Bellas POV

I learned a whole lot about the gang last night at dinner. It was weird how natural everything was. As if all was right with the world. Jasper, Emmett, and Edward were all roommates. Jasper is Rosalies brother, and dating Alice. Emmett was Alice and Edwards brother and was dating Rosalie, and Rosalie was Alice's best friend/roommate. Yeah, it was pretty confusing at first.

Today was bound to be a great day. My room was all set up for his arrival, all I needed was him! I couldn't wait to pick him up from the kennel. I couldn't wait for Alice to meet him. Well actually, I could probably wait for that. But it didn't matter, he was finally coming home. After I picked him up we waited for the girls to get home. They said they would be back around 3.

"Hey Alice." I sat and waited for her reaction.

"What is that?" She stood there looking shocked. Oh gosh...

"This, is Peanut." My voice wavered a little.

"But you said Peanut was a dog. That's not a dog. That's a ... a... a horse."

"Don't be ridiculous. Great Danes are in fact dogs. Thank you very much." I crossed my arms.

"Umm... No Great Danes are NOT dogs. They are mutant creatures from another planet."

I playfully covered Peanuts ears, "He disagrees, and thinks you're being very rude."

"Well soorrry that I hurt the "dogs" feelings" Now she was just being sarcastic.

There was a knock at the door and Alice answered it. Edward walked in and looked my way.

"Cool, when did you guys get a horse?" He started rustling Peanut's ears.

"Ok, now I KNOW that you two are related." I chuckled a little bit as I grabbed the leash to take Peanut for a walk.

"So, what's his name? Tiny?"

"Oh. Ha. Ha. Edward. No his name isn't Tiny. It's... Peanut." He let out a loud laugh as I clipped the leash on Peanut's collar. I took him down to the local park. There was a big field he could run around, sniff, and do whatever else it is that dogs do. I unhooked the clasp and he took off running, glad for some time to stretch his long legs. I laid down on the grass hoisting myself up on my hands. I heard movements behind me and turned to see where they were coming from.

"Aren't you afraid he'll run away?" It was Edward.

"Nope." We had done this ever since he was a puppy. He always came back, I could count on that.

Edward laid down next to me and we talked for a while. He was actually pretty funny, and such a smart-ass. He was also cocky and arrogant, but once we got into a real conversation he was just, Edward.

I finally called Peanut back. We hade been here 2 and 1/2 hours. After I clasped the leash back on Peanut, Edward and I started walking back to the dorm. Not too long after we started walking we were stopped, or should I say Edward was stopped, by a blonde with shorts to short for the weather and a tank top a size too small.

"Hey Edward" She called to him.

"Lauren." He nodded at her as he said her name.

"I just wanted to let you know, I had a lot of fun the other night, we should do it again sometime." She seemed to be looking at me for some, ooohh... she thought Edward and I were there together. Ha ha, well it's nice to know that I look good enough to be considered a threat. I caught myself trying hard not to let out the giggle that I knew was creeping up on me, so I began to walk away, not even caring what his answer was to her unasked question.

Edwards POV

Lauren, she sure had some timing issues. She WOULD be the person Bella and I run into, and she WOULD be the person to bring up the other night in front of Bella. What had I even seen in her? I looked below her neck. Right that's what I saw in her. Gosh, Alice is right. I am a perv. One thing I've learned was, never, EVER, bet against Alice. She's got some kind of a 6th sense. I was different when I lived at home with my parents. What was it that lice always used to call me? That's right, a "pansie." But at college, on my own, I was anything but. I had a different girlfriend every week. I was known as the 'player'. But Bella was different. She was real. She was like someone I would want to actually just BE with.

"So THAT'S Lauren. Is Angela blonde too?" Bella asked after Lauren finally let me leave. I was going to kill Alice. Why did she always have to talk about MY personal life?

"Umm... no. She's not."

"Hmm... Just curious." She almost smiled. "Jacob!" She yelled when she noticed him walking towards her dorm. If I wanted to get to know her better, I'd have to do something about him.

Jacobs POV

Why is Alice's brother around Bella? You know, I never liked that guy. Not since the first time I met him. I hugged and kissed Bella like I had never kissed her before. If he couldn't take the hint now, then we would have problems later.

"How were your classes today babe?" I had to throw 'babe' in there, just to rub it in.

"Oh, nothing special. Look who finally arrived!" She made a grand gesture to the dog with her hands.

"Hey Peanut. I sure missed having you around buddy." I bent down and ruffled his ears. Bella ate that up. She always liked it when I was 'nice' to that dog. So I always put on a good show.

"By the way, Saturday I'm going shopping with Alice and then we're all going to the club to celebrate your birthday!" She was excited.

"Great. Hey, I gotta go but I'll talk to you later hun." I kissed her then turned to the dog. "Maybe later we'll play some fetch, how does that sound boy?" I pat his head then left. To be honest, I never liked that dog, and I don't think he liked me. It's alright, he will be gone by the time Bella says "I do."

Bellas POV

I had been spending time with Alice and Rose all week. Edward seemed to tag along whenever Alice would allow it. Saturday had finally arrived and it was shopping time! With my mom being a fashion designer and my dad being head chief at the Phoenix Police Department, I was pretty well off financially. Alice and I hit the mall as soon as it was open. No surprise there, Alice and shopping were some pretty serious business. The first shops we went to were the more casual clothing ones. We got a couple of outfits from there and then went to get something to wear for tonight.

Alice got a strapless dress the was a pinkish color with a black ribbon tied around the waist. She also picked up a dress for Rose who couldn't make it because she was celebrating her anniversary with Emmett. Rose's dress was purple, sort of bunched up at the top with one spaghetti strop sleep and a sleeve that was about 2 inches wide. hers went down to above her knees.

My dress was a halter top and v-cut with some silver in the middle. It went down to just above my knees just like Alice and Rose's. Mine was a softer purple and it was a bit flowy. Alice and Rose decided to go with black stilettos, Rose played up the clack shoes with some black accessories, while I went with some silver ones.

I couldn't wait to go to the club I had tried to call Jacob earlier to wish him a happy birthday but he hadn't answered. I settled for sending him a text instead. He's been real busy with his school work and trying to catch up with the boys. I tried not to bother him too much although I hadn't seen much of him to begin with.

In Alice's Porsche we fit Alice, Edward, Jasper, and I. Rose and Emmett had taken his car and we were meeting Jacob there.

"So Bella, how long have you and Jacob been engaged?" Alice asked out of the blue.

"About a month, but I've known him my whole life."

"Wow that's really neat." She glanced in her rearview mirror to where Edward was sitting.

Edwards POV

ENGAGED? Why hadn't I seen it before? Now that I actually looked, there was the diamond ring on her finger. It was pretty simple. Something anybody would have easily missed. I couldn't believe it took Alice to point it out for me to realize. Bella was engaged; and she already had that new bride glow.