So yeah, I lied. This chapter is the must read. I put a little more detail into the shopping then I planned, so the super must read thing didn't happen 'till this chapter. XP

Of course, I realized, thanks to Emilie, that I mentioned the Volvo for the second time, without thinking. God, what is wrong with me?

Let's pretend that I said the black Mercedes, alright?

Thank God for Emilie. If she hadn't pointed it out, I would have never realized what I had done.

Here it is people:

When Alice and I pulled back into the Cullen's driveway, I was disappointed to see that Carlisle's black Mercedes wasn't waiting for us. I wasn't exactly one for surprises, but sometimes I actually liked Edward's surprises. Actually, I usually loved Edward's surprises. However, they usually involved a large hole in his wallet, and I didn't like that one bit.

I stepped out of the car, sighing heavily. I started towards the door, and Alice stopped me.

"You are to take these bags into yours, and Edward's room," she commanded, handing me the five or six bags. "You are not to leave that room. You are to wait for Edward? Understand?"

I laughed, "Yes, oh wise one."

"Just go," Alice said, rolling her eyes.

The next half hour, I sat on the bed, above the down comforter. My eyes were closed, and I was off daydreaming, in my own little world. I didn't open my eyes until I heard the sound of the door shutting.

I sat up, and found the room to be completely empty of any being except myself. I blinked in confusion, my head snapping around, looking for Edward. And that's when I saw the rose.

There was a red rose sitting in the exact center of the room.

I raised an eyebrow, and hopped off the bed to pick it up. Edward had obviously snuck in. My surprise was a rose? Okay, I could live with that. It was sweet, a simple, romantic gesture. I smiled to myself, and walked to the door, expecting Edward to be waiting at the other side. Instead, I was met with another rose, just barely outside the door's arch.

A beautiful smell entered my senses. I wasn't sure what it was, but it smelled lovely. It was almost floral. Perhaps it was all the roses? No, this was different; it was more of a lavender kind of aroma. What on earth…?

"Alright," I said quietly to myself, picking up that rose. I looked up, and saw yet another rose, at the top of the stairs. Once I had that one, I saw yet another at the foot of the stairs. I dashed down, and picked up that one, the smile never leaving my face.

Edward was trying to lead me somewhere. But where?

My question was answered, when I noticed a trail of rose petals, leading around the corner, and into the living room.

When I got there, I realized the cause of the beautiful scent. Purple and pink candles were lined up in two rows, creating a pathway almost. The room was dark, except for the small amount of light that was illuminating from the candles.

I walked down the aisle created by the two rows of candles, traveling in-between them. The walkway led me around the house, through the kitchen, and out the back door. Edward was standing in the center of a circle of rose petals, on the concrete deck.

My eyes were wide open in shock. "Edward… what…?"

He just beamed. "Surprised?"

I blinked, still several feet from him. "Very…"

I was genuinely confused. What could have Edward possibly been up to? I knew Mr. Perfect was usually quite the romantic, but roses and candles, and everything? Something was going on, I could feel it.

"Come here," he purred.

I, of course, complied, and walked forward, stepping inside the circle of rose petals. "Edward Cullen, what on earth are you up to?"

Edward smiled, "Bella, I love you more then I ever believed possible," he said, taking my hands in his own. "You are the most important thing to me, the most important thing to me ever. I never thought, in all my years, that I would ever meet someone that could captivate my entire being the way that you do. I thought that was completely whole by myself. But the day you walked into my life, was the day I knew everything was about to change. Before I met you, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars—points of light and reason. But then you shot across my sky like a meteor, suddenly there was fire, there was brilliancy, there was beauty. If you were to ever leave me, my sky would become dark again, and now that you are truly mine, for eternity, I would like to make it official."

If I were human, tears of love would be running down my cheeks, by the end of his speech. And by the time he had dropped down on one knee, I probably would have been sobbing.

"Isabella Marie Swan," he pronounced my full name, the syllables rolling off his tongue like poetry. "Will you please, be my wife?"

"Yes!" I blurted out, without even a second of thinking. "Yes, Edward Cullen, I will marry you."

With the size of his smile, I thought his face would crack. He pulled a small velvet box out of his jacket pocket, and opened it, displaying the ring for me.

It was the perfect ring. It was beautiful, and yet simple. Edward knew me so well. It was white gold, and it had three simple stones on it.

The first was a ruby. Edward briefly explained that it was a reminder of my human blushes. He said he still missed those. My blush was one of my many human qualities that he fell in love with, when he fell in love with me.

In the center was a diamond, that was slightly larger then the other two. He explained that, by just simply repeating the old phrase, "A diamond is forever," and said that we literally had forever lying before us.

On the other end was a topaz stone, obviously to represent his eyes. His beautiful butterscotch eyes were one of the many entrancing qualities that I fell in love with, when I fell in love with him.

My eyes grew wide, as I gasped. Edward chuckled, and slipped the perfect ring onto my finger. I immediately threw my arms around his neck, and he held my waist. Then he lifted me off the ground, as if I weighed nothing, and spun me around in a circle before placing my feet back on the ground.

I unwrapped my arms from around his neck, and Edward spun me around, holding my back close to his chest, and wrapping his arms around my waist, hugging me from behind. He chuckled, and rested his chin on the top of my head, before saying, "Alright guys, come on out."

Just then, the entire Cullen family ran out from the back door, clapping and laughing. And yes, I said the entire Cullen family. Rosalie was in on it too. She wasn't as enthused as Alice, or Emmett per say, but the fact that she was there, that was enough.

"Congrats guys!" Alice squealed. "It's about time that dang vision came true!"

I eyed her curiously, "You mean the one you were so chipper about the day of Edward's accident?"

"The very one," she giggled.

"And so, the lion is finally marrying the lamb," Edward whispered.

"The lamb isn't very much of a lamb anymore," Emmett pointed out.

"Oh yes she is," I countered. "She's still the same, stupid lamb that the lion fell for. She's just a little stronger now."

"And more balanced," Alice added.

Rosalie rolled her eyes. "Thank God for that,"

Jasper jabbed her in the side with his elbow. "Play nice, Rose,"

"I was only kidding," she sighed.

Edward laughed, "Its okay. I was about to say the same thing."

We all joined in with Edward's melodic laughter. For the first time in a while, I felt truly happy, like nothing could shoot me down. Everything was absolutely perfect.

Our Romeo and Juliet tale hadn't ended in tragedy, like most believed that it would.

But, although it seemed like it, our story was far from over. Our happy ending hadn't quite arrived yet.

And we had no idea what was coming.