A/N: My mojo has decided to wane a bit, but I was able to finish this chapter, thank goodness. I will finish this story. It's just taking longer than I wanted it to.
Thank you to all of my readers and those of who that have favored or followed this little story of mine. I know this story is not for everyone. That's okay. To be honest, not everyone else's stories are for me either. We all have our likes and dislikes.
As always, thanks to flamingpen18 for making things pretty for me even during her time of chaos in her RL. Love you, boss mama! Thanks also goes to teamhotmen for making me laugh at the things she tries to tell us and almost always being there to bounce ideas off of, and to klcivinski, for always throwing bunnies my way cause I know you love to do so. ;)
I hope you all had a good holiday season.
**Warning**
Do not read while hungry. Also, you might want to have some snacks handy just to be on the safe side. You've all been warned. I am keeping this warning up it for you all to be forewarned for future chapters.
None of the characters belong to me. They belong to S.M. unless there is a character that I have created myself.
EPOV
The week in Florida went by really fast. The next thing I knew it was our last night there, and we were getting ready to pack our things. For our last night, I wanted to take Bella to dinner. My plan was for us to go to the Magic Kingdom so that I could propose to her in front of the castle. Charlie and the rest of our party would meet us there to watch the proposal take place.
We decided to go to Tony's Town Square. We dressed for comfort. I knew that Bella would want to go on a few rides and look through the stores one last time.
We were seated right away. We perused the menu and had decided to share different entrees with each other. We ended up with a Ceasar salad to start off with as well as the spinach dip then proceeded to have House-made Gnocchi Primavera with Grilled Chicken Breast and then the Italian Trio. We decided not to get dessert since we were really full.
We went on a few rides, before I started leading Bella to the castle to watch the fireworks show. After which, I will be proposing to her. Once we were situated, I text Charlie quickly to let him know that we were waiting for the fireworks to start.
As soon as the finale ended, I dropped down to one knee and held on to Bella's hand. "Isabella Marie Swan, I know it hasn't been long, but I know that you're the one for me. Would you please do me the honor of becoming my wife?" I ask as I hold up the ring to her.
I see tears falling down her cheeks with her hand in front of her mouth. "Yes!" she says and throws herself at me as soon as I stand up. She wrapped her arms around my neck as I pull her body into me to give her a kiss as the people around us started clapping. Tori ran towards us to give us both a hug. Charlie was the next one up and congratulated the both of us. Jimmy had his phone in hand as he recorded my proposing to Bella.
I could hear Bella talking to both Tori and Carmen about how she would love to get married either here or at Disneyland. That gave me some ideas on where to have our wedding. The only question is when that would be since I would rather it be fairly warm when we got married. That will be something for us to discuss at a later time.
We had decided to go get some ice cream before we headed back to get some sleep. The next morning we had breakfast at Good Morning Breakfast with Goofy and His Pals. I was saving this for the very last thing we did before we headed out to the airport. I knew that Riley would like it a lot. Plus, the variety that we can choose from was good. We all left stuffed to the point that it was a slow walk back to the hotel. I tipped the valets and bellhops for loading the vehicles up with all of our luggage. Once we were all finished, we made our way to the airport.
Seth had picked us up from the airport. Jimmy and Riley were dropped off first. Their parents welcomed them home with a hug and waved goodbye to us. As soon as we got home, I could tell that my mom had decorated the house for Christmas so that we wouldn't have to do so.
"Wow, your mom decorated for us, didn't she?" Bella asks.
"Yeah, she did," I say as I shake my head.
As soon as we made it into the house, we were surrounded by family. Bella and I were given hugs by everyone. Even Alice and Rose were there as well.
"We need to start planning the engagement party," mom says.
"Engagement party?" Bella and I both reply at the same time.
"Yes, and it's the perfect time to let everyone know that Bella is a welcomed member of the family, and that we all love her," mom informs us.
"Well, umm.. Okay," Bella says.
"We have to go shopping to pick out the perfect dress for you, Bella," Alice says.
"We need to figure out where to hold the party. I know. What about here? This way both you and Bella will be more comfortable. What do you say, Edward? We can also hire a caterer so that Eli doesn't have to do all of the cooking."
"Sure, mom, that sounds like a good idea," I tell her.
"Actually, Esme, I would prefer to do the cooking. This way, I can ensure nothing happens to the kitchen. I can have Carmen and Jimmy help me. All we would need is some servers to help. Depending on how many people will be coming, the dining room should be big enough for everyone, and those that don't fit can be in the living room and family room."
With that, mom took the girls to the living room to plan everything out. I took mine and Bella's things to our room. While it was nice to be away, it felt good to be back home. I unpacked for us both and put our dirty clothes in our hamper. I took a shower and changed into some comfortable clothes. I then went downstairs to find out how the planning was going.
"Pardon the interruption, but can I steal Bella away for a few minutes?" I ask as soon as I could see that she was looking a bit weary and tired.
"Sure, go right ahead," mom says.
I helped Bella off of the couch and walked with her to our room. As soon as I had the door closed, she thanked me, saying that everything was starting to sound the same.
"You took a shower without me, didn't you?" she says with an adorable pout.
I gave her a brief kiss,"Yes, I did, baby girl. I could always join you though if you want?"
"Please," she says as she starts walking away and dropping clothes as she takes them off while doing so.
I ran after her. As soon as I was in the bathroom, I stripped off my clothes as fast as I could and joined her in the shower. She leaned against me as soon as I pulled her into my arms. I kissed the top of her head before I lifted her chin to give her a kiss. We stood that way for a few minutes, before I grabbed Bella's loofah and added her body wash to it so that I could wash her body for her. She rinsed off before grabbing her shampoo and condition her hair. I got out, wrapped a towel around myself, and wrapped another one around Bella. She grabbed her turbie twist and wrapped it around her hair. I got dressed back into the clothes that I was wearing while Bella went into the closet to get dressed herself.
"Feel better?" I ask Bella.
"Yes, much. How much longer do you think they will be here for? I just want to have some lunch and take a nap. I just want us to have a relaxing day to ourselves."
"I'll talk to mom and tell her that we need to unwind from flying back. I will also tell her to give us a couple of days to ourselves so that we can just vegetate,"
"That sounds perfect to me," she says and gives me a kiss.
I pull her into my arms and deepen the kiss. As soon as I do, someone starts knocking on the door. Bella pulls out of my arms and went to go sit down on our bed as I open up the door. It was my dad, and he wanted to let us know that he curtailed the party planning so that they could all go home and let us enjoy being back home.
"You know how your mom is. Of course she has to start doing the planning right away. I saw how tired you all looked and told her to leave it be for a few days. I also told her that you would be the one to be calling to let her know when she can come back for the planning," my dad says.
"Thanks, dad," I say.
Bella says at the sametime, "Thank you, Carlisle!"
"You're both welcome! It's a good thing that the office is closed for the next few weeks. I think that we all could use the down time."
"I agree, dad. We'll see you in a few days. Let me walk you all out," I tell him. "I'll be right back, baby girl," I tell Bella and give her a kiss before I leave our room.
My dad and I both walked downstairs to see that everyone is pulling on their jackets as well as their scarves, beanies, and gloves.
"Mom, I'll call you in a few days so that we can finish planning the party."
"Alright, Edward, you two get some rest. Please make sure Carmen and Eli do the same."
"I will, mom," I assure her and pull her into a hug. I said goodbye to everyone and closed and locked the door.
When I made it back to our room, Bella was snuggled up in bed and buried under the covers. I got into bed and pulled Bella into me. She rolled and snuggled into my arms. "Love you, Edward," she murmurs.
"Love you too, baby girl," I say right before I fell asleep.
A/N: It's on the short side, but something is better than nothing….
I'm leaving this part of the A/N in here. For chapter 15, I had to leave myself a review on FFN to address a couple of issues. Of course, they were guest reviews. What I don't appreciate is being told, yet again, that I have stolen No Ordinary Proposal. How many stories out there have the same concept? Tons of them. In NOP, Edward and Bella get married right away after meeting. In this story, Edward and Bella aren't even married yet let alone engaged. People need to read the story more before accusing me of something that I have not done. Also, to the person that told me that I need a new beta, pre readers, and that they were going to be reading this on STARS instead: I think not. I in no way need new ones and don't even bother reading me on STARS either. I forgot to mention that the chapters are exactly the same on STARS that I post on FFN as well as FictionPad and AO3,
With that said, I want to thank everyone for their patience in waiting for the updates and for reading my stories. Real Life is still being a PITA for me, but I'll continue to write and update when I can.
I'm also going to leave the message from my beta in here...
From flamingpen18: My job as a beta is to correct grammar and punctuation. This is not my work. I beta with the intent of maintaining the integrity of the writer, hapakids. We both have our own writing styles which are nothing alike. If you can't respect the fact that hapakids does not write the way you would, then "X" out. If you attempt to flame hapakids on the guise of trying to give constructive criticism, then you need to "X" out as well. Don't waste anyone's time by throwing out your hate. And for the very last time, hapakis did NOT plagiarize NOP. You live in a bubble if you think that the over 200,000 Twilight fics on FF have no common elements whatsoever. Again, don't waste our time with baseless accusations.