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This chapter would have been posted sooner but the original draft was awful.

Thanks to Coldasicex3 who listens to my many ideas for this story without complaint.

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Three Months Later

EPOV

The last three months with Bella have been amazing. It feels like it did at the very beginning of our relationship. After I told Tanya to leave the center, we never heard from her again.

I could see a difference in Bella right away. The very next day she spied on one of my lessons and it took every ounce of professionalism I had to continue teaching for the next few hours. The second my last lesson was over I fled into her practice room and kissed her with all I had.

I wanted to spin her around and scream, "WELCOME BACK!"

She beamed at me and pretended to fuss about be interrupting her, but I knew she didn't mind.

It only took that one instance for me to realize how much damage my own selfishness had done to our relationship in the last month.

I had been so caught up in getting Bella to deal with everything and trust me...I didn't realize that it wasn't me she couldn't trust.

And of course my professional side told me that I had to teach Tanya. That was why I had chosen to teach piano again...to bring music to everyone. Even the difficult ones.

Looking back, I should have known that Tanya would be a problem from day one. My stubborn self wanted Bella to prove that she trusted me. Now I realize I was all wrong.

While I wanted Bella to put all of her faith in me and trust in my decision, I hadn't done the same for her. Too caught up on my own high hose, I had refused to even think that Bella was right.

And what had it come down to?

Tanya harassing Bella so much that she couldn't even stand outside of my office? Bella practicing every spare hour she had, just to get away from the woman who was making her life miserable? And I was blind to it all...

My Bella had already forgiven me, even though I didn't deserve it.

"Don't worry, Edward," she'd said. "You just try and see the good in everyone...And I'm sure deep down Tanya had something good in her. Even though I'm not quite sure either of us know what it is."

Then, she took me in her arms and held me until we had to go into work the next morning. We were tired because we stayed up all night catching up on the month we missed with each other, but our constant yawns throughout the day didn't bother either of us.

I also managed to convince Bella to move her recital back three months, so she wouldn't kill herself trying to learn all of her music. She even let me help with some of it, knowing that an outside opinion can be beneficial. Nothing made me happier than sitting in the recital hall as she played at the piano in her sweat pants and a t-shirt, looking completely at ease.

Her recital was tonight.

I can't explain how excited I was when she took the stage in her beautiful black dress. She looked so elegant, and the fabric shimmered under the stage lights. Glowing just for me.

The entire recital was beautiful...her Debussy and Mendelssohn pieces conveyed every bit of emotion possible, and I found myself beaming by the time the recital was over. My fiance never ceased to amaze me.

Wait...did I just say that? Fiance?... I guess I had been thinking the word so much lately that I just naturally started referring to Bella as that. Fiance. I liked it.

I couldn't wait to pull her into my arms and congratulate her on being the amazing person and performer that she was.

After an hour of greeting students, parents, and members of the community, we were finally free to head out to our post-recital dinner at our favorite spot. Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, and Alice were there already holding a table for the six of us.

As Bella and I got in the car, I thought about the small family we had developed with our friends. They had already been family to Bella, but I couldn't help but be amazed when they all accepted me as well. And I would never forget the day that Jasper and Emmett helped to save me from myself with Bella.

We were halfway to the restaurant when our song came on the radio.

Bella reached over and held my hand on top of the gear shift and I turned my head to smile at her. I squeezed her hand before turning onto a side road and into an abandoned lot.

I hopped out of the car and jogged around to Bella's door. I chuckled as I watched her head spin to follow me on my trip...she was very confused.

"Edward?"

I just smiled at her and pulled her out of the car before reaching in and turning up the radio.

"This is vaguely familiar," Bella grinned as she rested her head on my chest.

I laughed, "I couldn't help myself. I just had to hold you while we listened to this."

My arms wrapped around her waist and we swayed slowly to the beat.

"Edward Cullen, you're such a sap."

"Would you have me any other way?"

"Not at all," Bella sighed.

I waited a few more moments, enjoying the music, before I started speaking again. "You were amazing tonight...did you know that?"

"You're biased."

"Maybe...but everyone else thought you were amazing too."

She just laughed and hugged me closer as I hummed along with the melody.

"Hey, Bella?"

"Hmm?" she looked up, smiling as I placed a quick kiss on her lips.

"Will you marry me?"

I know its short, but I'm hoping the actual content of the chapter will make up for the shortness of it. I hope you enjoyed... only one more chapter after this! I'll be sad to see it go!

While you're here, go check out When Edward Met Bella that I'm co-writing with Coldasicex3!

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