I don't own anything Twilight. Everything belongs to Stephenie Meyers. No copyright infringement intended. I'm just playing around with her creation.

Previously: Bella begins her training and has some surprising results. She asks for Emmett's help in something. Edward is curious as to why Emmett is leaving for a week. He tries to explain to Bella that he'll never leave again, that he does love her. Alice finally has a vision regarding Bella and it's of Edward proposing to her. Bella says yes but she has to do something first.

Chapter 13: What a Smashing Idea

Edward's Point of View

Anything Bella asked of me, I would do…even jumping off a cliff onto a floor of spikes. However, she had told me to wait a week so she could complete whatever it was she needed to do first. The worst thing about this week was that she wouldn't tell me what that thing was.

All week I had sat on the back porch and watched as Eleazar and Jasper tested and practiced with Bella's gift, tweaking it into submission. I was fascinated as her skills increased from rocks to logs to boulders to cars – which got a rise out of Rosalie, since she was seat inside it.

I was impressed at how quickly she was learning to control her telekinetic shield. It had taken me longer to grasp my own ability, granted that took a lot of self-control and realizing what were thoughts or actual spoken words.

Everything Bella did astonish me. She had wrapped the Denali's and her gift around her little finger, she had taken to this life as if she had been a vampire her whole life, and she seemed to be overcoming the misfortune that brought her into the dead life.

Rosalie was a huge factor in recovering from her attack. They were having daily 'therapy' sessions in hopes of her getting better. I accidently over heard the end of their latest session.

"What do you remember of your attack?" my sister asked evenly.

It was quiet for a long time before Bella shakily started to speak. "Laurent found me in the meadow then took me a rundown boathouse where Victoria tortured me for information on Edward. Once I told her what Edward's weakness was she told…Riley he could do what he wanted with me." there was another long pause and I knew Bella was fighting for the right words. "I remember him ripping my close…then everything kind of went black…"

Oh thank god, she doesn't actually remember the violation happing. I hope that, that would help in some way or another.

"So you don't remember anything after your clothes being ripped?" I saw through Rosalie's eyes as Bella bit her lower lip and shook her head no. "That's actually a good thing. I wish I couldn't remember but unfortunately I can and it took me years to finally get pass it. You have the opportunity to recreate your first time in a better way of your choosing. And you have a great guy who is offering you everything he is just to be with you, someone who always asks and never takes."

I watched fixedly as a small smile worked its way over her lips and she nodded in agreement. Thank you Rosalie.

That happened two days ago, granted she had already said yes to my proposal by then but she still seemed distant. After her talk with Rose, she seemed to smile more and often just wanted to cuddle with me on the couch. I had started a mantra in my head: thank you Rose, thank you Rose…. Even though she was still distant in some ways, in others, she was better and I couldn't really complain.

When Emmett arrived home later that evening, I was dumbfounded to see my Volvo sitting on a trailer behind Emmett's jeep. What in the world was he doing with my car? I hesitantly walked toward my brother, constantly keeping my eyes on the Volvo.

"Emmett, what is going on?"

He smirked as he walked to the trailer and started to release the straps holding my baby to the trailer bed. "Bella asked me to bring it." The mischievous grin that curled his lip made me extremely uneasy.

I felt the presence of my love behind and I spun around instantly to gaze up at her. She had an almost evil gleam in her eye that heightened my nervousness. She stayed on the porch but examined every movement Emmett made to unhook the Volvo.

"Edward, remember when I said there was one thing I wanted to do before I married you?" Her voice was flat, emotionless and I gulped involuntarily as a wicked smile materialized on her angelic face.

After chancing a glance to my car then back to her and nodded hesitantly, I prepared myself for whatever she was planning. She waved her hand to the side, indicating that I should move to my left. I side stepped slowly to the left and looked up at her, waiting, fearful of what her next move will be. She moved her index finger and thumb to make an 'O' and I stopped all movement, including my lungs.

"Considering how much you hurt me when you left…I think it's only fitting that I hurt you, in some way." Her eyes narrowed and she crossed her arms over her chest then her eyes darted to behind me. "Say bye-bye Edward."

Bye-bye? I wasn't going anywhere! Why would she…wait…? OH SHIT! I turned just in time to kiss the door my Volvo as it slammed into me. Naturally, there wasn't a scratch on me; my Volvo on the other hand didn't fare so well. Thanks to the unbending, unyielding nature of my body, there was a perfect impression of me in the side of the car about four feet deep. She let it fall to the ground in front of me and there was no doubt – my car was definitely totaled.

Everyone rushed outside upon hearing the loud crashing sound. They all stared at me in shock then slowly turned their heads to look at Bella, equally shocked. Their minds were all asking the same question – did Bella just smash the car into me.

I stared at her in surprise. All she wanted to do before we married was to smash my Volvo…or maybe it was the fact that she smashed it into me? She then sighed in relief and smiled down at me sweetly. What was I getting myself into by marrying her?

Bella's Point of View

Ahhh…destroying Edward's prized Volvo had instantly made me feel so much better. I heaved a sigh of relief at feeling the weight baring down on my heart lifted. I know I probably should have been the bigger man – er, vampire and not sought revenge for the pain he caused but I needed to relieve the pain somehow and demolishing his Volvo up side his gorgeous head seemed like the right course, and it was.

"Now, I'll marry you," I told him cheerfully and gave him a loving smile. He continued to stare at me blankly.

Before I could say or do anything else, Alice jumped on my back, hugging me tightly around the neck…then she started.

"When's the day? What colors do you want? Whom are you going to invite? Do you have a theme in mind? Where do you want to have the ceremony? What flowers do you want? How do you want your hair? How many-"

I pulled the wedding Nazi off my back, thrust her at Jasper and literally fled the porch screaming all the way to my room. I entered my room and locked the door, why I locked it I didn't know, in a house full of vampires it was pointless.

"Bella?" I spun around instantly and pressed myself against the door as I gazed at my Adonis standing beside the window.

"Edward, would you stop doing that!" I whispered a shout at him and he just smirked then walked toward me. I swear he enjoys making scaring me and making me jump.

"I don't blame you for running away screaming, I debated myself but you beat me to it. There is one of those numerous questions I was curious about though," he rolled his eyes and emphasized the word numerous. I thought over the many questions Alice listed off and waited for Edward to elaborate. He leaned down and ran his lip gently across my ear lobe causing me to shiver in what I hoped was pleasure. "Do you know what day you want to get married?"

I was still coming to grips with the idea that I was getting married and now he wanted to know what day. I gazed into his dark golden eyes to see if they had an answer. I had a briefly memory flash through my mind – I remember the first day we met. his eyes were a dark onyx, a color I had never seen on a human before. Then when I saw him next, they were a supernatural rich golden brown.

"I can think of only one day that would be perfect," I smiled and gazed deeper into his eyes. "How about we get married on the first day we met?"

"Are you sure you want to marry on that day? I'm sure there are better days," his eyes widened as he thought over the events of that day. I nodded vigorously, wanting to show him I was certain about the day.

"Even if we were acting strange and distant that first day in biology it still changed my life. I know you left for a week after that but even if you hadn't returned I would have asked your siblings. You drew me to you the first day I saw you. I tried for a week to get you out of my head, that you didn't mean anything to me so I shouldn't worry, but I failed…miserably." My eyes darted to his lips for a split second before I forced them back up to his eyes where one of his eyebrows arched at my involuntary distraction. "Unknowingly, you became everything to me that day. I didn't realize how deeply you were ingrained in my system until you left me, it destroyed me."

Edward winced and looked away when I brought up his lack in judgment that resulted in our separation. "I'm so sor-"

I cupped his face in my hands causing him to go silent and look at me. "Edward, you are more my everything now then you ever were. Were together again and we will be together for forever here soon. I thing binding our lives together for eternity on the day we met shows how far we've come from that day."

Finally, he smiled a true blissfully happy smile. "Alright, you've made your point; we'll get married in just over a week."

He then gave me the sweetest kiss I could ever remember getting from him. He kissed as if he was scared of how I would react and yet he was trying to show me how much he loved and wanted me with this simple pressing of our lips together. In about a week, we'll be able to kiss without any restrictions or fear.

Jacob's Point of View

When I stumbled outside into the five inches of snow in only my boxers early in the morning, I thought nothing of it. When you run a constant one hundred and eight degrees, the snow is nothing. I headed directly toward the mailbox, still groggy from a long night of raising fur in the woods – I hadn't gotten in until around four in the morning. Now here I was, ten a.m. traipsing through the snow to get the mail because my father couldn't do it in the wheelchair.

I grabbed the mail and headed toward the house, my eyes just barely open – half because of the glare from the snow and half from lack of sleep. I burst through the front door, slamming it behind me then tossed the handful of mail on the couch next to my father before heading back to bed.

"Hey, Jake…you got a letter here, from Denali?"

I stopped abruptly at my father's confused statement – he wasn't the only one. I stared at him for a moment trying to think up any possibilities for the letter. There was only one person I would be getting a letter from that lived in Denali. I nearly bound across the room in one-step and snatched the letter from my dad's grasped, causing him to cringe away from me.

In one fell swoop, I ripped the letter open and read the contents on the stiff card stock paper.

You're cordially invited to the wedding of

Isabella Marie Swan Denali

and

Edward Anthony Masen Cullen

on January eighteenth, two thousand seven, at three in the afternoon

at the home of the Cullens in Denali, Alaska.

See you there.

Whoa, no shit! Didn't see that coming, although I probably should have known something like this would happen eventually. If she was, still the girl I knew her as before her unfortunate change then she would be able to get past the regrettable stuff and move on.

"What's it about Jake?" my dad asked as he attempted to crane his neck to see what was in my letter.

"Some people I befriended in Alaska when I found Bella are getting married. They invited me to their wedding," I stated calmly. I hated lying but considering the circumstances regarding Bella, it was a necessity.

Shortly after I had decided to leave 'no stone unturned' until I found Bella, the rest of the pack had decided to stop phasing, choosing to age with their imprints. I on the other hand was different. I was the only one who hadn't imprinted. Even Brady had imprinted on Sam's cousin Lilly.

I had no reason to stop shifting, thinking and hoping maybe I just hadn't found her yet, that I needed time – so I continued to phase. Considering I was the only member of the pack still shifting, the pack mind was entirely my own – and it felt great!

My father was still watching me intently, most likely wondering if there was a reason for my long silence. "The date is set for five days from now so I think I'll head out soon."

"Oh…"

I didn't even wait to hear if he said more and almost sprinted into my small room. I hastily filled a small duffle bag with clothes and money and headed out the back door toward the forest. Once inside the dense foliage I placed the duffle on the ground then stripped down to my birthday suit. After stashing my clothes inside the bag, I shifted into my overly hairy self. I snatched up the bag with my long snout and took off at a full run toward Alaska.

As I ran, several things ran through my head as well. Yes, Bella had been my best friend when she was human but now she is my immortal enemy. Just because she was now what we killed, could I actually kill her? Everything inside me screamed no. From what I saw of her before she went psycho and ran inside she was still Bella, just a slightly more beautiful version.

I continued to ponder over my 'friend's' status and what I considered her – friend or foe. Based on where I was currently going, I think it was obvious, she was still my friend or I wouldn't be heading to her wedding. I was still thinking about my friend when I broke through the thick trees and spotted the Denali's house.

I slunk back into the trees and quickly phased back to only two legs and threw on some clothes before plodding back across the open white field toward the log cabin style home. A girl with long brown hair exited through the front door and stopped on the porch, staring intently at me.

"Jake, you came…" her voice tinged with relief and she flashed over to me faster than I had expected from my once human friend. She threw her arms around my neck in a tight hug that would have broken my neck if I were human. The hold on my neck snapped away suddenly and Bella leapt away quickly, a disgusted expression on her face.

"Jake, you stink," she sneered and pinched her nose closed then grabbed my hand and started to pull me toward the house. "I vote you take a bath right now…"

I chuckled as I planted my feet firmly on the ground, causing Bella to falter in her steps and stopped to look at me. "Bella, you stink too."

Her eyes widened then she started sniffing her hair and arms. "No I don't, I showered this morning!"

The laughter erupted at her naïve statement. My Bella was truly still alive and it made me euphoric. Despite what happened, despite her being changed to something undead, she was still Bella.

"Bella, did no one tell you? Vampires reek to wolves and vice versa," I continued to chuckle as she stared at me blankly then her eyes narrowed as she glared at the house from the corner of her eye.

"No…they didn't."

"BELLA…are you two coming in?" My head snapped up when I heard the alluring feminine voice hollering from the house. There was a vibration in the voice that pulled me, no, demanded that I follow the tempting tone of voice, it drew me like sirens called to sailors. I literally drug Bella through the snow toward the house, toward the sound that called to me.

The angel that watched us was a vision. Strawberry blond waves framed her perfect face and her inviting amber eyes kept a watchful look on us as we approached. Everything about the woman on the porch was perfect from head to toe.

Oh my god, I just imprinted!

Chapter End Notes:

*cowers behind the remains of the Volvo* Please don't hurt me! My aunt suggested the car smashing and I thought it was a stupid idea but over time it started to seem like a good idea.

Do you think Bella was in the right to destroy the Volvo or was it too much? I thought Bella needed a way to feel better and totalling Edward's precious car seemed to fit the bill.

Do you think Jake was surprised by his invite? OMG, Jacob imprinted, finally! Who is surprised by that little snippet of info? ^_-

One more chapter and the epilogue is all that left, WOW. Any ideas as to what will be in them?