A/N: I don't even know where to begin with this. I am EXTREMELY sorry that I have not updated in months, seriously. life has just been so extremely hectic, what with school, and homework, family, etc. I really do hope that i still even have readers after my long absence...anyways, if I do, I want to thank all of, my readers, for sticking with me. I made this a really long chapter (14 pages) so, hope you all enjoy it!
-BPOV-
Once we met back up with everyone else, I was bombarded with questions. Most of the answers I gave shocked them to say the least. "Bella, are you ok, do you still crave blood? Maybe we're too close to humans still…." Jasper said, momentarily stunning me with his sudden rush of worry for me. Jasper was never 'mean' to me, but he did keep his distance. "I'm fine, Jasper. Actually, I didn't crave human blood at all. What I did crave though was…" I stopped, images of Jacob and the other wolves flooding my mind. "She thirsted for the blood of a wolf." Edward said for me, wrapping an arm around my waist.
"Well, I guess that makes sense. Bella hated blood as a human. But, she accepted the fact that she would be living on animal blood far before she was even changed. So her body and mind automatically repel human blood. It's quite odd…but my guess is that her body craves the blood of an animal in the same way all vampires crave the blood of a human." Carlisle explained as best as he could. I simply shrugged and rested my head on Edward's shoulder. "I…guess that makes sense." Edward answered. "Alright then, we should head home and clean up, humans will be coming around here soon." Alice said, stretching her arms above her head like a child.
We all nodded at her and ran to the cars; me and Edward making it first and speeding home before the others even made it to their own cars. "It's weird…" I started, looking over to Edward. He raised an eyebrow at me, "Well, I used to absolutely hate when you drove above 70mph… but now I'm almost completely fine with it." I said, absentmindedly playing with his fingers as his hand rested in mine. "Well, I guess it's because you can literally move faster than the car itself, so your body is accustomed to the speed." He answered, turning the hand that I was playing with and entwining his fingers with mine. I smiled at him and rested my head on his shoulder as he continued to drive home, my eyes closing, feigning sleep.
-EPOV-
When the jeep pulled up next to our car, I heard Alice's thoughts as they flowed into my head, 'Edward, I saw what you wanted to do for Bella, so how about Me and Rose take her out for the day…after all, human blood doesn't seem to affect her. And don't worry, we'll take good care of her." She said, ending in a laugh. As we got out of our cars, Alice and Rosalie ran off into the house quickly, an evil glint in their eyes. "Twenty minutes to get ready, Bella!!!" they yelled out in unison. I looked over to Bella to see that she was beyond confused, "Umm…what the hell are they talking about?" She asked me, raising an eyebrow. I looked at her, feigning innocence, hoping she would fall for it. "Edward, don't make me use my power on you. What's. Going. On?" she said, her temper slowly flaring.
I sighed at her, "Well…um, I kind of agreed to allow them to take you shopping for the day…" I said, watching as anger flickered in her eyes. "Edward Anthony…" She started, but I gave her an apologetic smile. She just growled, turning, and stomping off into the house. "Bella, wait!" I yelled after her, chasing her up to my room. "Isabella, what are you doing?" I asked her again as she started pacing in my room, looking deep in thought. Her eyes flickered up to mine as she turned to look at me. "I need to go home…I have no clothes or anything here." She said, a small sigh escaping her lips as she sat on the edge of the bed. Even now as a vampire, I could tell when she lied. She and I both knew that she had enough clothes of her own here to start her own mini mall, thanks to Alice's doing.
But the real reason for her wanting to go home was because of Charlie…she missed her dad. I frowned slightly and sat next to her. "Bella, you can't go back home." "Why not?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. "Because…Alice told Charlie really sick, the flu or something, And so Carlisle is taking care of you here." I explained. "And when did she tell him this?" She asked me, skepticism clear in her voice. "The day you got kidnapped…so about five days ago." I answered. She sighed again and fell backwards, lying down on the bed. There was then a knock on the door and Alice walked in, coming over to us. "Here, Bella, wear this till we go shopping…I promise you'll have a say in what we buy you, alright?" She said. Bella raised her head and looked at Alice in disbelief. "A say…in everything?" she asked. Alice smirked and nodded her head, "If that's what it takes to get you to go, then yeah." She answered, turning to walk out.
Bella sat up and took the clothes into her hands. "Thanks, Alice." She called out, standing up and walking over to the bathroom to take a quick shower. I sighed again, hoping Bella wasn't still mad at me. 'She's not mad. She just wanted to spend time with you…but also wants to see her father. So stop being so worried.' Jasper's thoughts told me as they filled my head, comforting me. A few more minutes later I heard the water turning off as Bella finished getting ready. I laid back and let my mind wander again to all the times I've had with Bella and everything that's to come. "How do I look?" I heard a soft voice ask, making my mind slip back into reality.
I sat up quickly and was stunned by what I saw. She left her long brown hair loose and it cascaded to the middle of her back. She had some black eyeliner on, making her eyes pop more than they already did. She was wearing a black form-fitted t-shirt with some designs on them and dark blue skinny jeans along with blue flats. I was still staring when she spoke again. "Do I look that bad?" She asked. I blinked and stood, walking over to her. "Are you crazy? Bella, you look…beautiful isn't even close to describing how you look right now. I'm actually worried about letting you go to the mall without me there.
Men's thoughts were bad enough when I was there and you were human…I fear to imagine what they'll be thinking when they see you now, let alone what they say or do." She laughed and winked at me, "Don't worry so much. I'll be with your sisters; your sisters who are gorgeous and whom I pale in comparison to." "And besides," She said, raising her left hand, "I doubt many will try to hit on someone who's engaged…right?" she asked, now looking at me questioningly. I smiled and nodded at her, "Of course, Bella, you're absolutely right. Now then, you should get going." I told her. "If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were trying to get rid of me, Mr. Cullen." She said, smirking and raising an eyebrow at me. I kissed her cheek softly and looked her in the eye. "Bella, why on earth would I ever want to be apart from you?" I asked her. She smiled again and shook her head. "I guess you're right. Well yeah, I guess I better go…and besides, the sooner I leave, the sooner I can come back and be with you." She said as tilted her head upwards slowly towards mine. I was about to close the gap when--, "Isabellaaaaaaaaa! Hurry up!" We heard Alice yell from downstairs, triggering sighs from both of us.
I rolled my eyes and looked back at her, "Love you." I whispered, kissing her lips gently. "Love you too." She said back before turning and going out the door. A few seconds later I heard Alice's car start up and they drove off. Once they were gone I went downstairs and said a quick goodbye to the remainder of my family, grabbing my keys and running outback to my Volvo, speeding off in the direction of Bella's house. My mind was racing as I thought of what I was going to say to Charlie, and how he would react. Would he actually accept what I wanted to tell him? Or would he blow my head off…resulting in him finding out my secret. I pushed those thoughts aside as I parked my car next to the cruiser. I took an unnecessary deep breath and stepped out of my car, walking over to the door and knocking twice. "Coming!" I heard Charlie's voice call from somewhere in the house. A few moments later the door opened and I watched as Charlie's eyes widened and his face slightly reddened from a sudden wave of anger.
"Cullen, what are you doing here? Where the hell is my daughter? Where's Bella?!" He said angrily, his thoughts just as angry as his words. "Sir, please, calm down, Bella is fine. She is currently out shopping with Alice and Rosalie." I said calmly. His angry thoughts were suddenly threaded with confusion. "Then why the hell are you here?" he spat at me. I put my hands up as a sign of innocence, "I simply came to talk to you. Sir, I actually have…something to ask of you…" I said, staring into his eyes with determination, taking him aback. He sighed and moved over, allowing me room to enter his house. "This had better be quick." He said gruffly, shutting the door and taking a seat at the kitchen table. I sat across from him and took another unnecessary deep breath.
"Well, you see Chief Swan…Bella and I are getting married." I said as calmly as I could. It took a few seconds for his brain to process this information and then he exploded. "WHAT!?! No way in hell am I going to allow you to marry her! I forbid it! After what you put her through last year, you're lucky I allow you to even be near her!" He yelled as images of a broken Bella speeding through his mind, making me internally cringe. "You're no good for her; you'll never deserve her, ever! All's you've done is caused her pain, I can't let you do that to her again!" He said, his eyes shifting to the side slightly, resting on his gun for a moment before glaring back at me.
At what he said my calm composure cracked slightly. "Charlie, I know what I did to her is something that could never be forgiven, but I love your daughter far more than anyone will, far more than anyone has a right to love someone else. And I know I don't deserve her, yet she chose me." I said, rising from my seat. "But one thing I know for sure is that I will never cause her pain again, for as long as I live."For forever, I thought.
"How can I be sure of that? If you two run off and get…married, you'll probably move far away, and then who knows what can happen to her…" He said, his anger subsiding slightly to be replaced with sadness. "Charlie Swan. I swear to you, on the graves of my mother and father, that I will never hurt Bella again. Nothing will ever hurt her as long as she is with me. I can't and won't live without your daughter…" I said, almost pleading. "Charlie, we are getting married, whether you like it or not. Bella doesn't even know I'm here. She didn't want to tell you or Renee because she knew you two would be angry. But I came because I know that Bella secretly wants nothing more than her family to be there on her wedding day. She wants her father to walk her down the isle." I told him, watching him as images of him walking Bella down the isle flooded his thoughts.
"So I'm asking, please, accept the fact that I want to marry her; that I want to be her husband." I said quietly, staring him in the eye. He stared back and sat down slowly, breaking eye contact sighing, running a hand over his face. "Alright." He said quietly, his face still in his hand. I sat back down also and hid the smile that was threatening to tug at my lips. "R-really?" I said, glad that his thoughts were not revolving around him grabbing his gun anymore. He removed his hand from his face and looked at me again, taking in a long breath. "Yes. Edward...I've seen the way you two look at each other. When you're around her, it's like nothing else in the world exists...And though you put her through hell, you came back for her, and she accepted you. So you must've done something right in her eyes for her to accept you back. I don't doubt the love you have for each other...so I just hope it's enough." He said, looking at me with acceptance in his eyes.
I felt the smile tugging at my lips again as I looked at him. I was surprised to see a small smile forming upon his face. "You have my blessing, Edward Cullen, I know you're what my little girl wants and I'm not going to stand in the way anymore..." he said, standing up and walking towards me, his hand outstretched. I took his hand in mine and shook it happily. "Thank you, Charlie; you have no idea how happy you've just made me." I said, standing up and grabbing my keys off of the counter. "Well...I had better get back home before Bella gets home." I said, smiling at him again. I saw him nod. "See you soon, Edward." "You too, Chief. Oh, also, don't mention any of this to Bella... I want it to be a surprise...if that's alright with you." I asked him. He simply nodded again, "Alright, I won't say a word to her." "Thanks." I said as I walked out to my car and turned it on, driving at a normal human speed until I was no longer in viewing distance of Charlie.
Once I turned the corner I sped up to my normal 180mph and called Alice. She picked up after the second ring. "How'd it go?" she said, the smile in her voice evident. "As if you don't already know." I said, rolling my eyes. She laughed. "Anyways, I'm on my way home and then I have one more thing to take care of before you guys can come back, alright?" I told her, speeding up to 230mph and I hit the back roads near our house. "Sure thing, we'll be home in about an hour, that's plenty of time for you, trust me." She said as I heard the beeping of clothes being checked at the register. "Alright, see you later." "Buh-bye!" She said happily, clicking her phone shut as I parked the car in the back and shut it off, walking back into the house. 'Someone's in a good mood.' Jasper thought as I passed by him on my way to the stairs.
"Charlie accepted the fact that I'm going to marry Bella." I said, a grin spreading across my face. "That's great! It'll make her really happy to have her father there, Edward." Jasper said smiling, my happiness obviously affecting him. "Yeah, I know...But I want to keep it a secret from her. Have Charlie surprise her on our wedding day." I said, smirking. He chuckled at me as I went for the stairs, "Good luck with that!" He said as I went to my room and turned on my music system, waiting for a random song to start playing. I smiled as "Iris" from The Goo Goo Dolls began to flow from the speakers, filling my room with the music.
And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you
feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And
I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is
your life
'Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to
miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think
that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I
just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears
that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When
everything feels like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know
you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't
think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I
just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think
that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I
just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to
see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When
everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I
just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I
just want you to know who I am
This was one of Bella's favorite songs and it was quickly also becoming one of my favorites. I grabbed the little remote and shut off the music as Leave Out All The Rest by Linkin Park began playing. I grabbed my cell phone and was about to call Alice again when a text message popped up. I recognized the number as Alice's and opened the text,
'I saw wat u were bout 2 call me 4. The #'s 483-948-3271. –A'
I answered back quickly with my own text
'thnx a lot, I hope this goes well. –E'
I smiled and punched in the number on my phone. It rang three times before someone answered, "Hello?" "Hi...is this Renee Dwyer?" I asked as calmly as I could "Yes it is...who is this?" she asked. "Erm...Hi, Renee, this is Edward Cullen, I met you two years ago, while Bella was in the hospital?" I said, saying it like it was a question. "Oh yes, of course I remember you, you'd never leave my Bella's side no matter what...She is ok, right, Edward?" She said, panic spreading in her voice. "Yes, yes, she's perfectly fine...I just called to tell you something actually, and to ask you something." I said into the phone, hoping this would go a lot more smoothly than it did with Charlie. "Well, you see Renee, I asked Bella to marry me and she said yes..." I said into the phone. There was silence on the other end. The only evidence that Renee was still there was the shallow breaths from her end of the phone. "R-Renee? Hello?" "Bella...My Isabella is going to get MARRIED?!? What, No! She's far too young to be making the same mistake I made!!!!" She yelled into the phone, sounding like she was near hyperventilation.
"Renee...please, calm down. I love your daughter very much and she loves me. I swear to you...this is not a mistake. Bella is the one for me, I knew this the moment I first saw her." I told her, hearing her heavy breaths on the other end of the line. After a few moments, she sighed, breaking the awkward silence. "You really love her that much? To get married so young?" she asked. I raised an eyebrow in amusement. I wasn't getting married at a young age...seeing as how I'm as old as her grandparents. "Yes, Renee, I love you're daughter more than anything and anyone on this planet. I can assure you, she'll always be safe with me, no matter what." I told her, sincerity ringing in my words. I heard another sigh, "When is this going to happen, you two tying the knot?" she asked into the phone. A small smile crept onto my face as I realized she too was accepting me marrying Bella. "Well, in a few weeks, most likely...But I had a favor I'd like to ask of you, Renee, if you wouldn't mind?" I asked into the phone. "And what would this 'favor' be, Edward?" She asked, curiosity dripping from her words. "Well...Bella has no idea that I'm talking to you right now...so she doesn't know that you know of her engagement to me...So I was wondering if you could fly down to Forks to surprise her. I'm sure she'll love being able to see her mother on her wedding day." I said kindly, hoping she'd say yes.
"Well...as great of an idea as that is Edward, I'm afraid I don't have the money right now to travel all the way to Washington." She said sadly. I chuckled into the phone, "No worries about that, Renee, my family can certainly buy tickets for both you and Phil to come here." I said happily. "I...I don't know about that Edward...I don't want your family spending money on us..." She said hesitantly into the phone. I had to smirk at that. Bella really was just like her mother when it came to certain things. "Please, I insist, Renee. It is would be no trouble at all for us, I assure you." I told her. After a few hesitative moments, I heard a hushed sigh, "Alright, you win...I guess we'll be seeing you soon then." She told me. "Talk to you soon, Renee, oh and just remember to not mention any of this to Bella." I told her, having to be sure that this is kept an absolute secret from Bella.
"I won't tell her, I swear." She said with a slight laugh as I heard her hang up the phone. A few minutes later I heard the downstairs door open and then the thoughts of my sisters flooded into my mind, alerting me that they were home. Before I even made it to my door, Alice's thoughts stopped me. 'Before you come down here, delete the last call log from your phone. I had a vision of Bella seeing her mom's number on it.' I looked back to my bed to where I left my phone laying and picked it up, deleting the call log and shutting it off, placing it back on my bed. I then ran downstairs to where they all where.
'All good now, Eddie?' Rosalie askedme through her thoughts. I growled at her for using that nickname but then quickly nodded as Bella walked through the door. I smiled as she ran to me, wrapping her arms around me. "I missed you." I whispered into her hair. "Me too...even though it's only been about two hours." She answered. "Just the same...it was too long." I said, smirking at her. "So, how'd the shopping go, guys?" I asked as I wrapped my arm around Bella's waist and I faced my sisters. "It went great; we all got dresses that will be delivered to the house within a week." Alice said happily. "Now, all's we need are the shoes and accessories and we're set!" Rosalie said, just as excited as Alice was, which made Bella groan. I just smiled at her and took her hand in mine, "Alice, Rosalie, as entertaining as it is hearing you two speak about our wedding, I think me and Bella need some alone time." I said, turning with her hand still in mine and walking to the stairs. "Just keep it PG-13 rated you two!" I heard Alice yell as we ran up the stairs and to my room, earning a growl from me before I shut the door.
Bella just laughed and went towards my bed, sitting on the edge. She patted the spot next to her and I sat down, taking her hand in mine again and resting it on my lap, she looked at me and smiled warmly, "So, what did you do today?" She asked. "Oh...nothing, just hung out with Emmett, played Guitar Hero." I said, lying easily. She smirked, "Well, sounds a hell of a lot better than the hell that your sisters put me through today. I didn't know it was possible to try on so many dresses in one day..." she said, rolling her eyes. I chucked and kissed her softly. "Well, good thing is, at least you're back home with me now, safe and sound." I whispered as I rested my forehead against hers. "Mhm...That is a good thing." She whispered back before leaning forward again and capturing my lips with hers.
I bit her bottom lip and she opened her mouth, willingly giving me entrance. Her taste was incredible, just like her, and I moaned at the feeling of her tongue against mine. I ran my hand past her knee and onto her thigh, massaging it before pulling her onto me, straddling my lap. Her hands ran through my hair and down my back, making me shiver at her touch. She reached the bottom of my shirt and I felt her hesitantly lifting it off me. I deepened the kiss even further, wanting to commit her taste to memory as she slid my shirt up further. We broke the kiss momentarily so I could lift my hands above my head and take my shirt off, flinging it across the room. I captured her lips with my again in no time we switched positions; she had her back on the bed and I was on top of her, resting my weight on my arm above her head, but still keeping my body pressed against hers.
My mind knew we had to stop soon, that we wanted to wait until our wedding night, but my body didn't want to listen to my brain. I slowly started to lift the t-shirt off of her, letting my fingers graze her smooth skin. I raised it to her abdomen, and then the uncertainty of Bella's kiss. "Edward..." Bella whispered against my lips making me instantly stop. I slowed the kiss, and broke away, "I know, I'm sorry...I'm stopping now." I said giving her one final sweet kiss and pulling away. I was about to go and grab my shirt which was thrown across the room just moments ago, when Bella's hand caught my wrist. I turned my head to face her, to see she was blushing slightly. "What is it, love?" I asked her, turning back around completely. "Well...um, even though I'm no longer human and I can't sleep...can we still just lay in bed together? It is getting to be night." She said, nodding her head towards the glass wall in the room.
The sun was almost completely set, making it Twilight, then end to one of the best days I have ever had. I layed down next to Bella on our bed and held her in my arms securely. "I love you Edward...and as torturous as today was, it still paid off...and I can't wait until I get to be your wife." She said, tilting her head up to kiss me on my cheek. "I love you too, Bella, more than you'll even know." I said, kissing the top of her head and looking out the window with her, watching as the stars slowly made their way into the sky.
Well, hope you enjoyed that chapter, next one will be everyone getting ready for the big day :)
please please please review, tell me your thoughts on this chapter! I also have anew story im writing, and I really like it. i've written 4chapters, but im not even going to think of uploading it until this story's finished or until summer.
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