I did a time warp here. It is now over a year later at graduation. If anybody has any questions please PM me or ask in a review. I will answer it as best I can. Here is another chapter I wrote about character that I don't own.

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Sitting here in this folding chair listening to Eric Yorkie tell anecdotes from his days here at Forks High made me feel a bit nostalgic so I began to shift though my own wonderful memories of Forks. All of the memories I dredged up starred Bella. Of course that was what made them special to me.

It pained me to remember the way I had reacted to her lovely scent that fist day in biology. I truly felt as if she was a demon sent from the depths of hell to tempt me.

I am disheartened when I recall the way I ran from her. I took the coward's way out. I will never forget how haunted I was by her frightened doe eyes as I glared black eyed and furious at her.

I will be forever grateful to whatever force that allowed me to see that I needed to come back home, to her.

I thought my long dormant heart was going to start then go into cardiac arrest when I saw Tyler's van coming for her. I did not even think about the consequences I simply had to save her.

I will never forget the fight that I had with my family that night and my promise to stay away from Bella. I fought so hard to do what my family thought was right but in the end I knew that the old saying would prove true: love conquers everything.

The chair next to mine moving brought me back to the present. Alice was just arriving to the ceremony. She had been keeping me out of her head for the past two weeks so I knew that she planning something. Even now she was now reciting the pledge of allegiance in Turkish.

"What are you hiding pixie?" I whispered under my breath.

Never you mind brother dear. It is a surprise!

I sighed then lost myself in my thoughts again.

I remembered the thrill of realizing that I love Bella and the pain that I was sure would come from it. I truly could not believe that a monster such as me deserved love especially not the love of an angel such as Bella.

The day that I decided to pursue her was the day that changed my life. Bella's lack of fondness for Valentine's Day gave me my foot hold and I stepped though the door and never looked back.

I was over the moon the first time I heard her say my name in her sleep. She looked so innocent lying there bathed in the moonlight. I wanted to lay with her and hold her in my arms.

I shifted my thoughts again and saw my Bella as she stepped out of the limo at last year's Valentine's ball. It was the only dance that she had allowed me to take her to besides the senior prom and I had to dazzle her into saying yes.

That night she wore a shimmering forest green dress that made her look like a goddess of nature. I was in awe of her beauty.

Our relationship had so many ups and downs in the beginning but ever since the morning after she and Rosalie faced off against Tanya we have been closer than ever.

Thinking of Rosalie made my thoughts drift to the friendship that had cropped up between her and Bella. My sister's genuine affection for Bella came as a shock to all of us but we have all kept our thoughts on the matter to ourselves.

The two of them had become almost as close Bella and Alice. Rose had been teaching Bella about cars and to my joy and surprise she actually let Rose buy her one.

Bella was the proud owner of a midnight blue Audi TT coupe. I have to admit she looks utterly stunning behind the wheel of that car.

Bella, Esme and my sister have taken to spending at least twice a month shopping and having what Alice refers to as girl time. Seeing my love fit so seamlessly into my family helps to ease the ache I still feel when I think of her becoming one of us.

Alice stood up so I knew that it is time to get my eleventh diploma. As I approached the principal I heard the unmistakable voice of Emmett.

"Whoo! Go Eddie! Today a graduate, next month a man! Whoo!"

His statement did not go unnoticed by the good people of Forks. I was suddenly bombarded with thoughts of mine and Bella's upcoming wedding.

Oh dear Bella and Edward are so young. They should wait until after college.

Are they really going though with that wedding?

Cullen thinks he's so hot. I bet Bella doesn't even really want to marry him.

I bet Bella won't give it up unless he marries her. Why else would she want that?

Bella is such a tramp. I bet she is pregnant and has just found a way to hide it.

Jessica Stanley's thought caught me off guard. The rumor that Bella was with child had been put to rest months ago. Surely Jessica did not think that Bella had been hiding a pregnancy for eleven months.

Edward! Hey bro, hearing anything good?

I growled and made a mental note to kill Emmett when we got home!

Nope! No violence tonight. Bella deserves some fun since her mom couldn't make it today.

Alice was right. I would have to plan my revenge for tomorrow. Bella was in need of some light hearted fun. Her mother was unable to attend today's ceremony due to Phil, Bella's stepfather, injuring himself. Bella assured her that it was alright. She told Renee that she would just have to fly in sooner for the wedding. She insisted that her feelings weren't hurt but you see the disappointment in her eyes.

I shook Mr. Greene's hand, retrieved my diploma and returned to my seat and subsequently my memories.

The thoughts of the people around me began to focus on the graduation ceremony again but mine were reliving the first day at school after the invitations to our wedding had been received.

It was just as Bella had predicted. Most of the students and staff assumed that Bella was pregnant. Mike Newton and Lauren Mallory were both very adamant in this opinion.

It took a great deal of restraint to keep from killing Newton for the next few weeks. He was continually staring at Bella's midriff trying to determine if she was showing.

Lauren Mallory harassed Bella about being a woman of ill refutes only he words and thoughts were crasser. Rosalie had taken that battle and told Lauren to leave Bella alone; it appears that Rosalie's vocabulary is just as colorful as Lauren's.

The sound of Bella's name broke through my reverie. I focus just in time to see my life walk across the stage to receive her first diploma. She looked spectacular in her yellow cap and gown. I wanted very much to scoop her up in my arms and kiss her senseless but I refrained knowing that now was not the time. I clapped and cheered with everyone else when she stepped away from the principal.

She had done it. We had done it. High school was over for a long while and our next great adventure was set to begin on July 20. Isabella Swan would be no more and Bella Cullen would take her place.

The superintendent for Clallum county schools made a short speech and we were all directed to toss our hats into the air. The ceremony was over and in just two short hours the entire senior class, admittedly it was only 84 students, would descend on the Cullen mansion for a party unlike any other they had ever attended. Alice would make sure of that.

When we were dismissed to mingle and look for our parents Mike Newton decided that he wanted to go out with a bang and launched himself off the stage and onto the unsuspecting heads of Jessica and Lauren. None of them were seriously injured but the busted nose that Mike endured from face planting into the concrete began to bleed so my family and I had to leave quickly.

The party was in full swing and the guests were enjoying themselves when Alice decided to spring her surprise on Bella and me. To say I was surprised to see Renee entering the front door would be an understatement. Alice it seemed had foreseen Bella's unhappiness at her mother's absence and had arranged for a nurse to stay with Phil so that Bella would get to be with her mother. Renee's flight had been delayed or she would have been at the school.

Renee's mind was carefree and changed constantly. She had a very childlike perception of the world yet she was almost as observant as Bella. I found that I liked he very much.

She was all smiles as she mingled with my family and Charlie. The first words that she spoke to everyone were 'call me Renee'. I heard her wish to speak with me alone so I quietly asked her if I could have a private word. I wanted her to be able to get her worries of her chest so to speak.

"You wanted to talk to me?" she cocked her head to one side looking very much like Bella when she was curious about something.

"Yes, I am would like to get to know you a little better and I am sure that you have some questions for me." I told her politely. I led her over to the Esme's garden bench. It was a clear night and the stars were twinkling brightly.

"The only thing that I absolutely need to know is if you are really in love with my daughter. The rest I am sure I will find out in time." she said confidently. I could not tell her that her time with Bella was very limited and she would never know what she did not ask soon. I wanted to but I couldn't.

So I did the only thing I could in the moment. I turned to look my future mother in law in the eyes and told her how deeply my love for her daughter ran.

"Renee, words can not describe the amount of love I have for Bella. She is my life, my heart, my very soul. Without her I am nothing. I treasure every moment that she allows me to be in he presence. I would give her the world if she only asked for it. My only purpose in this world is to make her happy. I will protect her and cherish her forever. I can promise you that." There was no doubt in her mind of the truth of my words.

The tears in her eyes as she left that night were of joy. She was elated that Bella had found true love and could not wait for the wedding. Renee was staying in forks for the remainder of the weekend.

She and Bella spent a lot of that time together, so much so that the only time that I was with my love was at night when she slept. For that reason alone I was glad when Renee boarded the plane in Port Angeles to go home.

I took Bella to our meadow for some alone time after we dropped her mother off. We laid in the grass just enjoying each others company. Bella had her head resting on my chest and her left hand was fidgeting with the buttons on my shirt.

Seeing my mother's ring on her hand had my mind drifting back to the day she accepted it. We were in the meadow much as we were now. We had been talking about the future and were we would travel after Bella's newborn years.

"Bella?"

"Edward?"

"Would you mind terribly if I did something?" I stood up taking her with me.

"No, what did you want to do?" she was so cute when she was confused.

"This" I said as I dropped to one knee. She gasped as I pulled out the ring.

"Isabella Marie Swan, I promise to love you forever. You are my everything. Would you make me the happiest man to ever exist by becoming my wife?"

She had tears streaming down her cheeks as she whispered a broken yes and flung herself into my embrace.

The rain began to fall bringing me back from yet another tip down memory lane. I scoop Bella up into my arms and we ran back to my house. We were soaked to the bone and laughing like two people without a care in the world.

If this is how good my life will be from now on I am truly not without a soul. I am cradling her in my arms right now.