Bella

I laid in Jacob's bed once more, watching the moon trickle through the little window above me. Billy had turned in a long time ago. Leah went to Sam and Emily's and knowing Edward he was there watching her sleep, as he had me so many nights before. The door cracked open and Jacob entered.

"Hey are you awake?"

I smiled. "Of course. I've been waiting on you to sneak in."

He walked over and laid down next to me. His right hand traced the side of my face. "I dreamed of this. Of lying next to you. Of knowing that you loved me. That you would always be here with me."

I took his hand from my cheek, embracing it with mine. "I'm not going anywhere, Jake."

He smiled. "I know." He took a deep breath. "So this is what happiness feels like."

"It feels great don't it!" I looked into his eyes, silence filling the air. "Can I ask you something?"

"Yeah. Of course."

I took a deep breath. "You and Leah, you guys didn't…" My words were tangling themselves. "I mean if you did, I totally…"

He started to laugh. "Are you asking what I think you are?"

I nodded into his chest, unable to look in his eyes. He lifted my chin and stared into my soul.

"You're the only girl that I have ever wanted to do that with."

I felt my heart rush with warmth, and I knew it showed on my face.

"But we did kiss." He pulled his bottom lip in, and searched my eyes for a response.

"You kissed." My voice was soft.

"It wasn't anything, Bella. I got swept up in the moment. The whole entire time, I saw you."

I let my fingers trace his bare chest. I had missed the warmth for too long. "It's okay. I'm not mad."

He pushed my hair back, his lips tracing my cheek, gently making their way to mine. His hands resting on the small of my back. He stopped, resting his forehead against mine. "Bella, I want my first time, and hopefully your first time to be special. To be the way it's supposed to be. I want it to be our wedding night."

I swear my heart stopped beating. I felt this lump the size of a melon in my throat. "Wedding night?" I said quietly.

He nodded. "Bella, marry me."

I grinned tightly, giving a little thought to my answer. If I were going to marry him, then I wanted something back in return. "One condition."

"And that would be."

"You can no longer phase. I won't grow old without you."

It surprised me that he didn't even have to think about it. "Okay. I promise, no more phasing."

"Okay, then I promise to marry you."

That smile that I loved. The one that accompanied the sweet Jacob. The one that lit up my world appeared on his face. He pulled me close to him, and there we laid till we fell asleep. Marriage was something that I never wanted. I watched too many fall apart and I didn't want to go through that. But with Jacob I didn't have to worry. I knew we were in this for-ever.

Jacob

Morning came all too soon. Billy woke us with the smell of bacon, eggs and toast. He didn't say anything when I exited my room holding Bella's hand. Maybe he knew I was still a good kid that wouldn't do anything wrong. I pulled out Bella's chair, then took a seat next to her. Billy wheeled himself over to the table.

"This smells great, Billy." Bella said.

"Yeah, dad. I've missed your breakfast." I patted him on the leg.

He poured two glasses of milk and handed them to us. This was the way I had always pictured us. My dad was a big part of my life, and I knew that Bella wouldn't mind living with him. Bella lifted her fork, and began to move it around in the eggs. I notice Billy grinning out of the corner of my eye. I turned my attention to Bella. I looked carefully until I saw what Billy had seen.

"Bella, hon." Billy said. "Could you butter me a piece of the toast."

"Sure thing."

I felt my heart swell with warmth, and joy. Bella lifted the glass top from the butter dish, she paused, swallowed hard, then looked up at Billy and then me.

"It was Jacob's moms."

Bella took the small, diamond ring from the butter dish.

"I heard you too talking last night. Bella, she would want you to have it."

"Billy,…I-I."

"Please, Bella. It would mean a lot to us."

I reached over and took the ring from her hand. I wiped the butter from it with the tail of my t-shirt, then I took her hand and slid the ring to its proper place. "Now, it's official."

She kissed my hand. "I love you."

"I love you too." I kissed her softly on the lips.

"Do we really have to watch the two of you kiss?" An angelic, but irritating voice said as it entered the house without knocking.

I turned to see Alice and Jasper. They were like joined at the hips or something. "Good morning, Alice." I said.

"So where is everyone-else? I thought we were going to talk about what our strategy."

I squeezed Bella's hand. "They will be here soon."

All I really wanted to do was spend the day snuggled up to Bella, planning our wedding. This whole thing with the Volturi didn't have anything to do with Bella and I. But as much as it killed me, the Cullen's were our family now, and I couldn't let them die. I couldn't let Edward die, Leah needed him too much.

This Twilight Zone just kept getting better. It was around ten when the wolf pack and the other Cullen's showed up. We sat around the small living room, staring into each other's eyes. Carlisle stood up and walked over to the small television in the center of the room.

"Alice said that we have a couple of weeks before they come. She can't see you, Bella, or Edward." He paused. "Or any of the wolves. For some reason she can't see anything that has to do with you. So we don't know who's going to be in the house with us on this night."

"What can we do to help?" Sam asked.

Carlisle rubbed his hand against the back of his head. "We don't want you guys involved. We just ask that you keep Bella and Edward safe."

"Of course we will." Paul said.

"No." Bella stood up from my lap. "No. This is because of me. I won't let you die for me."

I stood up, placing my arm around her waist, turning her to me. "Bella?"

She closed her eyes tightly. "Jacob, the only way they would let us come back, when I went to save him, was if they promised to change me." She opened her eyes, tears running down her cheek. She stared into my soul. "I love you, so much…." Her voice trembled. "I can't let them die." She turned to Carlisle. "Change me." Her nails dug into her jeans. "Change me."