Hi there! Sorry for the lack of updating, I just got settled into a new job and I can't log on to fanfic from there. BUMMER. But luckily I've found some time to write! Here ya go....

Edward threw down his half eaten chocolate glazed donut, picked me up and swung me through the air.

He kissed my face and kept saying "thank you" over and over.

"I love you my sweet girl."

"I love you too, Edward."

He set me down on my feet and began to pace the loft, pulling his hands through his already messed up hair. He kept walking back and forth between the kitchen and the bedroom, muttering to himself.

"Ok, I don't know how much you can bring with you….we don't have much time…I have to call the airport…where's your damn luggage? I'll call Carlisle and cancel dinner so we can pack if we want to make the flight tomorrow morning. Then we can arrange for the rest of your belongings to be-"

"Edward! Chill out. I'm not leaving with you tomorrow, silly."

His brow furrowed and his mouth pressed into a hard line.

"What do you mean you aren't leaving with me tomorrow?"

"I haven't had enough time to tie up any loose ends. I was planning to join you in New York in about a month's time."

"No. No fucking way. I'm calling the airport now to arrange your-"

" Edward, no. I have to give notice to my landlord, notice to work, I have to purge my closet and give things away…plus I have no idea what to do with half my furniture."

Edward did not surprise me when he threw a minor hissy fit in the middle of my living room.

"Isabella, I want you with me tomorrow! You can't expect me to wait a month for you! I can't be without you for that long…Jesus! Fuck!"

He walked up to me and fell to his knees, and wrapped his arms around my waist.

"Bella, baby. Just come. Come with me. Please. I can take care of everything for you. Let me. Please."

I ran my hands through his hair and sighed.

"I'll try to come sooner, but you have to give me some time. I can't just up and leave without any explanation to anyone. That just doesn't seem right to me."

"There's not much to do, baby. I'll pay out your lease, hire a staff to pack your things, who gives a shit about the hotel, and you can call your parents and Angela today."

"No way! And...what about Alice, I haven't even told her!"

"Alice? She'll be ecstatic."

"Well she said I could live with her and she hasn't had any time to-"

Edward stood up quickly and held both my shoulders in his strong hands.

"You're planning to live with Alice?"

"Well, that's what she offered. And if I decided I didn't want to, she said she'd help me find an apartment close to work."

His eyes turned dark as he stared at me.

"Do you know how insulted I am at the moment?"

"What are you talking about?"

"You weren't even considering me when the two of you had that conversation?"

I raised my eyebrows, "What are you saying?"

"I want you to live with me, Bella. Not fucking Alice." I had to admit the thought of living with Edward crossed my mind, but I didn't want to overstep any boundaries or jump to conclusions about my living and working situation.

"Well I didn't know, considering we hadn't talked about it before I decided. Plus I didn't know if you...wanted me to."

"How could you ever think that I would want otherwise?"

"I'm not an assumer, Edward. Unlike yourself," I chuckled.

"Fine let's make it clear, then." He took my hand and sweetly kissed the top of it.

"Isabella Marie Swan, will you live with me? I want to wake up next to you every day and hold you in my arms every night." God, he's good. The man has a way with words.

I sighed," Of course I would love to, Edward."

He smiled brightly and hugged me tightly to his chest.

"A week, Isabella. Do you think that will be enough time for you to 'wrap things up' so to speak?"

"Edward, I don't know…."

"Can you try for a week?"

"I can try, but I'll probably have to work, and I don't know if they have anyone to cover-"

Edward scoffed, "Work, work, work...Jesus!"

He released me and walked over to where his phone was lying on the island of the kitchen, picked it up, and quickly dialed a number.

"Yes, this is Edward Cullen…. I need to speak to your restaurant manager."

"Edward!" I gasped. No fucking way.

I ran up to him and jumped for the phone. He kept me away with one of his hands and walked past me into the bedroom. He closed the door and I heard the sound of the lock slipping into place. I banged on the door a few times and heard his muffled voice tell me to 'stop it or you'll be in big trouble'.

Defeated, I placed my ear to the door to hear his conversation.

"Hello Eric…yes, I have been enjoying my stay…yes the food has been outstanding…that's not why… so you have seen the paper...yes, well that's why I'm calling. I hope you understand that I can't very well have Isabella so publicly on display working at your establishment… the media may get involved…oh, they have?...you know it may not be safe for her…thank you for understanding….sure…I just don't want you to think her unprofessional for…(laughter) no, she didn't make me call, she actually wanted to finish out the week…yes, I know she's crazy…she can be difficult…(laughter)…I know you are a friend of Bella's so please don't tell them anything for her safety…yes, of course I will pass along the message…I'll definitely remember you're cooperation in this matter…thank you again…bye."

I wanted to be cross with Edward, but I couldn't bring myself to be. He wanted me with him badly and was going to great lengths to do so, like telling my boss in the nicest possible way that I wasn't coming back to work. He opened the door and grinned at me.

I narrowed my eyes at him, "Ok, what did he say?"

"He said he expected this after the hotel was fielding phone calls about you this morning. Apparently, someone's already leaked that you work there. So he said he understood, that he'll miss you, and to keep his number in case you need anything."

"Just like that? No questions asked?And... who the hell told on me?"

"There's no telling, baby." Fuck, who would tattle to the media? Jessica? Laurent? No way.

"Ugh. I feel sick."

"Everything will be just fine. Now get in here and call your parents and Angela."

"Edward."

"Please baby. Afterward I'll show you how much I appreciate it," he replied and wagged his eyebrows. How could I refuse that offer?

***

The bags under my eyes were terrible. Alice said she couldn't even tell that I didn't get any sleep the night prior. At least I could count on Rose to be honest. "You look like hell. Let's go fix that."

I sipped a glass of champagne and let them touch up my makeup in the master bathroom of the Cullen's new Seattle highrise. The place was massive and took up the entire 21st floor. I didn't even want to know the price tag on a place like this. Rosalie and Emmett were staying in it temporarily until the west coast business got started up, but after they were done, it was going to sit virtually unused until they found a reason to be in Seattle again.

Alice was over the moon that I would be joing her in New York. She kept babbling on and on about the places we could go, the places she knew I would love, and about the new job I was taking.

I dropped the bomb that I would be moving in with Edward, she did a little happy dance and said she knew he wouldn't let me live with her anyway.

Everything was happening so fast, and I didn't know how Edward's parents were going to react to my moving to New York.

If it was anything like my experience, it would probably be a bit of a shock. First I called Angela because I knew she would support me. Angela said she knew it would happen and that she was going to miss the hell out of me. I told her I'd come visit as often as I could, and I meant it.

My father, on the other hand, kept telling me that I was making a mistake and that it was too soon. I told him that we are in love and that it's my life. He hung up on me.

Renee was surprised but she told me to follow my heart, "no matter what your father says." And of course that she wanted to visit New York as often as she could.

That's exactly why I was having Edward talk with his parents before dinner. He said he didn't care anymore of the consequences. When I suggested that we not tell them that we were moving in together right away, that it might make things more complicated with his father, he shot the idea down straightaway. He was going to tell them everything.

"Ladies!" I heard Emmett bellow from the doorway of the bedroom,"Get your lovely selves out here, we're ready to go."

I took a shaky breath as we filed out of the bathroom, Rose and Alice telling me everything would be "just fine" and "not to worry." We met the rest of the Cullens in the foyer, where Edward came up to me right away and kissed my cheek. "Everything went fine," he whispered in my ear. Somehow I didn't believe him.

Esme walked up to me and gave me a hug. "Bella, good to see you again, thank you for joining us dear. In more ways than one, " she whispered the last part. Yes! Mom approves!

"Thank you Esme," I whispered back.

"Isabella," Carlisle said and nodded toward me. By the look on his face, it was obvious he wasn't sold on it. He looked a bit upset, even. Shit, I knew it.

"Mr. Cullen, nice to see you," I said meekly.

He forced a tight smile in my direction before he spoke,"Our car is waiting downstairs. We'll meet you at the restaurant, kids." Esme grabbed Carlisle's hand and kissed it, and led him into the elevator.

Once the doors closed behind them, I let out a huge gust of air.

"Well that went fucking fantastic," I mumbled under my breath.

I heard Edward chuckle behind me.

"Actually, considering how I just sprung it on them, it did go fucking fantastic. My mom is so happy."

"But your dad hates me."

Alice frowned and began pressing the 'down' button on the elevator frantically.

Edward sighed and hugged me to him from behind, placing kisses on my exposed shoulders. "No, he doesn't hate you, silly girl. He just thinks we're both very irrational."

"What do you know, my dad said the same thing," I replied sarcastically. Let's hope they aren't right.

"Oh, come on, Bella. Stop worrying about my dad. He'll get over it, ok?" Alice said and pulled me away from Edward. "Now let's go, I'm starved."

"We'll be right behind you, guys," Rose said as she waved us into the elevator.

"So, Bella, excited about moving to the big apple?" Jasper asked and smiled as the doors closed behind us.

"Of course I am, just a little nervous. I just don't know how the people there are going to be, you know?"

"Well it takes some getting used to. I'm from a small town in Texas, my momma would smack us upside the head if we didn't use our manners. After I got to New York I learned to stop holding doors open for people or saying 'good morning' to strangers. They look at you like you're a creeper."

I laughed.

"Got it. Do not go out of your way for strangers."

"Not everyone's like that, Jasper!" Alice said and smacked him in the arm.

"Don't worry, baby. You'll be fine. I'll be right there to protect you," Edward said and kissed the top of my head.

"Yeah not to mention the security team Edward's planning on-"

"Shut up, Alice," Edward scolded.

I don't want to know. I don't even want to know.

We filed into the big black Escalade, and Demetri was driving, of course. After the short ride, we ended up at some sort of asian-fusion restaurant downtown. I'm not partial to asian-fusion. Edward must've seen it written all over my face, or the fact that I sighed could have given me away. Alice jumped out of the car and practically ran into the restaurant while Jasper followed behind her.

"Do you not like asian food?"

"Um, no. I love all asian food. I just think they're perfectly fine by themselves and and don't need fusing."

He looked at me in awe and then kissed my cheek," God, I love you. And this is not what I would have chosen either. Alice loves this shit and always gets her way. I promise to take you to China Town when you get to New York for some outstanding real asian food."

He pulled me to his chest and gave me a long, lingering peck that could have turned into full on making out if Rose and Emmett didn't pull up right beside us. I was happy to see them climb out of Edward's silver Range Rover.

"Thank you, Edward, for taking the car back," I said and kissed his cheek.

"Yeah, I offered it up to Emmett and Rose, who by the way, willingly took it. You're so difficult," he chuckled.

Rosalie and Emmet walked up to us, Emmett smiling widely, while Rose had a scowl on her face.

"Fucking Alice and her fucking asian-fusion," she huffed. Edward and I laughed, and when Rose looked confused we let her in on the joke.

"Who cares, babe. As long as there's food in there, I'm happy," Emmett replied and kissed her on the cheek.

Edward led me by the small of my back into the trendy space that was decorated mostly in reds and golds and boasted a real rickshaw. How freaking original. It was very dim, only candle light illuminating the tables. We were seated at a long table toward the back, adorned with a red silk tablecloth and black lacquer chairs, with white orchids in bud vases placed in front of each plate.

Rosalie and Emmett sat nearest Esme and Carlisle, then Alice and Jasper, then Edward and I tucked away on the end. Thank God.

Edward quickly snatched my hand and held it on top of the table while he read his menu.

"Mmm...I can't decide, gah! I think I'm going to get the sea bass and the scallops," Alice said and closed her menu. "What are you getting?" she asked and smiled at me.

I made a show of placing a hand over my eyes and pointing to something on the menu. When I opened them, I read off my meal for the evening.

"Looks like I'm having...the ginger infused red snapper."

"What are you doing, Bella?!" Alice asked.

I laughed. " It all tastes the same to me, Alice. It doesn't really matter what you get!"

Edward smiled at me, and I heard the rest of them stifling laughter. I looked down the table and Esme was smiling and Carlisle had his hand over his mouth. He cleared his throat, and looked back at his menu. One point for Bella.

Alice's mouth hung open then she scowled at me ," You know, you should have a little more respect for your boss," she teased," I could make you work very long hours, you know."

"Ok, boss. No more teasing about your asian-fusion obsession."

Edward laughed," Technically Alice, I'm the boss, and I say Bella can do whatever she wants."

He leaned into me and whispered ,"And I'm the only one you'll be calling boss, Isabella. Are we clear?" I nodded my head quickly while I felt the heat build between my legs. He would talk to me like that when his parents are just a few feet away.

Alcie scoffed,"Ugh. You are so possesive, brother."

She leaned over the table andpointed at me ,"And you, missy...you are so on Starbucks duty the first week you get to New York. I mean like 'The Devil Wears Prada' style."

"Yes, Miranda," I stated and rolled my eyes.

Her little body shook with laughter.

Dinner went as well as to be expected, all of us making small talk. Well almost all of us. Carlisle didn't really talk to Edward or me. As the evening was winding down, Esme told me she needed some help planning a few charity events and would like my input once I got settled in. I told her that I'd love to help any way I can. Rose said that she'd be working remotely until Emmett was finished on the west coast, and that I sould need to help her finalize her choices on certain things that she couldn't be in New York for, and do final walk-throughs for her. Of course I agreed to this, too.

Edward rested his chin on my shoulder and ran his hand down my arm. "Yes, Bella. Since we're in the same building, I think I'll need your help transcribing documents for me in my office every day. It may take up a lot of your time." He said the last part all low and suggestively. It was meant for my ears alone, but of course Alice heard him and chimed in.

"Be serious, Edward. You have Heidi do all your typing, you won't need Bella for that," She said and rolled her eyes. When she finally realized what came out of her mouth, she held back a laugh.

Carlisle shook his head slowly and shot a look in Edward's direction. He got up quickly and took Esme's hand.

"Children, we've had a lovely evening, but your mother and I have to get ready to go early in the morning."

"Yes, we'll see you all later....and Bella, please hurry to New York, we can't wait for you to start," she said and smiled at me.

Nothing from Carlisle. Great.

They waved and walked away, and I quickly smacked Alice in the arm.

"Good going, Tink. Now your Dad thinks all I'm going to be doing at Cullen Development is your brother in his office."

"Oops." she said and smiled. Now I knew I had to wrok very hard when I got there. I would have to prove myself trustworthy to Carlisle.

We said our goodbyes when dinner was over, Alice squeezing me surprisingly tight when she hugged me. They all said they'd see me in less than a week, and I scowled at Edward. It went from a week, to less than a week. That sneaky man.

When Demetri dropped us off, I told him I'd see him soon and not to miss me too much.

"I'm just happy to be going back to New York. This is a lot of driving," he stated and laughed.

"Well it's been my fault. If Edward wasn't so damn protective you would have to drive us everywhere."

"No, it's not your fault. E's just that way. But honestly, I'm glad you're coming along. I can tell you're going to be very easy to work for."

That was the first time Demetri ever showed his personality to me. Huh. Wait, work for? I don't want to know.

Edward pulled me from the car and into an embrace. He looked down at me and looked up at my building.

"I'm going to miss this little place."

"I guess so."

"Are you not going to miss living here? I mean it's your home and all. "

"Surprisingly not that much. It really only feels like my home when you stay here," I said and looked down at my feet. He lifted my chin and placed a soft kiss on my lips.

"That makes me so happy to hear you say that, Bella. Now let's get upstairs. We have a lot to do before we go to sleep."

He led me up the stairs to the loft, probably for the last time ever.

"Edward, you have to wake up so early. You can't help me pack."

"I wasn't talking about packing, baby." Huh?

He pulled me throught the door and into a searing embrace. He lifted me up as I wrapped my legs around his waist and I gasped as the cold of the granite countertop hit the back of my bare thighs. Oh, he wasn't talking about packing.

Edward's going to do everything he can to get Miss Swan to NYC A.S.A.P. When he departs some unsavories may come out of the woodwork to say hello...hmmm...Oh, and PS, sorry if you enjoy asian-fusion. I do not, and am forced constantly by my friends to visit new asian-fusion "hot spots" that shoot up all over town every other week. Overpriced and mostly lame. Anyhow, hope everyone has a lovely weekend. It's like 80 degrees here right now down south, so I know I will!