Chapter 7:

When I got to the living room Edward wasn't there. I started to get a little worried for no reason at all and then he hugged me from behind. I jumped at first and then turned around and put my arms around his neck and gave him a kiss.

"Hi," I said.

"You are far too goregous to take out tonight," he whispered in my ear while pulling me close.

"Ready?" I asked and he nodded. "So where are we going exactly?"

"This great place called P.F. Changs. My parents took me there once and it was amazing," he said.

"Oh okay. Yeah I have heard of it, but have never gone. I guess I will trust your judgement," I told him and he laughed while putting his arm around my waist and leading me out of the front door. He locked the door behind us and we were off. He was wearing your classic black slacks with black jacket. He looked very handsome. He held my hand the whole way there and I looked at him the whole time. I seriously have no idea if I could live without him. There is just no life outside of him for me. He is it. I could never risk losing him. This thought just made me hold his hand closer to me.

"Is everything okay, Bella?" he asked.

"Uhh, yeah. Just thinking about something," I said and gave him a small smile. He let it drop as we pulled into the restraunt. It was beautiful. The interior was dark, but had faded lights to complete the room with glow of candles.

"Wow," I breathed while we walked it. "It is beautiful."

"Yeah. I came here for lunch with my parents, but dinner seems much more interesting."

"For sure," I said and then we got the host to bring us to our table.

"Can I start you off with something to drink?" the waitress asked while ogoling over Edward. It didn't suprize me, but I thought it was funny when he didn't even spare her a second glance.

"I will have the...melon breeze iced tea please," I said and Edward ordered the same thing while hiding his face in the menu.

"She is gone now you can come out from hiding," I laughed as I moved closer to him, seeing as we are in a booth. He laughed and put his arm around me.

"Sorry," he mumbled and I just shook my head and laughed it off with him.

We ordered and the food was amazing. I would have no problem living off of this stuff. We both ordered one of the mini deserts and I got the chocolate and rasberry while he got the red velvet. We joked around a lot every time the waitress came by. He would play it up a bit and she would just glare at me. It was hystarical.

When we were walking back to the car, Edward's hand started getting sweaty.

"Is everything okay?" I asked.

"Uh, yeah," he answered. I didn't want him to tell me if he didn't want to so I let it drop. I rubbed soothing circles with my thumb to calm him down. It worked a litle bit, but not as much as it usually does.

He stopped abruptly ending with me walking right into his chest.

"Sorry," I said and he shook his head.

"Bella," he started while looking me in the eye. It scared me at first, but his eyes were calm and filled with love.

"Yes?" I asked.

"Can I ask you something serious instead of telling you something serious this time?" he asked and I was confused at first, but then I remember him 'telling me something serious' was when he told me he is in love with me. I nodded my head telling him he could. He smiled and started to pull something out of his pocket.

"Do you love me?" he asked.

"With all of my heart," I replied knowing that my answer is 100% true.

"Then will you do something for me?" he asked and I nodded, not able to speak while being under his intense stare.

"Marry me?" he asked and pulled the box out of his pocket holding it in front of him. This was so out of no where. I had no idea he was planning on asking me now! I took in a shaky breath when he showed me the ring. It was absolutely incredable. It has 3 diamonds, the one in the middle being the biggest, with a silver band. I closed my eyes and bit my lip holding back this huge grin I was holding on my face. I opened my eyes again to see if this was real. It was and I wanted to jump for joy.

"Oh my goodness...," I said and he half smiled.

"An answer would be really helpful right now," he said and I felt bad for making him wait so I ran my fingers through his hair and went on my tip toes to kiss him.

"Yes, of course I will," I said and he smiled and let out a sigh of relief. "Why were you so nervous?" I asked after he slid on the ring. It looked amazing on me. It was just right.

"Because it could have been risking our whole relationship if you were not ready."

"Look, all I know is that I could not breathe without you around. I need you in order to live. I love you. You know that right?" I said and he nodded his head. I went up to kiss him again. This time he deepened it and I smiled into the kiss.

"Ready to go home?" he asked and I nodded and took his hand and held on tight. When we got home around 9, I could seriously not get this stupid grin off of my face. He emptied his pockets and I set down my purse on the end table that was right by our front door. He turned around and locked the door and then I launched myself at him. We made our way to our bedroom and I had offically the greatest night of my life.

When I woke up the next morning I was still laying on Edward's chest. He was rubbing soothing circles around my back. I moved underneath him so he knew I was awake.

"Good morning, my Bella," he said and kissed the top of my head. I smiled and let out a lazy and tired laugh.

"Morning," I said and lifted my head to give him a kiss and then I rested my chin on his shoulder.

"I love you," he said and I closed my eyes and smiled.

"I love you, too," I said and he smiled as well. We decided since it was Edward's last day that we would spend it in bed. We cuddled up and watched about three different movies and then Edward's phone rang. He picked it up after pausing the movie.

"Hello?" he answered. "Hi mom....yeah...it was good...yes I did....ha yeah mom she did say yes," he said and I smiled knowing they were talking about last night.

"Alright mom here she is," he said and I looked at him confused as he handed me the phone. "She wants to talk to you."

"Hello?" I answered.

"Hey there, Bella it's Esme. I just wanted to say congrats and welcome to the family," she said and I smiled.

"Thank you. That means a lot," I said.

"Alright well I will let you and him get back to whatever you are doing," she said.

"Alright. See you soon, bye."

"Bye," she said and hung up.

The day passed by quickly and we fell asleep around 10 after setting the alarm for Edward. He was really excited and nervous for his first day tomorrow. I know he is going to do great though. He always does.

When the alarm went off at 6:30 the next morning I groaned and he laughed sleepily and kissed the top of my head. "Sorry. I gotta get up now," he said. I opened my eyes to where I could see him and gave him a kiss.

"Good luck today. I love you," I said and then rolled back over to fall back asleep. Right as I was drifting away Edward whispered. "I love you, too," and kissed the top of my head.

I woke up again around 8 and decided that I needed to do something to take my mind off of Edward being gone. I called Alice and set up a shopping day with her and Rose. They were both so happy for Edward and I on our engagment.

I went home around 5 and decieded to cook a homemade pepperoni pizza. It took about 30 minutes for him to get home and for the pizza to be ready. I went out to say hello to him.

"How was your first day?" I asked as I went up to give him a kiss.

"Mmm..long without you. But I did get a lot figured out and my office all set up. I will shadow one of the more experienced lawyers for the rest of the week and then work on my own starting a week from today, so next Monday."

"Oh good. I made pizza," I said and smiled.

"I can smell it. It smells really good. Thanks," he said and gave me another kiss. We sat down and started eating.

"So what did you do all day?" he asked.

"Well I woke up around 8 and then went shopping with Alice and Rose from about noon until 5. Then I came home and made a pizza."

"Fun," he said.

"Oh yeah. But I think starting tomorrow I will start to make my lesson plans. I want everything to be done before I start the year, so I guess I should start now and hopefully finish everything by the time I have to go back to set up my classroom."

"Sounds like a plan. So what did the girls say about our engagement?" he asked.

"Oh, they were thrilled. Alice can't stop jumping for joy when I asked her to plan it," I said and he laughed.

"I'm not suprized."

When we finished dinner I took all of the plates to the sink and loaded them into the dishwasher while he went to go change into pjs. He then came back out and laid down on the couch. I lifted his feet up and sat down where they were and then put his feet on my lap.

"Your lucky I love you, otherwise I would never touch another person's feet," I said and he laughed and then sat up and came over to my side of the couch and kissed me.

"I'm sorry. I forgot how much you hate feet," he said.

"It's okay. You owe me though," I said and pushed him back down on the couch and then went on top of him.

"Looks fine to me," he said and I laughed and kissed him. He deepened the kiss and I put my hand to his hair and ran my fingers through it. We pulled away for much needed air and then I just smiled and got up and walked to the bedroom. Halfway there he came running from behind me and picked me up and threw me over his shoulder. I shrieked and laughed while he proceeded down the hallway to our bedroom.

"You can't tease me like that and not expect me to do anything about it," he said and started kissing me. I laughed and agreed.

The alarm went off again the next morning. I only woke up for a couple second and fell right back asleep.

I woke up again around 9 and got out of bed to put sweats on and a tee shirt. I went to the kitchen and made toast for myself and then to the office room to start typing my lesson plans up. I got emailed the curriculum about a week ago so I opened it up to a list of novels that need to be read along with how many grades need to be entered into the computer every 9 weeks.

The novels that have to be read are Five People you meet in Heaven, Romeo and Juliet, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Odyssey, and short stories from their text books such as: To Build a Fire, The Perfect Storm, and many others. We also must have a poetry unit learning about Edgar Allen Poe and do many projects and essays. To make sure I have enough grades put in I will have the students read one book a month and write a journal on it. That seems to be fair and that is how the kids will be able to learn to love reading.

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The next few weeks flew by fast. I set up my classroom the previous week and right now it is Sunday night and tomorrow is my first day of teaching. Edward wanted to cook me dinner so I let him and I was waiting at he couch patiently. I only have a slight detail of what to expect because when I did my internship I taught Seniors and now I am down grading to Freshman. It might be easier to know that I am 10 years older than them instead of 5. I am young, but I know how to keep a classroom in control. The students better not underestimate me because I am 24.

"Dinner is ready," Edward said, breaking me out of my trance.

"Thank you. Everything looks good," I said and gave him a kiss. He made homemade chicken alfrado.

"What time do you have to be at work tomorrow?" Edward asked.

"I don't know. School starts at 7:20 so maybe 6:50 or 7. Somewhere around there."

"Jeez. I guess it is your turn to wake me up," he said.

"Sorry. But I will be home around 3 everyday," I said and smiled.

"What are the class hours?"

"Well we have 90 minutes per period, so 1st hour is 7:20-8:50, 2nd is 8:58-10:32, lunch is 10:32- 11:05, 4th is 11:12-12:42 and 5th is 12:50-2:20. Then the day is over," I told him.

"Long day you got there," he said.

"I know. But it passes by quicker than you would think."

Edward and I went to bed around 10 after setting the alarm for 5:45. Ugh I so did not want to wake up tomorrow.