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Bella's POV

I knew I was suppose to call Charlie but I couldn't get myself to do it. I looked at my cell phone and twirled it in my hand while we drove to the airport. *sigh* "Bella can I see your phone for a minute I left mine at the house" I glanced at Alice and then handed her my phone. She opened it, sighed and dialed a number. I wondered who she was calling.

Hey Charlie. My eyes opened wide. She called him. I leaned forward so I could hear Charlie's voice one more time. I knew I couldn't talk to him because my voice would break and I couldn't deal with hearing my dad cry over the phone.

"Hey Alice, where's Bells?" Alice sighed.

She's right here, she couldn't call and tell you goodbye so I did it for her. We will call you once our meeting is finished to let you know what will happen.

"do Jacob and the others know?" Alice turned to look at me and I shook my head. Nope it seems that Bella hasn't called anyone. If you don't mind could you call them and let them know we are on our way to Italy. They know the reason.

"Fine…tell…tell Bells I love her and Alice please…..protect her" Charlie hung up the phone and I sat back. The tears fell down my face automatically and I wiped them away as soon as they fell. Edward held onto me and kissed the top of my head. I didn't want to look at him and see all of his regret resurfaced so I decided to look out the window. I continued to twist my ring on my finger as we started to approach the airport. We got out of the cars and took our luggage out of the trunks. I knew us females wouldn't have to carry our luggage that's just how the Cullen men are. Lucky for Edward I only had two bags compared to Rose and Alice. I grinned at Jasper and Emmett who winked at me and then proceeded to walk to the ticket counter. I waited for Carlisle to approach seeing as all the tickets were under the name Cullen. I looked at the other travelers around me and couldn't help but notice their open mouthed stares. I smiled as it occurred to me how ordinary I must look compared to the rest of the Cullen's breathtaking beauty. Of course they all didn't look alike but they all looked similar. They had the same eye color, the same pale skin and of course their striking looks. Edward grabbed my passport from my jacket pocket and gave it to the clerk. She looked me over and then looked at Edward and back to me. I rolled my eyes, grabbed my boarding pass that was still in her hand and then followed behind Alice. I heard Edward laugh as he grabbed my hand. "impatient much love?" I looked at him. "Very! If I didn't grab my boarding pass, she would have continued to look back and forth all day with her mouth open" the rest of the Cullen's laughed as we continued to walk to gate 4.

I looked at the clock on the wall. 4:50. In 10 minutes I knew they would start boarding our flight since our plane was scheduled to leave at 5:20. I sat back and drew my legs to my chest. Edward sat on my left side while Alice sat on my right. I looked at my fiancée who looked back at me smiled and kissed my nose. "Edward"

"hmm?"

"You have to promise me something" his eyes narrowed while the rest of our family grew quiet.

"What is it Bella?"

"You can not loose your temper no matter what the verdict is nor can you kill Tanya" Edwards mouth dropped opened.

"Bella I can't make that promise" he said as he clenched his jaw and continued to glare at me. My eyes narrowed

"Of course you can or I will make sure Carlisle, Jasper, and Emmett run you back home. Tie you up and leave you there. They will make it back before the plane leaves but I doubt you will" I heard Emmett laugh uncontrollably and get pulled away by Rosalie. Alice and Jasper were looking at me stunned and Carlisle just had a big grin on his face. It was kind of odd. I have never seen Carlisle smile so wide.

Edward never broke eye contact with me and I knew he saw that I was serious. I knew my Edward, if they decided to kill me he would do everything in his power to die beside me, well maybe after he killed Tanya. I could not and I would not have that. He needed to live just like he would want me to live if he was killed. He was very hypocritical when he wanted to be but that day just wasn't today. He was still searching my eyes to see something that would tell him that I was kidding but I knew he wouldn't find anything.

"Fine…I promise" I turned away from him just when they announced that they would begin boarding. I looked at Carlisle who nodded his head and smiled while getting up. They called his row which consisted of Esme, Himself, Rosalie and Emmett. I returned his smile. Our row was called next. I stood up and took Edwards hand. He got up and put his arm around my shoulders and turned me towards him so he could kiss me. After the kiss was finished I opened my eyes. " I love you Isabella"

" I love you too" He kissed my nose and then we followed behind Jasper and Alice.

"Babe you have to get some sleep" I looked at Edward annoyed over the fact that he keeps telling me I need to sleep. It has been 10 hours and he's still harping on it. I narrowed my eyes "Edward if I could sleep I would but seeing that my life is no longer mine to enjoy until this whole ordeal is finished I can't sleep. Give it a rest"

"Bella you need your strength"

"Edward you're stressing me out let it go already." he pinched the bridge of his nose, looked at me and then turned to watch the in-flight movie that was playing. I think it was Quantum of Solace but I wasn't sure since I wasn't watching it. Alice grabbed my hand and I held onto it. I looked at her and mouthed is he going to leave me alone. Alice grinned and shook her head. "Not a chance Bella he is going to continue worrying about you forever" I groaned and I heard the others laugh. "Just my luck" I saw Edward roll his eyes and I shook my head. I continued twisting my engagement ring. 3 more hours and a couple of minutes we would be in Florence. I bit my lip and decided to watch the movie. Anything to take my mind off of what I was about to endure.

*Ding*"Siete arrivati in Italia. Auguriamo che la vostra visita" I looked at Edward so he could translate. "They are just telling us that we have arrived and they hope we enjoy our visit" I nodded and unbuckled my seat belt when the light turned on. I sighed and got up as the passengers began to get their stuff from the over head compartments. Carlisle led us out of the plane and pretty much the airport. I looked around at all the stares we were receiving and just continued to shake my head. I wonder if it ever got old for them. Edward put his arm around me and growled. I looked at him to see what the problem was and then I noticed a very tan good looking man smiling and waving at me. "Benvenuti in Italia Bella" For a minute I didn't understand how he knew my name until it occurred to me that my name did mean beautiful in Italian. I blushed. Edward turned and narrowed his eyes at the onlooker while crouching down. The other Cullen's stopped moving and turned to look at their son/brother. I walked in front of Edward and put my hands on his face. "Baby I'm yours alone, no one else's don't let him get to you" Edward's eyes looked into mine and then he got up and pulled me to his chest while kissing me and taking my breath away. He broke the kiss and we continued to follow the others. "Way to go Edward she's not even your wife yet and you already loose your temper I hope nobody else takes a liking to Bella on this trip or your promise is going to go right to sh_" Edward was away from me and back before any other human would realize he left. I looked behind me to see Emmett buckled over in pain. I couldn't help but laugh as Rosalie just shook her head and continued walking. "I told him his mouth would get him into trouble" We walked out of the airport where there were two cars already waiting. Edward and I got in the car with Esme and Carlisle while Emmett and Rosalie rode with Jasper and Alice. Next stop Volterra