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Esme and the girls growled.

And to think, I was looking forward to this weekend.

Chapter 53: It's a Pleasure to Have you Here

BPOV

Edward had told me a little about this Tanya person who was like family. He was obviously uncomfortable around her, but now I was I saw why. All the girls seemed to be a little… showy and very confident around men.

I put on a sickly sweet smile to match a sickly sweet voice. "Hey Tanya, it's so nice to meet you! I'm Bella, Edward's girlfriend." I held out my hand for her to shake which she took. I gave her hand a little squeeze that was a warning to stay away from Edward.

"Bella! It's nice to meet you! Kate and Carmen have been keeping in touch with you Cullens and she told me about how they met you! So, how do you like the perks about being a vampire?" she asked. She actually seemed genuinely curious.

But I wasn't buying it. I had territory to protect. "It's nice. I like the fact that I can hear and see everything. And the super strength, I can crush anything." I said, adding a less than subtle hint to my words.

She either chose to ignore it or she was didn't get it. Both choices said that she was extremely stupid.

"That's good! I remember my first days as a vampire. It felt like everything was cloudy before and that now you can finally see, finally breath, you know? I've gained so much experience through my years as a vampire!" she exclaimed.

My eyes narrowed on their own accord. Was she trying to imply something?

"That's nice Tanya, but we all know how much experience you have." Rosalie said, glaring.

Tanya looked taken aback.

I decided to change the subject. "So, Kate, Irina, Carmen, and Elzear! Nice to finally meet you!"

The Cullens had talked about them a lot.

"You too Bella! As Tanya said, the Cullens talk about you a lot." Kate said.

"Ah and when were you changed?" a bored voice came out from behind her. I looked over and saw a woman with white-blonde hair stepping out from behind Kate.

"Quite recently." I replied coldly.

She smirked. "Yes, that's quite obvious by the red eyes that you have. It was either that you were a newborn or an amateur at working at your self control. It matters not. I'm sure the Cullens accept your red eyes nonetheless. Even though it goes against everything that they work for." Irina said.

I knew that if I was human, I would be very red in the face. From anger.

I wanted to punch the living daylight out of her. Who did she think she was?

Edward cleared his throat nervously. "Well, it's er, nice to have you here ladies, and gentleman. May I inquire as to how long you're staying?"

Irina cackled. "Of course you can Edward! Such a polite young man! We plan on staying for just a week, if that's alright with you? We'd love to stay longer, but you know us busy girls! Friends to meet, things to do." She said.

I coughed. "People to do."

Everyone except for Carlisle and the Denali's snickered.

Irina narrowed her eyes. "It's nice to know that you still retain all your manners from your time Edward. Seems like teenagers these days need a serious lesson in manners." She locked eyes with me, glaring.

I glared right back at her. "If you mean by manners that I don't try to give every guy that I meet 'the best night of his life' then I'm glad to say that I don't have any manners. I didn't know that when I met someone I was supposed to do more than shake their hand and make small talk."

She gasped. "Are you implying something you little brat?"

"Why no, where'd you get that idea? I'm not implying anything. I'm saying it." She looked astonished that anyone would speak to her that way. I smiled back at her. "Now, as much as I'd love to stay and talk, my family and I have some business to attend to." And I turned around, ready to go upstairs, with Alice and Rosalie snickering into their hands besides me.

"You mean your funeral?"

I whipped around. She had no right at all to bring that up. But I was curious. I never really thought much about my funeral. When was it? "What are you talking about?"

She smirked, glad that she knew something that I didn't. "Oh, well your funeral starts in half an hour. I thought you knew. My mistake." She said, looking very smug.

"You probably forgot that I didn't know. It's okay, I take pity on you. Being as old as you are, it must be hard to remember these things. No worries, it just means you're a special vampire. That's what you wanted all along right? Now, you must excuse me again." I shot back before walking up the stairs. "Oh, and Edward? Would you like to join me in my room? I have to talk to you about something. Tell you a few things… you know. The usual. And some things are just so hard to do by myself." I said suggestively.

He looked confused at first before understanding lit his eyes. "Of course love. There's nothing I'd rather do than join you and help you. Wouldn't want you to feel lonely now would we?"

Irina looked like she wanted to kill me. She probably did. But I knew that the Cullens would kill her first, so I wasn't worried. Edward followed me upstairs with a smile playing on his features.

When we reached his room, he pulled me into a kiss. "I love you so much Bella." He said before covering my lips with his again.

"Let's get out of here." I breathed out, my breaths coming in and out quickly. Just because I didn't need oxygen didn't mean that I didn't still breath.

He took my hand and we jumped out of his window for the second time that day.

-:-

Our tongues were in war against each other, battling for dominance. He pulled back and began to talk.

"That was epic Bella. No one's ever talked to Irina like that." Edward said, bring my hand up to his lips.

"Thanks. She sounded, and looked like, she deserved a lashing."

"But Tanya's really not that bad. She seems a little forward, but she's not a bad person. I will admit that she used to and kind of still does, have a small crush on me, but she's not going to try and tear us apart. She's happy that I found someone to make me happy." He said sternly.

I sighed. I knew that he wanted me to apologize to her without saying it outright. "Ok, fine. I'll apologize to her Edward. But I can't help but feel a little threatened. There she is, an experienced vampire, and here I am, an amateur, newborn vampire. I was on the defense." I defended myself. And I was talking about more than experience being a vampire.

"Don't worry about it love. There's no competition. And she's strawberry blonde. Not at all my type." He chuckled.

I thought about it for a minute. I didn't want to seem like one of those jealous, insecure girlfriends, but I was a little jealous and I was a little insecure.

"I love you, Edward."

"I love you, Bella. Now, where were we?"

And then we began where we left off.

-:-

Twenty minutes later, I remember what Irina had said about my funeral. Why hadn't Edward told me about it?

I pulled back and looked him in the eyes. "Edward, do you know anything about my funeral that Irina was talking about?"

He looked frustrated and ran his hand through his hair. "I was hoping you wouldn't remember what she said."

I glared at him. "Why would you try to keep that from me Edward?"

"Bella, I didn't want you to have to go to your own funeral. It's not exactly the epitome of fun. And I was afraid. That you'd realize what you were leaving behind regret your decision. I'm sorry Bella." He was looking down.

I put a finger underneath his chin. "Edward, I love you and would never leave you. If it weren't for you, I'd be dead right now. And I wouldn't choose that over you for anything. But I really do wish you had told me about it. I kind of want to go." I said the last part softly.

He looked me in the eyes for a minute before nodding his head slowly. "Okay. But we're going to have to hide in the trees."

I shook my head. "Edward, you should be there. And be noticed. I mean, you were my boyfriend. And Alice was my best friend. And Emmett my big brother. And so was Jasper. And Rosalie was my big sister/ mother. And Esme and Carlisle were like my second parents. You know, we should all go. I'll just wear… sunglasses or contacts and we can pretend that I'm your half sister or something."

He was shaking his head. "It's too dangerous Bella. The blood, the humans. No Bella. You know, you shouldn't even go."

"But Edward! I really want to! And I have a right you know. It's my funeral after all. And I can just hold my breath, be your must half sister!" I exclaimed, proud of my idea.

"No Bella."

"Edward!" I whined. I really wanted to go, no matter how morbid it sounded.

"Bella." He sounded exasperated.

"Let's ask Alice and see if anything's going to happen. Race you back to the house!" I shouted before taking off.

"Bella!" he shouted after me.

I giggled, looking behind my back, as I ran towards the house.

I won.

-:-

We were all set to go, with my dark brown contacts in and our mourning clothes on. Alice had said nothing was going to happen, and I trusted her. Edward would stop me if anything was going to happen too.

He wasn't too happy that Alice had sided with me, but it was my funeral after all and I had a right to go. He was lucky that I wasn't completely pissed at him for keeping it from him.

"All ready?" Alice asked.

We nodded. The Denalis were just going to stay at home while we went to my funeral. It would be too weird if we brought too many people that didn't know the dead person that was lying in the casket at the moment.

"By the way, what's in the casket?" I asked Edward as it was brought to mind.

"It's empty." He said, his lips pressed together.

"What's wrong Edward?" I asked quietly.

"It's just… hard. To go to your funeral. I wish I could have stopped that disease and allowed you to be human. Sometimes, I think that there was surely more that I could do."

I pressed one of my fingers against his lips. "Shh Edward. Don't think like that. I love you. I'm happy. And I don't regret my decision one bit."

He closed his eyes but nodded, kissing my finger. I smiled and brought my finger to my side.

I closed my eyes and straightened up. I put my black hat on and opened my eyes, drawing in an unneeded breath.

"Alright, let's go to my funeral."

So Irina's the bad guy. And I'm sad to say that the story is most definitely coming to an end soon. I'm working on Chapter 57 and debating whether or not to make it my last chapter :(

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