Chapter 8

"Bella?" Rick said climbing into bed. "Bella, hunny are you awake?"

"Sure. What is it hunny?"

"that girl. Alice? The one we meet on the way in. we she one of the Cullen's?"

"yes she was why?"

"her hand was so cold!" i couldn't help but laugh when rick said that. " Good night dear." he said kissing me on the cheek. I slept very will that night. I don't remember dreaming. I woke up very early and starting getting everything ready. When everyone was downstairs, i turned to Charlie. The kids were helping him set up for dinner. "Dad!" i said calling Charlie into the kitchen. "I forgot to get cranberries and whip cream. The dinners not going to start for another 2 hours so me and rick are going to run out and go hunting watch the kids and the turkey thats here. I also have to go pick up the other 4 ok?"

"Ok dear. Make sure your back in time ok?"

"Ok dad." and we left. I had almost forgotten that i had run out this morning and dropped a turkey off at Billy's Mikes and Angela's and one at the Cullen's. Rick and I left the house. If dinners not for an hour we could stay with the Cullen for an hour and than i could pick things up. I was kinda of re-thinking the up coming event as i pulled the car onto the cut off. Than i heard Rick gasp as the house rose up in front of us.

"Wow" he said. With a shocked look on his face.

"I know. Thats how i felt the first time i saw the house."

"were you scared?"

"Scared?"

"About meeting a group of vampires?"

"No, Actually.. Worried"

"What?"

"I was worried they would like me."

"You were worried not because you were heading into a house full of vampires but because you didn't think those vampires would like you?"

"Thats right." my thoughts went back to the first time i met the Cullen's and the conversation Edward and I had had outside the house that day. "Jee thats funny" i said really to myself.

"whats funny?" rick asked questionably

"do you ever get the deja vu feeling?"

"not really why?"

"the first time i met the Cullen's, Edward said the same thing when i told him i was worried about his family not liking me"

"Oh"

"Well here goes nothing." i said getting out of the car and walking up the steps to the house. Either Edward hadn't come or just wasn't coming to greet us. I'm not sure which out come i wanted. I reached up to the door to knock, when Alice pulled the door open.

"Hello again" she smiled and i got the smell of lemon cleaning products. They had cleaned up to before meeting Rick how sweet.

"Hello" Rick smiled back.

"Hi, Alice" i smiled giving her a hug.

"Come on in." she said. We walked into the house and Alice lead us into the living room. Everyone was sitting there on the couches and chairs around the room. Carlise and Esme got up to greet Rick and I.

"Hello" they smiled to Rick. Who in return extended his hand to Carlise for a handshake which Carlise returned. Esme came to hug me and thats when i saw him. Edward was sitting in the corner of the room with a smile on his face. The room was quite to i took the silence to introduce Rick to the family.

"Everyone this is Rick. Rick this is Carlise and Esme, Alice, who you've met, and Jasper. Rosalie and Emmet and Edward." i told Rick pointing around the room. As rick when around and shook hands with everyone in the room. "we can only stay for an hour." i said with a small smile than i smelt the turkey. "oh, right Esme thank you very much for heating a turkey for me." i smiled.

"Not a problem dear" she smile. Rick had started a conversation with Emmet and Jasper about sports so i went to talk to Edward. I walked over to the corner where he was sitting and sat down.

"Edward" i smiled.

"Hello Bella."

"I missed you" i told him. Not daring to look him in the eye.

"i missed you too Bella" he said with a laugh noticing no doubt that i wasn't looking at him. Than he put two fingers under my chin and pulled my face up to look at him. And he smiled at me happily so i smiled back.

"your not mad?" i asked him.

"how could i be mad at your Bella?"

"I left, I turned my back on you, I told you i didn't want to be with you, I"

"Bella" he interrupted me putting his hand up to stop me from talking. "I did the same to you once. I told you that i was here as long as you wanted me." he looked into my eye. "Bella when you decided you didn't want to be with me i was fine with that. Heartbroken? I sure was. I loved... love you Bella. I miss you more than anything. It hurt when you left. But when Alice called yesterday and asked me to be here. I left the second i hung up the phone. I was here when she came home last night."

"really!" shock swiped over me i would have thought seeing me was the last thing he wanted.

"really Bella, i couldn't wait to meet the man who was lucky enough to have you." than you turned his head to look at Rick who was laughing with his brothers. "he seems like a great guy."

"He is." i smiled. "do you want to meet him?"

"I would love to" he smiled.

"Rick!" I called out to him. "Come here for a second" rick walked over and stood in front of Edward and me.

"Yes dear?"

"Rick i would like you to meet Edward. Edward i would like you to meet me husband Rick."