3. The Big Decision

While Edward was kissing me, his family walked into the room. Alice, Jasper, and Emmett whistled, and Edward turned swiftly, with a huge grin on his face. If I could've blushed, I'd have looked like a tomato.

"Wow! Bella, you look amazing!" exclaimed Alice.

"Did you honestly think that she wouldn't?" asked Jasper.

"Yeah," Emmett added.

"What are you talking about Alice? She's always been amazing," Edward said as he picked me up and kissed me again. Then he put me back down on my feet.

I stood there and looked at everyone's face staring at me. After awhile though, a sudden urge twisted my stomach. As soon as the urge came, Edward was scooping me up into his arms and running out the door of his home. He ran, with me in his arms, far into the woods. It had only felt like seconds had passed until I smelled a bear nearby. Once I smelled him, I jumped out of Edward's arms and ran toward the bear. The bear didn't hear me coming so I took it down very easily. After only a few minutes, I got my fair share of blood and turned to face Edward. He was staring at me with disbelieving eyes.

"What?" I asked.

"God damn! You're a natural and you just completely changed today. If this is what you're like now, just wait until you're as controlled as me! I can't wait to see that. It'll be so fun hunting with you."

"Really? I can't wait until that happens, either."

"Hey, I wonder about something..."

"What's that?"

As soon as I said that, Edward took off running in the direction away from the house. I understood what he wanted, and with that I took off running after him. It only took me a few seconds to catch up with him.

"I thought you were the fastest of this family?" I asked.

"I am. This isn't my true speed. I can run faster, but I wanted to wait until you caught up with me."

"Well, I've caught up with you. So let's see this speed of yours. After all, I want to know if I can beat you or not."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Alright then, but you asked for it."

His speed picked up a lot more then before. At first, I thought he was right. I didn't think that I would be able to catch him. But somehow, I was right next to him, but he hadn't stopped or slowed.

"What the hell? How are you keeping pace with me?" he asked confused.

"I don't know. I was thinking that I wouldn't catch up with you, and then, before I knew it, I was right here next to you."

The both of us stopped suddenly. He gave me a strange look-a confused look. Then his heart breaking smile spread across his face. He walked toward me and started to kiss me. There was a tree nearby that he backed me up against. He never even broke our stride. Once he felt me hit the tree, he put his hands on it, as to keep his balance. I was caught up in all the excitement that I didn't even hear Emmett walk up. Once he did though, Edward stopped kissing me and turned around to face his brother.

"Yea? What do you want?"

It sounded as if he was annoyed. I think Emmett thought that too, because he hesitated for a moment, and then he spoke.

"Carlisle and Esme want to see the both of you."

Edward sighed and looked down at me. Then he started running toward the house, and Emmett and I followed. It didn't take us long before we reached the house. All three of us walked in and Carlisle and Esme were waiting for us. Emmett went up to his room while Edward and I waited to see what Carlisle and Esme wanted. After awhile, the four of us went and sat down on the couches. We sat there for an immeasurable amount of time. Then Carlisle finally spoke.

"Bella, you know that since Edward met you, you've been nothing but family to us, right?"

"Yes," I answered.

"Well we just wanted to..." Esme paused to search for words.

"Just wanted to what?" I asked.

"We just wanted to ask your opinion on something, since you are part of this family now." Carlisle said.

"Alright. What is it?" I asked.

"Well we just wanted to know about what your thoughts were about moving in with us. I know you probably want to stay with Charlie and that's perfectly fine. It's not like I'm forcing you."

"You want me to...move in with you?!" I asked amazed.

"What did you think we wanted?" Carlisle asked, curious.

"I don't know honestly." I answered.

"Well what do you think? If you want, you can make the decision later. You don't have to make right here, right now."

Right away I knew the answer. "Yes," I said. "I'd love to move in here with all of you. But, what would we tell Charlie?" I wondered aloud.

"Well you could just ask him if you could move in here with me. You could tell him that you want to study medicine with me. That you want to be a doctor when you get older. You're starting early college, but of course you'll still be in high school. And you'll visit him whenever you can."

"Come to think of it, I remember when I was little; I wanted to be a doctor. I can tell him that. That's the only way he'll let me stay. Of course, I am legally an adult now. I can move out if I wanted to without his permission." I looked to Edward then. "Will you take me there?" I asked.

"Of course, my love."

"I'll be back in a little while with my things." I said.

"Can I come?" Alice's musical voice chimed in. "I need to take you shopping anyway. You don't have enough long sleeves and lights."

"I'll come too." Rosalie added as she came down the stairs. The five of us looked at her astonished. Why did Rosalie want to come? She and I haven't really been on the best of terms.

"Umm...sure...why not?" I said. With that, the four of us went out to Edward's Volvo. He got in the drivers seat with me next to him and Alice and Rosalie got in the back. He started the engine and we left for my house.

It only took ten minutes to get to my house. Luckily enough, Charlie was home. Edward parked the car behind my truck and stopped the engine. We all got out of the car and headed for the house. I opened the door and went in while everyone else followed.

"Bella?" Charlie asked.

"Yea dad. It's me."

He got up from the chair he was sitting in and came into the hallway to where the four of us were standing.

"Edward, Alice, Rosalie? What are you all doing here?"

"Dad, can I talk to you?" I asked. I gave a quick glance to the rest of them, to quick for Charlie to see.

"Sure. What do you want to talk about?"

Edward, Alice, and Rosalie went upstairs to my room while my dad and I went into the kitchen. He sat in his chair and I sat next to him.

"Dad, I'm legally an adult when I turn eighteen right?"

"Yes. Why?"

"Well, when I was little, I wanted to be a doctor. Carlisle is a doctor. He just asked me today if I wanted to move in with him and study with him when he works." I didn't look up at Charlie; I didn't want to see the hurt in his eyes.

"Well Bella, can't you stay here and still do that?" he asked.

"No, not really." I tried to come up with a solution because I knew he'd ask why.

"Well I guess if you can't stay here and still study with him, then I guess you should move in with him."

I was surprised. I tried to hide the excitement in my voice. "Really dad? You mean it?"

It took him awhile to respond. "Of course, honey. Like you said, you're legally an adult when you're eighteen. You do have to keep in mind though that your birthday isn't until September 13th. That's still five months away. Until then, I think you should stay here. You can go over to Dr. Cullen's house and start now though if you want."

I didn't think about that. But I answered, "Thanks dad. I love you." I gave him a hug and went upstairs to my room. When I got up there, the three of them were sitting on my bed.

"We heard. So does that mean that you're not moving in with me?" Edward asked with sorrow in his voice.

"It's only for five months. If you want though, when Alice, Rosalie, and I go shopping, I can leave some of my clothes over there in your room."

Edward smiled at that idea. "I like the way you think, my dear." And with that, he was behind me picking me up off my feet. He turned me around in his arms and kissed me passionately.