Bella sat on the porch swing that sat on the front porch. Too much was going on and too fast, with everything going on she hadn't stop to think about Edward.

"…How are you doing Edward?"

"…Do you still love me?" he asked

"..i always will Edward. You were my first love. I won't ever forget you but…" Bella stopped not knowing how to finish the sentence.

"I thought we had something. We could have stayed togather….thiers still time. We could run away together. Go wherever you want. We could get married. Have a life. I would give you everything and anything you ever wanted" Edward told her as he took her hand

Bella held Edwards' hand and looked towards the sky. It grey and cloudy.

"Of course you would. you think to much of me Edward. When we were togather you never let me make a mistake. Held me on a pedestal. Of course I held you on a

pedestal too. We were not meant to be Edward. We were both obsessive , I mean to the point that we couldn't survive without the other. That's not right. Or healthy.

You were my first love and I was yours. We will always have something special. But its over between us. Im sorry Carlsile is doing what he's doing but it doesn't

change a thing. We are not meant to be. Go find happiness and be with someone that lights your world."

Their was silence. Neither spoke a word. Edward stood, looked down at bella. "This… this is goodbye then. I wont see you ever again. But if you ever need anything. im just a phone call away." he said as he tried to hand her his phone number. Bella, however, shook her head.

"This is it, Edward. Go. Be happy."

With that said, Edward Cullen took one last look at bella swan and ran into the nearby forest. He would never see her again.

A clearing of the throat brought bella from her throats.

"ready to go? Rosalie's letting us use her car." Jacob grunted

Bella nodded and took his hand. The two got in the shiny red convertible and drove off.

"Are you hungry?" Jacob asked her

"yes."

The rest of the ride was silent. Jacob didn't speak to bella and bella didn't speak to him.

"I don't want to be forced to get married." Jacob finally said as they pulled up to a drive in restaurant. They ordered their food and then drove off to a secluded spot in an abandoned parking lot overlooking a river

"WE are not. Think about Jacob. No one can truly force you to do anything. if we wanted to we could pick up our stuff and run away, or we could go to vegas and get married. I truthfully, understand it feels like were being pressured and forced but we were going to get married anyway right?"

"That's not the point Isabella. I want us to get married for us! Darn it! Its like every choice we make is just … I can't think right now!"

Jacob said as he got out the car.

Bella got out the car as well waiting for him to finish his thoughts.

"When I think about our wedding. I saw us planning it togather, having bachelor and bacherlerotte parties. You know going through the motions. This feels like a plan to stop a disaster. Not something you and I sat down togather and talked about."

Bella reached for jacob's hands . "honey, lets forget about the plan and what we thought we saw for the wedding. Tell me why do you want to marry me?"

"because your it for me. Ive have only had eyes for you ever since we were kids. You light up my world. You push me in ways other people don't. and you don't want the big things, it's the simple small things that matter most. Your my equal, my partner. I couldn't ask for anyone better."

Bella smiled and said "exactly. That's exactly why were doing what were going to do tomorrow. Listen Jacob. We are not having a wedding. We are having a marriage

. No it not going to be big or fancy and we wont get a magical honeymoon and be able to have time to ourselves. No, were going to have to face a divded and angry

pack. Irritating sisters and parents. Unfair and odd imprints and in the next few months twins. Youll pull overtime at the garage, ill be at home getting my nipples

sucked off till their raw. We will be tired, crancky and ready to kill each other but it will ours. It will be us. No its not going to be perfect but what marriage is. So lets

do this one thing for us. Not for our kids or the threat against us. Lets make this our choice."

With an intense passion, Jacob pressed his lips to bella's. "Wedding on the beach at sunset huh?" he asked after they parted.

"yes. Both of us barefoot. You exactly the way you are now and me in a very comfortable pair of sweats. But I doubt rose will let that part slide."

Jacob grinned, as he went back to the car and put the hood down of rose's convertible.

"I heard what you said to Edward. You could have ran away with him." he mumbled quietly as he helped her unto the hood of the car.

"…I didnt want to.I wanted to stay here with you and have some kind of normalcy." Bella told him

"nothing about my life is normal. Isabella." Jacob murmured as he hopped off the hood and reached inside to hand bella their food.

"yes, but its normal for me. I can handle the pack and daily life that goes with it. besides, our kids will have tons of baby sitters"

"They sure will. They sure will."

Meanwhile, back in la push.

"…im leaving Solomon… I cant stay here anymore. Don't know why I even bothered." Rebbecca said to the man lying net to her in bed.

"…Why don't you stay here… with me?" he asked

"no. I need to leave. Get the heck out of here, head back to hawhii and grab all my stuff. Cant believe solly. What a wimp. Wasted my time. Hey, you want to come with me? You could get out of la push. See the world? Get away from all this pressure to follow tradition.?"

"..i like the way you think girl. Now, lets get back to business." He said as he rolled Rebbecca unto her back.

Sam uley knocked on the door of the black house. No answer of course, their had been no sign of Billy, Jacob, leah, paul, Collin or embry. It was ridiculous. They were all missing. And he had no idea where rebbecca or Rachel were.

He was going to talk to the council about these sudden dissaperences. He was not happy. The deadline for bella swan to surrender herself to the Cullens was approaching and sam uley would not have a war on his hands.