I woke up, having slept very soundly. I instantly looked around for Edward. It took me thirty seconds for me to realise. I was suddenly very embarrassed and could feel myself blushing.
Of course Edward wouldn't be there.
You dumped him remember....
I got up. Got dressed and tamed my hair, well I tried to. I gave up with a sigh and went downstairs to face Charlie.
I didn't know why I was so apprehensive to face Charlie.
I hadn't done anything that he would disapprove of, per say. He would deffinately approve of Jake and the staying human part, if he knew.
But the whole supernatural drama that had happened over the past three days was a lot to deal with.
I was down the stairs before I knew it.
I sighed again. Charlie was sitting at the kitchen table, in his Pajamas.
Great. That meant that he wasn't going anywhere, I had hoped that he would be out fishing, with Deputy Mark.
"Mornin Bells" He said rather Cheerily.
"Morning Char... Dad"
"How was your sleep over with Alice?" Time for the pretences.
"Yeah good, Alice was well, Alice" That made Charlie smile. He loved Alice the best out of all the Cullens.
"What did you get up to?"
"Shopping" I mumbled as I stuck some poptarts into the toaster.
"And how did that go for you?" I could tell he was smirking. He knew my distaste for shopping.
"Yeah fine, you know the drill, Alice dragged me round every shop" He laughed.
"Did you get your fill of the city? I hope that you didn't go to Seattle Bella"
I rolled my eyes.
"No, we went to Port Angleles. I told you that was where we were going!"
There was no way that anyone was in danger in Seattle. The danger was here. They had gotten all of the Newborns. But Victoria... I gulped. She would be back. Of that I was sure.
"All right Bella" I sat down at the table. Wishing that he had just gone fishing. I was in a terrible mood, and just wanted to be alone. To come to terms with what I was going to do. About College, everything.
We sat in Silence for a while. He didn't ask anymore questions, I think that he sensed my bad mood. I finished my pop tarts and sat, with my head in my hands. Why me.... I was really in the mood just to sulk. I was just thinking about where I had left my battered copy of Wuthering heights...
"Bella!" My head snapped up, to see a very red-faced Charlie.
"What?" I was genuinely confused.
"What is that on your hand" I stretched out my hand, thinking there was something seriously wrong...
Then I saw it. Oh My God....
The Ring was still on my finger. That finger....
Why me?
I hadn't been planning on telling Charlie about marrying Edward, until perhaps half an hour before the ceremony, when Alice would shove him into a suit, giving him little time to object.
But he was here now and I had absolutely no means of escape and No Edward for him to Blame.
"Aw..." I whined, uncharacteristicly.
"Isabella Marie Swan! Tell me that's not what I think it is!" He was growing more purple by the minute.
"Charlie, let me explain!"
"What is there to explain!?!" He had stood up now and I followed suit.
"Well.." I was desperately trying to come up with a logical explaination, but I came up with nothing much.
"That Cullen kid has it coming...." Charlie was muttering
"Charlie, Edward and I..." I started but he cut me off.
"Are you pregnant Bella!?!" How did I know that one was coming. I had told Edward that this is what everyone would think. No-one in their right mind gets married at eighteen unless it's a shotgun marriage.
"What no! Charlie don't you know me at all?"
He seemed to calm down at this comment. But he was still looking angrily at the ring.
As if for show, jake walked in the door at that very second.
He froze when he herd the conversation.
"Edward and I are not getting Married Dad!" I screeched before he could get another word out.
"Then what is that?" he pointed at the ring. He suddenly shifted to look at Jake.
"Uh-uh" Jake said, raising his hands and shaking his head.
"Edward proposed dad, but we aren't getting married"
"Then why would he propose?" Charlie looked puzzled.
"Because I've changed my mind"
"Bella?" he rushed forward as if t check my temperature.
"I'm fine Charlie"
"Just Checkin" He looked very smug. Like I knew that he would.
"So why not give back the ring?"
"I forgot"
"You forgot"
"Edward knows, I just forgot to give it back" I shrugged "He's gone away for a little while" Charlie grinned wider.
"So long as you do" Charlie was becoming insufferable. It was time to leave.

"Lets go" I mouthed to Jake as I stormed towards Him.

And with that I left. Charlie was so smug. I would face another round of questions later but he would have hopefully gotten over the shock by then. And then maybe (hopefully) he would listen to me.
I strolled out with Jake to the Mini, which Jake had taken last night, so as to not alert Charlie to my extravagant present from Alice and the rest of the Cullen's.
"So... How did Charlie find out?" Jake started.
"The ring. I can't believe that I was so stupid. I didn't even realise!" I huffed and crossed my arms.
Jake's gaze flickered to the diamond ring.
"I am going to take it off you know"
"Just saying." He shrugged. "Time to give it back" I rolled my eyes.
"Yes, Edward might have already left, but can we go to the Cullen's please" He nodded.
We drove the rest of the way in relative silence. I was still angry at myself for forgetting the ring. Jake was annoyed because I had forgotten to take off the ring. I just prayed that Jess hadn't seen it either. It sounded bad enough that I, the complete wallflower Bella Swan was cheating on her Boyfriend, let alone her fiancé. Urgh.
We arrived at the Cullens in no-time, with Jake driving.
"Bella!" Rosalie was the first to join us, from under the bonnet of her BMW.
"Blondie" Jake said in response to Rosalie ignoring him.
"Mutt" she said in distaste, but in a playful way.
"Yeowch!" Jake said, feigning hurt.
"Did you take too much Estrogen this morning?" Rosalie said. "Come on, Alice has been dying to see you both"
"Us both"
"Alice will be Alice, I've got no Idea what she's on" She said, shaking her long blonde curls.
"BELLA!" Alice said, crashing into me so quickly that it hurt.
"Oh Sorry! So what did Charlie Say?"
"You Knew!" I accused her.
"Yes, I gave it to you" Oh the car. Right.
"Oh he hasn't seen it yet, Jake took it with him last night, so I wouldn't have to explain to Charlie." She nodded. "But I believe I should probably give this back to you" I said, pulling off the ring.
"That's Edwards Bella"
"Well, I forgot to give it back to him. It would be wrong to keep it for any longer..."
"Charlie?"
"Charlie. He totally flipped."
"I'm upset too. I miss out on planning the wedding" she looked distraught. Jake fidgeted uncomfortably. He wasn't used to Alice's Enthusiasm.
"Aww, Poor Ali" she poked her tongue at me.
"Anyways, that's all. We will probably head back face more questions from Charlie."
Joy, I thought to myself. I'm sure that they all guessed what I was thinking.
"Goodluck Bella"
"I am gonna need it" I said, getting annoyed again already.
"And Jacob" Alice started "We would like to meet with the Pack, to discuss the situation, in light of some things." She said with a loaded glance at the two of us. "Tomorrow night, Ten o'clock in the Clearing"
"We'll be there" Jacob said, quickly jumping into the collective.
"Jacob, could I have a word? Upstairs?" Alice quickly guided a slightly surprised Jacob upstairs, Leaving myself and Rosalie alone.
"Where's Esme?" I asked. Esme was always here during the Day.
"Um, Bella I don't really know to tell you this, but she's a little bit annoyed." Esme?
"Why?" I hoped that I hadn't done something to hurt Esme
"She was your greatest champion from the start Bella. Back when everyone else thought that he would kill you and expose us all. She loved you so much, simply because of the change she saw in Edward. She thought there was something wrong with him, that he was changed too soon..."
"Oh" I hadn't thought of it that way.
"Don't worry, I've always thought there was something wrong with Edward" She said matter-of-factly.
I felt awful, but I couldn't help but smile at Rosalie.
"Tell her I'm sorry, won't you. That I love her" I said it like I was saying goodbye forever. But the Cullen's weren't leaving yet were they? It was all a matter of when they would leave, not if.
But even now, I couldn't imagine life without the Cullen's. They had made Forks something that wasn't a prison sentence for me. They had led me to Jake, in a way too.
I wasn't ready to let them go.
But I felt a nagging feeling that they would be leaving again, very soon.
Not very long ago, it would have been the Cullen's leaving Forks for me, not Because of me.
I had lost the Cullen's before and the thought of that time was hard. But I had Jake now.
I had a family.
But the Cullen's, specifically Alice and Rosalie were my friends.
I had made the choice to be human. But It didn't change the fact that the Cullen's weren't.
Suddenly, I found myself praying for a world where everything was the way it should be, where magic and fairytales ceased to exist....