Chapter Eight

I was awaken by Edward moving his arm. He had one arm around me and one propped up, holding his head.

I turned over and gazed into his eyes. I put a hand to his lips and smiled, "I love you Edward," I said, pulling him closer.

He came an inch away from me and whispered in French, "Oh, mon amoure. Je taime, aussi."

I had never spoken a word of French in my life, but I knew exactly what it meant.

He then put his lips to mine and kissed me.

We kissed for what seemed like and eternity. All of my problems melted away as we laid embraced with each other. It felt as though we were floating between planes. Nothing but Edward and me.

Then, it was over.

A hard tapping on my door made me jump and Edward said, "Come in."

He obviously knew who it was.

Sure enough, Emmett and Rosalie came into the room.

"Edward, we have to leave. Alice has already left to look. Carlisle has a feeling that some of the werewolves will follow us, so BElla is safe. We are going to Alaska first." Emmett said, looking Edward in the eye, obviously thinking more than he said aloud.

"Alice has already gone?" I said in disbelief. It wasn't that I was surprised, I would have left immediantly if Edward had turned up missing.

"Yes, she left early this morning. Bella, would you like to come with us to the airport?" Edward asked.

"Of course," I answered immediantly. This mifht be the last time I get to see Edward for a while.

Emmett nodded to Edward and then lead Rosalie out out the room and downstairs.

Edward looked back at me and said, "It'll be alright. I promise." His voice echoed in my head.

It'll be alright. I promise. Would it? How could he make such a promise?

"I'm not sure it will Edward," I said, voice trembling.

He held me and said, "I will do everything to make sure it will be alright. Don't worry. Come on, let's get to the airport."

It sounded as though he were trying harder to convince himself that it would be alright, more than he was trying to convince me.

He helped me up and I didn't even nother whit my clothes until Edward insisted.

I grudingly pulled away from hima nd grabbed some clothes and my bathroom bag.

Edward smiled at me and said,"I'll wait downstairs." I nodded, but didn't care if he watched me undress, as long as we were together.

The bathroom floor was ice cold. As I scanned the counter, I saw Charlie's cologne. Tears streamed down my cheek as I realized that almost everything on the room reminded me of him.

I quickly got dressed and wiped the tears away with my sleeve. The entire Cullen family was in my living room when I went downstairs all except for Jasper and Alice.

"You ready?" Edward asked coming over to me. I nodded but Carlisle began to speak before I could.

"You should get something to eat," Carlisle said lovingly.

"Oh. No, it's alright. I really don't feel like it," I answered, not looking at anything but the floor for fear that it would remind me of memories with Charlie.

"Alright, Let's go then. Bella could you drive the Jeep back here? It's the only thing that will fit us all. And there is no time for one of us to drop it off and run back," Carlisle asked as we headed out the door.

I nodded, wondering why they didn't just run to the airport. Then a soft voice whispered the answer, they would be seen.

We all piled into the car and I took the seat next to the window and Edward came in after me, sitting close.

He grabbed my hand and I laid my head on his shoulder, His smell was addicting. He was so perfect on every level. His looks. His muscles. His personality.

His kisses. They were heavanly. They made the world stand still and time stop. I loved him so much and would do anything for him. He would do the same for me. We are meant to be forever. But how long will he be gone?

The ride to the airport took barely any time. Or, at least it seemed that way considering a vampire was driving.

The airport had a lot of peopl ein it. African-Americans, White, Indians, and even, by the looks of it, some amish people.

I didn't think that the amish actually liked technology? I thought as we made our way to get tickets. The line was realitivley short considering the amount of people in the terminal.

Carlisle was talking to the lady behind the desk and I noticed the last bit of what they were saying.

"...sorry sir, There aren't any more avalible. They were all reserved. " the lady said plainly.

Carlisle worked his charm on the women.

"Heather, is it?" he said, pointing to the name tag. She nodded. "Well, Heather, this is a very important family matter. You see, we need to find my son. He is gone and has run away from home. I got a call from family up in Alaska and they said that he was there. But he won't budge, so we are going their to get him. I'm sure that you can understand, right? Well, that is if you have children, and a woman of your figure doesn't look like she has ever bore children. So I can see that you have to do your job..."

"Wait..." she hesitated, "I have three children of my own, I couldn't bare the thought of losing one. There are a few tickets that i could try to get. Let me see..."

Carlisle was overjoyed. I was anxious.

"Ah, well, we have enough that only one of you has to stay behind."

All eyes gazed at me.

"Alright, well, here you go," she printed the tickets for Carlisle.

"Thank you, you don't know how much this means to me," Carlisle walked away, ushering the family to a sucluded corner. "Well, we had better board the plane soon. I'm not sure when it will leave, and we don't want to miss it."

"I'll be there in a second," Edward whispered to no one in particular, his eyes were locked in with mine.

Carlisle nodded and the rest of the family followed him, where they stopped to wait for Edward, giving us our privacy.

"Bella.." he whispered.

"Shh. It's alright Edward. I promise it'll be alright. Just go and find Jasper," I said, embracing him.

"I don't want to leave you..." He kissed my neck gently.

"You aren't leaving me...think of it as," I paused,thinking for the right word, "you going hunting for a few days. YOu'll be back before I know it!"

But for some reason, I did not believe that.

"You don't know that..." he held onto me as if this were the final goodbye.

"I do know that. Please, promise me one thing," I asked.

"Anything."

"Come back. All of you come back. Including Jasper. It isn't his fault, and I hope that he can realize that. Tell him that its a bit of a good thing that he did that. Actually, its a great thing. Think about it, I'm not so breakable anymore. Mmm?"

Edward pondered. "Yes, I suppose that is true. But you have to promise me something in return."

I brushed his cheek with mine, "Of course."

"Don't fall in love with that dog while I'm gone," he held my chin in his hand.

"Edward..You know I love you. I love Jacob, but not like I love you. I promise"

He smiled gently, but his face immediantly returned to the look of worry.

I hugged him as I tight as I could. Praying that this would just be the last time I see him for the maximum of two days.

"You're so beautiful," he whispered.

I smiled and pulled away, as hard as it was, I did it. "You don't want to miss the plane, go."

He kissed me intently then began to walk away.

I then suddenly realized. What if this was the last time I got to see him? What would happen?

I suddenly screamed, "Edward! Wait!"

He turned to see that it was me and ran, not worrying about how fast he was going.

"Yes?" he breathed.

"Propose to me again," I whispered in his ear.

"What?!?!" he exclaimed, incredulous.

"You heard me. I know you have the ring,"

Catching on to where I was getting, he got on one knee, pulling out the ring that he had saving for when I said yes.

"Isabella Marie Swan, will you do me the honor in taking my hand in marriage, being my wife, forever?"

"Yes, a thousand times yes," I said.

He slid the ring on my finger.

"Thank you so much. I love you."

"I know, I love you too."