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Author Note: I know I left you guys with a cliff hanger but here is answers! It's a shorter chapter but I wanted to separate certain events. Also sorry about posting this chapter so late in the day.
Previously….
Questions were swarming around in my head, but they did me no good. I quickly got out of bed and into the hallway. I immediately went into Liam's room across the hall.
It was empty. I went into the living room.
I gasped at what I saw
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Chapter 13.
I gasped at what I saw.
RED! RED EVERYWHERE!
There were hundreds of red roses all over the living room. They covered just about every inch except for parts of the floor. Edward and Liam were standing in the middle of the room. Liam was occupied with tearing apart a flower and Edward was supervising him, probably making sure he didn't eat the flower. When I let out the gasp, Edward looked straight up at me. His face was immediately lit up with a smile. I was speechless to say the least. I looked around the room once again. How many flowers were in here? How the hell did they get in here? Why were they in here?
"Bella." My eyes then went to Edward and I walked over towards him.
I started to find my voice again. "Edward what is all this?"
He smiled his crooked smile. "I may have gotten a little over the top, but I wanted this moment to be special. We've gone about this totally unconventional but both of our lives have never been normal. Night before last we pledged our devotion to each other, made promises, and bound ourselves to one another. You have already said yes, but I still wanted to do it the right way if that is still possible at this point." He pulled out a small box from his pocket and got down on one knee. Oh shit! I had already agreed but he was still going to…..
"Isabella Marie Swan, I promise to protect you and our family. I promise to cherish you and that we may grow to love one another. Will you marry me?"
My heart was pounding in my chest. I had already agreed to marry him, but I never expected him to go out of his way to do this. To create such a special and intimate moment.
"Yes!" I said.
He slipped on the engagement ring. It was beautiful and I hate to think of what it cost.
"Good," he said with a laugh "because you had already agreed."
I laughed but then pulled him in for a kiss. It surprised Edward but he didn't resist and actually got into the kiss. Once we broke apart we were gasping for air.
"Damn Bella."
I giggled. It was all I could do at that point.
We then heard Liam babbling and it reminded us that we weren't alone.
Edward picked up Liam; and Liam smiled and kept babbling.
"Uh Edward, what are we going to do with all these roses? We can't keep them all here. I mean we can keep a few dozen but….."
"I'll think of something." He said with a chuckle.
Edward's phone then started to ring.
"Hello?" he answered. His brow furrowed.
"We've had a busy morning. Come up in five minutes." He hung up.
"Everything okay?" I asked.
"Alice." Was all he said and all the needed to be said. Damn it. I forget that we were doing more wedding planning today.
"Crap, I haven't checked my phone this morning, She probably has been calling and texting me. I'll go get ready. Sorry she is relentless."
"It's okay, I know how Alice can be. She wanted to come up immediately, but luckily didn't fight about giving you five minuets . I'll watch Liam while you get ready."
I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and left to get dressed.
When I came back Alice was walking through the door and squealed when she saw all the flowers. "I knew he was a softy for you!" She sang. She then stared at my hand. She must have spotted the ring. "Oh my gosh! It's gorgeous! Look at that rock!" She practically screamed. It wouldn't have surprised me if she started jumping up and down.
"All this estrogen is becoming a little much for me. Bella, I have to go take care of some business. I will call you later. Alice take it easy on my fiancé." After Edward left, Alice went into full on planning mode. Esme had her kids and would joining us in a little while.
As we chatted and planned, Alice brought up an uncomfortable subject.
"So have you and Edward been intimate in any way?" she asked.
I blushed and blushed hard. I'm sure my face looked like a beet. "Uh.."
"Bella, it's okay it's just us here. Well Liam also but he is too little to understand."
I wondered if this is why Esme had Alice's kids, so we could have this talk.
"Alice, we haven't done anything drastic. Edward kisses my forehead, I have kissed his cheek a few times, we actually kissed once." Or twice.
"It's fine. Even if you had been even more intimate…. you both are engaged."
It was quiet for a heartbeat or two. Alice broke the silence.
"In case you haven't fully explored your wardrobe, it is fully stocked with lingerie and .."
"ALICE!"
"What? I wanted you to have everything you needed."
And I was blushing again.
"Bella, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable."
~It's okay. It's just a touchy subject."
And Alice left it at that, for which I was grateful. Esme came by with the Alice's kids. Liam was excited for another playdate. We spent most of the day planning the wedding and introduction. Esme said it would be a good idea if I meet Rosaline tomorrow. I agreed but I was nervous. From what I heard, Rosaline had a hard exterior and didn't take well to outsiders.
After Esme, Alice, and Alice's kids left, Edward called and came home in time with dinner. He informed me they did have some leads about the Volturi situation.
We ate and talked, but waited until Liam was down for the night before talking about the Volturi situation.
"Bella I am pretty sure we know which Volturi son was going to kidnap you, and that he was the same man who was going to rape you."
I momentarily forget to breathe. I then reminded myself that I had to hold it together. I wanted answers and was finally getting some.
"Bella we are not sure who actually raped you though. We know it was a Volturi guard but it was kept hush and I don't think he told anyone or if anyone besides him and…"
"The Volturi was going to and was going to kidnap me."
"Yes" Edward said calmly, but I could tell that he was really working to stay calm. Something told me he wanted to kill both men 10 times over.
"What is his name?" I asked.
"Demetri." He said and pulled out a picture.
Memories came flooding back. I remembered Lauren and Jessica introducing him to me. I remembered how he tried to be alluring and seductive. The memories made my stomach roll and I found myself running to the bathroom. I threw up my dinner and whatever else was in my stomach. As I was cleaning up, I heard Edward. "Bella?" he called in a soft tone as opened the bathroom door. "Are you okay?"
I just nodded.
"I'm sorry if I triggered something….. I didn't mean to upset you." He said softly.
"Its okay. It just brought up a lot memories and…." I broke into a sob. I tried to be strong but the pain from the memories over took me. Edward took me into my arms and held me for the rest of the night.
