I blinked my eyes open. Edward moved my hair out of my face, I still felt sleepy. There was a wooden chest I had never seen before in the middle of Edward's room. His CDs were stacked in neat piles.

"What are you doing?"

"Just organizing my collection." Edward stacked a pile of books on the floor. The spines were titled in a different language. I looked out the giant glass window.

"Edward it's night time."

"I didn't want to wake you."

"Did everyone?"

"Not yet.''

"I have to see Charlie."

"Whenever you're ready."

I came down the stairs and was taken back by what I saw. They were moving at their natural speed. Covering things and packing large boxes. They were covering the furniture with giant white sheets. Edward took a sheet from the pile on the floor. It billowed like a sail before he covered his piano with it.

"Bella how are you feeling?" Esme touched my arm encouragingly.

"I feel rested."

"Are you hungry?"

"No thanks."

"If there's anything you want, Edward keeps the refrigerator and cupboards stocked with drinks and food, for when you come to visit." I looked at Edward, he shrugged.

"Esme where do you want me to put the albums." Rosalie was carrying a giant box in one arm and a chair in the other hand. Esme rushed over to Rosalie.

"Bella are you sure you don't want to eat something before we leave?"

"I don't feel like eating. I am thirsty."

Edward's arm came around me, and I was in the kitchen before I could blink. Edward handed me a ginger ale. The cupboards were open. I could see that they were packed with food.

"I can't believe you filled everything just for me Edward. You guys don't eat.''

"Desperate times are cause for desperate measures."

"What are you going to do with it now?'

"You could eat as much of it as you can before we leave."

My eyes widened.

He started snickering. "It's fine Bella. We can take some of this food with us. I looked around their beautiful home. They were leaving soon, it made me feel sad.

…

Edward(pov)

I would have to take Bella on foot. I didn't want Charlie to see my Volvo, and I had promised Bella we would drive back in her red monster.

"Are you ready?'

"Let's go."

We were there in minutes. We were still a distance from the house. It was pitch black for Bella... a stark contrast to what it had been like this morning. We had been standing in the same place. We could both see the glow coming from the house. My phone rang.

"We should be there."

"I'm not even going to be there Jasper; Bella just wants to talk to her father."

"Were not exactly sure how he's going to react. I don't think Bella should be alone with him."

"Charlie would never hurt Bella." Bella looked up at me startled.

"Just as a precaution Alice and I will come near. Alice says you will be waiting outside."

"Yes I intend to wait outside."

"We will as well, in fact I can help with his temperament."

"Only if he is about to react badly, I don't intend to invade Bella's conversation. Did Alice see him react aggressively?"

"No! Not with Bella."

"Very Well will meet you here." I hung up.

"Alice and Jasper will be here, their coming as a precaution.''

"Bella looked sad. "Charlie would never hurt me.''

"I know.''

Bella shivered. It was cold for her. Her jacket was made out of thin fabric. I wanted to give her mine, but Charlie would see Bella wearing my jacket. Why add fuel to the fire? Bella looked at the house as if she was concentrating.

"It's alright Bella, just come out when you're ready.''

Jasper and Alice arrived. Alice hugged Bella.

"Sorry Bella, Jasper just wants to make sure everything turns out Ok."

"It's Okay Alice."

Jasper's mind was going throw the possibilities of what could be revealed by Charlie and Bella's conversation. It was better if I told her now.

"Bella I don't know what could come of this conversation or how it is going to turn out, but it is important that you do not mention the word Vampire. It is imperative for everything and his safety.'

"I am not going to tell him anything."

"He will ask questions."

"You are in my life. That is what I am going to tell him."

Jasper could feel the tension and sadness coming from Bella.

"We'll all be right here.'' Alice reassured her.

Bella smiled at Alice. She walked away from us towards her home. We remained immobile until she went into the house.

Jasper jumped through the trees and crawled around the side of the house. He seems to be calm. Alice kept a close vigilance. The only choice he's made is to discuss this with Bella. Jasper continued his inspection of the grounds and a sharp eye on the house as he passed the window. He saw the revolver on the kitchen table. I stayed the closest. I tried to decipher what I could of Charlie's thoughts, and listened to Bella's heartbeat. The family wasn't as confident in my abilities, at least where Charlie and Bella were concerned. We kept each other posted. Alice would whisper. Jasper would mentally send me the emotions in the room.

I could hear him. "He wants to apologize to Bella.''

We listened in.

"I can't believe you did that to... him."

"That is not what I wanted to do…It was just everything and the marriage… You're marring him Bella?

"You wouldn't have done that to Jacob."

"He's just a kid.''

"So is Edward."

"He's not is he?"

We all froze in place to hear her reply. Bella responded quietly. "Edward is in my life.''

"Bella you can't. Don't marry him. This morning..." He trailed off.

"I can't believe you think this is fair.'

"I don't think this is fair.''

"I didn't want to commit murder. I don't want to murder anyone Bella.''

I stopped listening. It was a sour feeling to imagine Bella confronting this. Time passed, I didn't time how long she had been inside. It seemed as if it had been twenty minutes. I came closer and looked into the window. Bella was hugging him. I looked away then, I didn't want to invade her privacy. I came to the left of the house. Jasper came over. "She's in a lot of pain, so is Charlie.'' I ran my hand throw my hair in frustration.

"She's coming." Alice spoke.

My eyes focused on the door. Bella came out; I was by her side in an instant. Tears were falling from her eyes.

"He wants me to stay.''

"That's not a good idea." Jasper snapped. I hissed. He's still a liability, should the Volturi find out about this. Jasper responded.

"He doesn't want to be the sheriff anymore."

"He really feels guilty." Alice chimed. He's not going to push it or do anything against us... unless? Alice was searching the future.

"It's going to be alright. I'll stay with you if that's what you want.''

"No Edward we can't. I told him."

"He just decided to find out what is going on! If we leave, he will be adamant until he finds out what we are." Alice warned.

We all reflected on that.

"Well stay behind a couple nights more Bella.'' I led her towards the truck.

"I left my things."

"I'll get your things from your room tonight. So you don't have to.'' Alice said reassuringly.

Jasper and Alice said their goodbyes.

(Bella pov)

Alice and Jasper left. Edward helped me into the truck. We were in the dark.

"He said he was sorry."

"What did you say?" He asked gently.

"I said I forgave him.''

"I'm glad.''

"He said he would keep the secret.''

"You asked him to keep a secret."

"No. He just said he wasn't going to tell anyone about you or your family."

We went back to Edwards's house. It looked different. The furniture was covered and it was very quiet.

"Where is everyone?"

"Their already gone.''

"What about Charlie? Alice said... he would investigate."

"She'll talk to Carlisle it's probably good were staying for a couple days."

"To avoid questions?"

He nodded. "Let's have dinner."

Edward prepared my meal. I was going to ask him if he was hungry, but Edward's eyes were gold tonight. He fixed me some wraps and a smoothie. Not for the first time, I thought Edward could run his first Chef restaurant. Edward sat opposite of me. I would have liked this late night dinner any other time, but thinking of my father again, brought tears to my eyes. Edward was in front of me. He wiped the tears away with his cold fingers.

"I can't stop thinking about Charlie."

"I promise you we are going to work this out.''

He ran his hands down my arms. "Your cold! Wait Just a moment." Edward disappeared. Two blinks later Edward was back.

"Where did you go?"

"I turned on the heat.''

"Heat?"

"I installed a heating system this time.''

I heard soft music playing.

It was an instrumental piece. The notes were beautiful.

''Edward what is this?''

''Eugen Doga.''... "My Sweet and Tender Beast.''

I listened. It was tragic, the way I felt, yet it was also romantic. Edward extended his hand.

"May I have the honor of this dance?"

I smiled. We danced slowly. Edward hummed along. He held me close. I leaned my head against him. I forgot about everything else. In this hidden away mansion in the middle of the night, I danced and felt like there was no one else in the world but me and Edward.

…

Jacob (pov)

It was dawn. Well it had been dawn when I woke up. I couldn't stop thinking about Bella today.

"Jake you awake in there?"

Minus well come out. I trudged out of my room.

"I was out a long time last night.''

"Jacob Charlie wants to talk to you."

"To me..?"

"Yes... he said it's important."

I decided to go in wolf form. Would I see Bella? I tied my clothes bag to my foot and ran. I came up to the house. It felt strange to hear my Dad tell me that Charlie wanted to talk to me. Maybe Charlie was finally mad at me about the motorcycles. At least I didn't have the props anymore that had been so stupid. I could smell that they had been here recently. Ugh! Bella's house was the regular party house for leeches.

I knocked.

Charlie opened the door.

"Hi Jacob." He looked tired.

"Hi Charlie. Dad said you wanted to talk to me.''

"Yeah, come on in. How are you Jake?"

"I'm good. How's Bella?''

"She's good." He looked unhappy. "Go ahead and sit down."

I sat at the table. He looked too serious; I hope this wasn't some police interrogation.

"Jacob has Bella ever talked to you about Edward?"

Weird question. "Um... sometimes... off and on." Just the trivial things, like what he eats.

"Did you ever notice anything different about him?"

Where had that come from? He was probably just wondering about Edward.

"I'm sure you know... well it's no secret that I don't like him."

"What do you think of him?"

"I guess his a regular creepy kid."

"Creepy. Has Bella actually discussed him with you? I'm sure you and him had your differences. Did she talk a lot about their relationship?"

I'm sure he read the disgust on my face. "It wasn't something I wanted to talk a whole lot about?" Bella I had talked too much about Edward.

Charlie wanted answers from me. I was technically still her friend. Mr. Swan your daughter is going to marry a bloodsucker. I would like to see his response to that. He could needle answers from Bella, about her boyfriend.

"I don't mean to ask questions about you or Bella, or what you talk about. I've been wondering what you've been Thinking where Edward and Bella were concerned."

"I don't like the way they got together. They weren't made for each other.''

"My thoughts exactly.''

"I guess, I think of him as kind of a leech.'' I laughed at my own inside joke.

"You can say that again" He sighed. "But still I noticed he was a fair kid."

Ya, a regular pale angel. Bella finally corrupted her dad.

"Jacob did you ever see anything strange about Edward?"

He was suspicious, what had made him suspicious?

"Nothing, but the same old, he has a weird personality. That's about it."

"Your family down at the rez, they don't like the Cullens do they?"

"We've never really gotten along, but Sam likes them and so does my Dad." Regular pals Seth and Edward.

"Doctor Carlisle took a look at me, he's a good Doctor.''

"Yes, Carlisle is a good doctor.''

Charlie eyed me. "Down at the reservation, Sam and all of you are part of a cult. What is that about?"

Something had tipped Charlie off.

"We just kind of make sure everything is good on the rez. Mostly just checking things out."

"It's my responsibility to keep an eye on you kids. You boys hang around each other. You all kind of seem to Group together like members."

"Were not a Cult. We kind of stick together on the rez. "

"What do you mean by check things out? Are you the law?''

"No. that is the tribal council. We just make sure nothing bad happens and we follow all the rules."

"You boys have been known to be night owls on the reservation."

"It's better for us to have fun at night, than during school hours." Say the right thing.

"Nothing Shady? I just want to make sure you guys aren't drinking or getting into things you didn't intend to."

"Na… We just have the most fun out of anyone. Volley ball for boys."

"You're not having too much fun?" Charlie smiled. "What do you mean by volley ball for boys?"

"I mean we don't do anything illegal. We just get together, do sports things, Quileute games."

"Sports?"

"Native American stuff."

"Really?" Charlie was giving me a funny cop look.

"Well I better go."

"Tell Sam I need to talk to him.'

"Sure..Sure. I'll tell him."

I was almost away from the porch, when Charlie said something else.

"I don't know how much you know, but I assure you, I'm going to get to the bottom of it."

I looked as confused as possible.

"Um, Ya sure, By Charlie."

As soon as I made it to the woods I shifted into a wolf. I ran through the woods. I would see Sam and the others in minutes.