the teacher stared at me and I could feel the eyes of every student look at me at one point or another. One person's eyes in particular never seemed to leave me. I almost felt sorry for Mike. He looked like someone had kicked his puppy and then him too. When I looked his way he looked down at my finger as if he couldn't believe the ring was actually there. He just kept shaking his head and mumbling to himself and then looking at Edward like he wanted to harm him. I could only hope that he wouldn't actually try anything. The last thing that I wanted was for Mike to get hurt, well anymore than he apparently already was.

Taking a deep breath I forced myself to pay attention to class. This was going to be a very long day indeed. Plus I wasn't too sure I was looking forward to going over to Edward's house after school. Emmett was no longer at school with us so I hadn't had to face him yet but I knew that he would be waiting there for me as soon as I walked in the door. Perhaps school wasn't so bad after all.

We made it through the rest of the day and although I didn't enjoy the blatant stares all day long I had gotten used to them. The only person who completely avoided me was Jessica. I could see her staring at us from across the cafeteria but like Mike she looked hurt as if somehow I had betrayed her. At the end of the day I saw them walking out to the parking lot together and hoped that maybe they could be there for each other. For now I had bigger things to worry about as we headed to Edward's house.

"He's happy for us. You really don't need to worry about Emmett," Edward had been trying to reassure me the entire drive home that everything would be okay and that Emmett was excited about the wedding.

"That's easy for you to say, you know what he is thinking. I don't have that luxury," he just started laughing.

"That is what I am here for. I'll protect you if things get out of hand. Just imagine though when you are changed you'll be able to take him!" Now that was definitely something to look forward to.

EmPOV

I could hear his car coming up the drive and I almost jumped up and down with excitement.

"Really Emmett, they are just getting married. If you've been to one wedding you've been to them all," Rose continued to flip through her magazine and made no move to greet Edward and Bella at the door. She could play it cool all she wanted but I knew that she was happy for Edward too. I would keep her secret safe. I was used to these things after all. Rose was all about portraying the perfect appearance to those around her. If she really let others know that she wasn't as tough as she claimed to be then they might actually try to talk to her and she wanted none of that. She liked her space and I understood and respected that.

I opened the door and waited for Bella and Edward to finally make it in. She saw me and looked liked she wanted to make a run for it but Edward pushed her forward. That was my boy. He knew not to keep her away from me. She should know better than to try to hide by now.

"Bella," I couldn't wait any longer. I think snails moved faster than she was moving right now. I ran out to her and pulled her from Edward and swung her around in the air. "Congratulations! I can't believe you actually agreed to marry him." I pulled her to my side, "If you really don't want to just nod your head. I'll sneak you out of here," she actually laughed and Edward came and took her back from me. He tried to growl at me but he couldn't pull it off he was too damn happy. I really did like seeing this side of Edward and I loved Bella all the more for bringing it out in him. It was about damn time he realized he deserved to be happy too.

"So Bella do you have any idea on a date, theme, colors…"

"You sound like Alice Emmett," she had stopped because she was laughing too hard to keep walking. "We just got engaged last night and unlike some people I do need to sleep so I haven't been up all night thinking about it."

"Okay, just want to make sure you get what you want Bella. These things take time, especially," she was looking at me like I was crazy again. "Hey, I like weddings and Rose never really lets me have a say when we get married. I have no idea why not. Just because I happened to bring up a petting zoo that could double as a buffet once. For the record I still think it is a good idea. You never know when a guest might get hungry! It's bad form to have hungry guests at a wedding. Might not work for your wedding though, people might notice if the zebras keep disappearing." I could hear Rose saying something inside so I decided to change the subject.

"So how was school today?" Edward had apparently had enough because he just rolled his eyes and carried her upstairs. Damn horny vampire, maybe I wasn't looking forward to having Bella move in. I was beginning to understand what it must be like for the others to have to live with Rose and I and it wasn't a fun experience. But since the family was already going to be listening to one couple I may as well get in on the action too. I went inside and began to search for Rose.

Okay we are getting close to the end so keep an eye out for an update soon! Thank you again for reading and hope you enjoyed!

Jaime