Sorry for the long wait for the update, I didn't have a working computer and I was just soo lazy but I finally got the update you all wanted - although I doubt it came out the way you expected it to. Enjoy J

EPOV

I was officially a nervous wreck.

Tonight was the night, the night I would propose to her. I had planned out everything - I had the cooks make all her favorite food, I invited my parents as well as Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie to witness it. I had even double checked with Alice and my mother to make sure Bella would like the ring.

And yet I was still nervous.

I paced back and forth around my room, waiting for 6 to come around. I glanced at the clock again - only 4:35.

I was about to go crazy1 What am I supposed to do until then? I couldn't relax and my mind was going a mile a minute trying to think of how she would respond.

Would she say yes? She has to say, she said she loved me. But what if she changes her mind? What if she decides that being queen of England in only a couple of years would be too much for her?

What if she doesn't want me?

I threw myself down on my bed face first. I had to stop thinking so much, I had to just relax. I heard a knock on the door and turned my face towards the door, shouting at the person to come in.

Alice barged into the room followed by Jasper and sat herself down on my bed. Jasper closed the door.

My eyes widened at the two of them before speaking to Alice. "You shouldn't be in here, Alice. Especially not on my bed with the door closed. Did anyone see you? Think of what a scandal this could be! And with Jasper in here too! Everyone knows I'm with Bella and that I will propose to her soon. If they know you to are in here with the door closed, people will talk and-"

"Edward, be quiet. No one saw us come in here and if they did, let them talk! What is the big deal? I know you don't care about gossip and what the kitchen servants think of you so why are you so nervous?"

I groaned and shoved my face into my pillow.

"I don't know if I can propose to Bella," I mumbled.

Alice scoffed. "Of course you can. All you have to do is say four little itsy bitsy words. It'll be extremely easy." I shook my head.

"It's not that I don't know what to say, it's that I don't know if I want to." As I said the words, I realized how true they actually were. I never wanted to be married, I never wanted to be tied down and forced to commit to one person. I had never even liked women before I met Bella.

She changed the way I thought about everything, but even with all of that I'm still hesitant to even think about being married.

"Snap out of it Edward," Jasper said. "I know exactly what you're thinking. You will marry Bella or I will personally castrate you because I know how much you love her. This is the right thing to do and getting married is not the worst thing in the world. Have you seen your parents marriage? They love each other so much and yet their marriage was arranged. I know you, Edward, and I know Bella. You two are perfect for each other so you better not mess this up."

"I couldn't have said it better myself, Edward. Jasper is right, you and Bella are so perfect for each other it's like you two were meant to be since birth," Alice put in. I rubbed my face with my hands slowly before I answered them.

"Get out," I said.

"What?" they both said, confused.

"Get out of my room. I need time to think things over."

I shoved my face back into my pillow as I heard them leave the room and I thought of Bella.

Her beautiful mahogany hair, her the pools of chocolate brown that were her eyes, her rosy cheeks, gorgeous lips that formed the most beautiful smile I've ever laid eyes upon in my life.

I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with her.

This was the right thing to do.

Everything was going the way it was supposed to do. Bella was enjoying the feast of all her favorite foods and having a great time conversing with my parents and all her friends. Throughout dinner, Alice and Jasper had been shooting me pointed looks and Esme an impatient one. To each I replied with a hard stare of my own.

And finally, I thought it was the perfect time to propose. I lifted my glass and lightly tapped on it three times to get everyone's attention.

And then I turned to my Bella.

I took her hand and brought it slowly up to my lips as I tried to gather all my thoughts.

"Bella, I know we've only known each other for a short time - can you imagine it's been a month already? - but I feel like I've known you for my entire life and I love you so much I can not bear to think of a life without you."

I looked up to see her smiling and tears at the corner of her eyes.

"Bella, I want to spend the rest of my life with you and I promise to love, cherish, and respect you for as long as I live and even on my dying day." I knelt to the ground.

"Bella, will you -"

"KING CARLISLE, KING CARLISLE!"

Frustrated, I turned my eyes to see the revolting Michael Newton run into the room looking panicked.

He bowed quickly and turned to my father, still looking frantic.

"I apologize most humbly for interrupting, Sire, but this man…he claims to be the…he wishes to see you…I could not stop him from coming in." He was breathing so heavily we only caught bits and pieces of what he was trying to say.

"Spit it out, boy," my father said, "we're busy as you can see. What is it you're trying to say?"

"I believe he was going to tell you about me."

We all turned to see a man standing in the doorway. His clothes were ripped and soiled but he carried himself with authority. He shot a smirk full of hate at me before smiling unpleasantly at my father.

"My name is Jacob Black and I am here to take my rightful place as heir to the throne." Gasps were scattered around the room as I looked at my father.

It was the first time I had actually seen him truly frightened.

Who was this man, and why does he think he has a claim to the throne?

Haha, cliffy :p. Don't kill me, please! I'd like to say thank you to all my readers who probably lost faith in me ever updating my story but reading this update anyway! Thank you to all my new readers - if there are any - and I hope you liked and enjoyed my story! I'll update as soon as I can!

Thanks Again!

-karyn